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Title: The Bella's Oath - Part 2
A/N: This is the continuing story of how a bad ass Bella took down the oath and made a nerdy Treble her very own. These are the events following the famous "kiss". Jeca all the way. T rated for language and suggestive material.
Lincoln Center - ICCA Finals - New York, NY - 2012
Holding hands Beca and Jesse exited the auditorium and ran right into Professor Mitchell and his wife who were waiting in the lobby to get a glimpse of the young couple before they left the premises.
"Oh!" Beca asserted, wanting nothing more than to escape the judgement of her parental unit. "Dad! Sheila!" She continued her introductions. "You remember Jesse...we were just-"
"-We're so proud of you, Becs." Her father praised, pulling her into a bear hug. "Both of your groups were amazing." Dr. Mitchell complimented, releasing his daughter then extending his hand out to Jesse.
"Thank you Sir." Jesse smiled accepting the professor's overly firm hand shake.
"So...where are you kids off to?"
"Um...Jesse and I are headed back to the hotel where we're all staying. We...have a lot to Erm...talk about."
"Does this have anything to do with what happened in there?"
"Yes Sir...it does." Jesse jumped in to take some of the heat off of Beca. "But my intentions with your daughter are strictly honorable."
"I know that Jesse and I trust my daughter's judgment." He smiled at the nervous young man standing before him, then looked between the couple knowing something was up but decided it was best to not pursue further. "You kids enjoy your evening and come by the house for dinner when you get back."
"We will dad, and thank you both for coming out to support us." Beca paused then decided she should tell them more. "Um...just so you know, Jesse and I, well...as you probably saw inside, we're together now, so you'll be seeing a lot more of him."
Pulling Beca into a surprise hug, Sheila nearly squashed her petite stepdaughter as Jesse's eyebrows disappeared into his hairline with his jaw dropping in shock. "Oh darling! You were right...she's not a lesbian! I'm so happy for you Rebeca, and you have a boyfriend who's actually cute."
If looks could kill Sheila would have been road kill splattered across the Autobahn.
"Okay! That's enough...no more hugs." Beca smiled through clenched teeth as she pulled away from the claws of her insulting step-monster and used her boyfriend as a protective shield. "You guys have a safe trip home and we'll see you when we get back."
As they gained some distance from the Mitchell's, Jesse couldn't help himself as he doubled over in laughter at his girlfriend's expense.
"Seriously!? I can't believe the nerve of that bitch...what the actual fuck!" She fumed as Jesse continued to guffaw. "Just because she's never seen me with a dude..."
"Well...your dad didn't think so." He continued to cackle, wiping moisture from his eyes. "C'mon...let's get back to the hotel so I can validate your sexual preference." He teased, while she gave him one of her signature smirks.
"I just can't believe you had to witness that." She said, shaking her head in embarrassment. "I've never been so humiliated..."
"You think they're bad, wait until you experience my parents." Jesse forewarned, taking her hand in his as he led them outside to a long line of people waiting for taxi cabs. "Stay here and I'll get us a ride."
A minute or so later Jesse's attention is diverted to one of his fellow Treblemakers.
"Have fun man...you deserve it." Unicycle snuck up behind Jesse as he whispered in his ear, handing him a folded card jacket from the hotel they were all staying at. The senior Treble smiled then ran off without any explanation as he disappeared into Lincoln Center's front entry. Thinking nothing of it Jesse looked down and saw a pair of keys cards tucked in the jacket with a different room number, hailed a cab and returned to retrieve Beca. As they entered the cab Jesse took his girlfriend's hand in his. "So...do you think your dad has any idea what I'm planning on doing with his only daughter?"
"Oh yeah...he totally knows."
Later that night...
Trump International Hotel - New York, NY
Sweaty and basking in their afterglow, Beca and Jesse enjoyed some post coital bliss while reflecting on recent events.
"Mmm...that was amazing." Beca purred, rolling onto her back, fixating on a tiny sprinkler head on the speckled white ceiling above them. "Why didn't we do this sooner?" She breathed.
"Well, you were too busy acting like a badass and pushing me away." He responded with a smirk, depositing a used condom in a waste basket next to their bed. Laying on his side, he faced his girlfriend and gently caressed her breast.
The Treble leader was definitely a boob man.
"I've got a secret for you." She exhaled. "I'm not really a badass; the tattoos, ear-spike and dark make-up...it's all part of my disguise; it makes me appear indignant and unapproachable."
"So, how's that working for you so far?" He chuckled, bringing her hand to his lips. "Is it keeping the riff-raff away?"
"Sure...it scared off Bumper." I still don't know what Amy sees in him...he's such a weasel." She continued her insult of John Mayer's newest background singer with a scowl, turning her head to face her main squeeze.
"Bumper had a thing for you?"
"Oh yeah. So did Kolio and Unicycle, but I turned them down."
"Huh! I didn't see that coming." Jesse sighed in disbelief. "Well...you are hot, but not as sexy as me, and now this (pointing to his bare torso) is all yours." He joked. "I'm just surprised Luke never hit on you."
"Oh...he did." Beca confessed as Jesse cringed at the thought of their station manager having his way with his girl. "Relax! I only had one date with the guy. It was all I could tolerate of his super alpha male egotistical bullshit."
"Did he ever touch you?" He dared to ask.
"Who...Luke? HELL NO! That guy is so in love with himself...he's so repulsive. He may be British, easy on the eyes and have a nice physique and all, but holy shit, is he dumb. If you must know the details, it was the night of Semi's after I yelled at you and stormed off. I met him at The Garage so we could check out some local talent. That night I heard the truth, I found out it was you who convinced that asshole to listen to my stuff." Pausing to sigh. "Even after I treated you like shit you were still supportive of me. God! I was so terrible to you. I'm really sorry for the crap I put you through, and I never did thank you for helping to get my music on the air."
"Hey! Stop beating yourself up." He was insistent. "Apology accepted and you're welcome. Even if we never spoke again I would've still pushed to get your mixes played."
"I don't deserve you...you're too good for me."
"You couldn't be more wrong. You're amazing Beca, and have a natural talent for creating incredible music. You're going to kill it when you get to L.A.." He raved on, stroking her arm.
"Thanks...but none of that matters if you're not part of it."
"Who says I won't be." He responded almost too quickly. "L.A. has just as much opportunity for me, if not more than N.Y.. My plans aren't carved in stone so who knows? You just might be stuck with me." His comment made her smile as she nuzzled him.
"So...what now?" Beca asked, not really knowing what Jesse would say.
"Right now we finish our degrees and lead our groups. But if you ask me, I'm going to spend every waking moment with my hot and snarky girlfriend."
"What about after graduation?" She asked again chuckling at his last comment.
"Get a paid internship at some movie studio I guess." He paused to look at his girl to gauge her reaction. "Then get married and start a family, but...that's much later." He said clearing his throat.
"Kids huh?" She hissed, never considering herself as the maternal type, Beca's eyes glazed over as she shook her head wondering what she was getting herself into because Jesse Swanson was definitely father material. "Dude...are you sure you're just nineteen?"
"Yep...but just for another couple of months." He responded proudly as she rolled her eyes.
"What about you?" He asked, wanting to know what was going on in her head. Giving it some thought, Beca considered how far things had progressed since the beginning of the semester.
"I didn't even want to go to college, but with my dad's teaching gig, it got me a free ride at Barden so I couldn't pass up the opportunity of a free education." She pondered the thought of it all and continued. "All I wanted was to be alone in L.A. to pursue my career. I never saw myself leading an all female a cappella group or in a relationship for that matter, having a post coital discussion about marriage and family with my best friend." Her voice trailed off. "My dad said he'd help me relocate after a year as long as I gave college life a chance. Now that I've done that I don't want to leave Barden anymore. What's up with that?"
"You're happy Becs, and it's not just because we've finally hooked up." Jesse continued. "It hasn't even been a year and you've already found a place to belong and have made some really good friends."
"It's true and plus I have a super hot boyfriend." She praised, making them both chuckle.
"It's just too bad it took almost a year to get together. I should've been more aggressive that night we watched our movie and told Kimmy Jin to come back later. I should have stayed in your dorm and insisted on that kiss."
"Dude...No! I'm glad you didn't. I wanted it too but the Bella oath... Ripped out vocal cords... Remember? I had to put the brakes on that night or I could have been kicked out of the Bellas."
"Fucking Aubrey and her damn oath! That bitch really needs to get laid in the worst way." Jesse seethed, for he was livid that it was her doing that kept them apart.
"I know! Right?" The Bella leader agreed. "But some of us are just luckier than others." She said turning over on her side to face Jesse, pressing her lips to his cheek and hand on his pecs.
"So...I have to ask you about tonight. Did you boob check me right after I wished you luck?" Laughing outloud Jesse covered his eyes with his hand and turned bright red.
"You saw that?" He asked as she could no longer contain her own laughter. "I thought I was being discreet."
"Oh, my God! It was so obvious! You totally checked out my rack."
"Okay...fine. You win. Do you have any idea what you do to me?" Letting out a deep sigh Jesse caressed the length of her side making her shudder. "With your tight pants and low cut tops, I literally can't control myself around you, and now that I've gotten up close and personal with your tight body and totally awesome 'rack', I'm completely under your spell." He continued as his fingers grazed the swell of her breast making her skin flush. "So yes...I admit it, I snuck a peek just before going onstage."
"So basically all I have to do is give you access to my boobs and you'll be my own personal slave." She breathed, becoming more aroused as his skillful hand continued to ignite her senses.
"Yep...pretty much." He chuckled again. "We're sort of hard-wired that way."
"I noticed." Her eyes rolled back as he continued to fondle her.
"You know the Trebles have their own oath." He admitted, finally relinquishing her breast. "You wanna hear it?"
"Since when?" Beca asked with skepticism, propping herself up on one arm letting the blanket fall and expose more skin. "This I've gotta hear."
"Oh...it's always been there." He admitted, hooking a tendril of hair behind her ear-spike. "You sure you wanna hear it?"
"Does it involve sex with a Bella?" She deadpanned.
"What do you think?" It's more of a rhetorical question as Jesse gave a lopsided grin to his eye rolling girlfriend. "They call it Bella-boning."
Beca laughed so hard she snorted.
"Jeez! You guys really are a bunch of perverted weirdos." She said dabbing the moisture from the corners of her eyes. "And you're the worst."
"Yes...but I'm your weirdo who gives you so much pleasure."
"I'll have to give you that." She admitted, licking her lips. "What I do want to know is where you learned to do that thing with your tongue? I've never...you know, like that...before." The brunette boasted, running her fingers over his well defined abs. "I mean, fuck! You're supposed to be a nerd."
"I've got a secret for you."
"Yeah?" She asked with curiosity. "Tell me."
"I'm not really a nerd." He led on. "The juice pouches and movies...they're part of my disguise to make me appear ultra likable and approachable."
"So...how's that working for you?"
"It got you...didn't it?"
"Yeah...it sure did." She smiled, pressing her lips to her boyfriend's.
"So...do you like the way I work it?" He teased against her lips, eliciting more laughter from his love. "Would you be surprised if I told you my skills came from a movie?"
"Not at all." She deadpanned with an exaggerated eye roll. "You're so predictable."
"No, it's because you know me so well." He concluded as she reacted with one of her signature smirks. "But now you see the beneficial value of motion pictures." Rolling her eyes again she playfully slapped his chest. "Ouch!"
"So tell me nerd...will this instruction video be added to my 'movie-cation'?" She lightheartedly joked making him crack up. "If so, I might even stay awake for that one."
"You know I could arrange that, it's right here in-" She cut him off with a kiss making him moan with need as she explored his mouth with her eager tongue. The kiss continued to deepen as her hand traveled south under the comforter and around her trophy while Jesse's arms enveloped her.
"I'd rather create our own scenes." Beca whispered softly, draping her arm and leg over him, bringing her body flush with his. "God you feel good."
"Mmm...so do you." He murmured against her lips but then broke off the kiss. "Um...before we start another round can I ask you something?"
"Sure." She sighed dramatically, nibbling on his neck. "Ask away weirdo."
"Why did you do it?"
"What do you mean?" She asked, pulling away.
"The whole serenade thing." He paused. "Not that I didn't love it, because I did. But how come?"
With their bodies still pressed together Beca reached for Jesse's face and caressed his cheek as her eyes began to water.
"Because I had to." She answered honestly, running her thumb over his lips. "I needed to apologize."
"Is that all?"
"No, but it's all I can give you right now." She appeared to be struggling in finding her voice, not ready to fully open her heart.
"It's okay babe, it doesn't matter anymore...I was just curious." He said kissing the hand that was caressing his lips. "I'm just happy you're finally letting me in. I'll wait for you as long as you need. I'm not going any-"
"-Why do you love me?" She cut him off, raising her head to look into his eyes. "I treated you horribly. How could you forgive me when I can't forgive myself?"
"I don't know...I just do. Why do we breathe?" He asked rhetorically. "When I saw you on that first day of school with those gigantic headphones around your neck, I thought you were the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. You had this edginess about you with a vulnerability I couldn't explain but I knew I needed to get to know you because this was someone with a story, and then we were signed up for the same internship, I thought it was fate." He paused to exhale. "I fell in love with you instantly, and there was no turning back for me." He finished with a kiss to the top of her head.
"Yeah...I think it was the riff-off for me." She mumbled to herself, resting her head on his chest not realizing what she had just admitted to.
"What?" Jesse's eyes widened like saucers as Beca scrunched her face. "What did you just say?"
"Shit!" Biting her bottom lip she closed her eyes and sighed deeply while burying her face in the crook of his neck. She loved Jesse but wasn't prepared to tell him just yet. "Um...I didn't mean-"
"-Beca...you already know how I feel about you." While questioning her intent, he held her closer to him.
Resigned to the fact that she had already said too much, there was no turning back. Beca removed herself from Jesse's embrace and turned over on her back with the comforter wrapped securely around her. Looking up at the ceiling she took a deep breath and continued. "You really want to know why I sang to you tonight?"
"Yeah, I wanna know."
"Because it was the best way to get my message across that only you would understand." She admitted, turning on her side as she locked eyes with him. "I missed you so much and wanted my best friend back."
"What was the message?" He asked quietly as Beca shut her eyes momentarily knowing what she had to do.
"I'm getting there...just give me a moment." She struggled, taking more deep breaths and trying desperately to control her emotions. "I did it because...for the first time in my life...it happened." She paused again, maintaining eye contact. "You got under my skin and I fell hard for you." She finally let out as tears began to fall.
"You love me?" He choked out.
"Yes weirdo." She sobbed. "I love you very much." She finally opened her heart and was awarded with a passionate kiss that literally took her breath away.
As she was flipped over onto her back and pushed into a stack of pillows of the king size bed they shared, there was no other thought in her mind, Beca had found happiness in the arms of a bright young man who loved her unconditionally.
"Just remember who said it first." Jesse said smiling against her lips. "And for the record, I still believe we're going to have aca-children."
"Perhaps someday, nerd...but not tonight." She retorted, smiling back. "Now show me how you work it again."
"Yes Ma'am."
The following morning...
Knock...Knock...Knock!
"Room service!" A male voice announced from the hall outside of their hotel room.
Beca woke up with a start as Jesse swiftly jumped out of bed and onto his feet, then quickly pulled on his slacks.
"Stay here...I'll check it out." He whispered, leaning down to kiss his sleepy girlfriend.
"You'll get no argument out of me." She groggily mumbled into her pillow making Jesse chuckle. "What time is it?"
Knock...Knock...Knock!
"I'm coming!" Jesse yelled out, tossing Beca's bag to her. "Be right back."
Sitting up in bed Beca took out her iPhone and switched it on. Immediately she noticed a slew of text messages, mostly from the Bellas and a few from her dad, Benji and Donald.
Holy shit! We won!
"Hey Jesse! The Bellas made history!" She hollered out. "We're the first ever all female a capella group to ever win the ICCA's." Full of excitement Beca hopped out of bed and searched for her clothes that had been scattered throughout the room. Deciding she needed to take care of business first she entered the ensuite bathroom, relieved herself and found his and her bathrobes hanging from hooks behind the door. Quickly she wrapped it around herself and secured the sash, then joined a shirtless Jesse in the living area who was preparing a table with a full spread of breakfast items. "What's this?"
"Would you believe our friends set this up?" The Treble leader added as he showed his love a small typed card. "They had our bags delivered as well."
"Seriously?" Beca asked as she approached the feast. "What does it say?"
"Congrats on finally being together. With affection, your friends B's & T's."
"Wow!" Is all she could say as she took the card from Jesse and re-read it several times. "This is awesome."
"I know...I still can't believe this has happened." He admitted as he motioned for Beca to join him at the table. "Hungry?"
"Mmm...yes! I'm starving." Taking a seat across from Jesse, the petite girl smiled and brought a piece of crispy bacon to her mouth and practically purred as she devoured it. "I could eat a horse."
"I can't imagine why." Jesse teased giving her a mischievous look. "You really do live up to that ear-spike."
"It's what you do to me weirdo." She flirted back. "So...here's a question." She paused to dish out some pancakes for them both. "Who's room is this? Barden reserved standard two double beds for sharing and this one is an upgraded king suite." She finished, pouring syrup over their buttered flapjacks.
"You're never going to believe it." He said, pushing his chair back from the table, Jesse rose to his feet and retrieved another small typed card attached to an unopened bottle of wine. "This one is addressed to you...do you want me to read it?" Stilling the fork in her mouth she nodded slowly.
"Beca, please forgive me and I hope you and Jesse will be happy always...sincerely Aubrey."
"Seriously?" She froze taking it all in as she placed her utensils on her plate. "But how and when?"
"I don't know." He admitted. "She must have done it when we were speaking with your dad."
"Damn it! I can't even stay angry at her. " She shook her head in defeat. "What am I going to say to her?"
"How about...thank you." He said simply. "Come to think of it, Unicycle was the one who handed me the key cards. Do you think they're back together?"
"That jerk cheated on her and caused the oath in the first place. She would be an idiot to take him back." She paused to sip her coffee. "Then again, they did meet at clown camp..."
"What?" He burst out laughing.
"Yep...you heard me right. Apparently they go back a long way."
"Well...that makes perfectly good sense then." He added. "You know, everyone makes mistakes and deserves a second chance. Even Aubrey and Michael."
Acknowledging him with a smirk, Beca stood up from her seat and climbed into her boyfriend's lap. Reaching for their mimosas, Beca and Jesse held their champagne flutes up as the Bella leader made a toast. "To us and to the end of a Bella tradition and start of another," Beca paused. "Here's to no more oath and the freedom to love."
Keeping her from taking a sip, Jesse added one more toast. "To my incredibly talented and beautiful girlfriend, who not only owns my heart, but who made ICCA history last night by leading her girls to their first ever win." He praised. "I'm so proud of you babe."
Clinking glasses they downed their drinks and shared a passionate kiss. That morning they explored the suite that had been gifted to them, making love up until the time they had to check out. Their time in New York would be the turning point in their lives.
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to those who welcomed me to the Jeca fandom and asked for more. THANK YOU!
50 Shades of Pitch Perfect: You were my first review ever...a special thank you! Cuticlecare: The 'boob check' is definitely a real thing. Gossipssweetlips: Totally agree that Aubrey needs to be put in place. Cajunqueen714: The Bellas are a crazy bunch but they would definitely have Beca's back. Raven12: So glad you enjoyed my first effort. ThatCrazyRandomPerson: You asked for another chapter...I hope I didn't disappoint. Angelfairy25: Thank you for loving part 1, I hope you enjoyed part 2. Waatp: I think Aubrey is flawed and often misunderstood. She is also one of my favorite characters.
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