'Hey Bec, Bumper told me about you know, the situation, I can't beli-'
Beca cut Jessica off. 'How the fuck does Bumper know?'
'I don't know, I won't tell anyone you know.'
Beca didn't respond to the girl. She didn't mind so much that Jessica knew, Jessica was a nice girl and would probably be pretty good for sympathy if she needed it, but if Bumper knew, there was no way in hell this was going to stay a secret for long.
Beca was on a mission, she stormed down the hall knocking various younger children down on the way, she knew Jesse would be in one of the music practice rooms with the Trebles, his geeky singing group he was obsessed with. Beca marched in, all the boy stopped in the middle of the song they were singing and stared at Beca as stood at the door. Beca simply just pointed to Bumper, and then to Jesse, and then to the door, they could tell she was in no mood to be messed about so they followed her out, Beca heard Bumper mumble something about fucking hormones under his breath.
The three of them were in the hallway, Beca just staring between the two.
'How the fuck does Bumper know?'
'About your little friend? You can't keep secrets from Bumper.' Bumper replied with a smirk, it was quickly dropped when Beca's nostrils started flaring at the response.
'He, uh, threatened to snap my DVD collection.'
'Are you fucking kidding me? You told him this over a DVD?!' Beca's voice getting gradually louder with each passing word.
'Uh, I erm-'
'There are more important things in this world than your fucking DVD's Jesse.' Beca continued, pushing both boys against the wall as she spoke.
'He's not going to tell anyone.'
'HE'S ALREADY TOLD JESSICA.'
'Dude what the fuck?!' Jesse looked at Bumper.
'Well, I told her I had gossip, I hoped it would mean she would sleep with me, she just told me off for shit stirring though.'
'DAMN RIGHT YOU WERE SHIT STIRRING, IF YOU TELL ANYONE ELSE I SWEAR TO GOD I DONT KNOW WHAT THESE HORMONES WILL MAKE ME DO.'
The boys looked terrified, if Beca wasn't so pissed she would have found it hilarious.
'I'm sorry Bec-' Jesse began but Beca just shot him a 'don't' and then walked away, leaving the boys in the hall.
Beca opened her locker and in true Jesse fashion a letter fell out, it simply read sorry. Beca pushed the letter into her bag and began to make her way home, she ignored Jesse when he waited for her at the gates. She ignored him when he tried calling her name and she ignored him when he started to follow her home, once he finally gave up Beca let the tears fall, she stormed into her house slamming the door behind her, she had a lot of thinking to do.
She sat on her bed fiddling with her phone, she had planned to call him 20 minutes ago but couldn't compose herself enough to sound brave over the phone, she had made up her mind, she didn't want Jesse present when she told him, she didn't want to see his face, she didn't want him to see her heart break.
He answered on the second dial.
'Beca?'
'I need to say something, don't interrupt me until I'm done speaking okay.'
'Okay.'
'We need to break up.' Beca heard Jesse catch his breath at the end of the phone, she took a second to compose herself before continuing. 'Neither of us are ready to be parents, I know how shitty it is to grow up without a dad, so I'm not saying that you don't get to see this kid, but I'm saying now's your chance, you can leave, I'll understand.'
'I'm not going to leave Be-'
'I said don't interrupt me.' Beca's voice caught, she heard Jesse's voice crack as he spoke, she closed her eyes, hoping it would somehow make the situation easier.'
'You can be a teenager, go to parties, have dates, have a girlfriend that's worthwhile and maybe be a dad on the weekend, if you want it. That's the offer, I don't want to live with the guilt of holding you back, you can go to college, you can become a composer, you can do what you've always wanted.'
'You're what I want Beca, you and the baby.' Jesse was crying at the other end of the phone.
Beca managed to slip out a 'It's not up for negotiation' before breaking down herself, she hung up the phone and flung it to the other side of the room.
Sitting on her bed she placed her hands on her stomach, this was her child, he needed someone who could care for them, Jesse had proved today that he was not mature enough to be a dad, Jesse had been proving all week that he wasn't mature enough to be a dad, taking an unpaid job at the local radio station instead of looking for a paying job, missing his school assigned parenting classes to go to treble meetings, making Beca watch that stupid movie where she lost the child, he didn't think about his actions (which ironically is what got them into this mess.)
Beca didn't go into school the next day, or the day after that. Jesse waited at the gate for her both days, he spent lunch time alone as she wasn't there. He didn't speak to any of the other friends, he didn't go to any of the trebles meetings.
What made him feel worse was what Beca had said was right, he had confessed himself to her that he cried to his dad about this, he was worried, he didn't want all this responsibility. He promised Beca he would support this child, and that he would do, but maybe, just maybe them breaking up wouldn't be such a bad thing. Jesse knew loads of single parents, loads of his friends had 'weekend dads' and they all turned out fine, so why couldn't his child do that too? He wasn't being selfish for thinking this, he would still do everything that Beca needed him to do, he would still support her, just a little less than he had intended. The fact that he had considered all this in his head made it clear to Jesse that he should move on, there was a time when he couldn't imagine spending a day without Beca, but now that was different, they had been drifting away long before she got pregnant, and since it happened all that it had accomplished was making Beca put her walls back up.
He picked up his phone before typing out the text, he read it and re-read it at least 10 times before sending.
To: Bec
From: Jesse
Okay, you're right. I still want to be in this child's life though. Please don't cut me out completely.
To: Jesse
From: Beca
Fine.
Oh god, don't hate me but some of you suggested some argument, and I really liked the idea of having this different to how this story normally goes.
I won't write the next story until I know what you guys want, do you want them to stay broken up? (Jesse will still be there throughout the pregnancy, be a weekend dad etc)
or shall I put them back together? Let me know!
