The next morning Becca walked out of Jesse's and closed the door behind her, she'd had such a rough and exhausting night, she couldn't wait to go home and fall into bed. Remembered her plans with Danny she groaned, it was her last day here with him she couldn't bail on him.

Getting to her front door she let herself in, she hadn't seen his car in the driveway so he wasn't home yet, going to the sofa she pulled off her coat and lay down. Sleeping there was easier, and he'd wake her up when he got in.

Moving her head a few times to get comfortable she closed her eyes and sighed heavily, as she drifted off she was back in her old room in seconds. Snapping her eyes open she sat up quickly, throwing her feet to the floor she threw her hands over her face "pull yourself together Becca, it's not real," she muttered.

Remembering Nick's letter, she stood up and hurried up to her room, going straight to her bag, she poured everything out until she found the envelope. Chewing her lip for a moment she turned it over and went to pull it out, blowing out a breath she walked to her bed and sat down. Playing with it for a moment she stopped and stared down at Nick's name and address.

"Becs!" Danny yelled up the stairs "you home!"

"Oh god!" she yelped and jumped up, shoving the letter back into her bag she hurried out of the room and down the stairs "hey," she smiled.

"Hey," he smiled back and walked on to the kitchen "do you fancy breakfast or is that a stupid question?"

Becca followed him and jumped up onto the counter beside him "if you make me blueberry pancakes I might consider it."

Danny chuckled "alright, just let me have coffee first."

"Sure…one for me too please," she laughed and gave him her sweet smile.

"What did you and Jesse get up to?" he asked as they sat down at the table.

"Not much," she shrugged, she wasn't about to tell him what they'd spent most of the night doing. "I talked to his mom for a while then we just watched movies…how was work?" she asked taking the attention away from herself.

"Same old," he replied "I found an address for that guy mom was seeing before she died."

"Danny, are you working moms case?" she asked, even she knew that wasn't allowed.

"Yes, and before you go off on one my boss said it was fine as long as Jack or someone was with me," he replied.

Becca nodded "what did he have to say?"

Danny shifted his gaze away from her "not much, he said they broke up three months ago and as far as he knew she was still single."

"Danny," she groaned "I know you're hiding something."

"Sorry, it's work," he said answering his phone and hurrying away.

…

Over at Jesse's he rolled over and groaned, he was so tired, he couldn't get back to sleep for ages after Becca had woken him. Sitting up he squinted beside him and looked down to see if she was still there, finding himself alone he rolled back over and closed his eyes…another hour wouldn't hurt.

Remembering what Becca had said about bumping into Nick he jumped out of the bed and pulled on clothes. Running down the stairs he ran to the kitchen and skidded to a halt in front of his dad "I need you to check something for me," he said quickly.

"Good morning to you too son," Jason chuckled.

"Sorry, morning," he said and sat beside him "dad, this is important."

Jason turned serious and leaned forward "what is it Jess? Has something happened?" he asked full of concern.

"Yes," he sighed "that guy that was taken from Becca's house the other night-by cops."

"Yeah," Jason said slowly "what about him?"

"Becca and I had a stupid fight last night and I asked her to leave, she told me on her way home she bumped into him. That's what caused her bad dream, he told her he came to see her, that he had some letter from her mom," Jesse said.

"Well that's not right," Jason said raising an eyebrow "Danny was pretty clear to the guys arresting him that he was never to contact her again."

"I know, can you check why he was out so soon, or have they even charged him with anything?" Jesse asked.

Jason nodded and clapped him on the back "I'll look into it as soon as I get in…did Becca tell you what happened between them? Did that guy ever tou-"

"No!" Jesse cut in "he never touched her, he watched her sleep for a few weeks that's all. The one time he did try get into her bed she ran and called Danny."

Jason nodded and stood up "lucky her, not all cases end like that, I'll call you when I find out what's going on…bye Jess!" he called on his way out.

"See ya dad and thanks!" he called after him.

Sighing heavily he dropped his head onto the table, he was exhausted, he didn't think he was going to make it through the day. Blowing out breath he decided to go pack his stuff now, that way he could sleep until his mom wanted to go for lunch.

Getting to his room he walked to his hoddie that Becca had left, it smelled like her, he'd have to wash it before he left…he really did love this one. Looking down at the floor as something fell, he bent down and picked it up. Opening it he read it and chuckled sorry for keeping you upall night, I'll make it up to you laughing again he shoved it into his pocket and continued to gather his washing, he was still taking her on a date-no matter how tired he was.

Later that afternoon Becca and Danny walked around the lake they used to always come to as kids. Danny watched her walk in a daze "you okay there Becs?" he chuckled "you look like you'd rather be anywhere else."

"Sorry, I'm just tired," she said and linked her arm into his "remember you fell off that tyre swing and broke your arm?"

"Yes, I do, and I busted your lip trying to get to mom because it hurt so bad."

"Dad was so mad at you, you knocked one of my teeth out," she chuckled.

Danny chuckled then turned serious "I know somethings up, you have that face on you…you and Jesse have a fight? Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?"

"No," she replied and leaned against the rail "you can't flip out okay?"

Danny stared at her for a few moments "this can't be good."

Becca sighed and looked down at her hands "I came home early last night because Jesse and I had a fight," she started.

"Okay," Danny nodded "I knew something was up…do I need to kill him?"

"No," she laughed "it's not Jesse…on the way into the estate I ran into that guy Nick," she said and looked over at him "why wasn't he at the station?"

Danny's eyes almost popped out of his head "what?" he yelled "I'll kill him," he growled and started to stomp off.

"Danny!" she called and ran after him "you said you wouldn't flip out," she said walking in front of him.

"No I didn't!" he yelled and stopped "what happened? What did he say to you?"

Becca took his hand and dragged him to a nearby bench "he told me he just wanted to talk to me, he went on about knowing mom in college and dating her before dad. He said he went and got clean before he came back to see her, she told him where to go because he had no drugs. He said he only came to the house because mom had given him a letter…then he gave it to me."

Danny scrubbed his hands over his face "what did the letter say?"

Becca shrugged "I didn't look at it yet…I told you about it, can we forget it now?"

Danny sighed "once I find out why he's not locked we will."

"Danny, I'm only here for another few hours can we end it with a happy note?" she asked.

Danny blew out a breath and nodded "are you going to come home for the weekend of your birthday?"

Becca sat beside him and shrugged "I haven't even thought about my birthday."

Danny looked over at her and sighed, Becca never enjoyed her birthday anymore, something always happened. She'd spent her fifteenth birthday in court waiting to see if she could live with Danny, her sixteenth birthday in hospital waiting to see what damage her mother had done to herself. Her seventeenth birthday Jack had arrived at her school to inform her Danny had been shot. For her eighteenth birthday she just wanted the day to pass as any other but her father had other ideas, he had arranged a family dinner for her big birthday that ended the way it always does...Becca and her dad in a screaming match.

Last year's wasn't so bad, she'd spent the weekend with Danny up at an old cabin, apart from getting chased by a bear and the car breaking down on the way home it was the best she'd had in a long time. Danny scooted closer to her "you'll be twenty this year Becs, out of the teens," he chuckled "and you have Jesse and your friends from college, why don't you have a party at the house or something?"

"I don't know, I haven't even thought about it."

"Well think about it, things are different now, you should be out partying like normal kids," Danny said.

Becca scoffed and looked over at him "me partying? We'll see," she said and rested her head on his shoulder.

….

Sitting on the pier with the chips as tradition Danny looked over at Becca "you gonna be okay back there?"

Becca looked over at him "college? Yeah, I'll be fine, it'll be good to get back and get back to normal."

"Look Becs, I know you haven't had the easiest life," he said moving closer to her "you've really turned it around since we moved here, I know mom is a sour subject and you close off but she was still our mom. I know you act like it hasn't affected you much, I know you're sick of people asking if you're okay."

"I am okay," she cut in.

"It's me you're talking to," he chuckled "I know you don't forget."

Becca sighed "it's just weird you know?" she said and looked over at him "why aren't I more upset? Why haven't I cried? Why don't I miss her as much as I should?"

Danny scooted closer to her "mom put us through hell-you more than me, you put up with so much, you saw so much, she put you in danger time and time again so she could get her fix, you're bound to feel a little hatred."

"I don't hate her," Becca muttered "I just…" she trailed off "wish things could have been different."

Danny wrapped his arm around "me too, but on the up side," he laughed "you never would be living with me and you probably wouldn't have gone to Barden because we both know I would have shipped you off to L.A myself," he chuckled.

Becca laughed and punched him "no you wouldn't have, you'd miss me too much."

Danny laughed "yeah, I would, I miss you now and you're only a drive away."

Becca looked over at him and studied him, he was left here alone just like her mom had been. Sure, things were different, he had a job, he had friends, he always wanted what was best for her. Danny also had a daughter from a previous relationship, he only saw her a few times a year as her mother had moved her to Australia for a new job, which broke his heart but he had dealt with it.

Sighing she blew out a breath "you know I don't have to live on campus," she said "I could move home and get myself a car."

Danny laughed "somehow between Jesse and the Bella's I don't think you'll have the time."

"Jesse could come some nights and the Bella's can take a night off," she said.

"Becs," he said seriously "I'm not mom, you don't need to worry about me, I'm quite happy with my life…kinda."

"Have you spoken to Charlie?" she asked "when is Tori's next visit?"

"She'll be over for a few weeks the week of your birthday, Charlie has some work thing out of the country so she'll be staying with me."

"Yay," Becca said excitedly "we'll have to have a birthday party after all."

Danny laughed "I'll get the party hats."

Over at Jesse's he looked at the clock and sighed, it was after four and he still hadn't heard a word from Becca. Looking down at his phone he thought about calling her, shaking his head he settled on a text instead.

"Got everything Jess?" Laura asked as she handed him a pile of clean clothes "that's all the clothes you put in the dryer."

"Thanks mom, yeah I think that's the last of my stuff," he replied.

"Are you okay?" Laura asked "you look completely drained."

Jesse yawned "I'm just tired it's been a rough week."

Laura watched him move about the kitchen "Jess," she said walking to him "I know you're trying to help Becca and you want to be there for her but you need to look after yourself too."

"I know," he yawned again "she's just going through so much and I worry about her."

"And that's fine," Laura said "but I'm sure she'll understand if you take a day off to catch up on sleep."

Jesse frowned at her "take a day off? You do know I'm leaving for college soon?"

Laura chuckled "I meant why don't you have an early night tonight and just catch up with her on lunch or something, you really should look after yourself."

"No, not tonight, I'm taking her out on a date tonight," he yawned.

Laura shook her head "some date you're gonna be if you keep yawning like that." Walking to him she put her hands on his shoulders "I know you really care about her and want to take care of her but you need to take care of yourself too, how do you think Becca would feel if you ran yourself into the ground because of her?"

"Mom, I'm fine," he replied "once we get back we'll be back to normal, I'm fine," he said again.

Laura looked at the door as the bell went "just take care of yourself okay," she said and walked to the door, "Becca?" she said surprised.

"Hey Laura, is Jesse ready?" she asked.

Laura moved back to let her in "he's in the kitchen love, I thought you guys were getting the later bus."

"We are," she nodded "I just wanted to see him for a few minutes."

Laura chuckled "I'll leave you to it so," she said and walked into the living room.

Becca walked on to the kitchen "hey nerd," she said wrapping her arms around his front.

Jesse turned in her arms "hey, I thought I was meeting you at yours."

Becca leaned up and kissed him sweetly "I missed you," she said shyly "I wanted to see you," she laughed.

Jesse chuckled and bent his head to kiss her again, pulling back he looked down on her "how did it go with Danny today?"

"Okay, he flipped but I calmed him down," she replied and watched him yawn for the third time since she'd come in "you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah," he yawned again "just a little tired is all."

"A little?" she asked raising an eyebrow "Jess, we can skip tonight if you want to, you need to sleep."

"I'll be fine," he said and kissed her quickly "we're going," he added and walked to his bag.

Becca shook her head and watched him "okay," she said and stood up "I better go make sure all my stuff is ready, I'll see you soon!" she called back on her way out

Jesse chuckled and watched her go, she really was amazing.

…..

Becca arrived home to find a blue car she didn't recognise in her drive, letting herself in she stopped for a moment to prepare herself for another person she didn't want to see "Danny?" she called and walked to the kitchen "hey," she frowned seeing him alone doing his paperwork.

"Hey," he said glancing up at her "you all packed?"

"Yeah," she nodded "Jesse will be here soon then we'll be heading for the bus."

Danny nodded "uh, Nick was released without charge, he did nothing wrong by coming here so we had to let him go."

"Okay," she nodded "what about me? Did they question him about coming into my room?"

Danny nodded and sighed "without any proof it's not likely he'll be charged, Jack and I won't be taken into account because we're family…there's a statute of limitation on this kinda thing Bec."

Becca nodded "and I missed the timeline? Okay," she said when he nodded "well I guess that's that then. Who owns the car in the drive?" she asked changing the subject.

"You saw that huh?" he smirked.

"Uh, you can't miss the big shiny blue thing in the drive," she laughed.

"You like it?" he asked standing up.

"Yeah, it's gorgeous," she nodded "it's the car I've been saving for, who owns it?"

"You," Danny replied with a smirk.

"What?" she asked snapping to him wide eyed.

Danny tossed her keys "it's yours."

"Danny don't mess," she said excitedly looking at the keys.

"I'm not," he laughed "it's for your birthday, there was a mix up, it's not supposed to be here for another two weeks."

"Danny," she whimpered and swiped at her eyes, standing up she ran and threw herself at him "thank you," she sniffed.

Danny chuckled and wrapped his arms around her "it's nothing."

Becca pulled back and looked up at him "this means so much to me, what did I do to deserve such an amazing brother like you?"

Danny smiled wiped her tears "I just want to see you happy Becs."

Becca buried her head into him as she started to cry again "you're such an idiot!" she cried.

Jesse chose that moment to arrive "hey gu…what's wrong?" he asked dropping his bags and hurrying to her.

"Don't worry about it," Danny chuckled "I just gave her her birthday present…she's a little emotional."

"What?" Jesse asked wide eyed "it's her birthday today?" he asked panicked.

"No," she sniffed and pulled back "it's not for another few weeks."

Jesse blew out a breath and chuckled "what did you get?"

"The car in the drive," she said happily and hugged Danny again.

"Wow, no way!" Jesse smiled "you got spoiled," he laughed.

"Let's see you top that lover boy," Danny chuckled.

"Danny, stop it," she laughed and ran out the door.

Jessie watched her admire the car, glancing at Danny he walked to her "do you want to cancel the bus?" he asked.

"No," Danny said before she could reply "she hasn't got her full permit yet, she needs to accompanied by a fully licenced driver."

"Aww Danny," she whined.

"No Becs, what kind of cop would I be if I let you bend the law?" he chuckled.

"A really cool one," she laughed.

"Nice try," he replied "but I said no."

"I've a full permit," Jesse threw in.

"You do?" Danny asked.

"Yeah, my dad made me apply for the test last year…it's in date, I've done the lessons," Jesse said.

"Well okay then," Danny replied "just be careful and stick to the speed limit, I mean it Becca, no messing or showing off."

"I promise I will be careful," she said excitedly and hugged him.

"You better get going then," he said and stepped back "call me tomorrow or whatever."

Jesse sensed she wanted a minute alone "I'll grab the bags," he said and went inside.

"You gonna be okay here on your own?" she asked.

Danny chuckled "I'll be fine, you just go back to college and don't worry about me."

"Thanks for always being there for me," she said seriously.

"Aww, is Becs getting all mushy?" he teased.

"I'm serious," she said and hugged him "I don't know what I'd do without you."

Danny chuckled and hugged her back "I love you kiddo."

"Love you too," she sighed and stepped back.

Jesse came back and put the bags in the boot "ready?" he asked.

"Yeah," she nodded and walked to the car "I'll call you when I get back."

Danny nodded and waved to Jesse as he climbed in "be careful!" he called as she pulled away.

A while into their journey Jesse glanced at Becca "did you, find anything else out about that Nick guy?"

"Yeah," she replied "he was released because he didn't do anything, there's no proof apart from Jack and Danny that he came into my room. It's been too long now it won't go to court."

"Wow, that sucks," he replied, he'd already spoken to his dad, he knew what had happened already, he just didn't want to say anything in case she didn't know.

Becca sighed and focused on the road "it was a long time ago, we can forget it now."

Jesse nodded and started to look around, he knew she'd only talk about what she wanted to so there was no point in pushing her "what's that?" he asked pointing to a green light above the radio "I've never seen one of those before."

Becca looked at it for a second "I don't know," she said and looked to the road "knowing Danny it's probably a tracker," she chuckled.

Jesse watched her yawn "do you want me to take over?"

"In a while, I'm fine for now," she replied.

A few minutes later Jesse looked over at her "do you still want to head out tonight?"

"Yeah," she said quickly "why? Don't you?"

"I do," he replied "but if you're too tired or whatever we can leave it."

"Jess, we're going out, we need a proper night out, just us two," she said.

….

A few hours later they pulled up at the college and grabbed their bags, Jesse walked her to her dorm "I'll meet you at ten?" he asked.

Becca nodded and threw her bag on the bed "I don't have class until two tomorrow we can stay up late," she chuckled.

Jesse kissed her quickly "okay, I'll see you soon," he said and walked off towards his own dorm.

Becca closed the door and looked to Kimmy Jin's side of the room, she wasn't back yet, there were not bags to indicate she'd been here. Throwing one of her bags on the desk she groaned as it tipped over and everything fell to the floor.

Walking to it she bent down and started to gather her things-stopping when she came across the letter. Standing up with it she walked to the bed and sat down, playing with the envelope much like she had the other day she sighed and pulled it out.

Unfolding it she began to read:

Nick, Kate here, I just wanted to write this letter and tell you how sorry I am that I brushed you off the way I did. I was in a really bad place, I didn't want anyone or anything, I just wanted my drugs and to be by myself-no one mattered, not even my kids.

Becca sighed and rolled her eyes "great mom," she muttered and continued.

But I am pleased to say I did take some of your advice, I went to that rehab place and spoke to that guy Karl you recommended and I'm happy to let you know I've clean three months now and am slowly rebuilding my life.

Becca gasped and flung the letter down, she couldn't believe it, she couldn't believe that if it was true her mom had been clean for three months and never mentioned it in any of the calls she did answer. With shaking hands she picked the letter up and flattened it out.

Karl suggested I get my life fully back on track before I contact Becca and Danny, he said they'd be angry at me but I understand that, I wouldn't blame them if they never spoke to me again…I deserve it. Anyway, I have a job six weeks now, nothing glamorous, just at the local laundrette.

Becca closed her eyes as a tear squeezed out "oh mom," she whimpered.

Before she could read on someone knocked at her door, folding the letter she placed it under a book and walked to the door "who is it?"

"Just me!" Jesse called in.

Becca wiped her eyes and opened the door "hey," she said and turned away quickly "gimme two seconds," she added as she gathered her bag.

Jesse walked in and closed the door "I'm a little early, Benji wasn't back yet…are you okay?" he asked as she wiped her eye again.

"Oh, yeah, I just poked myself in the eye with my eyeliner…do you want to just head now then?"

"Sure," he nodded and opened the door again.

Once they were outside Jesse wrapped his arm around her "since it's so late I decided to hold off on the fancy night, you okay with that?"

"Yeah," she nodded and leaned into him "whatever you've planned will be great."

They arrived at the quad, Jesse stepped away from her "ta da," he chuckled.

Becca looked to the ground and laughed at the blanket, juice pouches and dvds looking back at her. Sitting down she looked up at him "I think you forgot the most important thing."

Jesse sat down and kissed her sweetly "you're already here."

"Aww, dork," she smiled "the laptop?"

"Did you really think I was going to leave my laptop lying around?" he chuckled and grabbed his bag.

Becca chuckled and settled back into him as he leaned back onto a tree "this is perfect Jess, thank you."

"You're very welcome," he said wrapping his arms around her waist as the movie began.

Not even half way through Becca decided to tell him she'd started to read the letter "I found that letter before you knocked," she started. "It was all about my mom being in a dark place," she said and tilted her head.

Jesse hadn't answered her at all, he was fast asleep with his head against the tree.

Becca smiled and sat up properly, turning off the laptop she shoved it into his bag and cleared up the rest. Leaning over him she tapped his cheeks "Jesse," she whispered "Jess, wake up."

Jesse slowly opened his eyes "hey," she said softly.

Jesse blew out a breath and rubbed his eyes "I'm sorry Bec, is the movie over?" he asked sitting up.

"Nope, but the date is," she said and stood up "come on," she added holding out her hands.

Jesse let her pull him up "I'm so sorry, I've just been exhausted the last few days…we can stay if you want to," he offered.

"It's okay, we'll go," she replied and started to walk.

"Great," he sighed "I've screwed up our first date."

"No, you didn't," she said turning back to him "Jesse, you're so tired because of me and all my drama. I really admire you even going ahead with the date," she said wrapping her arms around his neck "you dropped everything and stayed with me, I know it wasn't easy but you did it anyway, you need to sleep…let me look after you for a change," she said and pulled him along.

Jesse tugged her back to him "I'm always gonna look after you," he said sliding his hands onto her waist "I'd do anything to make you happy."

Becca smiled up at him "the only thing you can do now to make me happy is go home and get some sleep," she said and stood on her toes "alone," she added and kissed him deeply.

"You sure you wanna sleep?" he mumbled between kisses.

"Yes," she laughed and pulled away from him "we can pick this up tomorrow."

….

It was four am and Becca rolled over with a huff, as soon as she closed her eyes she was back at her mom's. She looked to the empty space beside her and sighed, after Jesse had walked her back to her dorm he asked her did she want him to stay, feeling bad about him being so tired she had told him to go back to his own dorm and get a good night's sleep…how she was regretting that now.

Sitting up she scrubbed her hands over her face and looked to Kimmy-Jin's bed, she hadn't returned, she was all alone.

Huffing again she threw her legs out of the bed and just looked around, she couldn't sleep and was sure she wouldn't for the rest of the night. Thinking about Jesse again she looked out the window and bit on her lip, she really wanted to be with him, but he needed sleep and a night without her waking him up.

Shaking her head, she stood up and wandered around the room, after a few minutes she scoffed and pulled on shoes and a hoodie. "This is stupid," she said out loud and grabbed her bag "he won't mind if I just crawl in beside him," she added and hurried out the door.

Walking fast to his dorm she stopped outside the door, did she knock? Did she just let herself in? would Benji be awake? Shaking her head she stared at the door for another few minutes.

After arguing with herself for a few minutes she finally tried the handle, sticking her head in she looked to Benji's bed first, seeing he wasn't even there she slipped in quietly and closed the door. Walking to Jesse's bed she looked down on him fast asleep, smiling she took off her shoes and gently put them on the floor followed by her bag and hoodie.

Pulling up the covers slowly she slid in beside him and lay down, sliding her arm around his waist she snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes…this was much better.

"Bec?" he asked sleepily turning his head.

"Sorry," she whispered and kissed his shoulder "go back to sleep," she added.

Jesse rolled onto his back and lifted his arm, Becca scooted closer and lay her head on his chest. Bringing his arm down around her he pulled her closer "you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," she sighed "…couldn't sleep."

Jesse chuckled and nudged her too look up at him "not missing Kimmy-Jin so much anymore?" he chuckled.

Becca laughed "no, she didn't even come back yet."

"Yeah, either did Benji," Jesse gasped "what if they're secret lovers? Maybe there hiding out in some motel."

Becca laughed again "I highly doubt that, Kimmy-Jin doesn't like anyone."

Jesse lowered his head and kissed her "get some sleep babe, the madness kicks off tomorrow."

Becca snuggled deeper into him "night Jesse," she mumbled and closed her eyes.

The next morning Becca woke to find Jesse gone, groaning she rolled over to stretch out. Hearing something crunch under her she lifted her head and looked down, seeing a note she picked it up and read it be back at 11, stay here Jxx smiling she looked at the clock it was only half ten.

Rolling out of the bed she walked to his desk and took a hoodie from the back of the chair, it was his treble hoodie, she'd never admit it but every time she saw him in that hoodie her knees would go weak, he looked so so hot in it.

Chuckling to herself she wrapped it around her and walked to the window ledge. Sitting on it she looked out to the campus, watching everyone move about she sighed heavily. Everyone looked refreshed and ready for class and here she was looking like death wishing she could sleep for a year.

She looked over as the door open and Jesse came in "hey, you're early."

Jesse walked to her and kissed her quickly "hey, class ended early, you up long?"

"No, not really," she yawned.

"Long enough to steal my hoodie," he chuckled "listen, I have classes all afternoon then treble practice until eight, are you free after that?"

"Oh, I think I have Bella practice until nine," she replied "Chloe text me about staying an extra hour."

"Okay," he nodded "well I was just gonna get pizza and watch a movie if you're up for it, or if you wanna spend the night with your friends that's cool too."

Becca nodded "I don't know what's gonna happen, I have so many ideas to run by them so we could be longer than planned."

"That's okay," Jesse replied "just send me a text and let me know."

Becca nodded and walked to him "so," she said locking her arms around his neck "why did you want me to stay here?"

Jesse chuckled and slid his hands onto her waist "because I wanted to see you before you took off for the day."

Becca laughed "we have the same class at two."

"I know," he nodded "but you sit with Amy and Stacie and I sit with Benji."

"Two rows behind you," she laughed and stood up on her toes "can you be that far away from me?"

"I don't know," he said pulling her closer "this morning was pretty hard."

Becca laughed again "how about tomorrow we take the car and head up to the lake, just me and you?"

"Don't we have class and practice?" he asked.

"Yeah but classes finish at one, practice finished at three," she replied.

"Then it's a date," he chuckled and kissed her slowly.

Becca pulled back "it's a date," she repeated and kissed him again.

…

After her last class, Becca walked out with Amy "I'm just gonna drop my bag off at my dorm first," she said.

"Cool, I'll walk with you," Amy replied "I didn't bring my bag anyway," she laughed.

Becca laughed too "I noticed…hey," she smiled as Jesse walked quickly towards her.

"Can't stop, gonna be late, call me later," he said and kissed her quickly "hey Amy," he nodded and took off again.

"How is he?" Amy asked as they started to walk.

"Fine I guess," Becca frowned-Amy was well known for her weird questions.

"So, you have done the dirty? Just fine?" Amy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Amy," Becca groaned "you can't ask me that."

"Why not?" Amy laughed "your little cheeks are lighting up, I know you have…how is he?" she asked again.

"He's great okay, can we just drop it?" Becca groaned.

Amy laughed again "wow, give me all the details is he a gentle lover? Does he look after you too?"

"Amy!" she gasped.

"Come on you two!" Cynthia Rose called from the doorway.

"Oh, thank god," Becca muttered and hurried along.

"Good to see you Becca," Cynthia Rose said and hugged her.

"Thanks, it's so good to be back here," she replied and walked to Aubrey and Chloe "hey guys, ready for some ideas?" she asked.

"Becca, hey," Chloe smiled and hugged her "how are you?"

"Welcome back Becca," Aubrey said before she could answer "we're just waiting for Jessica and Denise then we can start," she said and walked to the chairs.

A few hours later all the Bella's dropped panting onto chairs "that went well," Becca panted.

"That was great," Chloe said happily.

"My hips hurt," Aubrey groaned.

"Becca, those moves are awesome, where did you learn them?" Stacie asked.

"Rolling around with a treble," Amy mumbled causing everyone to laugh.

Becca went bright red and chose to ignore it "when I moved in with my brother I never bothered making friends, so I spent my free time dancing to my mixes and the tv."

Aubrey stood up "ladies, that was amazing, and this was only our first try," she said and turned to Becca "the song choices are amazing, but I think something is missing."

"Yeah, I noticed that too," Becca agreed "what do you suggest we do? Take one out? Add something else?"

"I don't know," Aubrey frowned "I can't figure out what's missing."

"What if we each got to sing?" Amy suggested.

"That could work," Becca nodded and looked at Aubrey "what do you think?"

"Um, I don't think we'd have enough time to all have a turn…what if we did two per song choice?"

"I think I can help," Lilly said loudly-surprising them all.

Becca and the other girls laughed "excuse me bitch, you don't need to shout," Amy chuckled.

Becca stood up "okay, I think we need to take this somewhere else…Lilly?" she asked looking to her "do we need anything for this?"

"Coats!" Lilly yelled happily and ran off before anyone could even get up.

Becca glanced at Aubrey "I know she's a little crazy, but she might have a good idea."

Aubrey nodded and grabbed her coat "let's catch the little ninja then," she giggled and took off after her.

Becca watched her open mouthed "what the hell happened to her over break?" she asked as Chloe stopped beside her.

Chloe laughed "there's a reason there was a treble ban Becca."

"What's that got to do with Aubrey being nice to everyone...oh" she said wide eyed and linked arms with Chloe "she got some?" she laughed.

Chloe laughed too "don't tell her I told you, she'd kill me."

"I won't, promise," Becca replied.

"Freshman year Aubrey and that Unicycle guy hooked up, he got her to send some pics-nothing too sleazy just her in her underwear. He showed them to the rest of the trebles, Aubrey was mortified, she hated them all after that."

"Wow," Becca said shaking her head "and now?" she asked.

"He lives near her, she ran into him over break, he apologised and asked her for a drink to catch up…and now they're together-don't tell anyone," Chloe added again.

Becca laughed and stopped as they arrived at the empty pool "as long as I don't have to pay him a visit I won't open my mouth…let's do this!" she called getting their attention.

"Lilly!" she called "show us what you've got."

Lilly turned to her "can you guys start off price tag again?"

….

Five minutes later the Bella's all stood open mouthed staring at her, Becca blinked a few times and shook her head "Lilly…that was awesome, where did you learn that?"

Lilly shrugged "I go to all these underground dance battles."

"That really was amazing!" Aubrey shrieked "we sound perfect!"

"Go dark ninja!" Amy laughed and stared to clap.

Becca smiled and joined in, glancing at her watch she gasped "oh my god you guys! It's almost midnight!"

"No!" Chloe gasped "we better wrap this up."

"Becca?" Aubrey said tugging her back "I just wanted to say thank you, I know I was horrible to you and wouldn't even listen to your ideas."

"Aubrey, stop," Becca cut in "we're all on the same team here, if we all agree then that all that matters, right? Besides, we're all friends, aren't we?"

Aubrey smiled and wrapped her arm around Becca's "of course we're friends, as long as we stick together we can win this."

Ten minutes later Becca yawned and let herself out of the hall "night guys!" she called and walked on towards her dorm. Reaching into her pocket she pulled out her phone and groaned at the two messages from Jesse, quickly replying she shoved the phone back into her pocket and walked faster.

Jesse was half asleep on his bed when his phone beeped "finally," he said picking it up, reading the messages quickly he sighed and punched in her number "Aubrey made you all stay this late?" he asked as soon as she'd answered.

"No, she didn't," Becca yawned "we had loads of ideas and got really into it…we lost track of time."

"Okay," he sighed "you sure you should be overworking yourself like this so soon?"

"Jess, I'm fine, really, don't worry about me, it was great, I had so much fun, I'm glad I came back," she replied.

"Okay," he said again "you sound tired, go get some sleep."

"I'm okay for another few minutes…sorry I couldn't make it over," she said, she knew he was annoyed but trying to hide it.

"It's fine," he replied "we both had a lot on today."

"We're still on for the lake tomorrow?" she asked.

"Oh, babe," he groaned "sorry, I can't, I forgot and told Bumper I'd help him with stuff for a mixer."

"That's okay," she said a little disappointed "what mixer?" she asked changing the topic.

"I don't really know, Donald said he does it every year, it's for past trebles that want to come for a reunion," he replied.

"That sounds like fun," she yawned "are you gonna sing?"

"I think so, it's at the treble house, I think they all sing," he chuckled.

"Dorks," Becca yawned.

"Hey," he warned "I thought I was your one and only dork."

Becca laughed "of course you are, you're my special dork," she yawned.

Jesse chuckled "Bec, get some sleep I'll talk to you in the morning okay?"

"Okay," she yawned and lay back on her bed "I'll call you when I get up…night."

"Night babe," he chuckled and hung up.

A/N hope you all enjoyed this one.