Author's Note: WE MEET GRANDAD! I'm sorry it's taken me awhile to finish this Chapter. But I've done it now, enjoy! Oh and so far the most liked Sibling is Boots! Please keep telling me in your Reviews who you like the best!
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Rating: T for mild swearing.
Siblings Are Menaces
Chapter 7 – Granddad:
The following few days went by actually quite well. He got to spend time with his nieces and nephew, he had made up with Boots completely, his Father and he were on good terms and best of all; no one had brought out 'the Night; since Becker had told Jess all about it.
But one problem still remained for Becker. Every time he had tried to ask Jess to marry him, something had always interrupted or gotten in the way. He was starting to think his siblings and the core team had joined forces to do this to him on purpose. Becker had laid low for a couple of days, but now he was planning on making his move.
Friday 20th of December 2013
It was mid-afternoon. Becker and Jess were taking a walk along side the riverbank. Becker held Jess's hand softly in his own. They were both wearing jackets as snow still lightly covered the ground.
"Jess…" Becker began slowly.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Jess asked brightly.
"You know I love you, right?" He said tentatively.
"Of course I do. I love you too." She replied, smiling brilliantly.
"Well, I've been meaning to ask you something for a while now." Becker said, rummaging in his pocket.
"What is it?" Jess asked.
"Jessica, will you-…" Becker started, but just then an old rundown farmer's truck pulled up beside them. Becker quickly tucked the ring box back in his pocket. He turned around and his jaw dropped. An old man wearing a tweed jacket, patched trousers and farmer's cap got out of the drivers seat.
"Granddad? What are you doing here?" Becker asked in shock.
"Well it's good to see you too, Hilary." His Grandfather said happily.
"It's James or Jamie! You're choice!" Becker growled through gritted teeth.
"Aren't you gonna introduce me to ya friend, lad?" asked his Grandfather, turning to look at Jess with a friendly smile which wasn't unlike Becker's smile.
Jess, this is my Grandfather, I've told you about him. Granddad, this is my girlfriend; Jess." Becker introduced them.
"Bloody hell, looks like I was right and the others were wrong! I knew she was real but they just didn't believe. I knew you'd find a catch someday sonny boy." said his Grandfather as he patted Becker on the back.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr Becker." Jess said shaking his Grandfather's hand.
"Please, Mr Becker is my son. Names Granddad to all." The elderly man said happily. Jess laughed and even Becker couldn't help but smile. He'd missed his Grandfather a lot. Becker had been told by his Mother that his Grandfather had planned a Holiday over Christmas up in Wales.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were up in Wales." Becker said curiously as they squeezed into Old Betty.
"I got up there, spent a night in the Hotel and the next morning I realised that Christmas just aint Christmas without my family." Granddad replied with a grin.
"You're 75 years old, Granddad. I would have come and got you if you wanted to spend Christmas with the rest of us. Anyway; I thought you'd gone up in a couch, not this old rust bucket." Becker said sternly.
"Get that pole out of your arse, Jamie. I'm perfectly capable of driving up and down the country. And I'll have you know that Old Betty can make any journey. What happened to that adventurous Grandson of mine, eh?" Granddad said cheerfully. Jess laughed but Becker looked at him seriously.
"He grew up." Becker said darkly.
"I'll believe it when I see it." Granddad retorted. Becker smiled fondly at his Grandfather, always the optimist.
When they arrived back; they entered through the front door. Everyone was in the living room, listening to Kyle and Jake tell one of their infamous funny stories. Becker rolled his eyes because the stories were never funny.
"Hey guys; look who we hitched a ride from." Becker said loudly.
"Granddad!" Boots cried, jumping to her feet.
"Hello Stephanie! How are my army boots?" asked Granddad.
"On my feet as always!" Boots said smugly.
"That's my girl!" Granddad said as they hugged. The rest of the family took their turns hugging Granddad. Mrs Becker made him a cup of tea while Becker introduced him to his other friends.
"So tell me about yourselves; Jessica." Granddad said, putting little Megan on his lap.
"Well there's nothing much to tell; I went to Uni when I was 15. I did a Masters in It. Then I got a job at where Becker works. That's where we met." Jess said brightly. Becker's family looked amazed by the fact that Jess had gone to University at 15 years old.
"You're a soldier?" Mr Becker bitterly, but Granddad just laughed.
"Are you ever gonna let that go, Ed? Now tell me my dear, what do you do?" Granddad said cheerfully.
"I'm a Field Co-Ordinator." Jess told him.
"A Field Co-What?" Kyle said dumbly.
"A Field Co-Ordinator, I'm basically the eyes and ears of our little unit." Jess explained simply.
"Jessica is the brains of the operation." Becker said smugly. Jess went to whack him on the chest, blushing furiously. But he caught her hand, pulled her onto his lap and then kissed her hand softly. Jess blushed again, but smiled and stroked his hair fondly.
"You never did tell us how you two got together." Cookie said smiling; the other girls of the family suddenly looked very interested. Apart from Boots, who looked bored along with Richard, Harry, Frankie, Shane, Luke, Kyle and Jake. Jess and Becker exchanged looks.
Trust was; they had gotten together after Becker had broken his number one rule and gone through an anomaly, despite everyone else warning him not too and the Minister threatening to sack him if he did, to save Jess from death. But they couldn't exactly tell his family that, could they? Catching each other's eyes, they decided to wing it.
"Well, see, Becker…" Jess began looking slightly nervous.
"I was out on a stakeout." Becker finished quickly. Jess looked at him but he just rubbed her lower back and grinned. The Core Team also looked confused at him.
"And Jess crashed it with Chinese. Technically the first time we ever had dinner together. Well then, the bad guy showed up and I went in." Becker explained cheerfully, Jess caught his eye and realised where he was going with this. His family wouldn't find this story out of the ordinary.
"But it was a trap, there was a bomb and Becker was put into a situation where he couldn't disarm it." Jess continued smiling brilliantly. Boots and the boys suddenly got very interested, his mother, Rocky and his elder sisters all looked horrified, Mr Becker was pretending not to care but you could see he looked shocked, and Granddad just smiled.
"So Jess, disarmed the bomb and saved my life. I brought her chocolate, we went for a walk and then we got together." Becker concluded cheerfully.
Of course none of this was a lie. Jess had disarmed a bomb, but that was years ago when they still thought Patrick was really called Ethan. Becker had brought her chocolate, many times. And after Becker had saved Jess from the anomaly they had gone on a walk and gotten together.
"How…romantic?" Evy said awkwardly, the statement sounding more like a question. Everyone laughed.
"What are your parents like, Jessica?" Mrs Becker asked suddenly.
Colour drained from Becker's face and his eyes went wide. He noticed Lottie, Evy and Mel all giving him a very sympathetic look. Cookie, Shane, Boots, Luke, Rocky, Kyle and Jake all winced and grimaced. Granddad shook his head, chuckling and Mr Becker smirked. Harry, Richard and Frankie all looked like they were about to recall nightmares.
This was how Mrs Becker began a conversation with someone she thought would be a potential In-law. She'd grill them into an inch of their life and if they didn't run out of the house screaming, then she'd know that they'd stick with her child for the rest of their lives. Harry, Richard and Frankie had all gone through this and lived. Cookie had a boyfriend who really did run out screaming.
"Oh, they're lovely people. They live in America, that's why Becker hasn't met them." Jess told her.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Mrs Becker asked.
"No. I'm an only child." Jess replied.
"Lucky." Muttered Shane, he was then punched by Lottie, Evy, Mel, Cookie, Boots, Kyle, Jake, Luke and Rocky.
"Do you like children?" Mrs Becker asked nonchalantly.
"Oh I love children." Jess answered.
"Do you think you'll have children?" Mrs Becker asked rather quickly.
"Mam!" Becker exclaimed, blushing furiously again.
"It's not something we've really discussed." Jess told her coolly.
"And why ever not? You said you love children and you and my son have been together for two and a half years." Mrs Becker said quickly.
"Becker and I are both still young and we have very demanding jobs. If we have kids, we'll have them when the time is right so we could devote more time to our children." Jess answered with a cheeky smirk. She was more than a match for Mrs Becker. There was a silence where Mrs Becker eyed Jess.
"Are you a Virgin, Jessica?" She asked tartly. Becker's jaw dropped and he blushed furiously. Danny choked on his drink. Abby, Emily, Sarah, Jenny, Cookie, Lottie, Evy, Mel, Boots and Rocky all went wide eyed. Connor, Matt, Danny, Cutter, Stephen, Harry, Frankie, Richard, Shane, Luke, Kyle and Jake looked shocked. Granddad and Mr Becker even shared shocked looks. Jess, however, simply smiled brightly.
"Why, are you?" She replied cheekily. Mrs Becker's jaw dropped. Becker and Granddad both laughed. Becker's sisters all grinned. Becker's brothers and brothers in-law all smirked. Mr Becker even smiled.
"Ya know, Jessica, I can see why my son likes you." Mrs Becker said smiling fondly at Jess, who beamed back. Becker leant up and kissed her on the cheek.
Becker sat outside on the bench; he looked out at the back garden. The snow that covered the ground, bushes and trees seemed to twinkle in the moonlight. An old Willow tree that stood by a largish pond was covered in fairy lights and tinsel. Becker smiled as memories came back to him.
"Isn't it a little cold to be sitting out here?" said a female voice from behind him. Becker looked around and saw Evy. She grinned in a typical Becker way. He grinned back.
"I'm made of steal, I am." Becker replied.
"You like this Jessica-Girl, don't you?" Evy said sitting beside him.
"Yeah, a lot. I love her." He answered with a fond smile.
"Good. I'm glad you've finally found the one person on this earth that'll ever bring out that old side of you." Evy said smiling.
"What do you mean?" Becker asked.
"Nothing, never mind." Evy replied quietly. A comfortable silence fell between them.
"I'm pregnant." Evy said finally. Becker looked to her with raised eyebrows. Tears were welling up in her eyes. "I haven't told anyone us else yet. Not even Frankie. We didn't want anymore children. He didn't want anymore children. I'm scared." She added softly, tears finally trickling down her face.
"Why are you telling me this?" Becker asked slowly.
"Cos, we're family and I trust you." Evy replied with a sad smile.
"C'mere." He said softly, pulling her into a hug. "It'll be okay." He whispered softly. Evy nodded and hugged him back. Together they looked out into the Garden.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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