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Chapter 7:

**Fourth of July**

Family was arriving quickly but there was no sign of his ex. Jesse said she was a tall blonde that always wore clothes that were too small for her. Yikes. And he was right, I saw her walk in. Jesse put his arm around me and reassured that she wasn't a problem. She hesitated a little when she saw us. "Hi Jesse," she said. "Who is this?"

"This is Beca. My girlfriend," he said with pride. She gave me a look and walked to the kitchen.

"She seemed friendly," I said sarcastically.

"The opposite actually," we laughed and Jesse got up to get us some vodka. I saw the girl, whose name I figured out was Brittany, stop Jesse in his tracks. They started talking… should I go see if everything's okay? Jesse tried to get away from her but she stopped him again.

Jesse's POV:

"Wouldn't you rather have a sexy blonde like me? Why are you dating that alt-girl?" She sounded exactly like Aubrey.

"I love her, that's why," I said. And I meant it. I saw Beca walk up to us.

"Everything okay over here?" she said.

"Everything's fine," Brittany said firmly. Beca was about half the size of her, and I thought that was just adorable. Brittany walked away and went upstairs to the game room.

Beca's POV:

Kiley and Kate walked up to us, "I cannot believe you ever dated her, Jesse," said Kate.

"I know. Dating Brittany was the biggest mistake ever. I'm glad I have Beca now," he was so sappy sometimes. Kiley made a sarcastic 'Aww' and they poured themselves some Pepsi. Jesse poured some vodka into a glass and gave it to me.

"Hi, you must be Beca," said a woman probably in her 30's. She had a husband and two kids. One was 13 and the other was 14. Jesse had many other relatives that I met and they were all very nice. I finally met Brittany's parents, who were really polite and kind, the opposite of her.

"So Beca, how long have you and Jesse gone out?" said Mrs. Santos, Brittany's mother.

" A few months, ever since the acapella finals," I replied.

"You're into acapella?"

"Yeah, I'm the leader of the group now. We're called the Barden Bellas."

"Ever beaten Jesse's group?"

I smiled, "Yeah, we beat the Trebles at the finals this year." Jesse nudged me and I laughed.

"Well, I'm going to apologize in advance for my daughter's actions. She hasn't moved on from Jesse." I nodded with respect. It was getting late so we all decided to go outside and mess around with fireworks. There were police patrolling the busy streets because they knew how New Yorkers were with fireworks. Illegal, always. Luckily we didn't live on a busy street so there were no cops nearby. Jesse set off the first set of fireworks and it dispersed blue and yellow sparks. The twins and their same-aged-cousins were playing with sparklers and 'drawing' things in the air. Jesse and I joined them, I noted Jesse tracing the words 'I love you' all over again. Then he pretended he was Harry Potter and muttered the spells he memorized. As the rest of the fireworks exploded, Jesse went to get me another drink. Brittany walked up to me when he went inside.

"Stay away from Jesse, he's mine," she said with anger.

"You really think after everything that happened, he's going to trade me for you? Stop daydreaming and wake up to reality," I said, clearly annoyed. She stormed off as Jesse came back.

"Everything okay…?" he asked.

"Yeah. She told me to stay away from you," I said.

"Like you could resist this," he winked.

I laughed and continued, "I'm getting really annoyed with her. I don't know if I should give her a breath mint or toilet paper for the amount of shit she talks."

"Just ignore her. She's just trying to get on your bad side. And I've seen your bad side, so she's making a big mistake." We said our goodbyes as Jesse's family left and Brittany's family went back to their house. Jesse and I went to take a shower and then we joined the twins and David in the family room. We were going to watch 'The Half-Blood Prince' since Jesse still wanted to watch Twilight before we went to Universal Studios. The twins fell asleep half way through it and David and Michael carried them to their room. They were really good brothers. After the movie ended, I was slowly drifting off in Jesse's lap. I noticed he picked me up and brought me upstairs but I didn't open my eyes. He climbed in the bed with me and we both fell asleep shortly after.

**Day of Plane Trip to Florida**

We were going through the lines to get our things checked. The alarm went off when I walked through. "Ma'am what is that on your ear?" the security asked.

"It's an ear spike, dumbass," I replied. The rest of the family was already through and went to get snacks so they didn't hear me. Jesse was there laughing though.

"Sorry, ma'am, continue," said the security guy.

"Becs, is it your time of the month?" I glared at him.

"No, I just hate cops."

"Let's just watch a movie when we get there okay? To get your mind off of the heights. We still have to watch Breaking Dawn Part 2." I really liked the Twilight movies. Edward and Bella's relationship was adorable.

"Okay," I agreed. We boarded the plane shortly after and I sat next to Jesse. I put the movie in because he was to focused on the plane taking off. When the movie started, he looked back because I was shaking. I really hated heights. He put his arm around me and rubbed my shoulder, reassuring me. I'm glad he was here. He hit play and we started watching the movie. Mackenzie Foy is adorable oh my god. The ending was the biggest turn of events ever. "What the hell just happened! I thought Seth died!"

"You weren't expecting that, were you?"

"No… I wasn't…" I was so shocked. When the movie ended, we only had about thirty minutes left on the plane ride. We started talking about the trip.

"Universal is enormous. Harry Potter World isn't the only thing there, but it is my favourite. Do you get nauseous easily? The Tour of Hogwarts is a really fun ride, but we shouldn't drink butterbeer before we go on. Oh and we get a separate room, my mom planned that. We should both thank her," Jesse said.

About an hour later, we arrived at our rooms. They were side by side but almost soundproof, great. The rest of the family shared the family suite while Jesse and I had our own room. We unpacked our things and turned on the TV. It was pretty late so we didn't do anything outside of the hotel. Watching TV led to making out which led to other things.

When we woke up, we all went downstairs to a breakfast buffet in the lobby and ate there. "So, where do you want to go first?" asked Jane.

"Island of Adventure!" said everyone at the same time.

"Well alright then!" They all cheered and I was laughing.

"Beca! They have a Jurassic Park playground there with tunnels and ropes and it's really fun!" said Kiley.

We always play girls versus boys hide and seek there," added Kate.

"Sounds exciting," I said. After we finished eating, we made our way to the Island of Adventure. We went to Jurassic Park first since that's what the girls wanted to do.

"Finally! The game is even!" said Kate. Michael started explaining everything.

"Okay, its three versus three, girls against boys. If you get tagged by the opposite team, you have to stay frozen where you are. Got it?" Everyone nodded. I was the smallest one there and I didn't exactly know my way around so I just hid in a small space.

Jesse's POV:

I was trying to find Beca when Kiley swooped out of nowhere and tagged me. Then David came and tagged Kiley and untagged me. Kate came and tagged both of us and untagged Kiley. Kate and Kiley ran off in different directions while David and I were frozen. "Well, this sucks," said David.

"Yeah, I wonder where Beca is…" I said. Then Michael ran over to us.

"I tagged Kiley and Kate so that leaves us three against Beca, unless of course she tags them, then it's like we're starting over."

Beca's POV:

I wonder if Kate and Kiley got tagged… I looked out of the cave I climbed in and looked. I saw them frozen and the guys around the corner. I ran down without being seen because they looked like they were in deep conversation. "Beca!" said Kate. I tagged them and we devised a plan.

"Okay, Kiley, you distract them by running near them while David or Michael go running after you, Kate will tag David and Jesse from behind. When Michael tags you, I'll come from behind and tag him and then tag you. Got it?" I felt pretty proud of that plan. They nodded and went into position. It all worked out and we ended up winning.

"Well Beca, I don't know how you managed that, but good game," said Jesse.

"Yeah it's the first time we've won!" said Kiley. I was really connecting with this family, being an only child and all. We decided to go touring the rest of the Island of Adventure and make our way to Harry Potter World.

I know you guys probably wanted something dramatic to happen between Brittany and Beca, but this was the introduction to their rivalry. Leave a review? xx