Thanks for all of you your amazing reviews, by the way I have changed my pen name! So the group finally get suspicious about Andreas in this chapter and I think there willl be a lot of drama in upcoming chapters, sorry for not updating I was ill! Please review it will make my day!


Chapter Eight

Becker looked around the ARC, scanning for either Connor or Abby, Abby came to view first and Becker walked over to her. "Abby could you do me a favour?" Becker asked, hoping she would say yes.

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" Abby asked. Becker produced a box, he opened it, inside were two sapphire ears. "If it is to keep those earrings you will be my best friend forever and ever!" Abby said, excitedly.

"Nope these are for Jess, it's her birthday coming up and well can you just give them to Andreas to give to her, she probably won't accept them from me and she will from him, so if he hasn't got her anything, or even if he has he can give them to her as well, just give them to him to give to Jess, it doesn't matter either way if she gets the earrings," Becker said, Abby nodded.

"I'll give them to him," she said, Becker nodded and walked off, Abby couldn't help feeling sorry for him. He clearly loved Jess, she didn't blame Jess she had been throwing herself at Becker for more than a year and he hadn't taken any notice, so it was hardly surprising that she had found someone else, but it was clear that Becker loved her. Abby was trying to be supportive of her best friend's decision, but somehow, she was beginning to have a bad feeling about Andreas. Connor then came bouncing up to her.

"Abs, don't freak out about this as I may be completely wrong, and I know it sounds odd and I sound like Becker-" Connor said.

"Just spit it out Connor," Abby said beginning to get frustrated with her boyfriend.

"I think it may be possible that," Connor took a deep breath, "Andreas is stealing from us."

"What?" Abby said shocked.

"Look, we all keep losing things, you never let that watch out of your sight, and just last week, I couldn't find my mobile and I still haven't found it!" Connor said. After getting over her initial shock, Abby began to process the information, it actually made sense.

"I'm not saying you're wrong, but can we please make sure we know you are 100% right before we tell Jess," Abby said and Connor nodded in response. Jess walked up to Connor and Abby who seemed to be in an intense conversation.

"Hi," Jess greeted.

"You look happy Jess!" Abby said smiling.

"I just asked, Andreas to move in with me!" Jess said. Abby and Connor's faces were a state of shock, neither knew what to say, there was an awkward silence until Abby final spoke.

"Congratulations!" Abby said, and Connor followed suit.

"I hope its ok," Jess said, now looking hesitant.

"It fine Jess it's your apartment," Abby said, smiling.

"Why are you all smiling?" Becker asked, as he approached the group.

"I'm moving in with Andreas not that it is any of your business," Jess said in an icy tone.

"Oh, that umm great," Becker said, Jess nodded awkwardly.

"Anyway I've got-" "I should-" Jess and Becker both started at the same time, and walked off in other directions.

"What do we do?" Abby asked when Jess and Becker left.

"I think we need to talk about it with the rest of the team," Connor said, Abby nodded her head agreeing with Connor; maybe they would be able to shed more light on the situation. 10 minutes later the ARC team were in Lester's office fortunately Jess had gone on her break.

"You think that Jess's boyfriend is stealing from her and you two?" Lester asked, in a bored tone, "and what does this have to do with the ARC?" Lester questioned.

"Nothing expect from the fact that Jess won't be a very good field coordinator, if she is heart-broken, and doesn't have any possessions," Abby said, hoping Lester would see her point that it did sort of effect the ARC. Lester nodded.

"Carry on then," Lester said.

"Look, we have lost a lot of valuable stuff recently, Abby never lets that watch out of her sight and its gone, there are other things too, every time we come home, something's gone," Connor said.

"It's odd," Emily started and everyone turned to look at her, "you said he is staying in a hotel, how is he paying for it, staying at a hotel for a month is very expensive is it not? His job in Greece did not sound like it paid very well, so where is he getting the money," Emily said, the group thought about what Emily had said, how did Andreas get his money?

"Do you think he takes your things, and sells them?" Matt asked, Abby and Connor looked at each other and nodded.

"There may be a reasonable explanation, he may have saved lot of money, or inherited it or, well there are lots of possible ways," Lester said.

"Yes, but what do we really know about him, even once we questioned him, I still feel like I know nothing about him," Abby said.

"He didn't come up on the background search," Connor said.

"And the worst thing is that Jess has just asked him to move in with her," Abby said, the group looked shocked, none of them sure what to say.

"What does he even do when Jess isn't around if he doesn't work?" Matt said. The group shrugged, Emily looked over at Becker who had been standing there listening, not speaking or moving a muscle.

"Becker, are you well?" Emily asked, Becker seemed to be broken out of his trail of thought by the sound of his name.

"I'm fine, its Jess's birthday tommorow, we can't ruin her birthday, let's just wait until the day after, she still isn't speaking to me, but as long you watch Andreas like a hawk, it should be ok. Anyway it's Saturday so no one has to come into the ARC." Becker said. The group knew that Jess would be returning from her break soon, so they walked out of Lester's office. Becker walked over to Abby.

"Still give him the earrings it's not like he can't give them to her, as he would know that you know he has them," Becker said.

"Ok," Abby said, still a bit unsure, they were very expensive earrings and she didn't trust Andrea's one jot, she just hoped he wouldn't ruin Jess's birthday.


Hope you enjoyed it, tell me what you thinks going to happen in the next chapter tell me in your review, would you like Jess and Becker to get together soon, or should I leave them longing for each other a little longer!