Jealous Jerks and Juice Pouches

"You knows, Becs, The Doors have more songs in the movie than any other band, they have six", Jesse rambled. "'Soul Kitchen' is playing in one of the Vietnam scenes, 'Hello, I Love You' is the first song in Forrest Gump's ping pong sequence and 'People are Strange' is the second- did you know that the entire ping pong sequence was CGI? Not once did they use an actual ping pong-"

"Becky", Luke said, sticking his head out the door. "Do you want the next night shift? I know that I was scheduled on, but-"

"Sure", she cut him off. Luke grinned at her, before disappearing back inside the studio.

"That guy's a jerk", Jesse said suddenly, stopping his Forrest Gump trivia (not that she was complaining. Forrest Gump was another one of the films he had added to their never ending movication list). "He is such a douche".

"Huh?" she said, amused.

"He's probably the worst boss in the world".

"Just because you're his lunch bitch", she said, eyes sparkling. "Hey, how come you never offer to get me lunch?"

"How come you never come with me?" he shot back.

"Touché".

(She found it amusing how agitated Jesse got when Luke made his appearance. The two's mutual dislike for each other- hate, on Jesse's part, which felt so strange on her tongue because Jesse didn't hate anything- made her shifts at the station more interesting.)

"Anyway, 'Break on Through' is the third song in his ping pong sequence and 'Peace Frog' plays in a New York scene with Lieutenant Dan". Jesse paused to take a breath. "We're going to watch this, Becs".

"I don't doubt that you're not going to make me sit through this torture".

"And you can't fall asleep!"

(He had reined Benji in to show Beca the joy that was Star Wars, and she had fallen asleep. What was wrong with that girl?)

"God, you fall asleep ONE TIME and it gets held against you for the rest of your life".

(She was lucky Aubrey hadn't found out about that.)

Jesse chuckled, before tossing her a juice pouch. "Grape today".

(Holy shit, was he jealous of Luke? Jesse just thought the guy was an asshole, but maybe there was a slight, teeny weeny chance that he was jealous of the attention he paid Beca. The girl was gorgeous- even if she didn't see it- and Luke wasn't blind.)

(Shit, he was totally jealous.)

Beca grinned softly to herself.

(Not that she would ever say it out loud- hell, she'd never say it ever- but Jesse was possibly a tiny bit cute when he was jealous.)

There was another girl at their tree.

More importantly, there was another girl sitting with Jesse at their tree.

(Why did her stomach knot up like that?)

"Hey Becs", Jesse said with a grin, as she cautiously approached them. "This is Jennifer from one of my film classes. Jen, this is Beca, I work with her at the station".

"Hi", Beca said, almost shortly, dropping to the blanket that Jesse had spread out (because the guy actually carried a blanket in his backpack).

"I better go", Jennifer said, seeing the awkward exchange between the two (she wasn't sure if they were a couple or not- they sure acted like one). "Nice to meet you, Beca".

"Yeah, nice to meet you too". Beca waited until the girl was out of earshot before speaking again. "I don't like her, Jess".

(She didn't like her and she didn't like the way that she was falling all over Jesse.)

(Was that the green eyed monster coming out in Beca? Jesse wasn't sure.)

"She's a nice girl", he insisted, offering her a juice pouch. She stabbed the straw through the foil violently, taking a long sip.

"I still don't like her".

"Are you still going out with Luke tonight?"

She spluttered around her juice (strawberry kiwi, he remembered). "What?"

"He said you were going with him tonight!"

"He's an asshole!" she fumed.

Jesse was quick to agree.

Beca saw the looks she received when she threw herself at Jesse after their performance. She launched herself into his arms, kissing him senseless like she'd wanted to for a long time.

"They're jealous", Jesse whispered in her ear, as girls watched them. she almost chuckled, keeping her arms around his neck. "You weren't jealous of Jen at all, were you Becs?"

She let go of him, punching him on the shoulder gently.

(Trust that nerd to ruin the moment.)

"Just like you weren't jealous of Luke?" she shot back, and Aubrey's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "he's a jerk".

"Weirdo", he shot.

"Nerd", she retorted, before kissing him again.