The rest of the week had gone by quickly, it was now Friday, the day Becca headed home for her birthday. She'd decided to put her meeting with Nick and going to the doctor on hold until after the semi-finals tomorrow. She couldn't wait to get home, Charlie and Tori also flew in tonight, gathering her books she practically jumped down the stairs and out the door of her last class calling goodbye to her fellow Bella's.

Rounding the corner, she smacked into someone sending her books out of her hand and onto the ground "way to go asshole," she sighed and bent down to pick them up

"Love you too babe," Jesse chuckled and got down to help her "I said I'd meet you here remember? You were so eager to get home, I said I'd be here ready to go."

"Sorry," she chuckled "I'm just so excited I can't wait to see them," she said and stood up.

Jesse leaned in and kissed her quickly "let's get going then," he said and kissed her again, he just loved seeing her so happy.

"Hey," she giggled and pulled him back to her "I love you," she laughed and kissed him deeply.

"You two make me sick," Amy grumbled from behind them.

Jesse stepped back and cleared his throat "Amy, always a pleasure."

Amy nodded "I am a pleasure, I could show you a thing or two," she smirked and reached out for his shirt "you know, something I'm sure Becca would love," she murmured as she tugged him to her.

"Bec, I'm scared," he said wide eyed.

Becca laughed "okay," she said pulling him away "you're scaring the baby, we don't need help in that department either thank you…what's up?" she asked glancing at Jesse as he stepped behind her quickly.

"Well, since you're being a boring Betty and won't have a party for your birthday I guess I should give you this," she said and held out a bag.

Becca was stunned, she wasn't used to anyone giving her presents apart from her dad and Danny "for me?" she asked as her eyes filled with tears.

"Yes…uh, I know you're a weirdo and all but if you start crying out here I will slap you with the bag…happy birthday oh old one," she said and shoved the bag into her hands.

Becca looked down on the bag "thank you Amy," she smiled and looked over at her "really, thank you so much."

"We all pitched in, it's from all of us," Stacie said appearing beside them "happy birthday Becca, enjoy your dirty weekend," she said winking at Jesse and hugging her.

"Aww, thanks guys," she smiled and hugged her back "you bitches are amazing."

Amy shrugged again "I know, see ya tomorrow…bye!" she called as she walked off Stacie waving as she followed her.

Jesse chuckled as she stood with a goofy grin on her face looking at the bag. "Plenty more where that came from, come on beautiful, time to go."

Getting into her car Becca noticed all the sparkly and coloured bags on the backseat that Jesse had placed in with his stuff "if these are all from you I'm gonna kill you."

Jesse leaned over and kissed her "only like six of them," he chuckled.

"Jesse!" she laughed "you didn't?"

"I did," he nodded "you deserve to be spoiled, but you're not getting them until tomorrow, start the car," he said trying to hide his smirk…he had plans for this one tonight.

"That's just mean," she laughed and pulled away.

"Hey, you don't like your birthday remember?"

"I like stuff," she chuckled.

Jesse laughed "okay, you can open one when we get home," he said and laughed again as she bounced in her seat.

After all the years of getting nothing apart from the small thing she'd ask Danny for she was so excited for her birthday, even her tea party with her niece and the dreaded visit from her dad and his wife "love you dork!" she sang and turned on the radio.

Pulling up at her house they both climbed out "I thought you we're going home first," she said as they walked to the door.

Jesse shrugged "wanted to spend another few hours with you before I've to compete for your attention with a four-year-old," he chuckled.

Becca laughed and pushed the door in "oh, she'll totally win, I'm sorry you'll have to take a number."

Jesse chuckled and kissed her on the cheek "not at night time," he murmured in her ear as they walked to the kitchen.

"Jess," she giggled "don't let Danny hear you…" she trialled off and her mouth fell open at the scene before her.

"Becbec!" Tori yelled excitedly and wiggled out of Danny's arms.

"Hey," Becca squealed and lifted her off the ground "what are you doing here? I thought you only got in tonight."

"Sorry, we got here yesterday," Charlie said walking to her "we wanted it to be a surprise, hey," she said and hugged her tight.

Jesse smiled as he watched them embrace , she was so happy, she hadn't stopped smiling since they'd pulled away from Barden.

Danny watched the way Jesse was watching Becca, he smiled and walked to the kettle "tea Jesse?" he asked.

"Oh, sorry," Becca said and pulled back from Charlie "this is my boyfriend Jesse," she said pulling him to her side "Jess, this is Charlie and Tori."

"You the man in Becbec's room?" Tori questioned.

"Uh, yeah," he chuckled "nice to meet you Tori, your aunt has told me a lot about you," he said and turned to Charlie "nice to meet you Charlie, I've heard stories about you too."

"You too Jesse, hope they were all good," she said nudging Becca.

"Most of them," he chuckled and walked to Danny.

Danny handed him a cup and both leaned against the counter watching them babble "we're screwed," Danny chuckled.

Jesse chuckled too "wouldn't have it any other way."

…

A while later Becca walked Jesse to her door "I can't believe you knew they were here," she said as they stepped out onto the porch.

Jesse chuckled "I was sworn to secrecy, Danny called me this morning to see what time we'd be home at so they could be here."

Becca threw her arms around his neck "thank you, you're amazing, this is already the best birthday present ever."

Jesse smiled and moved closer to her "you haven't even opened your presents yet."

Becca shrugged "I got you, Danny, my niece and Charlie are here, that's all I want," she said and closed the distance between them.

"Eww!" Tori yelled horrified "mommy! Daddy! Becbec is kissing a boy!" she yelled and ran away from the glass.

Jesse laughed and pulled back "sorry, she's a funny kid."

Becca laughed too "runs in the family," she said and glanced behind her "Jess," she said taking a step closer to him "I know we agreed we'd tell Danny and your parents after the show tomorrow, but do you think we could wait until Sunday? I just want to spend time with my family without some drama."

Jesse nodded "sure babe, whatever you want," he said and kissed her sweetly "I better get going, don't forget to be at mine for eight, mom can't wait to see you," he chuckled.

Becca laughed "I spoke to her yesterday."

Jesse shrugged "from then until you see her will feel like a lifetime to my mom."

Becca chuckled and rubbed her stomach "I'll see you at eight, gotta go get something to eat."

Jesse watched her rub her stomach and smiled "how are you feeling about it now?"

Becca looked down at her stomach and smiled "okay I guess, I'm still a little overwhelmed and confused but I know we'll be one happy family…you?"

"Great, I'm starting to get excited," he smiled and kissed her slowly "we're gonna be the best little family anyone has ever seen."

Becca chuckled and kissed him a few times "go home nerd," she said and walked to the door "love you!" she called over her shoulder and disappeared inside.

"Love you too!" he called and walked down the drive, he was happy about being a dad, once he'd gotten his head around it and thought about the big picture it didn't look so bad. They both had jobs, okay they didn't pay great and they did have a few of the same classes and their groups, but he was certain his mom and dad would help out as he was sure Danny and her dad would too.

The hard part was actually telling them she was pregnant, sure they'd had time to think about it and plan things. He was quite sure his parents and Danny wouldn't be too thrilled about it, them being so young and all, but that didn't matter, it was him Becca and Baby-just them, and he'd do whatever it takes to make sure his girl and his baby always had whatever they needed.

A while later Becca looked up from reading Tori a story to see she'd fallen asleep, chuckling she put the book down and rolled off the bed. Dropping a kiss on her head she rubbed her hair "it really is great to see you my little lady," she said softly "I've missed you so much," she said and kissed her again before walking to the door.

"She's missed you too Becs," came Charlie's voice startling Becca.

Becca turned around quickly "you scared the crap outta me," she chuckled.

"I've missed you too," Charlie said as they walked down the stairs.

Becca threw her arm around her shoulder as they walked to the kitchen "well, you're home now, we can pick up where we left off…where's Danny?" she frowned at the empty room.

Charlie rolled her eyes and scoffed "work, I see things haven't changed."

Becca shook her head and looked at the clock it was only six, she had plenty of time before she was due at Jesse's "no, he's not working late while we're all here, I'll be back in like twenty minutes," she said and grabbed her keys.

"Where are you going?" Charlie asked following her to the hall.

"To drag his ass home, he can have one day off where he actually stays off…be back soon," she said and slipped out the door.

Arriving at the station a few minutes later she walked to the desk to see the same officer there as last time "hey, is my dumbass brother here?"

The officer chuckled and called up to the eight floor, hanging up she nodded "he's up there."

"Thanks!" Becca called and walked to the elevator. Arriving on the floor she walked on to his office and stuck her head in, frowning when it was empty she looked around the bullpen and spotted Jesse's dad by the copier "Jason, hey," she said and walked to him "have you seen Danny?"

"He's in questioning someone with Jack, I just passed them, why don't you wait in his office and I'll let him know you're here," he suggested.

"Sure," she nodded "thanks," she added and started to walk back to his office-stopping when shouting and what sounded like furniture being thrown caught her attention.

"Stay here," Jason said and took off as the arguing spilled out into the hallway.

"Danny chill!" she heard Jack yell.

"Chill? Danny screamed back "that scumbag killed my mom and you want me to chill?"

"Just calm down!" Jack yelled as he struggled to hold onto him.

Becca gasped, all colour drained out of her face, hurrying to the corner she turned just as Danny broke free and lunged at a guy in cuffs.

"You killed my mom because she came into money and got clean? You killed her because she wouldn't feed your habit anymore!" he snarled and raised his hand again.

"Danny!" Becca cried.

….

"Becca?" he said and quickly shoved the guy at Jason and Jack "what are you doing here?" he said hurrying to her blocking her view of the guy.

Becca shoved him to the side "don't do this Becs," he said stepping in front of her.

"I have to," she said and shoved him away "you killed my mom?" she sniffed walking to him.

The guy looked at her and nodded before looking at the floor.

"But she was my mom, why?" she whimpered.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" he sobbed "she wasn't supposed to die! She was just supposed to get hooked again. Please forgive me!" he cried and grabbed her hands "please, I didn't mean for it to happen, I loved her, I just wanted her back."

"Let go of her," Jason warned as he watched a tear roll down her cheek.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" he called as Jack led him away.

"Becca?" Jason asked and took a step to her.

"Don't," she said stepping away from his outstretched hand "I'll see you at yours," she added and hurried off bypassing Danny quickly as he tried to grab her.

"Becca!" he called and ran after her "Becca wait up!" he called as she frantically pressed the button for the first floor.

"Damn it!" he yelled as the doors closed before he got to it, running to the stairs he pushed the door in and took them four at a time. Bursting into the lobby he looked around and hurried to the elevator "have you seen my sister?" he called to the officer on the desk.

"Yeah, she just walked outside," she answered.

"Thanks!" he called as he took off after her, spotting her he sped up "Becca!" he called "Becs, please wait!" he called.

Becca got to her car and sighed heavily, she felt so sick, she just wanted to be left alone, but who was she kidding? It was Danny after all. Sighing again she sat on the hood of her car and waited for him to catch up.

Danny reached her and sat beside her "I'm sorry Becs, I wasn't expecting you to be there," he said rubbing her back.

Becca looked up at the sky "this sure does top all the shitty birthdays…thanks for that Danny," she said and pulled away from him.

"I didn't know you'd be here, what are doing here anyway?" he asked standing up.

"I came because Charlie Tori and I are at home and you bailed again, the one birthday in about eight years I've actually been looking forward to!" she yelled and shoved him. "I came here to get you so we could spend some time together like we were supposed to!" she yelled and shoved him again, "but you've gone and ruined it all!" she cried and slapped him over and over.

"I don't want a stupid family dinner or the family party you've planned! We're not a family…I'm not going home, I'm going back to college to spend my birthday alone! Like I should have in the first place!" she cried and smacked him repeatedly as she started to sob.

Danny pulled her into him and let her cry into his chest "I'm so sorry Becs, I got a call to say they'd found him, my anger took over, I just had to be here."

Becca pulled back and rubbed her stomach, blowing out a few deep breaths she walked to her car door "I don't care, I don't care about any of it anymore…I'm going to Jesse's," she said and climbed in.

"What am I going to say to Charlie and Tori?" he asked.

"Tori's asleep, she's had a long flight, she won't wake again tonight. You can tell Charlie I found you and you said you'd be home later so I went ahead to Jesse's," she said and yanked her door from him.

Becca pulled up at Jesse's and looked at herself in the mirror, seeing the black smudges she sighed and began to wipe them away with her fingers. Sitting there for a few minutes she climbed out and walked up the drive in a daze "oh god, Jesse!" she yelled and jumped as he stood up from the porch "what are you doing out here?"

"My dad called," he said looking at her with concern "are you okay?"

Becca sighed for what felt like the millionth time and walked the steps, sitting down she waited for him to join her "I don't want to talk about it, my birthday is ruined like the rest of them…I told you I shouldn't have bothered," she muttered.

Jesse wrapped his arm around her and pulled her to him "don't say that, you were so happy earlier, you've been looking forward to it all week."

"Funny how quickly someone can ruin it," she said and stood up "I need to pee," she muttered and walked into the house.

Jesse waited by his bedroom door for her to come out of the bathroom, walking out she stopped and raised an eyebrow "come here," he said holding out both his hands.

"Why?" she asked slowly.

Jesse leaned in and kissed her slowly "because," he said wrapping his arms around her and kissing her again "I am going to cheer you up," he said and kissed her. "I have something in my room for you, I wanna see you as happy as you were earlier," he said and pulled her into the room.

Becca closed the door and leaned against it, pulling him back to her she kissed him hard, pulling him closer she started to undo his shirt.

"Babe," he said pulling back "I don't care how you try distract me it's not gonna work…go to the bed, sit down and close your eyes," he ordered.

"Yes boss," she chuckled and kissed him sweetly before walking to the bed and doing what he asked "now what?" she asked with her eyes closed.

Jesse walked to his dresser and opened the top drawer "now you sit there and wait until I find something."

…

A minute later Jesse walked to the bed and sat beside her "I know I said you couldn't have your presents until tomorrow, now this is just something small, but I think you'll like it," he said placing an envelope into her hands.

Becca opened her eyes and looked down at the envelope "what is it?" she asked with a smile.

Jesse kissed her on the cheek "open it and see."

"I'm all excited," she giggled as she opened it, taking out photos she looked at him and frowned.

"Look through them," he chuckled.

Becca looked down on a photo of her dorm room just as she had left it "um, okay," she said and moved onto the next one. Seeing suitcases by the door she smiled and moved onto the next one, laughing she turned the photo of her wardrobe that now held both their clothes "are you trying to get me to steal more of your clothes?"

"Keep going," he chuckled happy she was a little more cheerful.

Becca moved through the photos examining each one carefully, getting to the last one she turned it to him "really?"

Jesse shrugged and chuckled at the picture of himself on the bed holding a sign that said 'my side' "just wanted you to know I've claimed a side."

"Oh, I missed one," she said pulling one that had stuck to the back of it, looking down a photo of a frame on her dresser of them both she smiled and ran her fingers over it.

Donald had caught them in a rare moment and had snapped it with Jesse's phone which he'd just used for a call. Jesse sat on a wall with her in between his legs, his arms tucked tightly around her waist. She looked up at him with a big smile, him mirroring her actions…both had the look of love in their eyes "I love it," she whispered, "this is perfect Jess, thank you," she said looking over at him.

Jesse smiled and slid his hand into hers "in case you missed it, I moved all my stuff in while you were in class," he chuckled.

"I got that," she laughed and pulled him into a hug "this is the best present ever, thank you."

Jesse ran his hand up and down her back "that's the smallest one," he chuckled.

Becca pulled back "I don't need anything else Jess, this is what I want-all I want."

"Tough," he said and kissed her "I already have everything, we better go see my mom, she'll kill me if she knew you've been here without seeing her."

Becca laughed and let him pull her to the stairs "hey, nerd," she said tugging him back "I love you," she said and kissed him on the cheek "this is slowly returning to the best birthday ever."

"Good," he nodded "I'm gonna make the most of it before you head home for the night."

Becca walked by him and down the stairs "I'm staying here tonight."

A while later Becca laughed and stood up "sorry, I'm just grabbing a glass of water," she said and walked to the kitchen, since it was her birthday they'd let her choose the movie.

As she drank her water Jason slipped in and closed the door over "have you told Jesse what happened?"

Becca turned slowly "uh, no, I told him I didn't want to talk about it…what did you tell him?"

"Just that you'd overheard something concerning you mothers case and he should expect you soon," Jason replied and walked to her "wanna talk to me about it?"

"Thanks, but I think I should talk to Danny about, but not tonight…I'll speak to him tomorrow," she added.

Laura stuck her head in "sorry love, there's a girl called Charlie at the door looking for you."

Becca nodded "she's Danny's girlfriend, well, she was, sorry, excuse me," she said and walked to the door.

"You go out to get Danny, he comes back and you don't, what gives?" Charlie asked.

Becca stepped out and closed the door "did he tell you what happened?"

"He told me some bull that I'll assume you told him to say?" she asked siting on the step beside her.

"I heard him fighting with someone I walked to the corner to hear him yelling about this guy that had killed my mom. He went to punch him again and I let out a scream, he tried to block me from the guy but I had to see him. I asked him why he killed my mom and he started to cry saying he was sorry," she sniffed.

"Oh, Becs," she said sadly and scooted closer to her.

Becca wiped her eyes "can we talk about this tomorrow?" she asked and stood up "I'm having a nice evening with my boyfriend and his family I don't want to go back in there all mopey."

"Sure," Charlie said and kissed her on the cheek "I have a mopey brother at home that I know would love it if you came home tonight."

Becca stood up and walked back to the door "I'll think about it…see ya Charlie," she said and slipped back inside.

Jesse walked out of the kitchen "you missed the ending…everything okay?"

Becca nodded and held out her hand "everything is perfect," she said and led him back into the living room.

Jesse sat down with her and looked down on her as she snuggled into him, looking over at his dad he frowned.

Jason just smiled quickly and shrugged before looking back to the tv.

"Oh, I love this movie," Becca said as Jade waved Now and then at then.

"Go on then," Laura chuckled as both boys groaned.

"You don't like a movie"? Becca sked surprised looking up at him.

"We were made watch this every day last summer, I could recite it in my sleep," he grumbled.

"Well, tough, I love it," she chuckled and wrapped her arm around him.

...

Later that night Danny sat on the sofa with Charlie watching tv, sighing he changed the channel again.

Charlie looked over at him "she needs time Danny, she's upset, don't forget she's still just a kid. She shouldn't have witnessed any of that, it's hard for her to express her feelings you know that, she'll come around once she's had time to think."

"You didn't see her face Charlie, it was like the happiness just drained out of her. It broke my heart, I should have kept my cool, I shouldn't have lost it like that," he sighed.

"You didn't know she was going to be there," Charlie said.

"I know," he nodded "but it doesn't change the fact she was there, she heard it all, she saw him. She talked to him…she was so upset, she hit me a bunch of times and told me she was going to spend her birthday alone."

"I do tend to over react sometimes," came Becca's voice from the door.

Charlie smiled and stood up "you came back?"

"Yeah, I brought Jesse too," she said nodding behind her as he waved in.

"We were just about to watch a movie, Jesse come help me with the popcorn," Charlie said and pulled him to the kitchen.

Becca stood in the doorway for a few seconds before she walked to the sofa and sat beside him "I'm sorry for hitting you," she mumbled.

"It's okay," he said and scooted closer to her "I'm sorry you had to find out like that."

"He confessed?" she asked.

Danny nodded "he'll be before the courts Monday for a bail hearing."

Becca nodded "that's all I want to hear about it until then."

"Do you want to talk about how you're feeling?" he asked cautiously.

Becca thought for a moment, thinking of the baby she decided now was as good a time as she was going to get "I feel sick," she said and looked over at him "I have to stop working myself up," she said and rubbed her stomach.

Danny chuckled "you overthink too much, it's bound to make you sick."

Becca rubbed her stomach "this I have thought a lot about," she said and looked over at him. "I'm pregnant Danny, Jesse and I are having a baby, and before you go off on one I just want you to know we have talked about it, we've thought about, we're happy, we know what we're doing…I just don't think I can do it without you."

Danny stared back at her open-mouthed, Becca swore she saw every emotion flash through his eyes. After a few minutes silence she bit on her lip and swallowed hard…maybe this wasn't such a good idea "uh, can you say something? Anything?" she asked.

Danny continued to stare at her "you've been having sex?" he teased.

"Oh god," she blushed and threw her hands over her face.

Danny chuckled and pulled her into a hug "as long as you're happy and Jesse looks after you I'm happy."

After a few minutes he pulled back "my little Bec is gonna be a mama," he laughed.

"You're gonna be an uncle," she chuckled.

"I'm gonna be an uncle!" he yelled and jumped up startling her.

"Danny!" she squealed as he swung her around "I'm gonna be sick!"

In the kitchen Charlie gasped and snapped her head to Jesse "did I hear what I think I just heard?"

"Uh, yeah," he chuckled "we're having a baby…guess we're telling people now."

He jumped as Charlie began to squeal and jump up and down "oh, I'm so excited, congrats," she squealed and hugged him tight.

"Thanks," Jesse chuckled "we're pretty happy."

Charlie pulled back "when? How far along is she?"

"It's really early Charlie, it's like four weeks, we just want our families to know for now. We haven't even been to a doctor yet," Jesse explained.

"My lips are sealed, I'll say it to Danny too, we won't tell Tori either…what did your parents say? I bet they're excited too?"

"We haven't told them yet, we were going to tonight but Becca asked could we wait until Sunday," Jesse replied.

Charlie nodded "I think you better tell them in the morning, I think it's only fair," she said and picked up the bowls "are you ready to face the big brother?" she chuckled.

"No, not really," he chuckled and followed her.

After Danny had congratulated him and babbled on about baby stuff for half an hour Jesse slid into a seat beside Becca and raised an eyebrow at her "sorry," she whispered "please don't be mad, it just felt right."

Jesse sat back into the seat "I'm not mad, I just wish you'd given me a headsup first."

"Sorry," she said sheepishly "we'll tell your mom and dad before the show tomorrow."

"You two ready for tomorrow?" Charlie asked changing the subject.

"Yep, we're gonna win," Jesse chuckled.

"Hey," she said and poked him "the Bella's are gonna kick your ass."

"We'll see," he chuckled "we have a few tricks up our sleeves."

Becca scoffed "I bet its stuff we've seen before."

Jesse laughed "will the air hostess costumes be making an appearance?"

"Oh, I can't wait, you guys are gonna be great," Charlie said.

"Yeah, but we'll be better as always," Jesse chuckled.

Becca laughed "who doesn't love girls in tight skirts? We'll be lucky if anyone is actually listening to us singing."

"Hey," Jesse shot in "there'll be nobody but me looking at that skirt."

Danny chuckled "way to play it cool man, but seriously," he said and looked at Becca "you better be wearing a nun outfit up there tomorrow, I aint punching people for looking up your skirt.

"Oh, would you two give it a rest," Charlie laughed.

"Yeah, I could come out in just a bikini," Becca added looking down on Jesse "a really tight one. "

"Okay that's enough," Danny groaned "put the damn movie on."

…

The next morning Becca and Jesse decided to walk around to his house, Becca glanced at him "do you think telling them right before we leave for finals is a good idea? I mean they'll have questions, right?"

"I don't know babe," he sighed "I'd be afraid Danny might slip up or something, they'll be really mad then."

"Do you think they'll be mad?" she asked as they walked up the steps to his house.

"I don't know," he said again "I guess the age thing and that we've only started in college will be something they won't be happy about."

Becca nodded and followed him to the kitchen "did you tell them we needed to talk to them?"

Jesse nodded and sat down "guess they're not up yet."

"Well it is only after seven," Becca said and sat down beside him, she knew he was freaking out about telling them he'd barely slept last night "Jesse," she said placing her hand on his "it's gonna be okay."

"What if they flip?" he asked.

Becca shrugged "look how well Danny took it, I expected him to flip altogether, everyone is different."

Jesse nodded "what if they say we're too young? Or that we won't be able to look after a baby?"

Becca moved closer and slid her hand onto his cheek "Jess, calm down, if they're not happy there's nothing we can do about it. It's our life, it's me you and the baby…we're gonna be a family, it doesn't matter what anyone says, we're gonna do this, this baby is gonna have everything he's ever wanted."

Jesse leaned in and kissed her sweetly "I'm sorry, this is just something I never thought I'd be telling my parents at twenty years old, I'm a little freaked out."

Before Becca could reply Laura walked in "morning you two, you all set for the show?" she asked as she walked to the coffee pot.

"Uh, yeah," Jesse said and scratched the back of his neck "where's dad?" he asked.

"He should be down now…everything okay?" Laura asked, "I got your message late last night."

"Uh, yeah, we just need to talk to you about something," Becca said and squeezed Jesse's hand.

"Morning," Jason yawned as he walked in fixing his tie.

"Morning," Jesse replied and started to shift in his seat.

"What's up with you?" Jason chuckled and sat down beside them "you're all jittery."

Laura placed cups down and sat beside them "what did you need to talk to us about?" she asked looking at Jesse.

"Uh," Jesse said and glanced at Becca "I don't know what way to say this so I'm just gonna come right out and say it."

"What's wrong?" Laura asked worried "did something happen? Are you in trouble?"

"No, no nothing like that," Jesse said quickly.

"What is it then?" Jason asked, "do you need money or anything?"

Jesse sat back and wrapped his arm around Becca's shoulder, she smiled at him and placed her hand on his leg. He smiled quickly at her and looked back to his parents "Becca's pregnant."

...

Laura and Jason sat staring at them for what felt like hours "so," Becca said shifting forward "are you happy? Angry? Anything to say?"

Laura sighed and sat back in her chair "you're sure?" she asked.

Jesse nodded "we've done about six tests."

"Jesse," she sighed and shook her head "you're so young, you have your whole lives ahead of you."

"What are you gonna do now?" Jason asked "you can't have a baby in a dorm room. How will you keep up with your school work? How are you going to afford to look after a baby with the money you're on at the station?"

"It's not ideal, we haven't worked everything out yet but we'll be fine," Becca said.

"How will you be fine?" Laura hissed "you have two more years at college! You planning on bringing a baby to class with you Becca?"

"Mom!" Jesse yelled surprised.

"No!" she hissed and jumped up "everything was going great before you met her! You had your future planned out! You had everything planned for after college! Now you're stuck with her and a baby! She's just ruined your life Jesse!"

"Laura that's enough!" Jason yelled and looked at Becca "I'm sorry Becca, she's just shocked."

Becca nodded and looked down as a tear fell from her face, "it's fine, I guess she's kinda right…I've ruined everything," she whimpered and shot out of her chair and ran out the door.

Jesse stood up and glared at his mom "I can't believe you said that to her, I love her mom I am not stuck with her. We're gonna make this work with or without you," he said and glanced at his dad before he ran after her.

Jason looked over at Laura and sighed "you could have handled that better, Becca is a nice girl, Jesse loves her and she loves him."

"I know," she whispered, "I can't believe I said that to her, I'm just a little upset."

Becca ran as fast as she could as tears ran down her face, "Jesse, no," she whimpered as he caught up to her and grabbed her.

"Hey, calm down, it's okay," he said pulling her into a hug as she cried against him.

"How is it okay? Your mom hates me, she just said I ruined your life," she sniffed against him.

Jesse pulled back and looked down on her and smiled "it's gonna be okay, you wanna know why?" he asked and waited for her to look up at him "Because I love you and we're gonna make this work. Don't mind what she said, you didn't ruin anything…you made it better."

Becca smiled quickly and wiped her face "I love you dork…we're gonna be okay, aren't we?" she asked with a worried look on her face.

"We're gonna be great babe," he said and kissed her slowly.