(AN) Chapter 10! ENJOY! REVIEW!
Beca POV
When Jesse and I round the corner to the dining room, we find my dad giving Shelia a hard stare, but then I see her face, wet with tears.
"What's going on?" I say sternly, getting pissed that he's keeping something, obviously big, from me.
"I…I…Beca sit down." He says, and Shelia makes a hurt face before turning and running up the stairs in sobs, I raise my eye brow at dad, but take her vacated seat as Jesse slides into the one next to me.
"Ok…well, Shelia and I don't exactly agree on…how to handle this, but I know that you need to know." He pauses as his own eyes tear up, and my eyebrows knit together.
"What is it dad?" I say, trying not to choke up, Jesse's arm comes to rest on my waist, holding me close to him.
"I…I have cancer Beca." He finally breaths out, and my eyes go wide. I hadn't been expecting it at all…my mind swirls with questions, how long has he known? Will he die? How long does he have left? My breathing picks up as Jesse rubs my back and I blink back unwanted tears.
"Cancer?" I say back, still not believing it really, not sure how to take it, how to react to my dad possibly dyeing.
"Stage 1, they caught it early. I should be fine." He tries to reassure me from across the table, but I swallow hard and shake my head as I try to process.
"Should be?" I call out, sort of angry at his trying to brush it under the rug.
"Beca, I don't want you to stress over this OK? I'm starting treatment after the semesters over, and-" but I cut him off, instantly shocked at what he said.
"The semester just started dad! That's 3 months away! You have to go immediately!" I say standing from my chair quickly, slapping my hands on the table.
"Beca, I have classes to teach, I can't just quit in the middle of the semester!" He says, but his voice sounds winey and rehearsed like he's said the sentence before, then I remembered Shelia's tears, and it hit me that she too didn't want him to wait another day.
"That's not important! You know the university will find someone, you need to get better!" I told him, the tears now falling down my face, and I feel a tug to my left as Jesse's arms wrap around me, I fall into his chest, taking short shallow breaths as he shushes me and rubs my back. I can't lose him again.
Jesse must be a mind reader, because he whispers that everything will be OK, kisses my head and turns to my dad.
"Mr. Mitchell, I don't know you that well, but I do know that your daughter loves you, no matter how much you've shown her it's a bad idea. I also know she can't go through loosing you again. I suggest you think about your decision a bit." He says sternly, and I pull back from his chest just a little to see an angry fire in his eyes, but he looks down and me and it instantly turns to concern.
"It will be OK Beca, I'm here for you. I love you." He whispers against my left ear, away from my dad.
"Thank you, I love you too." I say, not even bothering to lower my voice. My dad gasps, but is smiling softly when I look over at him.
"I…I will think about it… I'm glad she has you Jesse… I love you Beca." He says, sighing as he closes his wet eyes. I sigh. I want to leave, go where I'm comfortable, In Jesse's or my dorm, snuggled up with him in his clothes, watching a movie, not that the last part will ever be known to him.
"I'm ready to go." I say and Jesse nods against me, but I take a deep breath before untangling myself from him and going over to my dad.
"I love you too dad, please just get better." I say, swallowing before hugging him to me. He's shocked at first but eventually wraps his arms around me, kissing my head.
"I'll see you soon." He says as I nod, grabbing Jesse's hand tightly as we leave the house.
I'm quiet on the way back to the dorms, and Jesse lets me be, holding my hand or kissing my forehead, showing me he's there but letting me process and think over the turn of events.
We arrive at my dorm and proceed to get ready for bed, even though it's barley 9. Kimmy Jin shows up just as were laying down with his laptop in-between us, a classic movie starting. He had asked what I wanted to do and I shrugged, but agreed to the movie when he pitched it.
She gives him a look, but goes to drop her things on her bed, grabbing her bathroom stuff and exciting as quick as she entered.
"So fucking weird." Jesse says a second later, causing a bubble of laughter to escape my mouth, before I turn to hid my face in his chest. He wraps his arms around me as he closes and moves the lap-top, leaving the movie on the menu screen.
"It will be OK Becs." He says and I flip on my stomach, resting my hands on his chest as I play with my own hair there, looking down at them.
"How do you know?" I ask shyly, not making eye contact.
"Because, I don't think your dad will let go without a fight." He says and I take a deep breath, looking up at him with wet eyes again, ugh, I fucking hate crying, I look down, wiping my eyes on my sleeve.
"When was the last time you guys said 'I love you'?" He asks after a quiet second. And my eye brows knit as I look at him, he simply looks curious.
"I don't know…I think I was maybe 14." I say and his eyes bug and I shrug, it's my life, completely normal.
"That's…That's big Beca. I honestly think he meant it, and he has Shelia, whom I assume he loves as well…I don't think he'll give up." He says and I nod, leaning down to rest my head on his chest.
"I hope he doesn't…you were right Jesse, I don't think I can lose him again…" I say and he hugs me tighter.
"You won't. What do you say we forgo the movie and just cuddle? I'm sure you're tired." He says and my eye brows shoot up. Jesse Swanson turning down a movie?
"Do my ears deceive me or did you just turn down a movie?" I say and he smiles, but rolls his eyes.
"Its fine, I'm actually really curious about how Alfalfa's hair stands up like that." I comment and he chuckles, grabbing the laptop and starting the movie.
I'm asleep before the club house burns down, cuddled warmly in Jesse's arms.
AN Ok, that's that. What do you guys think of my chosen drama? Eh? REAVIEW!
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