Charlie
"Oh my God, can you stop?" Hanna yelled, throwing herself at her bed.
"Hanna, that's not really nice of you" warned Spencer, sitting by her side.
"What's not nice is my mom being in jail, Becky having a lead that can help her but she just won't stop going on and on about Jason!" Hanna pointed out, angrily. "Seriously Spence, you just got here. I've been listening to the fairytale for the whole afternoon!"
"It's not a fairytale when you have to drop the prince so you can save him from the bad witch" explained Becky, pacing through the room.
"Can you tell me again where did you find this Travis guy?" Hanna asked, ignoring her friend.
"For God's sake Hanna" the older girl complained, stopping her pace. "He kept following you around everywhere you went"
"Which means you've been doing the same" the blonde girl observed.
"Yeah, I work at Rosewood High now Han" Becky reminded her, rolling her eyes. She loved Hanna, but the girl could be really difficult. "And I saw him putting that envelope in your locker, so I asked Jason…"
"Why are you still talking to Jason anyway?"
"To help you! God, you're so difficult... So, Jason found out Travis was at the lake that night. He saw your mom leaving while Wilden was still alive. He heard a gunshot and a blonde woman running to the woods".
"You're a genius, Bec!"
"Yes, Hanna, but you would know that earlier if you had paid any attention to what I was saying!"
"Well, now you can stay here as long as you want" Hanna said, hugging her friend.
"It's ok, Han. I wanna go back home" Becky wasn't really sure about it, but she felt like she had to. She had enough of Noel trying to boss her around at the cabin. "And you need to talk to Travis, ok? He needs to tell the truth to the police"
"You're the best!"
"Thanks, babe" Becky laughed, this was the happiest Hanna was in a long time. "Spence, need a ride or are you the one staying with Hanna tonight?"
"I'm staying. See you tomorrow!"
Becky opened the front door of her house, trying not to make a sound. But the second she got in, she saw her whole family in the living room, whispering and looking really concerned.
"Rebecca!" Laura yelled, running to hug her daughter. "Where have you been?"
"At Hanna's?" she answered, hugging her mother back and feeling really confused. She shot her brother a look, but he only shrugged.
"I spoke with Jason today" he explained. "He said you were not staying with him and that you two broke up"
"We were so worried!" her mother said, still holding her.
"Mom, I'm fine!" she assured, getting out of her mother's embrace. "Why were you talking to Jason, Scott?"
"I... Ran into him in the cafeteria and asked him about you".
"Scott…"
"I don't wanna talk about it" he whispered.
"And you? Do you want to talk about what happened?" Grant finally spoke, pulling her into his huge arms.
"Not exactly, dad" she said, letting him and giving her mother a hurt look.
"I am so sorry" Laura apologized, grabbing one of her hands, while Grant was still shaking her. "I should not have said that. I… Spoke to Jason too. He was so worried about you! You told him you came back home so he almost flipped when I said you were not here" she paused, looking at Becky's eyes. "What I'm trying to say is… I'm ok with you two being together"
"You told him that?" she could already feel panic running through her veins. She didn't need that. Not now.
"I invited him over for dinner" Laura looked really excited about it, but the look on Becky's face… "I shouldn't…?"
"What am I going to do?" she whispered, more to herself than anything else. And then the doorbell rang. At the same time Jason walked into her house and talked to her parents – and that was like an old Becky dream – she heard her cellphone.
That's going to be so much fun!
A
"Jason?"
"Becky!" he greeted her, giving her a quick kiss on the lips. She tried to smile, but felt like screaming.
Becky felt the dinner was in slow motion. Sitting next to Jason, mechanically smiling at every joke made by her father, looking at Scott in a way only he could understand. Jason and her family together was a dream coming true. But, this time, she wasn't able to enjoy it.
"I'm so sorry for every bad thing I thought about you, Jason. You're a good kid. It must have been hard, losing Alison"
"Mom!" Becky came back to reality, not believing what her mother was saying. "That is not something to discuss over dinner!"
"It's ok, Becky" Jason whispered, holding her hand. "It was really hard, Mrs. Hart. But the year we had to wait, not knowing a thing… It was the worst. It broke my family. Specially my mom"
"But seeing you recover must have been a good thing to her"
"God, mom!" Becky said, feeling embarrassed.
Poor Jason! If only he knew the truth...
A
"Are you done?" Becky asked, after looking at her phone. She started to take everyone's plates, not even bothering to get an answer first.
"I'm not done yet" Scott whispered to her.
"Shut up and help me" she begged. "So… Dinner was nice, but we have work tomorrow morning. I'll walk you to the door, c'mon, Jase"
"Becky…" he tried to say something, but she just ignored him.
"C'mon!" and gave him a furious look.
"What was that all about?" he asked, when they got to his car.
"A was sending me texts the whole dinner. The bastard knew everything we were talking about. I'm scared!"
"Hey, it's gonna be alright" he tried to comfort her, even though he wasn't really sure about it. He looked around them, while hugging her, but saw no one. "But we need to talk"
"Yeah..."
"So, now that your mom is fine with us..."
"Ugh, I don't know how to say it, but…"
"You don't have to, Becky" he smiled to her. "I was gonna say that now that your mom is fine with us, you call tell me the truth. We both know this was all A work. I got a text too"
"Well, then there's nothing else I can say" she whispered, looking at her feet, embarrassed. The text wasn't exactly from A.
"I'm so tired of A controlling our lives and deciding if we can be together or not!"
"I know, but…"
"No 'buts' anymore" he looked straight into her dark and confused eyes, making a decision. "If A wants to break us apart, it will have to do it in person. I'm not letting some texts between us anymore" and he kissed her, pulling her by her waist. It took her a minute to realize what was happening and then she kissed him back, getting on tiptoe to reach him better and throwing her arms around his neck, holding a hand in his hair. Slowly, he pushed her against the car, his lips traveling to her neck, kissing, biting and sucking. When he heard a little moan scape her lips, Jason stopped what he was doing and laughed. "I don't think we should be doing this here".
"God, no!" she laughed with him, still holding him close. Jason pressed his forehead against hers, his green eyes scanning hers, like he could reach her soul. It was always like that; she felt like he could read her. "I'm so sorry for always dragging you into this mess".
"We'll get through it, Bec, together" he whispered, kissing her again. "I love you. It doesn't matter what A does, it can't change it".
"I love you too, Jase" she whispered back, pulling him in for another kiss.
Days later, Becky woke up at the DiLaurentis' house with a noise coming from the basement. Jason was still heavy asleep when she heard the noise again, getting up and getting dressed.
"Jason, is your mom home?" she asked, trying to wake him up. "Jason? Jase!"
"Tomorrow" he mumbled, turning to his side and starting to snore again. She rolled her eyes and decided to investigate.
She found nothing when she got to the basement, only a broken glass and some buttons scattered on the floor. Getting closer, she realized that underneath some buttons there was a picture.
"Oh my God!" she held her breathe in, realizing what she had on her hands. It was a picture of Jessica, holding baby Alison, Jason and an older boy. Behind it, Charles, Jason and Alison Dilaurentis – my beloved children, written in a round calligraphy. She thought her heart would stop beating. She still remembered Jason's stories about his imaginary friend Charlie. Was he actually real?
"Babe?" she heard Jason calling for her and before she could answer him, her phone rang in her back pocket.
Stop looking and Jason is yours.
- A
"In the basement!" she screamed, putting the new found picture into her back pocket, with her cellphone. She was so confused, but at the same time, excited. She had something on A?
"What are you doing here?" he asked, kissing her softly.
"Thought I heard a noise and found this broken"
"It must have been the wind".
So, guess I'm really back? Two chapters in two days? Hahahaha
I'm really excited about the next chapter, there's a flashback about how Jason and Becky met each other!
Hope you enjoy this one, even if it's a shorter one!
