Becker arrived in my office about an hour after the ADD went off. "Missionwent to plan" He said as he walked through the door. I looked at him.
"What's that?" I asked looking at his left arm.
"Just a scratch" He said and wiped his arm, his eyes squinting slightly as he did so.
"Oh come here you big baby" I said smiling and grabbed my bag.
I lifted it onto my lap as Becker took a seat beside me. "What you going to do?" He asked. I pulled out the mini first aid kit.
"Well seeing as you haven't gone down to the medic room yet, I'll do it now" I smiled and then grabbed a cleansing wipe from it.
"Now, give me your arm please" I said, Becker held out his arm and rested it ontop of my legs as I cleaned his arm.
"Stop moving I'm almost done" I told him smiling, he looked up at me.
"Sorry" He smiled slightly, then rested his other arm on my desk while I finished up.
"Ok, all done" I smiled sitting back and throwing the used wipes in the bin.
"Am I going to live?" Becker joked.
"Oh yes, for a very long time" I laughed as Becker sat back in his chair.
"Did you get any lunch?" Becker asked me as he looked at the screen of my laptop on my desk.
"Yeah, I got some earlier" I told him.
Becker looked back at me then back to the laptop "So work is going fine then?" He asked as he stared at the screen still. I reached across and touched Becker's hand, he looked at me.
"What's really on your mind Becker?" I asked him, looking at him carefully.
"Nothing" He said
"Are you sure?" I asked him carefully, not really wanting to push him but knew he had something he wanted to say but wasn't sure how to say it.
"You can tell me you know, I am your sister remember" I smiled gently at him.
Becker continued to look at me, still considering whether or not he could tell me.
"You know what you said yesterday" Becker started
"About what?" I asked quickly
Becker looked away then back at me. "You really going to make me say this" He said smiling slightly.
I nodded smiling "You know when you asked me about Jess and you said that thing about girls feelings don't change about said guy even if that guy shows no interest" He continued
I nodded again, then waited for him to finish
"Did you mean it? I mean is what you said true for every girl" He said a bit awkwardly
I smiled at him "Speaking as a girl" I said
"Yes I meant it and yes it is true, a girl will like a guy even if he shows no interest" I told him then patted his hand.
"And Becker…don't ever feel like you can't ask me those things" I smiled gently then kissed his cheek.
"Love you bro" I smiled then sat back.
Becker looked at his hands for a minute. "Jo?" He asked
"Yeah?" I replied pulling my laptop towards me, Becker stopped me putting the laptop back on the desk.
"What if the guy showed interest but the girl didn't notice?" He asked looking at his hands again, I lifted Becker's head
"Is there something you want to tell me Becker?" I asked him, I had a slight feeling I knew who he was talking about.
He shook his head, "Just asking" He said but didn't meet my eyes.
"If the girl likes a guy, and he shows interest but she doesn't notice" I said moving on.
"She will still like him" I told him.
He finally looked at me.
"Are you sure there is nothing else?" I asked, he nodded.
He stood up "I'll be back at the end of work" He said then turned towards the door. I knew it was now or never that I told him.
He reached the door when I finally opened my mouth.
"Becker" I said, he turned back to look at me.
"Er" I said not sure if I should continue
"Yeah Jo?" He asked raising his eyebrow at me.
"Ok" I said "Umm sit down a minute will you" I said. Becker looked at me for a minute then sat down in front of my desk.
"Do you remember Lisa?" I asked him, of course he did, but I asked anyway.
He nodded but said nothing leaving me to continue.
"Well I bumped into her at Uni" I told him.
"We exchanged numbers, and she said that she was going to contact me when she's back in town, but I haven't heard from her yet" I smiled slightly at him.
"She's doing really well, she asked about you too" I told him, a smile appeared on his face, the same smile he used to have when Lisa was around.
"Did she?" Becker asked still smiling. I tried to hide my smile at Becker's reaction.
"Yeah, asked how you were and what you've been up too" I said
Becker smiled "She hasn't changed you know" I continued "Still the same Lisa" I said
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