It was now time for Jesse to head to LA, groaning as his alarm went off he quickly shut it off and rubbed his hands over his face. He looked over as Becca sat up and turned on the lamp "sorry babe," he yawned "I didn't mean to wake you."
"It's okay," she mumbled "I set my alarm to see you off anyway…you have everything?" she asked as she watched him get dressed.
"Yeah, passport, tickets and money are by the door," he said looking over at them.
"You got your music sheets and tapes?" she whimpered immediately cursing herself, she swore she wouldn't make a big deal while he was still here.
Jesse stopped what he was doing and walked to her "it's two weeks, I'm gonna call you at least ten times a day, we're gonna skype…I'll be home before you know it," he said rubbing her back.
"I know," she sniffed "I'm sorry I've been trying to hold it together for days but the closer it got the more upset I was getting."
"Bec," he sighed "you should have told me you were feeling like this."
"Then you wouldn't have gone."
"Exactly," he said wrapping his arms around her "it's not too late to cancel."
Becca sighed heavily, she felt really guilty "no," she said and looked up at him "you're gonna go knock them dead I'm gonna be fine here. Tomorrow is our last day I've got this place to pack up and Aubrey's graduation. I've got Benji and the others to keep me company. I'm sorry, I'm just a little emotional, I'll be fine, really."
Jesse looked down on her for a moment "alright, you can come to the airport, get dressed."
"Thought you didn't want me driving this late?"
"I don't and you're not, Benji is still driving me that way I know you'll have someone coming back with you, I know he'll look after you too."
Becca rolled out of the bed and walked to her wardrobe "did you call the hotel and make sure your reservation was confirmed?"
"Yes," he nodded and checked his bag once more "I called the car place too, it'll be waiting for me when I land."
"Look at you," she chuckled and walked to him "Mr important," she said as she fixed his collar.
"Hey, they were the ones that offered, I was quite happy getting a taxi," he replied.
Becca kissed him quickly and stood back to look him over "they're gonna love you Jess, you put so much effort into your work."
Jesse grabbed her and pulled her back to him "that's because I have great inspiration."
Becca bit on her lip and dropped her head, she still blushed when he said stuff like that to her "dork," she mumbled.
Jesse chuckled and kissed her on the head "I hope you don't mind, I took some of your mixes."
Becca looked up at him "why? Is you player broken?"
"No," he said and kissed her "I'm gonna miss you, I get to hear your voice whenever I want."
….
"I'm gonna miss you," she whimpered.
Jesse sighed and stepped closer to her "don't make this harder than it already is, I really don't want to go."
Becca wiped her eyes and cleared her throat "sorry," she said, "you're going and you're gonna have a great time and you're not gonna worry about me."
He looked up as his gate was called again "I gotta go."
Becca nodded and leaned in to kiss him "have a great time, give them everything you got, I love you and I'll talk to you soon."
Jesse tugged her closer and kissed her deeply "I love you too, I'll call you as soon as I land," he said and looked over at Benji "you look after her."
Benji nodded and smiled at Becca "of course I will, we're gonna have fun, you don't worry about a thing."
Jesse nodded and looked at Becca again "I'll be home before you know it."
Becca nodded and pushed him "go nerd, your future awaits," she smiled.
Jesse sighed and started to walk off "love you!" he called and walked faster before he changed his mind.
Becca smiled and waved as he waved before he disappeared into his gate, sighing she looked over at Benji "guess we better go."
"We can watch it take off if you want," he said as they started to walk.
"Nah, that's okay thanks, I'll probably cry again," she muttered.
"Hey," he said and slung his arm around her shoulder "I'm here for the next few days whatever you need, I can come help you pack, I can even come and hang out with you when you go home," he offered.
Becca smiled up at him "why are you such a Jesse?" she chuckled.
Benji chuckled "I'm a gentleman, and your friend," he said and pushed the door open for her "I'm treating you to breakfast," he added.
Becca nodded "I could go for breakfast, then the dreaded packing for two people start," she groaned.
Benji chuckled "I did mine last night so I'm here if you need a hand."
"Thanks, you don't need to keep any eye on me you know, I'll be fine."
"I know," he nodded "but I know what you've been through and I told Jesse I would."
"He told you?" she asked.
"No, I overheard Amy and Stacie worrying about you," he replied "sorry, I won't tell anyone," he added.
"It's okay," she said and looked up as a plane flew over them "I'm glad Jesse had someone to talk to."
"He really loves you," Benji said as they started to walk again.
"I know, I love him too," she smiled.
Benji chuckled "so glad you two finally got together, it was like a soap opera," he chuckled
"Sorry," she cringed "I was a dick and kept pushing him away."
"And now look," he chuckled "loves young dream."
Becca laughed and climbed into the car "loves young dream," she repeated.
Later that day Becca and the rest of the Bella's and Trebles joined the graduating class, as Aubrey was called all the girls stood up cheering and clapping-most of them because it was official she was leaving. Becca chuckled as Amy and Denise high-fived one another, turning as someone tapped her on the shoulder she groaned as her dad looked back at her, she knew by his face something was wrong. Clearing her throat, she leaned over her seat "can it wait until Aubrey's done?" she asked.
"No," he sighed "I need to talk to you now, let's take a walk," he said and walked off before she could say anything else.
Becca sighed and began to shuffle pass the girls, Benji spotted her leaving and made his way to her "bailing on your leader?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"No," she chuckled and nodded to her dad "my dad needs to see me, I'll be back in a minute," she said and walked over to him "what's so important?" she asked "dad?" she said as he chewed on his lip and looked down at his hands. Memories of him waiting for her to tell her about her mom came rushing back "is it Danny?" she asked quickly "is he okay? Did something happen?" she asked getting louder.
"No," he sighed "your brother is fine…I need to see that letter Becca."
Becca placed her hand on her chest to calm her racing heart, when it dawned on her what he'd said her eyes went wide "w-what letter?" she sputtered.
He sighed and stepped closer to her "a guy called Nick called to see me, I vaguely remember him from college, he was a friend of your moms-an ex actually. He told me your mother left him a letter regarding you…I need to see it."
"I threw it away, I never read it," she said quickly, no way was she letting him read something like that. As much as they didn't get on she'd never crush him that bad.
"Come on Becca, I know you, if what's he's saying it true you'd want to get to the bottom of it," he said.
Becca sighed and looked up to the sky, she was going to kill Nick "uh, what did he say? Why did he come to you?"
"I don't know, he just turned up…is it true? You're not my daughter?" he asked with pleading eyes.
Becca looked back as her classmates cheered again, she needed to think about this "uh, can I come see you in a bit? I need to go back to my dorm and find it."
He nodded and stepped closer to her "Bec, this is really important, please come see me?"
Becca nodded, she felt sorry for her dad "I'll be there at three," she said and hugged him…something she hadn't done in a long time. "I better go, I'll see you soon," she said and hurried off…what the hell did she do now?
…
Later that afternoon Becca stood at the end of her dad's drive, she paced with the phone to ear "Danny!" she yelled as soon as he'd answered.
"Whoa," he chuckled "hey lil sis…what's up?"
"Nick went to see dad! He actually came to the house! Dad came to see me at school! He wants to see the letter! What do I do?" she yelled.
"He what?" Danny yelled "are you sure?"
"Yes!" she hissed "he came to see me and asked me for it and asked me was it true, I told him I threw it away that I didn't even read it, he didn't believe me. Danny, you should have seen his face, he was gutted…what do I do?" she asked again.
"You're outside his house, aren't you?" he asked.
"Yes, do I go in?" she asked and glanced at the door.
"You have to Becs," he sighed "what the hell was that jackass thinking?" he huffed "look, I know you didn't want dad to know but you're gonna have to tell him now."
Becca huffed and stomped her foot "what if I tell him I'm pregnant? That'll distract him."
"No," he chuckled "dad's upset, he wants answers, you can save that for another time…go, you can do it."
"Fine," she sighed "I'll call you when I'm home then," she said and hung up.
Blowing out a deep breath she walked up to the door and knocked "hey," she said nervously as he opened the door.
"Hey, come in," he said and stepped back.
"Sheila about?" she asked as she followed him to the kitchen.
"No, she's at work…coffee?" he asked.
"Um, no thanks…water if you don't mind," she said and sat down and opened her bag "dad, before you read this I just want you to know nothing will change."
He nodded and sat down sliding a glass to her "can I see it?" he asked and swallowed hard.
Becca took it out and looked down on it "are you sure you want to? I mean what good is it gonna do now?"
"Can I have it please?" he asked calmly and held out his hand.
Becca handed it to him "do you want me to leave?"
"No," he said and grabbed her hand "I want you to stay right there."
Becca turned her hand and laced her fingers with his "it's okay dad."
He nodded and took a deep breath before letting go and unfolding the letter.
Becca watched him read and bit on her lip as his expression changed with every line he read, holding her breath she waited silently until he'd finished.
She jumped as her phone rang "sorry," she said and scrambled to cancel it.
"Answer it, it's fine," he said without looking up.
"It's Jesse…he's away," she said and stood up "hey," she said quickly.
"Hey," he said happily "how's my babies?"
"Great, listen I'm in the middle of something can I call you back?"
"Sure, is everything okay?"
"I'm at my dad's, I'll call you back," she said and hung as he swore from the kitchen.
A while later Becca dragged herself into her dorm and sat on the bed, her dad had flipped altogether and she was left to console him and promise him no matter what the results were he was still her dad and she'd have nothing to do with Nick if he was her dad.
Looking down as her phone rang in her hands she sighed, it was Jesse again, she hadn't called him back "hey," she mumbled.
"Hey, you never called back," he said, "is everything okay?"
Opening her mouth to tell him what happened she stopped herself "everything is fine, sorry, my dad kept me talking…how did you get on today?"
"Great," he said happily "this place is amazing Bec, you'd love it."
"Awesome," she chuckled and lay back on the bed "so they loved you?"
"I think so, they've invited me back for a class tomorrow so that's a good sign."
"Jesse that's great," she smiled "I knew they'd love you right away…what are you going to do with your weekend off?"
"I don't know," he sighed "I miss you, I'll probably spend the two days hiding out in my room calling you every hour," he chuckled "how was the graduation?"
"Good," she chuckled "Aubrey cried as we all expected, she's leaving tomorrow and wants to have a farewell breakfast with us all."
"That'll be nice…so you're officially the leader of the Bella's?"
"No, I'm co-leader with Chloe," she chuckled "but Benji's happy they made him co-leader with you."
"Big plans for the Trebles next year," he chuckled.
Becca laughed "we'll have our hands full then."
"Yeah," he smiled "how are you feeling? Baby giving you any hassle?"
"No, being as good as gold, I started to pack up today, I kinda mixed some of our stuff up, we'll have to sort it when we're home."
"Cool, babe, don't be worrying about my stuff, just throw it all into boxes and my dad will come pick it up, I'll sort it myself."
"I did that with half of my stuff too," she chuckled.
Jesse chuckled "Benji told me he took you to breakfast yesterday."
"Yeah," she replied, "he's so sweet, even offered to come visit me while you were away."
"That's nice, least you won't be alone if the girls can't pop over," Jesse replied "babe, I gotta go that Nathan guy is calling me."
"Okay, have fun, I love you," she said.
"Love you too, I'll call you later," he said and hung up.
Becca sighed and dropped the phone, day one and the drama has reared its ugly head. Rolling onto her side she groaned as her phone rang again "Danny," she greeted.
"Hey, you never called back," he said, "how'd it go?"
"He cried," she sighed and rolled off her bed as someone knocked at the door "it was horrible," she added and pulled it open "I gotta call you back," she said and hung up as Nick stood looking back at her.
…
"Uh, hey," he said and looked around.
Becca pulled her hand back and launched it into his face, "you asshole!" he yelled and stood over him "how could you do that my dad? Why would you even go there?"
"He needed to know the truth," Nick said and pulled himself up.
"No! He didn't!" she yelled waving her arms "he and my mom are done years! I came to you for the test so he wouldn't know a thing! Why would you be so stupid! How could you do that to me? Do you have any idea what I've spent all day doing?" she yelled angrily.
"Look, I'm sorry okay, you kept cancelling meetings you weren't answering me, your brother made it very clear I was to leave you be until the results came back," Nick replied "but I needed to see you, I needed to know how you feel about it all.
"I was in hospital you moron!" she yelled "and clearly you have a death wish if you're here now! What does it matter how I feel? My dad is my dad and that's the way it'll stay!"
"Becca?" her dad asked hurrying towards them "are you okay? Is he bothering you?"
"No, he was just leaving," she replied without taking her eyes off him.
"Becca, we need to talk, I'm not going anywhere until you talk to me," Nick said stepping closer.
"My daughter asked you to leave," her dad said stepping in front of her "I suggest you do and stop bothering her."
"She could be my daughter," Nick shot back.
"I raised her," he said stepping closer to him.
"Okay, cool it," she said stepping out into the hall "no one's fighting here, Nick, I asked you to go, you shouldn't even be here."
"I need to talk to you," he sighed.
"She asked you to leave!" her dad yelled.
"Look man, if she's my daughter there's nothing you can do!" Nick yelled back
"She's my daughter! Nothing will ever change that!" he yelled stepping closer
"Nick!" she yelled and dived as he swung at her dad "oww!" she yelled as she was flung against the door and onto the floor.
"Becca! the baby!" Amy yelled running forward having just turned the corner to come get her for a party.
"Baby?" her dad gasped and turned to her "Becca?" he asked hurrying to her.
"Go away!" Amy yelled as she helped her up "you two idiots need to cop on, I don't know what you're fighting about but you need to take it outside!" she yelled and led Becca into the room.
"Becca? are you okay?" her dad asked hurrying after her.
"Baby?" Nick asked following him.
"Will you two get out of here," Amy said as she sat her down.
"Just go!" Becca yelled and rubbed her back as they both protested.
"Out! Now!," Amy yelled ushering them both outside before slamming the door.
Amy stood by the door watching Becca pace whilst rubbing her back "uh…trip to a&e?" she asked.
"No," Becca sighed and sat down "it's gone now, I think I just hit the doorknob."
Amy walked over at sat beside her "I was sent to get you for drinks, want me to say you're not feeling well?"
Becca shook her head "just tell them I'll be along in a bit, I have to get a shower and all."
Amy nodded and settled back against the wall "what was all that about?"
Becca waved her hand "nothing, don't worry about it."
"You know you can trust me, if you wanted to talk," Amy replied.
Becca blew out a breath, she did want someone to talk to, she didn't want to bother Jesse while he was away "my stupid mom cheated on my dad and told that guy he was my dad…I'm waiting for test results."
Amy stared back open mouthed, scrambling for her phone she called Chloe "hey red, uh, Becca is throwing her guts up here I'm gonna stay with her, gotta go, bye," she said and hung up. Throwing the phone down she scooted closer to her "this must be freaking you out."
"Yeah," she sighed "I don't know what to do, my dad didn't know anything until that idiot took it upon himself to go and tell him."
Amy nodded "start from the beginning."
Becca blew out a breath and started to fill Amy in on everything that had happened. It felt so good talking to someone about how she was feeling and her fears of what was to come, she knew she could talk to Jesse but she'd put him through so much already, now was his time and she was going to let him have it.
A few minutes later she sat back against the pillow and glanced at Amy as she stared back at her "you have the same look I had when I read the stupid letter."
Amy frowned "so, your mom just told this Nick guy he was your dad? You're just going by her word?"
Becca nodded "my mom and dad were having problems, she ran into Nick, they stayed at a motel and she went home next morning like nothing happened."
"So there is no actual proof other than your mom writing it down?"
"No," Becca replied, "my brother has sent off a DNA test, results should be back in a week or two."
Amy blew out a breath "wow, Becca, this is so messed up, what are you going to do if he is your dad?"
"Nothing, my dad is my dad and that's the way it is no matter what a piece of paper says."
Amy nodded "how do you think Nick will take it if he is your dad and you want nothing to do with him?"
Becca shrugged "he'll just have to deal with it...movie," she said nodding to her laptop.
…
Two days later it was time to head home for summer, Jason had arrived and collected as much of Jesse's stuff as he could. Danny had arrived with Tori to help her take some of her things back in his car as hers was already full.
"Geez Becca," he chuckled "how much crap have you collected in one year?" he said as he arrived back for another box.
Becca shrugged and threw a teddy into a box "I have friends now, I also maybe kinda bought a load of crap off the internet that I didn't need."
Danny chuckled again "I think this is the last box I can fit in without squashing my child."
Becca nodded and walked to the last few boxes "if you take that one and the big one I could take Tori back with me and the last few boxes."
Danny looked over at Tori playing away on the bed and nodded "okay, Tori do you want to drive home with aunt Becbec?"
"Yes!" she squealed "trip with Becbec," she giggled.
Becca chuckled "we're gonna have so much fun…go play until we're done."
"Should you be lifting those?" Danny asked nodding to the last few boxes.
"It's all light stuff, clothes and all, don't worry, no heavy lifting" she said as he narrowed her eyes.
Danny looked at her for a few seconds before nodding "I'll be back for that box in a second," he said and walked off.
Becca looked over at the door as someone knocked "hey dad," she said and walked to him "what brings you here?"
"You never returned my calls, after the other day I just wanted to make sure you were okay-you were both okay," he said nodding to her stomach.
Becca glanced at Tori who was still in a world of her own "um, she doesn't know yet."
Her dad nodded and stepped out into the hall, Becca followed him "look, dad, I know you're upset I didn't tell you but I was going to. It's way too early I'm only like eight weeks now."
"Does Danny know?" he asked.
Becca nodded "he was the first one I told."
He chuckled "was he mad?"
"No, as long as he knew Jesse was sticking around he was happy for us."
He nodded again "I guess it's congratulations then," he smiled.
"You're okay with it?" she asked, she'd expected him to flip.
"We'll you're still a kid yourself but Jesse seems like a nice boy, I'm sure he'll look after you both."
"He will," she nodded "he's looked after me so far and he's amazing."
"Then I'm happy," he said and hugged her "make sure you visit over the summer, bring Jesse too, we'd love to have you for a weekend."
Becca hugged him back and stepped away "we will, we'll arrange something when Jesse's back…I better get back to packing, Tori won't stay still for long," she chuckled.
"Do you need a hand?" he asked peering into the room.
Becca nodded and walked into the room "you can carry the heavy ones down to the car."
A week had gone by slowly and painfully, Becca rolled into her bed and yawned, being home with Tori sure had her worn out. Danny was back and forth to work so much that she had just told him to work his normal shift. Apart from meeting Amy and few of the other girls and Benji she had no plans.
She'd finally gotten Tori to calm down and go to sleep in her own bed when she heard the front door "if he's on that phone I'm gonna kill him," she muttered and sat up to listen. After a minute, she heard nothing and lay back down "hello bed," she yawned and snuggled into her covers.
Downstairs Danny yawned as he waited for the kettle, scrubbing his hands over his face he glanced at the clock "wow, didn't realise it was that late," he said and turned back to the kettle. Hearing a tap at the front door he frowned who'd be calling after midnight? He asked himself and walked along the hall.
Pulling back the blind he frowned at Jesse waving back at him, pulling it open he stepped back to let him in "Jesse? Thought you were gone for another week?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah, me too," he sighed and walked to the kitchen "Bec asleep?" he asked.
Danny shrugged "I'm only in, I haven't checked on them yet…why are you home? And don't get me wrong but don't people who come home from a holiday normally go to their own houses first?" he chuckled.
Jesse chuckled and glanced at his bag on the floor "it might sound corny but I missed her, I wanted to come here first."
Danny chuckled and slid a cup to him "so, you blew your opportunity in LA to come home because you missed her?"
"That and it kinda fell through…don't tell Bec," he said quickly.
Danny choked on his coffee "what do you mean it fell through? Why? What happened? What did they say?" he rambled.
Jesse sighed and looked into his cup "the guy that called me to come over said he didn't read my email properly, he thought I graduated this year…they're looking for a graduate that could start right away."
Danny shook his head "idiot, could he not offer you a summer job or something? It's his fault you wasted your time, sorry man, I know you hoped this would be your break."
"Thanks," he replied "I'm kinda on a downer but I'll be okay, he said he'd give me call if anything came up that I could apply for," he said and stood up "I'm going to stay here if that's okay?"
"Sure," Danny nodded "but you may have to sleep in the spare room," he chuckled "no doubt Tori is in with Becca."
Jesse chuckled "I don't mind, I'm just gonna pop my head in and see her first…night!" he called and walked off up the stairs.
….
Jesse quietly pushed her bedroom door in and stuck his head in, as soon as his eyes landed on her his face lit up. Walking to the bed he sat down and just watched her sleep, looking to the other side he smiled again as it was empty. Standing up he walked out of the room and onto Tori's, sticking his head in he smiled at her sleeping form, closing her door over at bit he went back to Becca's room and closed the door behind him.
Walking to the empty side he pulled off his shirt and jeans and climbed in beside her as quietly as he could. Lying down he scooted closer to her and wrapped his arm around her, it felt so good to be with her again "hey baby," he whispered and kissed her on the head as she rolled a bit "go back to sleep," he added.
"Jesse?" She mumbled sleepily.
"Yeah," he smiled "I'm home."
"Jesse!" she shrieked wide awake and jumped up "you're here!" she yelled and dived on him "why are you home? How are you home?" she asked as she squeezed him tight.
Jesse chuckled and hugged her tight "I wanted to see you, I missed you."
Becca pulled back and narrowed her eyes "if you came home from LA just to see me I am going to kill you."
Jesse chuckled and leaned in to kiss her, deepening the kiss her lay back and pulled her closer.
"No way nerd," she said and pulled back "you're not getting anything until you tell me why you're home."
Jesse chuckled again and sat up "okay, I wasn't going to say anything until morning but since I know you won't leave me alone I better do it now…it fell through."
Her eyes went wide "what? why? They can't do that!" she yelled "I thought it was going good, I thought he was happy with you. Jesse, what happened?" she asked scooting closer to him.
Jesse sighed again "he thought I graduated this year, he didn't read the part on my email where I said I was only a junior and had two years left."
"Jess, I'm so sorry," she said rubbing his arm "he can't do that, he can't have you fly there and work your ass off for a week and then send you home because he copped a mistake he made…I'm gonna call them," she snapped and rolled out of the bed. "I can't believe this, this is a joke, he's not getting away with this, no one upsets my man," she ranted as she looked for her phone.
Jesse chuckled and rolled out of the bed, grabbing her phone from her he led her back to the bed "calm down and let me finish," he said pushing her down.
"Sorry, I'm just so mad, I can't get over this," she replied.
Jesse leaning in and kissed her slowly, it always worked to calm her down.
…
After a brief make out session Jesse pulled back "he apologised over and over again, he said I could still finish off the week if I wanted. He also said he'd keep me on file and if anything came up he's call me, he brought me to dinner and apologised again."
Becca sighed and lay back "I can't believe this happened, what kind of idiot is he? Are you okay?"
Jesse nodded "I'm fine, I couldn't wait to get home to you."
"Why didn't you stay the extra week?" she asked.
Jesse shrugged "didn't see the point, he's seen what I can do, another week is not gonna change it.
Becca shook her head and rolled over to get a glass of water from her locker, she jumped as his hands pulled up her top "Jesse!" she shrieked.
"What is that?" he asked examining the faded bruise on her back.
Becca slapped his hand away and fixed her top "I banged it off the doorknob while I was moving stuff."
"Did you get checked out?" he asked worried.
Becca sighed "no, I'm fine it was just whatever way I hit it, it doesn't even hurt."
Jesse raised an eyebrow "you know you're a terrible liar, right?"
"Can we just go to sleep?" she asked and lay down.]
"Not until you tell me what happened," he replied.
Becca sighed and sat up again "Nick went to see my dad, he told him about the letter and what my mom had said. He came to see me and wanted to see the letter…I was there with it when you called last week. They both turned up at my dorm and got into a fight, I was pushed back into the door when I tried to stop it."
Jesse sighed and scrubbed his hands over his face "why didn't you tell me?"
"You were away, I didn't want you thinking about me or worrying about another drama of mine," she replied.
"Bec, I don't care what it is or how many dramas you have you should have told me, it could have been worse you could have been hurt, the baby could have been hurt."
"Jesse, you're just home, I haven't seen you in over a week, it's late, I don't want to argue," she replied.
Jesse lay back against the pillow "you're right, sorry, I'm just over reacting I'm tired and pissed about the whole thing."
Becca lay back and lay on his chest "I'm sorry it didn't work out for you, I know how excited you were."
Jesse pulled her closer and rested his cheek on her head "it wasn't mean to be, but one things for sure," he said and looked down on her "I'm never leaving you again, that was the longest week of my life."
Becca chuckled and lifted her head "you're such a dork, but I missed you too-so much," she said and kissed him deeply.
