Life Next To The Swansons
Chapter 14
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Beca's POV
A Few Hours Later
My wrist hurts like hell but I'm glad I will be able to go home tonight, here I am still lying on the hospital bed with dad, Adam and Jesse trying to listen to what the nurse is saying
"Your wrist was a clean break so it will only take about 6 weeks to heal" explained the nurse as she stood at the end of the bed
"6 weeks?!" I asked surprised, she nodded sympathetically
"I want you to have plenty of rest, take these painkillers, one whenever you feel pain, just don't take too many" she ordered handing Jesse the tub of pills
"Try not to wear clothes that have zips on them you may find it difficult to zip them up" she explained, I looked at Jesse because I only ever wear jeans, he just sent me a helpless look back
"Thanks" I said to the nurse in the nicest tone possible
"That's all, you're ready to go, just drop by the reception on your way out to sign some paper work" she explained and left the room, I threw my head back on the pillow and sighed
"Six weeks! Six stupid weeks with this stupid thing on" I whined as I lifted up my wrist with the cast on it
"Don't worry Becs, I'll take care of you" reassured Jesse, I smiled at him as he took my hand in his
"Hey dad can Jesse stay the night?" I pleaded looking up to him
"Uh ok I guess" he replied scratching the back of his neck, Jesse sat me up and put my cast in a sling and tied it around my neck
"Donald's woken up!" explained Adam as he read the text off of his phone
"Oh my god, I forgot about Donald, can we go see him before we leave?" I asked worrying about Donald, they all nod and Jesse and Adam help me up
"Jesus Christ, I broke my wrist not my back!" I joke as Adam And Jesse help me up
"Beca, you were knocked out were not taking any chances, now climb on" Commanded Jesse as he bent down in front of me so I could climb on his back, I rolled my eyes and sighed as Adam helped me onto Jesse's back since it was hard to do so with a broken wrist. All four of us walked through the halls of the hospital until we came to Donald's room, we looked through the window unable to see Donald but everyone else surrounding them, I knocked on the window with my uninjured hand and everyone that was in the room their faces lit up when they saw it was me
"Beca! You're alive!" yelled Amy as we walked through the door
"Whoa guys, no hugs I'm injured" I warned as I held up my cast, making sure they don't hurt me even more than I already was, I walked over beside Donald and sat beside him, he sent me a weak smile I returned it with a warming one
"How you feeling dude?" I asked
"I'm so sorry that happened" he apologised, ignoring my question
"Hey look it was me being an idiot and not listening to my overprotective boyfriend" I assured him laughing slightly
"I have to stay in overnight" he explained frowning slightly "Stace can you pass over my glasses, I can't see worth a shit" he added, straining his eyes and extending his arm in Stacie's general direction, Stacie handed him his glasses and he pushed them on his face
"We better go it's getting late" said my dad who was looking at his watch
"Okay, we'll come in to see you tomorrow Donald, bye guys" I explained as I jumped back on Jesse's back as everyone said goodbye.
Half An Hour Later
My Dad, Adam, Jesse and I arrived at my house at 9pm
"Go tell your mom you're staying over" I suggested to Jesse, he nodded and jogged over to his house, I followed dad and Adam into the house
"I'm tired so I'm just gonna go to bed can you send Jesse up when he comes over, night!" I called and made my way upstairs
"Night Becs" called my Dad, I walked up the stairs and went into my room I shut the door behind me and collapsed onto the bed
"Shit!" I cursed "how the hell am I going to get these off?" I asked myself looking at my clothes, I guess the only option is Jesse even though he can't remove a bra to save himself, I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard my room door click open
"wow, you were quick" I said sitting up, Jesse shut the door behind him slowly
"Um I might need a hand" I said shyly, he came and took a seat next to me
"Anything for you" he said kissing my cheek
"I kinda can't change my clothes by myself because of my wrist, so I was wondering if you could help?" I asked slightly embarrassed
"Me?" he asked pointing to himself
"Well I'm not gonna ask my dad or my brother to undress me am I" looking at him like he's stupid
"I-I guess" he said nervously, I chuckled at him as I walked over to my drawers to pick out something to wear.
Jesse's POV
Beca asked me to help her get changed no big deal, right? I don't know why I'm the one that's nervous, I drew in the curtains so that we don't get any peeping toms, I turned back to Beca who was standing there ready for me to help
"Wait, one sec" I said holding my finger up, I grab the hem of my t-shirt and pull it over my head
"What are you do-holy shit when did you get these?" asked Beca as she walked over and ran her hands up and down my abs
"I worked out" I said proudly, I moved my hands to the belt of my jeans and undone it, I started removing my jeans
"okay seriously what are you doing?" asked Beca laughing
"Do you think I'm gonna sleep in all my clothes?" I asked her like she was stupid, once I had kicked my jeans off, leaving me only in my boxers, I walked over to Beca to help her, I carefully removed her shirt and threw it on the bed, I gently slipped her broken wrist through the arm hole of her vest and did the same with the other arm, I slipped the vest over her head and threw it over with the shirt, wow she had an amazing body, it was so perfect, I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her neck
"Do you know how much this is turning me on right now?" I whispered in her ear
"If I couldn't feel it in my back right now I would have never have known" she joked, I looked down at my crotch to see what she was on about
"Oh right, sorry about that" I said apologising to her
"Don't be, it's kinda hot that taking my shirt off is turning you on so easily" she laughed, I laughed along and started fiddling with her bra clip
"here we go again" she sighed face-palming, I fiddled with it until It popped open and I threw my hands in the air
"You know its easier doing it from the back" I said laughing, she slipped it off her arms and I bit my lip, c'mon Jesse keep it together
"You know this is taking longer than it should because you can't keep staring" she said laughing at me
"But you're just so sexy right now" I said barley louder than a whisper, wrapping my arms around her waist again
"C'mon nerd, I'm tired" she whined and I helped her slip on another vest, she kicked off her jeans and I helped her slip into some pyjama bottoms.
Beca crawled into her bed and I took a duvet and a pillow and lay it on the floor
"Sleep with me Jesse" pleaded Beca, moving over in her bed to give me space, I obliged and slid in beside her, she turned away from me and I draped my arm over her waist pulling her closer
"Night Beca" I said quietly
"Night Jesse".
Next Morning
Adam's POV
Buzz! Buzz!
I burry my face into the pillow, trying to drown out the noise of my phone vibrating
Buzz! Buzz"
"Fuck off!" I curse as I feel for my phone; I hit answer without looking at the caller ID and answer it angrily
"Hello?!"
"Adam are you okay?"
"Oh hey Jess, I'm fine just a little tired that's all"
"Okay, um are you going to school today?"
"Yeah"
"Well Amy's picking me up do you want a ride?"
"Yeah sure"
"Okay, I'll call her, how's Beca by the way?"
"um I don't know I haven't spoke to her this morning, you kinda woke me up"
"oh sorry"
"it's cool, my alarm would have went off anyway, I'll go check on Beca now" I stayed on the phone but I climbed out of bed and went to Beca's room, I slowly creaked the door open and my eyes widened and I shut the door again
"Holy shit Jessica, Jesse's in the bed too!"
"Why does that matter? he is her boyfriend"
"Who knows what they were doing last night!" I tip toed back to my room and took a seat on my bed
"Really Adam?! Who the hell has sex with a broken wrist?!"
"Hmm maybe you're right"
"Don't worry too much, allow her to grow up too Adam"
"Yeah you're right; okay I'll see you soon"
"Love you, bye"
"Love you too, bye"
Okay maybe I am over reacting, it's not like they had sex right? I think Jesse is staying home with Beca today to look after her because dad will be out at work all day. I walked down the hall to the bathroom to take a shower.
Beca's POV
I blinked my eyes open and felt a sharp shooting pain go right through my wrist
"Motherfucker!" I yelled as I grabbed my wrist in pain, I felt Jesse jerk awake and I turned to face him
"What's wrong?" he asked, worry spreading across his face, I clenched my teeth trying to take my mind off the pain
"My wrist is hurting like a bitch!" I hissed through my clenched teeth
"I'll go get you your painkillers and some water" explained Jesse as he shot up from bed and ran downstairs, god I loved this guy, he would do anything for me I smiled at my thought but it soon disappeared once the pain came back. A couple of minutes later Jesse returned with a glass of water and the tub of painkillers, he handed me one out of the tub and gave me the glass of water
"Thanks" I said, popping the pill in my mouth, tilting my head back and taking a big gulp of water, Jesse rubbed circles on my back soothingly
"You want to go over to mine for a movie soon?" he asked softly
"Ugh fine but only because there is nothing else to do today" I huffed
"We should get dressed" suggested Jesse as he stood up and picked up every piece of clothing of his, He pulled his shirt over his head and slipped on his jeans that he had on yesterday, He helped me get dressed and we both made our way to the bathroom, there was a wet towel on the floor that had been used, I picked it up and threw it in the laundry
"ADAM! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT LEAVING TOWELS ON TH FLOOR?" I yelled downstairs
"LOVE YOU TOO BECA, SEE YOU AFTER SCHOOL, BYE!" he called back up and slammed the front door behind him. I sigh and lift up my toothbrush and rinse it under the tap, squeeze the toothpaste on it and try to brush my teeth, I groan in frustration
"Shit! I can't do it" I said frustrated
"What can't you do?" asked Jesse, who was drying his face off with a towel
"Brush my teeth, I can't do it with this hand" I groan
"Beca, you're left-handed, you broke your right wrist and you can't even brush your teeth?" asked Jesse raising his eyebrow
"I'm just one of those weirdo's that use different hands to do different stuff, like I use my left hand to write which is fucking annoying if you're using pen because it smudges" I said giving up with the toothbrush and throwing it in the sink
"Tell me about it, but I don't understand why you can't brush your teeth you can do that with any hand" explained Jesse with a confused look
"Apparently I can't, it just feels weird" I explain
"Here look" he said as he picked up my toothbrush and stood behind me, he placed the toothbrush in my left hand and held my wrist to guide it, he guided my hand and I successfully brushed my teeth
"See now was that hard?" he said in a baby voice, I turned around to face him and punched him playfully on the shoulder
"But I punch with my left hand" I smiled showing him my uninjured hand while he rubbed his shoulder
"You did get me a left-handed guitar right? because I will have to change all the strings if you didn't" he asked out of the blue as seriousness spread across his face
"Yeah, how could I forget that you were a leftie like me" I assured him as I walked out the bathroom and went downstairs as he followed close beside me
"You ready to go over?" I asked as I grabbed my phone and my keys, he nodded and we made our way outside and Jesse closed the door behind us he took my left hand in his right and we walked over the grass to his house, He unlocked the door and led me inside to find Erin, Chloe and Aubrey lying on the couch watching TV
"You guys are still here?" asked Jesse as he shut the door behind us
"Chloe and Aubrey decided to stay a couple of nights" Explained Erin as they all sat up to give Jesse and I a seat
"Hey Jess can I use your phone to call Aaron?" asked Erin as I took a seat next to Chloe
"Fine! Here" he replied pulling his phone out of his jeans pocket, unfortunately the condom that Donald had given him fell out too and dropped to the floor
"Wow" I said sarcastically pinching the bridge of my nose, He quickly picked it up and stuffed it back in his pocket, Erin just shook her head and smiled before taking his phone and leaving the room for privacy but Chloe and Aubrey sat and giggled to themselves
"It's not like you two have not seen one before" huffed Jesse as he slumped into the couch
"Excuse me? Are you calling us whores?" joked Chloe
"Chlo just because you've seen a condom before doesn't make you a whore" laughed Aubrey
"So who's Aaron?" I asked saving Jesse from the previous subject
"Erin's boyfriend, they met in freshman year of college and have been together since" explained Aubrey as the laughter died down
"What age are you guys now again?" I asked
"24" said Chloe simply; taking a sip of her can of coca cola
"I see, so they've been together for like 5 years" I replied, Erin came back from the kitchen with Jesse's phone in her hand
"Aaron's coming over, he said he had to ask me something" she explained as she threw Jesse's phone onto his lap
"Careful it's fragile!" he complained, examining his phone "You know something?" he asked randomly
"what?" I replied simply
"I haven't even had a shot of my guitar yet" he replied as he stood up and pulled the guitar case over, he opened it up and pulled the guitar out
"You know I've always wanted to play guitar but I'm shit" I explained
"Really? I could always teach you" he offered
"Adam's tried to teach me on his guitar but it was a complete fail, it doesn't help that his guitars right-handed too"
"Adam's right handed?" he asked surprised
"Yeah we can do some weird shit mirror image writing thing" I said and he raised an eyebrow at me questiongly
"Don't even ask how we found that out, twins do some weird shit!" I laughed
"I don't even want to know" he said shaking his head, Chloe Aubrey and Erin went through to the kitchen to talk
"you know I was trying to learn a song on guitar to play you" I smirked
"Really? What song I can probably play it" he asked smiling
"'The only Exception' by Paramore?" I looked at him questioningly if he knew it
"Yeah I know that song, I could probably try to play it" he replied as he began to strum the strings, it didn't sound quite right
"Shit! Wait Erin might know she's a Paramore fan" He explained "Erin! Can you come her a sec!" he called through, she came through the door sighing
"What is it?" she asked
"can you tell me the chords for 'The Only Exception'?" he asked
"Oh yeah here look" she said as she took the guitar off Jesse and sat beside him
"You play too?" I asked Erin
"Yeah I was the one that taught Jesse" she replied, after showing Jesse all the chords he needed to play and the strumming pattern she handed the guitar back to him and walked back through to the kitchen
"Okay I think I got it, you going to sing it?" he asked hopefully, I nodded and he began to strum the intro
"This sound right?" he asked as he continued to strum, I nodded my head again and waited till I needed to come in
Erin's POV
Aubrey, Chloe and I were all in the kitchen while Beca and Jesse played guitar
"So what do you think Aaron wants?" asked Chloe who was sitting up on one of the counters
"God knows, he should be here soon" I replied looking up at the clock
"Guys shhhh, listen!" whispered Aubrey as we heard Beca start to sing
When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart
And I watched
As he tried to reassemble it
And my momma swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist
But darlin'
You are the only exception!
You are the only exception!
You are the only exception!
You are the only exception!
"Wow her voice is amazing!" whispered Chloe as we all stood with our ears pressed against the door
Maybe I know, somewhere
Deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways
To make it alone
Or keep a straight face
And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable, distance
And up until now
I had sworn to myself that I'm content
With loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk, well
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
I've got a tight grip on reality, but I can't
Let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning, when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream
Ooh Ooh...
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing
I slowly opened the door and walk through
"That was amazing you-ohhhkay" I said as I walked in and walked back out as they were kissing each other, the doorbell rang and I ran through to answer it, I opened it to Aaron and wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss
"Hey you" he greeted as we pulled away from each other and walked through to the living room
"Beca this is Aaron, my boyfriend, Aaron this is Beca, Jesse's girlfriend" I introduced them both
"Hey dude!" greeted Beca
"Hey" replied Aaron
"So what did you want to ask me?" I asked as I turned to face him, he shuffled on his feet nervously and looked down
"Um well there is no point in hiding this from your friends, so you guys can all stay in here" he explained smiling at everyone else in the room, he took my hands in his and looked me in the eye "Erin, we've been together for five years…" he started but Chloe interrupted
"Holy. Shit!" she said covering her hand with her mouth, giving each word a sentence on its own
"Chloe, shut up!" hissed Aubrey; I nodded for Aaron to continue
"Well I just wanted you to know you mean the world to me and for me to show that…." He continued, he bent down on one knee and pulled out a black velvet box "Erin will you give me the wonderful honour of becoming my wife?" he asked hopefully
"I agree with Chloe, Holy. Shit! I mean yes, of course I will, yes, yes" I squealed as he pushed the engagement ring on my finger, he stood up and I wrapped my legs around his waist and kiss him as the rest of the room cheered, Jesse pulled me in for a tight hug
"One less Swanson" he joked in my ear, I laughed and pulled away, I was attacked by Chloe and Aubrey and we stumbled back onto the couch, Jesse shook Aaron's hand and I hugged Beca once I stood back up
"Congratulations" she whispered in my ear
"Thanks" I said as I pulled away, we all sat on the couch and Jesse handed me his phone
"Call mom" he said, I took the phone off him and searched for moms number, I hit dial and put it on speaker phone and placed it on the coffee table
"Hello?" said a voice from the other end of the phone
"Mom! I'm engaged!" I screamed down the phone
"Oh my god! Congratulations honey!"
"Hi Jane or mom-to-be" laughed Aaron as he called down the phone
"Aaron is that you?"
"Yeah"
"congratulations! Okay I've got to go; I'll see you when I get home"
"Okay bye!" all six of us called in unison
"Shit Jesse, I completely forgot about Donald, we better go" Explained Beca as she grabbed Jesse's hand
"We didn't even watch a movie" whined Jesse, and with that they both exited the house.