"Bec?" Jesse called down the hall, hearing his girlfriend get ready in the other room.
"Uh huh?"
"You almost ready?"
"Yeah give me a second." She raced to put on a multi colored mini dress, very out of the ordinary, but it wasn't everyday she had a night completely off and no classes in the morning.
Jesse smiled impaitiently at the door to his girlfriends room. She stepped out a minute later and Jesse understood why the hell itd taken her so long.
"You look...amazing, god am i lucky." He smiled corralling her into a hug.
"Yes you are." She shot back, the smile on her face failing to disguise her pleasure.
"Come on lets go." He took her hand, leading her down the hall.
"Why are we in such a rush?"
"Cause i told your Dad we'd meet him at 7." Jesse gestured to his fake watch.
"My dad?"
"I thought we agreed to go out to dinner with your..."
She cut him off. "When my dad comes he brings Shelia, god damnit Jesse why didnt you tell me?" She asked, pissed as all get out.
"I thought you knew...i dont see why its that big of a deal..." his thoughts trailed off and he immediately knew that was the wrong thing to say.
"Not a big deal! She was his fucking teachers assistant! And then BAM he comes home one summer and i caught him texting her, i was 12 Jesse. I was 12 damn years old and i caught my father cheating! Thats not 'no big deal'." And she ran out.
"Beca i didnt mean..."
"Just shut up!" She called over her shoulder as she ran out of the Treble house.
And she ran and ran and ran, where was someplace Jesse would never find her... Vanessa's. And Beca was outside the snooty freshmens dorm in no time.
"Hey uh Beca whats up?" The blonde asked confused as to why the girl who had basically told her off was on her front stoop, crying.
"Can i come in?" Beca sniffled.
"Sure..uhm...Jesse problems?" Vanessa asked confused.
"No. Daddy problems. And i need Jesse to not try to comfort me, i cant become some non self sufficient girl, he wouldnt like that." She leaned back on Vanessas bed.
"Oh well..sure my room mates outta town so you wanna do something?" Vanessa asked,feeling a tiny bit sorry.
"Sure that sounds good."
"Ice cream?" The freshman leaned into her mini fridge and pulled out a tub of Cookies and Cream ice cream, grabbing two spoons and the tv remote.
"Howd you get them to let you have food in here?" Beca asked, a hint of a smile on her face.
Vanessa just winked,tossing Beca a spoon. She flipped the channel to MTV and took a bite of ice cream from the bin between the two of them.
"Hey im sorry we got off on the wrong foot." Beca started, turning towards Vanessa.
"Oh no Im used to it, i have a older sister." Vanessa answered,giving Beca a small smile.
"Maybe after this is all set and done we can go shopping or something." Beca asked, now calmed down and not crying.
"Yeah that'd be fun." Vanessa sensed the brunettes hesitation.
"So can i call you my friend?" Vanessa asked smiling.
"Yeah, yeah i guess you can.""
The girls fell asleep not long after that, full make up and all.
Jesse on the other hand,couldn't fall asleep.
"Mr. Mitchell?" Jesse had said as soon as he arrived, Beca-less.
"Where's Beca?" A woman, who was probably in her thirties had asked, the woman had platinum blonde hair that brushed all the way down her shoulders and Jesse immediately understood why Beca hated her.
"She's um sick." Jesse had turned around and walked out as he said this eliciting a round of sighs from Beca's dad.
He then proceeded to try to find her, first he checked the radio station, managing to escape a luke confrontation. Then he checked the Bella's rooms, one by one, Lilly first, her room was painted all white and Jesse hightailed it outta there quickly. Next he checked Velma's who shrugged her shoulders and had no idea where she was. He checked Stacies room, shading his eyes as he walked in, but after a few awkward grunts he deducted that Beca wouldnt stick around for that show. He checked Cynthia Rose's room, she was asleep. Then Fat Amy's, bumper was snoring and Jesse turned and dashed out. He checked her dorm room, nothing. He checked his, the treble house, their spot in the park, the cafe and as he grew desperate the library. Nothing. He was starting to get worried as he walked back to his house, he couldnt find her anywhere. He didnt sleep that night and when he had to go to class, he rolled out of bed in the same clothes he wore the day didnt make it thru his classes, to worried for Biology, the only class they shared. He walked in and as the teacher called row,Beca was marked absent. At work, she didnt show and with Bella's practices over he couldnt very well check for her at one of those.
Back in the treble house, he paced in the kitchen,he paced in the living room and he paced in his room.
"Dude. Im sure shes fine, Beca's a strong girl." Jonathan had tried to comfort him, to no avail.
"Why would she hide though?"
"This is Beca were talking about." Bumper had sneered.
"Yeah the old Beca, she would have hid. I dont know what this new Beca does when shes mad!" Jesse had shouted. He walked up to his room, a jumble of curse words flying out of his mouth as he went.
"Vanessa, thanks for letting me hang out here but theres someplace i gotta be." Beca smiled at the freshman.
"No problem. Have fun." Vanessa had turned and winked.
Jesse turned on his radio, tuning to Lukes station, well aware that one of Beca's mixes would be playing, to his surprise a gravelly voice filled his room.
"Ive got nothing left to hide. Im falling harder then last time, I spent a week away from you last night. And im calling, calling out your name. Even if i lose the game im all in, Im all in for life." He recognized it as All In, one of Becas favorite songs. And he ran, he ran out of his house, down to the radio station, the rain pouring down around him.
He walked in, there she was, asleep on the pull out couch. He smiled to himself at how peaceful she looked, picking up a blanket and slipping right in next to her.