LNTTS-Part 2
Chapter 20
Oh something important, the chapter after this will most likely be the finals and after the finals we are fast forwarding to the finals of senior year cause we are bored of writing college and we don't want to bore you reading too and we have a lot of things planned for when college is finished which is much more interesting that college so I hope you are looking forward to that :)
Saturday 1st March 2011
Beca's POV
Jesse, Andy, Luke and I were just sitting on the quad chatting about general stuff, mostly music
"Your collaborated mixes with Andy are perfect by the way" Luke said as he sat beside Andy and I lay on my stomach opposite them as was Jesse by my side with his arm around me
"Thanks-" before I could say anything else Andy cut in
"Of course they're perfect, I'm a part of them" Andy said smugly, I rose an eyebrow "Kidding, midget's got some real talent" he praised, smiling at me. I turned to Jesse who was just smiling at me
"You know what I've decided?..." I asked and he pecked me on the lips before responding
"What?" he asked
"I think I'm gonna finish college before I decide anything" as the words left me mouth his eyes immediately lit up
"Oh my god really?" He sat up as did I and placed my hands on his shoulders, I nodded to confirm. His hands found my waist and pulled me in for a passionate kiss, I moved so I was now on my knees and I was leaning over him slightly, I moved my hands to cup his face as he deepened the kiss, I was about to push him so he was lying on the ground but Andy interrupted
"Keep it PG 13 ootside folks" He said and I broke apart from Jesse and moved so I was sitting between his legs, I rolled my eyes at Andy's comment
"This is awesome!" Jesse exclaimed, placing a soft kiss against my neck. We spent the next 10 minutes talking about my decision to stay at college till the end of senior year
"I want a new tattoo" I announced out of the blue
"Yeah? Where?" Jesse asked, resting his chin on my shoulder
"My right shoulder"
"What do you want to get?" he asked
"Dunno" I shrugged
"I can take you to get your tattoo" Luke offered
"Yeah?"
"Yeah, I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy's uncle" He said with his best poker face but a smile tugging at the corners of his lips
"You're an idiot" I laughed
"Nah I'm only joking but I can take you to the parlour where I got my tattoos done" He said, pointing to the several tattoos on both of his arms
"I've got a tattoo" Andy said proudly, he shuffled in front of me and turned around so his back was facing me "Look at my neck" I pulled the collar of his t-shirt down a bit that revealed a tattoo that said "Made in Scotland" and it had a barcode right underneath it
"Only you" I said, rolling my eyes as I playfully pushed him forward. Jesse tapped my stomach and I looked down at his hand resting my lap, he was holding a handful of money
"Here" he offered
"For what?" I asked, not even taking the money
"Your tattoo" he replied, trying to thrust the money in my hand
"Jesse I couldn't" I said, turning to face him, shaking my head
"No, really, my treat" he smiled, taking my hand but I snatched it back
"Jesse, no" I said, sternly, standing up, he followed suit and placed his hands on my waist, his right hand still holding the money "I'll see you later, okay?" I asked, leaning forward to kiss him. During the kiss he slipped his hands into my back pockets of my jeans, next thing I knew he had torn away from the kiss and started jogging off in the opposite direction "What the hell?!" I yelled to him and he spun around so he was walking backwards, he didn't say anything except pat his back pockets. I slipped both my hands into my pockets and pulled out the money with my left hand. I sighed and dropped my hands helplessly "You're unbelievable, nerd!" I yelled
"Love you too, see you later!" he yelled back, before turning back to continue walking. I let out a frustrated groan and spun around to face the two other men, who were now standing, just laughing at Jesse's antics
"That boy will be the death of me" I sighed, walking towards Andy and Luke "I hate him spending money on me" I mumbled, stuffing the notes into my pocket.
"C'mon Beca, let's go, Andy, I'll meet with you later" Luke said before giving Andy a quick kiss before placing his hand on the small of my back leading me across the quad to his car.
Luke's POV
3:45pm
We were in the tattoo parlour that my mate Joey owned. Beca was walking around looking at the boards of tattoo designs that lined the wall.
"Hey Beca you should get this one" I said pointing at a picture of someone's arm.
"Super bitch written inside a superman logo. Wow just wow. Thanks for that Luke" she smiled then flipped me off before going back to the board she was looking at. "I actually quite like this one" I walked over to her; she was looking at rose bud surrounded by vines and thorns.
"You know the rose bud represents being fragile and the thorns represent being guarded and then the vines represent that there has been a long journey...god Beca you have to get this" she gave me a questioning look
"And how do you know all that?"
"I'm not just a pretty face...I'm mainly a pretty face but there is a deeper Luke under the skin"
"Not gonna lie don't you think it's a little clique that you're gay and you know a lot about flowers?"
"Please if anyone is clique it's my boyfriend, Scottish, he gets angry daily, he mixes the Proclaimers and drinks Irn Bru the only stereotype missing is that he's not ginger, actually he dyes his hair"
"Wha-at?" her mouth went ajar
"Shit, you didn't know that, ah well you'll probably find out anyway." I cursed, running my hand through my hair
"You know what I'm gonna go for it, yeah let's do this" She said enthusiastically
Beca's POV
I sat straddling the chair backwards, Luke's apparent friend from the past to my right putting on his gloves and starting to apply the trace. Once he had it on he held up a mirror for me to look in, I instantly knew it was a good decision as not only had all of the right meanings this thing looked pretty badass. "That's awesome" I said with a massive smile spear across my face.
"Hey Becky you okay for me to come in?"
"No Luke I don't want my gay best friend's boyfriend to come in, god imagine that!" I said with sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Oh ha-ha" he said poking his head through the curtain.
"You alright to do this Beca, I see you already have one on your forearm, nice"
"Its weird you should say that cause I hate needles like doctor needles, but I'm fine with this and ready to go. It's funny actually I almost punched the nurse when I had to get blood taken for my check up last year, the bitch couldn't find my vein so she just ended up using me as a pin cushion until she could get some blood" At this Joe chuckled and dipped the needle into the ink and started his work.
Two Hours Later
"And...that's you all done; you wanna see it before I wrap it up?"
I nodded and stood up and stretched. Ow that hurt like a bitch. I made my way over to the mirror spinning around a fee times to find the best view point.
"It's perfect, thanks for this Joe" I flashed him a smile.
"Well you don't really want a bad tattoo they are kinda permanent" he said as he placed a pad over the tattoo and secured it with fibre tape.
"Here I'm sure you have been run through all of this before but it's company policy" he said handing me a tube of ointment for the tattoo while it was healing and a pamphlet.
"Yeah the guy at the other store ran me through it, he even showed me and my brother some photos to scare us straight to make sure we applied it properly, and look all good" I extended my forearm.
"I can see that" I handed over my money, well Jesse's money, as we went back round to the front of the store to the cash register, god I needed to find a way to pay him back or at least show my thanks. At this point Jesse would probably have insinuated an inappropriate joke. God he was such a nerd.
7:30pm
Stacie and lay side by side on my bed, talking mostly about my new tattoo which was covered up till tomorrow
"You wanna see something adorable?" she asked, I screwed my face at the word but turned to face her anyway as she brought out her phone
"Adorable isn't in my vocabulary but go ahead" I joked and she started scrolling through the many photos on her phone, I took the phone off her once she tapped on the picture
"Oh my god, what age were you all?" I asked, looking at the photo of her, Jesse, Jessica and Donald
"Ummm like 13-14 I think"
"Jesse had braces?" I asked as I looked closer at the picture
"Yeah, so did I but I didn't have them in that picture"
"That's something I can tease him about later" I laughed handing her the phone back
"Oh really? Well Adam told me a little story that the both of you had braces and you got frustrated at everything that got caught on them" she teased, I pushed her slightly
"They were the most irritating things that had every been in my mouth, I wanted to rip them out" I said crossing my arms, I was about the continue my rant until our door opened slowly and my dad popped his head in and I instantly sat up, followed by Stacie, I shuffled backwards so my back was leaning against the headboard "Dad?"
"I was just coming to see-what's that on your shoulder?" He asked, pointing at my shoulder, I was only wearing a tank top so the cover of my tattoo was obviously what he was talking about
"I got a new tattoo" I said like it was the most obvious thing in the world
"What have I told you about my dislike for tattoos?" He said sternly, fully entering our room, closing the door behind him "It's a permanent reminder of-"
"A temporary feeling, I know, I know, you've said it before but my tattoos mean something"
"We've had this conversation about the stupid bug tattoo" I swung my legs over the side of the bed
"It's not stupid dad, me and Adam got both our tattoos at the same time. My tattoo means fighting spirit, courage, all that shit needed for some shitty divorce that effects mostly me and Adam. Adam even got a quote on his right ribcage but you have probably never had time to read it, it says "Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life - but what we do about what happens to us." Ever had time to think that through? We got them for a reason, not to just act like some badass rebel teenagers" I spat
"But you are a badass rebel" Stacie said from behind me, I pointed at her blindly
"Shut it Stace" She obeyed and stayed silent, dad hung his head, looking like he finally understood
"Beca-" he started
"Just go dad, I really just...ugh" I pressed my closed eyes with my hand and with the click of the door that meant he had left, I lay back down on the bed as did Stacie
"He's talking like you'll grow up looking like frigging Kat Von D for Christ sake" she joked and I laughed along
"Although she's awesome I wouldn't want that many tattoos, I only get tattoos with a meaning and as much as I love Jesse I would never get a guy's name tattooed on me"
"Not even, if you move in with him, get married and have 8 children?" She asked
"No-wait what? Why the fuck would I have 8 children? I don't even want 1 never mind 8" I laughed "And who said anything about marrying him?" I mumbled
"You're not wanting to get married?" She asked me, propping herself up with her elbow
"I don't believe in marriage, look at what fucking happened to my parents, they got together because me and Adam then 17 years later the shit hit the fan didn't it?" I threw my hands up and let them drop down by either side of me
"Beca, my parents weren't even married, nothing at all worked out between them so they split up when I was 7" She said, her voice quieter than before
"I would rather that, Adam and I sat through all of their fighting for as long as I can remember"
"Beca, I don't want to start a fight, but you're being a bit selfish, most of our friends have split families, Jessica has never even met her dad, her older brother was the only male role model in her life when she was growing up, when her brother moved out when she was 12 she was heartbroken" I stared up at the ceiling and thought about what Stacie was saying "She's never been happier since she met your brother" I really felt sorry for Jess now, I had no idea
"I feel really bad now" I said quietly "Adam hasn't said anything" I added
"That's probably because she hasn't said a word, she hates talking about it. Anyway I know we all know what it's like to not have a perfect family but some marriages work" I turned to face her and propped myself up on my elbow
"I don't need a piece of paper to prove anything Stacie" I mumbled "Plus I'm only 19, I don't even know what I want to do with my life once I finish college" I explained
"Me and Donald want to teach a dance class" She said excitedly
"I'm so confused about my life, now that I have decided to stay on till senior year" I groaned, laying back on my back, covering my face with my hands "LA is still in the question, which has always been my dream but I just went through the whole break up thing with Jesse and I couldn't do that again" I mumbled into my hand
"So what you're actually saying is that LA is out of the question?" she chuckled, I removed my hand from my face and stared at her
"Basically" I laughed slightly. We sat for a few more hours, talking until Stacie had to go out, because she was going out with Donald tonight so I decided to call Jesse and get him to come over for company
"Hey"
"Hey nerd, wanna come over? Stacie just kinda abandoned me"
"Would I ever say no to that?"
"Just come over before I change my mind"
"I'm bringing a movie and popcorn so get yourself comfortable"
"Jesse" I whined
"You love it really" He teased "Actually you love cuddling with me instead of-"
"Jesse" I warned "Just hurry up and come over" I laughed
"Oh see, you can't wait for me to come over and-"
"I'm hanging up"
"Love you too" he called
"Bye, Jesse" I rolled my eyes and ended the call. Half an hour later Jesse appeared at my door with his bag and a bowl of popcorn that he had already made, I rolled my eyes and sat back down on my bed as he closed the door and joined me, placing the bowl between us.
"So we are gonna be watching..." he trailed off, searching through his bag as I stared over his shoulder "Hairspray" he said, removing the box from his bag and showing me it over his shoulder, he turned around to face me and his face dropped as I stared blankly at the DVD box "You've got to be kidding me" he said
"Sue me" I deadpanned, switching my gaze from the box to his face "Calm down, don't take one of your nerd fits for fucks sake" I laughed, leaning back on the bed and grabbing the bowl of popcorn, shoving a handful into my mouth. He kept shaking his head and placed the disc into the CD drive on his laptop and lay back beside me, balancing the laptop on his lap as the movie started.
"Hairspray, 2007, based on the 2002 musical which was based on John Waters' comedy film in 1988, set in-" He started mumbling his usual nerd talk but I cut him off by shoving a handful of popcorn into his mouth
"Shut up" I whispered focusing on the screen
"Someone's eager" he teased once he swallowed the mouthful of popcorn
"No, I just wish you would shut up" I laughed and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, allowing me to move closer so I could rest my head on his chest.
Jesse's POV
It was halfway through the movie and judging Beca's breathing pattern she had fallen asleep, resting her head on my chest, I smiled at her small frame pressed flush against the side of me, I ran my fingertips gently up and down her arm. I ran my fingers right down to her hand and interlocked our fingers, my hand completely covering her tiny one. I used my other hand to softly run my fingers through her hair, she sighed in her sleep and I just smiled at her, I gently closed my laptop and placed it on the floor. I pulled the covers over us and I drifted off to sleep with Beca still asleep on my chest.
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