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Recap: Jess lost her battle in court and Jack got visitation. Jess is angry at the judge and Jack but also angry at herself. Becker is also upset that Jack got visitation rights with Aiden. Becker and Jess believe that Jack will only let Aiden down and hurt him which they want to protect him from.

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Starting Again: Chapter 17: Saturday

Becker
This has been one of the worst weeks me and Jess have had since we got together. After the court ruling stating that Jack can have Aiden on every second Saturday and every Wednesday after school, things have been hard at home. Jess is angry and blames herself for Jack getting what he wanted, she is also angry at Jack for pursuing this considering he's never been interested in his sons life. She has been very snappy all week with everyone, including me and the people at work. The ones closest to her understand why she is so pissed off but her being angry isn't going to change anything, if anything it will do more harm than good because she'll snap and it will be at Jack and she'll play right into his hands and then who knows what would happen... he could end up with more time!

Jess and I also had to sit Aiden down and tell him what had been going on and what is going to happen, he was confused but we did our best to explain. He stated that he didn't want to go with Jack and he wanted to stay here with us. He was so upset but it but Jess didn't have a choice but to make him go. I'm hoping that Jack will see how distressed Aiden is about it all and he'll decide to stay away and leave Aiden alone for good. I can't see it happening because Jack is a selfish and pathetic little man and to him he has just won the war but what he needs to remember is that he hasn't... yes he won that battle but the war is still going and in the end me and Jess will win.

I am doing everything I can to try and get his visitation order revoked but so far I don't have anything. I know a lot of people would think that me and Jess are being horrible to Jack and making Aiden miss out but that's not the case. Jack beat up Jess; he mentally and physically abused her! He never cared about Aiden and in 6 years he has done absolutely nothing to try and be part of his life or help Jess. He can't just come back around because he feels like it and start demanding things from her, that isn't fair. Jess has done all of the hard work and for the past 10 months I have helped her to. Aiden calls me dad, I'm the one who does his homework and his reading with him, I'm the one who plays football and soldiers with him, I'm the one who watches movies with him, I'm the one who reads him bedtime stories and tucks him in at night... me. I'm his dad.

Today is the first day of Jack's visitation and everyone is in a bad mood. Jess because she doesn't want Aiden to go but has to force him, Aiden because he doesn't want to go and me because there is not a damn thing I can do to stop it from happening. Aiden pleaded to me last night when I tucked him into bed and begged me not to make him go, he told me I was his dad and he didn't want another one. I broke my heart to tell him he had to go... to try it.

Jess received a text from Jack at 9am stating that he would be picking Aiden up at midday and to have him ready. Jess threw her phone in the bedroom, nearly smashing it on the floor, she knows that midday is the pickup time and he knows that, he didn't need to text her but he done it to wind her up.

I looked at the clock now and saw it was 11:45; Jack would be here in 15 minutes.

Aiden was sitting on the chair with a tear stained face where he had been crying all morning. Jess was in the kitchen banging things around; I didn't know what I could do to help. I don't like seeing Aiden this upset and Jess this angry. I wish I could go down to that damn court and tell that stupid judge what Jack is really like but according to the law I'm nothing. All I am is Jess' boyfriend which doesn't give me any type of rights over Aiden.

Jess and I had decided last night that when Jack comes to the door, I would be the one to answer it because Jess might do something stupid. I didn't want to hand Aiden over anymore than Jess did but it was the safest option.

The front door knocked and I let out a sigh.

"Go and say goodbye to your mum," I said to Aiden but he didn't move from his spot on the chair "Aiden, please," I begged "I know you don't want to go but you have to try it," I said. The door knocked again "I'll be at the door waiting for you." I promised and went to the front door.

Jack was standing on the other side looking very happy with himself.

"Where's Aiden?" He asked me.

"Saying goodbye to his mother," I answered "He doesn't want to go with you. He's been begging us all week not to make him go, he's been crying all morning. He doesn't want to see you so I don't understand why you're putting him through this, all you're doing is hurting him and if you love him like you say you do you would walk away and leave him be," I explained.

Jack didn't respond to that.

Aiden came to the door and looked down at the floor, I kneeled down to look at him and I grabbed hold of his hand making him look at me "Me and mum will be right here waiting for you when you get back. Try and have a good time, you never know, you might have more fun than you realise," I told him and stood up.

Jack held out his hand for Aiden but Aiden didn't take it.

"Bye dad." Aiden said sadly as he started walking down the hallway.

I closed door and sighed, that was the most difficult thing I have ever had to do.

I walked into the living room and saw Jess sitting on the sofa holding a cup of coffee, she was crying again.

"He'll be ok," I told her as I sat down next to her.

"We shouldn't have made him go," She said hoarsely "I should have just the courts give me the fine, or whatever it is that they do. We should not have made him go; he's been crying all morning and begging us for days not to make him go. He was so uncomfortable with it," She told me.

"Do you want me to call Jack and tell him to bring Aiden back?" I asked her truthfully, if she tells me to do it, I'll do it.

"No. He's gone now... let him do today but if he doesn't want to see him again I'm not going to force him." She stated and I nodded in agreement.

Jess
It was nearly 5pm which meant Aiden would be home soon. I'm so worried about him; I have been since he left. I've text Jack a few times to ask how Aiden is and he said he was fine but I have a feeling he wasn't. Aiden was so adamant that he didn't want to go with Jack for the day, what if he has had a horrible time, Becker and I forced him to go. I feel so guilty. Becker feels guilty too, he had Aiden pleading with him last night not to make him and Becker eventually calmed him down but I could tell when Becker left Aiden's room last night how upset he was. He had the same look on his face when he closed the door on Aiden and Jack earlier, it killed Becker knowing Aiden didn't want to go and he made him go anyway.

A few times during the day Becker has suggested finding out where they were so he could go and check up on them at least but I told him not to. I was going to let Jack have today with Aiden but if Aiden doesn't want to see him again, he won't, and I don't care what any judge says. No one is going to force Aiden to see Jack again if he doesn't want to. Part of me was hoping he had a good time because I don't like the idea of Aiden being sad for this long but then at the same time I don't want anything to come between my little family unit with Becker... I know it sounds awful and horrible to Jack but apart from using his sperm, he hasn't really done anything for him.

The front door knocked and I jumped up off the sofa, Becker beat me to the door so I waited for Aiden in the living room, knowing it would be best for Becker to answer the door.

Becker
"Hey," I said as I opened the door "Did you have a good time?" I asked Aiden, he didn't look too happy.

"No," He muttered.

"What happened?" I asked instantly looking at Jack.

"Nothing happened. Aiden just didn't enjoy bowling as much as I thought he would," Jack answered.

"Aiden, why don't you go and see your mum," I suggested and he nodded slowly.

"Bye Aiden... I'll see you soon," Jack said to him.

Aiden didn't say anything, he just went in the door and through to Jess in the living room.

"Stop pushing him and trying so hard," I stated.

"I just wanted him to have a good time," He replied.

"If you knew Aiden... or had spoken to us... you would have known that Aiden doesn't like bowling," I said.

"I'm trying," He snapped.

"Let's see how long that lasts."

I closed the door and went to join Aiden and Jess in the living room.

Aiden was sitting on the sofa cuddled up to Jess and she had her arms wrapped around him. Neither of them looked happy, I know I'm not Aiden's biological father and technically I don't get a say in anything legally with Aiden but I don't want him to have to go through this again. We tried it, Aiden didn't like it and he has spent the whole day miserable. I love Aiden and Jess enough to know that this can't happen again, we need to tell Jack that Aiden isn't happy with this so we're not going to make him do it again. If one day Aiden decides he wants to spend some time with Jack then by all means let him but until he asks, we're not doing this anymore.

I'm gonna be the man here and take control of this, I hate seeing Aiden and Jess so upset by this.

I walked into my bedroom and closed the door and called Jack.

"Hello?" He answered.

"It's Becker," I stated and I heard him sigh "We're not doing this. Aiden doesn't want to see you anymore. I'm not gonna stand by and see him and Jess this upset it's time for you to have a visit. If you wanna fight it, go back to court but this time I will be there with Jess and you won't win," I explained.

"If I don't get my access then Jess doesn't get the money," He stated.

"Jess doesn't need your money and neither does Aiden. I'm taking care of them now, they don't need anything from you," I replied.

"You can be the one to tell Aiden that you stopped me seeing him," He said.

"I'll be the one to tell Aiden that I'm not going to force these visits anymore," I argued.

"Screw all of you." He hung up.

Oooo... what do you think to that? Was Becker in the right or the wrong? How will Jess react when she finds out what Becker has done? Will there be any consequences to that conversation? Will Aiden change his mind and want to see his dad?

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