Jess and Abby sat at a picnic bench at a nearby park. They'd cleaned up the remains of their lunch and were in the process of relaxing in the sun. Abby leaned against the table, watching Jess carefully. Jess seemed happier the moment they'd left the ARC, which added to Abby's suspicion. Abby also noticed that Jess hadn't said or even glanced in Becker's direction while they were heading out.

"Jess." Abby said slowly.

"Hm?"

"Is everything okay?" Abby asked.

Jess looked to Abby. "Yeah. Everything's fine. Why do you ask?"

Abby took a deep breath. "Okay. Look, today I've noticed things are a little different. And I'm talking about you coming back from leave."

Jess frowned. "What do you mean?"

"You and Becker." Abby stated.

Jess' eyes widened. "What about Becker and I?"

"The two of you can hardly stand within meters of each other, for starters. Everything he's near you, you don't even look at him. You move away from him the second you have a chance." Abby listed. She took another breath. "You're not…you're not you, Jess. You're not as happy and cheery like you used to be. Something happened to you and I know Becker's part of the reason."

Jess said nothing.

"Jess, you can tell me." Abby said.

Jess took a deep breath. "Becker kissed me."

Abby's eyes grew wide. "When?"

"Three days ago." Jess answered.

"Why?"

"He…I don't know. He was yelling at me in the locker room for diving into the reservoir, telling me where my place was at the ARC. I told him that it wasn't his place to do so…and he kissed me." Jess explained.

Abby nodded. "What happened then?"

"Becker told me that I'd scared him that day." Jess answered. "Then Matt entered and he pushed me away quickly. And now I have no idea if Becker meant what he said to me or if he was going with the moment or something else entirely."

Abby was silent, taking in all Jess had said. It explained a lot. It explained everything actually. What was more concerning to Abby was that she didn't know how to respond to what Jess had told her.

After lunch with Jess, Abby made it her mission to find Becker and set him straight. She found Becker in the most likely place, the armory, with Connor. Their backs were to Abby, giving her the element of surprise. Abby folded her arms in front of her chest and waited for the moment to let her presence known. She couldn't hear what they were talking about, if they were talking at all.

"You've got a lot of nerve, you know." Abby called.

Both Conner and Becker turned quickly, not realizing Abby had entered. Connor's eyes were wide and fearful. "Whatever I did, I can explain."

Abby forced herself not to smirk at Connor's assumption. "Not you, Connor."

Connor turned toward Becker.

Becker's brows rose. "What did I do?"

Abby nodded her head toward the door. "Connor, give us a moment."

Connor nodded slowly. He looked back at Becker. "Good luck, mate." He jogged around Abby and out of the room.

"So, what did I do?" Becker asked.

"You know what you did." Abby replied.

Becker shook his head. "Clearly I don't, because I have no idea what you're-"

"Jess told me that you kissed her." Abby answered quickly.

Becker closed his mouth. Now he knew what this was about. "How much did she tell you?"

"Everything." Abby answered. "It didn't take long to figure out something's upset her. Everyone knows something wrong, but no one's going to say anything. I'm sure even Lester's noticed."

"And you think that my kissing Jess is the reason?" Becker asked.

"I know it does. Because Jess was perfectly happy and bubbly three days until you kissed her." Abby stated.

"What business is it or yours that I kissed her?" Becker asked.

"It's not the fact that you kissed her, Becker, it's the fact that you abandoned her afterword. You pushed her away." Abby said. "You hurt her, Becker. Jess doesn't know if that kiss meant anything or if you just did it to cut her off. If it meant something or nothing at all, you need to tell her. Because right now, you're hurting Jess. Do something before you lose her."

Becker looked away from Abby.

Abby walked from the door to Becker's side. "Look, I don't know how hard it was here. I don't know what you went through, alone after Sarah. But if you don't fix this Becker, you'll lose Jess without physically losing her."

Becker said nothing.