I love the end of this chapter! Perfect Jecker (well not a TOTALLY perfect Jecker moment but the leading up to the toally perfect Jecker moment :D) Oh and the added character *grins evily* totally LOVE his name hehe (He has a purpose in this story... not just being a pain in the ass when Jess 'n' Becker are involved but that won't be revealed till later, on second thought I may just have to change friendship to angst) Oh I'm so happy right now :D :D :D :D :D :D :D (I start rambling down at the bottom of this chapter... just sayin') Don't own anything except the plot and the deliciously yummy Andy :D
Enjoy :D :D :D
The three girls all watched the waiter as he came to take their lunch order. He was all three of the boys combined. Short dark hair and tanned skin like Becker. Puppydog brown eyes and a childish grin with dimples like Connor, and a sense of alluring mysteriousness like Matt.
They all sighed happily as he wander off to give their order to the chef.
"Now that's a man." Emily sighed into her glass as she drank.
"His ass is actually better than Connor's..." Abby replied, tilting her head to the side as she watched the man disappear into the restaurant.
"Abigail Maitland, you naughty girl!" Jess exclaimed as she mock punched Abby's arm. All three of the girls laughed. "You're a newly engaged woman. You shouldn't be perving on young, unbelieveably attractive men..." Jess' voice trailed off as her eyes glazed over.
Emily and Abby's eyes narrowed as they followed her gaze. From their position they could see the stairs to the resorts 'Leap of Faith' waterslide and everyone that climbed up to the top of the 60 meter drop. Abby smirked at Jess. "Who's the pervert now... checking out the Captain. What are we going to do with you?"
"Why do you guys keep hassling me about that? Okay so it's clearly obvious how I feel about Becker and you two just won't let it go! I get it! Everyone knows except him!" Jess snapped.
Emily stared at the small twenty year old with wide eyes while Abby sat there silently. Her face actually reddened. "Jess we didn't mean to-"
"I know!" Jess hissed. "I'm just bloody pissed off! There's just been so many moments were he could have said something or done something but no. the guy's a complete retard! Who the hell carries another person around the ARC for hours on end and making sure their safe and then risking their life to bloody save them for certain death! He's just so... so-"
"Jess!" Abby exclaimed loudly. Other people sitting nearby looked over curiously before returning to their own conversations. "Calm down okay. I know Becker. I know how he thinks, most of the time. He just needs a bit of time."
"It's been nearly two years Abby! He hasn't done anything! He obviously doesn't like me-"
"Jess trust me, Becker does like you." Emily interrupted. "You never saw how worried he was when you went into anaphylactic shock. He rushed to your side when you started screaming!"
"He would have done that if it was anyone else."
"I got shot and he didn't rush to my side." Emily replied.
"That's 'cause Matt caught you when you fell through the anomoly!" Jess objected, her voice rising a few octaves the more worked up she got.
Emily sighed, shaking her head. "I've seen him watching you working away at the ADD Jess. I was actually standing beside him for a good fifteen minutes before he realised I was beside him. He actually blushed."
"You're making that up..."
"I am not!"
"Are too!" Jess replied stubbournly, leaning back against her chair and crossing her arms instinctively.
"I am not!" Emily's voice was raising faster than Jess' had.
Abby sighed. "Let's not bicker about this 'kay. You two are worse than Becker and Matt when the EMDs are involved. Our food is coming anyway."
The second time the waiter came to them, the only one that really looked at him was Abby. Smiling politely as he gave them their food, she slipped him a tip and he wandered off back into the kitchen.
Emily and Jess both ate their lunches in silence and everytime Abby tried to make conversation, one of them would shoot it down. She sighed in defeat, letting the silence drown them out.
"Miss Parker?" A male voice spoke out suddenly. Jess glanced up at the mention of her name and Abby saw her cheeks brighten as an attractive man wearing only patterned green and gray boardshorts made his way over to them.
Jess smiled when she realised it was the bartender from before. "Hey." she paused. She had never gotten his name before. She frowned. "I'm sorry I never got your name..."
"The name's Andy, well actually it's Andrew but my mates call me Andy." His eyes flickered over the other two at the table and he smiled "I'm guessing these are your other workmates. Nice to meet you." he replied shaking both Abby's and Emily's hands.
"This is Abby and this is Emily. Oh and I'm Jess. It's sounds weird being called Miss Parker. My – our – boss is really the only one that addresses me by my last name, but that's probably because he's the boss. Really Matt's my boss, he's here too, but his boss is kinda my boss as well..." her voice trailed off as she noticed the grin spread across his face. "Sorry I'm rambling" she apologised.
"It's fine. I'm glad I caught up with you actually." he said, genuinely looking happy as he spoke. "there's a bonfire party happening down at the beach at seven tonight. You should come. You two as well. You can even bring your other workmates as well." Abby and Emily couldn't help but hear the acid in his voice when he said they should bring the others.
"We'll be there!" Jess answered quickly, before the other two had a chance to think about it. She was practically glowing as Andy left. She sighed happily. A grin seemed to be permantely marking her face.
"Something tells me he only wanted you to go to that bonfire..." Abby said quietly.
Jess glanced at her with wide eyes. "He invited you guys as well though!"
"Yeah I'm getting a similar feeling Abby. He just didn't look happy when he said we could come..." Emily added.
"You're just jealous."
"Oh no. Trust me Jess. I'm not jealous. The guy clearly has it bad for you. Although you hardly know each other so..." Abby's voice trailed off as she continued eating her lunch.
The boys chose that exact time to join them, sitting themselves down with their towels wrapped around their shoulders. Connor leaned over Abby and shook his hair, droplets of water falling onto her exposed back. "Oh you little twat!" She spun around and hit his arm as he sat down beside her with a grin on his face.
Matt and Emily exchanged happy glances at each other while he pinched a few french fries from off her plate.
Becker sat down next to Jess and her heart begun thumping against her chest like it always did when she saw him. She glanced down at her exposed stomach and instantly begun to pull her new yellow and blue wrap-around skirt/dress up so it covered more than just her legs.
She looked up to see Abby smirking at her and she glared in return.
"So what did you three beautiful ladies get up to while us boys were out there making fun of Becker?"
"You were making fun of Becker?" Jess asked quickly, shooting a glance at him.
He rolled his eyes. "neither of us wanted to go first but apparently since I didn't want to go down it, they kept calling me a chicken. Connor still hasn't gone down it but they're still acting like I'm the chicken."
"I did go down it!" Connor objected. "Only 'cause the kid behind me started complaining."
"No you didn't Connor. I saw you sulking down those stairs on my way up for a second go!" Matt laughed, pinching more of Emily's fries. She didn't mind though.
"Not true!"
they all laughed. "Anyway, back to you ladies. What happened with you three?" Matt asked, casually resting his arm around Emily's shoulders. Despite him still being slightly wet from the waterslide, Emily naturally cuddled up to him with a plesant smile on her face.
"Jess got invited to this bonfire on the beach tonight." Abby smirked.
Becker coughed suddenly. "By who?"
Jess took in his reaction but it still didn't catch on. She sighed. "Andy invited me."
"Andy? Who's Andy? Why have we never heard of Andy?" Connor asked suspiciously.
Jess lowered her head, letting her hair fall around her face to hide the deep shade of red her cheeks had suddenly turned.
"She's blushing!" Connor exclaimed. "He must have been good looking"
"Connor!" Abby hit him again and he laughed.
"He invited everyone else as well... not just me." Jess' voice was small and she thought only Becker would be able to hear her but they all did.
"Wait... so who exactly is this Andy?" Becker asked suddenly.
"The bartender from earlier this morning" Jess replied in a small voice, sneaking a peak through her auburn hair. The way his hands clenched up into fists on his lap finally sealed away Jess' thoughts from earlier.
He does like me! Emily was right! She chanted happily in her mind. Andy's cute but oh-my-god Becker actually likes me!
She let her hair fall back as she lifted her face up, a smile stretching across her cheeks. "I don't think I'll be going though. He just seemed a bit... meh. Plus I hardly know him! He could be some sort of hidden away mass murderer or something."
"Waow... worst case senario Jess." Connor blurted. "I still want to go. Can we go? please? Pretty pretty please?"
"Fine Connor. We'll go. Just stop tugging my arm would you? You're like a three year old!" Connor grinned happily, kissing Abby on the cheek and whispering something in her ear that made her turn a darker shade than Jess had turned before.
"I was just going to order room service and watch a movie." Becker sighed. "Beach parties aren't really my... thing"
Jess smiled. She could stay in the room with him. Drink some tequila and whiskey... maybe get him drunk enough that he'll finally reveal his feelings for her.
Matt's voice suddenly jolted Jess out of her little daydream "Well Emily and I are going to watch one of the night shows... if we can find where it's being held." he said calmly, kissing Emily on the shoulder.
"So it's settled then." Connor clapped his hands together excitedly. "We're all doing separate things tonight and then discussing what we did tomorrow morning at breakfast!"
"That is unless you wake us up at six again..." Abby glared at Connor for a moment before sighing and leaning her head against his shoulder.
"Yeah... sorry about that. I was over excited. Won't happen again."
"Better not. Now come on. I want to go on the waterslide." Abby grinned at the others when Connor's face showed pure panic. She looked at him and smiled sweetly. "You won't get the little present I bought you if you don't." his eyes brightened and she knew she'd won him over.
"You want to go see if we can find that night cinema?" Matt asked Emily. She nodded and they quickly disappeared, leaving Becker and Jess alone with an awkward silence hanging over them.
Becker frowned. "Wait so the bartender actually asked you out?"
Jess rolled her eyes. "He asked me initially then said we could all come. He only asked me 'cause he knew me, slightly."
"But he still asked if you wanted to go?"
Jess nodded, not sure where he was actually going with this is she was being perfectly honest.
His eyes narrowed then relaxed as he looked at her. "do you want to go?"
Jess looked out over towards the steps up to the waterslide and saw Abby dragging Connor up to the top. "Not really."
When she looked back at Becker, she found him smiling. "Do you want to share room service with me then?"
Jess grinned when he looked at her with a hopeful expression. It wasn't like it was an official date but it was close. So very very close. She nodded. "I'd love to."
AN: WARNING CONTAINS RAMBLING!
I don't usually tag this onto the end of chapters but seriously... please review :D :D :D It makes my day a WHOLE LOT BETTER when I've read reviews in the Morning/Afternoon/Night/Anytime really :D :D :D To be perfectly honest, I think anyone with the name Jess is prone to rambling... Seriously I think I might do a survey at school about that, yeah on second thoughts I won't probably do that... that means talking to all those people who are younger than me *shudders* even beings they are... Actually I think I'm just trying to make this chapter longer than what it's suppose to be. You don't really have to read all of this. I'm just happy about the next chapter. Like REALLY happy about it, even though I haven't actually written any of it yet, but it's locked away safely in my head - I'm just going to shut up now. I'm so immature for my age... Please review :D