Beca woke up in her own bed alone with a pounding head, a foul taste in her mouth and a pain in her chest, she assumed the last one had less to do with the alcohol she drank last night and more to do with the fact that she had pretty much broken up with Jesse. What made it worse was that she knew she was in the wrong, Jesse wasn't encouraging the girl, and Beca left him there alone with her, drunk and newly single, god knows what would have happened after she had left, Beca told herself not to think about that, but images kept coming to mind of Jesse and this girl.

Beca dragged herself to her bathroom to brush her teeth. She walked past her desk to find the present and the card she was meant to give Jesse today, as his party was on Saturday 7th, but his birthday wasn't actually until the 8th November, today. She must have been sick last night due to the taste in her mouth and the stench of her bathroom. The minute she opened the bathroom door, the smell hit her nose making her sick again. She recovered quickly, drank some water from the tap and walked back into the bedroom to be greeted by a not so happy father.

'Two rules Bec, that's all I gave you when you moved in, one of which was not to come drunk when Molly is home, but last night we were all woken up by the sound of you falling through the door, and then kept awake by the sound of you vomiting throughout the night.'
'I'm sorry that my liver failing kept you awake, please forgive me' Beca tried to sound sarcastic but her throat was still hoarse from the night before so sounded a lot more stern than she had intended.
'Not good enough Bec, Molly was up all night worried sick about you, Sheila had to stay with her all night to stop her coming into your room, she looks up to you Beca.'
'Well it's nice to know someone in my life was actually concerned about my welfare last night' Beca shot back before walking past her father down the stairs.

She found her phone on the kitchen side, a huge crack was placed across the centre of the screen but it still worked, Beca must have dropped it on her way home. She checked her messages and found it empty; Jesse hadn't tried to contact her once she had left the party.
Beca grabbed a packet of pop tarts from the cupboard and ate them straight from the bag; she got in the shower and got ready for the day. A walk would probably do her good.

She left the house with no real intention of where she was going; she went left as Jesses house was right and just continued down the street. When she reached a familiar footpath she suddenly knew where she was going. The lake was a pretty place and it held a good memory, so she made her way to the gate.

Beca sat at the lake for a few hours trying to skim stones against the water's surface and trying to think about anything but last night. It had started to get cold and she left without a jacket so she figured she may as well go home now. As she stood up to leave she caught sight of the boy walking through the gate towards her. Beca stood motionless and the boy stopped about a meter before her.
'I was looking for you' Jesse said.
Beca continued to stare at him not saying a word.
'I went to your house, I've been calling and texting but your phone is off, so I erm, figured you might have come here.'
Beca dropped her gaze to the floor before she spoke, the words came out cracked and broken.
'Did you, erm, did she – '
A tear fell down Beca's face before she could stop it.
'Nothing happened with that girl Bec, Stacie pretty much dragged her out by her hair after you left anyway.'
'I'm sorry I left, I just, I couldn't watch you with her.'
'No Bec, I'm sorry, I should have just stayed with you, I mean this girl was being pretty slutty, and I was an idiot for not seeing it last night.'
Beca continued to stare at the floor not answering, Jesse continued to speak trying to fill the silences.
'Can we just, forget the argument happened?'
'I don't know Jesse, if this is how bad I'm going to feel after every argument we have, it will probably be less painful to just not be together.'
Jesse didn't reply for a while, neither of them moved positions and changed their gaze. Jesse took a deep breath before continuing.
'That will be even more painful Bec, not being with you, seeing you with other guys, having to act like your friend not your boyfriend every day. I don't want that. I want you Beca.'
Beca lifted her gaze from her shoes and looked up at Jesse, she could see tears forming in his eyes and his hands were shaking. The thought that she was making him this nervous tore Beca's heart in two.
'Please Bec' was all he managed to say before his voice broke and a tear finally rolled down his cheek.
Beca walked towards him, putting her hands around his neck as she pulled him into a hug, he was slow to follow but finally moved his arms around her waist, she had her head buried into his collar letting the fabric absorb the tears that were forming behind her eyes. She pulled away and let out a teary laugh at the sight of two black smudges on Jesses shirt where she had been crying.
'I've ruined your top' She laughed through the tears.
'I'll get over it´ Jesse laughed before pulling her into a kiss.

They walked back to Beca's house to pick up her present for him. He sat on her bed whilst he opened his card.
'Dear my little toy boy, happy birthday love Beca' Jesse repeated. 'I'm not even a month younger than you, stop with the toy boy jokes' he laughed.
Beca pushed the present onto his lap and waited for him to open it. Upon seeing his new iPod, he pulled Beca in for a hug and kissed her cheek.
'I put some mixes on there for you, its synced to my iTunes but I'm pretty sure you can swap it over to yours'
'Nah, if its synced to your iTunes that gives me an excuse to come see you' Jesse chuckled.

'You know, my birthday took over our month-aversaty' Jesse stated.
'That's not a real anniversary nerd.'
'Yes it is, but it means that we're going to have to make our two month-aversary extra amazing'.
'I look forward to whatever cliché date you have planned for us' Beca laughed.

Okay, short chapter, but it felt weird leaving the argument unresolved in my head, so I thought why the hell not. No idea if I'm going into Sixth form tomorrow, if I don't then you may get a ridiculous amount of updates again, if not then you may only get one. Who knows.
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