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Jesse POV

I had heard mum and dad get home so I decided to go down and help bring the shopping in. I dressed quickly and told Beca to help herself to the shower if she wanted to. I left my room and ran downstairs and into the kitchen. Glen and James were already helping put the bags of shopping away. Glen had a cheeky smirk on his face, I knew something was up, that was his mischief smile.

"Well you weren't lying when you said Beca had a good pair of lungs," he commented as he shoved some stuff in the fridge. Shit, we'd been heard. I said nothing and tried to act as if I hadn't heard him. We carried on putting the shopping away in an awkward silence with my two brothers. They could be such dicks at times, they each had a smug grin on their faces, obviously they had both heard us. Before I headed back up to Beca I walked past them and gave them both a smack on the back of the head.

"Anymore of you dickish comments and I'll take you both down," I whispered, I sounded serious but they both knew I was messing around. They laughed quietly as I left the room and went back to Beca. I opened the door I see Beca laying on my bed in her denim shorts and one of my tshirts. It was way too big for her, you could barely see her shorts. It was pretty cute though, and hot. She was sat with headphones on, laptop open and with her back to me. I walked up to her and wrapped my arms around her waist. She jumped at my touch but soon relaxed when she noticed who it was. Putting her headphones on the bed she turned and smiled at me.

"Hey I missed you!" she said as she kissed me.

"I missed you too! Oh and you need to be quieter next time we're in bed," I smirked back at her. She said nothing but just blushed and giggled into the kiss. I sat on the bed reading a Movie review magazine while Beca finished her mix, this is what I loved about our relationship we could be happy just sitting there doing two completely different things and still enjoy being in each other company. We'd be sat there about half an hour when my mum shouted up that dinner was ready. Letting Beca know we headed downstairs and into the dining room. Mum had cooked a chicken stockpot, my favourite. We all sat down and as I looked around the table I realized this was the happiest I had been in a few weeks. I was sat with my family and my beautiful girlfriend enjoying a spring break in the glorious spring weather, what could be better?

Beca POV

The stockpot was amazing, I'd never tasted anything this good in my life. For the first time in a long time I felt like I was part of a family. Even when I was having dinner with my dad and Shelia I felt like a stranger at times. Jesse's family were so welcoming, well most of them were, Amber was still giving me the cold shoulder but I guessed that she would except me with some time. We had just finished dinner and were talking about plans for the forthcoming week when there was a knock at the door. Glen got up to go and answer it and we all continued to talk. A few minutes later he came back into the room with an older guy, about mine and Jesse's age following behind him.

"Oh my days, do my eyes deceive me! Good to see you bro!" Jesse greeted as he practically jumped out of his chair. They shared a quick man hug with a slap on the back as they pulled apart.

"Its good to see you Jess! Been lonely around here without my partner in crime," the other guy laughed. He was obviously friends with Jesse from when he was at school. I felt a bit awkward; everyone else said their hellos and waved at him. As his eyes reached me I felt myself blush.

"and who is this beautiful young lady, must be one of Ambers friends?" he asked, a tint of hopefulness in his voice.

Jesse shook his head and laughed, "nope sorry mate, she's mine. Beca this is Mason, Mason this is my wonderful girlfriend Beca."

"that's such a shame," he winked as he spoke, "nice to meet you Beca." We shook hands and I turned back to the table. I hated meeting new people, especially friends of Jesse's. I picked up my drink to try and calm my nerves. Jeez what was wrong with me?! I'd only met the guy 30 seconds ago and already I was nervous and shaking. Jesse seemed to sense something was wrong and placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I loved that he was able to tell when I wasn't right and he didn't make a big deal over it, he just reassured me quietly.

"Well what brings you over here Mace?" Jesse asked, still stroking my shoulder.

"Well I heard you were back in town and there's a pool party tomorrow night at Sticky's house, I wanted to invite you and of course Beca" He looked at me as he said my name. It made me feel cold and Goosebumps covered my skin. I hated guys hitting on me, even more when Jesse was around, and defiantly even more if the guy was one of Jesse's friends. Jesse seemed to sense Mason's flirting and stepped between us, secretly telling him to back off.

"Yeah I'm up for it, haven't seen Sticky for ages! You up for it Bec?" he asked turning to me. I thought about it for a minute, I still had marks from the cuts that Luke had given me, I wasn't sure I wanted everyone to see them, but at the same time I didn't want to stop Jesse from going.

"Yeah sure, sounds good to me!" I smiled, trying to hide my insecurities.

"Cool! Looking forward to seeing you guys there! I gotta head off, only stopped by to invite you!" He told us, smiling happily. He and Jesse headed towards the front door. I looked around the table, in the short time that I'd been talking with Mason and Jesse, the table had been cleared. Now it was only me and Amber left at the table.

"Don't worry, he flirts with everything that breathes," she told me, clearly sensing the tension between me and Mason. I wasn't sure what to say back to her so I just smiled.

"You're going to need one hell of a bikini or swimsuit tomorrow night, it's one of the biggest parties in the social calendar. There's a pretty good shop in town that sells expensive looking ones for half the normal price." She continued to tell me.

"Sounds cool, maybe we could go shopping tomorrow afternoon? I need to get some new clothes anyways, you could show me around?" I asked her, I wanted to get on with her so I hoped she'd take me up on my offer.

"Yeah sounds good to me, I need a new swimsuit for tomorrow aswell!" she smiled at me. Finally I was getting through to her. As Jesse came back into the room I was all smiles.

"Me and Beca are going shopping for new bikinis tomorrow," Amber beamed at Jesse. She looked excited for our shopping trip.

"Ah good good! Nice to see you girls getting on," he laughed. I held his hand, I hadn't been this happy in a while, I loved feeling like I was part of a the family. As Jesse and I headed to the family room to watch some evening TV with everyone else, my stomach done somersaults, they weren't nerves this time, they were out of happiness, once in my life I felt like I belonged.

*heres a nice happy chapter for you guys, the next one will be shopping/party chapter! Enjoy & Review!*