A Jecker Story - Chapter 11 - George and Bailey

Becker's POV
I knew I should have stayed in bed this morning I had a feeling that it was going to be a bad day and it and been a really bad day; first there was an anomaly and serious incursion at 3am, second there was a power cut at the ARC that left us blind for half an hour, third I went home to pick some paperwork up and found the apartment had been broken into and I had several of mine and Jess' items stolen, fourth she was scared to go home tonight incase they came back and last but very much not least Connor had shot me with an EMD!

Things were just from bad to worse today and I was losing my mind, I've been trying to convince Jess to come home tonight that I will be there and nothing is going to happen to her and it was probably junkies looking for ways to get money for their next fix and not someone who wanted to hurt us.

"You don't know that! Becker they have the spare keys and the locksmith can't come out until tomorrow, what if you get called out at three am tomorrow as well and they get in while your gone?" She said, we had been arguing about this for the last hour.

"Do you really think that I would be happy for us to stay there if I thought something bad was going to happen to you, anyway the door has been sort of fixed so it'll hold for the night" I questioned.

"No but you just never know... If we had a dog we wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place" She stated.

That's another thing we have been arguing about since she moved in, she wants to have a dog but I just don't really like pets and it is so hard keeping one with the crazy hours we work it wouldn't be fair to keep an animal that we couldn't be around all day.

"Jess we're not getting a dog" I told her sternly.

"Why? If we had a dog no burglar would go in would they with fear of being eaten and they make good friends too, say you have to go away on a mission I don't want to be at home on my home" She argued back.

"No dog" I said sternly "If we had normal jobs with normal hours then yes I would but we never know when we're going to work or how long we're going to be there it's not fair" I told her.

"I think you don't want a dog because you see yourself as the protector and the alpha male of the apartment and you're worried that if we get a dog you won't be the big alpha male" She stated.

"You know I'm not having this debate anymore... No dog" She pulled a weird face which meant she was looking for loopholes in my statement "Or any other animal OK?" She huffed and left my office.

I went about my work and found that I needed Jess' signature on some paperwork so I went to find her and I found her at her beloved ADD whispering to Abby about something and when they seen me coming Abby walked away rather quickly "I need you to sign these" I said and handed her the relevant pages and when she was done she handed them back "And whatever you and Abby are planning... Don't do it" I whispered to her and went back to my office to see if I could get hold of a locksmith that could come out today.

Jess' POV
Becker was going to kill me for this, I got back to the apartment with the new additions of the family George a Dalmatian and Bailey a French Bulldog. I hadn't meant to get two dogs but the lady at the rehoming place told me that these two were best friends, they were rescued from the same house together and I didn't believe her but when I took Bailey out to look at him George started crying and I felt bad so Abby convinced me to get both.

On my way back from the rehoming place Abby sat in the car with the dogs whilst I ran into a pet shop and got 2 dog beds, 2 leads, 2 collars, 2 food bowls, 2 water dishes, dog playing balls, squeaky toys, rope toys, wet dog food for Bailey and dry food for George which was going to last a couple of weeks, lots of doggie treats, dog combs, 2 blankets, shampoo, conditioner and I even got them their own towels.

"Oh my God" Abby said when I loaded in all the bags "How much did you spend?" She asked.

"I told them not to tell me I just paid on card and that was it" I can't believe I've done this he's going to kill me.

I looked at the clock and seen he was due home in an hour which gave me enough time to make a nice meal to soften the blow, he didn't even want one dog and now we have two! I was only going to get a small dog which is why I went to look at the French Bulldog cause I thought that would have been better then getting a big dog but now we have one of each.

I put dinner out on the table and just in time because the door opened and Becker came in but not before the dogs started barking and come running to the door "Hey babe" I said with a scared smile.

"Who's dogs are these?" He asked.

"Ours. Look don't get mad OK? I only went there to get a small dog and then the woman at the rehoming place told me that the dogs were friends and I didn't believe her at first I thought it was a trick to make me get both but then George" I pointed to the our new Dalmatian "Started crying and I felt sorry for him... Abby convinced me to get both" Sorry Abby but I'm not getting the blame for all of this.

"You got them from a rehoming place? Great so they've got issues, that's all I need" He sighed and stroked George.

"No they were newborn pups when they were rescued so they have no issues... I'm sorry but I would really feel safer here with them here" I gave him my puppy dog eyes.

"Well I guess there's nothing we can do about it now" He picked Bailey up and stroked him "I'm not taking the little one out for a walk, I'll take... George" I nodded to let him know he got the name right "And you can take..."

"Bailey" I told him.

"Bailey, I guess we're going to have to go buy them some things" He stated.

"Already done, I put the beds in our room because it's warm, it's cold out here at night" He rolled his eyes.

When we went to bed that night I looked over at the dogs and seen George had brought his bed closer to Bailey's and they had snuggled into each other "Aw Becker look..." I told him.

"Great we got gay dogs" We laughed and he climbed into bed next to me and kissed me "Goodnight"

Becker's POV
Breakfast the next morning was crazy we had to feed and water the dogs and get ourselves ready, Jess wanted to take them out for a walk before we went to work and I normally go for a run in the morning so I took George out with me for a run and Jess took Bailey out for a small walk around the park, of course she was back before me and I had a strange feeling this was our normal morning routine now.

When we got to work and walked past Abby's lab I seen her give her the thumbs up, I shook my head at her and we continues to walk towards the hub where I kissed her goodbye and went to my office, a few moments later Abby came in "Like your new pets?" She asked laughing.

"Yeah thanks for that, I didn't want one dog and now I got two and I'm telling you their gay" I told her what George had done last night and she laughed "Don't laugh, I can't believe she got two dogs" I said.

Abby came in and sat down on a chair in front of me "Look Becker what you have to understand is that Jess is at home more then you are and she's mainly alone, she feels scared being on her own and with the break in and everything yesterday it just shook her up... What if something happens when you're not there to save the day?" She questioned.

I knew she was right and I hated it when she was right "I still can't believe she got two dogs" I said and we both laughed.

This story has been dealing with some heavy issues in the last few chapters so I thought I would add this small chapter to cheer everyone up! x