"If there's one thing I love about L.A, it's the awesome weather." Jesse said pulling over.
"Took me a while though to get used to a not freezing winter," he continued as he reached to the backseat and grabbed the back bag. "I mean it's mid-January and we're not even wearing coats"
"If I had known we were going to the beach I would have brought an umbrella at least. It could rain you know" Beca said as she unbuckled her seatbelt. She was dressed in a maroon sweater, dark knee cut skinny jeans and a pair black combat boots.
"I hope it rains while we're here" Jesse smiled as they walked on the sand.
"You're an idiot" she said kicking the sand in his direction.
"What? it's romantic" Jesse argued, adjusting the back bag on his shoulder
"There's nothing romantic about catching a cold"
"But making out in the rain is" he said looking at her and smirking.
"Wrong." She said
Jesse unzipped the back bag grabbing a beach towel and setting for them to sit on.
"you get water splashing everywhere, you get all wet. Should I focus on sniffing my running nose or on kissing? And unless the girl is wearing waterproof makeup the dude is going to taste mascara and it doesn't taste good."
"Agree to disagree" Jesse laughed sitting down
Beca sat down and watched Jesse unpack what he had in the back bag, then looked around her. The beach was empty "Wow, the place is deserted. You're not planning on murdering me here are you?"
Jesse handed her a sandwich.
"Should I fear for my life, Swanson?" Beca said biting into her sandwich.
"I thought we were passed that Becs when I drove you safely to your place" He said throwing a juice pouch for her to catch.
"You could be in a cult or something and waiting for the right time to sacrifice me to the dark forces, for all I know"
Jesse rested his weight on his left hand digging it in the sand and sipping on his own juice pouch "Could be" he said, between sips.
"Oh wait, we're not completely alone, there's a jogger over there. He would totally hand you your ass if I scream for my life"
Jesse tilted his head to glance at the guy Beca was referring to. He was a blonde-haired guy with an athletic build.
"He's hot" Jesse turned to her narrowing his eyes
"What?" she asked, smirking.
"You can't check other guys out"
"Jeez, we're on our first date and already possessive. Red flag much?"
"No. Common sense, you should be paying attention the guy you're on a date with" he said pointing himself with the juice pouch
"Men and their self-consciousness" said Beca shaking her head in amusement
"Don't worry he's not even my type" she continued assuring him by patting him on the shoulder
"What's your type?"
"Movie nerds of course" she said sarcastically
"You're not my type either," he said grabbing a sandwich for himself
"I figured that out myself, in the brief time I have known you in. I'm surprised you're still around despite my hatred for movies." she said shrugging as she sipped from her juice pouch "But that's okay, I'm gonna keep you around to make me breakfast"
"Wait until I cook you something other than pancakes, you'd beg me to marry you then"
"You're so full of yourself," she said as she looked at the sea in front of her.
Jesse found himself staring at her Beca, at how the sun made her skin glow and was itching to tuck a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"I can feel you staring, weirdo" Beca said as she continued to admire the view before her. Jesse reached over and tucked the lock.
"We should get to know each other." He said, sitting back in his spot.
"I know like five things about and I'm pretty sure you know less about me" Beca arched an eyebrow. "You produce music for living, you were in an a cappella group, you have the weirdest friends ever, you hate movies and don't believe in love. I figured out how to change the last one by the way."
"How are you planning on doing that?"
"Easy. Make you fall in love with me." Beca chuckled at his words. "I'm serious, you'll see. It's just a matter of time"
"Okay Romeo. Tell me about yourself 'cause apart from you being a composer and having an awful obsession with movies I don't think I know that much about you either."
"Well I'm 29 years old, born and brought up in New York City. Graduated from NYU Steinhardt with a degree in Music Composition, moved here 3 years ago. I love puppies. And have a thing for girls with scary ear spikes" He said grinning.
"NYC, you're a long way from home!" Beca said ignoring the last part he said.
"Yeah! What about you, where are you from?"
"I moved a lot as a kid after my parents' divorce and that happened when I was 6, I was born in Washington DC. The longest I stayed at a place before moving to L.A, was when I went to college in Georgia and I didn't even want to go there, my dad forced me to, I wanted to come here right after high school"
"And angry teenage Beca obliged?"
"Yeah, well he promised to help me move here if I stuck around and joined a group or something for a year, that when a cappella came in. The Bellas grew on me and I found myself loving it so I stayed"
"I have a confession to make," Beca said out of the blue, tilting her head to look at Jesse. He nodded for her to keep going. She cleared her throat."The night you came drunk to my place I kinda attacked your face"
Jesse gave her a knowing smile "Oh my god" she said running a hand through her hair "You remember" he nodded "Why didn't you say something?"
"You didn't want to bring it up, why should I? If I did, I would have made it so awkward between us thus lessen my chances with you. Clearly your attraction for me was just physical back then and now it's more than that, I hope." He bit into his sandwich "Don't worry, I know how hard it must be to resist all this" he said while chewing and gesturing to himself
"Shut up"
"It's true"
"Fine." She said as she sipped the juice, he grinned "If it helps you sleep at night" Jesse's grin widened as he threw a hand full of sand at her
"Hey!" she shouted. Inhaling the rest of the sandwich, he threw more sand at her. "That. Is for hurting my self-esteem" Beca grabbed a bottle of water, stood up and poured it on top of his head "You want rain? Here you go. Simulated rain, like in the movies"
"Oh you're going down" he said as he got up to run after her
Beca let out a squeal as she ran away from him. She didn't get far, he caught up with her, fast. As he was about to catch by her arm he tripped and fell to the sand. Laughing Beca gave him her hand to help him stand, he dragged her down with him and pinned her against the sand.
"If I get sick it's on you" Jesse said sniffing
Beca smiled as she ran her hand through his wet hair
"I don't care" she said shrugging.
"Sure" he murmured as he leaned down, pressing his lips against hers, kissing her softly. Beca wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her, deepening the kiss.
Pulling away, Beca kept playing with his hair, sending shivers down his spine. "For once no one interrupted us" Jesse said after placing a kiss on the tip of her nose. "mm-hhmm" she agreed as he closed the distance between them, again.
Beca frowned when she glanced up to the sky "The clouds are gathering," she mumbled against his lips. Jesse pulled away as she pushed him "it's gonna fucking rain. Get off me"
"Way to ruin a moment Beca" Jesse said as he stood up giving his hand to help her raise to her feet.
"Did you even check the weather?" she asked when they got to their spot
"Nope."
She glared at him
"The idea for this date was an improvisation on my part I didn't think about the weather. All I was thinking about was how great of an idea it was to sweep you off your feet."
"A for effort, budd" Beca said folding the towel, while Jesse packed their stuff.
"Thanks, just the words I needed to hear" standing up, he continued, "Beca look, the sun is setting down"
"I noticed, I'm not blind" He gave her a suggestive smirk.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm not gonna stay and wait for it to rain and get soak making out with you while the sun is setting down" as she finished a lightning stocked
"That's just Thor saving the world" he said pointing to the sky.
"Who the fuck is Thor?" she said over her shoulders as she made her way to back the car.
"I don't care if I'll have to duct tape you, you're watching Thor" Jesse said, as he caught with her the rain began to fall
"Thanks Jess, I had good time" Beca said looking Jesse as they stopped at a red light. Jesse glanced briefly at her grinning. "Me too."
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, listening to the radio Jesse said "So, about Karaoke night-" "Nope" Beca cut him off
"I was going to say you don't have to come." Beca arched an eyebrow at his words.
Shrugging he continued "Plus, I'm sure your friends are great company and will be more than willing to share your epic college stories with me"
"I see what is going on here. Reverse psychology won't work on me. My roommate is a therapist. I'm immune to all psychological ticks"
"No I'm serious, even though I am of persistent nature as you know. I'm not going to pressure you into going you won't have fun that way." He said sniffing.
"Still smells fishy for some reason"
"That 'cause you're cynical and think everyone has an alter motive. You should work on that. That is not a healthy way to live your life"
Glancing at her he added "My offer still stands, if you change your mind."
"You said you're bringing two of your friends"
Jesse smiled. "Benji the magic trick guy and Bumper"
"Bumper?"
"College nickname, he got stuck with it. What was that name Amy called you? Shawshank?" She nodded when he glanced for confirmation
"How did that happen?"
"It started with me punching a guy and ended with my sorry ass in jail for destruction of property"
"Damn." He said in mock horror.
Jesse walked Beca to her complex after parking the car, shielding her with his jacket from the rain.
"Shouldn't have walked me here, look at you you're soaked" Beca said once they were under a roof.
"It's okay" he said grinning leaning down to kiss her goodbye, it was a soft kiss. He ended it as soon as he started, looking away to sneeze.
Sighing Beca pressed her hand against his forehead to find it boiling "You're hot" "Thanks" she slapped him in the chest. "Wait up here, I'll be back in a minute"
Beca stormed into the apartment to find Stacie, Chloe and Fat Amy on the couch watching a movie. They followed her with their eyes as she paced around the apartment.
Chloe opened her mouth to say something but didn't as Beca slammed the door getting out of the apartment.
"C'mon I'm driving you home." Beca said as she paced to Jesse umbrella in hand. Jesse was leaning against a wall
"You don't have to" Jesse said as he straightened up
"I know" She said as she opened the umbrella.
Grabbing his hand she continued "I'm responsible for you getting sick so getting you home and tucking you into bed is the least I could do."
"I thought you didn't care if I got sick"
"What are you talking about? Of course I don't" she replied sarcastically
After starting the engine, Beca asked "Where do you live again?"
Jesse smiled as he put his address into the GPS.
AN: Thanks for reading, you awesome people.