"You go make yourself comfortable while make you something to warm you up" Beca said as they got inside his apartment. Jesse sneezed and nodded then made his way to his room.

Beca watched him get into his room then looked around her scanning the apartment for the kitchen. After getting to it she started to looked around.

"Hi" Beca looked behind her to find a brown haired friendly looking guy smiling at her "I heard the door and I saw Jesse walk into his room. You're Beca right?"

"Um, yeah" Beca answered "And you are?"

"Benjamin Applebaum" he said extending his hand. Beca shook his hand and smiled politely.

"W-what were you looking for?" he asked shyly

"Some tea or ginger. Jesse has caught a cold." she explained.

Benji went to the fridge and grabbed a zipper storage bag. "Here. It's fresh"

"What's your Wi-Fi password?" Benji gave her his hand confused and said "let me type it down for you"

Handing her phone back, he asked "What do you need it for?"

"I'm gonna look up how to make ginger tea. Grandma used to make it for me when I get sick." Beca explained

Benji laughed, "I know how to make it, I'll make it for you, I mean for Jesse"

"It's okay, I got it" Beca answered looking at her phone.

"No seriously, I'll make it" Benji insisted "Go check on him. Tell him take a warm bath, it'll help"

"Okay, thanks" Beca gave in, putting her phone on the table.

"Hey Jesse your fri-" Beca stopped as pushed his room's door when she saw him take off his shirt. Jesse turned around when he heard her voice.

Beca gasped at the sight of shirtless Jesse in front of her. Eyeing him she noticed that he's got more muscle on him than the last time she saw him half naked.

Eyes up, Beca. She mentally shouted at herself. Don't get turned on, don't get turned on, don't get- shit. She cleared her throat and she said "Don't wear it" pointing to the sweatshirt he picked.

He smirked "Your friend Benjamin told me it would be good for you to take a warm bath" And I need a cold one. She continued as she looked at the closet behind him.

He nodded smiling and made his way to the bathroom directly connected to his room. Beca exhaled loudly and went to join Benji in the kitchen trying to shake off the flow of very inappropriate ideas that popped into her head. I need a distraction.

"Do you guys have chicken?" she asked, stuffing her hands in her back pockets.

"Yeah, check in the freezer," Benji answered peeling the ginger.

Placing the chicken on the kitchen counter, Beca removed a ring she was wearing and put it on the counter then went to sink to wash her hands.

Benji placed the peeled ginger in boiling water and took a seat watching Beca cook, she was slowly cutting the onion and sniffing her running nose. Feeling his gaze she looked up.

"You need some help?" he asked

"No, I'm good. I'm just rusty. Haven't cooked for a while" She answered as she wiped the tears that formed in her eyes with the back of her sleeve.

After getting the tea ready, Benji placed a mug of ginger tea on the counter near Beca who was leaning against it waiting for the soup to cook "Here you go" he said

"Oh, take it to him. I wanna keep an eye on the soup. Don't want to burn down your house" Beca said, and I don't want catch him half naked again, yet. She smiled at Benji, picking up her phone from the table to check a text she received. Realizing she didn't wear her ring back, she looked for it on the counter but didn't find it.

"Is this is what you're looking for?" Benji asked as he reached behind her ear, grabbing her ring.

"Oh wow," Beca said when she saw it. "Yeah I was looking for that" she added as she took it from him and wore it. "Um, Thanks. That's very cool" Benji smiled shyly at her compliment then held the mug of tea in his hand and made his way to Jesse's room.

Looking back to her phone, she read the text message from Stacie 'There's lasagna in the oven, Chloe made it.' As she was reading it another text came 'Amy wants to know if you're coming home tonight, she's still hungry'

'Leave my share alone.' She replied.

Beca took a deep breath and walked into Jesse's room. He was leaning against bed's headboard with his laptop in his lap, wearing a gray sweatshirt. Thank god, he's dressed. Beca let out a sigh of relief.

"I made chicken soup," she said holding a plate that had a soup bowl

Jesse looked up from his screen and smiled at her

"Thanks. Why are standing there?" he asked tapping on the bed "Come here. I won't sneeze your way, I promise."

Beca placed the plate on the nightstand on Jesse's side then removed her boots and hopped on the bed next to him.

Beca's phone rang, looking at the caller id, she jumped off the bed and got out of the room.

"What's up, Chloe?" she asked.

"Haha, the bet is still on, bitches"

"What?"

"I was talking to Fat Amy and Stacie. I made lasagna."

"Yeah I know, Stacie just texted me. Why are you calling me?"

"I'm just calling to make sure you're not having sex right now. And you're not since you picked your phone. Bye now." Chloe hung up the phone before Beca could say anything. Why do I associate myself with these people?

Beca walked back to Jesse's room.

"Is everything okay?" Jesse asked when he saw the blank look on her face.

"Yeah" She replied as she hopped back on the bed.

"What are you watching?" Beca asked as she adjusted herself on the bed, keeping her distance from him in hopes of not catching a cold and stuff.

"We are watching either The Breakfast Club or Thor"

"Which one is longer?"

"Thor, by like a quarter of an hour" laughed Jesse

"The breakfast Club It is. And you should eat that soup before it gets cold."

"Yes, ma'am" Placing the laptop between them, Jesse reached for the soup and placed it in his lap.

Halfway through the movie, Jesse felt Beca shift, leaning against him. He glanced her to find her asleep. He held her closer to him, she snuggled up to him using his chest as a pillow. He kept drawing circles absentmindedly on her arm until the movie ended.

As the credit started to roll, Jesse shut down the laptop slowly so that he wouldn't wake her up. He then tried to remove himself without waking her up, he was afraid that if he slept next to her she'd catch a cold from him, and he failed "Hey, go back to sleep"

Rubbing her eyes Beca sat up yawning "What time is it?"

Jesse glanced at his watch then said "eleven PM"

"I should get going"

"What? No." Jesse said shaking his head. "I'll sleep on the couch you get the bed"

"You're the ill one, remember? You get the bed and I am not going to sleep on a couch, that's your thing." She said as she stood up

Jesse was about to argue and tell her not to go, but a sneeze stopped him.

"You should go to sleep Jesse, I'll let myself out"

Jesse held his hand for her to wait as she wore her boots. Confused, Beca sat on the bed waiting for him. He came back with an IPad in hand.

"What are you doing?" she said, resting her weight on her arms.

"I'm looking up if it's okay to kiss you while I'm sick"

"Yeah I'm gonna go now. You're weird" she said standing up.

"Nothing weird with wanting to show you affection" he said without looking up from the IPad

Looking up he grinned, "It says I won't pass on the virus to you"

"And It's right, 'cause it's on the internet. Night Jesse" Beca said as she tried to walk passed him. When he didn't let her walk she looked up to find him pouting at her. She let out a light chuckle.

"Yeah, that's not gonna work. Now, out of my way" she said trying to keep a stoic expression.

"Wait" He said after giving her the IPad. He got out of the room. Beca sighed and leaned against the doorway.

She watched him walk into a room not far from where she was standing. She could hear him.

"Hey Benj, you up?"

"What the fuck are you doing" Beca whisper yelled

Peeking his head out of the doorway to grin at her he said "He's a doctor, I didn't want to wake him up earlier but you leave me no other option"

"You're an idiot. Come here, leave your poor friend alone."

Beca looked at the page he was reading. Seems legit. And she really wanted to kiss him too. She wanted more than that to be honest.

"Go brush your teeth or have some mint flavored chewing gum"

Jesse's grin widened as he paced to the bathroom humming a song, when he got out he ran out of the room and came back pacing.

"Brushed my teeth and I'm chewing mint chewing gum as we speak. Can I kiss you now?"

Beca put the IPad she was holding on nightstand then looked at Jesse. "Come here" she said rolling her eyes.

Jesse got rid of the chewing gum and leaned down, kissing her softly without touching her with his hands.

The moment he pressed his lips against hers, she felt a wave of heat caused by both his fever and the fact that she wanted him.

Sighing, Beca wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him closer to her. Pull away. She ordered herself, but couldn't. In fact, she did the exact opposite she deepened the kiss. You'll catch a cold. She reasoned with herself as she sat down on the bed, pulling him with her.

She couldn't help but slid her hands under his sweatshirt, feeling the muscle of his back. At her touch, Jesse groaned, placing one of his hands on her thigh gently squeezing it and stroking her cheek with his free hand. He knew it was selfish of him but couldn't break away just yet.

Jesse pulled away abruptly, jumping away from her to sneeze.

"Man, I feel like Edward Collin right now"

"Edward who?"

As Jesse was about to explain Beca continued "Never mind, he's probably a fictional character in a movie that I won't watch."

I'm so getting sick. Sighing, Beca stood up and made her way to the bathroom

"Thanks Becs" Jesse said leaning against the bathroom's doorway.

"For what? For making out with you?" she said as she checked how she looked in the mirror, her hair was mussed. She decided to hold it up in a ponytail.

"For driving me home and making me soup, which was really good, by the way."

"Leave the money by the nightstand" She joked, giving him half a smile as she tilted her head.

"You're welcome, Jesse." She said as she walked past him. "Um, I'll drive your car back in the morning I guess?" Beca said holding his car keys in hand.

"I'll come get it myself," he said grinning

"I think you should stay indoors for the weekend Jesse" Beca said as she made her way to out of his room

"And miss karaoke night? Nope. I'll get my sexy deep sick voice when I wake up tomorrow. I'm definitely going to sing to either Barry White or Isaac Hayes if not both," He said as he followed her.

"Your priorities are fucked up" Jesse let out a laugh that turned into a cough.

Beca frowned, noticing her frown Jesse said between coughs "Don't worry, I'll have some painkillers and wake up alright"

"I'm not worried, this is how I normally look" Beca said gesturing to her face.

"Um, Beca?"

"What's up?" she said as she reached for the doorknob.

"Can I hug you?"

"You should be thankful I feel bad for getting you sick" Beca reached to hug him. Jesse held her close to him, resting his chin on her head. "you smell good" Beca mumbled as she rested her head on his chest.

"Thanks" Jesse said chuckling. Did I just tell him he smells good? Fuck you brain, you have one- okay you have more than one job, still fuck you.

"You can let go any second now, Jesse" Beca mumbled against his chest after like half a minute or so. Jesse squeezed her tightly. "Hugs are for free"

Pulling away to look at her, Jesse kept his arms wrapped around Beca's waist. "Will I ever get you to watch a movie without falling asleep?"

"Doubt it. You can try, though." She said shrugging. Jesse loosen his grip so that she could remove herself from him.

"Good night." She said before closing the door behind her.

AN: There you go, 8 chapters already.

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