Jesse was sitting by the kitchen table at Beca's (and Stacie), working on a piece.
He was getting bored. He looked up at Beca who was sitting next to him, she was working too, on her laptop. He threw his pen and turned to her.
Jesse kept gazing at her, waiting for her to notice him but she doesn't, she was consumed by her work.
He leaned over and started kissing her neck
"I need to get this done" she said trying to pull away
"Your break started today"
"True. But I didn't win that Grammy by taking breaks and getting distracted by boyfriends" Beca pulled her chair away from him and grabbed her computer to her.
Glancing at him, she found him pouting
"I'm finishing this up so that I won't have to work from New York, stop pouting" She smiled at him before looking back at her computer screen
"Fine" he groaned as he stood up then walked to his back bag
"What is this?" Beca asked looking at the CD case Jesse had in hand. "I told you not to get me anything. No valentine bullshit Jesse"
"Technically it's not a valentine gift we're still on the 13th" he grinned
"Not in a couple of hours" she said glancing at the time.
"C'mon, take it." He nudged her
"What's on it?" she said as she took it from him
"Music, duh"
"I know there's music on it, I'm talking about the tracks" she glared at him
"Well, it's a mix tape I made for you."
"It has romantic songs on it. Am I right or am I right?"
"Yes. But I choose them for their artistic value only" Beca shrugged pushing the button for the player on her laptop
"No, don't play it now"
"When can I play it?" she asked arching an eyebrow
"You'll know" he smiled as he dragged her chair and pulled her into a hug
"How much did you bribe Stacie to leave us the apartment for ourselves?" Beca asked against his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist
"Tickets to a premier of a movie" he sighed
"Wow" she mumbled
"Yep. You wouldn't go" he said pulling away "Or you would, and sleep in the first ten minutes. How did you know I bribed her?"
"Well, she's on her period" Looking at him, she laughed at his confusion.
"The only reason she'd be out on a Wednesday night is a booty call and she's on her period" she explained. "Can I go back to work now?" she asked when he wouldn't let go of her.
"Don't look at me like that, you love job too" She said when he let go of her and kept staring at her
"Yes. But there's a difference between loving and obsessing over something" He said over his shoulder as he made his way to the couch.
Beca looked at the time and saw that it was already midnight when she was done working. And thanks to the gallon of coffee she drank she wasn't feeling sleepy. She looked up at Jesse who was humming to himself as he was going through his phone then got up and walked to him.
"Finally" he said when he saw her. He threw his phone on the coffee table and opened his arms for her.
"So" Beca said as she sat on his lap "We have the apartment for ourselves"
He nodded as he played with a lock of her hair between his fingers.
Beca leaned over and kissed him. "How much coffee did you have?" he mumbled against her lips, tasting the coffee
"More than I should have" she said moving to his neck
"You didn't get rid Stacie just to make out on the couch" she whispered into his ear after a good thirty minutes of making out
"I'm cool with whatever"
"Sure" she said getting up
"What's wrong?" he asked confused
"Nothing" She smiled and made her way to the kitchen "I'm just thirsty" Beca said grabbing a bottle of water.
Jesse jumped off the couch and paced to her, holding her up when she put the bottle back. He sat her on the counter and kissed her smiling against her lips when she deepened the kiss
"I'm having a déja vù" Jesse mumbled. Beca nodded and brought him closer to her.
"You have a really nice ceiling" Jesse said staring at the ceiling as they laid on the floor
"I know right" Beca said sarcastically, sitting up, she looked around her "the place is a mess"
"We'll clean it up before hitting the road" he said pulling her down.
"We should go to your room, my back kinda hurts"
"I don't want to move"
"C'mon, I'll carry you there" He said getting up.
Sighing, Beca stood up and looked around for her underwear.
"Check behind the counter"
Beca walked to the counter and he was right
"What is it?" she asked when she looked up, after getting dressed, to find him grinning at her
"Guess who's getting piggy-backed?" he asked walking to her
She rolled her eyes and said "Turn around and bend down"
Hopping on his back she added "I want to see a birth certificate, man-child. And didn't you just tell me that your back hurts?"
"Yeah, it does. But you weight nothing"
"So I was thinking" Jesse said interlocking their fingers
"Mmhm" she was staring at their hands
"We don't have to go to my parents" Beca looked at him
"I know you, you only agreed 'cause I met your mother Becs" He added turning to face her
"And you waited until now, hours before going to New York to tell me? I've been mentally preparing myself for a while"
"I decided this morning- I mean yesterday" he shrugged looking at the clock on her nightstand, it was four am
"You'll freak out again. You should have seen your face, you were horrified when I walked into the studio"
"What are we going to do then?"
"Well for starters I should go book us a hotel room. The rest is already planned and is a surprise" he winked
"You are the lord of clichés," she said getting up "I'm hungry, up for a very late dinner/early breakfast?"
"Yeah sure"
"Remind me to not drink more than 5 cups of coffee a day" She said over her shoulders.
"That's already a lot of coffee" Jesse followed her to the kitchen
She shrugged picking up her T-shirt from the floor.
"How are you still awake anyway?" Beca asked him
"I napped and forgot to set the alarm"
"Lucky."
"God, I love New York City" Jesse grinned looking through the window, they were in a cab
"I hate it. Everyone is in a rush, all the fucking time"
"You'll fit in perfectly. I mean you're grumpy like 80% of the time, you think low of people and generally are a bitch"
"Never felt more special in my life" she patted him on the shoulder
"I don't know how come you're a New Yorker though, Cornville. You're too happy and nice to be from here"
"I can be grumpy and mean" he shrugged
"Don't. I like you when you're annoyingly happy" he grinned
"First time in your home city and you take me to a bar?"
"Yes. I used to come here all the time"
"It's nice" she said taking a seat as she eyed the place
"Yeah and a lot of talented people come and perform here"
"Oh my god, Jesse Swanson?" the waitress said making her way to their table
"Melany" Jesse stood up and hugged the waitress
Beca watched them hug and figured they were old friends. She smiled at Melany when she looked at her
"I can't believe you still work here. Melany, This is Beca, my girlfriend" he said pulling away. Beca got up and shook her hand
"Hi, nice to meet you"
Beca nodded and said "You too"
"How have you been?" Jesse asked Melany
"Alright, still waiting for my big break"
"It'll happen, you're crazy talented"
"Becs, Melany is an aspiring actress"
"Gotta hold on to your dreams" Beca said trying to sound as friendly as possible as she watched Melany get all touchy-feely.
Beca you don't do jealous, remember?
"Yeah, so what can get for you?"
"Beer will do" Beca said first, Melany noted it down then turned to Jesse who sat back
"I'll get a rum and coke, thank you"
"Got it," she nodded
"She's pretty" Beca said watching Melany walk away
"Yeah. We went to high school together and kept in touch afterwards"
"Cool" Beca said looking at the band that was performing which wasn't terrible to listen to, they were actually good.
"They're pretty good, huh?"
"Yep. Record deal good" she nodded to the song they were preforming
"You're unbelievable Beca"
"What?" she asked not tearing her eyes from the band
"You're working."
"I can't turn it off, sorry" she grimaced looking back at him
"Where are you going?" Jesse asked
"I'm just gonna give them my card. I can't help it Jesse." Beca said walking backwards.
Jesse watched her talk to the band members.
"Okay now we can leave" she said pacing back to him.
He glared at her then pushed the door
"Oh c'mon" she said following him
"It's my job Jesse" she stood in the middle of the street as he kept walking
"I know. But there are other things in life other than work" he said stopping
"I know" she nodded
"No you don't. I brought you to my favorite place in Brooklyn and you spent the entire time watching the musicians who were performing and completely ignored me"
"I'm sorry" she apologized "But it's not like you didn't enjoy yourself, your friend made sure to check up on you every ten fucking minutes and laugh at your jokes" Beca said crossing her arms. Jesse eyed her for a few seconds then smiled
"You're jealous," he chuckled "I get the whole ignoring me thing now"
"No, I'm not" she shook her head
"I know well enough now Becs, when you can't deal you ignore" he shrugged walking back to her
"This is place is awesome" Beca said over the music when they got into an underground night club
Jesse nodded along the music then leaned over and said to her ear "Let's get hammered"
"Lead the way" she said pushing him to the bar
Beca and Jesse were roaming around the streets of New York, drunk.
"I changed my mind, New York is awesome"
"I know it is" he said holding her close to him so that he won't fall on his face
"But I like warm weather" she shrugged.
They went quiet for a few seconds.
You're so good to me, baby, baby
Beca sang holding a laugh when Jesse titled his head to her blinking 'cause his vision was blurry.
I wanna lock you up in my closet
When no one's around
I wanna put your hand in my pocket
Because you're allowed
I wanna drive you into the corner
And kiss you without a sound
I wanna stay this way forever
I'll say it loud
Now you're in, and you can't get out
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
It's so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me, baby, baby
You're so good to me, baby, baby
She sang grabbing him by his jacket down to her.
When he was about to kiss her she pulled away
I can make you feel all better
Just take it in
And I can show you all the places
You've never been
And I can make you say everything
That you've never said
And I will let you do anything
Again and again
She laughed at how he pouted when she won't let him get a hold of her
Now you're in, and you can't get out
You make me so hot
Make me wanna drop
It's so ridiculous
I can barely stop
I can hardly breathe
You make me wanna scream
You're so fabulous
You're so good to me, baby, baby
You're so good to me, baby, baby
Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled him down.
Kiss me gently
Beca sang staring at his lips
Always I know
Then she looked up to meet his gaze
Hold me,
She hiccupped and he didn't let her finish the song, kissing her forcefully
Pulling away, Beca looked around "Where are we?"
"I don't know" he laughed, leaning down again
"You are so right! New York has the best pizza ever" Beca moaned chewing her slice of pizza
He laughed looking around them "People think I'm doing something to you"
"People can go fuck themselves" she said reaching for the coke can
"A college friend of mine invited us to a party"
"What's the occasion?"
"He got engaged, but the party is more of house warming they got a house together"
she grimaced "If you don't want to go when can do something else"
"No, no it's cool. But I'm not getting hammered if you are. We almost had sex on the sidewalk last night. Good thing when I'm drunk I kinda have a common sense"
"You sang Hot to me and pinned me against a wall, what kind of a common sense are you talking about?" he chuckled
"I'm just thankful that when I'm drunk food comes before everything, if I wasn't hungry I would have went all the way. You become insanely attractive to me when you're drunk. And I make bad calls when I'm shitfaced"
"What, you don't find me attractive when I'm sober?" he arched an eyebrow at her
"Nope, sober you makes bad jokes" she lied smirking "Awfully happy drunk you is hot" she added winking
"I'm offended" he said putting a hand on his chest "you love my jokes, you liar." she shrugged
"And your drunk actions aren't all bad" Beca rested her elbows on the table "How?"
"If you weren't hammered you wouldn't have asked me to drive you place the night we met"
"I'm getting dragged to a Broadway show tomorrow, I'm not sure if that was good call"
"Okay now I'm hurt"
"Becaaaw" Jesse hollered jumping on the couch next to Beca,
"Already drunk?" she asked eyeing him
"You said you like me drunk," he shrugged
"I'm not complaining" she said before sipping from her beer
"You and I will get married one day" he said sinking in the couch as they watched the newly engaged couple. Beca laughed
"How much beer did you have?"
"I lost count. The music is boring, I'm gonna do something about it." Watching her put down the empty beer he added "And get you more beer"
"Thanks" she thanked him watching him walk away. Beca chuckled when he tripped on his shoelaces.
"How long is this thing, again?"
"This Broadway show is not very long, just don't dose off"
"I'll try" she said a tone that lacked enthusiasm
"Hide your joy, Becs" Jesse said sarcastically wrapping an arm over her shoulder as they entered the theater.
"Did you just make a sarcastic comment?"
"I've been spending so much time around you" He sighed
"Thanks Jesse, I needed this" Beca said as she hung her headphones around her neck, on the flight back to L.A
"You're welcome" he smiled as he looked up from his laptop
Beca put back her headphones, closing her eyes as the music started to flow.
AN: You know the drill favorite and review if you feel like it. I would appreciate it if you did, that way I'd know what you guys think and if you're getting where I'm going with this.
One more thing, in the next chapter shit goes down. Peace!