Beca absentmindedly tapped her fingers against her table as she slowly edited the new track for her job at the radio station. She had to stop herself from looking out of her dorm window multiple times that day and it was irritating her to no end. Jesse was coming back to campus today, and it was irking her how excited she was for him to come back. Her eyes wandered to her door and window, checking repeatedly if he was coming or there yet. She looked from the corner of her eye hoping for a message, a call, anything from Jesse to say that he was on his way.
Finally, Beca's phone flashed and dinged, indicating that there was a new message.
"Look down from your window. –Jesse"
Beca remembered him saying something about giving her a surprise on the first day of school, and despite not being a religious person, she gave a silent prayer that he wouldn't do anything that bad.
A huge toy pig on Jesse's head and a bunch of roses in his hand proved that her prayers were not answered. Beca's face flushed red, she wasn't sure if it was because she was embarrassed, angry, or happy. Probably all three.
Jesse pointed and mouthed her name, showing that he wanted Beca to go down to meet him and so she did. It's not like she wanted to comply to her idiot of a boyfriends' commands, but there was already a crowd gathered, waiting for her reaction to the "cute" gesture, and not going down would make it worse.
The angry side took over, and Beca stormed out, gave him a side hug just to whisper two words into his ear "follow me", smiled at the people gathered, and dragged him by the hand to her dorm. Beca saw the panicked expression on his face, and smirked. This made him gulp anxiously and Beca couldn't help but laugh at his face.
"What are you laughing at Bec? You're giving me the freaking stare of death" Jesse said quickly, unintentionally stringing his words together.
"You just seem really scared of me, that's all."
"Bec, you're a goth. You have scary spiky earrings and a bit of an anger issue, I should be scared."
"I do not have anger issues! I deal perfectly fine with anger."
"Then what about that time I accidentally called you babe and you broke up with me in a fit of anger?" Jesse shivered at the memory.
"That was a one time thing Jesse, and it was just because that is a discriminating thing to call me, and we're getting off topic. What was the little stunt you pulled?"
"It was not a stunt! It was a cute gesture, as you could see by the people gathered there. I mean you did tell me about how cute this was when we were shopping the other day." Jesse said, with the whiny tone of a little kid.
"That doesn't mean you can embarrass me in front of the whole school!" Beca said, frustrated.
"Oh come on, you liked it. Didn't you?" Jesse said teasingly.
"I did not. It was ridiculous and now everyone probably thinks I'm some kind of a softie after that cute display." Beca ranted and in the midst of it, did not notice the words that came out of her mouth.
"You thought it was cute." Jesse said, picking up on her words.
"I did not"
"Did"
"Did not"
"Did"
"Did not"
"Did not"
"Did!" Beca said accidentally for the second time that day.
"That does not count! You tricked me into it!" Beca yelled at her smirking boyfriend.
"Just admit it. Admit you likeddd it" Jesse said and gave her the hugest puppy dog eyes ever.
"Fine." Beca gave in, because there was no way she could resist those eyes. But she said it in the softest tone.
"I can't hear you" Jesse said, pouting this time.
"FINE!" Beca screamed, "You happy now?"
"Very." Jesse said smiling at her, and proceeding to look around her new dorm.
As they spent the day together on campus, eating, arguing, listening to music, even watching movies, Beca realized how much she loved Jesse. She was in love with the way he quoted every line of his favourite movies and Beca would watch him that way. She was in love with the way he stare, puzzled, when he wasn't sure if Beca was being serious or sarcastic. She was in love with the passion he had for singing. She was in love with his lopsided grin, his chocolaty brown orbs and his messy hair.
As they sat on her bed, watching the breakfast club for the thousandth time, she leaned him and pecked him on the lips. He responded swiftly, and they soon pulled away, breathless.
"So, what was that for?"
"Nothing, just for being you."
"So today's Jesse appreciation day huh?"
"Shut up dork"
"Love you bec"
"Love you more"