pitchslapped | First date

Jesse knew that there shouldn't be any reason to be worried. He and Beca had been through difficult relationship times in the past. Her probably a few more times than he had considering she had more experience dating him than he did her. But that was a good thing, or at least it should be, because it meant that they could work things out, it meant they were supposed to be together. They just had to get through the awkward stage first.

Which was what tonight was about. Jesse was all dressed up in a suit and had a bouquet of flowers for her as well. Taking a deep breath he knocked on his door and hoped they didn't make a mess of this.

The first thing that strikes her when she opens the door is flowers and the second thing that strikes her is suit and she's seen Jesse in a suit once or twice while they've been going out, but there's never really a reason to wear suits in college is there?

"Wow," she says. It slips out before she can get hold of it. "You look..." Handsome. Amazing. Kind of spectacular. "You look great."

"You definitely look more wow," Jesse said, staring at her. He wasn't sure if he'd ever seen Beca so dressed up. He wasn't sure if the Beca from when he knew her would actually dress up like that. Which was a shame because she looked absolutely incredible in a way that made his heart beat a little faster.

"I guess now would be a bad time to tell you that we're just going to hang out at my place and watch a movie?" he said, offering her the flowers. He wasn't sure if Bellas colors would be good or bad but he'd decided to take a risk.

The fact that the colours are Bella colours doesn't surprise Beca at all - it's exactly the sort of thing that Jesse does. Thoughtful might as well be his his middle name. The way he's looking at her, she flushes, her cheeks warming up to the touch. She doesn't get dressed up like this very often but she figures a first date with Jesse this time around has got to be worth it.

She takes the flowers, leans in and kisses his cheek.

"If you're serious, I'm changing before we go."

"I'm kidding," he reassured her as he gave her a quick hug.

Not that he didn't want to sit around his apartment and watch movies with her but that wasn't going to help them get to know each other again, or whatever this was. That was just hanging out, tonight they were going on a date. A real date.

"I know a fun little jazz club that's not too far that's pretty amazing. I think you'll like it."

First date, she tells herself. It's a first date. It's a first date. What she really needs to focus on is forgetting everything that she knows about him, about being in a relationship with him. She needs to be okay with starting over with this guy, the guy Jesse is now.

"Do i get dinner too, or is it just jazz on the menu?"

"There's dinner too. Even dancing if you're up for that," Jesse said. He wasn't sure if he was supposed to show that he was really excited about this. For him, Beca was here again and they finally got to have a chance to have a relationship together. For her, she was here suddenly and got a chance to have the relationship she'd already had and was probably not as good as what she had back home. He fully recognized that it sucked way more for her than him.

One thing that Beca's pretty sure won't have changed is the fact that Jesse is an excellent dancer and she feels this little flutter of excitement at the thought of dancing with him.

"This is definitely a dancing dress," she says, stepping out into the hallway and pulling the door closed behind her, making sure that it's locked.

"I was really hoping that it was a dancing dress," he said with a smile. Jesse had gotten even more into dancing here in Darrow and was glad that she seemed to be at least willing to do that. She was a fantastic dancer and it was an awesome activity to do with a partner.

"Also, this is going to sound dumb but... is it okay if I hold your hand?"

There's something about that request that's so unbelievably sweet that if it wasn't going to screw up her eyeliner, Beca might have burst into tears. She nods, holding her hand out to him, wiggling her fingers.

"I'd go so far as to say I'd be really, really pissed if you didn't."

"So apparently you're super high maintenance now, huh?" he teased as he linked his hand in hers, amazed at how tiny her fingers were, something that he had completely forgotten about. It wasn't a bad feeling though, it was good. It almost made him feel guilty though and he wondered what else he might have forgotten about.

"Or did I just completely spoil you and now I can't even live up to my own expectations? You know what, it doesn't matter. I am going to wow you and you're going to forget all about me."

She squeeze his hand in hers, the feeling of his fingers threaded through hers so incredibly familiar and comforting. She likes the way her skirt sways when she walks. She likes the fact that it's him next to her.

"You're doing fine so far, man."

"Oh I wasn't worried. You do realize you're going to have to rewatch a lot of movie with me now, right?" he said, trying to keep the discussion of 'our future is going to be weird' to more surface-y topics. They probably had all sorts of plan for after college, of moving in together and maybe getting engaged or something. There was no way he was ready to think about that though.

"What? Just so you know I'm not lying about you making me watch them the first time?" she says, shaking her head, swinging his hand slightly alongside her. "Because watching movies is...a lot of what we do, Jesse."

"No, because I love movies and want to experience them with you," Jesse said with a shake of his head. It would be kind of fun though to have her pick some of her favorites she wanted to watch again. Assuming she liked some movies.

"But there's a lot of other stuff here that I want to do with you. That I want to show you."

"Like what?" asks Beca, turning her head and looking up at him. "What've you got planned for me, Jesse Swanson?"

"There is an awesome local music scene here and there are concerts pretty regularly," Jesse said, already thinking of several shows he would want to take her to as well as a few open mic places he would be playing.

"There's a bowling alley that's connected to a comic book shop that's pretty awesome and a million different awesome restaurants to go to."

"As long as I get to hold your hand while we're doing it, I don't care what we're doing," she says, which was sappy as hell but totally true. She could do pretty much anything as long as Jesse was involved.

On 3 August 2015 at 19:22, a_capella_boy - DW Comment < dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

"Wow. That was super sweet and kind of romantic. You don't have to go easy on me you know," he teased, but Jesse couldn't help but grin and squeeze her hand as he said it. It was kind of nice to have confirmation that she liked being with him. Really nice, actually.

"I'm still not great at romance but someone's been working on me for four years - so I do my best," she says, bending her head and pressing a kiss against the back of his hand.

"I feel a little bit guilty that I get all the awesome benefits from this so early," Jesse admitted, smiling at her. It was kind of a complete role reversal, what with her being more comfortable with this sort of thing than he was. It definitely didn't feel like a bad thing though.

"I figure you'll probably make it up to me later," she says, eyebrow raised, smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth. "Hopefully."

On 3 August 2015 at 20:30, a_capella_boy - DW Comment < dw_null@dreamwidth.org> wrote:

"Oh, so I'm trailing behind now in the romance department, am I?" he said, unable to resist the urge to give her a hard time. While she was certainly the master of that Jesse couldn't help but give a little bit as well. "Well, I guess I'm just going to have to step it up a notch."

"C'mon then, nerd," she teases, letting go of his hand for a moment so that she can walk a few steps ahead of him, walking backwards in heels with her hands spread in challenge. "Bring it on."

"Oh, so you think you're going to be able to handle me with my A game, huh? Well I've got news for you, after tonight you're going to beg me to bring it down to your level with the romance," Jesse said, grinning broadly. This was one of the things he liked about Beca, her ability to be ridiculous and playful while giving people crap.

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