Dillon

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32

A few weeks later, Tim had convinced her to go out and have a good time with him, while their neighbor and only other person on the floor with them, Ms. Winters watched Anna.

"Get up," he had said as he pushed her off the couch. "Change clothes, we're going out."
She groaned in protest, but he simply threw a casual, yellow dress at her. "What are you my stylist now?"

"I saw it in your closet and I thought you'd look good in it. Just a suggestion." He yelled from somewhere on the other side of the apartment.

"What are you doing in my closet?" She mumbled as she stood up to change.

"You look beautiful," he smiled when she finally stepped out of the bathroom, with her brown hair, which had grown back out recently, flowing in waves over her shoulders.

"I can't believe I let you convince me to come here," she said as she watched several famous young Hollywood-ers walk by them. "I don't even know anyone."

"Chill, ok? I just thought you'd like to get out. All you do is work or take care of Anna or help me find small electrician jobs. You need time away. I mean, seriously, work is work and you shouldn't take it so seriously all the time, and Anna technically isn't your child and you shouldn't have to take care of her so much - although I am grateful for everything that you do."

"Tim, I don't know how to do anything else anymore."

"You used to." He said as he thought about when they had been together.

"I did. But somewhere I got scared of it. I turned into a workaholic, nannyaholic freak of nature." She sighed as she grabbed a drink off the counter.

"You know that has alcohol in it, right?" Tim laughed, "We're both underage, and I'm not having a repeat of three years ago, k?"

He pulled the drink out of her hand, set it on the bar and apologized to the guy behind the counter.

"I didn't mean let's get drunk. I meant, lets get out, maybe meet some people, dance a little..." he informed her. "So do you want to dance?"

She sighed before grabbing his hand and following him out to the floor, where they joined a group of people dancing to loud music being played by a DJ on stage.

Maybe this would be good.

- - - -

"So I saw you at that club Friday night." Tiffany taunted. "Who was that sexy man you were with?"

Becca laughed just as 'That sexy little man' walked in the door. He was finally here to fix the wiring in the fitting rooms.

"Tiffany, I'd like for you to meet Tim, he's one of my closest friends and he's here to fix the wiring upstairs." Tiffany's cheek blushed and Becca couldn't help but chuckle.

He smiled politely at Tiff before looking to Becca, "You want to show me where it is?"

She smiled and waved him up. "So I've been thinking," he began as he surveyed the wires. "I..."

She snorted as he began climbing down the stairs. "You what?"

"Becca, there's somebody here to see you!" Tiff called.

"Send them on up!" She turned back to Tim, who had his trademark mischievous smile playing across his face.

He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on the lips, which she returned. She wasn't sure why she was reciprocating the action, but she knew she didn't hate it. She had always loved the way his lips felt on hers, and the way they made her feel.

Someone cleared their throat from behind them and they both jumped as they turned to see Teddy standing there, watching them.

Oh no, not now. Not today. What am I supposed to say to you?

"Is this a bad time?" he finally spoke.

Of course its a bad time, you... you loser.

"No, Tim's just fixing the electrical... stuff... in..." She was so nervous she couldn't even finish her sentence.

"In the fitting rooms. I'm an electrician." He said. "How you been?"

Ted smiled nervously. "Good. You?"

"Its getting better." Of course, Teddy knew nothing of what he was talking about, but he assumed he didn't really want to know.

"I just.. Um, when I called you the other day and you didn't answer I was going to ask to take you out to lunch, and then that day you ran into me, I knew you were avoiding me." He laughed. "So anyway, I'm here to offer you lunch."

"My break isn't for another hour." She said quietly.

"It's ok, I got it!" Tiffany called from downstairs, giving away that she had been listening in the whole time.

Becca made a mental note to rant to Tiff later. "Ok. Um. Tim, I guess I'll see you when I get home."

Tim nodded as she began to follow Teddy down the stairs. Tim grabbed her arm and whisper to her.

"Its ok to make amends, Becks." He kissed her forehead before physically turning her around and giving her a slight shove in the general direction of the stairs.

Oh, this is going to be one long lunch break. She silently groaned as she thought about the confrontation at hand.


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OK, so it's shorter than it has been lately, but I hope you like it!!

[miss_laughter]

AHHHHHH!!!!
no..please..don't stop there!
this is KILLING ME!
I swear, I'm going to go insane with all the cliffhangers y'all are pulling on me!

POST MORE SOON!

[Kourtni]

Um yeah...I like LOVE this!
You have to post more soon!

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Thanks for all the replies!
So there probably won't be any tonight, but maybe tomorrow... Or how 'bout I just say later this week, because I'm really busy... :0(
Anywho... What the heck is the 33 thing about on Ted's myspace??

[xtedheadx]

I looooved it! Oh and you can definately say you'l update "later." Even if I didn't like it I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. You are the writer. haha.

Post when you can!

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33

They chose a casual restaurant with an outdoor patio, simply because of the outside seating. At least that way they would have something to look at when they weren't talking. They had been there for a good while before anyone spoke.

"So, I have to be honest." Teddy began. "I didn't get your text until the next day."

She gave him a look like she had heard that excuse before and wasn't buying it.

"No seriously, my phone went dead in the movies," he explained. The movies. Ugh. "And then it didn't get fully charged until the morning, and when I turned it on, it was like, nine and I was like, oh crap. And by the way, the toilet paper in my front yard?"

She smirked when he brought that up.

"At first I thought it was a joke, like maybe you guys got bored or maybe you guys dared each other to do it or something, but then I realized later that it wasn't that..."

"So why didn't you call after you got the message? Or call me while I was away?" She snapped at him, and he was a little taken aback.

"I didn't call you that morning, because... Jen slept over." He said quietly. "And then, I was afraid of this confrontation, because I wasn't sure what to say to you."

"And like I knew what to say either?" It was more of a statement than a question, but Teddy shrugged as the waiter set their food in front of them.

She picked at her pasta as she thought about what to say, but Teddy beat her to it.

"I'm sorry, ok?" He apologized and she nodded, accepting his apology, while insinuating that she was sorry as well. "So what about you and Tim? Thats something I never thought would happen again."

"Well, I didn't either, but Lyla left him with Anna," she suddenly became more animated after the apology. She felt like a weight had been lifted, she realized as she explained how Tim came to live with her.

"Wow. I have to be honest, I saw you guys last night. At the club." Teddy admitted, jealously. They each knew that they were equally jealous that they were yet again, unable to create a relationship.

"Oh yeah? Were you there with that girl? The one you went to that award show with?"

"Oh Camilla?" He asked and nodded casually. "We've been dating for about two months. She stays at my place sometimes."

Was he trying to get a reaction out of her?

"Thats cool. I'm glad I've got somebody with me, because I was getting so lonely." She laughed, two could play that game. "I thought about getting a dog, but I haven't been able to pet one since Maggie died."

"Maggie died?" Teddy asked in disbelief. "I loved Mags."

"She loved you." Becca laughed. "But yeah, she was actually quite old, believe it or not. I couldn't get another beagle. Maybe a lab or a basset hound or something."

He nodded. "I can't believe she died."

"Ok, Teddy, I got over the grief a month ago, don't make me spiral back into it," she joked and he laughed.

"So... I missed you."

"I missed you." She gave him a smile as her phone vibrated. "Oh man, its Tiff! There's probably some kind of emergency."

She flipped open the phone to answer it. "I am so sorry. I totally forgot about that! Yeah, I'll be there in five minutes, ok?"

She looked at Teddy and he nodded understandingly.

"There's some famous chick that booked a session with Tiff, because Tiff designs dresses, and she wants a custom formal dress for some sort of award show. So, I'm really sorry."

"It's ok. I'll see you later."

She waved goodbye as she hurried down the street to the store.

- - - -

"So how did it go with Ted?" Tim asked as she looked through the fridge for something to eat.

"It went surprisingly well." She said as she turned to face him. "Still a little awkward though, ya know?"

"Oh some girl called for you today. Amie? Or was is Jamie?"

"Amie called? Did she tell you anything?" She asked curiously.

"Well, at first she was really confused, because she didn't know you had a guy living with you, as well as a screaming monster. But then I told her who I was." He laughed. "She said she's heard a lot about me."

Becca blushed. "She heard a lot about my friends from Dillon. Don't worry, it was nothing too bad." She turned back to the refrigerator to find something to eat, but couldn't find anything. Her stomach grumbled.

"So I want to take you out to eat." He told her.

"Tim..."

"Don't worry, Ms. Winters loves Anna. She told me so today when I picked her up. Which is when I asked her to watch her again tonight. She doesn't mind, trust me." He moved closer to her and put his hands on her hips. "Please? I'm starving and I want to thank you for letting us stay with you."

"Ok..." She laughed, just as she noticed that he was trying to move in for a kiss. She still wasn't sure about getting into this sort of relationship with him again, and she didn't want him to think it was so easy. Wasn't he supposed to still be depressed over Lyla, anyway?


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Ok, so I lied, it wasn't that long a wait!
LOL.
SO I hope you guys liked it!!

[miss_laughter]

uh oh..Tim's trying to make things serious between them again..
this can't turn out well..
especially since it's TEDDY she's supposed to be with!

and I can't wait to see how her & Ted's next meeting goes..
you can tell they are totally still in love with each other! ;D

this sould get pretty interesting..

LOVED it!
post soon pleeeeease!

[Kourtni]

This is getting very interesting. I like it!

[megan]

this is getting steamy!! i am ready for that next meeting with teddy!

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34

A few weeks later, as she sat in her store, bored out of her mind with only a magazine to keep her company, Teddy sent her a text message. It had been a while since they talked.

'Hey u.'

'Hello.' she replied as Tiffany came back from her break, and excitedly rushed to the back room, which they had finally converted into a sewing section just for her. Apparently she had ran into some inspiration on her way back.

'Sup?'

'Not much. Bored.' she rolled her eyes as a teenage girl walked in with her mom. Sweet sixteen shopping. Oh how she hated those girls.

'Need entertainment?'

She rolled her eyes, but didn't get a chance to reply, because he was walking through the door just seconds later.

"You might want to hide," Becca laughed. "There's a girl in here shopping for her sixteenth birthday, and if she's anything like the ones on MTV, she'll see you and eat you alive."

Teddy grimaced as he looked around the room for a place to hide, and quickly chose a spot on the floor behind the cashier.

"So how goes the relationship?" His first question, and he chooses that one?

She shrugged. "It's good I guess. I don't think its an actual relationship, though. More of a... casual dating thing, even though he lives with me."

"Are you disappointed?" Teddy laughed at her and she shook her head.

"No, glad, actually." She tucked her hair behind her ear. "I just don't see myself with him anymore. Only friends. I think he sees it that way too."

Teddy nodded. "Well thats good."

"So how's your relationship?"

"I met her parents yesterday." Teddy said sarcastically.

"Oh, fun." She rolled her eyes.

"Seriously, they think we're engaged. I don't know what she told them, but her mom was planning a wedding when I got there. It was disgusting."

Becca let out a laugh as the girl and her mom exited the store, promising to be back later.

"And the worst, is that I think I didn't mind it." She nearly spit out the sip of water she had just taken. "I mean, "settling down" can't be that bad, right? And I may be young, but if I don't do it now, I probably never will..."

Becca nodded absentmindedly. "Yeah, I guess." He had just confirmed her worst fears. He was completely and totally over her.

"Unless I come up with a back up. Ya know, like on Friends?"

Becca nodded. "Oh yeah, I have one of those. Actually I have two of those."

"Dang. You work fast. Who?"

"Tim and Ryan Reynolds," he laughed when he realized she had only been joking about the second one. "Seriously I saw him the other day and I was like... He's my backup, he just doesn't know it yet."

Teddy laughed. "I hope its nothing worthy of a restraining order."

She shook her head. "Not even close."

"So how's Amie and Chase?"

"Chase is in the Navy, actually." Teddy seemed surprised, and Becca was still surprised herself. "And Amie is supposed to be here tonight. I'm so excited. You should come over tonight. We can order pizza or something."

"Pizza?"

"Or Tim could cook." Becca laughed. "He's much better at it than I am."

"Or we could not eat and just hang out." She laughed as she continued. "Or we could have a tupperware party without the tupperware."

"Yeah, ok. I should go now before your insanity wears off on me." He smiled. "I'll call you later and let you know."

She nodded and smiled as she watched him leave. When he was safely out of view she let out a dramatic groan and flung the upper half of her body over the edge of the counter.

Tiff came running out from the back and gave her a curious look.

"It sounded like you were dying."

"I think I might be," Becca joked.

"I heard everything. Must suck." Tiffany sighed as she motioned for Becca to follow her. "I want you to see this dress."


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Ok, I know its short!
Sorry about that!
Everything else I wrote after just didn't work well, so this is all you guys get for now... lol
Hope you like!

[Kourtni]

Aw. Cute update. I loved it.

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NOOOO!! Teddy can't even think about getting married to some icky girl who isn't Becca!

Something better happen soon or I'm going to have to slap some sense into Ted!
Dumb boys!

I can't wait for more!
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[megan]

loved the update! but he is NOT settling down with her! : )

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35

Teddy didn't call that night. Or the next day, or the next day, or the next. She was beginning to think that he wasn't going to call her back.

Amie had decided to come to work with her, since being cooped up in the house all day got a bit boring after the jet lag wore off.

"So I never realized when you were talking about Tim that you were talking about the hottest guy on Earth," Amie commented as the three of them sat there, waiting on a customer to come in.

Becca snorted and rolled her eyes. "What happened to Jake?"

"We grew apart." Amie shrugged."So I'm single and looking."

"You want him? You can have him." Becca laughed. "He acts like he wants this relationship with me, but I think he's getting it confused with how things used to be between us.

Her friends nodded.

"I mean, he's a great guy, great kisser, all that great stuff, but not for me." She decided she would have to tell him that tonight, so that she didn't keep dragging him along, making him think there was something between the two of them.

"Plus, you're still holding out for Teddy." Tiffany stated. "Who sounds like he's head over heels for that chick."

Tiffany was always calling girls she didn't like chick. It was actually quite funny.

"Teddy's got a chick? Why haven't you told me?" Amie asked curiously.

"Because then it would just be high school all over again, and I want to not feel this way for him anymore so that I can move on a be happy, but its like he's following me." She stated in frustration as a customer walked in.

"Um, excuse me. Is there any way you can, like, shut down the store while I look for a wedding dress?" A snotty girl asked.

Becca tried to smile at her politely, but when she saw who it was, her smile faded just a bit. "Sure, Camilla."

"How do you know my name?"

"Who doesn't know your name?" Becca tried to play it off. She didn't want her to know that she knew Teddy.

Camilla rolled her eyes as Becca moved to lock the door and flip on the closed sign. "So do you have any idea what you're looking for?"

"Something custom-made." She stated almost too quickly. "No one else can have my dress."

"Well, you're in luck, our designer, Tiffany can show you her sketches and if you don't see anything there, she can make one just how you like it," Becca continued to fake sincerity. "Tiffany?"

Tiffany shot her a death glare, before showing the girl the way to her own special section of the store. She turned back one last time and mouthed 'You owe me' to Becca.

"She's going to be ripped to shreds, isn't she?" Amie laughed but Becca shook her head.

"No, Tiff's good. The best, in fact." And it was true. Becca had no idea why someone as good as Tiffany would want to join a small store, just in its beginning, but she was thankful for it.

"So who was that?"

"Ted's fiance apparently," Becca mumbled as she sat down and Amie gave her a sympathetic look. "This is going to be a long, long, long day."

- - - - -

After work, the three girls, and Tim went out to eat, then stopped by a small club, where they people watched and talked about their days. Amie complained about not being old enough to order anything with alcohol in it, but then decided if she was, she probably would end up not ordering it anyway, and they all laughed.

Becca watched and Tiffany and her boyfriend, Jesse decided to do a little dancing, and noticed that Tim and Amie had decided to do the same thing. She was glad the two of them got along so well. Maybe they would get together and Becca wouldn't have to say anything.

She sighed as she sipped her water and watched everyone else party around her, while she sat all alone. She felt like the fifth wheel, and for the first time in her life, it actually bothered her.

She spotted that familiar face from across the room, sitting in a booth with Camilla sitting tightly against his arm. They were with a bunch of her friends, Becca could tell. No one in the crowd looked like people Teddy used to hang out with.

But then again, things had changed. He had moved on... He was engaged to be married. Maybe she should have done the same thing a long time ago.

She sighed as her phone began to vibrate. It was Lilly. Probably just checking up on the store. "So, guess what."

"What?"

"The store here in London no longer exists." Lilly said sadly.

"What? Why?"

"Because there was some sort of fire, and late one night it took out the whole strip." Lilly told her. "But thats ok, because I kind of wanted to come home anyway. Run the one in California."

Becca nodded. "Yeah, I understand that."

"And I know how the shop was never really your thing, so you'd be free to leave and do whatever you want."

"What? I love the shop," Becca tried to lie. She had only agreed because she had wanted to see Europe and California. "Ok, so you're right. But I don't even know what I'd do."

"Maybe get away from Teddy and put miles between the two of you so you can move on with your life?" Lilly suggested, and Becca laughed at her.

It did sound like a good idea, though.


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Ok, so what did you think??
Hope you like it!

[Kourtni]

Ted's girl seems like a b.itch. lol.
I still want Becca and Teddy to get back together. It would bring a smile to my face.