Beckett smiled when pulling up to the familiar house. His oldest friend was waiting for him outside "What took you so long?"

Jasper laughed and pulled him into a bear hug. "Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"Don't tell me I missed the baby?" Beckett looked into the house behind, hoping to see Leah.

"You did. You shouldn't have taken so long." Jasper pointed to the driver and then Beckett's carry-on bag. "His room is the third on the right, thank you."

He turned back to Beckett. "Sorry to tell you that your new assistant is going to have to stay in a different house. We're all full up tonight and my place is for boys only. My brothers are staying here, while their wives will be at the other house."

Beckett stiffened. "She's staying with Potter."

Jasper laughed and looked at him sidelong. "I was only kidding. She told me where she was staying. And so did Potter when she first got here."

Beckett's heart hammered against his ribcage. "I knew that. I was just kidding too. But only a little. I could see you having your assistants here 24/7. You're a pretty soft guy. You can barely take care of yourself."

He forced a laugh that sounded fake to his own ears. Jasper only shrugged and let him inside.

He was being too obvious. This was his old friend and they were at his wedding celebration. He didn't know why this was so hard for him. It wasn't like he'd never dated before.

It felt different this time, but that didn't mean that he had to be so awkward about it all. Not that they were even dating. They hadn't talked about anything like that yet. Maybe that's why it was so weird? As soon as this whole wedding thing was over, he would sit her down and lay it all out. How is bear felt, what he was thinking, the whole shebang. But not now. He couldn't do it now. These next few days weren't about him. It was about Jasper and his big day.

"I really wanted Potter to enjoy her time here and not feel like she had to wait on me," he told Jasper. "I really did her a favor hiring Lenni to come along and assist."

"Sure, man. Whatever you say. Hiring a beautiful young woman was all for Potter and not an ounce for you." Jasper rolled his eyes.

"Glad we could clear that up." Beckett took a seat in the living room.

"You want a beer?" Jasper opened the mini fridge under the end table. Bottles of milk had replaced all the usual beer and soda.

"Can I get one of those bottles?" Beckett joked. "I prefer one of the small ones. Too full for a tall one right now."

Jasper looked into the fridge and laughed. "Damn. All of these are going to have to get thrown away. I thought we had packed everything before she left."

"No worries, man. I think I'd like to rest."

"All that relaxing must have made you tired, huh?"

Beckett nodded. "You know it."

"It's cool, I'm pretty tired too. The tent went up today and everything is falling into place. Things have been going so smoothly it's scary. I've never had an event come together so well. We're only two days out and not a single problem. Just two more nights and boom, I'll be a married man. Can you believe it?"

A tinge of jealousy shivered down Beckett's spine. "I can't, but I'm happy for you, man. I don't have enough good things to say about Lenni... I mean Leah. I can't say enough about Leah."

He cursed himself. Their names began with the same letter, but the two women neither looked nor acted anything alike. There was no reason for him to be saying his assistant's name right now. He shouldn't even be thinking about her.

"Since you brought her up again, I have to know, how was your little romantic vacation?"

"What?" It was the most intelligent thing Beckett could think to say. There's no way that Potter said anything about the vacation he and Lenni took. It was in no way romantic either. "We just went to the beach. We didn't stay in the same room or anything."

"Really? I could have sworn it was a romantic vacation. At least that's what they said on the website." Jasper scrolled through his phone for a moment and showed it to Beckett. "That's you two right? She really looks great."

His heart fell to his feet. He leaned back on the sofa muttering curses.

There were pictures of him and Lenni frolicking on the beach with the turtles. They had even drawn hearts over his eyes and between the two of them in some of the pictures. "They must have been miles from the beach using long lenses. I didn't see anyone close taking our pictures. This kind of thing hasn't happened at this place before. That's why I chose it."

Jasper nodded. "It doesn't change how you look at her though. Is there going be a another wedding soon?"

"I didn't want these pictures getting out. That means there are going to be more paparazzi for your wedding." Beckett groaned. He wasn't going to answer Jasper's question.  "I'm so sorry I let this get out."

"Don't worry about it. You couldn't do anything about this."

There was creaking on the stairs and Beckett stood up quickly.

"I thought I heard your voice. Glad you made it safely," Lenni greeted him from the stairs. "I've set everything up in your room and there doesn't seem to be any problems. Would you like me come by tomorrow morning and pick out your clothes?"

"I don't think so, but I'll let you know if I need you," Beckett told her. "I think I can handle it all from here. I'll meet you after the wedding to make sure everything of mine is packed back up and gets to the plane on time."

Lenni nodded. "What are you looking at?"

"Very nice pictures of you two," Jasper chuckled.

Beckett shot daggers at him with his eyes. "Paparazzi got us from offshore."

He showed her the phone. She paled but quickly recovered. "Well at least I looked good. I'm glad I was wearing those shorts. I mean, I could've been sunbathing topless or something. These are pretty great all things considered."

"That's the spirit," Jasper told her. "You can't take these paparazzi things too seriously."

Lenni zoomed in and showed him the picture again. "My legs look so long. I never look this good when I take pictures myself. Maybe I should have these guys follow me around more often. I had no idea I could look like a model."

He wanted to tell her that she looked like a model every day. Hell, she looked better than a model, but that wouldn't be appropriate right now.

"You wouldn't say that if they followed you around everywhere," he grumbled. "This is your first time. Give it a few more days, you'll think differently."

She smiled and shook her head. "If you say so. Well, I'll get out of your hair. Have fun guys."

He hoped this paparazzi thing was a one-time thing. He didn't like how excited she got from her own picture, but Jasper was right. It was better to let it roll off your back than to make it a big thing. In the future, he would be more careful. He didn't need any more pictures of him and Lenni floating around.

It was a good thing he wouldn't be seeing her for the rest of the wedding. There wouldn't be any more chances for them to get her picture.