Chapter 1 : Deceived

A/N: Wow...

I can't believe this!

After a million years I have finally uploaded this!

You see, I am only a high school student and a scholar at that.

I need to keep my grades up in order to maintain being one.

Or else my parents would ship meoff to the province!

With the natives!

Without internet!

So I'll have to say goodbye to my beloved !

Can you imagine life without fanfiction?

That would totally suck!

No Paul Slater! No Jesse de Silva!

The point is I've written so many fanfics but I never got to finish them because of my helluva life/schedule.

You don't see the point?

This is my first fanfic (technically) so go easy on me on this one!

Lousy point, yes?

~groan~

Anyway I love y'all!

And don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: I own no one. Except the plot. Obviously.

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"Susie? Could you please let me in?" my mother's voice, muffled by the door, asked me.

"No mom. I'm fine!" I shouted at her, irritated. It's not her business if I just want to crawl into a hole and die. I mean, who does she think she is? Yes she's my mother. I'm not stupid to not know that. Well, duh. I'm not Dopey. It's just that I don't want anybody to ruin this perfect moment of peace I'm currently in. NOT.

I am so shattered right now. And do you want to know who caused this?

Paul? Not likely.

Sister Ernestine? Nope.

Dopey? Spell D-U-H?

It was Jesse. The love of my life. Well… he used to be.

The love of my life I mean. Now he's just… I dunno.

The jerk in my life?

Yeah. Jesse is a jerk.

Surprised? Well so am I. Because yesterday there I was thinking that he's just about the perfect boyfriend any girl could ask for and now… Well now I just want to shift him in Shadowland and leave him there staring at the fogs. For the rest of his friggin life.

It was yesterday that I found out that Jesse hadn't been perfectly open and honest with me. He told me he'd be in the hospital and would be home very late thus not going to be there with me for our second anniversary to celebrate. (Yes, Jesse is already a pre-med student and he lives in an apartment close to my house.)

I had plans for that night. You know, to make it a special event and everything. I had bought Jesse a gift (a black Rolex watch) and decided to give it to him tonight to surprise him.

But I was the one who was in for a surprise.

When I went to the hospital, the clerk attendant told me that Jesse's shift was over.

Waaay over…

My stomach churned as I blinked at the clerk attendant not sure of what I'd just heard.

I felt confused. And hurt.

Jesse had actually lied to me.

People only lie for two things…

Either those people lie for the happiness of others or… they don't want anybody to know they'd done something wrong…

So those are the only reasons for lying…

What was his reason?

I shook off the feeling that suddenly at the pit of my stomach and I chided myself for being so silly…

I reassured myself that this is just a part of Jesse's plan to make this night a night to remember.

So I forced the clerk attendant to give me the information I needed – the address of the place where I would meet Jesse – and commanded my legs to take me there.

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"The Groove"

That's the name of the place where Jesse and I would supposedly be celebrating our second anniversary. Lights danced in front of my eyes. Wait. This place looks like a bar. This is the kind of place somebody like Dopey would get wasted!

A bar!

What's Jesse thinking? The poor guy… He must have thought that I liked the 21st century settings better that the nineteenth century ones. Well, I thought as I marched inside looking for him, I'd make sure to tell him that I love him the way he is and he shouldn't change that.

But all of these things were suddenly wiped away from my mind as I saw Jesse.

Who was making out with a redhead.

Who was definitely not me.

I just stood there stupidly gaping at the pair of them. Then, when I thought I couldn't take it anymore, strength finally went into my system. That strength gave me the willpower to reached for a can of beer…

…and poured its contents on Jesse's and his partner's head.

"What the-" yelps the redhead.

Jesse turned his head to look at me and when he saw me glaring at him, his eyes bulged and he exclaimed, "Susannah! What are you doing here?"

Gee. He's not that bright is he? Just my luck.

"Finishing our relationship" I spatted at him as I crushed the can n my right hand. "I can't believe you Jesse! You of all people cheated on me! And here I was thinking that you were different! Don't worry. You're a man. I understand that but I would have totally appreciated it if you told me the freaking truth that you were bored with me before deciding to stoop this low!"

I decided to finish my rant since there were many people who were looking at us.

Some were even laughing.

Bastards.

I slapped Jesse on the cheek.

Hard.

And after giving the redhead a disgusted look I ran out onto the impending darkness.

Jesse just stood there speechless. He didn't seem to know what the right words to say.

Hell! There weren't any words that would have seemed right at that moment! One thing crossed my mind as I ran blindly along the road though:

Whatever happened between Jesse and I, it was over.

It was freakingly over.

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Paul: It's nice to know that I've charmed another female specie on this planet yet again ~smirks~ but I would like you to know that my heart belongs to none other than Suze Simon.

Me: Hey! I wrote that line! And curse you Simon for taking away yet another HOTTIE that walked the surface of the earth! Sob.