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Late Night Meeting
I pushed back my bed cover and grabbed the pair of sweatpants hanging on my chair. It was about 12:30 at night and I was late for the meeting with Paul. Sweatpants, I know, but its not like I wanted to look good for him or anything.
"Shit" I had knocked over my lamp. What if my mom and Andy woke up?
"Susannah? Susannah what are you doing out of bed at this time of night?" It was Jesse. He had materialized beside my window seat. Oh man. I really don't need to be questioned about my every move right now.
"I'm going to the library to get some last minute homework done. And if you're going to ask why I am going so late, save your breath, I don't want my mom to find out I'm doing my homework at the last minute, she'd just give me a really long lecture about setting my priorities straight." Wow. That was a really good lie. Well not that I was lying or anything. Sure it wasn't exactly homework I was doing but I was going to the library. I just left a certain someone out of it.
"What homework assignment?" This one was easy.
"It's a writing assignment for English. We have to write our life biography."
"Then why do you have to go to the library?" So totally busted.
"Cause it's quite there.?"
"Susannah! Where are you going?" Jesse sounded really angry. And I guess he had a right to be, I mean I lied to him and all.
"I can't tell you Jesse, you'll just get all pissed of and won't let me go and I really, really have to go!"
"If you don't tell me where you are going I will follow you until I find out for myself." God he could be so stubborn sometimes.
"I'm going to meet Paul to learn about shifting." I explained lamely.
"What? Susannah, how could you? After all he has done to you! I don't even know how you could be thinking about going to meet Paul in the middle of the night!" He sounded really angry now, and the scar on his eyebrow was turning a colour dangerously close to white. "Jesse calm down. I made a deal with him. I take shifting lessons form him and you don't get bugged. Everyone wins!" I was trying to sound upbeat to calm him down, but it wasn't working.
"I don't know what this bugged means but I am sure that it is not worth you meeting with Paul Slater, Nombre de dios, Susannah!"
"Jesse this isn't up for debate. I am going, I am already late and there is no way that you can change my mind." I climbed out the window and onto the roof. When I looked back, Jesse was already gone.
Late Night Meeting
I pushed back my bed cover and grabbed the pair of sweatpants hanging on my chair. It was about 12:30 at night and I was late for the meeting with Paul. Sweatpants, I know, but its not like I wanted to look good for him or anything.
"Shit" I had knocked over my lamp. What if my mom and Andy woke up?
"Susannah? Susannah what are you doing out of bed at this time of night?" It was Jesse. He had materialized beside my window seat. Oh man. I really don't need to be questioned about my every move right now.
"I'm going to the library to get some last minute homework done. And if you're going to ask why I am going so late, save your breath, I don't want my mom to find out I'm doing my homework at the last minute, she'd just give me a really long lecture about setting my priorities straight." Wow. That was a really good lie. Well not that I was lying or anything. Sure it wasn't exactly homework I was doing but I was going to the library. I just left a certain someone out of it.
"What homework assignment?" This one was easy.
"It's a writing assignment for English. We have to write our life biography."
"Then why do you have to go to the library?" So totally busted.
"Cause it's quite there.?"
"Susannah! Where are you going?" Jesse sounded really angry. And I guess he had a right to be, I mean I lied to him and all.
"I can't tell you Jesse, you'll just get all pissed of and won't let me go and I really, really have to go!"
"If you don't tell me where you are going I will follow you until I find out for myself." God he could be so stubborn sometimes.
"I'm going to meet Paul to learn about shifting." I explained lamely.
"What? Susannah, how could you? After all he has done to you! I don't even know how you could be thinking about going to meet Paul in the middle of the night!" He sounded really angry now, and the scar on his eyebrow was turning a colour dangerously close to white. "Jesse calm down. I made a deal with him. I take shifting lessons form him and you don't get bugged. Everyone wins!" I was trying to sound upbeat to calm him down, but it wasn't working.
"I don't know what this bugged means but I am sure that it is not worth you meeting with Paul Slater, Nombre de dios, Susannah!"
"Jesse this isn't up for debate. I am going, I am already late and there is no way that you can change my mind." I climbed out the window and onto the roof. When I looked back, Jesse was already gone.