Once again I was awoken to nothing. I looked over to the window seat, the one where Jesse was always sitting when I woke up, but of course he wasn't there. Ever sense Jesse moved to the rectory with Father Dom I had never felt so alone and so depressed.
Actually I wasn't really alone on account of the fact that Spike was still here. Father D forbid Spike to live at the rectory with Jesse because some Nun was allergic or something. Great...now I'm stuck with him. I mean, it's not like I don't like the cat, it's actually the other way around. Spike had only shown me affection one time, and that was when Jesse was missing because Jack Slater exorcised him. Of course Jack was tricked in to doing this by Maria, Jesse's bonnet wearing ex-fiancée who I greatly despise.
Anyway, so here I am minding my own business when that stupid cat just starts wailing. I kid you not. And to think I was feeling lonely without Jesse here. It took me about a whole five minutes to shut him up. He had probably woken up everyone in the house by now, even though it was still really early. But I knew of course why he was so mad, he wanted Jesse. Don't we all. After I got him to stop he started clawing at the window, stupid cat, and let me tell you, when I cat scratches a window with its claws, it hurts. So there I was sitting on my bed with my hands covering my ears. It seriously sounded like somebody's nails on a chalkboard. I couldn't let the stupid cat out though because he would get lost or hit by a car or something in an attempt to find Jesse. So I just decided to get out of there, and fast. I jumped out of bed and opened the door but not very wide, just so I could slip out so Spike wouldn't try to escape. I shut the door quickly but I could hear Spikes angry protests through the door.
I was walking down the stairs making my way to the kitchen but at the same time I was thinking about Jesse. I missed him, ok? I opened the fridge and at the same time I heard someone else coming down for breakfast. I was the first one up this morning which was a surprise sense it was a Saturday. I was not what you would call a morning person.
"Good morning, Suze. Andy said "Why are you up so early?"
"I dunno." I said.
It's not like I was gonna say "Oh I dunno I'm upset that Jesse, the ghost who haunts my bedroom, moved out?" As if.
"Suze are you alright? You don't seem like yourself anymore."
"Oh really?" I said trying to act surprised "How so?"
"You barley touched your dinner last night and you always disappear to your room right after." he replied
"Well I was hoping to find Jesse in my room waiting for me." Was what I wanted to say but instead I said "I had a long week was all." which was true on account of the whole hot tub party gone haywire.
"Well If your sure your alright..." was all he got to say before I cut him off
"Andy," I said starting to get annoyed, "I'm fine I just want to eat my Coco-Puffs in peace."
I was now at the table eating my Coco-Puffs with the milk I had pulled out of the fridge during my brief conversation with Andy.
I was putting my bowl in the dish washer and on my way upstairs to take a shower when the phone rang and shortly after Andy said,
"Suze the phones for you."Who the heck was calling me this early, and on a Saturday none the less? Probably Cee-cee.
"Who is it?" I said from halfway up the stairs. Andy mumbled something into the phone then he said"Its some guy named Paul."I felt a tingling sensation go up my spine. I only knew one Paul and I was not so convinced that he was safe to be around, or even talk to. Ok, he was downright ugly when he left me, and Jesse, to die in the shadowland. Hypothetically speaking when I say ugly because he is actually, oh I dunno, drop dead gorgeous? Not as good-looking as Jesse but hey, beggars can't be choosers. Alright, I was scared. Although he did admit he was afraid of the shadowland when we were up there but what did that have to do with anything? It doesn't mean he has changed. And anyway I was still mad at him for telling Jesse that I went to his house.
"O-ok" I said in a slightly shaky voice that I tried to hide. Andy must not have noticed because he didn't say anything.
"I'll get it in my room."
"Ok" he replied "I'll hang up down here once you get it!" he shouted up the stairs because I had already made my way to my bedroom door.
A million things went through my mind just then. What could he want, I haven't seen him sense Dopey's stupid hot tub party. He had gone to the hospital after all on behalf of Jesse breaking his nose. Now he was probably back to normal and wanted to see me again. I picked up the phone and I held it with both hands because I was shaking so much and said "Hello?"