Untitled for Now
By Tina N. Blair
Disclaimer: The Mediator series belongs to Jenny Carroll (Meg Cabot).
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rating: PG 13
Summary: "He didn't know what was wrong with him. All he knew was that he wanted her with a passion. Funny thing was, she hated him with a passion."
Author's Notes: Every time I go on fanfiction.net, I always see fanfics that make Paul Slater out to be the devil incarnate. I'm not saying those fanfics are horrible, in fact, I do like reading them. I wanted to write something different. I'm intrigued by Paul's character. I think he's deeper than he shows and his home life isn't all peaches and creams. I don't know if this is going to be Suze/Jesse or Suze/Paul. In fact, I'm not sure if Suze is going to end up as *anyone's* girlfriend.
Prologue
Susannah Simon.
The name was enough to make him shiver. When he first saw her, he thought the Pebble Beach Hotel and Golf Resort's uniform didn't flatter her, much to her chagrin. And yet, he was captivated with her at the beginning. And he didn't know she was like him, a shifter, at that point, either.
What was it about her that made his skin crawl? She was pretty; there was no denying that. But he had seen plenty of pretty girls. She was sharp, what with all those comebacks she had thrown in his face ("Don't make me kick your tanned ass all the way back to Seattle, Slater."). But she wasn't the first girl that threw him down, well, maybe the first girl to *literally* throw him down, but not the first girl to reject him. More like the second. She was smart but there were many others that were just as smart, if not even more. So what was wrong with him? Why did she have this hold on him?
He didn't know what was wrong with him. All he knew was that he wanted her with a passion. Funny thing was, she hated him with a passion.
Maybe it was because of his attempted (keyword there being 'attempted') exorcism of her precious Jesse. Man, did that guy—er, ghost, piss him off to no end. And he hardly even talked to the dude! But he was getting off-topic. Why did Susannah (he preferred to call her Suze instead) hate him so much? He apologized to her and sent her flowers after the incident in his bedroom (although he did not regret his actions except for scaring her).
And you know what pissed him off the most? The fact that she chose Jesse over him. A freaking *ghost* over someone *real*. If that wasn't a major blow to his ego, he didn't know what was. But it wasn't just his ego that was hurt. For once, in a long time, he felt alone. Maybe the reason why he was attracted to her so much was the fact that she was also a shifter herself. She would understand him in ways no one else can or ever will. His parents didn't understand him. Hell, he barely saw his parents. The only reason he existed was the carry on the family name and for his parents to show him off to the regular country club broads.
He was used to getting his way. All the time. When he wanted the silver convertible Mustang, he worked his ass off with several odd jobs (that pissed his parents off to no end). When he wanted to be Seattle Grove High's athlete of the year, he worked his body out to no end. He spent all his time training and it paid off. He won. When he saw a pretty girl that he liked, he got her.
He. Got. Everything. He. Wanted.
So why was Suze any different?
...Because it wouldn't be as interesting if she wasn't.