NOTE: I just made up this story I don't own these characters, Meg Cabot does!
Also the plot is gonna develop as I update the chapters so keep on reading!! And keep in mind that I am a big fan of the Suze/Paul fling, I don't know why. Well this is my first fan fic and I hope you like it! Let me know if I should keep continuing!!
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A hand slowly crept towards her in the darkness. Suze turned over in her bed unaware of the lurking form beside her in the room. The hand slowly moved towards her getting closer and closer…
Suze suddenly screamed as she felt something touch her arm. She whirled out of bed and put her hand into fists defensively. Her eyes slowly got used to the dark and she sighed as she recognized the figure standing in front of her.
"Jesse! What's your deal? I don't know what you've been taught as a ghost but you don't just sneak up on people when they're sleeping! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Suze rambled. As much as she hated it when he did this she found it hard to stay mad at him. She took in how the dim light outlined Jesse's broad and perfectly muscular physique. He really is the most gorgeous ghost I've ever seen Suze thought. But that's besides the point she countered, collecting herself.
"What do you want?" Suze asked.
"I'm sorry to wake you," Jesse said sheepishly, "but I had to. I heard something. Something bad"
Suze's face suddenly grew serious. "What happened?"
"Well, you know the house on Crescent Road, a few miles away? The one that's apparently-"
Suze cut him off. "Haunted?"
"Yeah, you've heard the stories? I mean you've only been living in Carmel for a couple of months" Jesse asked curiously, moving toward her slightly and folding his hands over his chest.
"Yeah, well you know Father Dominic. He insisted on telling me everything going on around here in order to get prepared," Suze lifted her hand to use sarcastic air quotations as she said this, "but honestly I've been doing this for years, you know and you'd think that-"
"Umm…Suze?" Jesse raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, sorry, I'm babbling. You were saying about the house?" Suze said, getting back on topic.
"Yes. A couple of kids disappeared there the other day. I'm surprised you didn't know" Jesse said.
"Yeah well I don't really watch the news and stuff like that, Jesse. I figure my life is scary enough as it is you know?" Suze retorted.
Jesse smiled, lighting up his tall, dark and handsome features. He ran his hand through his smooth, brown hair.
"Well, I think you may need to check this one out Susannah. I mean we both know that ghosts exist. So the stories must be true. Something supernatural could have happened to these kids"
"Maybe," Suze said, "but I doubt it. Ghosts don't usually abduct or kill people. Actually most are not even evil at all. They just need help in getting to their next life. I think this is a job for the police. They are looking right?"
"Yes they are," Jesse nodded, "but still I think you should-"
"Look, Jesse," Suze interrupted, "I already have Father Dominic busting my back you know? I'll keep an ear open but right now I am very tired. So I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"
Jesse sighed. "Fine. Goodnight Susannah" and with that he shimmered out of the room.
The next morning Suze didn't see Jesse at all. That's weird she thought putting on her new couture top. Well, just because I'm fighting ghosts doesn't mean I can't have style right? She grabbed her school bag and hopped down the stairs. She saw her mom and her husband Andy, as well as her step-brothers sitting at the table, watching the T.V.
"Hey," Suze said brightly, taking a seat and plopping her school bag down at the table, "what are you guys watching?"
"Some bizarre story about the house on Crescent" Andy answered. Suze rolled her eyes. I'm really not going to get out of this she thought, well the least I could do is find out some information.
"Yeah, I heard about that. What are they saying? Did they find the kids yet?" Suze asked.
"That's what's bizarre. They said they heard noises that sounded like kids. And some strange laughing but they couldn't find anything" her mom said noticeably freaked out.
"Strange laughing? Yeah right," her step-brother Doc snorted, getting up and walking to the kitchen to put his breakfast plate in the sink, "if you ask me some people are just crazy. I mean who'd believe that?"
Suze managed to choke out a faint laugh. But she already knew that she did. This was her job. And with this new evidence she realized she couldn't just ignore it.
"Well, I'm gonna go to school a little early….umm…I have this paper that I haven't even started yet so…I'll see you guys later" Suze said grabbing her school bag from the table and hurrying for the door. This calls for a little chat with Father Dominic she thought.