Hey this is one of my first mediator works, not my first fanfic though , just new to this genre. Slandered disclaimers and yaddy-ya apply , just enjoy!

Exodus, prolouge'Only the beginning'

"Susie? Susie sweetie it's time to get up, you're already behind schedule"
Yes I heard but did I answer my mothers call?
"Susahana"
Does the annoyed thirty-three, four times over, year old woman on the other side of my bedroom door answer your question?
"Susahana Simone, if you don't get out of bed you'll be late on you first day back! Andy's already made breakfast and if you don't hurry you'll miss your ride. Susahana?…Susahana!" Ok so walking two miles to school in my, if I do say so myself …and believe me I do, really cute first day wow-is-that-the-hottest-senior-you've-ever-seen outfit didn't seem to pleasing so I gave a guttural moan to tell her I was up for the most part. Evidently she got the hint, such a smart mother have I, and left me be much to my joy. Stretching from the twisted position I tend to get myself in during sleep I rose to a sunlit filled room. The warmth of the day, even for so early, was beckoning for me; whispering with it's bright golden rays " come enjoy us at the beach , bask under me as you make out with your hot boy friend on the sand and…." well darn it all if summer had to end! No more staying up all night and sleeping in all day, no more mid-week double dates on the beach with my oh so handsome boyfriend Jesse and the newest couple (though I've seen it coming since I first arrived) Ceecee and Adam. Oh yes and you heard right so just in case you missed it let me say it again "Double Date"; as in two couples meeting each other and going to a dating spot together. Why am I so awesomely thrilled about double dating ? Because that only confirms again that my friends, in fact every one, can now see my date! Yes, Jesse De Silva is no longer a ghost but a living, breathing, feeling, and very good kissing (if I might add ) human being. In fact he's been like this since before last years winter formal, where he escorted me …me Suze Simone, to the winter formal. Needless to say we turned a few heads since I was totally cute in my drop dead gorgeous white Jessica McClintock dress and Jesse, well Jesse's always drop dead gorgeous, but he was extra yummy in his tux. Kelly was seething I could tell, even though she was with the second hottest guy at the dance and number one at school (since Jesse doesn't attend the missions), Paul Slater. Funny how that name no longer makes my stomach knot up nor causes me to shiver in fear…in fact it at times makes me laugh, he makes me laugh. Yes, Paul and I had become friends since the dance also. Don't get me wrong he's still arrogant and at times a donkeys behind if you ketch my drift but compared to how he used to be he's now…dare I say…a saint. He's no longer stealing money from ghosts like a bully nor pushing poor souls off into random doors in the shadow realm…he's still a pervert though, but we can't have everything now can we? Of coarse due to Paul's magnificent 'rebirth', father Dominic gave me the 'see I told you so, didn't I say all people had good in them' talk…as if I dint figure that one out, yeah thanks father Dom for pointing that out, you've been a real help.
But back to the present. I scrambled to put on my newly purchased black suede Anne Klein NY hills that went with my totally kicking outfit of a Betsy Johnson skirt and a super cute sleeveless blouse. Not to mention the most dainty, but lovely, gold necklace you had ever seen, compliments of a Mr. De Silva, no not Jesse's father for the dense ones out there, but my Jesse. It had been a gift from him on one of our dates, a thank you he said from giving him his life back. He had bought the twenty four carrot necklace…hear that? Twenty four carrots!…from his first pay check. The exquisite gold chain fell perfectly down to my chest the small heart shaped pendent with a small rose through it hanging at the end. It was a perfect night with a perfect ending all provided by a perfect man…and now that summer was over I was positive that I wouldn't see Jesse even half as much as I wanted to or had become accustom to over the holiday. "Susahana!" shouted my mother up the stairs accompanied with a stomp to the first step of the stairs, which wasn't fair since the stairs hadn't ever done anything to her.
"I'm ready, no need for the shouting" I shouted back contradicting myself. Before she could have time to reply back I flung open the door and made my way down stairs.
"Susie you shouldn't make Brad wait since he offered to drive"
"I can drive myself, and as a matter of fact I drive better then Dopey, Brad I mean"
"Susie" my mom chided except it was softly to my surprise, she looking a bit choked up when I spotted her over the rim of my cup of Oj, staring at me in that way mothers do when their 'just so proud'
"oh no, mom" I whined to her she dabbing at her now moist eyes.
"It's just you're growing up Susie. You only have a year until you're and adult and move out into the world.." She says this as if we hadn't had this talk before as if it was all new to her mind and process of thought that I was becoming a grown woman. The infamous 'baby bird leaving the nest' talk that all parents force on their children which only, at least in my case, makes me want to move out as quickly as possible. Come on, I mean if I had children and had to put up with them for eighteen years then I'd be happy to say good riddance, but no parents have to make moving out all hard and sentimental.
"mom I'm gonna be late " I reminded her cutting in on her trip down memory lane, she having already gotten so far as to the time I got my head stuck in the old apartments balcony guard rails. "oh ok, well have a good day at school sweetie" mom said trying to compose herself at the same time of trying to not let her mascara run.
Bolting out the door I made a dash for the car, dopey looking extremely irritated behind the wheel as he waited for me to get in. Even before I had time to strap in the car jerked into motion speeding off in the direction of school.
"Why were you so damn late Suze"
"none of your business" I retorted back trying to apply some lip gloss, though with the way dopey was driving it's no wonder I didn't accidentally poke myself in the eye with the tube. "God Brad, fast and furious much"
"thanks to you we're late and now she's…oh never mind!" he grumbled pulling the car into the mission's parking lot crookedly parking the car at an angel before yanking out the keys and existing with a huff.
"The only time he wants to get to school on time is because of a female." my youngest step-sibling David, or as I affectionately call him Doc, huffed "Unfortunately it's life's nature and supreme intention for males and females to at a certain age, primarily at the pubescent teen years, to exert the need to seek the opposite sex for procreation"
Did I mention the kid is super smart, despite his young age, which comes in handy when term papers come around. "I take it you're miffed that you might turn out like that in years to come?" I asked exsiting the car and waiting for him to haul both himself and his massive book bag with him. I swear the kid'll have scoliosis by fifteen if he keeps that up. My only response from him was an aggravated glance my way confirming that I had hit the nail directly on the proverbial head.
"look" I said switching into big sis mode, I know Suze Simone? A nurturing person, who would have thought? But before I could give helpful words advice along the lines of 'you're to smart to de-evolve into that thing you call a brother' I was interrupted by the sound of an explosion that had come from the east side of the missions. Oh yeah and the hoards of yelling students and teacher running away from the school and the flames that had accompanied the loud explosion didn't exactly aid the one-on-one talk between Doc and I either. Doc had left my side but I hadn't much noticed since something else had caught my attention, a young boy …no older then ten or so I suppose….was coming from the mission, but it wasn't this that disturbed me. No it was the fact that he was ideally walking out of the flames with what seemed to be an all to satisfied look on his face that made him different from the panic throng of people rushing my may, yeah that and the fact that he was dead.

So read and review, sorry that the chapter was so short but I really don't have much time on my hands hence my apologies if I don't get the next chapter out any time soon. Still stick in there loads more to see!