Thawing
Pulling into the drive way with Brad and David, something large and green caught my eye.
"Oh my God! What the hell is that doing there?" Brad looked at me dumbly, while David had leapt outta the car, and was charging towards a massive green trampoline.
I also opened the door, slid out and looked at it, with David already bouncing on it. "This is so cool!" He yelled at me, happily. I smiled at him. Sometimes he's just too cute.
Brad had gotten out and stood by me. "What's it doing there?" he asked.
"How should I know?" I replied, pulled my bag over my shoulder, and headed towards the front door. My Mom had come out, and was looking at David who was still jumping crazily around on the trampoline. Seeing me, she came and tried (but didn't succeed) to ruffle my hair.
"Mom, what's that doing in our drive?" I asked, joining her on the step.
"Oh, it's just a little something to keep the boys and you happy." She looked at me, smiling. "Isn't it great? We can all go on it together, just like a family." Oh, that was why they had gotten it. I should've known. Mom was always on at me to get closer to Jake and (ew) Brad. She already knew I liked Doc the best.
But she had forgotten one simple thing. "Uh, Mom? I think that's cool and everything, don't get me wrong, but I will never go on it. It will mess up my hair."
She looked at me sternly. "You and your hair Susannah. You can fix it up afterwards. Besides, it's an easy way to loose weight."
If she thought that would help me, it so didn't. I'm quite slim, due to all the kick-boxing videos I do, but my Mom still apparently thinks I'm fat.
Great.
"Oh honey. I don't mean to say that you need to loose weight! I just meant it would be good so you can keep yourself looking lovely."
Nice save Mom.
"Yeh, whatever. I'm gonna go change 'coz Paul's gonna pick me up in an hour. You know that I'm missing dinner don't you?"
"Sure thing Suzie. You go and make yourself look good for him." I fake smiled at her, and then trudged up the stairs to my room.
Mom was so happy at the thought of me going out with Paul she didn't even make a fuss about missing dinner. But, it's usually Andy who does, and Mom calms him down.
She doesn't even realise that I'm not going OUT out with Paul. As in, he isn't my boyfriend. I'm just sorta dating him coz of our deal to do with Jesse.
Although, that's not really relevant anymore I suppose. We just got into a habit. See, Jesse moved on after our second kiss in the graveyard. I was basically broken after that, but what surprised me that it was Paul who brought me back to earth. Of course, at first I thought he was just trying to get into my pants, but I soon realised he was sincere about helping me, which showed he cared about me a lot I suppose.
He held me when I cried, and let me soak his entire wardrobe with my tears. He and Father D alone understood what I was going though, but all Father D did was pat me on the arm and gave me a box of tissues. I mean, David knew something was up too, but when he asked me all I said was "ghost problems", and he left it at that.
With Paul though, he was my rock. Seriously. I don't know what I would have done without him.
It's been a year since Jesse moved on, but Paul has always been there with me.
So we continued to see each other, and a few times lately, I've been feeling something every time he's around. Its like my heart has been waking up and I can feel butterflies inside me whenever I see him.
A couple of times when he's kissed me I've felt myself wanting more of that. Paul's kisses weren't like the first one we shared on his bed. He's so gentle, and doesn't pressure me or anything.
Mom interrupted my thoughts by calling up the stairs to ask what time I would be back.
"I'm not sure. I'll ask Paul when he gets here ok?" I yelled back down the stairs. Then I turned back into my room and began the hardest of tasks.
Deciding what to wear. Even though I'm pretty sure Paul and I aren't going out, I still want to look good for him. I mean, Paul's a guy, and an extremely hot one at that.
At long last I decided on my tight dark blue jeans, and an emerald green top that Mom bought me a couple of days ago. I thought I'd break it in tonight. She said it matched the colour of my eyes and made them stand out like lasers.
When I looked in the mirror I could see what she meant. The thing I wasn't sure about was that you could see my cleavage without me even bending over. And as it was quite tight, it made my boobs stick out quite a bit.
I may change it in a minute, but for now, hair and make-up time. I didn't have to do much with my hair, I just brushed it out and let it curl gently against my shoulders, glad that I had washed it this morning. All my make-up consisted of was mascara, lip-gloss and a little blusher. I don't even have to put on cover up anymore, due to the way California has changed my completion for the best.
Still, even though I hadn't needed to do much, there still wasn't time to change my top, as I heard Paul arriving in his BMW and Mom greeting him warmly.
