Jesse POV

I was disappointed. I mean I shoulda known a girl like that would have a boyfriend, especially one like that, rich and well a 'good boy'. The kind you can bring home to mom and dad. Not a gangbanger like me.

I looked at Maria and Diego. She had finished the lemon squares. "Mmm, can you guys get me more? Those were so good."

We shook our heads, seem to be doing that a lot, but we got to go get more.

That guy was still there, but she didn't look too thrilled to have him there.

Suze POV

I knew as soon as I saw Paul there was gonna be trouble. Today he was trying to get me to go to the dance with him. I was so caught up and pissed at him that I didn't even notice the customers.

"Paul, just back off! I'm not going with you; just go ask Kelly you know she'll say yes."

He gave me a dirty look. "I'm not going with anyone but you and you'll realize soon enough that you want to go with me too." With that he turned and left.

I heard Shannon make a sound of confusion in the back.

I sighed again and answered her unasked questions. "I know he's gorgeous but he's a psycho stalker."

She giggled but then asked seriously, "But if he's a stalker shouldn't you be scared?"

I gave her a questioning look once again ignoring my customers, the same two hot guys as before but they seemed interested in what was being said.

"Scared?" I laughed. "Paul can fight sure I mean once he grabbed my arm and left a slight bruise, he's too strong for me yeah, but no match for Jake or Brad."

"Would your brothers fight for you?"

"Jake has, it wasn't Paul though. Brad has threatened Paul, because you know Jake is over 18 and Paul isn't so he can't technically fight him."

She nodded her head and I finally turned to my customers.

I gave them a sassy smile, "Back so soon?"

The one with the long hair grinned. "Well what can we say; the food's just too good."

I laughed and he once again ordered the lemon squares and cookies.

Then the hot one looked at me. "What do you recommend?"



He had a silky voice, laced with a Spanish accent. I swear I almost fainted. Why didn't I? Maybe it had something to do with Jake coming over.

"Um my favorites are the double fudge cookies."

He gave me a brilliant smile; well okay it was more of a badass smirk. "I'll take three then."

I gave him the cookies and his change. He looked like he was going to say something else but was interrupted when Jake came over.

"Hey Suze, what did Slater want?"

"Just asking me to the dance and telling me that I'm madly in love with him and I just don't know it yet. You know the usual."

He raised an eyebrow at me, "He didn't touch you did he?"

I shook my head no, "Don't worry killer you don't have to go after him."

He laughed and handed me a plastic bag. "Dad said he's sorry he didn't have the chance to make you anything so I picked this up for you."

I nodded my thanks and put it on the back table.

Jake left to do his pizza rounds mumbling his usual farewell.

Then Kelly and Debbie came over. "Oh my God! Suze, your brother has got to be the biggest hottie I've ever seen."

I rolled my eyes. I get this a lot; Jake has half the female population of Caramel, California after him. It's funny that people don't know we're actually stepsiblings. My mom married his dad when we were all really young so we're all pretty close.

"Yeah okay Kelly."

She smiled a not so nice smile. "So are you having fun?"

"Oh yeah I'm having tons of fun. You know your boyfriend asked me to the dance."

She glared at me and walked away Debbie in tow.

I heard the two guys start laughing after they left. "That was pretty good. I'm Diego by the way and this is Jesse. And judging by all these people, you must be Suze."

I smiled at them, "Yeah, I'm Suze and this is Shannon."

I talked with Jesse and Diego for a while when a girl showed up. "Hey, what's taking?"

They both apologized and handed her the bag of lemon squares and introduced us.



"Maria, this is Suze. Suze this is my cousin Marie and Diego's girlfriend."

We smiled at each other and said hi. We hit it off pretty well, she's cool and we have a lot in common. We were in the middle of a conversation when I heard the unmistakable yell of none other than Sister Ernstein.

"Susannah Simon!" I flinched involuntarily. Jesse, Maria, and Diego just stood there.

"You have customers to serve!" I wondered if she meant them, because I didn't see anyone one in line other then the couple that Shannon was helping.

Sister Ernstein kept yelling. "You are not to talk to friends! This is your punishment for skipping school!"

Then. Then I did something that was unheard of. I mean it has never happened. Not in the history of Junippero Mission Academy. I, Susannah Simon, yelled back at Sister Ernstein.