Jesse's POV:

I jumped off of Susannah and started to explain. "Mr. Ackerman, I swear-"

"Save it, Jesse!" Andy yelled. "I take you into my home, and this is how you repay me?! By letting Brad throw a party?"

Um..what?

"Mr. Ackerman, honest, all we did was kiss-" Wait, Brad? Party? Huh?

Oh. Duh. Brad threw a party, the reason to why I am up in Susannah's room, making out with her.

I took a deep breath. "You mean…the party…" I coughed and ran a hand through my hair. "Mr. Ackerman- "

"Knock off the Mr. Ackerman stuff, kid." Andy said with a laugh. "I knew it was only a matter of time before you two," at this he gestured to Susannah, who was now standing by the window seat and looking like she wanted to murder Andy, and I, "Got together. But if you had any knowledge of this party before tonight, 'Fess up."

I shook my head. I'm not an idiot- I know when to keep my mouth shut. Knowing that certain death would come of confessing is a time to shut it.

Andy sighed and shook his head. "And you, Suze?"

"Nope, didn't have a clue." Susannah said, shaking her head so hard I thought she'd give herself whiplash. "Actually, the music interrupted my nap."

I choked back a laugh. Sleep was the last thing on her mind, and I knew it.

Andy laughed at that one- he knew what we were up to. "Well, I'm off to murder one of your brothers. Sorry for interrupting." He turned to the door and started to close it. "By the way…You may want to lock this next time." He finished with a laugh, and Susannah turned bright red.

"BYE ANDY!"

I laughed as the door shut. I turned and backed up to it, so Susannah couldn't see me locking the door. "Well, querdia, we're alone again…" I said, throwing a bit of Spanish in there. Usually it works to impress girls, but that's not why I used it on her. I called her that because I want her to be one to me.

"Um, Jesse…" Susannah whispered. That didn't sound good, but at least she said Jesse and not just De Silva.

I crossed the room to her. Taking her face in my hands, I whispered back, "Yes?"

"This isn't gonna go where you think it is…" Her eyes were downcast.

"It doesn't matter where I think it'll go." I said, pulling her eyes to meet mine. "Wherever you want to take this is fine by me."

She spoke on like I hadn't. "Because I mean, I don't just sleep with anyone…And I don't do friends with benefits or one night flings either…Wait, what?" She looked at me. "You mean…You don't want just sex? What kind of college guy are you?!" She laughed but looked relieved.

"The kind," I said, picking her up in my arms, "Who is completely crazy about you and doesn't want to mess that up." I kissed her lightly on those beautiful lips.

She kissed me back and threw her arms around my neck. I spun around and set her down gently on the bed, settling our bodies together.

And for a few moments, everything was perfect. The girl I wanted more than life was in my arms and the world was spinning completely on center.

Until, of course, the banging on Susannah's door started. "SUZE, OPEN UP!!! PLEASE! I'M BEGGING HERE!!" Came both a male and female voice. Friends from school, more than likely.

Susannah groaned. She held up a finger and broke away from me, hopping off the bed. She glared at me for it being locked, and opened it. "Cee, Adam, I am trying to spend some quality time with my man, this HAD BETTER BE IMPORTANT!"

I won't lie, I got a little chill when she said "My Man." They barged in, the guy going, "Your what now?! When'd this happen!?"

"Suze, we'll be quick, I promise." The girl said, glancing at me. "Hi, I'm CeeCee." I nodded to her. "Jesse."

She focused her attention on Susannah. "Girl, we have an issue."

"Can it possibly wait?"

"No." CeeCee said firmly. "Adam, explain, now."

"But why to Suze, I mean, she can't fix it..."

"Adam, try me." Susannah said. "Ghostie Issue?"

Uh...say what?

"Wait, does he know?" Adam said, nodding his head to me. Susannah paled.

"Not exactly..."

"Susannah, what don't I know?" I asked. Everyone looked towards the ground, out the window, or away from me.

Finally Susannah's brillant green eyes met my brown ones. "Jesse, I have a little secret..." She said, carefully picking her words. "I..well, I kinda see dead people..." Her voice trailed off leading to an empty room.

I laughed. "Yeah, and I'm a cowboy!" I said.

Susannah looked annoyed. "Jesse, I'm serious. I'm a mediator."

I saw the seriousness in her eyes and knew she wasn't joking. I felt myself pale. "A what...?"

"A liason between the living and the dead." Susannah said. "I help ghosts move on. I can see and hear them, speak to and punch. Basically, they are another human to me, except for the being dead part."

I shrugged. "Ok then."

Susannah kinda blinked and said, "You're OK?"

I shrugged again. "Why shouldn't I be?"

Adam intervened. "Ok, yay, new man's ok with the big-bad secret, can we get back to my cousin Paul?"

Susannah nodded. "What about him?"

Oooo, is this Paul Slater I'm speaking of? Hmm...

Sorry everyone, had a burst of creativity...

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