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"Susannah..." Jesse pulled me to him. I stumbled backwards, but Jesse caught me.
"Father Dom, how did she find us?" I choked out as Jesse's grip around me tightened. "Father Dom! How did she get in?This is a holy place... IT'S A CHURCH!" I was practically crying. I mean, you'd be too, if you had been literally living in hell for the last few weeks.
Father D looked sadly at me and said, "Susannah, the only thing I can think of, and I'm sorry to say this, but maybe someone in this room isn't telling the truth."
"Yeah, Jesse." Paul said, as he walked away from Jaz. "Where were you last night? I saw you get up and leave about midnight."
"You cannot be blaming this on me." Jesse said, coldly.
Paul laughed and said, "Suze, don't you think it's weird, that you always seem to get into trouble when he's around, and he always insists that he won't let you get into trouble? Look, you have almost died like five times! It's him!"
"You have no proof of that, Slater." Jesse said in a voice I have never heard him use before.
Paul looked up at him and said, "Yes, I do. You left!"
"That doesn't prove anything, Paul!" I yelled. "He wouldn't put me in danger."
"Oh, yeah? How can you be so sure?" Paul asked.
"Because he's saved me before and-"
"Suze! I told you before! Jesse didn't risk his life for you! He wasn't alive!" With that, Jesse made a move towards Paul, but I restrained him.
"Paul, shut up!" I yelled.
Paul just shook his head and said, "He's not the person you think he is."
"Mr. Slater, would you please stop it?" Father Dom asked him. Jesse, for some odd reason, was unable to look anyone in the eye, but let me tell you, he looked murderous.
And it's anyone's guess who he wanted dead.
I looked up at Paul and said, "Why the freakin' hell would you do that?"
"Because! He doesn't love you-"
"But you do? YOU TIED ME UP IN A BARN!" I said, on the verge of tears.
When Jesse noticed I was crying, he looked up at me. "If you really loved me, you would have set me free. You would have just let me go with Jesse, but no. You only wanted me because you couldn't have me, Paul."
"No, I didn't-"
"Look me in the eye and tell me you love me." I said. He looked me in the eye, but he didn't say a word.
I smiled and said, "See? You know what Jesse would have done if I asked him that? He wouldn't even have to think about it. He wouldn't do something to put me in harm's way...unlike some people."
"What the hell is that suppossed to mean?"
"You know exactly what that means, Paul!" Now, Marta, Jaz, and Mishca were staring at us. "And why are you being so defensive over this? It could be you! I mean, why were you up so late last night anyway?"
Ha. That stumped him.
"You could have very well done it. You could have done it as easily as Jesse." I said. Jaz stood beside him and said, "Suze, how do we know it's not you? I mean, you with Marlion all the time."
Jesse rolled his eyes and said, "Yeah. That's exactly why Susannah's been almost killed so many times. Like she would purposely hurt herself."
Jaz eyed me and said, "Well, who knows. Maybe she's not just a mediator. She may be a witch too."
Jesse laughed and said, "Are you serious?"
"You two could be in this together!" Jaz said jabbing a carefully manicured fingernail into the skin on my right shoulder. Jesse pushed her hand away and said, "You're insane."
"You're a liar." Paul said. Jesse stepped towards him so that they were right in front of each other. Paul seriously had to look up to look at Jesse's face. And Paul's a pretty tall guy too. I mean, he's a good 6 inches or more taller than me.
""You're an idiot." Jesse said back to him.
"Children-" Father Dom said, tiredly.
Marta came and stood in front of them. "You're both idiots!"
"Now, look at you! You're a de Silva! You just popped out of nowhere! You're in this too!" Paul said.
"Paul, listen at yourself!" I said. "You could be responsible for this just as much as we-"
"He's right." Jesse said.
"I am? I mean-" Paul said smiling, "Or course I am!"
Jesse turned around and said, "Don't you even begin to think that I'm taking your side on this."
"But-" Paul started.
"But nothing, Slater." Jesse said, glaring down at him.
Paul laughed, "What the heck? Jesse you need to friggin' forget trying to be Suze's babysitter! She's almost 20! You're not going to be there all the time for your little 'querido'."
"A." I said. Jesse and Paul turned to look at me. Paul said, "Excuse me?"
"I said, A. You said querido and o is a guy and a is a girl." I replied. They stared at me for a minute longer before Jesse said, "Querida, now's not the time to be correcting him on his Spanish."
"Sorry." I said with a smile.
"She's in this too, isn't she?" Paul asked Jesse.
Jesse took another step towards him and said, "Leave her the hell out of this, Slater." He took my hand and we started walking towards the door.
"Jesse!" Marta yelled out. Jesse stopped and said, "Get away from me, ok?"
"Jesse, I'm your sister!"
"I don't know what to believe right now, so just leave me alone." He said.
I smiled at her as Jesse walked past her and said, "I believe you."
"But you won't stand up against him." She said in a rude tone.
"Excuse me? I won't stand up to him? I've done it before." I said with a laugh.
"But you won't."
I glared at her and said, "Yes, I would."
She laughed and said, "You're like his puppy! You'll follow him wherever he goes and do whatever he says."
She said something else, but I couldn't hear her since I was already walking after Jesse.
Um...I guess that didn't help me a lot did it?
"This is so freakin' messed up." I said as I leaned up against the car. Jesse didn't say anything.
I sighed and said, "Jesse, if you knew who did it, you would tell me, right?"
He turned his chocolate-eyed gaze on me and said, "You don't believe Slater do you? You don't think I had something to do with this, do you?"
"Of course not." I said.
"Then why does it matter?" Because it just does, but I didn't ask anything else.
I just leaned up and kissed him and said, "You're right. And I never would believe Paul over you."
He smiled against my lips and said, "I'd hope not." He pulled back and said, "Let's get out of here."
Just before I got in his car, I looked back at the bascilla. And when I did, something didn't seem right...
I just couldn't put my finger on it.
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"I don't see how this is helping." I muttered. Jesse glared at me and said, "You heard Father Dominic."
"Yeah, I didn't say I didn't hear him. I said I don't see how this is helping." I mumbled as I closed the book.
I felt Jesse staring at me. I looked up at him and said, "What?"
"Nothing."
"Yes, something. What?" I asked him again. He just looked at me and said, "What's bothering you?"
"Nothing." I replied, opening the book again.
"You're lying."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"How do you know?" I asked him. He smiled and said, "I told you. You're eyes change color with your emotions. That's how I've been able to tell what you were up to for all of these years. Now, what's bothering you?"
I shrugged and said, " I dunno. I mean, with all of this shape-shifting crap, how do I know who to trust?"
He sighed and said, "I know what you mean..."
He looked back at me and said, "But you know you can always trust me." And of course he had to say that in that voice that makes me go all squishy.
Before I even had a chance to fully lift my head so I could see him, he covered my mouth with his.
I immediatly wrapped my arms around him...and...
I pulled back with a groan and said, "Ok, I'm sorry. But it's kinda hard to get into this when a book is poking me in the butt."
Jesse laughed and shifted so I could grab it. The book, I mean.
And after that, the moment was pretty much gone.
"I don't see why we just can't summon her and exorcise her." I said a few minutes later.
"Who, querida?" Jesse asked as he laid back on his couch.
"Marlion. I mean, why can't we exor-"
"No." He said, getting up and walking to the kitchen. I followed him and said, "And why not?"
"Maybe because everytime you do anything that involves an exorcism you-" He stopped mid-sentence and looked down at me and said, "Are you serious?"
"Dead serious." I said. He groaned and walked away.
I followed him and said, "Ok, I didn't mean to say that. But Jess, I mean, it has to be easier than this."
"Yeah, one that doesn't involve exorcisms!" He said.
"What is with you and exorcisms?" I said. "I won't get myself exorcised again and die I mean, I won't." Jesse looked at me and said, "No."
"Jesse."
"No."
"Why?"
"I told you!"
"That's not a good reason!"
"Yes, it is."
"No, it's not."
"Whatever." He said finally. "You're not doing it."
I looked down and said, "Marta was right."
He looked back up at me and said, "About what?" I shook my head and walked out. "About what?" He called after me as I walked out the door. "Susannah-" He grabbed me and spun me around. "About what?"
"Nothing. And I know I'm lying so don't even tell me my eyes are changing color!" I broke down into tears for some odd reason and ended up in Jesse's arms.
"Querida, I'm not going to let anything happen to you."
"Suze, don't you think it's weird, that you always seem to get into trouble when he's around..."And at that moment I didn't know who I could trust.
I didn't even know if I could trust Jesse.
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