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I was totally fazed. I'd sprinted out of the room as soon as our lips had parted. I always do. (I did, of course, grab my purse first...THEN I ran.) Well, actually the only other time we kissed. I guess then it suck in because a smile suddenly erupted on my face. Jesse had kissed me. For the second time.

That guy - sorry, ghost - must like me. At least a little. I hope.

"Suze?" Andy looked at me curiously, "are you ok?"

"Duh," I laughed, "I'm doing GREAT, Andy. Really great."

"Honey, are you sure you're ok? Your mom just told me you had an argument with Gina."

I laughed again, "Oh, yeah. Doesn't matter, Andy. You don't have to play therapist." I honestly didn't care about Gina just then. Jesse had just kissed me. Gina who?

He looked at me with puzzlement on his face, but at that moment Sleepy jumped in front of his father, "Yo, Dad, can I have a ten note?"

"Jake..." his Dad said warningly.

"Dad, please. C'mon, I'm taking Tami out and I'm broke!"

Andy just looked sternly at him, "Jake, I can't just keep giving you handouts..." And that was my cue to leave.

"Bye, Andy!" I yelled as I shot out the door.

~*~

I walked briskly down the street, going straight to Cee Cee's. Adam was there, big surprise.

"Hey, Cee Cee, hey, Adam," I said, "you guys, feel like going shopping? I got money to burn."

"Sure," Cee Cee shrugged, "Adam, what do you think?"

"Yeah," he shrugged, "let's go. Oh, can we pick up someone up?" I narrowed my eyes at him. He looked at me, "or maybe not," he added uneasily. I burst out laughing.

"Oh, Adam, I was kidding!!" I laughed, "who is it?"

"You'll see," he said. Adam was not acting like Adam. There was something up.

"Adam, what's up with you? You're acting all weird," I stated.

"Leave him alone," Cee Cee whispered, then said loudly, "he's been acting like that all day."

"What's the secret, Adam? Hmm?" I teased, as we walked out of Cee Cee's room.

"Mom, we're going to the mall!" Cee Cee yelled.

"Ok, honey, have fun." Cee Cee's mom called back.

I looked at Adam again. He shifted uneasily, "what?" He asked finally.

"Secret?" I said.

"It's nothing. Cee Cee, can I use your phone for a minute?"

"Sure," she shrugged.

"I'll meet you guys in the car," he said, dialing.

We both gave him strange looks and walked off, "Cee Cee, you've got to admit, he's hiding something. It's obvious!"

"Well...yeah...but it's probably something good!" she said brightly, "maybe a party or something."

I looked at her as if she was crazy, "Get real, Cee Cee. Adam? A party? Not in this world."

She got into the front seat, "Look, forget it, Suze, and get into the car. If it's not something good, at least it's not something bad."

"How do you know?" I said teasingly.

"You know, Suze, there's something up with you too."

"No there isn't." I said quickly.

"Yeah," she snorted, "right. That's why you were so quick to defend yourself. Get in the car, Suze." I felt guilty. But I couldn't tell her about Jesse. Not now.

Actually, not ever.

She rolled her eyes and sat back in her seat. Then she looked at me. I was still outside, "Uh, Suze? Where's Gina?"

I shrugged, finally getting into the car, "She went out this morning."

"Where to?"

"How am I suppose to know?" I asked defensively.

"Maybe cause she's your best friend, and your guest..."

"Ok, Cee Cee, I got a lecture from Mom already, you don't need to give me one too."

"Did you guys have a fight?"

"How'd you guess?" I asked sarcastically. It didn't help that there was a smile on my face all through this conversation...it looked as if I was joking. Bloody Jesse.

"Oh," she said, "she's-"

"Drop it, Cee Cee," I said. I was in no mood to be told exactly how Cee Cee thought Gina felt right now. Because even if she felt awful, I wouldn't care. Because she should feel awful.

"Ok then." She said with another eye roll.

When Adam got in a few minutes later he looked at us, "You guys lost you voices or something?" We attacked him, and he laughed, "well, you're still Cee Cee and Suze!"

"Adam, you SURE you're not hiding anything?" I insisted.

"Huh? Nah."

Cee Cee and I looked at each other and I knew we'd gotten to the same conclusion. There was defiantly something up with Adam.

My guess? It's a girl.

Thank you, as always, to my beta