School went pretty normal that day, except for I'm sure CeeCee and Adam were getting suspicious of why I was so ecstatic all afternoon. Well who wouldn't be? I mean, my incredibly hot, ghost boyfriend just came back from the dead! I know it's not something very conventional but I'm sure you can relate.

And it wasn't until third period that I finally got to tell someone the great news. It was just before lunch when I was called down to Father Dom's office. I swear someone is eventually going to get suspicious of all the hours I spend in his office. But anyway when I got done to father Dom's office he too noticed how unfocused I was.

"Good God, Susannah," He said, while I picked at the hem of my shirt, "Why are you so fidgety today?"

"Oh, no reason," I said with a big smile on my face.

"There must be a reason," he said skeptically, "I've never seen you act like this before."

Well can you blame me, I had a date—well not a date, date but a date none the less—with Jesse after school.

"Umm, CeeCee kind of found out about Jesse." I said trying to distract him from the inevitable question.

He raised his eyebrows. "Really? Well she is a very bright young lady. It was only a matter of time before one of your close friends or family members found out, really Susannah, since CeeCee knows maybe you should tell her the whole truth."

"I can't" I said quickly, "She wouldn't believe me anyways."

"You're under estimating her, Susannah." He said. "And how does she know about Jesse? Does this odd behavior of yours have something to do with him?" I swear he can read minds or something.

"Well, kinda," I said, "but it was gonna be a surprise for you."

"Susannah, tell me this instant." He said with a scornful look. He doesn't like the topic of Jesse and me at all. And can you even believe he's loosened up a bit?

"Well, you see…I--er," I searched for the right words to use, "Jesse is kind of alive again."

Father Dom's blue eyes bulged. "He is what?! Susannah, why in Gods name didn't you tell me this in the first place?"

"Well it only happened yesterday." I said taken aback.

Father Dom's expression changed from shocked to astonished. "How did you accomplish this? Bringing Jesse back from the dead?"

"Well, technically," I said, "It wasn't really me, this girl, Keri, did it"

Father Dom looked very confused now. "How did this Keri do it then?"

So then I went on to explain about Keri and that night on the beach. But, of course, I excluded all the details of the kissing. I even explain to him how Jesse was at home right now, living with me, and was going to be picking me up after school.

"Well," said Father Dom as I got up to leave, "I'll have to have a chat with Jesse when he comes to get you this afternoon."

"You do that," I said giving him a wink, "But I'm starving, cya later farther Dom."

With that I left to go find CeeCee and Adam who I was sure were already outside looking for me.

And I was right, they were outside, and I was also right about them noticing my unusually cheery mood.

CeeCee played along with Adam's teasing and guessing of why I was so happy for a while but I knew underneath the one question that CeeCee wanted to ask. And finally, after Adam left for the bathroom, she asked me the question I was dreading.

"So Suze," she said in a whisper, "this has to do with Jesse huh?"

I took a big sigh. Could I really tell CeeCee? Was Father Dom right? Would she understand? Would she believe?

I didn't know what to say but I finally decided to tell. It had been long enough that I shoulder this and never told anyone.

"He's alive, CeeCee" I said with a huge smile.

CeeCee eyes purple eyes widened behind her glasses. "Are you serious? So he really is a ghost?"

I nodded my head, "Was a ghost," I said, "You can meet him after school, he's picking me up."

CeeCee looked just about as ecstatic as I felt. "How did you do it? I mean, you can tell me if you want"

I smiled at her. "I'll only tell you if you promise not to tell anyone, not even Adam. I'm only doing this because Father Dom said I should tell someone."

CeeCee shook her head in an affirmative, her white hair swinging, and said, "Suze I swea—" then she stopped, with a confused look on her face. "Huh? Father Dom knows?"

I bit my lip. This was my chance. So I opened my mouth slowly, looked her right in the eyes, and then I told her everything. Right from my first ghost when I was three, to my new predicament with Keri.

And finally, finally, there was someone I could tell all the juicy Jesse details to who would understand.

CeeCee asked a lot of questions too, and I tried my best to answer them. I couldn't get over the fact that she really believed me. And I can't believe I had feared so much that she'd think I was crazy and I'd be carted off to the loony bin.

When I was done CeeCee sat there like she'd been winded. "Suze," she said, "I never even imagined that was the reason you were so weird."

I gave her a glare and then started laughing. It felt so good to have someone to share the other half of my secretive life with.

But our conversation was cut short—even though I think CeeCee had pretty much been totally clarified on the ghost issue—when Adam came back from the washroom.

And two seconds before he reached our table I said, "You know that article about Hector De Silva that you wrote for me?" She nodded her head so I continued, "That was about Jesse. Hector De Silva is Jesse."

CeeCee looked shocked again—not that she could ever be shocked again after the conversation we had—and said, "That was him? He's that old?"

I nodded my head and laughed a bit right before Adam sat down and was like, "Who's that old? Are we talking about Suze's mystery boyfriend?"

CeeCee and me both broke out laughing at that one while Adam looked at us like we were crazy

"Ummm, did I miss something while I was in the bathroom?" He asked.

That only made us laugh harder.