Title: Life Itself
Author: Sara n Lizzie
Disclaimer: Meg is God.
Rating: PG-13, possibly changing
Summary: Post Haunted. A whole new catastrophe arises. Jesse and Suze have got to trust Paul to survive, and nothing is as it seems.
Author's Note: This chapter takes place a week and a half later than the last one. Review!
"I has to turn my eyes away, my heart fell to the floor." -Dixie Chicks
~*A week and a half later*~
It had been a week and a half since anyone had seen Maria. I was beginning to see a ray of hope. Maybe she hadn't been able to get out of the Shadow World. Maybe she had found herself trapped there, and out of utter desperation, had opened one of the doors and was out of our loves now.
I was telling this to Paul as he was driving me home from school one Friday afternoon. He needed to borrow a trig book, which was in my bedroom, and since I was no longer terrified or disgusted by Paul, I was going to allow him to accompany me there to get it- unless of course Jesse had returned from his meeting with Father Dom.
Then Paul was going to have to wait downstairs. Or by his car. But back to Maria, and away from my utterly bewildering new friendship with Paul- if you could call it friendship-, I was definitely freaked out by her absence.
"It's almost like a false sense of security." I told Paul. He nodded.
"I know. But we can't be on defense unless she's on offense, Suze."
"Yea. I know. Are you going to Kelly's party tonight?"
"I'll probably drop by. What about the lovely Miss Simon?"
"I'm afraid the lovely Miss Simon has other plans."
"I figured."
I didn't want to make Paul feel bad, but would I honestly go to Kelly's house to hang out with a bunch of drunk people, my step brothers included since Jake was driving home for the occasion, when I had plans to do a lot of kissing with a certain ghost? No, I would not. Even though Kelly had invited me to sleep over, I was going to have to pass. The stopping of the car broke my thoughts of later that night. I looked up at my bedroom window.
"I don't think he's here Paul. You can come in." Paul nodded and followed me inside. Only Doc was home, and after exchanging a few words with us, he fled to his room, leaving Paul and I in the living room.
"Books in my room." I said trying to keep my voice casual.
"Lead the way." Paul urged. So I did, up the stairs and into my bedroom. And what I saw there made me stumble backwards. Paul grabbed my arms to steady me, going "What the hell is it Suze?" But I couldn't take my eyes off Jesse, kissing Maria. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Paul's POV
It couldn't have been scripted better. Suze and I go up to her room so I can borrow a trig book, an excuse to take her home and come in her house, and she falls backwards into me. When I catch her, I see Jesse with his tongue shoved down Maria's throat. Suze just stared at them for a long time, and then her books tumbled to the floor.
That's when Jesse seemed to realize what was going on around him. He wrestled himself away from Maria, and stood, staring at Susannah.
It was all to good to be true, really. I mean I honestly hated to see Suze suffer but I knew this was only going to turn out good for me, since I happened to be here for her, and I happened to have the means to get he out of here tonight.
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Suze's POV
It was a good thing Paul was Paul and didn't let go of my arms. This would have been utterly annoying and quite awkward in any other situation, but given my current state, I really would have toppled over, had he not been holding me.
When I dropped my books, Jesse had finally snapped back to reality and stopped kissing Maria. He looked at me, as I looked at him. I dropped my eyes again, because staring into his eyes was tearing a huge hole in my heart.
I braced myself for pain beyond belief, and willed myself not to cry in their presence.
"Querida," Jesse started.
"No." came from my own lips. "Don't querida me, Jesse."
"Susannah, I am-"
"You're what Jesse? Are you sorry? Well that's just great. Thanks for telling me!"
"Querida." He said again.
I looked up. I knew my eyes were red, but I also knew I wasn't going to cry. I stopped shouting and said quietly, "No Jesse. Right now, I am not your querida. I can't deal with this right now. I can't even look at you."
HE stared at me. I smiled sadly, as my eyes welled up. "What did you expect me to say Jesse? It's not ok. Paul, I think I will go to Kelly's party. Can you give me a ride?"
"Sure Suze." He said quietly. I turned around and walked out.
~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: Ok, things will work out. This is totally necessary to my plot, so don't hate me and don't stop reading. This ends up Suze and Jesse!! Review!
Author: Sara n Lizzie
Disclaimer: Meg is God.
Rating: PG-13, possibly changing
Summary: Post Haunted. A whole new catastrophe arises. Jesse and Suze have got to trust Paul to survive, and nothing is as it seems.
Author's Note: This chapter takes place a week and a half later than the last one. Review!
"I has to turn my eyes away, my heart fell to the floor." -Dixie Chicks
~*A week and a half later*~
It had been a week and a half since anyone had seen Maria. I was beginning to see a ray of hope. Maybe she hadn't been able to get out of the Shadow World. Maybe she had found herself trapped there, and out of utter desperation, had opened one of the doors and was out of our loves now.
I was telling this to Paul as he was driving me home from school one Friday afternoon. He needed to borrow a trig book, which was in my bedroom, and since I was no longer terrified or disgusted by Paul, I was going to allow him to accompany me there to get it- unless of course Jesse had returned from his meeting with Father Dom.
Then Paul was going to have to wait downstairs. Or by his car. But back to Maria, and away from my utterly bewildering new friendship with Paul- if you could call it friendship-, I was definitely freaked out by her absence.
"It's almost like a false sense of security." I told Paul. He nodded.
"I know. But we can't be on defense unless she's on offense, Suze."
"Yea. I know. Are you going to Kelly's party tonight?"
"I'll probably drop by. What about the lovely Miss Simon?"
"I'm afraid the lovely Miss Simon has other plans."
"I figured."
I didn't want to make Paul feel bad, but would I honestly go to Kelly's house to hang out with a bunch of drunk people, my step brothers included since Jake was driving home for the occasion, when I had plans to do a lot of kissing with a certain ghost? No, I would not. Even though Kelly had invited me to sleep over, I was going to have to pass. The stopping of the car broke my thoughts of later that night. I looked up at my bedroom window.
"I don't think he's here Paul. You can come in." Paul nodded and followed me inside. Only Doc was home, and after exchanging a few words with us, he fled to his room, leaving Paul and I in the living room.
"Books in my room." I said trying to keep my voice casual.
"Lead the way." Paul urged. So I did, up the stairs and into my bedroom. And what I saw there made me stumble backwards. Paul grabbed my arms to steady me, going "What the hell is it Suze?" But I couldn't take my eyes off Jesse, kissing Maria. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Paul's POV
It couldn't have been scripted better. Suze and I go up to her room so I can borrow a trig book, an excuse to take her home and come in her house, and she falls backwards into me. When I catch her, I see Jesse with his tongue shoved down Maria's throat. Suze just stared at them for a long time, and then her books tumbled to the floor.
That's when Jesse seemed to realize what was going on around him. He wrestled himself away from Maria, and stood, staring at Susannah.
It was all to good to be true, really. I mean I honestly hated to see Suze suffer but I knew this was only going to turn out good for me, since I happened to be here for her, and I happened to have the means to get he out of here tonight.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~~*
Suze's POV
It was a good thing Paul was Paul and didn't let go of my arms. This would have been utterly annoying and quite awkward in any other situation, but given my current state, I really would have toppled over, had he not been holding me.
When I dropped my books, Jesse had finally snapped back to reality and stopped kissing Maria. He looked at me, as I looked at him. I dropped my eyes again, because staring into his eyes was tearing a huge hole in my heart.
I braced myself for pain beyond belief, and willed myself not to cry in their presence.
"Querida," Jesse started.
"No." came from my own lips. "Don't querida me, Jesse."
"Susannah, I am-"
"You're what Jesse? Are you sorry? Well that's just great. Thanks for telling me!"
"Querida." He said again.
I looked up. I knew my eyes were red, but I also knew I wasn't going to cry. I stopped shouting and said quietly, "No Jesse. Right now, I am not your querida. I can't deal with this right now. I can't even look at you."
HE stared at me. I smiled sadly, as my eyes welled up. "What did you expect me to say Jesse? It's not ok. Paul, I think I will go to Kelly's party. Can you give me a ride?"
"Sure Suze." He said quietly. I turned around and walked out.
~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's Note: Ok, things will work out. This is totally necessary to my plot, so don't hate me and don't stop reading. This ends up Suze and Jesse!! Review!