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 just wanna be innocent again." -Something Corporate
Jake parked, and got out of the car without saying anything, seeming to know something was very wrong. He didn't make any comments as I sprinted up the driveway, into the house and to the top of the stairs. No one else did either, because even on a Saturday, there was nobody home.
I halted my mad dash at the top of the staircase, because I couldn't figure out what I was sprinting for. The damage had been done- I couldn't stop it. I was still standing there when Jake hollered he was going somewhere, leaving me alone in the house.
The walk into my bedroom seemed to take hours, instead of mere seconds. I opened the door and crossed the threshold holding my breath, but Jesse was gone. It was a relief and a curse. Thank God we didn't have to go through it all while my head was still pounding and I couldn't see straight. But where was he and what the hell was he doing?
I couldn't take it. I couldn't think about it anymore. So I laid down on my bed and fell asleep.
Which seemed like a good idea at the time. Until I woke up and looked at my clock, which informed me it was 6:00. I saw a note taped to my dresser.
Suzie- Brad and Jake are at a party. David is at a friend's, Andy and I went out for dinner. Decided to let you sleep. Mom.
Great. So now I was all alone to think over my mistakes and Jesse's mistakes without my family or even a confrontation with Jesse himself to distract me.
"Susannah."
I take that back.
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He materialized on the windowsill, looking pale and shaken and very upset. I know this is corny, but I could practically feel my heart ripping apart, knowing that I was the one that did this to him.
"Jesse." I said back, my voice breaking painfully. Then I averted my eyes to the place of my room where I saw him kissing Maria, and my pain was replaced by anger. "What the hell happened to us?" I ask a little aggressively.
He just stares at me with really sad eyes, and now I feel guilty.
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Jesse's POV
She is angry with me for kissing Maria. This I can see. I was angry with Paul, but I cannot be angry with Susannah.
"I don't know what happened, querida. But I do know we need to explain it to each other." I see resolve in Susannah's face, and she crosses her arms.
"Fine. You wanna talk? Talk."
"Maria came here, and threatened your life. She said she could, and would go to you right then and kill you. And then she kissed me and I was shocked and it was wrong to kiss her back, but what else could I do? Push her away so she would kill you?"
She nodded slowly, like she had known that all along. "Paul told you." She said slowly. "He told you everything." She looked up at me, like she hoped I too would become filled with rage. I knew it would be easier for her if I was, but I wasn't angry with her. I was plenty angry with Paul.
"He mentioned that something happened between the two of you."
"I'm sorry." It comes out as a whisper. A scared whisper. "I was a little." She lets her voice trail off.
"Drunk?" I supply.
She smiles. "Yea."
"It's in the past querida." I say. But she doesn't seem sure.
"I kissed him Jesse. I kissed him a lot. And I'm not entirely sure that nothing else happened." There is something about her tone that alarms me.
"If he took advantage of you, Susannah, mio Dios I will kill him."
Her eyes widen at my seriousness. "No, no. We didn't, he didn't. Nothing happened."
"Except for the kissing."
"Except for the kissing. I'm so sorry." She finally comes over to the windowsill and sits next to me. "I never meant for any of this to happen Jesse." I touched her cheek, and turned her face toward me.
"I know you didn't. Susannah, this doesn't change the way I feel about you."
"I love you." She says almost timidly.
"I love you." I reply, not, at the time knowing that tonight, something much bigger than we were was taking place. But looking back, I really should have known. There was electricity in the kiss, and a new feeling passed between us. Susannah looked at me with her big eyes, and suddenly I knew what she was thinking. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*
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 just wanna be innocent again." -Something Corporate
Jake parked, and got out of the car without saying anything, seeming to know something was very wrong. He didn't make any comments as I sprinted up the driveway, into the house and to the top of the stairs. No one else did either, because even on a Saturday, there was nobody home.
I halted my mad dash at the top of the staircase, because I couldn't figure out what I was sprinting for. The damage had been done- I couldn't stop it. I was still standing there when Jake hollered he was going somewhere, leaving me alone in the house.
The walk into my bedroom seemed to take hours, instead of mere seconds. I opened the door and crossed the threshold holding my breath, but Jesse was gone. It was a relief and a curse. Thank God we didn't have to go through it all while my head was still pounding and I couldn't see straight. But where was he and what the hell was he doing?
I couldn't take it. I couldn't think about it anymore. So I laid down on my bed and fell asleep.
Which seemed like a good idea at the time. Until I woke up and looked at my clock, which informed me it was 6:00. I saw a note taped to my dresser.
Suzie- Brad and Jake are at a party. David is at a friend's, Andy and I went out for dinner. Decided to let you sleep. Mom.
Great. So now I was all alone to think over my mistakes and Jesse's mistakes without my family or even a confrontation with Jesse himself to distract me.
"Susannah."
I take that back.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He materialized on the windowsill, looking pale and shaken and very upset. I know this is corny, but I could practically feel my heart ripping apart, knowing that I was the one that did this to him.
"Jesse." I said back, my voice breaking painfully. Then I averted my eyes to the place of my room where I saw him kissing Maria, and my pain was replaced by anger. "What the hell happened to us?" I ask a little aggressively.
He just stares at me with really sad eyes, and now I feel guilty.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~
Jesse's POV
She is angry with me for kissing Maria. This I can see. I was angry with Paul, but I cannot be angry with Susannah.
"I don't know what happened, querida. But I do know we need to explain it to each other." I see resolve in Susannah's face, and she crosses her arms.
"Fine. You wanna talk? Talk."
"Maria came here, and threatened your life. She said she could, and would go to you right then and kill you. And then she kissed me and I was shocked and it was wrong to kiss her back, but what else could I do? Push her away so she would kill you?"
She nodded slowly, like she had known that all along. "Paul told you." She said slowly. "He told you everything." She looked up at me, like she hoped I too would become filled with rage. I knew it would be easier for her if I was, but I wasn't angry with her. I was plenty angry with Paul.
"He mentioned that something happened between the two of you."
"I'm sorry." It comes out as a whisper. A scared whisper. "I was a little." She lets her voice trail off.
"Drunk?" I supply.
She smiles. "Yea."
"It's in the past querida." I say. But she doesn't seem sure.
"I kissed him Jesse. I kissed him a lot. And I'm not entirely sure that nothing else happened." There is something about her tone that alarms me.
"If he took advantage of you, Susannah, mio Dios I will kill him."
Her eyes widen at my seriousness. "No, no. We didn't, he didn't. Nothing happened."
"Except for the kissing."
"Except for the kissing. I'm so sorry." She finally comes over to the windowsill and sits next to me. "I never meant for any of this to happen Jesse." I touched her cheek, and turned her face toward me.
"I know you didn't. Susannah, this doesn't change the way I feel about you."
"I love you." She says almost timidly.
"I love you." I reply, not, at the time knowing that tonight, something much bigger than we were was taking place. But looking back, I really should have known. There was electricity in the kiss, and a new feeling passed between us. Susannah looked at me with her big eyes, and suddenly I knew what she was thinking. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*