Disclaimer: I own Matt and the plot. all the other characters are Meg Cabot's.
A/N- Thank you to all my lovely reviewers, i love you all.sorry this chapter took so long,i was kidnapped by my parents.
I shook my head and started to sit down at my desk. No sooner had I pulled out my application when Doc knocked on my door saying that my mom needed me to come grocery shopping. I rolled my eyes, scribbled a note to Jesse and walked downstairs.
"Mom can't you just take Dopey or something?" I pleaded. My mom shuddered.
"Susie, Brad is a nice boy and everything," she said. I started laughing and covered it up by faking a coughing fit. "But I try to avoid taking him to public places."
Couldn't argue with that.
So that's how I ended up in the soda aisle staring at my half of the list and trying to figure out why we needed a soda called "Sars" (A/N - it exists. It's a Chinese soft drink and it freaks me out. But just for the record, NO, you can not get SARS from drinking Sars.)
"Need some help?" said a familiar voice. I looked up half expecting to see Matt or something but instead standing in front of me, looking exactly the same as the last time I'd seen him, last June, stood Paul. I stared at him.
"I.....wha....you..." I babbled.
"Come on Suze, full sentences." he said grinning. I swallowed.
" You left." I managed.
Okay. I'm backing up. After Jesse left Paul was, needless to say, thrilled. Now that the threat of Jesse had been removed he started to ask me out again. I think his record was thirty-nine times in one week. Kelly Prescott made sure that I knew that I was completely insane for not leaping at the chance to go out with him, I told her that I didn't date reptiles. She just kind of stood there. I think the word "reptiles" has too many letters for her. I stopped going to shifting lessons because there was no point anymore, Paul wasn't happy about that so he went back to his old routine of stalking me, that is until he went too far and climbed through my window in the middle of night intending to...well....you get it. He assumed that I would be asleep like all other sane people at two in the morning. That was a bad idea on his part. It was 2 years to the day since I'd met Jesse that night so I couldn't sleep. Instead I'd stayed up watching Titanic while Matt tried not to laugh when Leonardo Dicaprio died. The old lady who is supposedly Kate Winslet in like, eighty years or something was throwing the big diamond in the ocean when he showed up. Conversation ensued. Then arguing. Then Matt beat the crap out of him. For a guy who wanted to sell my soul not too long ago he can be pretty protective.
That was a few days after school ended in June. I didn't see Paul after that and I'd heard via Cee Cee that he'd gone back to Seattle. I kinda assumed he'd given up.
Anyway.
"You left." I repeated. Paul smiled and shook his head.
"Suze, would I ever leave you?" he asked. I narrowed my eyes.
"There's always hope." I said. I started to move past him but he stepped in my way.
"Move." I said, my voice icy. He grinned,
"What're you gonna do? Set your new boyfriend on me?" he said. I stopped walking, confused.
"You lost me there." I said. "What new boyfriend?"
"The one who gave me that lovely broken arm not so long ago." he said.
"Matt!?" I said raising my eyebrows, "We're not going out." Paul shook his head.
"He seemed pretty pissed when I showed up in your room." he said.
"That's because you tried to exorcize him instead of mediating him dumbass."
"Oh."
"I don't fall in love with every dead guy that comes my way." I said. Paul laughed.
"So your free then." he said.
"No." I said. Paul groaned.
"Jesse? Come one Suze. Not only is he dead he's not even here. You said it yourself he's left for Slovakia or something." he said. I grinned.
"Not so much." I said. Paul started to say something but then my mom walked up behind me.
"Susie? We've got to go."She said. I started to walk past Paul.
"Aren't you going to introduce me?" he asked. I sighed.
"Mom, Paul, Paul, My mom. Now can we go?" I say. I don't wait for an answer and walk down the aisle as fast as I can.
"Susannah Simon I don't know what's gotten into you." my mom says as we walk out to the car.
"What'd you mean?" I ask.
"You were so rude to that nice boy, what was his name...Paul?" she says.
"More like Satan's spawn." I mutter.
"Susannah!" she says. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you."
I get that a lot.
When I got home I unloaded the groceries quickly and ran up to my room. Jesse wasn't back yet but Matt was there leaning against the foot of my bed watching TV. I sighed with relief.
"Hey" he said looking up when I came in.
"Hi, listen I need to talk to you before Jesse comes back." I said, closing the door behind me. Matt looked confused but he switched off the TV and sat up straighter.
"What's the matter?" he said sounding worried. He watched me as I paced around the room. "Suze?" he asked. I sat down on the window seat.
"Paul's back."
"WHAT?"
"He's back."
"Shit." Matt said. He stood up and ran a hand through his hair.
"No kidding." I said. He paced back and forth in front of the window seat before sitting down across from me.
"Why can't Jesse know?" he asked. His normally dark blue eyes seemed to have grown at least six shades darker and now looked almost black. I sighed.
"Because Jesse has an even worse track record with Paul than you do." Matt raised his eyebrows. "And I'm afraid if I tell Jesse he'll do something stupid and get himself exorcized."
"Shouldn't Jesse know that he's back? So that he knows to stay out of Paul's way or something?" Matt pointed out. I started to say something and then stopped.
"Oh Christ, I don't know. I just... if I tell Jesse he's back it means I'm gonna have to explain why he left in the first place, and I've been trying really hard to avoid that subject..."
"Suze, he has a right to know." Matt said quietly. I shook my head.
"No. He'd kill him. I mean Paul showed up here with a plan in mind and... he'd kill him." I said. Matt's eyes grew, if possible, darker.
"What's the problem?" he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Come on Matt...please? I don't want a murder on my hands." I said. He sighed.
"Fine. Fine. But I'm not happy about this." he said.
"But you won't tell him?"
"I won't tell him."
"Won't tell what?" Jesse said, materializing next to me. Both of us jumped.
"Won't tell Father Dom that she and Cee Cee skipped first period to go to Dunkin Donuts." Matt said quickly. Jesse raised his eyebrows but all he said was,
"Oh."
A/N- Thank you to all my lovely reviewers, i love you all.sorry this chapter took so long,i was kidnapped by my parents.
I shook my head and started to sit down at my desk. No sooner had I pulled out my application when Doc knocked on my door saying that my mom needed me to come grocery shopping. I rolled my eyes, scribbled a note to Jesse and walked downstairs.
"Mom can't you just take Dopey or something?" I pleaded. My mom shuddered.
"Susie, Brad is a nice boy and everything," she said. I started laughing and covered it up by faking a coughing fit. "But I try to avoid taking him to public places."
Couldn't argue with that.
So that's how I ended up in the soda aisle staring at my half of the list and trying to figure out why we needed a soda called "Sars" (A/N - it exists. It's a Chinese soft drink and it freaks me out. But just for the record, NO, you can not get SARS from drinking Sars.)
"Need some help?" said a familiar voice. I looked up half expecting to see Matt or something but instead standing in front of me, looking exactly the same as the last time I'd seen him, last June, stood Paul. I stared at him.
"I.....wha....you..." I babbled.
"Come on Suze, full sentences." he said grinning. I swallowed.
" You left." I managed.
Okay. I'm backing up. After Jesse left Paul was, needless to say, thrilled. Now that the threat of Jesse had been removed he started to ask me out again. I think his record was thirty-nine times in one week. Kelly Prescott made sure that I knew that I was completely insane for not leaping at the chance to go out with him, I told her that I didn't date reptiles. She just kind of stood there. I think the word "reptiles" has too many letters for her. I stopped going to shifting lessons because there was no point anymore, Paul wasn't happy about that so he went back to his old routine of stalking me, that is until he went too far and climbed through my window in the middle of night intending to...well....you get it. He assumed that I would be asleep like all other sane people at two in the morning. That was a bad idea on his part. It was 2 years to the day since I'd met Jesse that night so I couldn't sleep. Instead I'd stayed up watching Titanic while Matt tried not to laugh when Leonardo Dicaprio died. The old lady who is supposedly Kate Winslet in like, eighty years or something was throwing the big diamond in the ocean when he showed up. Conversation ensued. Then arguing. Then Matt beat the crap out of him. For a guy who wanted to sell my soul not too long ago he can be pretty protective.
That was a few days after school ended in June. I didn't see Paul after that and I'd heard via Cee Cee that he'd gone back to Seattle. I kinda assumed he'd given up.
Anyway.
"You left." I repeated. Paul smiled and shook his head.
"Suze, would I ever leave you?" he asked. I narrowed my eyes.
"There's always hope." I said. I started to move past him but he stepped in my way.
"Move." I said, my voice icy. He grinned,
"What're you gonna do? Set your new boyfriend on me?" he said. I stopped walking, confused.
"You lost me there." I said. "What new boyfriend?"
"The one who gave me that lovely broken arm not so long ago." he said.
"Matt!?" I said raising my eyebrows, "We're not going out." Paul shook his head.
"He seemed pretty pissed when I showed up in your room." he said.
"That's because you tried to exorcize him instead of mediating him dumbass."
"Oh."
"I don't fall in love with every dead guy that comes my way." I said. Paul laughed.
"So your free then." he said.
"No." I said. Paul groaned.
"Jesse? Come one Suze. Not only is he dead he's not even here. You said it yourself he's left for Slovakia or something." he said. I grinned.
"Not so much." I said. Paul started to say something but then my mom walked up behind me.
"Susie? We've got to go."She said. I started to walk past Paul.
"Aren't you going to introduce me?" he asked. I sighed.
"Mom, Paul, Paul, My mom. Now can we go?" I say. I don't wait for an answer and walk down the aisle as fast as I can.
"Susannah Simon I don't know what's gotten into you." my mom says as we walk out to the car.
"What'd you mean?" I ask.
"You were so rude to that nice boy, what was his name...Paul?" she says.
"More like Satan's spawn." I mutter.
"Susannah!" she says. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you."
I get that a lot.
When I got home I unloaded the groceries quickly and ran up to my room. Jesse wasn't back yet but Matt was there leaning against the foot of my bed watching TV. I sighed with relief.
"Hey" he said looking up when I came in.
"Hi, listen I need to talk to you before Jesse comes back." I said, closing the door behind me. Matt looked confused but he switched off the TV and sat up straighter.
"What's the matter?" he said sounding worried. He watched me as I paced around the room. "Suze?" he asked. I sat down on the window seat.
"Paul's back."
"WHAT?"
"He's back."
"Shit." Matt said. He stood up and ran a hand through his hair.
"No kidding." I said. He paced back and forth in front of the window seat before sitting down across from me.
"Why can't Jesse know?" he asked. His normally dark blue eyes seemed to have grown at least six shades darker and now looked almost black. I sighed.
"Because Jesse has an even worse track record with Paul than you do." Matt raised his eyebrows. "And I'm afraid if I tell Jesse he'll do something stupid and get himself exorcized."
"Shouldn't Jesse know that he's back? So that he knows to stay out of Paul's way or something?" Matt pointed out. I started to say something and then stopped.
"Oh Christ, I don't know. I just... if I tell Jesse he's back it means I'm gonna have to explain why he left in the first place, and I've been trying really hard to avoid that subject..."
"Suze, he has a right to know." Matt said quietly. I shook my head.
"No. He'd kill him. I mean Paul showed up here with a plan in mind and... he'd kill him." I said. Matt's eyes grew, if possible, darker.
"What's the problem?" he said. I rolled my eyes.
"Come on Matt...please? I don't want a murder on my hands." I said. He sighed.
"Fine. Fine. But I'm not happy about this." he said.
"But you won't tell him?"
"I won't tell him."
"Won't tell what?" Jesse said, materializing next to me. Both of us jumped.
"Won't tell Father Dom that she and Cee Cee skipped first period to go to Dunkin Donuts." Matt said quickly. Jesse raised his eyebrows but all he said was,
"Oh."
