CHAPTER FIVE: Wishes and Hopes
Te soñé, estaba despierto y te mire pensé en soñar pues no creí que fuera real tanta suerte al despertar y mirarte descansar segura y junto a mi. Te soñé y estabas tan bella tan mujer pensé en soñar pues no podía imaginar que seria de mi vida sin tu amor sin tu calor.
Tuve momentos de profunda soledad y ahora no, no creo y junto a ti me encuentro desesperado estuve a punto de caer y apareciste un día llegando hasta mi vida y te soñé
Estaba despierto y te soñé.
Te soñé, Aleck Sinteck
Suze's P. O. V.
The radio just went on, Jesse always puts the alarm so damn early, but at least he puts the radio now, instead of the buzzer. Not wanting to wake up I move even closer into his arms, feeling his warm breath in my neck, his hand on my tummy, he always does that. I can't help but giggle.
Yesterday we were watching this movie set in the 1800 and Jesse was pointing all the little details that were wrong, from the wardrobe to the lingo, eventually I just fell sleep, he must have brought me here.
We have been married for over three years now. He proposed the day after he got out of College, and we married three months after I turned 20. It was one of mom's and Andy's conditions to give us their blessing:
1) We would wait till I was twenty (being only 19 when he asked);
2) Jesse would get a job, he had the money from his "inherency" but they prefer him to have a job;
3) I couldn't drop out of college after the wedding and,
4) Preferably, I wouldn't get pregnant until I was done with school.
We agreed, thinking all this was quite sensible. Dad approved too, well Dad's ghost.
Antonio (who is an all American stud (Blond, blue eyed) and you can't quite imagine him being related to Jesse, or Abby for that matter, but Jesse says he reminds him of his abuela), being his most close and older relative, came all the way from the De Silva Ranch to assure Mom and Andy that Jesse would take good care of me, and if not, he would see him to get a whipping.
And Father Dom wed us quite happily, saying that finally we would stop living on sin (ok, I wasn't up to get knock up but sure Jesse and I practiced… a lot)
"Buenos días, Querida" Jesse says kissing my neck
Jesse's P. O. V.
"Buenos Días, Querida" I say, and Susannah rolls over, still in my arms, smiling, my beautiful wife. I kiss her lips, then go down and kiss her stomach were my hand was just moments ago "Hola bebé" I whisper "es tu papá". Ever since Susannah told me she was pregnant I always put my hand on her belly, letting our baby know that I'm here too, protecting, and taking care of, him and his mommy.
"You want this baby to be bilingual from the moment it comes out, uh?" she asks, I kiss her again, remembering something
"You said my name last night, between dreams. Where you dreaming about me?"
"Perhaps I was, perhaps I wasn't" she answers but then her smiles fades a little, I'm about to ask what's wrong when she adds: "Do you think they would have like me? Your family, I mean"
I consider this for a moment, "My older sisters would have like you from start, and so would my mom. My baby sister Mapi you would have had to win her because I was her favorite brother and no girl was good enough for me according to her. My abuela would have loved you just because I love you. And you would have had my dad wrapped around your finger once he tried that Chocolate cake your grandma teach you to bake, he had quite a sweet tooth. They all would have like you, but why do you ask?"
"Just wondered" she smiled again "But never, NEVER, question a pregnant woman about her behavior, ok?" All I have to say about this is: HORMONES!
"Well, I'm going to get a shower, promised to go early to help Father D. You're coming to the Carnival, right?"
"Are you kidding me? There is going to be lots of food, of course I'm coming. Abby and Antonio are coming to pick me up, so you don't have to worry about anything."
"Ok" Yesterday she swore she wasn't going, because she couldn't stand the smell of food
"But first, I need breakfast!" She declares happily before leaving our bed and going to the kitchen. Pregnant women: one day they can't stand the smell of your burrito, the next one they want to eat the world
Suze's P. O. V.
I'm fixing some breakfast; it's the most important meal of the day. Mission Academy is having this Carnival and, since my husband is the History teacher, and the most popular male professor in the faculty, I get to go!
Spike, as every morning, comes in. Still he doesn't shows an iota of regard for me, well except for that one time when Jesse came home saying that, if we wanted to have kids, we would have to find Spike a new home because cats aren't good for pregnant women. I could have gone along with that and get rid of the ugly thing but both Jesse and Spike looked so pitiful that I had to say the truth: Kittens aren't good for pregnant women, they cause Toxoplasmosis, but adult cats, such as Spike are perfectly safe. Jesse brighten to this information and went to look Spike's favorite toy, calling him to the livinroom to play with him. Spike came over me, rubbed against my leg and went off happily. Since then, I'm as good as dead to that cat.
"Don't I look fabulous?" Abby asks coming in, she lives a few blocks away in her own ocean-view-house, but she is a frequent breakfast guest at our house, this morning she was wearing a cheerleader-type black miniskirt, knee length boots and a cute top. It was nice to see her finally coming out of the shadow of the depression caused by the dead of her boyfriend Oliver.
Oliver was a mediator too, and at some point he had been Paul Slater's mentor, and it had been Paul the responsible of the coma state Oliver lived for a few years, thanks to an overdose on his senses while trying to stop Paul of bad use his abilities. Eventually, Oliver woke up, only to tell Abby that he was going to die soon. They had their perfect summer, filled with more love and happiness that what most people experience in a lifetime. And then he died. Abby found solace in her family, allowing her brother to take care of her, and staying in Carmel helping Father D. and I as a mediator.
"You look great, but it's just a school Carnival"
"Yeah, I know, but I got my fans" In staying in Carmel, she finished school and took a teacher job at the Academy and is, of course, the most popular female faculty member. "Besides, Antonio said he was bringing one of his Rancho-friends to introduce us" Abby was back to her flirty former self, Antonio often reminds himself that he prefers his sister flirty and happy than chaste, pure and miserable. "Hello ugly cat" She never calls Spike by his name still, as natural, he adores her. Must be the De Silva gene code or something
Now Jesse comes in, looking dashingly handsome I might add, gosh, my husband is HOT!
Jesse's P. O. V.
Susannah and Abigail were talking when I came in. I ate quickly with them, and forced them to swear none of them was driving; they are no good behind a stir wheel. Now I'm ready to go. Bur first I look around, taking everything in: The bright lit kitchen, Susannah's green eyes, her half smile, the way her engagement ring catches the light as she dinks her orange juice.
"I love you" Susannah says. No matter how many times I hear it, each time my knees go weak. I love her more than ever.
"Te amo, querida"
(In the back you can hear Abby saying, "Eso es un pleonasmo" or, "that's redundant")
I bend down and kiss her.
Everything I always wanted is right here: The little family I'm creating with the woman I love.
All my hopes are fulfilled…
All my wishes, like dreams, came true…
The End of Chapter Five. The End of DREAM ON
Notes:
I know some of you wanted more drama but I couldn't, I didn't had the heart to do it! Sorry. I also apologize for all that filling I did with Abby's and Spike's stories, but I really wanted to get to that end with Jesse.
Ok, please R/R, I'll love you guys forever!
This is the song translated:
I dreamt of you, I was awake and when I looked at you I thought I was dreaming, because I couldn't believe my luck of waking up and see you rest safe and by my side. I dreamt of you, and you were so beautiful, woman, and I thought I was dreaming because I couldn't imagine what my life would be without your love, with out your warmth.
I had moments of deep loneliness, and now no, I don't relieve that I'm with you, I find myself waking up, I was about to fall, but one day you came into my life, and I dreamt of you
I was awake, and I dreamt of you
