akaruiookami: I had no idea I was making it a crossover! I was just sitting here, typing, and suddenly, I'm like "Hmm....I'm going to do a crossover! Yeah!" hehe. Glad you like it!
UnangelicHalo: You're a smartie! I didn't even know I was going to do a crossover until I started writing the mini-jesse....Aw, thanks for adding me, I'll add you too.
PoeticKiss: Things get VERY interesting in this chapter when everyone meets....teehee...You're the one who likes S/P fluff, right? Or just likes Paul? I forget...Either way, I was mean to him this chapter... I'm sorrys!
HeidiGirl: Haha....follow those sneaking suspicions! (Did I spell that right?) Heehee....Let's see: we have Jess and Rob in a hotel with two Federal Agents who are asleep. How soundproof are those rooms, anway?...Knickers is the BEST word! ah! I love it!
Ok, onto the chapter:
Ok, I was thinking all this over in my head....Here's how the family tree breaks down. Katelyn's mom is Dr. Krantz's sister. Katelyn's Aunt was Jake, Brad, and David's mom, who was also a sister to Dr. Krantz. Haha, I knew I'd make it make sense!
Jess's POV:
Life was good until the weekend. I went to school, hung out with Rob, graduated, and kept in touch with Katelyn. Actually, that was the only bad part of life, that they still hadn't been found. Katelyn said they were headed to Carmel, California, and that she had three cousins there who could help them- Jake, Brad, and David Ackerman. I hoped she was right, and that they got help. I told her I'd be in touch before waking up each time.
I'd already told Dr. K I was going to Carmel to talk to Katelyn's cousins. Since I'd graduated, missing school was no big deal. He arranged for me to fly out there, with several other officials, and then Rob freaked out when I told him I was going, so Dr. K arranged for him to go too. When we got there, Rob, Jill, and Allan (the officials who went with us) and I got in a cab and drove to the Ackerman/Simon residence.
Jill and Allen dropped off Rob and I and then said they were going to stake out a few choice locations for where Lucifer may go. I was about to knock on the door, since it was 4 in the afternoon, and everyone would probably be home from school, when the door was thrown open and a guy- rated a hottie, but nowhere near as fine as Rob- came tumbling out, landing at our feet. He was apparently thrown out by a girl of about 16 or 17, with curly brown hair and bright green eyes. "How many times do I have to break your nose before you learn to stop sexually harassing me, Paul? You're just lucky Jesse's not here, and all you got was a broken nose!" She said, clearly pissed.
I looked down. This Paul guy's nose was indeed broken, and looked like it had been several times before. "Suze, will you just listen to me?" he said, getting up. Both of them were ignoring us. "What does he have that I don't, huh? What can he do for you that I can't?"
"Uh, well for starters, he's polite when it comes to making out!" Suze yelled at him. "You don't just jump a girl and expect her to not beat the shit out of you!"
She's got that right, I thought. "Suze, I said I was sorry!" Paul yelled back. Both of them were still oblivious to our prescence. "Look, I swear, I'll keep my hands to myself this time!"
"BULL!" Suze screamed. Girl's got lungs, I'll give her that. Probably one hell of a right hook, too. "How many times have you promised that? And how many times have I had to shove you off of me? NOW GET OUT!" And with that, she shoved him completely outside and started to slam the door, but then noticed Rob and I standing there.
"Oh, hi." Suze said, in this way different voice than she'd used on Paul. Her eyes narrowed at him, and she growled, "Get out!" again. Paul got in his BMW looking defeated.
"Men." Suze said, sounding disgusted.
"Nice blowout." I said. Rob looked afraid at coming near her. Suze shrugged and invited us in. "So what can I do for you?" she asked.
"Well, I'm Jess Mastriani, and this is Rob Wilkins. We're here on behalf of Katelyn Saunders." I said. Suze's eyes got wide at the mention of Katelyn's name.
"Wait, I've heard that name before...Jake, Brad, and David are her cousins, I think?" Suze asked. I nodded. "Ok, so what's with her?"
"Uh, well, she was kidnapped a while ago." I told her, surprised that no one had told them. "And, well, now we have reason to believe she may try to come here."
Suze's POV:
I hate shifting, that's all I have to say.
Stupid Paul. How many freaking times do I have to beat him up? Seriously. Our shifting lesson today was no different, because of course, he decided to do the whole shove-Suze-on-her-bed-and-kiss-her thing. I kneed him in his groin, and pushed him off of me, but he recovered way to quickly. So I punched him in the nose again. Always nice. He stumbled down the steps, I threw him out, yelled at him some more in front of two total strangers, and then proceeded to talk to the total strangers. Jess and Rob seemed cool. They told me that my stepbrother's cousin, Katelyn had been kidnapped. My eyes went up, because I knew she was their cousin, then I remembered what Little Jesse had said. "He'll get caught soon enough. Katelyn'll make sure of that."
Maybe this was the Katelyn? "Um, is this the daycare center that went missing?" I asked. I figured it was.
"Yeah." Jess said. Rob wasn't much of a talker, but I probably scared him with the throwing-Paul-out thing. "Didn't anyone call and tell you?"
"Sorta." I said. "Why do you think Katelyn'll come here?" I asked.
"Well, she told me she would try to get here." Jess said. "I'm the infamous Lightning girl, and the last time I went to get a lockdown on the center's whereabouts, she told me her cousins lived nearby in Carmel, so she was going to try and come here. I told her not to risk safety, since one kid already died, but she wouldn't listen."
"Oh yeah. She's related." I said. None of my stepbrothers listened either. "Poor Jesse..." I slipped up. Jess looked at me sharply. "How'd you know the name of the kid who died?"
Uh oh. Well, hopefully she'll buy my story...I mean, she's psychic, so why wouldn't they? "I see dead people. Jesse McDaniels came to me the other day, and told me his story. I'm supposed to pass on to his parents that he's gonna be alright now."
Jess looked at me in disbelief, then slowly nodded. "Alright then. So, here's the number of where we're staying. If Katelyn shows up, call." Jess handed me a slip of paper with about forty numbers on it. "Uh, number?" I said questioningly.
"The important ones are stared." Jess said laughing.
"Ok then." I said. I showed Jess and Rob- who still hadn't spoken- out. "Did I scare him or something?" I whispered to Jess. "With the scene earlier?"
"Probably." Jess said. "Rob, hun, you can speak really."
"I won't bite, I promise." I laughed. "Paul so had that coming. He's a major asshole. Thinks he's God's gift to me, or whatever." I shrugged.
Rob relaxed slightly and said, "You seemed to hold your own though."
"It's like you probably heard- he can't jump me and then expect me to not beat the shit out of him." I said. "He knows I have a boyfriend, he knows I'm in love with said boyfriend, and yet still stalks me."
"Can't you call the cops?" Jess said, trying to be helpful.
"Nah." I said. "It's complicated, but I made a deal with him, and if I break it, then he's going to exorcise Jesse."
"The kid?" Rob asked, sounding appalled.
I shook my head. "Nope. Jesse, my boyfriend." I saw the looks on their faces. "Hey, I know it's weird. No one else can see him, except other mediators. But I can't help it. I'm in love."
"The deal you made with him should be broken, seeing as he keeps jumping you." Jess commented.
"Yeah. Try telling him that." I said as Jess and Rob's ride pulled up. "Nice talking to you. I'll be in touch if Katelyn shows up, and I'll pass on the news to everyone else."
"Bye." Jess and Rob yelled. I shut the door and started up the steps, to see Jesse standing at the top of them.
"So how much did you see?" I asked, trying to get past him and go to my room.
"Everything since Slater showed up." Jesse replied. He pulled me into a big hug. "Are you really in love, querida?"
Damn, he had seen everything. "Yes." I squeaked.
"Good." Jesse said, dropping his voice to a whisper. "I hoped I wasn't the only one in this relationship who was in love."
I blushed and we went to the kitchen. I left the numbers and a note explaining everything, and to ask me for more information if they needed it for everyone and then we went back to my room.
Katelyn's POV:
Finally. I thought as we pulled into Carmel. Lucifer was the slowest driver on the planet, I'll tell you. I waited until we got to Carmel and had gotten out- in another stupid park!- before using my mind control on him.
I made him think that I was just some random animal wandering, and then slowly walked off. We were at some park a block or two away from the Mission, this boring school my cousins attended. Actually, I wouldn't know if it was boring or not, because I'd only been there once, last May when Jake graduated from it. But what I'd seen there was boring.
Whatever though. I just starting walking towards the school, hoping there was someone there. I wandered into a library and saw a mop of red hair and ears like Dumbo's. "David!" I whispered, putting on my happy face. I had to act all normal five-year-old in front of people so they wouldn't call in a shrink. People tend to do that when you're five and talking about taking over the world.
"Katelyn?" David asked as I ran over to him. He swept me up in a big hug before saying, "What are you doing here? How'd you get here? Where's Aunt Karen?"
Had no one in this state heard of the kidnapping? I feigned tears and told him about being kidnapped, and fed him the same story I'd fed Jess. David looked horrified, and grabbed my hand, abandoning whatever he'd been doing on the computer. He dragged me over to the magazine area, where Brad was sitting, reading some magazine. I didn't see what it was because he slammed it down the second we got in front of him.
"David, are you ready? I gotta get out of here, I think I'm getting smarter or something, dude." Brad said before noticing me. "Oh, hey Katelyn." he said, brushing me off. "David, get your gear, and let's- Wait a minute. What are you doing here, Katelyn?" he said, stooping down and giving me a hug.
David told him what happened, because I started to fake cry again. Not that they can tell the difference, but I had to put on an act. Brad immediately drove me to their house.
Finally! I thought on the way there. I can get back to my normal life of plotting to take over the world. I am a genius 30 year old stuck in the body of a 5 year old. Hahaha!
Jess's POV:
"Here's to vacations with hot girlfriends." Rob said, slipping an arm around my waist and pulling me to him. We were walking around the hotel grounds, looking for something to do. "Here, here!" I laughed. Then my cell phone started ringing.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Jessica Antonia Mastriani, you have a lot of explaining to do!" came my mother's VERY angry voice.
I was confused at first. I told everyone I was going to Carmel on assignment. "Well, hello to you too, Mom." I said sarcastically.
"Don't you smartmouth me! Jessica Antonia Mastriani, what's this I've found in the garbage?!" Mom shrieked at me.
"Um, garbage?" I said innocently. Rob gave me a confused look.
"NO! A condom wrapper! What the hell has been going on in my house?!" Mom shrieked at me. Oops. Guess we should throw those away better. I started to think of a something to say, but then I got pissed. "How the hell do you know it was mine? How do you know it's not from Mike or Douglas?" I asked her, anger radiating off of my voice.
I heard mom stutter in the background. Clearly, that had not occured to her, and now I knew it. "So, let me get this straight. You found the condom wrapper, assumed said wrapper was a result of Rob and I having sex in your house, and without even thinking it was someone else, you just call me up and start yelling at me, am I right?" By now, Rob was the same color as a mulberry. I heard mom say somethin incoherently, and I said, "Bye mom." and hung up.
"Well, that was interesting." I said, resuming our walking around the hotel. We stopped at the pool and I started cracking up. There was no real reason for it. I just got a mental image of my mom pulling out the wrapper. Now that's comedy right there.
"We really have to throw those away better." Rob said before I dived into the pool. I came up and said, "Yeah. But at least all she found was the wrapper." This earned me a glare from Rob and an enormous splash as he dived in next to me.
Rob and I were practically the only people in the pool. It was great. There was some middle aged woman, sitting at a table, writing on a laptop, and an college-aged guy wandering around, but we were the only ones in the actual pool. We stayed in there for a little while before getting out and laying down on one of the big chaise lounge chairs to dry off.
"Rob, Jess, time to come in." Jill yelled, sounding more like a parent. I groaned. "Jill, you sound like my mother." I said as we walked in. Rob and I collapsed on the sofa in the main room and flicked on the TV. As usual, there was nothing on. That was OK though. I liked just laying there with my head in Rob's lap and his arms around me. Very comfortable.
Jill fell asleep about an hour later, probably from jet lag since it was only, like, seven. Allan followed her around nine-ish. Rob and I were the only ones awake, and of course, took advantage of that. Rob smothered my screams with his lips so we wouldn't wake them up, but it was so good, I didn't care. We both fell asleep, and I hoped no one saw us laying on the fold-out sofa bed during the night. If they had, they would have seen more of us than was professional.
