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Chapter 2
My mom and Andy were explaining to me about all the stuff in my room. It was a great room, and I could tell that they had put a lot of work in it. There was just this one little thing that this room could definitely do with out. Sitting on the chair that was built in to the window, was a guy of nineteen or twenty. Of course I was the only one who could see him seeing that he was dead. See, every where I go, the ghosts fallow. Don't they have like some sort of mediator holiday?
"Thank you, Andy. The room is wonderful." If only that ghost would leave. "I guess I'm going to unpack now." Mom bent over and gave me a hug. "Ok, Suzie, I'm glad that you like your room, we'll be downstairs making dinner. If you need any help just give us a call." They left me with my entire luggage to get settled.
I walked over to the window and stared at the guy. He wasn't exactly looking at me, he had his eyes closed and appeared to be deep in thought, so he didn't see me. I shook my head and sat on my bed. "So who are you?"
This seemed to startle the ghost, he looked around the room and then back to me when he noticed that no one else was in the room. "Are you talking to me?" His voice had a hint of a Spanish accent in it. He was wearing very old fashioned clothes, so I guessed that he was he was killed around the 1850's, when this house was built. He was actually pretty cute too, but I still think that Paul was hotter.
"Yes I'm talking to you, do you see anyone else in this room?" now normally I'm not this antsy, but I to change, I had been in this outfit since six this mourning. Not only that, but I was tired.
"How is it that you can see me?" why does every one have to ask that question? "Because I'm a mediator, I help ghosts move on to the next life. In order to do that I have to be able to see them." He sat there starring at me and I couldn't help but wonder how Paul would have taken care of this.
"Look we have to figure out why it is you are still here, so why don't we start at when you died."
"And why do we have to figure it out?" this guy asked me. I should probably find out his name.
"Because we can't exactly have you staying here, now can we." he seemed to take this in but I could be wrong.
"What's your name? I heard that lady call you Suzie" he asked me. "It's Susannah, don't call me Suzie" I hate when people call me Suzie, unless it's my mom. "I'm Jesse." He said
"Ok Jesse lets figure out why you haven't moved on yet."
"What if I don't want to go?" Jesse asked. "Well you're going to have to. This is my room, and I can't have a male living here too." Was it this hard for Paul to get rid of a ghost?
"I have lived here for the past 150 years, why would I want to go?" I hate the stubborn ghost, who cares how cute this guy might be. He can't stay here.
"You're not meant to be here. You're supposed to move on after you die." Jesse started laughing after I said this. I don't know why that was so funny, but it got me mad. I didn't want to hit this guy, not yet at least. So I just gave him a warning kick in the shin, instead. That got him to be quiet. He looked up at me, and he actually looked scared. I mean the guy hasn't been touched in a hundred and fifty years, you would be scared too. I took this to my advantage.
"Look, I'm going to go downstairs for the rest of the night, when I get back you better be gone." I felt like a big jerk as I walked out of that room, I hadn't meant to be so horrible. I walked down stars and found Doc setting the table. Andy walked out of the kitchen caring a plate of something that smelled delicious. "I was just about to call you down. Dinner is ready."
Dinner was something else, let me tell you. It was like eating dinner with three pigs, and two other humans. I mean you should see my step brothers eat! I was surprised that I was actually able to eat. After dinner, we all helped to clear the table. I was surprised when Sleepy said that he had to go off to work.
"When did sle⦠I mean Jake get a job?" I asked.
"He's had it for a while, saving up to buy a new car." My mom said as she raced to answer the phone that was ringing. I walked over to the couch and sat down. Dopey was putting in a movie, and I figured that watching a movie with him was better than going up to my room.
"Suze, the phone's for you." My mom yelled. That's odd, who would be calling me. Gina was most likely out on a date since it was Saturday, it must be grandma calling to make sure that I made it ok. I walked in to the kitchen and saw mom with this huge smile, ok, maybe it's not grandma. "Hello?"
"Hey Suze, its Paul" that explains mom's big smile.
"Hey, I thought you said that you were going to call tomorrow." Well, he had said it, and I thought something might be wrong. "I know, but I couldn't wait, is that ok?" he said. He sounded like a little child, so I couldn't help but laugh. "it's perfectly fine."
"Good, I was thinking about picking you up around nine thirty tomorrow morning so we could go out to breakfast. We would have an earlier start and more time to walk around if we need it."
"Sounds great, hold on one second." I said then set the phone down on the counter. I went over to my mom and made sure that we weren't doing anything tomorrow morning. "No, Suzie, why do you ask." My mom replied "is it okay if I go out to breakfast with a friend?" a slight smile peeked on her face. I knew she would like the idea. "Of course dear." I went back to the phone.
"I'm guessing you are going to need directions up to my house?"
"Yea, but just give me your street address. I don't think you've lived here long enough to give me full directions. I'll get them off of the web." He said with a laugh. "Gee, thanks, I may have just moved here, but it doesn't mean that I don't know my way around." A complete lie. "Uh, uh, what ever you say." I gave Paul my address, not even bothering giving him directions.
"See you tomorrow then, Suze."
"Bye Paul. Nine thirty, right?" I asked "Right. Good night Suze."
"Night" I said, then hung up. I walked back to the couch. I had missed the beginning of the movie but it wasn't a movie I really liked any way. As it turns out I fell asleep shortly after any way. Andy came and woke me up about at about ten. "Why don't you go up to bed? You've had a big day." I nodded my head and went up to my room. To my advantage it was empty. I got out my pajamas and went into my bathroom. You can't be too careful, how am I to know that Jesse won't materialize in right I front of me while I was getting dressed.
I went back out to my bed and got under my covers. I clapped my hands; yes Andy even installed clap-on clap-off lights. I then fell strait into a wonderful land of dreams.
