Ch 19; Parté
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Ch 19
Suze's POV
YES, Crissi wasn't going to be here!
We pulled up to Kelly's mansion and the place was WAY too crowded for my liking. And loud. I think that's how the way things go at a party, right? It's crowded and lots of people are drinking booze and the music's super loud. I mean I NEVER used to get invited to major popular parties…only sleepovers that involved Gina and I and her brothers…what a fun life, huh.
It was like that at Brad's party that one time where Paul and Jesse broke the china cabinet. I guess mom didn't know that the two guys she thought I liked were responsible for it or else she wouldn't let them come over, period.
"SUZE, I'M-GOADING-DUDE-STARK-THE-BAR, DAY-BEER-HAND-I'LL-BEE-WRITE-SLACK!" Dopey, err, Brad shouted.
Damn, I didn't know his English was THAT bad. It was like he was talking caveman language. Except he was the only caveman here that was dressed in a tux which I'm assuming is what they wear? Wait, he WAS the only bimbo of the bunch. Not me.
People can't "stark" bars and Brad should NOT be drinking beer if that's what he said.
To make sure I heard him correctly, I yelled, "HUH?"
Dopey, I mean, Brad rolled his eyes from the driver's seat and yelled back right in my ear, "Suze, stay freaking here, I'm going to park the car, stay here and I'll be write back!"
OOOOOOOOOHH! I didn't know! Heck, I need a hearing aid, remember?
Where was Jesse? Wasn't he supposed to be here with us in the car?
I mentioned to Dopey, I mean, Brad earlier about Jesse and he shrugged it off.
"Okay, whatever. Don't take too long." I shouted and CeeCee and I both got out of the car. I watched Dopey, I mean Brad, (I'm trying to refer to him THEM by their names since people have been looking at me oddly and slowly and nonchalantly trying to slink away from me in public gatherings. After the party, they asked who the HELL was Jesse and I couldn't explain without them not just slinking away but RUNNING away from me) go down Millionaire Mansion's Road.
Oh Jesse, where are you! You can't abandon me now!
Thou shall wait for thee with thine eyes?
Oh whatever.
CeeCee looked at herself and spun around so that the bangs I left out twirled around. "You sure I look good?"
Obviously CeeCee wasn't use to going to parties. "Yeah, you look fine, no one can recognize you!"
Bad thing to say…
CeeCee glared at me. "Thanks…"
I shrugged, completely in thought of Jesse. "No problem."
A group of "doable" seniors passed and one (the ugliest one) whistled low and long. "Hey babe, want to go to the make-out room with me?" he asked CeeCee and SLAPPED HER BUTT.
CeeCee looked offended but then she looked confident. I guess she, LIKED having her butt slapped?
"No thank you," she said coldly, attagirl CEECEE, but you should have bitch slapped him, "I'm waiting for someone."
The senior dude's friends hooted and then the senior dude punched the nearest one. "Shut the BEEP up." And he stalked off.
One of the guys eyed me (Including my chest area and I felt my fingers itch to do the sign of the cross, even though I not exactly Catholic) and winked and I felt myself turn red.
"See, I told you that you looked good."
"Yeah, same to you, did you like it when they slapped your butt? DO YOU ACTUALLY LIKE WHEN THEY DO THAT?"
"Not at all, actually…"
"I'm sure you hated it."
Someone interrupted our little conversation.
Three guesses on whom that was. Here's the hint:
"I got the best parking space, its right next to Debbie's Mustang. Okay, let's go now, I've got to find her before she goes all Jiffy Lube on another guy, she hasn't even done it to me! CeeCee, for an albino, you don't look too bad tonight. Suze, you being my stepsister, I have to say that you look like a babe. If you weren't my step I'd ask you out."
SLAAAAAPPPPPPPP!
SSSSSSSSSSSSLLLAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPP!
(Mine was slap number two! BOOYAH!)
(A/N: ROSES going that wayà à - )
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Music loud.
Too many peoplebad.
Earsgoing bad. NEED HEARING AID. Cannot hear CeeCee who is right next to me.
CeeCeelooks good because of yours truly. She got ten butt slappings and no one recognized her as CeeCee Webb, editor of the school newspaper. Need a makeover? Come to Susannah Simon for FREE!
JesseNOT HERE. NOOOO!
Melooks like a freak because of CeeCee. I got fifteen butt slappings but they who butt slap got one back on the cheek, not butt cheek, cheek. As in the things on your face that your grandmother likes to pinch since she's so jealous that yours don't wobble
Bradlost all sense of hearing, taste, feel, and most importantly, common sense. (I don't think he had any but oh well)
Adamnot here yet. (Why aren't the guys I KNOW and WANT here here!)
PaulNOT HERE, YEAH BABY! Thank GOD ALMIGHTY he is not here. Probably having fun with a couple of girls that are unfortunately in his grasp and lair.
Father Domwas here, invited by Mr. and Mrs. Prescott to bless the house. It's obvious that they don't care really what happens but just wants to look good. He saw me here and poured holy water all over the ground around me and got my dress wet. HEY, this OUTFIT was PRETTY expensive! And it's not like I'll be doing it and IF I Do (An obvious no no) I would NOT do it on the ground in the middle of a dance floor. No thank you
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(A/N: I'm going to try to do this in present form so bear with me)
CeeCee is trying to find Adam and show off her new no glasses look. I'm here trying to find Jesse. Did he ditch me? Why isn't he here? Suze, don't get in over your head about a GUY. STOP it Suze, wake up smell the coffee and don't act like this…
There's a long silence in my brain when suddenly a thought pops up.
I want my Jesse!
I look around and I see Kelly. "Hey Suze, wow, you look, great."
I heave my swimming stuff onto my shoulder a little higher. "Thanks, hey, where's the swimming pool?"
Kelly shrugs slightly. She is wearing a pretty prom dress (Not as pretty as MINE) that is black and strapless and she has a blue bikini under it. "Daddy's getting it ready since there's some drinking at the party. Then we'll all go swimming, we're going to have a GROUP gathering for Truth or Dare and Seven Minutes in Heaven and all that sht and yeah."
Ah…interesting, okay. I watched as Kelly studied my outfit menacingly and then she asks sharply, "How'd you afford that? I'm way richer and I still don't buy it since my dad won't let me."
I smile mockingly. "Well last summer, I worked at Pebble Beach, I got a good pay and I haven't used it. But it's all MY money and I've still got three thousand left." Okay, so I lie, oh well. "My Step-dad would NEVER buy things that are expensive for me so I buy it myself."
Good going Suze, very good. Kelly gives me the cold eye and then she smiled coldly.
"Cool, where's your DATE, are you going single?"
I knew her niceness wouldn't stay forever.
"Oh, I've got a date, he's my roomie, he sleeps in my room and he's coming, I'll make him meet you."
I wave goodbye, telling Kelly that I had to find Jesse and I leave.
Where IS Jesse?
(A/N: I feel rosy)
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Half an Hour later…
(A/N: Okay, back to past tense)
"INTRODUCING…THE ONE AND ONLY…EVANESCENCE!"
We all started yelling and screaming. For real, Evanescence was here? YAY, maybe I could get Amy's autograph!
I joined in the screaming and as I looked for Evanescence, I saw CeeCee standing alone.
I went to her. "CeeCee, what's wrong?" I cocked my head. "Is it Adam? Is he here?"
That jerk, I thought. You see, I wasn't too happy the day he saw me with, Jesse.
CeeCee sighed and I saw that her eyes were watery. "You were wrong, Adam would never notice me." She turned to leave when I saw a guy in a tux sprint towards her.
"Hey, have you seen CeeCee, my girlfriend? She's my date and…" OH, HOW SWEET, he admitted it RIGHTIN FRONT OF CEECEE. Who's the BALLER now CeeCee? Who was right?
"CeeCee, is that you?" he squinted at CeeCee.
She quickly turned to face me, mouthed, "HE CALLED ME HIS GF!" tried to wipe her eyes the best she could and then she faced him.
"Hey Adam." She said bluntly.
Adam looked amazed then looked at me. "What did you do to Cee?" he joked. Completely ignoring me, he studied CeeCee's outfit.
"Wow, CeeCee, I'm sorry, but you, you-you're a…babe." He breathed. He gained his composure and kissed CeeCee's cheek (Not her butt cheek stupid, well, she's having a lucky day, all cause of ME! Me, hello, but does ANYONE notice me? Nope, Natta.)
Then he did something that no Adam McTavish I knew would do. He asked CeeCee to dance to the song, "Haunted" by Evanescence. The one radio's don't play at all even if it rocks (A/N: waves CD around hysterically, does a jitterbug dance and yells, "I HAVE IT!")
CeeCee smiled and said yes and Adam hooked his arm with her. He looked at me and turned red. "What did you do to her, Suze? Whatever you did, keep it up, 'because I have the most perfect girl, no offense Suze but you have that guy you were Frenching in that house."
Then he and CeeCee vanished into the crowd.
"Cinderella…Cinderella…"
Shut up brain. I went up on the stage to watch Amy sing and the dudes play guitar and drums.
Then Amy started singing.
"Long, lost words, whispered slowly...to me…still can't find what keeps me here…"
I just wanted to go home! Why this song, what if people were once affected by people like that, huh?
"When all this time I've been so hollow inside, I know you're still there…Watching me, wanting me…I can feel you pull me down…fearing you, loving you, I won't let you pull me down…hunting you…I can smell you…alive…your heart pounding in my head…Watching me…wanting me…I can feel you pull me down. Saving me…raping me…watching me…"
Okay, that DEFINITELY described Paul…let's see…he whispers crap in my ears…I use to think Jesse hated me, I was hollow…Paul wants me, he's pulling me down into hell with him, I'm scared of him, at first I loved him, he's stalking/hunting me…well, he doesn't sniff me, yeah, he's alive. His "heart" (NOW JESSE HAS ONE, oh yeah!) he saved me from that one dude that one time when the police questioned me…
After my minute of thoughts, the song ended and everyone started clapping and yelling like monkeys in a zoo.
Then guess what song they play?
MY IMMORTAL. That's right. And I'm SINGLE and they EXPECT ME TO SLOW DANCE WITH SOMEONE OR SOMETHING?
Joy…
"I'm so tired of being here…suppressed by all of my childish fears…and if you have to leave…I wish that you would just leave…" It's the radio version. Joy…
I look around at the dance floor and I see people either snogging and giving each other hickeys or laughing at me since I'm in a pretty dress, single, on the brightly lit stage, squinting into the sea of people.
Yeah, I guess they do have a reason to be like that.
Then suddenly, I hear it and the music just seems to stop. Which it does. I guess Amy saw him and keeled over or something because of his looks and that Ben dude or whatever stopped to pick her up.
"Querida?"
JESSE!
I whirl around to see Jesse on Kelly Prescott's HUGE staircase, high above me and everyone else, (They are ALL looking at him and stop kissing and crap) wearing a guy blouse thingy that was buttoned half-way to reveal his beautiful tan abs…he has a bag with him which I was assuming that was his swim trunks and he was wearing the sexiest pants, I swear that they fitted him perfectly. They were faded loose denim jeans and his hands were in his pockets. He looked like Shane West or Orlando Bloom or Chad Michael Murray (If you don't know them, think of a hottie you know of or a famous CUTE, EXTREMELY CUTE GUY) because he looked so casual just walking down the stairs towards me on the stage, with everyone eyeing him.
HE'S MINE VULTURES, BACK OFF!
His eyes were dark and BEAUTIFUL and his hair looked gelled and it was BEAUTIFUL and his lips were nice and BEAUTIFUL and…
I sighed. He was a god. That was the best way to describe him. A God.
"Susannah…" Jesse said quietly and he came towards me and held my hands.
Jesse looked so HOT! I could barely speak. When I did, I asked, "Why are you late?"
Jesse looked guilty. "I took a ride with Adam, I was late because-"
I covered his mouth with my hand. "You know what, forget it. Let's just," I looked around. Did I just ruin the party or something because no one was dancing, there was NO music, it was SUPER QUIET...so quiet that I thought for a moment that I didn't need a hearing aid and everyone was looking at Jesse and me. People whispered and shot me death glares.
They were all vultures, including what they said.
"Why does SHE get the hotties? And why not ME, I totally deserve them all!"
"Why haven't I seen him in school?"
"Is he from RLS?"
"No way, I would have seen him."
"His butt is GORGEOUS."
"OoOh, Latino hottie alert!"
"Tongue her dude!"
"Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her…kiss her, kiss her…" that was a chant.
Soon, everyone was chanting that I noticed that Jesse looked kind of flushed. "Jesse, let's just dance."
Jesse nodded and looked at the stage. Amy finally got up and they continued singing "My Immortal", now that I had a guy all over again. Was I a diva or something?
"I'm so tired of being here…suppressed by all…my childish fears…and if you have to leave…I wish that you would just leave. Because your presence still lingers here…and it won't leave me alone."
I was with Jesse. I was with Jesse. His arms were around my waist and he pulled me TIGHTLY against him, think hipsters close. My arms were around his neck and I had a feeling that people were looking at the "hot new couple".
Don't pass out Suze…whatever you do Suze, Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT PASS OUT, no matter how he brushes his mouth against your face or whispers in that seductive voice of his. But this moment was too sweet! Don't look into those dark pools that are his eyes…
"These wounds don't seem to heal…this pain is just too real, there's just too much that time cannot erase. When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears…and I've held your hand through all of these years…but you still have…all of me…"
I looked up from my feet to see Jesse's face two inches away from mine. I looked into those dark eyes…
And I got lost.
I was stuck in his eyes that said, "I truly do love you." Even if he never told me. This moment wasn't made for words. It was one of those times where you didn't need words to express this…emotion that I felt just now.
I trusted Jesse completely. He wouldn't hurt me if he loved me…
Love is where you can't resist your inner emotions, right?
"You used to captivate me by your resonating light. But now I'm bound by the life you left behind. Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams, your voiced it chased away all the sanity in me."
Too true…all I thought about was Jesse…
"These wounds won't seem to heal…this pain is just too real. There's too much that time cannot erase."
Would this happen if Jesse ever, ever did hurt me? I looked into his eyes but all I saw was love.
"When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I've held your hand through all of these years, but you still…have all of me…
"I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone. And though you're still with me. I've been alone all along.
"You cried I'd wiped away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I've held your hand through all of these years. But you still have…all of me…"
Then the song ended, everyone clapped and Evanescence left the stage.
I didn't notice though. I was busy watching Jesse's mouth as it was descending…
Slowly…so slowly that I had enough time to close my eyes and loosen my mouth.
It was better than the time Tad kissed me because this was right. I was with the perfect guy in the world and as I felt his tongue I let it in and his hands went to my face, caressing it ever so gently. It was like an instinct as my hand naturally went to his neck.
I didn't notice that everyone was staring at me since after all; I was in a dream world. This was perfect.
Everything was perfect. This was so surreal. It was as if we didn't need to breathe because our kiss lasted ten minutes (Kelly timed us with envy,) I guess Jesse still wasn't use to the whole breathing thing and when we finally broke apart, Jesse was breathing deeply and he mumbled that he forgot to breath.
(A/N: HOW DO YOU GET ITALICS, BOLDS AND UNDERLINES? SORRY IF I DO THIS BUT I JUST WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH TO THOSE WHO DO KNOW HOW, SORRY!)
I laughed slightly when he said this.
Everyone started clapping and I wondered why.
"Dude," Brad guffawed, "You beat the school record for five minutes! Yours was ten!"
Oh yeah, something to be proud of.
"Suze, who is this?"
"Yeah, what's his name?"
Should I really have told them?
I didn't. I only told CeeCee the whole story and she believed it. The story with Jesse being a ghost, me being a mediator and him coming to life.
"WOW." Was all she said after I finished.
Yeah, wow. Jesse coming to life was a miracle that I really did believe was. Maybe I wasn't giving Jesus enough credit…
From now on, I solemnly swear that I shall be a good Catholic.
"POOL TIME!" Kelly yelled and I kissed Jesse goodbye and I went to the girls' locker room to change. Yeah, she had a LOCKER ROOM. Bizarre, huh.
Five minutes later, Fifteen guys got bitched slapped by CeeCee and twelve by me, harder of course after we changed into those skimpy swim suits that we bought and I must admit, they are awesome. Just the straps are…yeah.
Seriously.
Pool time, okay, everyone was playing volleyball, (The Prescott's had their own BEACH thingy) tongue (With their date, I stuck to volleyball. Jesse was the captain and guess who he chose first? I wonder…) swimming and crud. CeeCee just watched since it was still bright outside and she couldn't get her sensitive skin to sunlight. Adam (That lucky dog) stayed with her.
How faithful.
"Fourteen serving five, game point." I yelled and I served the ball. Kelly spiked it back over to us and Jesse bumped it back over. It hit the sand on the other side.
We won.
Again.
"BOOYAH!" I yelled and Jesse and I high-fived our team members. More that I did really since Jesse just smiled. He wasn't even winded.
"Want to play again?" Jesse challenged and Kelly shook her head and gazed lovingly at Jesse.
He ignored IT while I steamed. No one gawks at my man but ME. ME! Not anyone else, just ME.
Kelly noticed that I was kind of upset looking and frowned slightly (Even when she frowns she's better looking than me, I don't get it) then grinned. She beckoned Debbie over and they both laughed. Debbie whispered something to a senior at RLS High and he grinned stupidly.
I ignored this and turned to talk to Jesse.
"So, Jesse, any plans on what we're going to do next?"
Jesse looked happy. "This is so much fun. I like this sport, volleyball is it?"
I nodded. "Yeah, whatever, thanks lover boy for coming."
Jesse gave me a quizzical look then shrugged. "It was the least I could do after…"
I didn't hear him because what was next was disaster, so bad that I didn't know what was coming.
I felt someone grab my waist (NO ONE TOUCHES ME BUT JESSE!) and untie the top portion of my two-piece. I gasped the senior lifted it triumphantly over his head. He studied it and told the world how it was a size 36B.
I heard laughter and I swore under my breath.
HATE TIE ONS!
I blushed furiously as guys hooted and I covered my chest quickly. I looked up to apologize to Jesse for flashing him and the rest of the popular human body when I noticed that he looked really upset. That one special muscle in his jaw was working.
"WHOOHOO, turn around let me look at you!"
At first he blocked me from everyone's view of me then he stormed over to that senior who was holding my top and I cowered in embarrassment. I was scared about what Jesse was going to do. He gets violent when he's upset. Believe me, I know.
Jesse was a foot taller him and two feet taller than me so as he towered over him, he yelled that he apologized to me and gives it back before Jesse took matters into his own hands such as using some fist, like me.
Why am I acting like such a damsel in distress?
I think it's because of CeeCee and her makeover powers.
Die CeeCee die.
To top it off, he started fuming in Spanish and started swearing in Spanish.
Jesse is very intimidating when he wants to be.
The senior mumbled sorry to me and handed it to Jesse. I turned red. Great, everyone knows the size of my umph umphs and that was not good.
Jesse turned red a little. "Not to me, apologize to her and hand her top to her. I'm not the one you humiliated. Whose idea was this?"
Jesse looked around and no one spoke.
The senior pointed to Debbie and Kelly and they played innocent but I knew better. So did Jesse because I read his thoughts and he thought, "Never thinking women like that are nice and conservative." As he eyed Debbie's beach thong.
Senior dude then handed to me my top and I grabbed it. He muttered, "Sorry" then turned to yell at Debbie.
Jesse, shielding me, (A/N: AW, how sweet) and avoiding looking, there, lead me to the girls' locker room and let me change in peace. I was so humiliated. People knew my SIZE now! SO DID MY FUTURE BOYFRIEND.
I hid inside one of the toilet stalls and sat there for a while. I lost track of time but I knew it was a while since the sun was setting.
"Susannah? Are you alright? You've been in there for half an hour, querida."
It was Jesse. I couldn't leave him out there forever.
I came out. Was this day completely ruined?
It wasn't.
I saw Jesse looking so sweet and hot that I almost broke down. He was so kind, so perfect, what was WRONG with this guy?
Nothing.
"Jesse, they know my size now!" I wailed and I flung myself into his arms.
He hugged me tightly. "Shh…querida, it's alright, I'm here, and I'll protect you from those…people."
I clutched his forearm and snuggled against his warm CHEST. No shirt, just his tan skin.
I looked out and saw the sun sinking over the horizon, casting a beautiful light all around, over the heavens and on our faces.
"Jesse, it's beautiful."
"Just like you."
I looked at him.
He thought I was beautiful.
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"Suze, you alright?" Someone called.
It was CeeCee. She came into view, gasping for breath. I let go of Jesse's arm and I walked over to her sparing her few breaths.
I was out of my bikini and I tied it in a knot. I didn't want to go back into the water. Besides, it was Truth or Dare/Spin the Bottle/Seven Minutes in Heaven time and all those other lame games.
"Gosh, how mortifying!" she said and hugged me. "It's okay, we're in the house. People forgot about it."
"Really?" I sniffed.
"Yeah, come on, let's go in. You too Jesse."
Jesse and I followed CeeCee.
"Where's Prince Charming?" I asked.
"Shut up, he's inside getting food for us all if you wanted to know."
"Ah, sure…probably preparing the water bed."
"Shut up!"
"When you pounce on him you both are going to go flying off."
"Buzz off," She, being a journalist, said the other buzz, the one that begins with P.
Hehee…I'm good.
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"SPIN, SPIN, SPIN, SPIN!" Everyone chanted as Kelly spun the beer bottle. At least, everyone ELSE was chanting. Don't ask me why I stayed; I didn't have a ride home since CeeCee was staying with Adam, Brad with Debbie, and Jesse didn't bring a car, heck he didn't even HAVE a car.
Rules:
If it lands on a guy and you're a guy same to girls, don't kiss them unless you two are both gay/lesbian
In between spins get another spin
Must kiss on the mouth, neck, or chest region (EW) or down THERE (DITTO EW)
Kisses can't last too long
Kelly closed her eyes and spun the bottle professionally. It landed on-
Dope-I mean, Brad.
I know how he really feels about Debbie and Kelly. He truly loves Kelly but just is "going out" with Debbie.
Brad opened his mouth in shock then grinned. He looked at his cronies and they all cheered him on. Brad rubbed his hands together.
"Come to Papa…"
Kelly applied lip gloss on then leaned forward to kiss him.
EWWWW! GROSS! NO DETAIL.
"Okay, Brad, your turn!" Kelly said after she had kissed him.
Brad grinned stupidly and spun the bottle. It landed on-
Adam.
"Okay, next girl."
Oh, the rules are no gay/lessies here.
Brad spun again and got senior dude, then he got his crony.
"What the hell?"
He spun again and it landed on CeeCee.
She blinked and looked at Brad. He didn't look too happy but rules were rules. He leaned forward and kissed her on the lips. Like I said rules were rules, the rules were no gay dudes, hit between spin again, and must go for the mouth, neck, or chest. And we would play until seven. It was 6:57. Plus the kisses could not last for over two seconds. People would keep track of the time.
(a/n: HOW DO YOU GET ITALICS AND BOLDS AND UNDERLINES!)
Gay, huh.
What happened next was so bad that I had to cover my eyes. Well, Brad went overboard but CeeCee punched him.
It was grosser than what I thought it would be.
Brad rubbed his cheek and looked sullen.
CeeCee's turn!
She spun and like I said, this was her lucky day. She got Adam.
CeeCee kissed him all over (EW) and then it was a very wet Adam's turn. He spun, and he got…
Me.
I looked at him and then at the bottle. Then at him, then back at the bottle. Then at him again one last time, then the bottle.
Adam had to follow the rules.
Why couldn't he break them like the kid he is?
I scrunched up my eyes and we kissed on the mouth and I felt Jesse shifted next to me. I knew how he thought about kissing and crap. (No comment, just very minty)
Then I spun the bottle. It landed on Jesse. Wow, my day was going pretty good. Neglecting the bikini incident.
So we kissed a little longer than necessary (Kelly had to pry Jesse's face off mine) and then Jesse spun the bottle; Kelly. He blinked then blinked again. He looked at the watch and grinned. "Time's up, we have to start Truth or Dare."
Kelly looked heartbroken but then she said, "I'll get you then. Payback time…"
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"Kelly, Truth or Dare." Brad asked. Kelly looked at her fingernails nonchalantly.
"Both." She flicked dirt off her perfectly manicured nails.
"Okay, who do you like is your truth and your Dare is to flash us." Brad said cheerfully. Gosh, what a pervert. I saw all these nudie magazines under his bed, (Don't ask, he told me that this book of mine was in his room somewhere and almost everything is stacked under his bed, seriously. A surfboard, pizza, socks, shoes…) NOT PRETTY.
Kelly grinned and then said, "I like that guy Suze is going out with," I clenched my teeth, "and I'll gladly do the dare."
What a whore! I thought as she flashed us ALL. Okay, not a pretty sight, for us women at least who are not curved. I noticed that Jesse had squinted and pulled an invisible something from his eye and ended up closing it while the rest of the guys looked impressed. She wasn't even wearing a BRA.
It was Kelly's turn. She pulled down her shirt and straightened it. "Jesse, Truth or Dare."
"Truth," Jesse gave a look that was like, "WHY ME GOD!" and he looked at Kelly cautiously.
"Okay, in truth, would you have sex with Suze if you love her so much, I mean, it's obvious that you don't like anything feminine and you always are "protecting" her."
WHY THIS QUESTION WHEN I'M IN THE ROOM! What a freak.
Jesse looked at me when he answered this. He turned red. "If she wanted me to, I would and if we were married. But doing it just to have sex is not right, and I'm also a good Catholic and I wouldn't do that. What we are doing isn't right either."
It was Jesse's turn to ask. I really hoped he had thought of something truly embarrassing for Kelly or someone.
"Brad, truth or dare."
"Dare."
"I want you to confess your true feelings for Debbie and Kelly."
Brad blanched. "I err…," Kelly and Debbie shifted a little. "I, oh look at the time! It's eight, time for Seven Minutes in Heaven, to the big walk-in closet!"
And he left. Okay…it's so obvious that he wasn't telling something because even Debbie noticed something.
"He DOES like me, right?"
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"Same question that Suze's lover boy asked, what are your true feelings for me?"
That was Debbie. You know the rules to SMH (Seven Minutes in Heaven)
A person asks you a question and if you don't tell them or if you answer negatively (Like saying no) you have to go in a closet with the person who asked you and who knows what a teenager would do in a closet with a member of the opposite sex for seven minutes (You're supposed to kiss for seven minutes nonstop but most teenagers go…overboard) and if all goes swell and the way you want it, that's heaven for you right there. Plus you're locked in so you can't do anything.
But the big closet has a light in it and birth control pills and condoms in case you go overboard.
Brad didn't answer so he ended up going in a closet with Debbie the Slut for seven minutes.
One minute, you hear commotion, two minutes, you hear bumping around and people press their ears to the door. Three minutes and I heard a lot of groaning and four minutes later, they came out all in disarray and it scared me.
"We went to third base." Debbie announced proudly as she threw out a CONDOM. Okay, I am SO scared and I was about to leave but number one, once you come you don't leave until the party's over which is tomorrow afternoon and everyone noticed.
"Suze's guy, it's your turn." Debbie said as she wiped her mouth. I think she gave my stepbrother a jiffy lube.
GROSS.
Knowing Jesse, he'd ask a question for me and he did. How predictable.
"Susannah, you don't love me?"
I stared at him. I DON'T LOVE HIM! WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT? But if I answered no, I do love you I'd have to go in a closet but if I didn't answer him I'd have to go in the closet and if I said I didn't love him that would be a lie.
Hmm…
I took a deep breath. "No," Everyone made some sort of a motion ("SHE SAID NO, SHE HAS TO GO IN THE CLOSET WITH THE HOTTIE!"), "I do love you, a lot."
Jesse smiled slightly, took my hand and we went into the closet which was a clutter of clothes and privacy.
I heard the door lock and I was stuck with Jesse.
"Hi Jesse," I squeaked. "How are you?"
Jesse gave me that mystical smile. "I'm fine," he cupped my face in his hands; "The real question is, are you?"
I smiled back. "Never been better. I really don't mind spending time in a-" I looked around "-closet with you, I'd rather spend time in a closet with you instead of someone else, I mean, I wouldn't want to be stuck in a closet with my stepbrother and it would be freaky if I was stuck with a girl but this closet scares me, I mean, Brad already did something in here and if I don't watch it I'll see cu-"
Jesse put a hand to my mouth. "Am I blabbing?" I asked except it came out like "M I bwabing?"
Jesse smiled again (He's been doing that a lot and hey, smiling is the only way to put it. Not grinning because he doesn't show his teeth and just barely, you see a hint of a smile, like Mona Lisa.) And said, "Yes, you are blabbing but that's alright."
Then he kissed me again, gosh, we've been kissing a lot today.
My hand voluntarily went up to his hair that was kind of hard to put in since he gelled it, so I brought it to his face. Jesse stroked my face gently and I felt his hand on the small of my back but it didn't hurt at all. His hand went up and down my spine so that it tingled and I giggled to myself. "Hey, this is fun!"
I threw my arms around his neck and we both keeled over onto the ground. I swear all we did was kiss but I guess other people thought otherwise.
We kissed a lot until the door opened and everyone was like, "Whoa, Suze, I didn't know you had it in you!" or "SEVEN MINUTES ARE UP, GET OFF HIM SUZE NOW! YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR AN HOUR!"
Hey, he's mine! An hour, really, wow, that long huh, Jesse and I were stuck in a closet and all we did was kiss.
As Kelly would say, "How immature," and I say, "Take it slowly, it's not like we're married."
I guess the position I was in WAS kind of odd looking. Okay, really odd; I had wrapped my legs around Jesse and I was on top of him but I SWEAR that I didn't do anything!
I quickly got up and left the closet to have Jesse go behind me.
I looked at the grandfather clock in the hall and it said one o' clock, our curfew that people willingly agreed to since we had to share a room with the person of your choice; I chose Jesse, Adam chose CeeCee, Brad chose Debbie (Unwillingly) and Kelly was with that RLS guy that stole my top.
(A/N: HOW DO YOU GET ITALICS, BOLDS, AND UNDERLINES!)
Grrr…
We all said goodbye and went to our rooms; Jesse and mine just so happened to have a pretty room with a great view of the ocean with ONE bed, ONE bathroom and ONE everything.
I found that my, excuse me, OUR room was empty so I left to go to the garden. Before I did however, I read a note taped to the door that every door had:
Dear Guest, when going to bed or waking up or getting clothes since you didn't bring any, you MUST wear the clothes provided by the hosts.
Thank you, The Prescott's
Joy…
I went to our room to see a skimpy negligee thingy that was clear in some parts and crap and it was all floral and EW. I tried it on and it was HIGHER than my THIGHS.
Hell no was I wearing that piece of…shoot.
So anyhow, I went outside to the garden. The flowers (Roses, hibiscus, etc) were all blooming and a fountain and a miniature waterfall trickled in the distance. It sounded calming. Just what I needed.
Brick paths crossed all over the garden and it was natural looking as if it had been there for many years and now is slightly overgrown with weeds but it still looks, nice. There were vines on the brick wall and everything was lit up by the moon so that it looked like it was daylight.
A gazebo was to my right and to my left was an elegant bridge over a small pond, obviously customized. Little fireflies or something were everywhere and the air was refreshing. The path (I Love that path!) was picturesque and was like something you'd find in the Secret Garden. There even was a swing that was made of wood and a bench overlooking the view. There were hills and it was really pretty actually, too bad it belonged to Kelly. I looked up and stared and the clear navy sky that had a pretty full yellow, moon shined above me, and someone else.
"Querida?"
I whirled around and saw Jesse with his hands in his pockets.
"Jesse, what are you doing here?" I asked. I thought that Jesse was somewhere else.
"I came here to see the beautiful moon. Isn't this garden so stunning?"
That sounded reasonable. "Really, same here, only I wanted to see the ocean. The view's marvelous."
Jesse smiled in the moonlight and it made him look SO hot.
"Querida, I have to tell you something." By now we had walked to the bridge and we were on it, staring at the waterfall that was sparkly when he said it.
He said it.
The L word.
"Querida, Susannah, I love you." He said softly. I had to rethink about what he said.
"What?" I asked.
"I love you, Susannah Simon and only you, know one else in the world but you."
He loved me. He admitted it to me. Alone, on a bridge, alone.
I looked up at him. Was he lying to me? I had already been hurt by one, would I be hurt by him?
His face was full of love and I knew he wasn't lying. "Jesse, I love you too." I said and he kissed me softly.
On a bridge
Alone
In a pretty garden overlooking a pond
And no one knew about this
Life was perfect
Jesse loved ME!
I felt him touch my face and I knew that he loved me
I really did
And I didn't think about anyone else
But him.
I really do love Jesse de Silva
Only him
And no one can stop that love
Not Paul
Not Crissi
Not ever.
And you want to know something else?
After we had kissed, Jesse took something out of his pocket. It was a little velvet box. He opened it and I saw something gleaming in it. It was gold and had a big diamond on it…
And Jesse then said, "I know this is early but I just want you to know,"
He got down on one knee, looked me in the eye and said in a firm and steady, sure and loving voice, "After you finish college and get a profession,"
I held my breath, "Will you, Susannah Simon, marry me forever and always, faithfully and truly like I would to you?"
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A/N: Dang! What a long chapter, 18 pages LONG! WRITE reviews please! Tell me if this chapter was good. I spent FOREVER on it! Gosh, I didn't know that it would take THAT long, well the homework pile HAS been getting higher and the weather HAS been getting nicer. You be the jury; why is this taking so long? LoL
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