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Author: Sara and Lizzie
Disclaimer: Meg is God. We borrowed it, don't sue.
Rating: Pg-13, with a possible change.
Summary: Several years after Jesse disappeared, Suze is living in San Francisco, finally leading the normal life she dreamed of when she was a teenager. Until she returns to Carmel for a Fourth of July weekend that changes her life again.
"Have I forgot where I'm coming from, or have I just begun?" -The Starting Line
Andy made a fabulous dinner as usual. We ate it on the picnic on the deck. Brad, Jake and David inhaled food. Gina and I talked; Mom and Andy fussed over insect repelling candles. It was almost like I'd never left.
As we sat there, my gloomy, desperate mood faded. I was able to tell Mom and Andy about the Hilton Hotel I was decorating, go over Maid if Honor details with Gina and joke around with my stepbrothers.
Everything was calm until I heard my cell phone ringing from inside. "It must be Alex." I said, rising to get it.
"It's a shame he couldn't make it." Andy commented as I disappeared inside. I picked up my phone, and looked at the number flashing on the screen. Not Alex, but Father Dominic. Now, most people would find it odd for a 25-year- old girl to have a priest programmed into her phone, but I am still a Mediator, and Father D still knows his stuff.
I scooped up the phone and clicked it on. "Hey Father D." I said.
"Susannah." He said warmly. "Welcome back."
"Thanks."
"There is a truly extraordinary mediation phenomenon in my office. I would really love for you to see it."
I briefly wondered what Father Dom was doing in his office at 8:30 in July with a mediation phenomenon, but I agreed to meet him. Gina offered to go with me, and within ten minutes, we were winding through the open air corridors of the mission.
Gina was talking and I was laughing. Much to my surprise, I was in the best mood I had been in for three days. I was laughing when I knocked twice on Father Dominic's door and swung it open without waiting for a response.
My laughter stopped abruptly as I looked into the office and came face to face with Jesse.
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Jesse's POV
It was agony. I was sitting in the priest's office in pure agony. It had been agony as he called Susannah, but it was even worse waiting for her to arrive.
Father Dominic warned me that her reaction may not be all too pleased, which only elevated my nerves.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, I heard two people walking through the corridor. Susannah. Her companion, I was relieved to realize was a female, whose voice sounded vaguely familiar.
The possessor of that voice was using it in loud, boisterous tones and Susannah was laughing. The noise grew closer and closer until there were two sharp knocks on the door.
The door swung open, and I got my first glimpse at Susannah in all those years. She looked amazing. He shiny chestnut hair spilled over her shoulders, and her emerald eyes still gleamed. She looked older, but still just like my querida. Until she slammed the door in my face.
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Suze's POV
I had no idea what to do. How could I? I mean, I finally manage to put a smile on my face, then the love of my life, whose been gone for like, seven years, shows up in Father D's office?
I couldn't even breathe. So I did the only thing I could do. I slammed the door.
"Dude, Simon what are you doing?" Gina asked. I turned to face her.
"Jesse is in that room."
"Is that who that was? He's hot stuff. Maybe hidden under that stuck up lawyer facade, you do have good taste Suze."
I rolled my eyes. Gina would never leave me alone, just because I'm engaged to a man who, yes, must don a suit before- "You could see him?" I hissed.
"Yea. Pretty easy on the eyes."
She didn't get it. "Gina. He's supposed to be dead."
"Well I definitely saw a hot Latin guy." That did it. I flung the door open again, and as if I had no control over my body, charged in, and stuck a hand on Jesse's chest.
Aside from being just as well toned as I remembered, it was also rising and falling. I grabbed his hand and stuck two fingers on his wrist. A pulse. He's alive. Jesse. Back. Not only back, but alive.
"Oh my God." I whispered. Then I realized just exactly what was happening. And I started to sob.
Author: Sara and Lizzie
Disclaimer: Meg is God. We borrowed it, don't sue.
Rating: Pg-13, with a possible change.
Summary: Several years after Jesse disappeared, Suze is living in San Francisco, finally leading the normal life she dreamed of when she was a teenager. Until she returns to Carmel for a Fourth of July weekend that changes her life again.
"Have I forgot where I'm coming from, or have I just begun?" -The Starting Line
Andy made a fabulous dinner as usual. We ate it on the picnic on the deck. Brad, Jake and David inhaled food. Gina and I talked; Mom and Andy fussed over insect repelling candles. It was almost like I'd never left.
As we sat there, my gloomy, desperate mood faded. I was able to tell Mom and Andy about the Hilton Hotel I was decorating, go over Maid if Honor details with Gina and joke around with my stepbrothers.
Everything was calm until I heard my cell phone ringing from inside. "It must be Alex." I said, rising to get it.
"It's a shame he couldn't make it." Andy commented as I disappeared inside. I picked up my phone, and looked at the number flashing on the screen. Not Alex, but Father Dominic. Now, most people would find it odd for a 25-year- old girl to have a priest programmed into her phone, but I am still a Mediator, and Father D still knows his stuff.
I scooped up the phone and clicked it on. "Hey Father D." I said.
"Susannah." He said warmly. "Welcome back."
"Thanks."
"There is a truly extraordinary mediation phenomenon in my office. I would really love for you to see it."
I briefly wondered what Father Dom was doing in his office at 8:30 in July with a mediation phenomenon, but I agreed to meet him. Gina offered to go with me, and within ten minutes, we were winding through the open air corridors of the mission.
Gina was talking and I was laughing. Much to my surprise, I was in the best mood I had been in for three days. I was laughing when I knocked twice on Father Dominic's door and swung it open without waiting for a response.
My laughter stopped abruptly as I looked into the office and came face to face with Jesse.
~********************************************************~
Jesse's POV
It was agony. I was sitting in the priest's office in pure agony. It had been agony as he called Susannah, but it was even worse waiting for her to arrive.
Father Dominic warned me that her reaction may not be all too pleased, which only elevated my nerves.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, I heard two people walking through the corridor. Susannah. Her companion, I was relieved to realize was a female, whose voice sounded vaguely familiar.
The possessor of that voice was using it in loud, boisterous tones and Susannah was laughing. The noise grew closer and closer until there were two sharp knocks on the door.
The door swung open, and I got my first glimpse at Susannah in all those years. She looked amazing. He shiny chestnut hair spilled over her shoulders, and her emerald eyes still gleamed. She looked older, but still just like my querida. Until she slammed the door in my face.
~***********************************************************~
Suze's POV
I had no idea what to do. How could I? I mean, I finally manage to put a smile on my face, then the love of my life, whose been gone for like, seven years, shows up in Father D's office?
I couldn't even breathe. So I did the only thing I could do. I slammed the door.
"Dude, Simon what are you doing?" Gina asked. I turned to face her.
"Jesse is in that room."
"Is that who that was? He's hot stuff. Maybe hidden under that stuck up lawyer facade, you do have good taste Suze."
I rolled my eyes. Gina would never leave me alone, just because I'm engaged to a man who, yes, must don a suit before- "You could see him?" I hissed.
"Yea. Pretty easy on the eyes."
She didn't get it. "Gina. He's supposed to be dead."
"Well I definitely saw a hot Latin guy." That did it. I flung the door open again, and as if I had no control over my body, charged in, and stuck a hand on Jesse's chest.
Aside from being just as well toned as I remembered, it was also rising and falling. I grabbed his hand and stuck two fingers on his wrist. A pulse. He's alive. Jesse. Back. Not only back, but alive.
"Oh my God." I whispered. Then I realized just exactly what was happening. And I started to sob.