Title: Everything You Thought You Knew
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.
Author's Note: This is a very short chapter, but the next one will be coming soon. Promise!
"Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear." –Dashboard Confessional
It was scary. And intense. And perfect. I had almost forgot that I wasn't 18 anymore. I had more experience, now. That old innocence was long gone.
I suppose it was inevitable, really. Lost lovers, reunited. That's been in a million movie scripts. And when don't they sleep together? The movies paled in comparison to what I just experienced with Jesse. It really was perfect.
But it also took the perfection out of something else. Alex. It was almost painful to think of all the destruction that had just happened.
I was still lying in my bed, next to Jesse. "You still leaving?"
He turned and looked at me seriously. "How could I? Are you still getting married?"
I didn't answer. He didn't push it. Instead, he spoke several minutes later. "What have done with this Susannah?"
"I don't know. But how can I get married?"
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Alex's POV
I picked up the phone, and dialed the number I found for the Pebble Beach Hotel and Golf Resort. I got a room number for my friend, and promptly dialed that.
"Jordan? It's Alex. I need a favor."
"Sure thing."
"Remember Suze? My fiancée? She's staying with her parents in Carmel Hills."
"Ok."
"Keep an eye on her for me, will you, Jordan?"
"Ah," He said knowingly. "Will do."
I hung up the phone. Excellent. I knew Susannah Simon. I knew her well enough to realize that something was going on. Maybe she got in a fight with her mom, or her stepbrother. But I doubted it. The suspicion that had started in the back of my mind was growing ever stronger.
I had a distinct feeling this was all about that Jesse guy she's always whispering about with Cee-Cee when she thinks I'm not looking. The reason her eyes mist over when the sun sets. The reason she doesn't like to be on the beach at night. The reason she's so happy to spend time In Carmel.
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Suze's POV
You know how you wait for something, for so long, and you picture it, and picture it, and when it finally happens, it's even better than you thought it would be? Well that's kind of how this was.
Sex. It was a huge thing in high school. Not surprisingly, good old Kelly Prescott had done it first. College, it was a normal, every day thing. I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't spent a lot of time imagining sex involving me and Jesse before he moved on. And after that.
Ok, up until now. Because now it had happened. And it was, as I said, perfect.
But reality set in. Kissing was one thing. Sex was a whole other. That changed all the relationships.
Or maybe not. This was supposed to happen during engagements, right? You get everything out of your system? But how can you possibly get married if you've been with someone else.
"That's not even the issue." I said out loud.
"What isn't the issue?"
I turned, until I could see Jesse. I looked right into his eyes. "I love you."
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Jesse's POV
There it was. She had said it. They were small words, and few words, but they were the only words that would ever matter.
She still loved me. I had known, yet I needed to hear it.
But I could tell that she still wanted to get married. It was honorable, and I had always prided myself on being honorable. So I should be able to understand this. To accept it. But it's not that simple.
I didn't trust Alex. From what I had heard from her friend Gina, who was an excellent source of information, as loud as she was, he was not a man deserving of Susannah.
But then again, maybe I wasn't either. It was so hard to know.
Author's Note: Ok. We need your opinion. Would you rather have Alex as a nice guy who gets screwed over for true love, a creepy phsyco who will do anything to keep Suze and Jesse apart or an acceptable guy with a jealous streak? Let us know.
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.
Author's Note: This is a very short chapter, but the next one will be coming soon. Promise!
"Screaming infidelities, and taking its wear." –Dashboard Confessional
It was scary. And intense. And perfect. I had almost forgot that I wasn't 18 anymore. I had more experience, now. That old innocence was long gone.
I suppose it was inevitable, really. Lost lovers, reunited. That's been in a million movie scripts. And when don't they sleep together? The movies paled in comparison to what I just experienced with Jesse. It really was perfect.
But it also took the perfection out of something else. Alex. It was almost painful to think of all the destruction that had just happened.
I was still lying in my bed, next to Jesse. "You still leaving?"
He turned and looked at me seriously. "How could I? Are you still getting married?"
I didn't answer. He didn't push it. Instead, he spoke several minutes later. "What have done with this Susannah?"
"I don't know. But how can I get married?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~
Alex's POV
I picked up the phone, and dialed the number I found for the Pebble Beach Hotel and Golf Resort. I got a room number for my friend, and promptly dialed that.
"Jordan? It's Alex. I need a favor."
"Sure thing."
"Remember Suze? My fiancée? She's staying with her parents in Carmel Hills."
"Ok."
"Keep an eye on her for me, will you, Jordan?"
"Ah," He said knowingly. "Will do."
I hung up the phone. Excellent. I knew Susannah Simon. I knew her well enough to realize that something was going on. Maybe she got in a fight with her mom, or her stepbrother. But I doubted it. The suspicion that had started in the back of my mind was growing ever stronger.
I had a distinct feeling this was all about that Jesse guy she's always whispering about with Cee-Cee when she thinks I'm not looking. The reason her eyes mist over when the sun sets. The reason she doesn't like to be on the beach at night. The reason she's so happy to spend time In Carmel.
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Suze's POV
You know how you wait for something, for so long, and you picture it, and picture it, and when it finally happens, it's even better than you thought it would be? Well that's kind of how this was.
Sex. It was a huge thing in high school. Not surprisingly, good old Kelly Prescott had done it first. College, it was a normal, every day thing. I'd be lying if I told you I hadn't spent a lot of time imagining sex involving me and Jesse before he moved on. And after that.
Ok, up until now. Because now it had happened. And it was, as I said, perfect.
But reality set in. Kissing was one thing. Sex was a whole other. That changed all the relationships.
Or maybe not. This was supposed to happen during engagements, right? You get everything out of your system? But how can you possibly get married if you've been with someone else.
"That's not even the issue." I said out loud.
"What isn't the issue?"
I turned, until I could see Jesse. I looked right into his eyes. "I love you."
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Jesse's POV
There it was. She had said it. They were small words, and few words, but they were the only words that would ever matter.
She still loved me. I had known, yet I needed to hear it.
But I could tell that she still wanted to get married. It was honorable, and I had always prided myself on being honorable. So I should be able to understand this. To accept it. But it's not that simple.
I didn't trust Alex. From what I had heard from her friend Gina, who was an excellent source of information, as loud as she was, he was not a man deserving of Susannah.
But then again, maybe I wasn't either. It was so hard to know.
Author's Note: Ok. We need your opinion. Would you rather have Alex as a nice guy who gets screwed over for true love, a creepy phsyco who will do anything to keep Suze and Jesse apart or an acceptable guy with a jealous streak? Let us know.