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: The next few chapters are all about the day of Suze and Alex's rehearsal dinner. Pay attention to the times so you know what's going on.
"I'll be your downfall." -Matchbox 20
Day of the Rehearsal Dinner.
11:17 AM.
I am still in thought over my chat with Father Dominic, when Alex enters my room.
He kisses me and sits down, holding my hands in his. "I need to tell you something." He says.
Oh my God. He has to know. "I know that this is the biggest step a couple can take, and it's scary. But I'm so glad I'm taking it with you."
Jesus Christ. It's like the speech from hell. Here he is, telling me this, and I'm planning on breaking up with him sometime before tomorrow. I can't say anything so I smile weakly.
"I love you." He tells me, smiling back.
This is it. This is the moment where I say, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way. Or something equally corny.
Only I don't. "I love you too." Right. Remind me to ask Father D exactly how many commandments I've broken since I got here, and what my chances of getting into Heaven are now.
Ok, so maybe it isn't a commandment, but I'm pretty sure that having sex with your ex boyfriend while your engaged is way frowned upon.
Heaven help me.
12: 04 PM
"He was all like I love you Suze."
"What did you say?"
"I love you too?"
"Damn, Simon, when are you going to learn? You love Jesse right?"
"Of course."
"And you're sleeping with him?"
"Gina, I told you all about it."
"Well, it appears to me that he would be way better in the sack than Alex, and if that doesn't convince you, nothing will."
"Thank you Gina, thanks."
"I'm just saying Suze. Love. Sex. No love. Bad Sex. What are you gonna pick?"
I had to laugh. That was Gina.
12: 48 PM
That was Gina, yes. The comic relief. But she had a point. I was kidding myself if I even tried to compare Alex and Jesse, because there was simply no comparison. There was a knocking at my door, interrupting my musings.
"Come in."
It was David, looking very grim and serious. "Suze, we need to take. I know what's going one. I'm not sure what phenomenon caused Jesse to come back, and I'm seriously perturbed that I can't scientifically explain it."
I smiled. It was nice to know that in a world of constant motion, David seemed to stay the same.
"And I wanted to let you know, that I don't think Alex is as in the dark as he seems to be. He's been spending a lot of time here, alone. Think about it Suze. He's a lawyer."
"David I'm sure that...." I trailed off. IT did make sense.
"Just be careful Suze."
"I will. Promise."
1:09 PM –Alex's POV
"David thinks he knows." Suze's voice pierced the silence of the guest room in her house. There was a pause.
"That's ridiculous Paul. Just because he's a lawyer doesn't mean he's been snooping around my house putting the pieces together."
I scoffed. I didn't realize you could be so naïve, Suze, because that's exactly what I had been doing. And now my suspicions had been almost completely confirmed. There was another long pause. They must have been on the phone. I knelt down next to the vent so as not to miss anything.
"Well it's not like he'd ever guess about Jesse. For God's sakes, even if he had found anything, all he it would be is that the guy's been dead for 155 years. Not exactly big ground for an affair."
She paused again.
"No he has no idea."
"Not exactly I walk around sharing with people Paul. I'm a mediator. I talk to ghosts. I fell in love with one and he just happened to come back to life. About the only thing I could do with that is write a book, and let Oprah call me deranged after she puts it in her book club."
Mediator? Ghost? Incomprehensible. And irrelevant. I knew everything I needed to know. She was having an affair. His name was Jesse. He was a dead man.
And my beloved Suze? Not exactly a dead woman. But don't worry. I wouldn't let her get off easy.
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: The next few chapters are all about the day of Suze and Alex's rehearsal dinner. Pay attention to the times so you know what's going on.
"I'll be your downfall." -Matchbox 20
Day of the Rehearsal Dinner.
11:17 AM.
I am still in thought over my chat with Father Dominic, when Alex enters my room.
He kisses me and sits down, holding my hands in his. "I need to tell you something." He says.
Oh my God. He has to know. "I know that this is the biggest step a couple can take, and it's scary. But I'm so glad I'm taking it with you."
Jesus Christ. It's like the speech from hell. Here he is, telling me this, and I'm planning on breaking up with him sometime before tomorrow. I can't say anything so I smile weakly.
"I love you." He tells me, smiling back.
This is it. This is the moment where I say, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way. Or something equally corny.
Only I don't. "I love you too." Right. Remind me to ask Father D exactly how many commandments I've broken since I got here, and what my chances of getting into Heaven are now.
Ok, so maybe it isn't a commandment, but I'm pretty sure that having sex with your ex boyfriend while your engaged is way frowned upon.
Heaven help me.
12: 04 PM
"He was all like I love you Suze."
"What did you say?"
"I love you too?"
"Damn, Simon, when are you going to learn? You love Jesse right?"
"Of course."
"And you're sleeping with him?"
"Gina, I told you all about it."
"Well, it appears to me that he would be way better in the sack than Alex, and if that doesn't convince you, nothing will."
"Thank you Gina, thanks."
"I'm just saying Suze. Love. Sex. No love. Bad Sex. What are you gonna pick?"
I had to laugh. That was Gina.
12: 48 PM
That was Gina, yes. The comic relief. But she had a point. I was kidding myself if I even tried to compare Alex and Jesse, because there was simply no comparison. There was a knocking at my door, interrupting my musings.
"Come in."
It was David, looking very grim and serious. "Suze, we need to take. I know what's going one. I'm not sure what phenomenon caused Jesse to come back, and I'm seriously perturbed that I can't scientifically explain it."
I smiled. It was nice to know that in a world of constant motion, David seemed to stay the same.
"And I wanted to let you know, that I don't think Alex is as in the dark as he seems to be. He's been spending a lot of time here, alone. Think about it Suze. He's a lawyer."
"David I'm sure that...." I trailed off. IT did make sense.
"Just be careful Suze."
"I will. Promise."
1:09 PM –Alex's POV
"David thinks he knows." Suze's voice pierced the silence of the guest room in her house. There was a pause.
"That's ridiculous Paul. Just because he's a lawyer doesn't mean he's been snooping around my house putting the pieces together."
I scoffed. I didn't realize you could be so naïve, Suze, because that's exactly what I had been doing. And now my suspicions had been almost completely confirmed. There was another long pause. They must have been on the phone. I knelt down next to the vent so as not to miss anything.
"Well it's not like he'd ever guess about Jesse. For God's sakes, even if he had found anything, all he it would be is that the guy's been dead for 155 years. Not exactly big ground for an affair."
She paused again.
"No he has no idea."
"Not exactly I walk around sharing with people Paul. I'm a mediator. I talk to ghosts. I fell in love with one and he just happened to come back to life. About the only thing I could do with that is write a book, and let Oprah call me deranged after she puts it in her book club."
Mediator? Ghost? Incomprehensible. And irrelevant. I knew everything I needed to know. She was having an affair. His name was Jesse. He was a dead man.
And my beloved Suze? Not exactly a dead woman. But don't worry. I wouldn't let her get off easy.