Mediator Mom

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that has to do with the Mediator Series by Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll, including Jesse (no fair), Suze, Paul, Father D, CeeCee, Adam, etc.

Claimer: I fully own Shaun, Charisma, Carmen "Carmenita" De Silva, Rosalinda "Rosie" De Silva and her pets, Tobias "Toby" De Silva, Jacob "Jaco" De Silva and his dog Hiei, and Dominique "Unique" De Silva. I also own the plot. I may not own the fact that Jesse has five sisters (ages 6-16 when he died), but I do own who the five girls are – i.e. their personalities and names. In short, I also own Juanita "Nita" De Silva, Estefana De Silva, Felicidad "Felly" De Silva, Dolores "Dolly" De Silva, and most of all Carmen De Silva.

To UnangelicHalo: I know what you mean. I only know of two people using Carmen so far. It's mildly angering me because I worked so hard to pick the names. Kori Suketchi e-mailed me and told me she got the name Carmen from Carmen Sandiego…not my story. She even asked if I wanted her to change the name, and, since she had talked to me honestly, I let her as long as I don't see any more similarities.

Seriously though people, there are a lot of possible names! Don't pick mine! (points angrily to Claimer) I see any Nita's or Rosie's and I'm really going to get angry. Better yet, I see a Dominique (my fave kid) and I'll hunt the person down… Just kidding, but why must people do this? It's stupid! I love my characters to death.

Sorry, that was bit of a rant. I'm glad you like Carmenita. Thanks for the review!

To Luna Gypsy & Allima: Thanks a bunch for reviewing!

To Clavel: You seem to have something nice to say about each of the kids but Toby. I'm curious, what do you think about him? As for Paul's wife, she's not what she seems… Hehe. Shaun is more important this chapter. We'll be seeing more of him as things heat up… Thanks for reviewing!

To muzacgurl: Have some ice cream. Hehe. Paul is confusing, isn't he? Just wait until you see what his wife's capable of. Thanks for the review!

To SweetestReject: You're right. No one can. Hehe. Thank you for reviewing!

To happydrummergal: More of Delilah (aka "Della") coming up in the future. In the meantime, more of Shaun…Thanks again!

To Enelya Tinuviel: Yeah, go Carmenita! Hehe. I like the bathroom scene too. Thanks for the review!

To Esodes08: You'll find out who the shifters are soon enough. It may not be who you think though. Yeah, Carmen the II and Carmen(ita) the III are very different. But it's to be expected with them being born in two totally different times.

It seems everyone has his or her own fave kid. I'm glad you like Toby. I'm sorry he only appears a bit in this chapter. Next chapter hopefully there will be more of him. Thanks for reviewing!

Disclaimer 2: I don't own the song All American Girl by Train, okay? I just thought it would be something Carmenita would be singing. Hehe.

Chapter 3: Over a Boy

"Tell me what it's like to be the house on the hill," sang Carmenita a week later. She had on her blue headphones and was hopping down the staircase in a pajama set of yellow stars on a navy background.

"The number one diet pill,
And tell me what it's like to be the one and only,
All American Girl!
"

"Hey, All American Girl!" shouted Toby into Carmenita ear. She jumped and glowered at him. Then, she stuck out her tongue and continued singing,

"And I know you're not here to amuse me
But you sure know how to confuse me
So if I could just ask you once again!
"

Toby shrugged and went past her down the stairs.

"To tell me what it's like to be a star on the rise,
A breakfast cereal prize,
And tell me what it's like to be the one and only,
All American Girl!
The All American Girl!
The all amazing crazy girl!
"

"Thank you. Thank you, dear fans!" said Carmenita dramatically. She bowed and continued after Toby down the stairs. Both walked past – Toby rolling his eyes. I laughed and waited to see if I'd have to reawaken anyone for school. Jaco was already in the kitchen eating a banana. He was always a morning person – something I assumed he inherited from Jesse because it sure wasn't me.

Rosie appeared at the top of the stairs with Unique right behind. Rosie yawned and led the way down the steps with a little dead blue jay sitting on her shoulder – that I knew had hit one of our windows last week – and a deceased white rabbit in her arms. Rosie was wearing ebony boxers and a huge black shirt for pajamas that stated: Do you make an effort to be an idiot…or is it a gift? (A/N: I have that shirt! Hehe.) Unique was wearing a huge T-shirt as well, hers a plain navy blue one.

"'Morning, Mamá," whispered Rosie sleepily. Her black hair was a frizzy halo around her head as she shuffled wearily past.

"Buenos días, Mamá," Unique said.

"Unique," I said. I waited until Rosie had gone into the kitchen before continuing.

"You've been going to the Shadowland, haven't you?"

Unique sheepishly looked up at me and nodded. "It's strange there. Kinda creepy, but cool."

Cool? The Shadowland? Well, this was my Unique.

"Don't go there anymore unless you have to," I said. "It's not good for you or anyone."

Unique pondered this for a moment before she smiled and said, "Okay, Mamá."

"Good," I said. But I wasn't so sure she was going to listen to me.


Jaco is known for not only being a klutz…but also getting himself hurt in the process. I have gotten more calls from the Mission about him breaking bones then him getting in trouble. And that's saying something.

This time he was hurt without it being the result of clumsiness. This time he was mediating a female ghost by the name of Alice. Alice was a very brawny ghost with black hair and a muscle shirt. No fat on her in sight. Jaco – machismo and all – decided to take her on with his tall, scrawny frame to back him up…in absolutely no way.

So, basically, he was doomed to lose from the start unless he did some quick thinking…which of course "quick thinking" tends not to come to "macho men." Take my stepbrother Brad as an example if you will.

Rosie says Jaco put up a good fight, but was too cocky to allow her to help him at first. This all occurred in the cemetery adjacent to the Mission – where Jaco had followed Rosie to after she had slunk out there at the end of the school day.

You won't believe why Rosie had been out there though. I certainly have trouble believing it.

But back to Jaco's "epic battle" with Alice. In laymen's terms, Shaun Slater arrived in time to save Jaco's butt. Jaco had a black-and-blue eye and a broken arm by then, while Rosie – in trying to defend Jaco now that he was down – had received a bloody lip and a bruised knuckle.

Amazingly enough, it took Shaun Slater a few seconds and no wounds of his own to get rid of Alice. He just cracked her on the head from behind with a chunk of broken off gravestone and then dragged her into the Shadowland.

When Jesse, Carmenita, Toby, Unique, and I hurried to the hospital later, Rosie and Shaun were sitting beside a bandaged up Jaco in one of the rooms, chatting of all things.

"Mom! Dad! Hey!" yelped Jaco, standing up.

Rosie pulled him back down and said, "Rest, you idiot."

Carmenita was unusually silent beside Unique the Usually Silent as Toby asked what had occurred. What was wrong?

I glanced at Jesse as Rosie explained what had happened. He was occasionally glancing at Paul's son, and when Jaco burst out at the end, exclaiming how Shaun had helped them, Jesse's eyes widened.

"He's right," agreed Rosie. "Shaun took good care of that ghost."

Jesse did something surprising then – even to me, who has been married to him for over a decade – and smiled at Shaun. "Well, son of Slater, I thank you," he said genuinely.

Shrugging, Shaun smirked. "It was nothing."


"What do you think of, Slater's son, Susannah?" Jesse asked me later when we were alone. All five children were safe in bed – atleast I thought so – and hopefully wouldn't be targets for another vengeful ghost for awhile.

I yawned and said, "I don't know. Paul helped me get out of a few things, but never of the mediating kind."

Jesse thought on this, his eyes impassive in the dim light from the lamp on the nightstand to his right.

A shout of outrage rang out then, and I groaned. Carmenita. It could only be her. Jesse smiled slightly and said, "I will go see what's wrong this time. You can sleep."

"Not with that racket I can't," I grumbled, but winked at him.

He left the bedroom, and I could hear Rosie's voice now. It was too high and sharp – meaning she was the one quarreling with Carmenita. I could make out snatches of her yells. "What…doing…looking…my computer?"

Oh God. Don't tell me Carmenita touched the Mini-Doc's computer. That's the meaning of life for my little computer geek sometimes.

Jesse's gentle rumble came then, but Carmenita cut it off, screeching something about "…Shaun!"

No. Don't tell me my oldest daughters are fighting over Paul Slater's son.

Oh my God. Someone shoot me now. That's just wrong. Shaun's been okay so far, but who would want Paul as their in-law?

I dragged myself out of bed to see Jaco peering out of his and Toby's room across the hall. Jaco – with his plaster cast and bruised eye of course – sidled towards me until he was right beside me in the doorway to my bedroom. "What's their problem?" he whispered.

"A boy," I whispered, too shocked to explain further.

"Oh," said Jaco uninterestedly. "Well, I'll go back to bed then. It'll be hard with Toby snoring and them shouting though."

Chuckling, I kissed his forehead. "'Night, Jaco."

"'Night, Mom," yawned Jaco, slipping back in his room.

Carmenita and Rosie were still yelling over Jesse.

"He turned you down!" shrieked Rosie.

"So?" hollered Carmenita. "That doesn't mean you can go behind my back while I still like him and date him!"

"I didn't know you really liked him! I thought you just asked him out because he was the new guy!" Rosie defended herself.

"Liar!" accused Carmenita venomously.

Argh. My head hurts. Teenage daughters. Sheesh. One…Two…Three!

"QUIET!" I shouted. Both girls clamped their mouths shut.

"Now, tell us calmly what initiated this?" Jesse demanded.

"This," hissed Carmenita, glowering at Rosie. "I found it on her computer after I noticed she was gone."

She held out a piece of white printer paper. I took it and held it so Jesse could read it too. It was a copy of several instant messages between "CompGeek15" and "SSghostlyhaunt." I recognized the first screen name as Rosie's. But who was the second? The sheet read:

CompGeek15 (8:34:59 PM): hi

SSghostlyhaunt (8:35:03 PM): hey, Rose

CompGeek15 (8:35:09 PM): Tanx for today. Sup?

SSghostlyhaunt (8:35:17 PM): no problem. My mom freaked out though.

CompGeek15 (8:35:25 PM): o

CompGeek15 (8:35:27 PM): sorry

SSghostlyhaunt (8:35:31 PM): Don't worry about it. Can you meet me at the Mission again 2night?

CompGeek15 (8:35:39 PM): Yea. I guess I can sneak out. When?

SSghostlyhaunt (8:35:48 PM): How's 9 sound?

CompGeek15 (8:35:52 PM): I'll be there

SSghostlyhaunt (8:35:56 PM): Great

CompGeek15 (8:36:03 PM): See you then

SSghostlyhaunt (8:36:03 PM): bye

SSghostlyhaunt signed off at 8:36:11 PM.

It was 10:39. Rosie could have easily snuck out and back in after meeting…who?

"So you met Shaun Slater?" Jesse asked evenly.

Rosie turned a bright red, while Carmenita nodded triumphantly.

Shaun Slater? Wait. The screen name proved Jesse was correct. "SS" – although more commonly used in front of ship names – were his initials and "ghostlyhaunt" was a reference to him being a mediator! Ha, I am a genius…when led in the right direction by Jesse.

OH MY GOD! ROSIE SNUCK OUT TO MEET SHAUN SLATER? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?


A/N: Did anyone suspect Rosie was dating Shaun? Probably not. Please review!

A/N 2: Here's a poll that I hope you all answer in a review (if you haven't already):

Which kid of Jesse & Suze of my creation do you like best so far?:

1. Carmenita

2. Toby

3. Rosie

4. Jaco

5. Unique

Please tell me why you like that particular kid too, okay? See you next chapter. Bye.