(A/N: Hello everyone! Wow I really hate writer's block. But school is finally over! (yeah) summer is here and it looks great! Ok yeah anyway this chapter took me awhile but hope you like it!)
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Chapter 4: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Did I mention I really don't like surprises? Yeah, well I don't, but lately I have gotten a lot of them. It wasn't the fact that a ghost was in my room, it was the fact that the other person in my room could see her. Oh and for some reason said ghost had a grudge against me.
"Susannah?" All the color drained from her face and her eyes filled with anger. The two pools of black pinned me in a death glare (no pun intended) "You were the one who sent me to that place. Why I ought to.." She shoved Jesse aside and lunged at me with both arms. I quickly moved to the side and she almost slammed into the wall. "I'll finish what I started for what you put me through." My mirror began to shake violently. Jesse got back up and rubbed his head from the pain.
"What did I do? I don't' even know who you are?"
"Oh don't play dumb. Paul told me all I had to do was wait up there. He told me he had a plan and everything would work out. Well, I waited and he never came. I was about to open one of the doors when I was thrust here. You should pay for what you did to my Diego." I went flying across the room and thrust against the wall. My mirror fell from its place. Jesse lunged and pushed me out of the way. Shards of broken mirror were everywhere.
"You are lucky your precious Hector is here, but don't you worry, I will return. First I need to pay an old friend a visit." She was gone, but where to?
I couldn't move. Every part of my body ached. Man, what did I do to this chick to make her this pissed off?
Pieces of mirror were all over my clothes and hair. My shoulder hurt the worst and felt heavy. I looked to the side and noticed why. There was a huge chunk lodged into my right shoulder. Jesse moved to the side and seemed to have noticed the pointy object sticking out of me.
"Susannah…I am so sorry. I didn't know…are you…Nombre de Dios. This is all my fault." he was out of breath and couldn't find the words to say. He was laying beside me stroking my forehead and brushing the shards from my hair.
"We need to get you some help." He sat up and reached for a pillow on my bed.
"No I'm fine really. I just need to pull this thing out of my.." Big mistake. It was in deeper than I thought. I bit down on my tongue to stop from screaming. Another mistake. I bit too hard and could taste blood.
"Susannah! ¿Qué pensaba usted? ¿Usted está loco? "(what were you thinking? Are you crazy?) He rushed over and secured a white cloth around my shoulder to stop the bleeding. The pain eased up a bit and I was able to sit up.
"So who are you?" it was hard to get the words to form, what with my swollen tongue and all. I bet I sounded like more of a freak then I probably looked. And now I can't even see how I look cause some stuck-up ghost has PMS!
Jesse had calmed down and his expression was hard to read. His eyes though, had a sadness to them.
"I am someone you used to know. Something has happened. It seems from your previous conversation, Paul doesn't remember me either. Somehow though, Maria seems to remember everything. I don't understand, why do I still remember?" I didn't understand what he was trying to tell me. I then remembered that dream I had,
"Jesse, what I came to tell you was…" His head shot up and looked me in the eyes.
"Wait you know my name? Do you remember anything else?"
"Well, not exactly," I shifted uneasily and moved my gaze to my feet. "I came home to talk to you about this strange dream I had. We were in a graveyard at the mission and you were standing by a headstone. I came up to you and we started talking. You were apologizing for something, but I woke up before I found out what. It felt real but I don't remember ever having that conversation. But when I woke up, I knew your name, well what I thought was your name. Why did she call you Hector?" I looked up into his dark eyes, something in them felt so familiar. There was a piece of debris on his hair so I lifted my hand and brushed it off.
"Susannah, that's not important. Your dream, it did happen. It was real at one time. There is some part of you that remembers what we had. What I am about to say may be hard to understand, but you must believe me." He took a deep breath and then began.
(Jesse's P.O.V.)
I started telling her about my past and why Maria acted the way she did. I then told her about our recent adventure into the past. When I was finished I stared into her emerald eyes looking for some kind of response. She sat there on the ground with a distant look in her eyes. I came closer and took her hand.
"Please Susannah, say something, anything." Then she looked down at her hand and up into my eyes. There was a sadness and a want in them. I could tell she wanted to believe me but there was something telling her otherwise. She quickly pulled her hand away and stood up. I could tell it took all of her strength. I tried to help her but she refused and moved towards the door.
"How do you expect me to believe this? I mean you are talking about something I have never even known was possible. Ghosts just don't suddenly come to life and I have never gone to the past. This is too much to deal with right now." she picked up her purse an ran through the door, down the stairs. She stopped when she heard a ringing coming from the other room.
(Paul's P.O.V.)
I waited for Suze outside her class but she never came out. What was up with her today? I trusted her, but something was bothering me. She has never acted this way.
I caught one of her friends, Ceecee I think.
"Hey, wait up." she turned around and stared at me.
"Yes Paul" she sounded a little worried.
"Hey do you know where Suze is?" I asked.
"It was really weird. She just like woke up in class and said someone's name and then rushed out. I haven't seen her since. Do you know if she's alright?"
I didn't stay to answer her question. I rushed out to my car and sped to her house. As I was driving up the hill a ghost materialized in my passenger seat.
"Well, well if it isn't Paul Slater. Do you remember me?"
I had no idea who this chick was, but I did know one thing, she had been dead a very long time. She then started ranting about something I knew nothing of.
"Why did you leave me up there? You told me you would come back and Diego and I could be together. You promised you would get rid of Jesse, but you didn't. And now to make matters worse, he is alive! No one lies to Maria De Silvia Diego and gets away with it." She took hold of the steering wheel and veered it to the right. If it weren't for my quick reflexes I would have run into some tourists. I shoved her to the side of the car.
"Look lady I don't know what your problem is, but.."
"Just do your job and do it right this time. Get rid of Jesse and get me back Diego. Oh and do something about that girl, Susannah. She is getting on my last nerve. Either you teach her how to behave or I will." She dematerialized. Something was definitely wrong, but I didn't have anymore time to think about that. I grabbed my cell phone and dialed her number. 'Suze I know your home, answer the phone.'
"Hello?" her voice was strained and sounded different.
"Suze, it's Paul. I am almost to your house. Hey, what happened to you today?" I waited for a response. I then heard another voice in the background, a male voice. "Wait, whose that in the background?" Here I was worried about her and she had some guy over!
My anger had clouded my judgment and I didn't see the turn. I crashed straight into a tree. My body was crushed in between the seat and the air bag. I could faintly hear the sound of Suze's voice from the phone. Everything went black and I was thrust into a dream that seemed all too real…
(Suze's P.O.V.)
I was about to head out the door when I heard the phone ring. I rushed into the kitchen to answer it.
"Hello?" my tongue still made it hard to speak properly.
"Suze, it's Paul. I am almost to your house. Hey what happened to you today?" I hesitated. I couldn't tell him about my dream or Jesse. But I didn't have to.
"Susannah, you really must…" I signaled from him to be quiet.
"Wait, whose that in the back round?" too late. I then heard a loud crash.
"Paul? Paul are you there? Please answer me!" What happened? The phone then went dead. I had to find him. I pushed Jesse aside and headed towards the door, but he grabbed my left arm.
"Susannah where are you going? We really need to talk about this? Paul has done something to…?" I didn't let him finish.
"Something has happened to Paul, so let go of me and get out of my way! And when I get back you better not be here." I rushed past him and hurried as fast as I could down the road. I had to find Paul.
(A/N: I know, I know… please don't hurt me. This was very hard to write. Maria was in shadowland at the time so she wasn't affected. Hope that helps. There will hopefully be more fluff in the next chapter and what Paul dreamed about and how it affects everything. Oh and Paul is not that hurt and I will hopefully update soon! Thanks you know what to do now )
