A/n: thanks to all my reviews, as always! I love all of you!
Ava's POV (let's back track a bit...)
After the final bell rang, I gathered up my homework (calc, lit, and physics, all on the first day. Can you believe it? Tyrannical teachers.) and met Paul near the fountain. He was leaning casually against a column nearby, and pulled out a key ring as he walked over to me. "Hey, what's up? Come on, my cars over in the far parking lot." I followed him to a silver BMW convertible, which I drooled over appropriately. My car was only a 1997 Honda Civic, and slightly beat up. This car looked like he drove it to school from the local dealership. He drove me to an enormous, glass house. He pulled up and my jaw dropped like a ton of bricks. He laughed. "My grandfather built this place to retire to, but now I live here too because he can't take care of himself." I followed him up the steps and into the silent house. He continued up a staircase, and I continued to tag along, and soon I found myself in his bedroom. I sat down on the computer chair, and he collapsed on the bed. I had told him, when I saw him between classes, about him becoming alive, and I hope his plot considered that. "Well, okay. Here's my plan. You need to get Jesse alone, and I'll get Suze with me. You have to, well, come onto him and kiss him, then I will bring Suze in while you kiss him. She will see you and him kissing, and break up with him. Simple as that. A grief stricken Jesse will come to you, and Suze will come to me. Simple as that." I was skeptical. "Wouldn't Jesse remember that I was the one who broke them both up?" I asked. "Which is why we put a couple drops of this in his drink." He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a small bottle filled with a clear liquid. I gasped. "What the hell is that?" I asked fearfully. He laughed. "A simple memory blocker and it will make him have less inhibitions. It will basically make him drunk without the alcohol, nor can he die from it. Unless he drank massive doses of it, but we're only giving him a couple drops which will do the trick." "Okay. Let's do it."
Jesse POV
Father Dominic and I waited for Susannah to arrive. He had come for me, in the rectory, at 11:50, and had begun setting up. At just about midnight, I heard the door of the church creak open, and Susannah came down the aisle. Not wanting to upset the priest, we did not kiss, as much as I wanted to. I gave her a loving smile, which she returned. As the Father continued the preparations, she came and sat very close to me in the pew. I wrapped my arm around her waist, and she leaned into my shoulder.
"Are you ready?" she asked, somewhat sleepily. I pulled her a little closer and snuggled against her,
"Of course. I want this so, so much. So I can finally really be with you, and people can know. We will be able to age together, be together forever." She sighed lovingly and, while Father Dominic's back was turned I tilted her chin up and kissed her gently and carefully.
"Ahem." We broke apart quickly, and the priest eyed us warily. "Are you ready, Jesse?" He asked.
"More than ever," I replied, and I stood in the center of a ring of white candles he had made in the center of the church. He took an old, worn leather bound book from his robes, opened up to a cloth bookmark. He cleared his voice, and I saw Susannah sitting where we just were with a tense but excited expression on her face. Father Dominic began chanting.
It was in Latin, which I had only studied for a year, so I understood very little. A swirling white smoke came flooding from thin air, and churned around me. The chanting grew louder, and the smoke darkened. I felt a solidifying throughout my body. A thumping began in my chest, and I began to cough. I had forgotten to breathe. I took a breathe, and despite the thick smoke obscuring my vision, my lungs filled with clear air. Susannah gasped, and Father Dominic's chanting slowed to an end. The smoke faded away, and I saw Susannah, standing up now, with an excited look on her face. I gently touched my arms and face, feeling solid flesh instead of the hazy half-skin that I had felt for the past 150 years.
"It... it worked!" Father Dominic said hoarsely, and my face split into a grin. Susannah's did to, and she ran over to me. I resisted the urge to pick her up and swing her around and kiss her as she'd never been kissed, but with the Father right there, we just embraced and I kissed her forehead quickly.
"Father Dominic, I can not thank you..." I turned to face him, and faded off. He did not look well. He was pale, and breathing ragged. "Father Dominic?"
"Yo, Father D, you alright?" Susannah said in her eloquent way. He looked as if he were going to say something when he collapsed. "Father Dom!" Susannah squealed, and rushed to his side. I was right behind her, and we knelt at his side. "Are you awake?"
"Yes. So sorry children... this ritual takes a lot out of the performer... I just need some rest. Help me up, will you?" We supported him as he limped to where he and the other nuns sleep. He was feeling better, and shooed us away. However, he obviously wasn't completely together, as he just told us to "run along now."
"I'll be fine, you go off, and I'll see you at school tomorrow." We left, quietly, as not to wake the nuns. As soon as we were a safe distance away, I stopped suddenly and pulled Susannah into my arms and kissed her hard. She kissed back just as hard, and wrapped her arms around my neck. We continued kissing for a long time. Finally, we broke off, both of us in need of air.
"What are you going to do? I mean, where should you live?" Susannah asked, and I grinned at the prospect of living. "We also need an alibi for you... cos people will see you, and no one will believe you were the ghost who used to haunt my bedroom but is alive now." I chuckled.
"No. How about I am an exchange student from Spain, and needed emergency housing because my host family up and left without notification, and Father Dominic asked you to house me for a little while?" She smiled slyly.
"Excellent plan. Now, come on, let's go home."
A/N: okay guys, there you go! Jesse is ALIVE!!! Now lets see how Ava and Paul return in this... I'll update ASAP but as I've said before I've been super busy... I'm actually doing my homework as I right this, so its probably not that good, but whatever. R&R!
Ava's POV (let's back track a bit...)
After the final bell rang, I gathered up my homework (calc, lit, and physics, all on the first day. Can you believe it? Tyrannical teachers.) and met Paul near the fountain. He was leaning casually against a column nearby, and pulled out a key ring as he walked over to me. "Hey, what's up? Come on, my cars over in the far parking lot." I followed him to a silver BMW convertible, which I drooled over appropriately. My car was only a 1997 Honda Civic, and slightly beat up. This car looked like he drove it to school from the local dealership. He drove me to an enormous, glass house. He pulled up and my jaw dropped like a ton of bricks. He laughed. "My grandfather built this place to retire to, but now I live here too because he can't take care of himself." I followed him up the steps and into the silent house. He continued up a staircase, and I continued to tag along, and soon I found myself in his bedroom. I sat down on the computer chair, and he collapsed on the bed. I had told him, when I saw him between classes, about him becoming alive, and I hope his plot considered that. "Well, okay. Here's my plan. You need to get Jesse alone, and I'll get Suze with me. You have to, well, come onto him and kiss him, then I will bring Suze in while you kiss him. She will see you and him kissing, and break up with him. Simple as that. A grief stricken Jesse will come to you, and Suze will come to me. Simple as that." I was skeptical. "Wouldn't Jesse remember that I was the one who broke them both up?" I asked. "Which is why we put a couple drops of this in his drink." He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a small bottle filled with a clear liquid. I gasped. "What the hell is that?" I asked fearfully. He laughed. "A simple memory blocker and it will make him have less inhibitions. It will basically make him drunk without the alcohol, nor can he die from it. Unless he drank massive doses of it, but we're only giving him a couple drops which will do the trick." "Okay. Let's do it."
Jesse POV
Father Dominic and I waited for Susannah to arrive. He had come for me, in the rectory, at 11:50, and had begun setting up. At just about midnight, I heard the door of the church creak open, and Susannah came down the aisle. Not wanting to upset the priest, we did not kiss, as much as I wanted to. I gave her a loving smile, which she returned. As the Father continued the preparations, she came and sat very close to me in the pew. I wrapped my arm around her waist, and she leaned into my shoulder.
"Are you ready?" she asked, somewhat sleepily. I pulled her a little closer and snuggled against her,
"Of course. I want this so, so much. So I can finally really be with you, and people can know. We will be able to age together, be together forever." She sighed lovingly and, while Father Dominic's back was turned I tilted her chin up and kissed her gently and carefully.
"Ahem." We broke apart quickly, and the priest eyed us warily. "Are you ready, Jesse?" He asked.
"More than ever," I replied, and I stood in the center of a ring of white candles he had made in the center of the church. He took an old, worn leather bound book from his robes, opened up to a cloth bookmark. He cleared his voice, and I saw Susannah sitting where we just were with a tense but excited expression on her face. Father Dominic began chanting.
It was in Latin, which I had only studied for a year, so I understood very little. A swirling white smoke came flooding from thin air, and churned around me. The chanting grew louder, and the smoke darkened. I felt a solidifying throughout my body. A thumping began in my chest, and I began to cough. I had forgotten to breathe. I took a breathe, and despite the thick smoke obscuring my vision, my lungs filled with clear air. Susannah gasped, and Father Dominic's chanting slowed to an end. The smoke faded away, and I saw Susannah, standing up now, with an excited look on her face. I gently touched my arms and face, feeling solid flesh instead of the hazy half-skin that I had felt for the past 150 years.
"It... it worked!" Father Dominic said hoarsely, and my face split into a grin. Susannah's did to, and she ran over to me. I resisted the urge to pick her up and swing her around and kiss her as she'd never been kissed, but with the Father right there, we just embraced and I kissed her forehead quickly.
"Father Dominic, I can not thank you..." I turned to face him, and faded off. He did not look well. He was pale, and breathing ragged. "Father Dominic?"
"Yo, Father D, you alright?" Susannah said in her eloquent way. He looked as if he were going to say something when he collapsed. "Father Dom!" Susannah squealed, and rushed to his side. I was right behind her, and we knelt at his side. "Are you awake?"
"Yes. So sorry children... this ritual takes a lot out of the performer... I just need some rest. Help me up, will you?" We supported him as he limped to where he and the other nuns sleep. He was feeling better, and shooed us away. However, he obviously wasn't completely together, as he just told us to "run along now."
"I'll be fine, you go off, and I'll see you at school tomorrow." We left, quietly, as not to wake the nuns. As soon as we were a safe distance away, I stopped suddenly and pulled Susannah into my arms and kissed her hard. She kissed back just as hard, and wrapped her arms around my neck. We continued kissing for a long time. Finally, we broke off, both of us in need of air.
"What are you going to do? I mean, where should you live?" Susannah asked, and I grinned at the prospect of living. "We also need an alibi for you... cos people will see you, and no one will believe you were the ghost who used to haunt my bedroom but is alive now." I chuckled.
"No. How about I am an exchange student from Spain, and needed emergency housing because my host family up and left without notification, and Father Dominic asked you to house me for a little while?" She smiled slyly.
"Excellent plan. Now, come on, let's go home."
A/N: okay guys, there you go! Jesse is ALIVE!!! Now lets see how Ava and Paul return in this... I'll update ASAP but as I've said before I've been super busy... I'm actually doing my homework as I right this, so its probably not that good, but whatever. R&R!