Chapter 11
Suze POV
"Ahem." I separated from my embrace with Paul to see a slightly hurt looking Jesse, standing at the edge of the graveyard. "Slater, leave. I need to speak with Susannah."
"I'm not entirely sure she wants to talk to you," Paul said scathingly. "So why don't you leave?"
"No, Paul, I think its time that Jesse and I finally talked." Paul stood up, angrily. He gave one last glare at Jesse before he stalked out of the graveyard. Jesse came and sat down next to me, and tried to take my hand in his, but I snatched it back and looked away. He sighed.
"Susannah, listen. I honestly do not know what happened-"
"Bull shit. You just realized that you could have anyone and got sick of me. I would've appreciated it, though, if you actually told me that before you went and made out with other chicks." Jesse gaped, looking horrified.
"Susannah, how could you think that? You know I love you!"
"Oh yea? Well, you certainly showed me how much last night!" I realized, when a bunch of birds in the trees took off in flight, that our voices had raised, and I lowered mine to a near whisper. "I thought you loved me, Jesse. I really did. But then you went and kissed that other girl. Do you know how much that hurt?" I realized my eyes were brimming with tears. "You were the only person ever to remotely ACT like you loved me, in my entire life, and you whipped around and stabbed me in the back. I... I know you were the one I was supposed to love for all of eternity, but I never considered that you wouldn't love me back. If this is what it feels like, eternity is going to suck. I don't know how I can stand it." My voice cracked, and I broke off, tears running down my face. I turned to get up and leave, and to my surprise I saw tear tracks on Jesse's face, too.
"Susannah... I'm so sorry," he whispered with a wavering voice. He reached up and grabbed my hands and pulled me back down close to him. "Please forgive me. I love you more than anything. Don't ever think that I don't. I've never liked Ava, and never will. We are meant to be together, and I know you know that. Please, Susannah, give me another chance... I still have no clue what happened last night, but you must believe me when I say I had no intentions for Ava. I love you, forever." I have to say that from the beginning of his little speech, the tears had been flowing, but it was like a dam had burst when he finished. Convinced of his sincerity, I wrapped my arms around him into a hug. His squeezed me tightly, and then he lifted my chin slightly and kissed me gently.
We were still in this position when the bell rang, my cue to go to class. Jesse and I stood up, and we went our separate ways to class.
Ava's POV
(during lunch)
Well, the plan had worked. But after seeing the sad, heartbroken, utterly forlorn looks on Suze's face, and Jesse's confused and longing expression, I wasn't feeling so good as I thought I was. Plus, Jesse didn't want to have anything to do with me. He- and Suze, though I don't exactly blame her- actually completely and utterly ignored me. I seriously had thought that the way Jesse had been kissing me, he felt something for me. But obviously not, as they were back together by lunch.
"What the hell...?" Paul sat next to me, as we peered across the courtyard at the two of them cuddling close together while eating and talking with Adam and Ceecee. "Why are they back together?"
"No clue," I said simply, and turned to look at Paul to say something, but I completely forgot what I was going to say when I turned and looked at him... and felt a little flutter in my stomach. Where did that come from? I asked myself. I quickly pushed the feelings aside, and turned back to Suze and Jesse. "It's kind of pissing me off, though... all of our plans. And now neither of them notice I'm alive." We continued venting about the injustice of it all, when I began to feel a flutter whenever he looked at me, and I noticed how cute he was when he was frustrated, and how smooth and deep his voice was, and...
Oh no.
Suze POV
I was so unbelievably happy Jesse and I were back together. CeeCee gave me a few weird looks when she saw Jesse and I sitting, well, very close to each other during lunch, but I just shot her a look that said, "I'll explain later."
After school, I drove Jesse, Brad, and David home. With David up in his room, Brad on the phone with Debbie in the living room, and a note from my mother teling me to make cookies for her meeting the next morning (but was I going to get the fruits of my harvest? Of course not), Jesse and I settled down in the kitchen with some Toll House Originals. However, I was having some difficulty keeping my mind on the task. Jesse, who apparently didn't want me out of his sight after our little tête-à-tête, had his arms around my waist and was kissing my neck as I tried to stir together the ingredients.
"Jesse-" (giggle) "Stop it!" (giggle). Fortunately (for me, though, not the cookies) he didn't appear to want to stop, and continued murmuring in Spanish against my neck. "What are you saying?" I asked him gently. He looked up at me and smiled.
"That, querida, is between me and your neck." He winked, and was about to continue with his caresses when we heard the front door open, and we broke apart and became suddenly very interested and intrigued with the baking of cookies.
"Suze? Jesse? Is that you in the kitchen?" my mom called, and came and looked over our shoulders. Jesse looked over the recipe, and muttered something in Spanish, and went and got the vanilla extract from the cupboard above the stove. "Mmm, they look good!" She left us and went upstairs to greet David. As soon as she left, Jesse came back to my side, though wasn't quite as obvious with his affections as before we were so rudely interrupted. We were just putting the cookies in the oven when there was a knock at the door.
A/n: I'm sorry it's been a while and I know it's short (I actually added the whole baking cookies part to make this chapter longer lol I'm sorry if that part sucks and is completely boring.) but I've been mad busy lately, and this was all I could get done and I know you all deserved an update. So as always, review for me! Push that little purple button ;-)
Suze POV
"Ahem." I separated from my embrace with Paul to see a slightly hurt looking Jesse, standing at the edge of the graveyard. "Slater, leave. I need to speak with Susannah."
"I'm not entirely sure she wants to talk to you," Paul said scathingly. "So why don't you leave?"
"No, Paul, I think its time that Jesse and I finally talked." Paul stood up, angrily. He gave one last glare at Jesse before he stalked out of the graveyard. Jesse came and sat down next to me, and tried to take my hand in his, but I snatched it back and looked away. He sighed.
"Susannah, listen. I honestly do not know what happened-"
"Bull shit. You just realized that you could have anyone and got sick of me. I would've appreciated it, though, if you actually told me that before you went and made out with other chicks." Jesse gaped, looking horrified.
"Susannah, how could you think that? You know I love you!"
"Oh yea? Well, you certainly showed me how much last night!" I realized, when a bunch of birds in the trees took off in flight, that our voices had raised, and I lowered mine to a near whisper. "I thought you loved me, Jesse. I really did. But then you went and kissed that other girl. Do you know how much that hurt?" I realized my eyes were brimming with tears. "You were the only person ever to remotely ACT like you loved me, in my entire life, and you whipped around and stabbed me in the back. I... I know you were the one I was supposed to love for all of eternity, but I never considered that you wouldn't love me back. If this is what it feels like, eternity is going to suck. I don't know how I can stand it." My voice cracked, and I broke off, tears running down my face. I turned to get up and leave, and to my surprise I saw tear tracks on Jesse's face, too.
"Susannah... I'm so sorry," he whispered with a wavering voice. He reached up and grabbed my hands and pulled me back down close to him. "Please forgive me. I love you more than anything. Don't ever think that I don't. I've never liked Ava, and never will. We are meant to be together, and I know you know that. Please, Susannah, give me another chance... I still have no clue what happened last night, but you must believe me when I say I had no intentions for Ava. I love you, forever." I have to say that from the beginning of his little speech, the tears had been flowing, but it was like a dam had burst when he finished. Convinced of his sincerity, I wrapped my arms around him into a hug. His squeezed me tightly, and then he lifted my chin slightly and kissed me gently.
We were still in this position when the bell rang, my cue to go to class. Jesse and I stood up, and we went our separate ways to class.
Ava's POV
(during lunch)
Well, the plan had worked. But after seeing the sad, heartbroken, utterly forlorn looks on Suze's face, and Jesse's confused and longing expression, I wasn't feeling so good as I thought I was. Plus, Jesse didn't want to have anything to do with me. He- and Suze, though I don't exactly blame her- actually completely and utterly ignored me. I seriously had thought that the way Jesse had been kissing me, he felt something for me. But obviously not, as they were back together by lunch.
"What the hell...?" Paul sat next to me, as we peered across the courtyard at the two of them cuddling close together while eating and talking with Adam and Ceecee. "Why are they back together?"
"No clue," I said simply, and turned to look at Paul to say something, but I completely forgot what I was going to say when I turned and looked at him... and felt a little flutter in my stomach. Where did that come from? I asked myself. I quickly pushed the feelings aside, and turned back to Suze and Jesse. "It's kind of pissing me off, though... all of our plans. And now neither of them notice I'm alive." We continued venting about the injustice of it all, when I began to feel a flutter whenever he looked at me, and I noticed how cute he was when he was frustrated, and how smooth and deep his voice was, and...
Oh no.
Suze POV
I was so unbelievably happy Jesse and I were back together. CeeCee gave me a few weird looks when she saw Jesse and I sitting, well, very close to each other during lunch, but I just shot her a look that said, "I'll explain later."
After school, I drove Jesse, Brad, and David home. With David up in his room, Brad on the phone with Debbie in the living room, and a note from my mother teling me to make cookies for her meeting the next morning (but was I going to get the fruits of my harvest? Of course not), Jesse and I settled down in the kitchen with some Toll House Originals. However, I was having some difficulty keeping my mind on the task. Jesse, who apparently didn't want me out of his sight after our little tête-à-tête, had his arms around my waist and was kissing my neck as I tried to stir together the ingredients.
"Jesse-" (giggle) "Stop it!" (giggle). Fortunately (for me, though, not the cookies) he didn't appear to want to stop, and continued murmuring in Spanish against my neck. "What are you saying?" I asked him gently. He looked up at me and smiled.
"That, querida, is between me and your neck." He winked, and was about to continue with his caresses when we heard the front door open, and we broke apart and became suddenly very interested and intrigued with the baking of cookies.
"Suze? Jesse? Is that you in the kitchen?" my mom called, and came and looked over our shoulders. Jesse looked over the recipe, and muttered something in Spanish, and went and got the vanilla extract from the cupboard above the stove. "Mmm, they look good!" She left us and went upstairs to greet David. As soon as she left, Jesse came back to my side, though wasn't quite as obvious with his affections as before we were so rudely interrupted. We were just putting the cookies in the oven when there was a knock at the door.
A/n: I'm sorry it's been a while and I know it's short (I actually added the whole baking cookies part to make this chapter longer lol I'm sorry if that part sucks and is completely boring.) but I've been mad busy lately, and this was all I could get done and I know you all deserved an update. So as always, review for me! Push that little purple button ;-)