Disclaimer - Of course the great and wonderful Meg Cabot owns everything, not me. The plot line is my friend's idea and mine.
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I walked into the house and breathed a deep sigh of relief. I had gotten away from Paul and
Jesse hadn't seen. Maybe my day was picking up.
"Hi honey!"
"Hey, mom." I said, without enthusiasm. I silently walked up the stairs and stood outside my
door, trying to forget what had happened in the driveway. Maybe Jesse would make my day better. I grinned at the thought as I entered my room. But boy nothing could have ever prepared me for what happened next.
When I entered the room, I saw two things. Number one: the mirror was shaking. Number two: Jesse was sitting at the window looking down into the driveway. As I realized what must have occurred, or
more simply, what he had just seen, I drew in a deep breath and braced myself for what was, inevitably, going to happen.
Jesse turned around when he heard me enter the room and just stared at me for a second, and then he exploded. "Susannah!" He thundered. "Nombre de Dios! How could you.... what were you...." It was like he couldn't even speak to me, he was so angry.
"Jesse, let me explain...." I began.
"Susannah! What were you thinking? Being in a car alone with him! You knew what would happen! Have you forgotten that he tried to.... kill you!" He bellowed.
I could see that he was, more than a little angry because of the way the mirror threatened to detach itself from the wall. Frustrated I flopped down onto my bed. "Jesse, just listen to me. I need to explain something to you. First of all.... I'm sorry." I began, looking up at him. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the mirror seem to settle back into place and I took a deep breath before beginning again. "Jesse, Paul said that if I didn't spend time with him then he would exorcise you." I stated simply.
He looked at me a second before sitting at the edge of my bed. "Susannah, I'm not going anywhere. I've told you that." His gaze was really starting to unnerve me.
"But, Jesse. You don't understand. You can't stop what Paul does. If Paul wants to exorcise you, or gets it in his mind that he's going to find you and take you out of the picture forever, then he can do it. There's nothing you can do to stop him. That's why I'm hanging out with Paul. It's not that I want to, cause I really don't."
I looked up at Jesse, after my little speech and noticed that the mirror wasn't shaking anymore and....surprisingly enough.... the contempt that he had held in his eyes when he had looked at me.... was gone. Wow, I knew the power of speech was pretty good but I didn't know it was that good.
"Susannah, I don't want you to get hurt just because of me. I'm worried that Paul is going to try something with you and then...." He made a violent gesture in the air that obviously meant something dark and dangerous in Spanish. He grabbed my hand. "I worry about you."
"Jesse listen, its just a few shifting lessons...."
"Shifting lessons?" He looked at me incredulously.
"Yeah, you know going into the whole dark fog thing...." I glanced up at Jesse preparing for the worst reaction from him.
"Just be careful, querida. I cannot tell you what to do and where to go, but you must take caution in anything that has to do with Paul Slater."
The use of his nickname for me made me melt on the spot. It was something about the way that he seemed to be so protective and watchful over me that seemed to do the trick, but I really couldn't think about that right then because the intense look he was giving me made me blush and lower my eyes. He leaned over and kissed me and believe me, it was a lot better than the kiss that Paul had given me just half an hour before.
"Querida, I must go." He whispered, "I will see you tomorrow." And with that, he was gone. I groaned and got up, preparing for bed. In truth, I would never get over this little disappearing act that Jesse had lately seemed to be doing....a lot.
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Well, that's it for the second chapter! Please read and review.. You know you want too.....That little purple button is just calling your name.... :)
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I walked into the house and breathed a deep sigh of relief. I had gotten away from Paul and
Jesse hadn't seen. Maybe my day was picking up.
"Hi honey!"
"Hey, mom." I said, without enthusiasm. I silently walked up the stairs and stood outside my
door, trying to forget what had happened in the driveway. Maybe Jesse would make my day better. I grinned at the thought as I entered my room. But boy nothing could have ever prepared me for what happened next.
When I entered the room, I saw two things. Number one: the mirror was shaking. Number two: Jesse was sitting at the window looking down into the driveway. As I realized what must have occurred, or
more simply, what he had just seen, I drew in a deep breath and braced myself for what was, inevitably, going to happen.
Jesse turned around when he heard me enter the room and just stared at me for a second, and then he exploded. "Susannah!" He thundered. "Nombre de Dios! How could you.... what were you...." It was like he couldn't even speak to me, he was so angry.
"Jesse, let me explain...." I began.
"Susannah! What were you thinking? Being in a car alone with him! You knew what would happen! Have you forgotten that he tried to.... kill you!" He bellowed.
I could see that he was, more than a little angry because of the way the mirror threatened to detach itself from the wall. Frustrated I flopped down onto my bed. "Jesse, just listen to me. I need to explain something to you. First of all.... I'm sorry." I began, looking up at him. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the mirror seem to settle back into place and I took a deep breath before beginning again. "Jesse, Paul said that if I didn't spend time with him then he would exorcise you." I stated simply.
He looked at me a second before sitting at the edge of my bed. "Susannah, I'm not going anywhere. I've told you that." His gaze was really starting to unnerve me.
"But, Jesse. You don't understand. You can't stop what Paul does. If Paul wants to exorcise you, or gets it in his mind that he's going to find you and take you out of the picture forever, then he can do it. There's nothing you can do to stop him. That's why I'm hanging out with Paul. It's not that I want to, cause I really don't."
I looked up at Jesse, after my little speech and noticed that the mirror wasn't shaking anymore and....surprisingly enough.... the contempt that he had held in his eyes when he had looked at me.... was gone. Wow, I knew the power of speech was pretty good but I didn't know it was that good.
"Susannah, I don't want you to get hurt just because of me. I'm worried that Paul is going to try something with you and then...." He made a violent gesture in the air that obviously meant something dark and dangerous in Spanish. He grabbed my hand. "I worry about you."
"Jesse listen, its just a few shifting lessons...."
"Shifting lessons?" He looked at me incredulously.
"Yeah, you know going into the whole dark fog thing...." I glanced up at Jesse preparing for the worst reaction from him.
"Just be careful, querida. I cannot tell you what to do and where to go, but you must take caution in anything that has to do with Paul Slater."
The use of his nickname for me made me melt on the spot. It was something about the way that he seemed to be so protective and watchful over me that seemed to do the trick, but I really couldn't think about that right then because the intense look he was giving me made me blush and lower my eyes. He leaned over and kissed me and believe me, it was a lot better than the kiss that Paul had given me just half an hour before.
"Querida, I must go." He whispered, "I will see you tomorrow." And with that, he was gone. I groaned and got up, preparing for bed. In truth, I would never get over this little disappearing act that Jesse had lately seemed to be doing....a lot.
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Well, that's it for the second chapter! Please read and review.. You know you want too.....That little purple button is just calling your name.... :)