Disclaimer : Once again, the great and wonderful Meg Cabot owns everything! Well, almost. The plot line is my friend and my idea and the characters of Anne, Adriaan, Alea and Denise are ours as well.

Okay! You guys are awesome! Let me just start by saying that! Next, I'm giving you another chapter, and for those of you who don't know what's going on with Alea....I'll give you a clue within this chapter! :) Okay? Alright, for your entertainment....Chapter 15! :) (oh yeah, please be kind and review! :) Thank you!)

Alea's POV:

I watched Jesse walk out the door and slumped against the counter. That had to be one of the hardest tests ever! I watched as my best friend Denise entered the store. "Hey Deni." I said, with no enthusiasm. Hey I was tired, I had just had to put o my best performance....something I wasn't completely used to.

She jumped around excitedly. "SO? Did it work? Is everything going according to plan?" Her blue eyes jumped around nervously.

"Of course. Now, we just have to let nature take its course. Of course, we will help....a little." I added, seeing Deni's glance.

"Ali! You know we can't mess with fate too much." She said. "Sad though. Hey did you get a look at his abs?!"

"Of course." I grinned. That had been the fun part. Let me tell you, that was one HOT Latino.

"Ali?" Deni's call snapped me out of my usual daydreams and back into reality. "Okay, so now what do we do?" She asked.

"Now we sit and wait for our next cue."

"Will it work?"

"I hope so Deni....I really do. We can't afford to screw up a second time." I sighed and tried to go on about the day as usual, trying not to think about what wuold happen if this didn't work....everything would be complete....chaos.

Jesse's POV:

"Father!" I called, running through the main office and crashing into his office. "Father Dominic....something really strange is going on!" I panted.

"Jesse. I'm glad your here. I was just talking to the two people who I had a meeting with today." He gave me a very stern look.

That was the first time I noticed the two people sitting in front of his desk, looking at me like I was some sort of psicopata. (a/n : psychopath)

"Jesse....meet Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman....Susannah's mother and stepfather.

I stepped back and took a good look at them, embarrassed at my behavior. Of course I knew who they were, I had seen them with Susannah many times, but....I could not exactly tell them that. Susannah's mother looked stricken at the mention of her daughter's name, but she slowly stood up and flung herself upon me, openly crying. I looked up first at Mr. Ackerman, who just gave me a half smile that didn't reach his sad eyes and then I looked at Father Dominic, who motioned for me to say nothing.

"So you are the guy that Susannah was such good friends with?" Her mother let go of me and looked up into my eyes. "Thank you for being such a good friend to my daughter." She said with so much sincerity that it made my eyes begin to well up with tears.

"Yes, Jesse was one of Susannah's best male friends." Father Dominic explained, rather gruffly. I looked up at him and noticed that his own eyes were brimming with tears. He quickly blinked them away and continued as Mrs. Ackerman sat back down.

"Anyway, I was explaining your...." He cleared his throat, "living situation...."

My eyes got wide, but he continued quickly.

"And I was explaining how you just got kicked out of your family's house and you need a place to stay...."

At this Susannah's mother interrupted him. "Yes, I think that is SO sad, Jesse. I just want to let you know that we are here for you no matter what. After all, you were my little girl's best guy friend and any friend of Susannah's...." Her voice was breaking slightly, "....is a friend of ours." She finished, pausing slightly to collect herself.

"Jesse, Susannah's parents have offered to let you stay with them until you can find otherwise." Father Dominic looked at me knowingly.

Mr. Ackerman, who had not spoke the entire time, finally looked at me and gave a knowing look. "I know you two must have been really close." He admitted. "You'll have to earn your way....but we'll be happy to take you in." He smiled slightly.

I was shocked. I had not expected him to agree with Susannah's mother. He had actually been giving me a few choice looks as soon as I had entered the room. But now, he seemed to be adjusted to the idea of me having to move in. Though he still looked slightly suspicious of me.

I, grateful to now have a place to sleep, looked gladly at Father Dominic, who just shook his head in acknowledgement. Not knowing what to say, I tried to form coherent words to thank the family for their gracious offer. "Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman, you do not know how much this means to me." I replied, sincerely. I grinned and shook Mr. Ackerman's hand and with a hasty goodbye to Father Dominic, I joined Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman as they headed home.

When we got back to their house, Andy (as he had instructed me to call him) took me up to Susannah's room and told me that this was to be where I was to sleep. That it could be my room for the time being. He explained that it had been Susannah's room and I almost slipped up and told him that it had been my room at one time as well, but I caught myself. He told me that dinners were a necessity and that everyone had to attend at the specified time. I agreed and he left me to get acquainted with the room. Looking around Susannah's room again, brought the worst kind of ache in my chest. My heart felt as if somone were ripping it apart as I looked around and realized that the Ackerman's had not changed anything or moved anything around since Susannah had been gone. Everything was lying where it had been when she left, I had not touched anything when I had been a ghost, I had only observed her room....not touching anything. There were a few notebooks in the floor; her schoolbooks were on the window seat where I had been reading them....before she had left. I sat down lightly on her bed and looked around at my now....home. It felt strange that I would stay in Susannah's room and never see her beautiful face enter this room again. I got up and sat out all of the clothing that i had bought, and then laid back down on her bed, burying my face deep into the pillows....I could smell a faint trace of her shampoo as if she had just been laying here....I fell asleep, now realizing that I would never see my querida again and it hurt worse than anything Paul Slater could do.
Okay, there's Chapter 15....can you guess what Alea and Deni are planning? Oh well....more clues to come! :) Now that you've read...you know what to do! :) Chapter 16 is on the way next! :)