Thanks to all my lovely reviewers! Enelya, yes there will be a LITTLE Jesse/Suze fluff. But it's not going to be the main point. Mostly, it's going to be Suze and Paul, I think.

I'm glad everyone likes my "Christ on a cracker" comment! I've been saying it for months to cut back on heavier swearing.

And now, chapter two...I swear, I'll have my other stories updated ASAP! I'm going to try and have all of them done by August 16th, because I'm leaving for Florida on the 18th and won't be back until the 24th! Yay!! Then, should all go according to plan, I'll be in Overland Park, Kansas. :)


Suze's POV:

I sat back with wide eyes staring at Jesse. The alive Jesse. "How did this happen?" I whispered. I seem to be doing that a lot lately. Whispering and screaming, but never a normal voice.

"I don't know, querida." Jesse said, sitting up and leaning against my nightstand. "One minute, I was cursing that el bastardo and this plan, feeling a lot of hatred coming off of me, and the next, I was on the floor, gasping for air."

"Suze! Everything alright?!" I heard Sleepy yell.

"Yeah." I yelled back. "Jesse, you gotta go. Go visit Father Dom or something." I know, totally rude to just kick him out, but I couldn't get caught with Jesse in my room. "Go out the window, I'll meet you at the end of the street."

Jesse climbed out, carefully leaving, while I opened my door to see Sleepy and Dopey standing there.

"Man, I told you she was hiding someone." Dopey said gleefully.

"Shut up, innocent 'til proven guilty." Sleepy said. "So, where is he?"

"Who?" I asked innocently.

"The guy you were just talking to, Suze." Sleepy said, somewhat aggravated. "I swear, if you're covering for some gangbanger from the Valley, Paul's gonna be a widower before the actual wedding."

Great. So the whole family knew about the arranged marriage. "What guy? Oh, you mean Jesse?" I asked, planting bitterness in my voice. "Yeah, thanks for reminding me. The jerk decides to get his kicks from some whore in the Valley when I won't give them to him. So I kicked him to the curb. Thanks so much for reminding me, Jake."

I shoved past them and ran downstairs with my tray of food and went to the kitchen. On the way down the steps, I heard Sleepy smack Dopey for trying to catch me with some guy.

"Mom, Andy, I'm going for a walk. I'll be back by 10-ish." I called and then raced out the backdoor before they could stop me.

Jesse was leaning against a sign at the corner of the streets. "So, to the Mission, querida?"

"Not quite, Rico."