Okay…Chapter 7!
Jesse's POV:
I cannot believe that we did that. We weren't even married! But we did it anyway.
I should not have gone to that party. I knew there would be alcohol, but I decided to go anyway! I am the most despicable person on the planet.
Suze's POV:
Jesse really started beating himself up over what happened that night. For me, however, that was the best night of my life.
"Jesse, really, it's okay! I'm 20, Jesse, I can take care of myself. Don't beat yourself up for it. Please?"
He sighed. "I just hope that I didn't do anything. Susannah, we didn't even use protection!"
Now it was my turn to sigh. I didn't say anything. I just silenced him with a kiss.
Then, we heard the door slam. I had forgotten to lock it the night before…
…and in came Paul.
He had a very expressionless look on his face. But then, suddenly, he reached out and pulled me into a kiss so deep it was suffocating. Good thing I was able to pull away this time. I pushed him away. "What are you doing?" I shouted.
He smiled smugly. "Trying to make you see how much better I am at kissing than Rico Suave, here. How much more I could give you…Suze, my parents are filthy rich. This guy…Suze, this guy is going into medical school. Don't you see that I could beat him in, well…anything?
"If that were true, Paul," I said, my voice steady but my heart pounding. "Then he would so not be kicking your rear when it comes to winning my affections, now would he?" Jesse put a hand on my shoulder.
"I don't want to fight with you anymore, Paul," Jesse said. "But if this is the way it's going to be…"
Paul looked excited. "You mean you finally admit that I could give Suze so much more?"
Jesse laughed, but rather unpleasantly. "The only thing you could give Susannah is unwanted children and possibly a few STD's."
Paul scowled. "What did you mean, then?"
That was when I cleared my throat.
Jesse's POV:
"Paul," Susannah said. "No matter how much you chase me—and threaten to do things to my boyfriend, succeed or not—I will never feel that way about you. Okay? We can never be anything but friends or enemies. I wouldn't mind being your friend. But you have to decide. Are you going to follow me all through my marriage until I'm an old bat? I mean, come on, Paul. If you continue to try and force something between us, we will remain enemies. But if you just admit now that we can be nothing but friends—and mean it sincerely—we can be friends for life. I'm not the right person for you, Paul. You need to find someone who can love you." Wow. I could not have explained what I was trying to say better myself.
Paul interrupted, "And why can't you love me?" His voice was shaky. This made me proud of my querida. Too proud, perhaps, because then Paul added, to me, "And you stop looking so smug." But not really all that convincingly.
Susannah looked tired. "I can't give it to you, Paul, because we aren't right for each other. Okay? I thought you figured that out four years ago. I was wrong. This isn't a game, Paul. I'm not teasing with you. It's either you become my friend or you leave this apartment. And if you choose to leave, you'd better not come back."
Paul's POV:
Those words hit me like thunder. I never thought I'd see the day when Suze Simon would actually say that to me. I mean, I knew I'd been a pig to her, but those words…. "It's either you become my friend or you leave this apartment. And if you choose to leave, you'd better not come back." Now that I looked at it, I supposed Suze and I never really did click. I guess I was in it for the wild goose chase. But I couldn't. I couldn't stay and later, probably laugh with her, and talk to her on a daily basis, knowing that I couldn't have her, and that I'd been such a pig to her.
So I did her a favor. I never darkened her doorstep again.
Suze's POV:
I couldn't believe it. He was gone.
The good thing, though, was that he never came back. Ever.
I guess he found himself a girl and lived happily ever after.
I know Jesse and I sure did.
Okay, that's the end of this one! Did you like it? I will probably start a sequel soon, but it will only be set a few months after this one…
