Chapter 13
A/N: Thanks for reviewing! Much appreciation. To court someone is to date them, by the way. Anywho, this is chapter 13, I have one more chapter after this and have written most of it already, but how to end this is killing me. I hate ending stories, oh well. I suppose it's unevitable. Unless I blow up the world like in this one book. Don't worry, it's tempting, but I won't.
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Chapter 13
Suze's POV
I didn't waste much time letting Jesse know exactly how I felt. That night at dinner I acted like nothing unusual was going on. Like I didn't know that he knew that I knew that he knew.
Okay, that confused even me. But you get the general idea. I pretended to be way interested in my 18th century version of mashed potatoes.
But the next morning I found Jesse in the barn. He was sitting on this little stool and petting a large brown dog. I assumed this was Dusty.
We so don't even look alike.
strange silence
Anyway…I walked toward him and said, "You know, right?" And pointed my finger right between his eyes. Only I was standing like five feet away, so there wasn't much of the dramatic effect I was hoping for.
He gave me an innocent teasing smile, "know what Querida?" Let me state, for the record, that I was getting peeved right about now. I mean, I loved this guy. He knew it, I knew it, and (I was fairly sure) he loved me back. So I did the only thing I could deem possible.
I closed the five foot gap between us and shoved him hard in the chest, causing him to topple backward off the stool and into a pile of hay. He stared up at me in shock.
"That was for being a jerk. Now," I offered him my hand which was redundant as he was already starting to stand, "do you know, or not?" And then he nodded.
And I basically shrieked from happiness. Well, I didn't actually shriek, but I did this little strange happy dance(ish) thingy. It was weird. But I was just so happy. I didn't really give a crap.
"So you remember? Everything? You're the Jesse Jesse?" He gave me an amused glance.
"Yes Susannah, I am the 'Jesse Jesse' you speak of," and I wrapped my arms around his kiss and kissed him, hard. He just pulled me tight against him and kissed me back, running his hands through my hair. It felt so…right, to be back in his arms.
But of course, Paul had to come ruin it all.
I heard him before I saw him, but it didn't give me enough time to pull away from Jesse.
"Good God Suze, you've only been here what, a week? And you're already kissing Rico?" He looked disgusted. And amused.
"Kindly stay away from Susannah Slater," Jesse took a step forward, "and it would be in your best interest to keep very far away from me for the rest of your days. I may not have to voice this, but I am extremely angry with you."
Paul's eyes got really big.
"You remember? All of it?" he started to slowly back away, but Jesse took three huge steps and launched himself at Paul, closing the gap between them.
"Crap Suze, get him off! Get him off!"
"I'm not getting you out of this one Paul, I'm just as pissed at you as he is." But I had another thought.
"Jesse, get off him. We're going home." I reached out my hand and helped Jesse off Paul.
Jesse looked at me and nodded, Paul fled. I had a feeling I wouldn't be seeing him around for a while.
"Querida," Jesse pulled me close to him, "I can't wait to go back, but let me say goodbye to my family first. It will, after all, be a while before I see them again, if ever. He looked sad for a minute and I felt awful. What if he didn't want to come? What if he wanted to stay here?
"Jesse…you don't have to come, you can stay." I said it quietly, but I knew my words were heard.
Jesse's POV
"Jesse…you don't have to come, you can stay," her voice was quiet, I knew she was serious. I gave her an annoyed look.
"Querida, just tell me one thing, do you love me?" She looked shocked. Please say yes, please say yes…
"Yes, I do." Gracious a Dios.
I kissed her softly.
"Good. Because I wouldn't want to face the future without you."
It was true. I couldn't think of my world without her. It would be…meaningless. I would feel as if there was an empty void inside of me.
Relief flooded through her features.
"Lets go then, spend as much time as you want and then we'll leave," I kissed her quickly and we walked from the barn.
Suze's POV
Jesse was inside talking with his family, I stayed away, they didn't know this would be the last time they'd ever see him. I had fed them some bogus story about having found a relative in California, and thanked them for letting me stay, yada yada yada. They really were nice though. His family, I mean.
Sam appeared next to me.
"Hey, you almost ready to go?"
This whole mind-reading thing was starting to get on my nerves.
"Yah, quit that would you?" When she was reading my mind my brain felt fuzzy and it was hard to think.
"Fine. But what about Paul?"
"Paul is not a problem anymore."
"Ahh." She looked away. I recognized that expression. Anyone who fell under the Slater spell had that expression.
"You don't like him, do you?" Please say no, please say no…but I knew the answer was yes.
She shrugged distractedly.
"Maybe. He is gorgeous, you have to admit that."
"I'm not blind Sam. You'd make a cute couple." I shut up as Jesse walked out on the porch. Paul may be hot, I thought, but he's got NOTHING on Jesse.
He grabbed my hand.
"Are you ready to go?" he nodded sadly. Then looked straight at Sam.
"Samantha?" he sounded strange, "what are you doing here?"
I put my finger over his lips to shush him, "I'll explain it all to you later Jesse, let's go."
I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, thought of home, and shifted.
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