A/N: This chapter is dedicated to booksrule39 for being my: 'honest-to-god-number-1 fan'. I really appreciated that! It made me get all emotional. That I actually HAVE a fan. I mean, I know that my gerbil is a fan of my food-bowl-filling skills. But I don't think he has much of a choice in the matter. Lol.
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DEDICATED TO BOOKSRULE39:
I stared out of the dusty window, trying to avoid the conversation I knew was going to come. I mean, okay so I slugged the guy. So what? Well apparently, it's quite a big deal. According to Kathleen it is anyway. And now I was stuck in a room with her, praying that she won't go and get the 19th century CIA on me. Come to think of it, do they even have police? Or are they just a bunch of scary men with pistols that shoot at innocent little girls? Mainly me if I carry on with the luck I've been having.
"Susie, please just tell me what is going on. My family are beside themselves thinking that they have somehow offended you. Although I do not see why. If anything, it is Mr Slater whom was insulted." She informed me in her girly voice.
I turned to face her a little, so that I could see her face. I could already see the spark in her eyes, telling me that Paul had already worked his charm on her. She was infatuated after a couple of hours. I heaved a huge sigh.
"Paul and I have…….history together. We've met in the past." I told her softly. I tactfully left out the part where he and I had made out on his bed. Or the fact that he'd had me murdered.
"Romantically?" she asked, carefully casual. She wasn't fooling me though.
"No. Not that he didn't try." I replied. She nodded happily, my little slip-up earlier all but forgotten. This wasn't a good sign. No matter how much this girl could annoy me, I wasn't about to sign her over to him. He'd do nothing but hurt her. Paul wasn't big on commitment. Or anything good really. He'd just use her and leave her broken hearted.
"Well I better be getting back. I'm meant to show him the ropes, so to speak." She giggled cheerfully.
She motioned as if to leave, but I was too fast. I jumped off the window ledge and blocked her way out. She looked at me in puzzlement. I was pretty surprised myself. I never thought I'd be trying to get rid of any girl that wanted to screw around with Paul. I'd always welcomed Kelly's attempts. Mostly because I hoped that way he'd give up on me.
This time however was different.
She was too naive. And way too innocent. She wouldn't know what had hit her once he started putting the moves on her. Which is why I had to put a stop to it now.
"I'll only warn you this once Kathleen. Paul isn't someone you mess with. Cross him and he'll hurt you. Heck, he'll probably hurt you anyway just for the hell of it. Just keep away from him." I warned her calmly.
I watched as her face changed from confusion to something else. Anger.
"You're jealous aren't you Susie? You just can't cope with the fact that he might be more interested in me." she spat acidly. I looked at her sternly, not even flinching at her words. Mostly because I realised how she was feeling. What with the whole her-liking-Jesse-before thing. I'd been ready to tear her eyes out.
Except that she doesn't love Paul. It's just a crush. So it's okay if I break her heart a little.
"No actually, you couldn't be more wrong. To cut a long story short he is dangerous and extremely powerful. That's why I acted so strangely earlier. I didn't expect him to be able to follow me here."
She opened up her mouth to protest, but shut it again almost instantly. I could see that she was going to be stubborn on this one.
"And what has he done to you in the past that deserves such unbearable pain?" she asked icily.
He killed me.
Well, that was what I would have said if I'd intended to give her the truth. Instead I just shook my head and replied:
"Just trust me on this one. He isn't a good person to be crushing on." I could tell that she didn't know what 'crushing' meant, but I guess she got the gist.
But instead of taking it the way I'd wanted her to, she set her jaw and walked around me. There wasn't much I could do to stop her. Not that I was that bothered any more. She was acting like a spoilt brat.
So instead of hounding her further, I opened the door and let her go.
It was only then that I realised that she wasn't the only one that had heard what I had just said. She turned and faced me with a triumphant grin on her face.
It seemed that Jesse wasn't going to avoid me after all.
