The fluff is there, don't worry.
Chapter Four
Well, It wasn't that hard to tell my mom, not to mention my whole family, about Gina's death.
I mean I was in a bad mood anyway. I think I pretty much cried all my tears out earlier.
Scratch that.
It was VERY hard.
Very casually I said, "Yeah Jesse and I heard a crash outside, so we looked and it just happened to be Gina which croaked right then and there." Yeah, I said that all right. I wish.
I took a deep breath.
Some things, like this, I really don't need in my life right now. It's hard enough being a mediator.
My day has already been a heck of a lot harder then a brain surgeon's would have been. Lets recap: geometry quiz (which I totally failed), mediator bells going off about Paul, that whole fight thing between Jesse and you know who, oh and that little thing I like to call death.
I should be worrying about graduation. Did I mention that it's a couple weeks from now?
So right now, all I wanted to do was sleep. Sleep for maybe 3 consecutive hours. Is that too much to ask?
But noooo, I have to admit something that I really don't want to say out loud.
So I just said it, straight to the point, "Gina's dead, Mom."
She gasped. Pretty hard too because the next thing she did was fall onto the couch we were standing next to.
Andy and Jesse rushed to her side. I went and got a glass of water for her and after she took two large gulps she said, "H-hh-how?"
My mom can take things pretty hard sometimes. Can you tell?
Tears were beginning to well up in my eyes. I crossed my arms and started to look down at the hardwood floors.
Jesse noticed so he decided to take things over for a bit.
After a few dozen minutes we all calmed down.
Brad and David were speechless. Especially Brad. I mean, he had had a little thing toward Gina at one moment. Jake moved out, by the way.
I came to a decision that I wasn't hungry and I was allowed to skip dinner and go up to my room. After I said goodbye to Jesse, with only a peck on the lips, he left and I went slowly upstairs.
Where of course, Gina was there waiting.
She didn't stay very long though. She took one look at me, moved her head slightly side to side with a semi-sad look, and vanished.
Vanished, just like that.
I took this alone time to my advantage though. I let the bathtub flow with the hot steamy water and took a short bath. It was very relaxing considering the day I just went through.
And then I simply slipped into my bed, clapped to turn the light off, and went to sleep.
Just like that, went to sleep.
I was so tired you probably wouldn't have noticed that I went through a death earlier that day.
Poor Gina, I wonder what happened. I was meaning to ask her but...well lets not get into that.
I couldn't believe there weren't any distractions. Not a knock on my door, not Brad's music on max, not even a freaking phone call. I was at peace. And that was a first.
I was asleep. At least for a couple hours, until the shriek of something very loud and annoying woke me up.
I was surprised to see there was a dim light in my room, very surprised. And that annoying thing? Only my alarm clock!
Suze Simon had slept the whole night!
I got out of bed, feeling totally rejuvenated. Another first.
I got dressed and went downstairs ready for the school day. Nobody was there.
Now now, don't freak out on me. It was only because I was a dork and forgot it was Saturday.
At this point, I had nothing to do. I wasn't tired, so I didn't want to go back to sleep, plus I had already gotten dressed and everything.
The only thing I really could think of was to go visit Jesse. And it wasn't a bad idea if I do say so myself.
I knew Jesse would be up. He always is. You know, since his daily routine back in the good ol' days was get up at 5:30 and do chores until breakfast.
Which was completely crazy in my opinion.
So I hopped in my Jeep and headed toward Jesse's apartment.
Don't worry; I've gotten my license by now. It was only a matter of time. And I even bought my own car. It was really no problem. Besides the fact I was like working triple time managing all the sitter jobs at the pebble Beach hotel for my whole summer. Yes, I took Caitlin's place.
I arrived at Jesse's about ten minutes later.
Man, was he a sight for sore eyes.
"Susannah, what are you doing up so early?" Jesse said while nudging me into the apartment.
"Oh, I just thought I'd stop by after my morning 5 mile jog."
At first he looked surprised, but after he realized my sarcasm in my voice, he chuckled a little.
"How about we grab some breakfast when you tell me why your really here."
It was a little strange to me why Jesse was all the sudden jumping all over me about why I was there. I mean, why can't I just visit my boyfriend at 7 in the morning? Why I was thinking these thoughts, I have no clue. So I shrugged it off and said, "Sounds good."
We took his car to a café near the beach.
All in all, it was a pretty good experience. Or should I say date. What am I saying? It was great. We laughed, we kissed, we ate, we cried. Okay, maybe not cried, but whatever.
We went back to the house to um…talk. Well, I might as well say it. We made out. Something I've been meaning to do with Jesse for a while now.
I was mad because I knew it wasn't going to last forever. You see, Jesse had to go to work later that day.
I took off Jesse's jacket while his hand slid up the back of my white blouse that I threw on earlier this morning. It was pretty hard with more than one tongue in my mouth, if you catch my drift.
Minutes went by and it was getting deeper and deeper in intimacy. I was so in heaven. This was a way better experience then what Tad or Paul had ever done with me. Oh God, why did I have to think about Paul.
Jesse threw himself away from me. He got up quickly and starting pacing the room, running his hands through his hair in a stressful way. Through that wonderful thick, dark hair…
I stood up to meet him. What was wrong with him? Suddenly stopping like that! I needed an explanation.
"Jesse…what's wrong?" I said using my sweet innocent girl voice.
He didn't say anything.
"Jesse."
No response.
I stepped in front of his path. He stopped just in time to not run me over.
We were nose to nose.
Then he kissed me. Which was totally unexpected. But, for a first, I wouldn't say it was making out. It was just so…romantic. I felt like I was in a movie. This was so not my life. It was going way too well for my mediator life.
He stopped to look at me with those dark mesmerizing eyes. I met his glare.
He took a deep breath. I wasn't sure what that deep breath was for, but I had an idea that I'd soon find out.
"Susannah…I…" He closed his eyes. I wanted to interrupt, but I kept my mouth shut. This was way too good to interrupt. I was going to kill anybody who happened to ruin this moment for me.
"…love you. Susannah I love you."
The slightest tears welded up in my eyes and I smiled back at him. Man I wish I didn't have egg breath or something. I regretted choosing an omelet for breakfast.
"I love you too, Jesse de Silva."
For a moment there, we just stared at each other. I could see his eyes water up a bit too.
And then we shared the best kiss, ever.
Still kissing, my butt started vibrating and started bolting out Caught Up by Usher, the ring-tone version of course. Only because my cell phone was in my back pocket.
Jesse took his head away slowly, I as well.
Totally embarrassed, I answer my phone.
I cleared my throat. "Hello?" I was so killing whomever this was.
"Susie, where are you? I woke up and you were gone!"
My mother.
By the time Jesse and I got back to his apartment it had been 8:30. Perfectly enough time for my mom to check up on me and plan on invading my personal life. She's been a little too attached to me lately.
"I'm at Jesse's, mom."
"Why is that honey?" She said in that perky voice of hers.
"I woke up early thinking it was a school day and decided to go to visit Jesse." I responded.
"Oh, well I expected that you'd get up early. You did go to bed at what, around 7?" She said.
"Yes, mom. Is this the only reason you called?"
"Oh no Susannah! I have great news!" It seems like if my mom has news at all, it's great. "Jake called last night when you were sleeping! He's getting married!"
Did you like it? I told you there'd be fluff. Sorry if it wasn't that good. I'm not the kinda person who can write about that stuff! I tried my best!
emma
