AN: sorry for taking so long..got grounded...sorry.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the Plot..the rest is Meg Cabot's
Suze POV
"First we must get your measurements. Then I'll have Eduardo send it off to town. I can imagine the biggest gown. Bigger than Maria's."Jesse's oldest sister said. They reallly had liked me more that I actually thought.
"Bigger? Marta no. I don't want bigger, just sensible. Maybe green or blue?" I replied. I didn't understand why they wanted to buy me clothes. It wasn't like I was a guest here..I worked here now.
"Okay, so we get two little ones. A nice Peach one, in case someone I don't know- Jesse- wants to take you out for a midnight stroll. A ball gown. You'll need one of those, And a sleeping gown."
I counted in my head.
"No. Marta. Thats six. Your mother only said five." I said as Josefina untied Jesse's shirt from my sholder.
"It's not like you wear the night gown out. Plus, you need something to sleep in." She said as she wrote all that she said.
Jesse's other sister Mercedes handed her the measuring tape and measured me.
"IS this Jesse's shirt?" Mercedes asked as she picked up the shirt from the floor.All five sisters eyed me.
"Yes. He tied it so that my arm wouldn't hurt."
"You let your man go bare chested while your arm hurt?" Marta asked.
"My man? Jesse is not my man." I said "And I insisted that he keep it on but he remains stubbornly conviced that it was best for the current situation." I blushed and looked away. I wished they hadn't untied the shirt, my arm needed to be secured..and the longer it wasn't the longer it would hurt.
"¿Oh realmente?" (oh really) Marta said laughing...Sometimes they did that. Talk in spanish. I didn't know what it ment. I just hoped it was nice.
They conversed in spanish until they were done.
"For now we must hide you up here. These dresses won't be done until tomorrow. Jesse nor Papi will like how she is dressed." Marta said.
The youngest Beatrice spoke up.
"Why must she hide? Her face compensates for her attire." For a 10 year old, she was pretty damn smart.
"Thank you." I blushed.
"Here we say 'gracias'. Ama is known as Senorita de Silva and Papi is known as Senor de Silva." Josefina corrected me.
When we first met, we made a pact that they help me on my manners and that I would help them with their make-up. (a talent that i discovered while we practiced on 14 year old Adrianne.)
Meanwhile, Marta gave the letter to Beatrice to run down to Eduardo. We had to wait.
Like Marta said, the dresses weren't finished until the morning when Eduardo was sent to get them. With aid of the five sisters, I got into them one at a time.
When I was admiring myself in the mirror hanging in the basement, Jesse walked in.
"Oh Im sorry, i didn't know you were in here..I'll leave---Wow" He trailed off whispering the last part of that sentence.
I blushed a darker shade then the red ball gown that I was wearing.
He smiled a smile that I wish I knew what was behind it.
It was annoying.
Jesse's POV
She looked more beautiful than ever.
Red was her color.
"Marta, Josefina, Mecerdes, get your sisters ready for the party!" All my sisters rushed up the stairs to heed my mother' s call.
I shouldn't have been surprised when my sisters took to her Susannah as I did.She was a great person. Even though I only knew her for 3 days.
"Well what do you think?" she asked looking in the mirror again.
I noticed my shirt was missing. My sisters had replaced it with some silk fabric. What they did what the shirt, I couldn't guess.
"It doesn't matter what I think Querida." I said.
"Oh...It's that bad?" she asked
What I had wanted to say was that she was the most beautiful woman that I have laid my eyes upon. But i didnt want to sound to forward. I wanted Her to like me well enough.
"No. You look nice. Very Nice."
"So who is this Maria I keep hearing about?"
"She's my cousin and was my fiance."
"Dude thats gross. You were gonna marry your cousin? Sick." She said looking away.
" It wasn't my choice. I didn't want to marry her, but our fathers wanted it. But you saved me and Now we are here."
She changed the subject.
"It's a nice touch." She showed me her arm. "Here's your shirt." she handed me the white cloth. Our hands touched for a moment, and at that particular time, my heart flopped. Just like it did when I was watching her 3 days before.
"How did you know what to do?" She moved her hand away.
" It just comes to me." I answered.
"You should be a doctor. If its that simple i mean."
I almost stopped dead. Hadn't she said that when we were in the barn when she was trying to convice me of Maria's Plan?
"I would, but they couldn't spare me here long enough to get through Medical School. I have learned to be content with that. Life must go on."
I stopped.
"I have never told anyone about that before." I admitted looking at her. She really was the most beautiful woman that I have ever seen.
She leaned agains the mirror.
"So, does that make me special?"
And without thinking, I walked up to her and put my right palm on the wall next to her head.
"No this does"
I leaned in to kiss her. Only I couldn't. When our lips barely touched, Beatrice burst in.
"Jesse and Suze sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G"
We flew to sperate parts of the room.
"Forgive me Susanna" and I left the room.
Had Beatrice not shown up, what would have happened? I didn't mean to act so forward. I just felt like it was something that I was waiting for. I wanted to kiss her since the first day, i realized that.
I ran up to the top and saw my mother and father sitting at the dinner table.Would that be me someday. Maybe. With Susannah, it would make living on the ranch more exciting.
Would she ever go back to her future..Or was it my future and in her present. well not really my future..but oh well. Wouldn't she have to? Her friend would realize that she never showed up and would come back to her. Wouldn't he?
I didn't want to start anything that I couldn't finish. She'd leave one day and never return. And I...? If she ever loved me the way I loved her, i would love no other.. Because it was clear now that If my feelings were put into actions, I could never love another. Susannah would be my one and only.
And then I just shocked myself.
I LOVED SUSANNAH!
A/N: I know very long..I hope this buys me time. I will try to update as soon as possible. R and R! thanks!
