The Mediator: Changes- (Based on the mediator series by Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll)
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Chapter 7: Goodbye, Goodbye, Hello
Monday went by without a goodbye from Cee Cee or Adam. Father Dom said goodbye to me, but he really seemed to mean "good riddance". My 'new friends' threw me a going away party at school and even Brad and the rest of the 'jocks' at the mission academy joined in. It was a pretty big turnout for a party thrown for me. Everyone promised to keep in touch and invite me to all of the big parties. Kelly made me promise to say hi to Tad for her -apparently he moved back into town after 'moving away' for months. Paul, surprisingly, was not at school that day. I found out why when I got home.
"Hey Suze" He said over the phone.
"Hi. Sup?" I asked casually.
"Apparently my parents don't have as big of connections as they thought... I don't think I'll be seeing you at RLS." He said sadly.
I laughed, "I'll still see you. You're my friend now. I can't ignore you as hard as I try."
"Thanks" He said sounding relieved, "Well, I gotta go do some homework now...Bye"
"Bye." I said hanging up. "Thank you !" I said to the empty room. As much as I like Paul now I don't want him following me when I change schools and stuff... that's just too stalker-ish for me.
"This is it..." I thought Tuesday morning, "RLS here I come!" I dressed in my most attention grabbing clothes and went down to have breakfast. " Not having a dress code is nice." I commented to no one in particular.
"Suzie!" My mother called from another room, "We better get going or we're going to be late."
"Coming!" I called back, retrieving my newest Kate Spade knock-off and whispering , "Wish me luck!" to everyone else at the kitchen table.
"Good luck!" Said brad and David. Jake just glared at me.
Before I knew it I was being shown around the school by none other than Tad Beaumont. and I was hearing "Dude did you see the new girl?!" a lot.
"Nice to see you again." Tad said in his soft, quiet voice, "You look good."
"Thanks!" I responded. Looking around in amazement, "This place is HUGE!"
"You'll get used to it." He said Chuckling.
"Hey, Tad! Who's the new girl?!" asked a guy that I had seen at Kelly's party, the one where I met Tad.
"This is Suze." tad said to the guy, "Suze this is Jason."
"Hey!" I said smiling. "I like her!" Jason said to Tad, trying to be quiet about it.
"I like me too." I responded, letting them know that I could hear them.". They looked at me and laughed, "Good to know!" commented Jason, while sneaking a smirk at Tad.
"Jason has your next class, so he's going to take you now and I'll meet you there afterwards ." Said Tad.
"Shall we?" Asked Jason. I laughed and said "Sure thing boss!"
"I like you Suze!" He commented on the way to class, "So... You got a boyfriend?"
"I'll let you know by the end of the day!" I said smiling, "- Actually, no, i don't have a boyfriend at the moment."
Jason faked shock, " How is that possible?! YOU?"
"Yeah" I said trying to sound miserable, "ME!"
"I'll have to remember that." He said, only half joking.
We walked into the class room and I introduced myself to the teacher. "My! Two new students in one class!" She exclaimed smiling. "Two?" I thought. "Class!" She said trying to get the room to pay attention to her, "We have two new students today: Suze-" The guys in the class all broke out into applause and I blushed and smiled while waving. The teacher continued, "-and Jesse-" A cute guy stood up and all of the girls applauded. The guy smiled and winked at me. He looked VERY familiar, but the only thing I could think of wasn't possible... and even if it was- no, it wasn't. Once the class became silent the teacher spoke, "Ms. Simon and Mr DeSilva please come up here and get your books.". I froze, and so many thoughts and questions raced through my head. I shakily went to get my book and walked back to my desk. "DeSilva? Jessse? MY Jesse?" I thought turning slowly to look at the new guy. He raised his eyebrows at me, one of which had a scar identical to MY Jesse's, "Is something wrong- querida?" he asked in a smooth silky voice with a slight accent exactly like the one MY Jesse had/ has. At this my jaw dropped and started trembling. Thank God I was already by my desk or I would have fallen over in shock. I quickly sat down and fought the urge to cry for the rest of the class period.
"Gosh, Suze. Are you alright?" Asked Tad when I met up with him after class.
"Yeah, you look like you've just seen a ghost." added Jason. They were both concerned.
"I wish," was all I could manage to mumble.
"Listen, do you need a ride home?" asked Tad.
"Yeah, that would be nice." I answered, managing a smile.
The ride home was very quiet, until Tad broke the silence, " I missed. I wanted to call you, but it just felt weird. You know? I didn't know if you'd be mad or anything, you know?"
"Yeah, I know." I replied honestly. That whole ordeal was really crazy for both of us. We pulled up in the driveway of my house. "I'd like to start over." Tad said even more quietly than he usually speaks.
"That would be nice." I replied. "Even if that was Jesse back there, he obviously doesn't want me now- he probably never did," I thought to myself.
"Good." Tad said leaning over and kissing me softly, but passionately on the lips. I kissed him back and, sooner or later, after several minutes of serious tongue twisting and saliva swapping , we had to pull apart for breath and I got out of the car. Tad backed his Porsche carefully out of the driveway and , after stopping to wave goodbye, sped off down the road. Tad was a VERY good kisser, his kisses sent shivers down my back and they were soft and always feel like it's that special first kiss. Plus, he never had bad breath. I stood in the driveway, replaying that kiss over in my head, until...
"Gosh, did he clean your mouth out well enough with his tongue?"
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Advertisement for chapter 8 [staring a VERY confused Susannah Simon]: Was that REALLY Jesse? Who was spying on Tad and Suze? Find out in the next installment of : 'The Mediator: Changes'... lol- cliffhanger!! yay! REVIEW! I'll doesn't matter if I get reviews or not, but I still like them... I just like writing this!