The Mediator: Changes- (Based on the mediator series by Meg Cabot/Jenny Carroll)

DUDE! It took me SO long to update! SORRY! I forgot, then remembered, but was too busy...enough excuses from me now...go on, READ IT!! ~Chels

Chapter 16: Back in Action! (a continuation of chapter 15: 'musical futures')

That night they let me go. I was so happy to go home! I didn't even protest when my mother called me Suzie, or when she brought me some VERY un-me clothes to wear.

"I never thought I'd say this," I told Brad, "But I can't wait for school tomorrow."

He laughed, "You're delirious!"

"No, I was just REALLY bored!" I replied, stressing the 'REALLY' into as many syllables as humanely possible, "How long was I in there, anyways?

Brad squinted, calculating the days in his head, "About a week and a half."

"That long?" I asked, my eyes widening in disbelief, "Wow! It's a wonder I survived! Talk about cruel and unusual punishment! Being that bored THAT long could kill a person!"

"It was the best time of my life!" Jake said, smiling evilly.

Brad shook his head at Jake, "You're such a downer man!" he said as he left the room.

He had the nerve to say that the most boring part of my life was the best time of his! This pissed me off, " You're such an asshole! I'd like to see YOU bored out of your mind in a hospital for a week, then we'll talk about the best time of our lives..." he was smiling, taunting me, giving me a reason to- " ...In fact-" I kneed him in the groin, then, on his way to the floor, I kneed him again, this time in the face. I heard the satisfying crunch of braking bone when my knee collided with his face. It wouldn't keep him in the hospital, but it would teach him a lesson. Jake groaned in pain as I said, "And no, I didn't learn that from being in a gang, I learned that from being in contact with annoying people like you!" while sitting back down on the bed, faking being sleepy.

Brad, my mom, and Andy came back in, prepared to leave. They just stared at Jake, who was still lying on the ground, in shock. My mom was the first to speak, "What happened?". Jake just happened to be standing near the door when I hit him, and the door was open just a crack, so the story I had devised worked out perfectly. I sat up, trying to act weak, " He was standing by the door, talking to me about how when I was gone it was the 'best time of his life' and he started laughing so hard that he leaned on the door for support... I called him a name and he turned around a little too fast, and knocked his (*cough cough*)-um- area on the doorknob... he lost his balance and tripped, when he fell he banged his head on the doorknob too... it made a sick crunching noise and made me feel a little dizzy...then you guys came in...". They took Jake to get his nose looked at, and came back a little later with news that he had, in fact, broken his nose... and his jaw... although I can't remember the noise, it would have made some type of noise when it broke, right? Anyways, after they came back to my room we left for home. All the way in the car, Jake was giving me evil glares, but he couldn't say anything to me, after all his jaw was broken...

That night I had the best sleep that I've had in a week and a half, so I was very well rested for school.

Word had gotten around at school how Tad had 'broke up' with me. Needless to say, he wasn't as popular with the ladies at the moment. I, on the other hand, was quite popular with the guys. Word hadn't gotten around about me and Jesse yet, so random guys kept on coming up an flirting with me and asking me out.

"Hey," said Jason on our way to our last period class, "Sorry abut Tad. He's a real jerk." Jason had become one of my best friends at RLS. He was a real life saver.

"Thanks" I responded.

Jesse was waiting for me outside the room. He hugged me as I walked up to the door. "Welcome back." he said, kissing me gently on the lips. I smiled and said, "Glad to be back." then walked into the classroom.

After school we walked to Jesse's car, holding hands like a real couple, which we were. He was going to drive me home, since I'm not supposed to drive for a while- a precaution incase I black out again. "I'm still sorry," He said while turning the car on.

"I still forgive you." I replied, "-Can we go to your house? I never got a chance to meet your family or see your new house."

"Sure," He said smiling. "My sisters will probably beg to go shopping with you, they only have a vague sense of modern fashion and you know a lot about it, so you'll be their idol as soon as you set foot in the house. They're being 'home-schooled' until they figure out what to wear, they put up such a fit about it when school was mentioned that my parent gave in.

I laughed, "Sounds like they'd fit in perfectly here!"

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What will happen when Suze goes to Jesse's house? How will Suze- and Jesse's sisters- react to the mall? What happened to Paul? All this and more in the next installment of ' The Mediator: Changes'

hope you liked it! And sorry again for the delay! ~Chels