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Chapter two

It was ages before I could get to sleep that night. I was lying awake wishing with all my heart that I could just have a normal life where Jesse was alive and we could be happy couple. You know, the usual stuff I complain about not having. Only, after what happened earlier I now had no reason whatsoever to be pleased about being a mediator. Before I had Jesse to come home to after having my ass kicked by some ghost who just wouldn't move on. Now I had nothing.

So, you can probably guess that when I finally got to sleep after lying there for hours thinking about how much my life sucked I got way pissed off when somebody decided to wake me up.

I sat up and glared at the ghost standing in front of me. "This better be good," I told her dangerously.

The ghost –a pretty girl about my age- didn't look the slightest bit bothered by my threatening tone.

"So you're Suze then," She asked lazily as she looked around my room.

I looked at her suspiciously. The ghosts who come to me don't usually know my name and I was sure I had never seen her before. "Yeah," I said, "And you are?"

"Ellie," She replied. "I've heard quite a bit about you Suze."

I stared at her. She'd heard stuff about me? "You have?" I asked, bewildered, "Where?"

Ellie glanced at me. "From Paul," She said nonchalantly. "He talks about you quite a lot you know."

I was getting more and more puzzled by the second, "He does?"

Ellie nodded, looking amused at how shocked I was from this piece of information. I was having trouble deciding whether I should be disgusted or pleased.

After a few seconds I got over it and asked, "What, are you a friend of his or something?"

I was relieved to see that she looked revolted at me even mentioning it. I really couldn't be doing with Paul's ghostly friends/minions right now.

"No!" Ellie spat. "I only overheard him because he has something I want. I was in his house waiting for him to leave so I could take it."

"Oh," I said. "Ok then. So, um... What's up then?"

"I need your help with something," she told me. Didn't they all? At least Ellie knew what she wanted me to do for her.

"Ok, shoot," I said.

"Right. Ok then, what would you say if I told you I knew how to bring Jesse back to life?"

I sat bolt upright and stared at her. Ok, first of all, how did she know who Jesse was? Did Paul talk about him too or something??? And second, did she just say what I thought she said?

Ellie laughed, "I thought that would get your attention."

She did.

Holy crap!!!!

"Can you?" I asked, "Can you really?"

"Sure I can, but I need you to do something for me first."

Of course there would be a catch.

"What is it?"

Ellie smiled, "You know that book I said Paul had before? The one I was trying to get off him."

I nodded. She hadn't actually mentioned a book but whatever.

"Well, Paul caught me before I could get it. He found out what I was after and got his minions to make sure I didn't get my hands on it. So that means I need you to get it for me. Understand?"

"I guess so. So is it somewhere in his room or something?" I asked.

"In that box he keeps all his shifter stuff in," Ellie told me.

"Right," I said. That sounded easy enough. Paul was probably dying to get me back in his room again. Er... not that I'm bragging or anything. "So, what about Jesse?"

"You get me that book and I'll explain it all. You probably want to get some sleep."

I shook my head. "I don't get it," I said, "most ghosts just expect me to do what ever they want no matter what it is. No one's ever bothered to do something in return for me before. So why are you?"

She looked at me as if the answer was obvious, "Because it will annoy the hell out of Paul, of course!"

I laughed, "That's true."

"Plus," Ellie added, "I was a shifter before I died, I know exactly how it feels to have ghosts come up to you all the time and have to do everything for them with nothing in return. I think you deserve a break."

I was surprised by this news; I had never met the ghost of a mediator or a shifter before. Well none that I know of. But before I could ask her anything about it she dematerialised.

Ok, that was weird. She could have given me a bit more info than that. I know she'd been a lot clearer than most ghosts I'd met but still, she wasn't making much sense. But then since when did the things ghosts wanted me to do for them ever make sense? Jesse- Oh my gosh! Jesse! There was a way for him to be alive! It had only just sunk in. This was fantastic! Who cares about Ellie not making sense? I had to get that book!

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The next day at school I was just plain exhausted but I got straight to work on getting the book. The thing was I didn't have a clue what it looked like. What if Paul had a lot of books in that box? How was I supposed to know which one it was? I decided that I'd just have to sort that out when I came to it. First of all I had to find Paul.

It wasn't very hard. He came over to me at lunch asking if I was going to come to another of his shifter lessons. I only had one so far and I hadn't learnt much. Paul had just gone over the basics and seen what I already knew. He had kept off me but that didn't mean I trusted him. As if. There was no way I was going to trust him just because he'd gone an hour or so without trying anything.

I groaned. Hey, just because I had to go doesn't mean I wanted to. Plus I think Paul would have been a bit suspicious if I was suddenly all happy about having to spend time with him. Pleased, but suspicious. "I don't really have any choice in the matter though do I?" I said when he asked whether I was coming or not.

Paul grinned, "Not really. My place after school?"

"Whatever. Just make sure you keep your hands to your self ok?" I told him.

"Don't worry Suze. I've learnt my lesson after last time."

I seriously doubted that. Paul Slater is so not the type to be put off getting what he wants by me merely jabbing my thumb in his eye. Oh, if only it were that simple. Isn't the fact that I have to attend these stupid shifter lessons with him enough proof of that?

"Good," was all I said though.

"I'll meet you at the gates at three then?"

"Fine," I grumbled.

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Ok, I so didn't want to do this. I mean, what if Paul caught me looking through his stuff? Ellie said that Paul had caught her when she tried to find it and then he'd made sure she couldn't get to it again. What if he'd hidden it somewhere else? Or, even worse, what if I didn't even get the chance to look for it because he tried to kiss me again and then I had to run away. Either way, I wouldn't get the book. And then I wouldn't be able to bring Jesse back to life. And I'd be miserable forever.

Just stop thinking about it, I told myself as we pulled up in front of Paul's grandfather's house. Just go in and get that book no matter what.

I must have looked pretty uncomfortable as I followed Paul to his bedroom because he turned to me with a grin and said, "Relax Suze. I'll behave this time, I promise."

"Whatever, Paul. Let's just get on with it ok?" I replied frostily.

When we got to his room Paul pulled out his box of shifter stuff and said, "I think I'll tell you about time travelling first."

Whoa! Time travelling? Was he serious?

I walked over to Paul and looked at the papers he had pulled out of the box. Well at least this was going to be interesting. That was something.

After a while I figured I might as well get Paul out of the room so I could start looking. The time travel thing had been interesting but right then getting the book was more important so I said to Paul, "Get me a glass of water, would you, Paul?"

Paul looked at me as if he was surprised by my interruption.

"Yeah, I get it Paul," I said, "We can go back in time to stop someone from dying. Now about that water? I'm mad thirsty."

I know, not the politest thing to say but since when had Paul been polite to me? Yeah, you got it: never. Well, I think so anyway. I can't be bothered to think of any times now so whatever.

Paul sighed, "Ok stay here, I'll be right back."

"Thanks," I said, grinning.

As soon as he left the room I started looking through all the papers he had in the box until I came to a large book. This was the one. It had to be; there weren't any other books in the box. It had been underneath lot of papers so hopefully Paul wouldn't notice straight away.

I heard footsteps outside the room so I quickly shoved the book into my bag just in time. Paul came in and handed the water to me.

"Thanks," I said again, relieved that he hadn't caught me.

I stayed for a bit longer so Paul wouldn't get suspicious but decided to leave as soon as I could. So at around five I told him I had to go home. And he took me. No fuss or anything.

When we got to my house I was surprised about how easy it had been. I had found the book with no problem at all, I was going to find out how to get Jesse's life back tonight and on top of all that Paul had kept his promise about keeping off me. Things were definitely looking good!

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A/N: Yay! Thank you so much for the reviews! I don't know how long the next chapter's going to be but I've got all the chapters up to four written in my notebook they just need typing up and seriously improving. And on top of that I've finally decided how I'm going to end my other story, Growing on me, so I've got to sort that out but I promise I'll update ASAP. Anyway, on to review replies...

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