Emily- Success! My story is INTERESTING! Heh, you don't need to use the word interesting anymore...I got the point! LoL
Mags- Don't worry I would NEVER do kung fu on you...well, unless you provoke me bwahahaha. Anyhoo, I have always wondered if Jesse was BUDDIST or BAPTIST...the world may never know! Ahhh good times, good times. Mags, you are my sister (well not technically or legally but you know what I mean!!!) I'm glad my best friend loves my story. I've said if before and I'll say it again... Mags, you rock my socks!!!!
Animechix666- Ohhh, you'll see about Doc in this chapter and others...I have some tricks up my sleeve yet to come! I am very very happy people like my story!
Lita Pern- Hey! Thanks so much!!
Ok, this is a weird chapter. I think it is weird because I wrote it by candlelight...yeah candle. Why? Because my power was out for 20 hours!!! Oh but Liz, why didn't you use a flashlight? Because I couldn't find one that worked! So, it starts out with Jesse's POV and goes from there. This is kinda away from the rest of the story...well, at least the 1st part is. Okay, maybe the whole thing is, but it'll make more sense later. Read it and review when you finish! Thanks
Chapter 6!
~Jeese~
David and I watched Susannah climb out my window and jump off the roof. David, who suddenly could hear me, but I'm not sure if he could see me, said, "Should we go after her?"
I looked at him, not used to the fact that he could talk to me. I said, "I think not. All she is doing is talking to Fr. Dominic. Its not like she can get into trouble, right? If she does need help she has Fr. Dom right there to help, or she could call me." Great Jesse, make it sound like you are here to save Susannah all the time. I hope David didn't think it sounded like that.
He looked and me- wait he looked at me? This is getting so strange- and said, "You really like my sister, don't you?" I was about to say 'step-sister' out of habit of hearing Susannah saying it. I looked at him and was very tempted to tell him. Nombre de dios, I have to tell someone, but I didn't think Susannah would like me telling someone besides her how I felt about her.
"Come on Jesse, er, I can call you Jesse, right? I know Hector is your real name, and that you just let family and friends call you Jesse-" He stopped mid sentence and looked embarrassed. He probably realized that he just said something that showed that he looked into my past. Which, if I do say so myself is a little uncomfortable to know that people who you don't know, can know all about your past. But, this is David. He knows almost everything about Caramel's past. In fact, he knows almost everything about anything. I also know that he is my Querida's favorite stepbrother and that she trusts him, so why can't I trust him?
"No, no. Jesse is fine." I told him.
"Um ok...so as I was saying, Jesse, you can trust me! I mean, you did come to me when you knew Suze was in trouble that one time. Wait, why did you come to me and not Jake or Brad?"
"Brad? Are you out of your mind? I've seen that boy. He isn't the brightest person in the world, and he doesn't seem to care for Susannah that much." Oh no, I forgot that Brad was David's brother. I hope I didn't offend him, but I am glad to be off the topic of me liking Susannah.
"Good point," David said laughing. I sighed in relief. "But why not Jake?"
"All that boy does is sleep, and I didn't think it would be a good idea to wake him up. I knew you believed that I was here. I heard you tell Jake and Brad about me, and they laughed at you. Since you knew the most about me I knew you would be the safest choice. I didn't pick your parents because I knew that Susannah has never told her anything about being a mediator, so I knew that wouldn't have gone well."
"You mean she had told me more about her skill than her own mom? She's only known me for about two years!" David seemed extremely shocked about this, but I could tell that he felt special.
"Well, she knew you believed in ghosts and other spiritual things, and her mom doesn't. Believe me, Padre has tried and tried to get Querida to tell her mom."
"I knew it!" Doc -er- David shouted out. Now I was the surprised one.
"You know what, David? You know a lot of different things," I said still confused.
"I knew it- just knew that you liked Suze!" He sounded proud of himself.
"Well, I said said slowly trying to figure out what to say and not show my discomfort. "What makes you thing that I, uh, like Susannah?" How does David know all these things? I sometimes wonder if there is more to that boy than he is telling Suze, who would tell me.
"You don't call someone you don't love or at least like a whole lot sweetheart or darling one! Even I know that, and I don't have that much experience with girls."
I just stared at David, and I knew a weird expression was on my face. What is he talk- nombre de dios! I said "Querida!" I just have to pretend I don't know what he is talking about. "Sweetheart? I never said that."
"Jesse, you should know by now that I'm not stupid. I know Spanish, and I know 'Querida' means 'sweetheart.' Well at least that is the closest English translation."
I muttered some cuss words in Spanish. I mean, why did I have to get stuck with someone who is so smart? Don't get me wrong I like David and all, but I just wish he didn't know so much. I looked up and saw him laughing. Laughing! I really don't see anything funny about this. Oh wait, he just said he knows Spanish, so he knew what I just said.
Then David asked me, "Does Suze know what it means?"
"Well, I never really told her what it means, so if she does I don't know. Knowing her, she probably looked it up or something just like she did about how I died." I think I may have sounded hurt about Susannah looking up my past. I can't really blame her though. Its not like I was telling her much about me. In fact, I have never told her anything about my past. Nothing about my parents, sisters, or just how life was back in the 1800's. I know so much about her, yet she knows so little about me. ::sigh:: Now I am starting o feel guilty. I'll have to tell her something next time we talk.
"You NEVER told her? What, didn't she ask you what it meant?"
"Yes, she has asked. In fact in our very first conversation she told me not to call her things in Spanish, but she never does that anymore."
David was almost on the ground; he was laughing so hard. I really do not see why he thinks this is so funny. "Wait, you have called her sweetheart since you first met her? Like before you knew anything about her?" He started laughing harder. I was getting really annoyed now. I could feel my scar begin to glow, and the mirror was shaking slightly. He noticed this and tried to gain control of his laughter. While he did this I tried to gain control of my temper. "Jesse, you must have some serious guts."
"Guts?" Oh course I have guts...don't we need them to survive? Without them we would die right? Yes, I know i am dead already, but I can't really just get rid of them.
"Oh sorry. Guts you know like, courage, bravery."
"Oh..." Why would I have...guts?
"So you like Suze," I was about to protest, but he stopped me. "Don't say you don't. Guys, even guys from 1850 I bet, don't go around calling girls they don't like Querida. It just isn't done!"
He got me there. I never once called Maria Querida. Did I ever love Maria? No not at all, and I told that to Susannah.
"Anyway, you like Suze," He waited for me to say something, but I just nodded in agreement. "and Paul likes Suze, also. He has to. Why else would he be around her all the time at school and trying to give her things."
"Yes, that (angry Spanish) likes Queriada," I said a little harshly.
"Whoa! That's some strong language. Why don't you like him? It isn't just because of him liking Suze also?" David asked.
"Ha! Hardly. In case you didn't know this already, Paul is also a mediator,"
"I figured as much,"
"Well, so is his little brother, Jack."
"Really?" David seemed slightly surprised by this comment. "You mean the boy Suze baby sat during the summer? Wow...I never would have thought it." I don't really blame him. Jack doesn't really seem, well, mediatorish.
"Yes, that's him. So, Susannah met Paul while babysitting and she told me how he kept asking her out, but she didn't want to."
"Because of you," David said interrupting me again. No wonder Susannah gets mad at me for interrupting her; it does get annoying.
"What!?" I was truly surprised by this. Susannah wouldn't date Paul because of me? Meaning that she likes me!
"Oh come off it! You seriously didn't know she likes you? Even Brad know she likes you, but he thinks you are some boy she sneaks into her room." I started laughing at this; no wonder Susannah calls that boy Dopey. "But that's not the point, please continue. I only have about an hour left of being able to see you..."
"Excuse me? What did you do, make a magic potion?" I said half joking. This boy truly bewilders me.
"Uh....Something like that, but please continue!" He sounded a little embarrassed. What did David do? He was really starting to act strangely. How could he come up with a way to see ghosts? I didn't ask because I knew he had a time limit. I ran my hands threw my somewhat curly hair and continued with my story. I told him how Jack exorcised me because of Paul and Maria.
"Oh, Maria! I know about her. She is the one who...who...uh-"
"Had me killed? Yes, that's her." I could sense David's discomfort.
"Right."
"Don't worry, I have been dead for the past 150 years with out anyone to talk to. I have gotten used to the fact that I'm dead." This seemed to help David, and he continued with asking questions.
"So, if you were exorcised, how are you here now? I thought once you went to the Great Beyond you are there to stay."
"Well, first of all when I was exorcised..." I looked away and concentrated on the ocean. "I thought it was Susannah. She had threatened before that she would force me out of her room, so I thought she finally did."
"Why would you ever think such a thing?" David practically yelled. He really does care for his sister. "When Brad found your body, Suze threw up! Then for like a week, all she did was sit around and cry, and we both know she hates crying, because she thought you moved on. Everyone thought it was just because she couldn't handle seeing a rotting corpse, but I knew it was because of you." David has surprised me with almost everything he has told me. He is such a strange 12-year-old. No wonder Susannah likes him so much!
"I never knew that...I wonder why Susannah never told me that." I asked out loud but was more or less talking to myself. David just rolled his eyes, and waited for me to continue.
"So then, when I saw Susannah up in the Shadow Land I was beyond shocked. At first I thought she died. I had no idea what to say or do. Luckily she did most of the talking. She told me that she came to get me, if I wanted to go back. She then told me that," I stopped because my voice got caught in my throat, which only meant one thing. I was about to cry. I am not really a crying person, but Susannah seems to do this to me. I looked away, took a deep breath, and continued, "she died for me! If she were separated too long from her body, she would be dead for good. I couldn't let that happen to my Querida." I stopped talking and looked up at David. His eyes were huge. Was it fear or surprise? I am not quite sure.
"Oh my GOD! She freaking died for you and you still don't know how she feels for you??"
I felt a little embarrassed by this but said, "Well, she said she came because Spike was driving her crazy because he missed me, but I could tell she was lying."
"Ya think?" Wow, Doc could sound a lot like Susannah sometimes.
I chose to ignore this comment and continued, "Anyway, to make a long story short, we got out of there no help from Slater, who for some reason was also there, found Maria and her husband, sent them back to the Shadow Land, and I stayed here."
"Wow, so Paul isn't that great of a person is he?" David asked.
I laughed and said, "Yes, that's the nice way of putting it." I still wanted to know how David could see me so I said, "Now that I finished the story, you have to tell me how you can see me."
'I did some research at the library and found a book about ghosts and other spirits. I found a spell type thing that would let me see and talk to ghosts for two hours. It basically allowed me to become a mediator. I wanted to see the ghost- that's you- who I read haunted this house," David said.
The first this that popped into my head was 'did it have something that could bring me to life?' Either David can read minds (which would explain a lot of things) or I just had a look on face because he said, "sorry Jesse. I looked and there was nothing on bringing ghosts back to life." He truly did look sorry. "Why was Paul here today if both you and Suze hate him so much?"
I glanced over to where Paul was laying and looked back at David, "Susannah accidentally called-" I did what Susannah calls a double take back to Paul, or should I say where Paul USED to be. "NOMBRE DE DIOS!" I shouted. "Where did Paul go?"
TBC!!
Mags- Don't worry I would NEVER do kung fu on you...well, unless you provoke me bwahahaha. Anyhoo, I have always wondered if Jesse was BUDDIST or BAPTIST...the world may never know! Ahhh good times, good times. Mags, you are my sister (well not technically or legally but you know what I mean!!!) I'm glad my best friend loves my story. I've said if before and I'll say it again... Mags, you rock my socks!!!!
Animechix666- Ohhh, you'll see about Doc in this chapter and others...I have some tricks up my sleeve yet to come! I am very very happy people like my story!
Lita Pern- Hey! Thanks so much!!
Ok, this is a weird chapter. I think it is weird because I wrote it by candlelight...yeah candle. Why? Because my power was out for 20 hours!!! Oh but Liz, why didn't you use a flashlight? Because I couldn't find one that worked! So, it starts out with Jesse's POV and goes from there. This is kinda away from the rest of the story...well, at least the 1st part is. Okay, maybe the whole thing is, but it'll make more sense later. Read it and review when you finish! Thanks
Chapter 6!
~Jeese~
David and I watched Susannah climb out my window and jump off the roof. David, who suddenly could hear me, but I'm not sure if he could see me, said, "Should we go after her?"
I looked at him, not used to the fact that he could talk to me. I said, "I think not. All she is doing is talking to Fr. Dominic. Its not like she can get into trouble, right? If she does need help she has Fr. Dom right there to help, or she could call me." Great Jesse, make it sound like you are here to save Susannah all the time. I hope David didn't think it sounded like that.
He looked and me- wait he looked at me? This is getting so strange- and said, "You really like my sister, don't you?" I was about to say 'step-sister' out of habit of hearing Susannah saying it. I looked at him and was very tempted to tell him. Nombre de dios, I have to tell someone, but I didn't think Susannah would like me telling someone besides her how I felt about her.
"Come on Jesse, er, I can call you Jesse, right? I know Hector is your real name, and that you just let family and friends call you Jesse-" He stopped mid sentence and looked embarrassed. He probably realized that he just said something that showed that he looked into my past. Which, if I do say so myself is a little uncomfortable to know that people who you don't know, can know all about your past. But, this is David. He knows almost everything about Caramel's past. In fact, he knows almost everything about anything. I also know that he is my Querida's favorite stepbrother and that she trusts him, so why can't I trust him?
"No, no. Jesse is fine." I told him.
"Um ok...so as I was saying, Jesse, you can trust me! I mean, you did come to me when you knew Suze was in trouble that one time. Wait, why did you come to me and not Jake or Brad?"
"Brad? Are you out of your mind? I've seen that boy. He isn't the brightest person in the world, and he doesn't seem to care for Susannah that much." Oh no, I forgot that Brad was David's brother. I hope I didn't offend him, but I am glad to be off the topic of me liking Susannah.
"Good point," David said laughing. I sighed in relief. "But why not Jake?"
"All that boy does is sleep, and I didn't think it would be a good idea to wake him up. I knew you believed that I was here. I heard you tell Jake and Brad about me, and they laughed at you. Since you knew the most about me I knew you would be the safest choice. I didn't pick your parents because I knew that Susannah has never told her anything about being a mediator, so I knew that wouldn't have gone well."
"You mean she had told me more about her skill than her own mom? She's only known me for about two years!" David seemed extremely shocked about this, but I could tell that he felt special.
"Well, she knew you believed in ghosts and other spiritual things, and her mom doesn't. Believe me, Padre has tried and tried to get Querida to tell her mom."
"I knew it!" Doc -er- David shouted out. Now I was the surprised one.
"You know what, David? You know a lot of different things," I said still confused.
"I knew it- just knew that you liked Suze!" He sounded proud of himself.
"Well, I said said slowly trying to figure out what to say and not show my discomfort. "What makes you thing that I, uh, like Susannah?" How does David know all these things? I sometimes wonder if there is more to that boy than he is telling Suze, who would tell me.
"You don't call someone you don't love or at least like a whole lot sweetheart or darling one! Even I know that, and I don't have that much experience with girls."
I just stared at David, and I knew a weird expression was on my face. What is he talk- nombre de dios! I said "Querida!" I just have to pretend I don't know what he is talking about. "Sweetheart? I never said that."
"Jesse, you should know by now that I'm not stupid. I know Spanish, and I know 'Querida' means 'sweetheart.' Well at least that is the closest English translation."
I muttered some cuss words in Spanish. I mean, why did I have to get stuck with someone who is so smart? Don't get me wrong I like David and all, but I just wish he didn't know so much. I looked up and saw him laughing. Laughing! I really don't see anything funny about this. Oh wait, he just said he knows Spanish, so he knew what I just said.
Then David asked me, "Does Suze know what it means?"
"Well, I never really told her what it means, so if she does I don't know. Knowing her, she probably looked it up or something just like she did about how I died." I think I may have sounded hurt about Susannah looking up my past. I can't really blame her though. Its not like I was telling her much about me. In fact, I have never told her anything about my past. Nothing about my parents, sisters, or just how life was back in the 1800's. I know so much about her, yet she knows so little about me. ::sigh:: Now I am starting o feel guilty. I'll have to tell her something next time we talk.
"You NEVER told her? What, didn't she ask you what it meant?"
"Yes, she has asked. In fact in our very first conversation she told me not to call her things in Spanish, but she never does that anymore."
David was almost on the ground; he was laughing so hard. I really do not see why he thinks this is so funny. "Wait, you have called her sweetheart since you first met her? Like before you knew anything about her?" He started laughing harder. I was getting really annoyed now. I could feel my scar begin to glow, and the mirror was shaking slightly. He noticed this and tried to gain control of his laughter. While he did this I tried to gain control of my temper. "Jesse, you must have some serious guts."
"Guts?" Oh course I have guts...don't we need them to survive? Without them we would die right? Yes, I know i am dead already, but I can't really just get rid of them.
"Oh sorry. Guts you know like, courage, bravery."
"Oh..." Why would I have...guts?
"So you like Suze," I was about to protest, but he stopped me. "Don't say you don't. Guys, even guys from 1850 I bet, don't go around calling girls they don't like Querida. It just isn't done!"
He got me there. I never once called Maria Querida. Did I ever love Maria? No not at all, and I told that to Susannah.
"Anyway, you like Suze," He waited for me to say something, but I just nodded in agreement. "and Paul likes Suze, also. He has to. Why else would he be around her all the time at school and trying to give her things."
"Yes, that (angry Spanish) likes Queriada," I said a little harshly.
"Whoa! That's some strong language. Why don't you like him? It isn't just because of him liking Suze also?" David asked.
"Ha! Hardly. In case you didn't know this already, Paul is also a mediator,"
"I figured as much,"
"Well, so is his little brother, Jack."
"Really?" David seemed slightly surprised by this comment. "You mean the boy Suze baby sat during the summer? Wow...I never would have thought it." I don't really blame him. Jack doesn't really seem, well, mediatorish.
"Yes, that's him. So, Susannah met Paul while babysitting and she told me how he kept asking her out, but she didn't want to."
"Because of you," David said interrupting me again. No wonder Susannah gets mad at me for interrupting her; it does get annoying.
"What!?" I was truly surprised by this. Susannah wouldn't date Paul because of me? Meaning that she likes me!
"Oh come off it! You seriously didn't know she likes you? Even Brad know she likes you, but he thinks you are some boy she sneaks into her room." I started laughing at this; no wonder Susannah calls that boy Dopey. "But that's not the point, please continue. I only have about an hour left of being able to see you..."
"Excuse me? What did you do, make a magic potion?" I said half joking. This boy truly bewilders me.
"Uh....Something like that, but please continue!" He sounded a little embarrassed. What did David do? He was really starting to act strangely. How could he come up with a way to see ghosts? I didn't ask because I knew he had a time limit. I ran my hands threw my somewhat curly hair and continued with my story. I told him how Jack exorcised me because of Paul and Maria.
"Oh, Maria! I know about her. She is the one who...who...uh-"
"Had me killed? Yes, that's her." I could sense David's discomfort.
"Right."
"Don't worry, I have been dead for the past 150 years with out anyone to talk to. I have gotten used to the fact that I'm dead." This seemed to help David, and he continued with asking questions.
"So, if you were exorcised, how are you here now? I thought once you went to the Great Beyond you are there to stay."
"Well, first of all when I was exorcised..." I looked away and concentrated on the ocean. "I thought it was Susannah. She had threatened before that she would force me out of her room, so I thought she finally did."
"Why would you ever think such a thing?" David practically yelled. He really does care for his sister. "When Brad found your body, Suze threw up! Then for like a week, all she did was sit around and cry, and we both know she hates crying, because she thought you moved on. Everyone thought it was just because she couldn't handle seeing a rotting corpse, but I knew it was because of you." David has surprised me with almost everything he has told me. He is such a strange 12-year-old. No wonder Susannah likes him so much!
"I never knew that...I wonder why Susannah never told me that." I asked out loud but was more or less talking to myself. David just rolled his eyes, and waited for me to continue.
"So then, when I saw Susannah up in the Shadow Land I was beyond shocked. At first I thought she died. I had no idea what to say or do. Luckily she did most of the talking. She told me that she came to get me, if I wanted to go back. She then told me that," I stopped because my voice got caught in my throat, which only meant one thing. I was about to cry. I am not really a crying person, but Susannah seems to do this to me. I looked away, took a deep breath, and continued, "she died for me! If she were separated too long from her body, she would be dead for good. I couldn't let that happen to my Querida." I stopped talking and looked up at David. His eyes were huge. Was it fear or surprise? I am not quite sure.
"Oh my GOD! She freaking died for you and you still don't know how she feels for you??"
I felt a little embarrassed by this but said, "Well, she said she came because Spike was driving her crazy because he missed me, but I could tell she was lying."
"Ya think?" Wow, Doc could sound a lot like Susannah sometimes.
I chose to ignore this comment and continued, "Anyway, to make a long story short, we got out of there no help from Slater, who for some reason was also there, found Maria and her husband, sent them back to the Shadow Land, and I stayed here."
"Wow, so Paul isn't that great of a person is he?" David asked.
I laughed and said, "Yes, that's the nice way of putting it." I still wanted to know how David could see me so I said, "Now that I finished the story, you have to tell me how you can see me."
'I did some research at the library and found a book about ghosts and other spirits. I found a spell type thing that would let me see and talk to ghosts for two hours. It basically allowed me to become a mediator. I wanted to see the ghost- that's you- who I read haunted this house," David said.
The first this that popped into my head was 'did it have something that could bring me to life?' Either David can read minds (which would explain a lot of things) or I just had a look on face because he said, "sorry Jesse. I looked and there was nothing on bringing ghosts back to life." He truly did look sorry. "Why was Paul here today if both you and Suze hate him so much?"
I glanced over to where Paul was laying and looked back at David, "Susannah accidentally called-" I did what Susannah calls a double take back to Paul, or should I say where Paul USED to be. "NOMBRE DE DIOS!" I shouted. "Where did Paul go?"
TBC!!