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Happy belated birthday to Michelle. This chapter is for you.
Chapter 21
Jesse's POV
"Jess-Man, I cant believe we have history together also. This is so cool, dude!" Kyle said to me as we entered the last period class of the day Friday. Even though this is only my first week at school, I am already more than ready for the weekend. Luck for me, it is a four day weekend due to the dance. I smiled at the thought of dancing with my Querida. I suddenly felt someone hit my shoulder so I was jolted from my thoughts of Susannah. "Jesse?" Kyle said looking at me weirdly. "You ok there, man? You just are standing there with this goofy grin on your face." He sat down in his desk. Ok, it was more like slouching; his legs were spread apart and his back was slumped forward. I have realized that this is how most guys sit- Dios! They are all going to have horrid back problems when they are older! Kyle then pointed to the desk next of him and said, "Sit."
I sat down with my elbows on my desk and placed my head on my hands and started grinning again. I looked up at Kyle who was smirking at me and said, "What?" innocently.
He kept on smirking and shook his head and said, "Dude, I might have only known you for a week, but I already know that whenever you start thinking about her you get this really idiotic grin on your face."
I felt my face turn slightly red and chuckled. There was no use denying what was true. I slouched down in my chair and said, "yeaaah…I am…thinking about Susannah I mean."
Kyle laughed and smacked his desk in triumph, "I knew it! You have it bad for this girl, man!" he lowered his voice and winked saying, "but I can sure as hell see why!"
A semi-embarrassed smile formed on my lips and I looked down at my desk and said, "Yes, yes I do have it very bad for Susannah. She is an amazing girl."
"Hey…can I meet her?" Kyle asked suddenly. I looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He must have saw this because he help out his hands in a "I'm innocent" manner and said hurriedly, "No! no, don't worry dude. She is all yours, I just want to meet her."
I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I do not care. It is a free country, you know." Ha! I have always wanted to say that to someone. Really though, I have no worries about Kyle meeting my Querida.
Kyle smiled and said, "sweet, she seems really cool from what you have told me…besides her being, you know, hot."
I rolled my eyes at him. Yes it is an annoying habit that I have picked up from Susannah. Oh well.
Our teacher, Dr. Halp, walked into the room then to start class U.S. history. This stuff should be a walk in the park seeing that I was alive during a lot of it. Or at least in a ghost form. When I was taking noted on Dr. Halp's lecture, Kyle suddenly poked me and said, "Dude, Emily Jung is like, staring at you over there." He jerked his head in the direction of a pretty looking girl with longish hair.
As soon as my eyes met with hers she smiled warmly and looked away somewhat shyly, but before she broke eye contact, I smiled back. It is only proper to be polite to ladies. Kyle on the other hand stared at me in disbelief. Upon seeing his expression I asked, "What?" I was truly puzzled.
He whispered harshly at me, "Dude! You are flirting with her! You have a girlfriend, dawg!"
I frowned at him, my eyebrows furrowed and asked, "What do you mean I'm flirting with her…I am not even talking to her!" Did he really just call me a dog? I truly do not understand modern lingo.
Kyle shook his head and said, "You were FACE flirting! No words, just eye contact and smiles and such!" He said this as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Face flirty…my God I swear this boy makes stuff up as he goes along!
I looked at him as if he were insane, "What are you talking about, Kyle? I am keeping eye contact with you and I have smiled at you before and believe me when I say I am not flirting with you." My eyebrow with the scar was raised.
Kyle turned slightly red but quickly covered it up by rolling his eyes at me and said, "Yeah, whatever Jess. You know what I mean." He then started smirking again and said, "Besides I am into girls, you know that. You gonna introduce me to Suze or am I going to have to do it myself?"
"No, no…"I said. "You will meet her.." I looked at the clock and saw that there was only about 25 minutes left of class…and the end of school. "In about 30 minutes." I pointed at the clock. While saying this I silently hoped to god that he really did not want anything else besides meeting her. I have always worried somewhat about Susannah falling for one of the males around her at school, but now that I have been around these males…I know how they think…they are not honorable...I know what they think about! I do not want anyone else thinking about Susannah like THAT besides…well, me.
I sighed and tried to concentrate on my history work although it was extremely hard since my thoughts kept roaming to Susannah. Why must the love of my life be so beautiful and attract the attention of other men? I know, I know I am getting protective of her. I really cannot help it though.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, Dr. Halp stopped talking and allowed us to gather our books for announcements and dismissal. I turned to talk to Kyle some more when a shadow fell over my desk. I looked up and believe me when I say I was shocked for there stood Emily Jung smiling down at me. She was close enough for me to notice the brown streaks in her dark blonde hair and that her eyes were a dark blue. She was in fact very pretty, not as pretty as my Querida, but pretty nonetheless. I gave her a half smile but saw that Kyle was shaking his head at me from the corner of my eye. I avoided her eyes and said simply, "Hi, I am Jesse DeSilva." And held out my hand to her.
She took it in hers and said, "I know who you are, Jesse. We have Spanish together also. I am Emily Jung. I've been meaning to talk to you all week…" she was still holding onto my hand. I glanced at it quickly and looked back at her. I admit I was just a little uncomfortable. "I've been meaning to talk to you because I wanted to see if you would like to go with me to the-"
"WELL! Look at the time! My, goodness it has gotten late!" Kyle said really loud and totally interrupting Emily mid-sentence. He then looked pointedly at Emily and said, "Sorry Doll, but we have to go meet up with Jess-Man's girlfriend, yep we do, we do, come on dude, we don't want to keep your girlfriend waiting!" Kyle glared at Emily's hand touching mine and basically shoved me towards the classroom door.
I hurriedly said, "Oh, well, nice to meet you Emily."
She was slightly frowning and said, "Yeah…you too…" with little to no enthusiasm. She then shot a glare at Kyle, who in turn just rolled his eyes at her, and she then spun on her heel and walked down the hall without a backwards glance.
Kyle sighed and said, "Ugh, man, you need to be careful! You have a girlfriend whom you obviously love and you are new hot meat to all these hungry single girls out there-" He paused and pointed to all the girls who were staring at us…no…at me. "But man, you really need to not lead on girls with your gentlemanly shit. They will think you are available and swarm you. You are with Suze." He sent me a meaningful glance and added, "Remember that."
I chuckled and said, "Do not worry amigo. I am not interested in any of the girls here except Miss Simon."
He smirked and said, "In that case send them my way! Anyway where is this luck girl of yours?"
I spotted Susannah next to her locker talking to Adam and CeeCee. The sight of her made my whole face light up.
"Ah, I assume you see her then…" Kyle said noticing my face."
"Indeed I do, come on!" I said grinning widely and leading Kyle to Susannah.
Suze POV
I was talking with Adam and CeeCee while getting ready to leave Friday after school. Thank the good Lord it is Friday. I had to wait for Jesse because he was going to take me home since he and I had a date tonight.
Adam all of a sudden asked, "Who is Jesse's friend?"
I looked at Adam in a confused manor and stopped loading my backpack. I automatically assumed Adam was referring to a girl that he found hot or something. "Friend? I…don't know. I don't think he has mentioned anyone…why?" I looked the direction of Adam's gaze and spotted Jesse walking towards me and smiling. I was so relived to see that his friend was a guy and not a girl. A good-looking guy at that. Ok, I like Jesse having friends now!
"I do not know who he is, but he is hot!" CeeCee replied smiling.
Adam frowned at her but she didn't notice because she was too busy watching Jesse and the boy coming near us. This boy had on very nicely fitting khakis and a striped button down shirt with the sleeves rolled and Birkenstocks. A little preppy but it looked good on this guy.
"Hey Susannah, how was your day?" Jesse asked me sounding genuinely interested and hugged me and kissed my forehead. Ah, what a good boyfriend!
I smiled up at him and wrapped my arms around his waist. "It was boring but things are looking up now!"
The guy who followed Jesse over to us cleared his throat nosily and Jesse looked at him and said, "Oh! Forgive me; this is my friend Kyle Robinson. Kyle meet Susannah Simon."
The guy-Kyle- grinned at me and said, "Pleasure to meet you Susannah. This dude here has told me a lot about you." While pointing at Jesse.
I smiled and said, "Call me Suze. Jesse insists on calling me Susannah all the time. I don't know why though."
Jesse shrugged and said, "Susannah is a pretty name and besides…it is a Spanish name…and I am too." He laughed at what he said because really…it sounded stupid. I think we all know he is Spanish by now!
"Well Suze," Kyle said smiling still. I couldn't help but notice his boy-ish grin. It was adorable! Oh, this rocks, my boyfriend has hot friends. "I am so happy to finally meet you. Any girl of Jess-Man's must be a keeper." I had to keep from laughing at the "jess-man" comment. Kyle then turned to Jesse and lightly hit his shoulder and said, "Well dude, I gotta run. The waves are calling me. You must come surfing with me sometime." He looked at me and added, "You too, Suze! Well, I will you all later." He winked at us all and said, "Adios dudes!"
Once he was out of earshot I turned to Jesse, or should I say Jess-Man, with a raised eyebrow and said, "So THAT is Kyle, huh?"
Jesse grinned and said, "Yep! That is Kyle." I grabbed my backpack and said goodbye to Adam and CeeCee telling them I would talk to them about Monday's dance plans later. Jesse was holding my hand as we walked towards the parking lot.
Suddenly I dawned on me. Jesse has only been alive for like a week so how does he have a car to drive? I frowned slightly at the cars and asked, "Jesse? Where did you get a car?" Last I saw Jesse with a car he was driving Father Dom's, but I'm sure he wont let Jesse use it whenever he wants it.
Jesse grinned his heart-melting smile and said excitedly. "Padre said it was time for the rectory to invest in a new car and since he is the only one who drives besides me there he is letting me use the new care! Padre said he is perfectly fine with the old one still!"
I couldn't help but smile. Father Dom was being so nice to Jesse! I grabbed Jesse's hand and said, "Lead me to my home!"
We pulled into my driveway and walked towards the front door. "So, Querida…" Jesse started with a glint of something in his eyes. "What do you want to do tonight?"
I gave him a flirty half smile and said, "I am kind of up for the hanging around the house…watching movies…and stuff…you know?" I sure as hell wanted to do the 'stuff' more than the movies…heh.
Jesse and I were hanging in my bedroom while waiting for dinner to be ready. He was sitting on the window seat looking out at the ocean. He sighed and said, "Not even 150 years has been able to make the ocean any less beautiful and amazing. When I was a ghost and far before I met you, I used to sit here for hours at a time just watching the world literally change before my eyes. And now here I am, alive once again, given a second chance from and angel from Heaven. My very own Angel.
I wrapped my arms around him and let my head rest on his shoulder. I didn't say anything. For once words were not needed to express any feelings felt.
At 6:00, our normal dinnertime, I finally lifted my head from Jesse's shoulder and said, "We should probably go down for dinner now." We slowly walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. We were not met with the smell of Andy's cooking or my mom's laughter. Nothing. No food, no sounds, nothing. Nothing but a note. What is with my family and leaving random notes all of a sudden?
This note was quite similar to the last. (A/N Suze's mom left a note in an early chapter)
Hey kids!
Your mom and I have gone out for
The night. Be good. Find your own
Dinner. Suze, Tell Jesse hi for us!
Love, Dad.
I stared at the note in disbelief. It looked like something MY Dad would write…not Andy. I mean, I like Andy and all and I know he cares for me, but he isn't my Dad. He never fully will be…
Jesse was standing behind me and read the note also and he could sense my body tense. He wound his arms around my waist and kissed my neck lightly. "Well," he whispered. "It looks like its just you and me."
Jesse and I are home alone…with no mom or Andy…and no brothers. Oh, it looks like my luck is finally on my side. "Yeah I guess it does look that way, doesn't it?" I looked at him, a smile playing on his lips. "So, what should we do?"
He grinned fully and pulled me towards him and slowly lowered his lips to mine. I let myself fall into the kiss until Jesse slowly pulled away. "Um." I squeaked out. "Yes, that is definitely a possibility. I was thinking along the lines of what to eat, but yes, I like your thinking too!" Ok, please tell me I did not really just say that to my boyfriend!
Jesse chuckled softly. "Hmm, dinner. We could cook something together?"
I thought about that for a moment. No matter how fun it would be to see Jesse in an apron, I am not really willing to show off my cooking skills, or should I say lack of? Yes, definitely lack of…
Jesse, probably seeing I was not too keen on the whole cooking thing, said, "Or you know, get take out…order in…whatever you call it."
Before I could answer the doorbell rang so Jesse and I went and opened it. Standing there was CeeCee and Adam. I was shocked to see. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked confused.
CeeCee snorted and said, "Nice to see you too, Simon."
Adam rolled his eyes and said while just walking into the house and towards the kitchen, "What she means to say is that we came to plan our plans for the masquerade. Suze, I'm thirsty!" With that Adam took a cup from the kitchen cabinet and poured himself a cup of orange juice. Hey, at least I got to give him props for not drinking straight from the carton.
I said semi-sarcastically, "Oh, go ahead Adam, help yourself to my food. Mi casa es tu casa." Whoa. I just spoke Spanish! Granted almost everyone knows that phrase…Jesse seemed to find my sad attempt at his language funny. I shot him a look to say 'stop laughing.' This just made him laugh even more though. Gosh, my looks really never have the effect I want them to.
"Um," I said. "Do you have any ideas for our little theme?" I asked Cee.
"Wait a minute," Jesse said before CeeCee could answer. "What is our little theme anyway?"
Oops. I guess I forgot to tell Jesse about Cee's and my idea of going as Phantom of the Opera characters.
"Suze and I decided on going as Characters from Phantom of the Opera…"
Jesse's face turned to one of complete confusion. "Uh, I am afraid I don't quite understand. What is this Phantom of the Opera?"
"Just only the best book, musical, and now movie!" I exclaimed thrashing my arms about with excitement.
"Oookay…" was Jesse's reply.
CeeCee sighed and said, "I know I am going to regret this…but, Simon, show him the pictures."
I turned slightly red at this and my excellent reply was, "Uuh.." You see I have a, er, slight obsession. An obsession Jesse does not know about…an obsession with Gerard Butler and The phantom or Erik whatever you want to call him. Under normal circumstances I would GLADLY show my pictures of Gerard Butler to anyone…but…not my boyfriend.
"Girl, I know you have them somewhere in this house. Go get them so I can explain the costumes!" CeeCee, sadly had me there. I did, indeed, have pictured of the phantom at home. In my room actually. Well, more specifically in my purse. So I can carry them around with me where I go…ok, stop laughing now!
"Fine." I ran and got them and came back to the kitchen and handed the pictures I printed off the internet to CeeCee.
"This." CeeCee said pointing to a picture. "Is the phantom-"
"Erik." I corrected interrupting them. I couldn't help it…I said stop laughing at me! I know…I have a major obsession. When I said this Adam, CeeCee and Jesse all looked at me weirdly and I turned red again.
"Okay then…Erik. Jesse, you will be him." CeeCee said continuing.
Jesse would need tight-ish pants and a flowly white shirt and a black cape and a mask. Hmm, he at least has half those things already! Yes! I was starting to miss him in his 1800 clothes. He smiled at the picture and said, "I can handle that. I might need help finding a mask though."
"I will help!" I said eagerly. Yes! I get my very own Phantom…
"Suze, you need a fancy dress like "Christine's" That means puffiness and hoopskirts. You will also have one of those hand held masks.
I frowned slightly. "Where am I to find a dress like that?"
CeeCee smiled and said, "My Aunt Pru loved to sew things like this and told me she would make mine and your dress. She is almost done with mine and can then start on yours. She is like, a speed sewing demon. It is insane. She needs to measure you for the dress, though."
"Yes!" Adam shouted out. "Trip to Aunt Pru's! This rocks!" (A/N it is Pru, right? Someone correct me if I am wrong.)
"Wow, that is so nice of her, CeeCee!" I was astounded, but I was not really looking forward to going to her house again. I am not in the mood for any unwanted spirits.
"She said she would be more than happy to do it. She also said she has a soft spot for you, whatever that means."
We figured out the rest of our plans and decided to run to the Pizza place Jake works at and grab some "zah" Not quite high class, I know, but Jesse has never had pizza before! That should just be a crime!
That night, as I was laying in bed half awake and half asleep state I swore I head a male's voice whisper something in what almost seemed to be IN my head. He…or it…said:
"This Phantom might be in your mind, sweet Susannah.
At Masquerades, dear, not all things are what they seem to be.
Beware, for masks tend to hide the truth. Identities are easily
Hidden thus leading you into great trouble…great trouble indeed.
Now sleep, my beauty, for you need your rest…"
A/N to be continued.
I have left you once again with a cliffhanger. I realized I had not in a while and decided to be evil as I used to be. evil laugh Now, review my dearies, for if you do not, you shall not know who the owner of the voice is, and if you do, you get a cookie!
Oh, and I am sorry I did not update quickly, but do not complain. This chapter took up over nine pages in my notebook…and I write small…and 7 pages on Microsoft word font size 12. Love to all!