Hands out cake to everyone who reviewed- Would you like chocolate or white cake? You pick!
Koizak- I hope you enjoy your cake. Jesse would like you to know he forgives you for hitting him.
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Kat- Oops…sorry for the confusing-ness. Omg…my friend and I were on the highway today and we saw this cat like flopping on the road I almost cried…your name made me think about that.
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Chapter 27
!Suze!
Why is it when you need to find someone…like its so incredibly important because lets just say your boyfriend is about to be ghost-afied and sent away forever…you can never, ever find the person you need? Yeah, well, this proved to be true Wednesday at school when I was trying to find Emily. I mean, it's a difficult thing. What am I supposed to do? Go up to her, grab her and be like, Hey! Come with me so you can watch me and the dude you like make out! Uh, yeah, for some reason I do not see that sitting too well with her. I guess my biggest hope is that she comes looking for Jesse, and I will be there waiting for her, and then Jesse and I will kiss. If I do not get to kiss Jesse and keep him from being sucked away from me, then she is dead. I will hate her and Paul forever. Whoa, I just realized how perfect the two of them would be…too bad he is too hung up on me…ha, like I really care most the time…ok, Suze, focus, we need to save Jesse here.
I hardly made it through the morning classes because I was so freaked out with what might happen. Lunch finally came and I ran like the wind to my locker to meet up with Jesse. As I came closer I saw he was already at my locker with…a certain dark blonde girl. Emily. My eyes narrowed and I tried to control my breathing so I did not do anything rash. I was not really known for having the best of temper. I am sure Paul would agree with that. I slipped my hand into Jesse's and kissed him lightly on the cheek saying, "Hi!"
He grinned down at me and gave my hand a little squeeze. I noticed the glint in his eye and I realized he had been stalling Emily by my locker until I got her. She shot me a dirty look. How the hell did she get off sending me the dirty looks here? She is the one who tried to steal Jesse from me! Granted it was due to powers greater than she, but she sure didn't seem to mind!
She rolled her eyes and sighed and said, "Jesse…I am hungry…I am going to lunch. See you in Spanish class." She then spun around and walked off before I could protest.
I banged my hand against my locker in frustration and said, "Oh, my God. She was here. We were this close to fixing this whole mess…and she walks away. She fricking just walks away. What the hell is her problem!"
I was still ranting about the injustice of it all as we walked towards the table we normally sit at during lunch when Jesse said, "It is ok, we will get her later."
I looked up at him in disbelief. "It is ok? How can you say it is ok? I mean, God! You can be gone…forever! Do you even care about that? Jesse we need to get this done with now! If not now than soon and very soon!"
He looked down at me, hurt visible in his dark eyes. A little pout seemed to form on his lips as he said, "How can you say that Querida? How can you think I do not care? You are my life…I can't imagine having to leave you."
I restrained myself from commenting on the fact that he kind of did leave me already, because what is the point of throwing that out. It's no more his fault than mine, really. Besides, I would really like to just get past this whole mess and forget about it all. Well maybe I will stay bitter at Paul for a long long time, but not Jesse. He did not ask for any of this.
I just looked away from Jesse without answering him and stared at my food. I heard him muttering, "If only we had more time…"
My head shot up when I heard his words. Time…more time…"TIME!" I yelled out. "We need more time!" I laughed somewhat giddily.
Jesse looked at my strangely and said, "Yes, that is what I said…we need more time to figure everything out." He furrowed his eyebrows together and asked, "Why do you find this a laughing matter?"
I giggled again and gave him a quick hug. I then said, "Silly!" I lowered my voice to a whisper so only he could hear me and said, "I can control time…does this ring a bell to you?"
I could almost see the light bulb of understanding light up above his head and just as quickly it went out as he said, "Yes, you were able to move the clocked ahead a few minutes but do you think you are able to move the clock BACK? I mean, wouldn't that mean we would be re-living our past? We could run into ourselves in the past and who knows what that might cause. Besides what if we accidentally change something in that past that messes up the future?"
Ok, wow he makes it sound like a horrible idea. I guess it is good one of us actually thinks out plans. "You are right…its not like I could run up to you Emily and my past self standing by my locker and kiss you before Emily could walk away. I would probably end up scaring us all for life or something."
"Exactly." Jesse said nodding and looked relieved that I actually took his advice for once.
"Buuuut…" I started off a smile creeping onto my face once again.
"But? But what? No, Susannah, there is not but. We will just do this the normal way like normal people."
I let out a bark of laughter at that and said, "Normal? Hun, you want do things like normal people would? Neither you nor I will ever, ever be normal! I see dead people! I have all these whacked out powers! You are an ex-ghost for crying out loud! Normal people would not be in this mess to begin with! Normal people wouldn't even believe you if you told them about the situation we are in! Therefore, we cannot do this like normal people would."
Jesse looked at me sadly and put his arm around me and said, "Querida…have I ever told you how amazing you are?"
I looked up at him in confusion and said, "What?" I so did not see that one coming.
He looked at my seriously and said, "I mean it. Look around you at all the teen girls here. They are all carefree and basically lazy. You are not. You have all this responsibility and you actually help people as a mediator…or shifter. You are willing to help ghosts even if they are being…rough, unlike some like Paul. So yea, you are amazing. Do not worry, we will figure something out. We always do."
I smiled at him and gave him a peck on the cheek, "You are right! I am amazing!" I said laughing. "No, seriously, you are right, we will figure something out. I know I can count on you."
I though so more and said, "But what about freezing time?"
He sighed and said, "Can we just try it the semi-normal way first? Then we can explore your vast powers to come up with another solution."
Eh, sounds boring, but probably would cause less problems. "Fiiine. Have it your way. For now!"
He just shook he head at my, and went on eating his lunch, so I did the same.
Paul
During lunch I saw Jesse and Suze talking in low voices, so I assumed they were plotting how to keep Jesse safe from being sent to the great beyond. How it irked me to see the two of them together again! I thought I was going to have to hit something when I saw her kiss him on the cheek.
Calm yourself, Paul. You need a clear mind to make sure you win this time. It was way too easy for them to find each other and fall in love again. I growled to myself as I heard another thought say, 'if they were able to get back together already that means it was really meant to be. Back off. You will just harm things more!
Exactly. I want to harm things more. I want them to realize that Suze belongs to me! How can I make sure Emily does not see them kiss? I chuckled at the thought of gouging out Emily's eyes like Oedipus the King did to himself when he realized he married his own mother. Naw, that seems just slightly too harsh. I could seduce her so I occupy all her time so she would never be around to see them kiss. Eh, I do not think I could stand being around that girl for that long…she is worse than Kelly Prescott. That leaves only one choice. Kidnap! But, that could get me arrested, couldn't it?
Wait a minute. Why kidnap the harmless? Why should I even deal with Emily at all and put her in pointless danger? I might be some sort of evil genius Shifter and viewed as a conceded ass by some, but even I have some morals. I just seem to be lacking some. I should just take Suze! That way, if Lover Boy tries to come after her, he will be greatly sorry. I am more powerful than he thinks and I could probably figure something out to send him back to his original state. Dead.
The rest of the day seemed to fly by as the end of the school day came. Great…I still have not come up with a plan. I don't even know if they have kissed yet or not. I guess I will just make this up as I go. Those plans tend to be much more interesting anyway.
I was walking the halls dodging my way through the masses of students trying to get their things from their lockers. I slowed as I neared Suze's locker. With one quick look around I noticed that neither she nor Jesse were at her locker yet. Score. Sneak attacks are always fun!
I suddenly saw her walking towards her locker so I backed up and hid most likely gaining very odd looks from those who saw me. Yeah, ok, so squatting behind a trashcan is not exactly viewed as normal. I had to get to her before Jesse showed up. Things would be a million times easier if Jesse was not around as I stole his precious Suze. I stood up and made my way behind Suze and tapped her on the shoulder.
She turned around and once she saw it was I behind her and not Jesse her smile vanished and her eyes went wide, I pressed my hand on her mouth and said, "You can come with me willingly and not get hurt, or you can struggle and most definitely harm yourself." I smiled cooly and said, "Your choice. I am sure you will make the right one."
Actually I was not sure she would come willingly at all. Most of me was getting ready for her to kick at me or punch me in the nose or SOMETHING that would classify as struggle. She shocked me completely by sighing and simply nodding her head.
I lead her to my car and as we were pulling out of the parking look I shot her a glance and said, "I hope you aren't plotting some sort of plan to get away from me. Believe me, I know your powers and I know how to stop them, so there is nothing you can do that I can't handle."
She looked at me, suddenly very pale with a distant look in her eyes. She didn't cuss me out or make some sort of sarcastic remark that I have come to love. Oh, no, she instead just fell forward in her chair and puked all over my car.
"Shit!" I exclaimed my eyes widening behind my sunglasses. Why the hell did that happen? "Um, ok, I can handle anything you can do but THAT!"
TBC
Um, weird, I know…probably sucked but I couldn't think of what to write. Give me the love and reviews so I know this wasn't completely horrible!
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