A/N: hope you enjoy. Only one more chapter after this, but it might be awhile. Sorry. Now go read and then review, please- Lauren

:Chapter 6:

"Awh, crap" I huffed, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"What's the matter Suze, you sound like you're not happy to see me?" Paul replied smirking.

"I'm not" I stated, taking a quick glance in Jesse's direction. He didn't look too happy to see Paul either. He probably wasn't too happy that I'd forgot to mention to him about how Paul is now a permanent resident of Carmel.

"Ouch. That hurt Simon" he said clutching his chest.

"How did you get in my house?" I asked, annoyance resounding in my voice.

"I let myself in. It appears that no one else is home."

Suddenly the phone started ringing, startling me. I quickly debated in my head whether or not to answer it. After a couple seconds, and another ring I slowly walked towards the phone, never taking my eyes off of Paul and Jesse.

"Stay" I instructed them before answering the phone.

"Hello"

"Umm, hi is Suze there?" a slightly accented male voice asked.

"This is she" I responded happily.

"Oh, hey Suze, it's Gus. I just wanted to see if you were feeling better today" he said.

I felt the corners of my mouth twitching into a smile and I quickly turned away from Paul and Jesse. "Yeah, I'm better. I think I just needed some rest."

"Oh, I'm glad to hear it…actually I was kind of wondering if you needed anything" he replied.

"Oh, thanks for asking, but really I'm fine. Besides I wouldn't want to trouble you" I said smiling at how sweet he was.

"It's no trouble, really. You name it, you got it."

I giggled and said, "No, I'm good, but thanks again for offering."

"You don't have to thank me Suze" he assured me.

Then Paul cleared his throat rather loudly and I turned my head to shoot him an evil glare.

"Umm, listen Gus, I'd love to talk to you right now, but I've got to uhh, help my little brother with his…project" I lied. Seriously I'm so going to hell for lying.

"Oh, well I'd hate to keep you from your family" he said, again causing me to smile.

"It's okay, but I promised, and he's having some technical difficulties" I said half jokingly.

He chuckled, and then said "Well, I guess I'll see you in school tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you then. Bye" I cooed.

"Bye" he replied, sounding like he was smiling.

I hung up the phone in a daze, but soon remembered I had the issue of Paul Slater to deal with.

"Okay, you, out" I snapped at Paul, and eagerly pushed him out of room and down the stairs.

"Whoa, if you wanted to get out of there, you could have just said so" he said with a mischievous smile.

"Oh, Paul…if you were any more arrogant I think your head would explode. Now get out of house before I call the cops" I replied once we'd reached the bottom of the stairs.

He laughed, pushed me up against a wall, and then pressed himself very close to me.

I could feel his breath against my cheek, and the way his chest was rising and falling with mine was making me very warm.

"Do you really want me to go?" he asked with a devilish grin, his mouth only a few inches away from my own.

"Yes" I hurried out, trying to squirm away from his incredibly toned body.

"I think," he whispered "we should stop fighting the attraction between us, and give in to the temptation."

"Paul, I'd hate to do it, but if you don't get away from me, I'll call Jesse" I warned, trying to get my mouth as far away from his as possible.

"Ooo, I'm shaking" he chuckled.

"Fine, suit yourself" I said through gritted teeth, all the while mentally summoning Jesse. He quickly materialized behind Paul, with a smug look on his face, but when he saw the position we were in he visibly tensed and proceeded to pry Paul off me with such force, even Paul appeared frightened. I dashed towards the door and opened it while Jesse smacked Paul around a little.

"Don't you ever come near her again" he spat, and then threw him out the door.

I've noticed Jesse's got quite an arm, must be from working on the ranch all those years.

After Paul was out I closed and locked the door happily, turning to see Jesse look quite proud of himself. I sauntered towards him and then threw my arms around him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I cheered jumping on him.

I don't know what was wrong with me, but I actually wrapped my legs around his waist and kissed his cheek repeatedly.

Then I noticed Jesse wrap his arms around my waist and mumble "Querida." Slowly I inched my face away from his and saw he was looking at me with a bright gleam in his eye. The same one from last night. I swallowed and decided this was it, this was the time to see if I was really hallucinating last night.

"Jesse" I breathed, a smile creeping onto my face, "last night, did you say what I think you said?"

He locked his eyes with mine and replied "Susannah, last night I told you something I should have told you from the moment I laid eyes on you…"

"And what was that?" I questioned, my heart rate doubling.

"I love you" he answered, before lightly pressing his lips against my own. I pulled him closer to me and kissed him like I've always dreamed of kissing him.

And let's just say that those sparks I felt with Gus…yeah, those were absolutely nothing compared to even a peck on the cheek from Jesse.