Chapter 16

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Suze's POV

Most people would call me stupid. And I guess from my record of dating psycho- murderers, and getting myself into other dangerous situations without hesitation, you would think that I am stupid. Or if not, really really brave. I am neither, but considering the fact that I am about to go up to Paul Slater and try to make truce? I would probably agree that what I am about to do is extremely fool-hardy. But the truth is- despite the fact that Paul is in need of intense psycho thereby; Paul is an ok guy. After all Paul and I were friends for a while, and friendship doesn't just disappear because of some tough times- so here I am skipping religion and looking for Paul.

And yes I will get into serious trouble if I get caught.

After I few minutes of waiting, I saw Paul walking across the breezeway towards what I assume, was the bathroom. I ran towards him and grabbed his wrist before he could walk past me.

"Hey Paul" I said trying to conjure a genuine smile. He just stared at me like I was mentally retarded. "We really need to talk." I said, my voice taking on a serious edge.

Paul sighed and then looked at me with half angry and half sad eyes. "I don't have anything to say to you Suze." His tone was suddenly icy. My heart was now beating quite rapidly in my chest. I was still slightly scared of Paul, but I decided me and Paul needed to have this conversation out.

"Look Paul, I know you don't want to talk to me right now, but –"I broke off and then took a deep breath and kept going. "I have some things I need to say to you, so... could you just here me out?" I asked silently pleading that he would oblige. He didn't walk away so I took this as an invitation to continue.

"Paul, I know that since the disasters with me and you and Jesse, that you and I have some feelings of ill will, but-" his face was utterly expressionless. I prayed this was a good sign. " I really think that we should put all this behind us and try to be friends, ok?" I finished plastering a smile on my face. And then suddenly remembering something I added, "Just friends Paul- me and Jesse are together, and you and I will never be, but that shouldn't prevent us from being friends, right?" Why did I ever think this was a good idea? I mean this plan was sure to fail- I mean the whole thing with Jesse and the shifter lessons, didn't exactly leave either of us with a warm fuzzy willing.

Paul suddenly opened his mouth and I thought that maybe things would work out.- well Jesse would have to take some time to get used to the idea, but beings friends with Paul couldn't be a total disaster, right? "I don't think we can." He said icily. "See, I am not ready to give up that easily Suze, and I don't want to just be your friend, and weather Jesse is still around when you and I get together will be entirely your choice." He finished with a satisfied smirk. My blood went cold. I knew what he meant, but would he? Could he? I mean that is a big thing, he wouldn't kill Jesse, Paul is not a murderer, or is he?

Paul turned to leave at these words but I grabbed his wrist and kicked him in the balls- love giving me courage I didn't know I had. " Don't touch Jesse! Do you understand me!" I all but shouted.

Paul glared daggers at me and then said, "That was a mistake Suze." He said in a flat voice. He then moved forward more quickly then I have ever seen him move and pinned me to one of the columns holding up the breezeway.

Then a few things happened all at once. I kicked Paul in the balls again,(due to fear) and then I saw Jesse run up to Paul and rip him off me.

" Querida are you alright?" Jesse asked in a worried tone. I was really surprised, what was he doing here?

"I am fine Jesse, but what are you doing here? I asked. He chuckled and then replied.

"I came up to pick you up from school for our date Susannah, Don't you remember? And that is not important- did he hurt you in any way?" he said and fixing me with a worried look.

I laughed and said with a slightly exasperated voice, "No Jesse Paul didn't hurt me, let's just forget about it and go, ok?" he nodded and put his arm around my waist and then turned and fixed Paul with a look that could kill.

"Don't touch her." Jesse growled at Paul who was smirking. Then Jesse and I started walking towards the entrance, his arm still around my waist, when Paul called my name.

"Your decision Suze." He said and then walked away leaving me with Jesse fear beyond imaginable.

Jesse kept asking what was wrong, but I shrugged it off and told him everything was fine. By the time we arrived at the coffee clutch, me and Jesse were having a great time talking about school, and our friends, and anything else.

By the time I got home I was in a good mood, I had a nice long girly chat about Jesse with mom. My mom really likes Jesse- she thinks he is a nice, responsible, and trust-worthy guy. She doesn't even mind the age difference anymore.

After talking to my mom, I ran up to my room to finish my homework – but after finishing all of my work, my bad mood crept up on me again, and I was feeling anxious about Paul's threat. Part of me was certain that Paul was bluffing, but another big and hard to ignore part of me, thought he was dead serious.

I called Ceecee and told her my dilemma. Ever since I told her everything- me and Ceecee have been a lot closer.

She thought Paul was bluffing- but I still wasn't convinced. So I decide to go to sleep and think about it in the morning when I wasn't so tired.

Paul's POV

I am going to stick to my word. I am pretty sure Suze will cave before I kill her precious cowboy, and if not- I will at least have the satisfaction of knowing I killed the asshole. The good thing is, once I do kill him- I will be able to erase the incident from Suze's mind.

I guess planning to kill someone just for a girl seems crazy to some- but Suze isn't just some girl, she is the girl I love. And I don't really plan on killing him- Suze won't let me, she will come crawling to me with the threat of her precious Jesse in danger. And when she does- Suze will realize that she never loved the De Silvia asshole, but that she loved me.

I should have done something more affective then shifter lessons and going back in time. Those plans were weak, futile. Now it is time to get serious about this- No more messing around. And if Suze doesn't cave, she will find her precious boyfriend fighting for his life.

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