The Mediator : Showtime

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(A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! XD YES! 40 REVIEWS! THANK YOU!

YES! THREE CHAPTERS IN A DAY! Again. Yes, I wrote this in the same hour as the last three chappies. WHEE!

galax: thanks!

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SaGe FaE: I've read your fanfic! It's pretty good! Don't you forget to update soon! Lolz. I'll try to put another salsa dance in.

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Little Tinkerbell Girl: thanks! Sorry to disappoint in this chappie! Not that fluffy.. I didn't want the JS relationship to go that deep just yet. It's still her first day in carmel for heaven's sake!

Mysteriously Mystical: lolz. That's my favorite line as well. XD

Now, I won't delay you all any longer. READ ON!)

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Chapter 7

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Jesse's POV

I had materialized into my – I mean, Susannah's – I mean, our room (this is going to take a while to get used to saying) and noticed that Susannah was in the adjoining bathroom. I heard water running while I sat down with a book I had borrowed from a bookshelf downstairs.

When I was living on our family ranch, I never had time to read, though I had and still love to. Now that I had so much time with nothing to do, I have been reading different books about modern day inventions and lifestyles. It was very interesting, and I like to keep up with the times, though some of the slang words that Susannah uses are confusing since none of them are mentioned in the books I read.

I opened up to the page I was reading before when I heard the water stop. Susannah was about to come out of the bathroom. I hurriedly tried to make my hair more presentable when I realized what I was doing.

De Silva! She isn't even interested in you in that way!

I shook my head. I was being silly. Do I even value her opinion?

Yes, you do, a little voice that I never knew existed in my head replied.

Dios, I just met her today!

I returned to reading my book. I had finished about two pages when I heard the door to the bathroom open.

I looked up and smiled.

"Hello, Susa – " I cut off. Because I just noticed that she was standing there in a dress that barely reached her knees and was even tighter than the white shirt she had been wearing earlier. I felt my eyes widen and my cheeks flush the third time today. I could not seem to tear my eyes off of her.

She didn't meet my gaze and her green eyes looked at the floor, her cheeks flushed as well.

"Hey," she said shyly. And then she surprised me by bolting to her closet and grabbing some garments.

"I just grabbed the wrong clothes so I just thought I should grab something and then go change because I wouldn't want my stepbrothers to see me in this thing," she babbled, all the while walking very quickly back to the bathroom. "Okay, see you in like, a few minutes!" she said quickly before she closed the door.

And the whole time, I had just stared at her, at a loss for words.

I cannot believe I had just seen Susannah in what would have been considered VERY revealing undergarments back in my time!

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(A/N: very SHORT. Very CLIFFIE. FWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Don't worry, a longer chappie is up next to make up for this one. Happy?

WHEE! THE FLUFF IS STARTING! Slowly….

So review. 5 reviews again, I'll update in two days!

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