Hello! Me again!

Disclaimer-I own nothing...not even Sexy Jesse...but I do ,sadly, own the characters I made up...

Summary-Susannah's past comes back to haunt her. Some old foes and some new ones too. Sequel to 'If You Love Something, Set It Free'.

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"This is the fiftieth shop we've been to!" Mercy groaned as we walked into yet another store.

"Cee, I gotta agree with Mercy. Can you please pick out a dress?" We were picking out our dresses for the Spring Formal that was that Friday. Well, Mercy and I already had ours. Cee wasn't satisfied with any. "It's got to be perfect for-"

"-Adam." I finished for her. "I know. But I seriously don't think that Adam will stop loving you any less if he doesn't like you dress." She ignored me as she walked into the store. In less than an hour, she had over 50 dresses in her hand as she made her way too the dressing room. In less than a minute, she was down to 5.

"I cannot take this anymore!" Mercy stormed out of the dressing room. "Uh, Cee? We''l wait for you outside." I said as I followed Mercy out. We waited and waited, and she never did.

"So." Mercy said as we continued to wait. "I'm assuming Zorro will be your date?"

I sighed. "Yes. And do you have to keep calling him that?"

"It's better than Rico Sauve."

"Hey Paul." I said as he came to stand beside us with Kat beside him, holding her hand. "Picking out your dress?" She nodded.

"So, Susie. How have you been?"

"Good, surprisingly. You?" He smiled. "Never better. I never got a chance to tell you, but thanks, you know for what you did with David and everything." I heard Mercy groan beside me. She, like her brother, couldn't stand Paul.

As if noticing her for the first time, he said. "De Silva." She smiled, but not in a pleasant way. "Slater." He turned his attention back on me. "Well, I guess I'll be seeing you on school Monday."

"Joy." Mercy said. He glared in her direction, than looked back to me. "Well, see ya around, Simon."

"Bye, Paul." He walked off, with Kat still holding his hand. I couldn't help but think about how cute they looked together.

"So, how do I look?" I turned around and saw Cee standing there with a long flowing purple gown on. She looked amazing.

"Cee." I said. "You look gorgeous. And if you don't buy that, I will kill you." She smiled. "You really think so?" I nodded. "Of course, and Adam will think so too." Her snow-white cheeks turned pink when I said that.

"Okay, I'll get it."

"Alleluia!" Mercy said as Cee went up to pay for it.

"So, Mercy." I said as we sat in the food court later that day. "Who are you going with?" She sighed. "I guess, no one."

"Come on! You're pretty. Someone will ask you." She narrowed her eyes at me. "Mama says I look like Jesse."

I stared at her for a long time before saying. "And your point is-"

"Suze!" I laughed. "Mercy, I'm kidding! You only remind me of Jesse sometimes. Other than that, I think you look like your mom."

"Oh, gee. Catherine Zeta Jones. Hooray!"

"That's not such a bad thing, miel." She smiled disgustedly at the person behind me.

"Hey, querida." He kissed my cheek.

"Oh. don't make me sick!" Adam said as he walked and stood beside Jesse.

"Oh, great!" Mercy said as she looked at me and Cee. "Both of your boyfriend's are here. So now, I'm like a-" She turned and counted all of us. "-5th wheel!"

"Did you figure that out all by yourself, Mercedes?" Jesse said as he ruffled her hair. She said something under her breath that was in Spanish. I couldn't understand her, but Jesse obviously could since he shot her a very disapproving look. She just smiled at him innocently. They just stared at each other for a while. Then Cee said, "So, who's up for a movie?"

We walked toward the movie theater, I was laughing at something Jesse said to me, so I didn't notice that there was someone in front of me.

"Oh, I am so sor-"

It's not everday you see a Greek god.

"Susie?"

"Tad?"

"Nobre di dios." Jesse said under his breath. Mercy was staring at Tad with her mouth wide open.

"Um, hi. I thought you were in-"

"San Fransico?" He finished for me. "Oh, I was. But I'm on Spring Break, and I thought I'd come look you up so we could ,you-know, pick up where we left off." I looked over at Jesse who looked murderous.

Had Tad said something like that to me a year ago, well, that would have been different. Now, it was just sexual-harassment.

"Um, Tad. About that. I have a boyfriend." His face fell. "Oh."

"Tad I'm really sorry."

"Yeah, she's really sorry." Jesse said. Then whispered in my ear. "Let's go."

Tad looked at Jesse. "This him."

"This him who him?" I caught on to his meaning. "My boyfriend?" Tad nodded, looking at me like I was insane. "Yes."

He stood next to Jesse. Really. As hot as Tad is, there was no comparisson. Jesse was hottest, hands down.

Tad looked back at me. Jesse stuck his tongue out at him when he turned his back. I glared at Jesse. I was suppossed to be the immature one. Then I looked over at Mercy who was still staring at Tad.

"Um, Tad. There's someone I'd like you too meet." I pulled Mercy over beside me. "Tad this is Mercy. Mercy, Tad."

He looked at her, and obviously liked what he saw. "Hi, Tad Beaumont." Mercy opened her mouth to say someting, but was incapable of speach, until I elbowed her. "Mercedes de Silva." They stared at each other for a minute, then I said. "We were actaully going to see a movie, so, if you want to come."

"Love to." Was his reply.

We continued walking. Jesse leaned down and whispered. "So you give him, the son of a man who thinks he is a vampire and the nephew of a serial killer, my sister?" I didn't answer.

"Better her than me." I offered hopefully.

He said something n Spanish, than in English he said, "Got that right." I laughed.

So we finally made it to the movie theater and was at the concession stand. That's when I saw it. Or rather her.

"Susannah, what do you want to drink?" I didn't answer him. "Susannah?" He looked down at me. "Queirda, what-" But then he saw her too. It couldn't be her. It just couldn't be her. I exorcised her!

"Susannah, is that-" I nodded and then he said, "How?" I shook my head. I had no idea how. But I did feel like a hundred needles were poking me when she turned and smiled at me.

See, standing there, in all her ghostly glory was Heather.

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There's my first chapter! It'll get better, I promise! You know what I want you to do! So go do it!