Last time on "The New Girl":

"Did you sleep there all night?" she asked.

"It would appear so" I said stifling a yawn.

"Your dad is going to kill us" she said, biting her bottom lip.

"No he won't, he probably thinks I'm in my room right now" I replied.

But we both froze when Mapi yelled "Marta have you seen Jesse? He's not in his room."

And then Marta yelled back "Check the guest room, maybe he's waking up Suze."

The sound of light, little footsteps echoed through the hall, and into the guest room. Susannah looked panicked, and her eyes widened again when there was a knock at the door. About a second later Mapi appeared in the doorway.

"Suze, have you seen-oh."

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And now, the much waited p 15th chapter. I know, you're all very excited.

Enjoy, sorry it took so long to update, but blame school and the torture it never fails to provide.

-Lauren

:Chapter 15:

'Shift De Silva, shift! It doesn't matter where, just shift.'

Suddenly I felt cold underneath me. Muffled voices reached my ears, and I could tell they belonged to two of the most important girls in my life.

The voices stopped and a doorknob turned, opening a door near me. I couldn't decide if keeping my eyes closed or opening them was the best option.

:Gasp:

'Uh oh.'

"Jesse…?" Susannah asked cautiously. I slowly opened my eyes and realized I was sitting in the bathtub of the guest bathroom. I poked my head out from behind the shower curtain and replied "Buenas días querida."

"You nearly gave me a heart attack! I mean I almost screamed, and if I would have done that you know your family would come run…wait, what are you doing in there?" she rambled on.

"I…I was waiting for you" I said smiling. Susannah cocked her eyebrow and crossed her arms across her chest.

"Really?" she questioned, the corners of her mouth twitching up into a semi-smile.

"Yes, really. I didn't get a chance to give you a proper morning greeting" I answered, pushing back the shower curtain.

"And what, does a 'proper morning greeting' entail?" she asked, kneeling down beside the bathtub, and resting her chin on her arms folded on the edge of the tub.

"Let me show you" I replied, meeting her lips with my own.

I swear I only meant for it to be a brief peck, but something came over me, and the next thing I knew Susannah was lying on top of me in the bath tub. I must admit the bath tub of your guest bathroom is not the most ideal place to make out, but when you're a hormonal teenage boy with your incredibly sexy girlfriend on top of you it really doesn't matter.

It wasn't until I heard Susannah let out a moan that I realized where my hand had gone. Somehow it had traveled up, underneath her pajama top, and was gently caressing one of her breasts. 'I must have been like a saint or… the pope in a past life.'

"Susannah" I mumbled as she tickled my neck with soft kisses.

"Jesse" she replied, her gaze meeting my own. She smiled up at me, and gave me a brief peck before climbing off of me and getting about half way out of the bathtub.

"And where do you think you're going, querida?" I asked, pulling her back towards me.

"To get ready for school" she answered smirking.

"We can do that later" I said, pulling her into my lap. She smiled and gave me another peck, her hand resting on my chest, right over my heart, which was racing.

"Jesse, we're already late to our meeting with Father D. we should have been ready like thirty minutes ago. He's going to kill us."

"No he won't, he'll lecture us on being on time and keeping appointments, but he won't be too upset" I corrected sweetly.

"Yes, but do we really want another lecture? I mean you know we're gonna get one for not listening to him and kissing" she said.

"I guess you're right" I relented, "we should get going soon. How long 'til you're ready?"

"Give me like twenty minutes, I just have to shower and get dressed."

"Okay, me too" I said, helping Susannah up, and then climbing out of the bathtub.

She gave me a brief peck before shooing me out so she could shower. I dematerialized to my own bathroom, and hurriedly showered.

I had just wrapped a towel around my waist when I could have sworn I heard Susannah call me. Her voice didn't sound urgent or anything, but I was curious as to why she might call me while she was getting ready. So I rematerialized into the guest room, only to find it empty. I could hear the shower running in the bathroom, and I took a deep breath as I walked towards to door. Just as I knocked on the door, the water was turned off. I knocked again, and heard movement, but Susannah didn't open the door.

'Querida, are you alright in there?'

The door opened and there stood Susannah with nothing but a towel on. Water dripped from her hair, and I swallowed hard.

"Jesse, are you okay?" she asked coming towards me.

I tried to step back, but it felt like I was glued to that spot on the floor. I found keeping my eyes on Susannah's face equally challenging, but managed.

"You can't be hot again" she sighed, putting her to my forehead.

Silently I prayed her towel would fall, but then felt ashamed, and prayed it stay where it was. I don't think I could handle seeing Susannah like that, I might do something very ungentlemanly.

She moved her hand to feel my cheek, and paused a few seconds. She was pulling her hand away, when I gently kissed her palm. She smiled a shy smile at me and again when I moved up her arm, to her wrist. Slowly I trailed light kisses up her arm, and then her shoulder, and neck. When I reached her chin I pulled away and looked into her eyes.

'Green and radiant, like two sparkling emeralds.'

"Don't stop" she mumbled, a smile playing on her lips.

"We're already running late querida" I replied.

"I don't care" she said bringing her lips up to meet my own.

As the kiss deepened, Susannah brought her arms around my neck, and ran her fingers through my hair. It was then I noticed how close we were. Her chest was pressed against mine, and all that separated our skin was her small towel, wrapped delicately around her. My hands were resting loosely on her hips, and I begged for the willpower to stop this before things got out of hand.

"…querida…we have to get to…school…" I panted when I could unglue my lips from Susannah's.

"But…can't we…keep do-…ing this" she panted back.

"N-yes…I mean,…no" I said as she kissed down my neck, tickling my skin.

"Okay…then I'll just get dressed" she replied, after catching her breath. I was caught off guard and when she pulled away I suddenly was very cold. Air rushed to all the places Susannah's body had just been against me, and I realized I was only wearing a towel around my waist.

"Yes, good idea, I'm going t-" I froze mid-sentence. I had just looked over to where Susannah was and saw…well, Susannah. Only she was…undressed.

I commanded my eyes to look away, but they weren't listening. All I could do was stand there and stare at Susannah as she pulled on a lacey pair of boy shorts.

The next few minutes are kind of a haze in my head, but I remember what I saw. Down to every detail, even.

Somehow I managed to get back to my room and dressed. I even brought out my lucky jeans, because I figured if they were lucky before, I might as well add to the magic. Susannah came into my room as I was pulling on my under shirt, and handed me my t-shirt.

She looked stunning in her hip-hugging jeans, pale pink Minnie Mouse t-shirt, and matching pink heels.

"Ready?" she asked, giving me a once over.

"Almost" I replied as I walked to her and gave her a brief kiss. "Now I'm ready."

"Yeah…me too" she replied dazedly.

We grabbed each other's hand and made our way downstairs.

As we were about to yell good-bye and leave, someone trudged over to us and heaved "finally. You-…and Suze?"

"Adam, what are you doing here?" I questioned, completely shocked.

"Dude I told you I needed a ride to school today, like a week ago. Suze, what are you doing here?" Adam replied, grabbing his backpack and opening the front door.

"I…I…" Susannah stammered.

"We'll explain on the way" I said taking Susannah's bags. She gave me 'I can carry my own stuff' look, but didn't verbally complain.

We were silent as we put our stuff in the trunk, and got in. The first noise anyone made was Susannah when she thanked me for opening her door, and then AAR playing from the speakers.

"So, are you guys planning on telling me what's going on, or do I get to keep ignoring the uncomfortable silence?" Adam asked about two blocks later.

Susannah looked over at me, hesitation in her eyes. I gave her a reassuring smile and then answered, "Susannah stayed the night at my house."

"Oh…ooohhh" he said, and then winked at Susannah and I.

"Adam, nothing happened. Paul Slater attacked Susannah yesterday, and I didn't want her to have to stay home alone, so I invited her to use my guestroom."

"Oh…that's it?" he asked, sounding disappointed.

I sent him an 'I'll tell you later' glance, and he didn't ask anymore questions. Susannah placed her hand on my arm, and smiled brightly at me. "I love you" she mentally chimed.

"I love you too, querida."

"Are you two doing that weird psychic talking thing?" Adam questioned.

"What psychic talking thing?" I asked, alarmed that he might know about me and Susannah's gift.

"That mind-to-mind talking thing. CeeCee told me about it last night" he calmly stated.

Susannah moved her hand away, and I noticed she was shrinking down into her seat.

"Uhh, actually Adam, I told CeeCee it was like we could, not that we can. I mean, can you imagine if we actually could?" Susannah responded, not looking at me the whole time.

"You told CeeCee?" I asked.

"I…I…yeah. I was just so happy, and I couldn't stand not being able to tell her everything, so I just kind of let that slip, I guess" she answered sounding truly sorry.

"Querida, I'm not angry with you, I just wish you had told me so I could collaborate my story."

"So…you're not mad?" she asked, turning to look at me.

"I could never stay mad at you, even if I was" I replied, smiling.

"Thank God we're here, you two are too…too…I don't know, but you're too much of it. Pop the trunk" Adam said getting out of the car once we'd reached the mission. He took off towards his locker as Susannah and I rushed to get to Father Dominic's office.

"You're late" he grumbled when we finally got to his office.

"Sorry" we both said.

"It's all my fault, really. I forgot I needed a ride to school, and when I called Jesse, he was already on his way here" Susannah quickly added.

"Querida, I don't think lying to a priest is necessary here."

"What would we have told him otherwise; that I stayed over at your house and things got a little hot 'n' heavy this morning?" Susannah retorted, sending me a victorious smile.

"I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" Father Dominic asked sternly.

"No" we both squeaked.

"Good. Let's get started."

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"So, let me see if I have this right; we have to bring the other Paul, the one that sent us here in the first place, back here. And then we have to find an angelic being with an emerald gaze, and unite the being with a powerful, precious stone-" Susannah said.

"You have to unite them with true love" Father Dominic interrupted her.

"Oh, right, and after all that we have to use the power that the being and the stone will create to destroy Paul, once and for all. Right?" Susannah asked, summarizing almost 4 hours of information.

"Well, not exactly, but you have the main idea" Father Dominic answered.

"And by when do we have to find and unite the angel and the stone?" I questioned.

"Well, by the next full moon" Father Dominic said, looking nervous.

"And when's that?" Susannah asked sounding worried.

"According to my calendar…Saturday" he responded.

"This Saturday!" Susannah yelped.

"Yes, I'm afraid so" Father Dominic said, looking equally troubled.

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"Well, what do we do now?" Susannah asked later as we walked to my car.

"We have to get you back to my house, find something my dad is hiding for me, and then unite you with it" I responded.

"Me? Why me?" Susannah asked, completely shocked.

"Because querida, you're the 'angelic being with an emerald gaze" I responded as we reached my car.

"Jesse, I am no angelic being, and my gaze is so not emerald, its murky green" she corrected.

"Susannah, ever since I first had the dreams about you, one phrase has been constantly floating around in my mind" I informed her, while opening her door.

She climbed in, and waited for me to get in before saying "And what phrase is that?"

"Green and radiant, like two sparkling emeralds. When I first met you, I knew you by your eyes, and when Father Dominic said 'angelic being with an emerald gaze', I knew he was talking about you" I answered.

"So, if I am the angelic being, then what's the powerful, precious stone?" she asked.

"My grandmother's engagement ring."