Okay, so I guess I kind of lost some of you guys with the last chapter, so let me clear things up. The last chapter wasn't a dream. Jesse and Suze get 2 days in each universe and they had 2 days in the other universe, so now they're switched. This part two of the first day they have in this universe and then after the 2nd day they have to decide which universe they want to continue living in, permanently.

I you guys have any other questions or you're still not understanding what's going on please feel free to ask me, I want you guys to understand what's going on so you can enjoy the story.

I'll try and have the next chapter up by the beginning of next week if not the end of this week. Enjoy! -Lauren

:Chapter 29:

"I don't get it" Adam was saying, "normally you're all weird around girls, but with Suze, the hottest girl I've seen all year, you turn on the charm a little and she's hooked. And in less than 24 hours! What's so different about her? You've practically been shunning all women since like forever, but now you've gone and hooked a mysterious East Coast hottie."

I had to laugh at that. "Adam, I don't know what it is about her, but it felt weird when we first met, like maybe we already knew each other. And all day we've just been talking and laughing, and enjoying each other's company."

"And making out" Adam added with a wolfish grin.

I felt my cheeks flush and desperately willed them to stop once I noticed that Susannah and CeeCee were returning from the bathroom. CeeCee slid in next to Adam and cozied up next to him, while Susannah sat besides me and gave me a big smile.

"What did you tell CeeCee about what happened?" I whispered, already knowing that CeeCee had undoubtedly asked Susannah while they were in the restroom, about the lip lock she'd caught us in.

"Nothing much, just told her a brief explanation; she doesn't need to know all the details" she replied still smiling at me. I tried to very subtly drape my arm around the back of our side of the booth, and in truth just tried getting closer to Susannah. "Very smooth" she teased, scooting closer to me, as I finally had my arm relaxing on the back of the booth. I smiled and tried to stop blushing.

I looked up to take a drink from my shake when I saw CeeCee and Adam, completely all over each other. CeeCee was practically in Adam's lap and you could clearly see Adam's hands traveling up CeeCee's back, towards the tie on her bathing suit top.

Susannah must have noticed my disgusted face because she looked over and asked "What-Oh my God!"

I quickly averted my gaze and trained my eyes on Susannah. She quickly followed suit and was desperately trying to not look back. "WOW" she sighed, "It's almost like an eclipse; you want to watch it in amazement, but know that if you do your eyes will burn and you might just go blind."

I nodded in agreement and wanted nothing more than to get out of here right now. "Susannah, do you want to get out of here, we could…do anything, just something to get us away from them right now" I questioned.

"Yes!" she cheered, pointing at Adam and CeeCee, or at least the indiscernible pile of entangled limbs they'd become, "I've got to get away from that." She quickly slid out of the booth while I got out my wallet to pay for our part of the bill. "How much for my shake and burger?" Susannah asked pulling her wallet from her purse. "I've got it, don't worry" I assured her thinking she had to be the most thoughtful girl ever. No other girl I know would have even offered to pay for her part of the bill. "Jesse, seriously, how much?" she asked smiling but looking a little annoyed. "It's taken care of" I said dropping a twenty on the table for our part of the bill and steering her towards the door. "I don't wanna be a moocher, I feel bad when people pay for stuff for me" she whined. "Don't feel bad, think of it as a thank you for…teaching me how to play slide" I rationalized for her, and took her wallet from her hand and put it back in her purse. She laughed and shook her head, her chestnut waves bouncing around.

When we got to my car Susannah paused for a second before pinning me against my car and bringing her lips up to mine. Her entire body was pressed up against me, keeping me against the car, and her fingers were tangled up in my hair making my scalp tingle. She pulled away after a while and smiled; seemingly pleased with the dazed state her kiss left me in. That was the sexiest thing I'd ever seen anyone do, and it was the greatest kiss I'd ever experienced. This kiss was one for the records.

"What…What was that for?" I asked when my brain was functioning again.

"I don't know, seeing CeeCee and Adam in there made me want to kiss you. Is it weird that I just did that?"

"No, definitely not weird. Good, very good" I answered. She smiled up at me and let me open the door for her, before hopping in.

"So, where are we off to?" she asked once I was behind the wheel.

"I'm not sure. What do you feel like doing?"

"You kidnapped me, you're supposed to have a plan" she countered.

"We could go back to my house, watch some movies and stuff" I offered.

"Is your house empty?" she questioned looking kind of nervous.

"No, it's almost never empty actually" I admitted, "my sisters should all be home, and my mom might be there too, unless she's working late again."

"Your mom's working on a Saturday?" she asked unbelievingly.

"Yeah, she's been taking all the odd hours no one wants plus all the overtime she can get. She likes to keep busy when my dad's gone, says it keeps her from missing him as much" I explained.

"Awh" she sighed, "you really sure you want to introduce me to all your sisters. I've heard horror stories about them, but if you think you can scare me, you've got another thing coming. My best friend Gina's little brother is a devil child and trust me, when it comes to him it's the quality of the torture not the quantity of the kids."

I laughed and said, "Who said I was going to introduce you? I was going to sneak you in through the back door and hold you captive in my room."

She mock punched my arm but smiled despite herself. "Very funny" she teased.

I chuckled and started the drive back to my house, "Don't worry about my sisters, just don't be scared of them, if they smell fear, you're done for."

"Thanks for the advice."

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"Jesse, I will never forgive you! Mapi ate some of that weird green stuff in that blue tupperware, and threw up all over the carpet in the tv room" Marta yelled from the kitchen before huffing into the front entrance and staring at me and Susannah seemingly in dumb shock.

"Marta, this is my…friend Susannah" I said introducing my oldest sister to Susannah. "Susannah, this is my sister Marta."

Marta stared at Susannah some more before mumbling "Suze?"

I looked at Susannah and noticed she seemed to be trying to place Marta somehow. "I know you from somewhere, right?" Susannah asked Marta.

Marta smiled and said something in French, with a smile on her face. Susannah replied in French and went over and hugged Marta happily. How did everyone know this perfect girl and not tell me about her!

"Marta, you know Susannah?" I asked incredulously.

"Jesse, Suze is my French pen pal. I told you we had to have a pen pal for French class and I mentioned it to CeeCee when she was over here one day. She told me her friend Suze from New York needed a new French pen pal cause her old one moved out of the country, so Suze and me started talking online and we agreed to be pen pals" she said finally releasing Susannah.

"I remember you telling me you were coming here but you said you were gonna be hanging out with CeeCee, not this goof" she said to Susannah, pointing at me, "I wasn't expecting to see you until Monday at school." I shot her a sharp glance and motioned for Susannah to follow me away from Marta.

Susannah sent me an understanding nod before saying to Marta, "Well, this goof happens to be my friendly kidnapper. So I'm gonna go play captive and watch some movies. But now that I'm here we have to hang out and talk. Maybe practice some French."

"Ooo, yeah. Maybe not the French part, but I agree with the rest" Marta replied. They laughed and then Susannah gave her a little finger wave before following me into the other room and walking back through the house to the tv room.

"How is it that you know so many people around me, but you and me never talked or anything?" I asked feeling like I had been gypped on communication with Susannah.

"I really don't know. I mean it does seem odd that I knew your sister and your best friend, but never got around to chatting with you. I mean I knew about you, cause I've been told some stories about you, but CeeCee never said anything about how I should talk to you or anything. Although I didn't know that CeeCee's best friend and Marta's older brother were the same person. Man, I feel like I got left out of the Jesse loop," she said with a smile twitching onto her lips.

This girl thinks like me, has the same weird sense of humor as me, and she likes kissing me, I think I've found the perfect girl for me.

I smiled at her as we reached the tv room, but my smile faded. There were three overwhelming smells present. The first was throw up, which someone attempted to clean up with some kind of lemon smelling cleaner, and then some flower air freshener was thickly lacing the air, creating a putrid smell.

"Ohmigosh!" Susannah yelped, covering her nose, "That smells so gross." With the hand that wasn't covering my nose I grabbed Susannah and led her back down the hall to the kitchen before pulling her up the stairs after me.

"I guess my room is our only option," I said finally removing my hand from my nose and trying to remember if I had cleaned my room this morning or recently.

"Okay" Susannah chimed as we reached my door, "You wanna go in there and tidy up a bit before I enter your lair?"

I laughed, but thanked my lucky stars that she'd suggested that. "Yeah, I just have to put some stuff away, my sisters are always messing with my stuff. I'll just be a second," I said rushing into my room and picking up everything off the floor. I threw my floor mess into my closet and shut the door, then set to work on haphazardly making my bed. After I was finished I rushed back to the door and let Susannah in.

"You must either be not that messy or a really fast cleaner" she said with a smile, as she took in my room. After glancing around a little she plopped herself onto my bed and asked, "So, what are we watchin'?"

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After laughing through Blazing Saddles and Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Susannah and I were laying across my bed, talking. I took her hand in mine after a few minutes and she gave my hand a squeeze.

"Do you think today counted as a date?" she asked sitting up, her hand still in mine.

"I guess it could, if we each agreed that it was a date, then we could count it as one" I replied gazing up at her. The fading sunlight coming in through my window was giving her a pinkish, orange glow, which made her look even more beautiful.

"Well, if I agreed to call it a date, would you agree?" Susannah questioned looking at me, with a smile forming on her lips.

"Yeah" I said, "I think I would. But only if that means I get to kiss you again."

"Hmmm" she sighed with a chuckle before I pulled her back down onto my mattress and leaned over her. "Was that a yes?" I asked, my mouth moving on hers as I spoke.

"It was more like a 'just shut up and kiss me already', actually" she replied, with a smirk.

I pressed my lips to hers, and we both melted into the kiss.

Her lips made me feel things I'd never felt before. She excited me in a way no one else ever had, and it was like she kissed me with pent up emotion. Maybe she'd wanted to kiss me as much as I wanted to kiss her.

As I touched my tongue to her mouth, and she parted her lips, that word rang through my head again. 'Querida.' I knew Susannah must be my querida. There was no other explanation for the way she was making me feel, and how it seemed as if I'd known her my whole life, when we'd only just met early this morning.

After making out for a while, I put on 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and Susannah laid her head on my chest. I wrapped my arm around her and twirled a piece of her hair absentmindedly. Half way through the movie my eyelids starting feeling heavy and I figured I'd just wake myself up in about an hour. Yeah, just a nap.

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"Crap, crap, crap, crap" I heard someone muttering as they ran around my room. I peeked open my eyes and saw Susannah nervously running around my room, holding one shoe in her hand.

"Susannah?" I asked sleepily, "what's wrong? What are you looking for?"

Her head snapped in my direction and when she saw me, the nervous look on her face melted away a little. She gave me an embarrassed smile before asking, "Sorry, did I wake you?"

"No, don't worry about it. What's wrong?"

"I…I can't find my other shoe" she admitted holding up one of her black flip-flops.

I got up from my bed and looked around my room. "Where did you find that one?" I questioned.

She blushed slightly and averted her gaze from my eyes before saying, "By the closet, I guess I sort of kicked my shoes off when we were making out."

I smiled thinking back to the feel of Susannah's lips against my own, before focusing on finding her other sandal. After looking around some we finally found the missing flip-flop over by my bathroom door.

"What time is it? Do you want me to give you a ride home?" I asked, glancing back at the clock on my nightstand. 7:00.

WHAT! "Oh shit" I mumbled.

"Is that clock right?" she asked her voice sounding kind of high pitched.

I just nodded, feeling unable to speak.

"Ah crap" she sighed before digging through her purse and pulling out her cell phone. "I have to call CeeCee and make sure she knows I'm okay. Can we get out of here without anyone seeing us?"

"Yeah, but we have to climb out my bathroom window. Do you want to borrow some clothes? It gets kind of foggy and cold in the morning, especially this early. And a skirt isn't the best thing to wear when climbing out a second floor window."

"Umm, I guess. Thanks. Let me call CeeCee before she gives herself a heart attack worrying about me," she said before hitting speed dial 7.

Uh oh, I have to open my closet to get out clothes. I figured I'd just stall as long as possible.

Susannah was mumbling quickly to CeeCee, her eyes giving away the fact that she was lying her butt off. Not that it really bothered me, I knew how it would sound to someone if Susannah said she'd stayed the night with me. Especially since we were alone in my bedroom. After a few more minutes of flat out lying to CeeCee, Susannah disconnected and dropped her phone back into her purse.

"Uh, can I use your bathroom?" Susannah asked shyly.

"Oh, yeah. I have an extra toothbrush in the medicine cabinet if you want to use it, and the toothpaste is right next to it" I said leading her to the bathroom and pointing to the medicine cabinet over my sink. She looked a little embarrassed, probably feeling self conscious about morning breath. Just to ease her embarrassment I lightly placed a kiss on her lips and told her to take her time. She smiled, the embarrassment seemingly forgotten, and walked into my bathroom, closing the door behind her.

After a few moments I rushed back to my closet and opened the door. All the mess I'd stuffed in last night spilled out in a pile by my feet. I really need to do some laundry, I told myself, before grabbing two clean shirts and two pairs of jeans. I grabbed a hat too, figuring that if by chance someone did see us leaving, I could just say that Adam had stayed over.

After tossing the clean clothes onto my bed I stuffed all my floor mess back into my closet and shut the door. Susannah emerged from the bathroom just then, looking refreshed and beautiful as always.

I walked over to my bed and grabbed the smallest clothes I had and handed them to her.

"You got me a whole outfit?" she asked, her eyebrows raising inquisitively.

"If by chance, someone does see us I don't want to ruin your reputation around here, so I figured you could wear these. If someone sees us I'll just say Adam crashed here" I explained placing the hat on her head. She smiled up at me and said, "thanks Jesse. I'll change in here so you can use the bathroom."

"Okay" I replied grabbing my other set of clothes and going into the bathroom. I rushed around brushing my teeth and changing, all the while attempting to not spit toothpaste all over myself. Once I was done I asked Susannah through the door if she was decent.

"Yeah" she called back, "I'm ready to roll."

I opened the door and couldn't help but smile at Susannah. Even though she was wearing my smallest clothes they still fit her loosely and hung off her small frame. The shirt went to a few inches above her knees and the pants were way to big, the legs pooling over her feet. She had tucked her hair into the baseball cap and didn't look too thrilled about her appearance or the laughter I was clearly trying to hold in.

"Maybe shorts would be a better choice" I offered opening a drawer and pulling out a pair of denim shorts, glad I didn't keep them in my closet. She took the shorts and waddled into the bathroom. After a few moments she emerged. The shorts actually fit her like pants, but she was holding them up with one hand. "I need a belt" she said, "and don't laugh at me, I already know ridiculous I look."

I grabbed a belt from another drawer and carefully put it on for her. "This is really weird" I confessed, "I know you're supposed to look like a guy, but seeing you in my clothes is kind of…sexy."

She looked at me with wide eyes and a playful smile. "Really? You think I look sexy in your clothes?"

I gulped and felt heat on my cheeks. "Uhh…well…"

Susannah laughed and walked over to me, leaving only about an inch between us.

Slowly her lips inched towards mine and without thinking I touched my lips to her's. She pulled away after a few moments, leaving me wanting more.

"Jesse, I gotta get home. I have to be somewhere at 10" she said, her lips still close to mine.

"We have plenty of time" I assured her reaching for her lips again. She gave me a brief peck before grabbing her purse and then walking towards to bathroom.

"Querida, we can leave in a few minutes" I whined catching up to her and tugging on her arm.

She turned around to face me and said "What?" wrinkling her nose a little.

I smiled at how cute she looked before kissing her again. This time she dropped her purse and welcomed my lips.

"Alrighty then, ready to go?" I asked smiling like a fool.

"Yeah" she sighed, "What did you call me before? What's kee-ri-da?"

I chuckled and pecked her cheek. "I'll tell you some other time."

"But I wanna know now" she said pouting.

I grabbed her purse for her and tugged her into the bathroom with me, closing and locking the door behind us. "Later, I promise" I told her opening my bathroom window. "I'm gonna go down first, then you can throw your purse down and climb out after" I said swinging my leg out the window and stepping on the garage roof. I went to the edge of the roof by the patch of grass I always land on and jumped down. I watched as Susannah climbed out the window and then tossed her purse in my general direction. She carefully walked towards the edge where I had gone down and looked at me. "Jump down and I'll catch you" I told her. She nodded and jumped down right into my waiting arms. I smiled at her before picking up her purse and starting towards my car.

"Jesse, you know I can walk," she said with a smile.

"Oh right" I replied blushing before gently setting her down. "Come on, let's get you home."

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"I still can't believe you live less than a mile from my house. I mean, you're closer to me than CeeCee and I used to walk to her house all the time" I said as we pulled to a stop in front of 99 Pine Crest.

"Yeah, it is kind of weird, but very cool. Now you can walk over to my house all the time" she sighed, unbuckling her seat belt and turning to face me. I reached over and removed my baseball cap from Susannah's head and watched as her hair fell in waves over her shoulders. She smiled over at me as I tucked a few locks of her hair behind her ear.

Suddenly her eyes looked worried and she said, "Jesse-"

"Your clothes" I interrupted, remembering she'd left her wife beater and denim mini skirt at my house. "I can bring them by here later if you want."

She looked at me for a moment before smiling shyly. "Oh, yeah. Thanks, that'd be great. But…okay, here's the thing…The thing is…Jesse…I really, really like you, it's just…. No, forget I said that, it sounds like I'm breaking up with you. Which I'm not!" she explained when she noticed my worried expression at her words. "Ugh…okay…I can do this. Listen, Jesse, I don't want you to get the wrong idea about me. I mean, the last guy I kissed I went out with for six months and we didn't even kiss until like our fifth date. But that's not my point. I just don't want you to think I'm easy or a slut or something, cause I've never kissed a guy only having known him for a few hours" she said, taking a deep breath afterward.

"Susannah, I would never consider you to be a slut, or easy. It was my fault for being too forward. I apologize if I pressured you into anything and-"

"Jesse, you didn't pressure me into anything. I was more than consenting. I just think we should maybe slow things down and get to know each other better before we start getting all physical again. Don't get me wrong, I love kissing you, it's just…I want to really get the whole kissing experience. You know, like getting that first kiss after an amazing date. I want the tenderness you can only feel when you're really with that person.

"If, you know, you aren't willing to get involved with me then I can accept that. I mean I admit I'll be kind of hurt, but I can deal. I mean I'm a big girl, and I can handle just about anyth-"

"Querida" I said interrupting her again, "you're starting to ramble."

"I do that when I get nervous" she replied blushing.

"Susannah, I want to be involved with you, and I want what you described, exactly how you described it. I believe that when you're with someone you can express how you feel for that person better than when you're just friends" I told her. "So, Susannah Simon, will you do me the honor of accompanying me to dinner and a movie on Saturday night?"

She smiled brightly and nodded her head; "This is getting repetitive. But, yes, I'd love to go out with you, Jesse."

"Alright, well I'll drop your clothes off later. Call me whenever it's a good time to bring them over" I said.

"Actually, before you leave, could you help me climb onto my garage? I can't let my stepbrothers see me like this," she asked.

I smiled and got out of my car before going around and opening Susannah's door for her.

"You've lived here for less than a day and already you know how to sneak out and back in?" I questioned with a smirk.

"Hey, a girls gotta know her way around her home."

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"Jeez Jesse, I called a while ago but Marta said you were holed up in your bathroom doing God knows what" CeeCee said as I took the phone from my mom in the kitchen. "I even tried your cell a couple times but nothing. What were you doing?"

"Uhh…cleaning" I lied, taking the phone with me into the living room and away from my mother, lest she hear the obvious lie I was telling CeeCee.

"Cleaning" CeeCee repeated, "Cleaning?"

"Yes, cleaning. I cleaned my bathroom. And then I had to shower and shave. Any other questions?" I asked desperately hoping she'd notice my tone and change the subject.

"So, you were cleaning, huh? And while you were cleaning your bathroom, which by the way I think is a big fat lie, were you alone?"

"Yeah" I replied slowly, "I normally don't lock myself in my bathroom with other people, while I'm cleaning."

"Hmm…" she sighed, "Funny coincidence that you were locked in your bathroom cleaning at about the same time Suze mysteriously got back to her house. Another odd little coincidence is that David, Suze's little stepbrother saw a car that looked exactly like yours, license plate number and all, right in front of their house right before Suze snuck into her room."

I couldn't think. I knew I was now in trouble. CeeCee doesn't like being lied to; she gets enough of that from Adam.

"And ya know Suze was supposed to stay over at my house last night but you two just disappeared on me and Adam, leaving me to panic over what happened. That's why I called David, to see if Suze had gone home, but he said she hadn't and that she hadn't called either. So, I'm thinking either you're a big, fat liar and Suze and you stayed somewhere together last night, or Suze went off somewhere by herself, which I don't think happened, and she called you for a ride home this morning. So Jesse, are you the big, fat liar, or the nice guy that just gave Suze a ride home?"

"Umm…can I be neither?" I asked shakily.

"HECTOR 'JESSE' DE SILVA!" she screamed, making me partially deaf in my ear. "Did you and Suze sleep together!"

"CeeCee, this is more of a face-to-face conversation, can we meet up somewhere to talk?"

"Oh my gosh, you did! Oh my gosh! Jesse! How could you do that? Oh my gosh! Umm…come pick me up from my house, and then we're getting Suze so you two can explain to me what the hell is going on" she said before disconnecting.

Uh oh.

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CeeCee slid into the passenger seat without a word, her eyes unfocused.

"Hi" I mumbled trying to make the awkward silence stop.

"Where are we going?" I asked, again trying to clear the air, a few minutes later.

"To get Suze," she said dully.

"Umm…we can't" I replied after a glance at the in-dash clock. 10:15, Susannah was supposed to be somewhere at 10.

"Why not?" she questioned looking a little concerned.

"Well, she said she had to be somewhere at 10, and its 10:15, so… yeah."

"Oh, yeah, her dance class. Fine, let's go to the Clutch, I have a feeling I'm going to need a major caffeine buzz for this explanation."

"Dance class? Susannah's in a dance class?"

"Yeah, she's taking a hip-hop class as a refresher. But today she was meeting with some dance group leader she met a few months ago. She might perform with the group at the Father Serra festival" CeeCee answered.

"Wow, I didn't know" I sighed.

"There's a lot you don't know about Suze, Jesse. I thought I knew you two so well, but then you guys do this and I can't help but think that I hardly knew you guys at all."

"CeeCee, me and Susannah didn't sleep together, at least not in the sense you're thinking of" I assured her.

"What do mean 'not in the sense I'm thinking of'?"

"Last night me and Susannah went back to my house to watch movies. And that's what happened. We watched movies and talked. And I guess we just both got tired and we ended up falling asleep. Nothing like what you're thinking about happened" I explained pulling into a parking space at the Coffee Clutch.

"So… that's why you had to sneak around this morning, to get her home?" she asked.

"CeeCee, we both know that if someone would have seen us leaving my house it would bring suspicion upon me and Susannah's relationship. She just got here and I don't want to ruin her reputation, that's why we were sneaking around trying to get her home."

CeeCee smiled, "Now there's the Jesse I know."