AN: wow yea I'm soooo sorry for not updating…but if anyone checks my profile I think I put in it why I haven't….well yea I'm alone so I can finally update…so ill get on with the story.

Disclaimer: me no own.

Suze POV

We were walking towards the elevator when I ran into Caitlyn. "Wow, you got him out of the room. Impressive."

"Whatever Caitlyn you're in the way."

She gave me "the eye" and I raised one eyebrow. "Don't forget Caitlyn it's my brother you like and ultimately what I have to say about you affects what he thinks."

She drew in a breath and stalked off. I looked at Jack, "remember blackmail. It always works." He laughed and I smiled. "C'mon lets go."

I met him outside the "men's" locker room and together we walked over to the lifeguard stand. I still had to prove my "connections."

"Yo Jake." He didn't move, I could so tell he was sleeping like always, but still this job was serious and he sleeps? I tried his name again and when it didn't work I splashed him. That sure got his attention.

"Suze! What the hell!" Oh, he did not just yell at me.

"Excuse me? Did you forget that you're a lifeguard! You don't sleep when you're a lifeguard!"

"SHHH! I wasn't sleeping I was just zoning off, I heard you yelling but it didn't register." The look on his face after he said that showed he knew he had just said the wrong thing.

"Wow. Jake that's all I gotta say about that. Anyway this is Jack. I'm gonna teach him to swim. He wanted to meet the lifeguard. So now that I'm here, if I catch you sleeping you're dead."

He just nodded and I took Jack to the shallow end. After about three hours he was jumping into the deep end splashing everyone.

Jake looked at me. "You're good." I laughed and nodded.

"C'mon Jack, we gotta go!"

"Aww c'mon Suze just a little longer?" He swam over and gave me the puppy dog eyes. I had to roll my eyes at that one.

"Jack. I have three brothers. One of which is only a few years older then you. I'm immune to the puppy dog eyes. So come on up and out." He sighed and pulled himself slowly from the pool. He trudged over to the towels and dried himself off. We walked to the locker rooms and went our separate ways, met up, and walked up to his family's room.

"Alright little man. You go get a change of clothes so you can change when you get out of the shower."

"But!"

"No buts! Go!"

He sighed and walked off. About twenty minutes later he emerged.

We heard voices outside the room. "Looks like your folks are home."

When they walked in Jack ran over to them. "Mom! Dad! Guess what I did today!"

They looked at each other then at their son. His mom asked, "What?"

"I learned how to swim. And Suze is the best!"

They both looked at each other genuinely shocked. "Swim?"

He nodded vigorously. "Yeah, Suze took me to the pool."

His mother smiled at me. "Oh thank you!"

I gave her a nervous smile. "Really it wasn't a problem."

Then I turned to Jack. "Hey kid, I'll see ya tomorrow." He grinned at me and waved as I left. I was ignoring Paul the whole time.

I was in the parking lot leaning on Jake's car waiting. I always have to wait for him, he gets out a little later then I do.

Then I heard the one voice I really didn't want to hear. Paul's. "Hey Suze, what's up?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "Hey? What's with the sudden change of heart?"

"Excuse me?"

"You're a jerk to your brother Paul. What you can't teach him to swim?"

Paul rolled his eyes. "Oh please. Anyway. What do you say we go out to dinner? I found this real nice place."

"I don't eat in fancy places." I interrupted. "I prefer a night of surfing with cheese fries and a burger. But I doubt you can surf." The look on his face confirmed that.

"Well you could always teach me." Even as he said this I could see the slight look of disgust on his face. You could tell he was the fancy kind of guy.

I started laughing. He looked angry as he asked, "what now?"

I smirked at him. "I guess I forgot to mention I do that stuff with friends. My brothers sometimes come. And oh I don't want to forget my boyfriend."

"So you're taken?" I nodded.

"One night with me can change that."

I sneered at him. "Get lost. My brothers coming and you really don't want to be here when he gets here. Especially since I don't like you."

He smirked again. "That'll change soon enough."

Then we heard Jake yell, "alright I'm here. Let's go home so I can meet this Valley guy you're seeing."

I groaned. "Come on Jake don't be an ass! He's NOT a trigging' gangbanger!"

Paul raised an eyebrow at the last comment. I rolled my eyes and pushed him, "get lost!"

"Fine fine. I'll see ya tomorrow Suze."

Jake rounded the corner and unlocked the car. As we were leaving I saw Paul leaning against the pillar.

As we cleared the gate, Jake took off. For someone who's always sleeping, he sure is a wild driver.

Jake looked at me. "You nervous?"

I laughed, "kinda."

He grinned. "Don't be. I'll be nice"

I smiled at him as we pulled into our drive way.

I noticed that Jesse's car wasn't in the drive way. Thank God. This gives me time to clean up.

AN: Well the long awaited chapter. I got the next one written but I don't know when it'll be up. I got finals coming up soon. Someone asked if this was gonna be in Suze's POV only and yeah it is.

One other change I'm making is in the beginning I said something about ghosts, well I'm gonna change that, she won't be a mediator in this.