Disclaimer: I do not own Mediator or any of its characters. I only own Julian. Yes he's mine. Jealous?

A/N: Oh, my God.

Look.

It's a bird.

It's a plane.

No.

It's a new chapter. Haha sorry about that, I'm a little excited about posting. Meaning I have completely lost my mind.

Well, it's been a while hasn't it? Did ya miss me?

I just wanna thank all that have pushed me to finish this story…so… THANK YOU!

And seeing as I've kept you waiting I won't make you wait any longer soooo … here's chapter 13. *squeals like a little school girl*


Chapter 13

Suze POV

I watched Sister Ernestine escort Julian to Father Dominic's office. I was surprised that she didn't pull his ear. I still can't believe he did that.

I was stunned, and happy, and trying very, very hard not to laugh.

As soon as Julian disappeared around the corner I started laughing. Hard. I could still feel everyone staring at me. I'm pretty sure they thought Julian and I had lost our minds. Maybe we had. Or maybe, just maybe, it had to do with love. Or maybe it was a combination of the two, being in love made us lose our minds.

I risked a glance at CeeCee and Adam; they were staring at me confusedly. Then CeeCee started laughing too.

"Why did he do that?" CeeCee asked.

I just shook my head. It was too complicated and slightly too stupid to explain.

"Did you really slap him?" Adam asked.

I nodded, still laughing. I glanced around at everyone that was sitting in the courtyard. The looks of disbelief and confusion were far more hilarious that what Julian did. Brad's table, Julian's friends, was staring at me. Most likely trying to figure out what influence I had over Julian. I kept looking around and saw that Kelly and her clique—the Dolce and Gabbana Nazis as CeeCee had taken to calling them—were staring at me. They were practically green with envy. I could almost hear Kelly wondering, what's a guy like that see in Suze Simon? I smiled smugly and turned back to face CeeCee and Adam.

I wouldn't be able to answer that question. I didn't know what Julian saw in me. I guess I'd have to ask him.

Julian POV

I was walking toward my car after I got out of detention. Yeah, I got detention for being a whipped fucker. But hey, I don't care. Seeing Suze smile was way worth it. And although I didn't have to apologize, because she had forgiven me, I wanted to.

I wondered if this is what it was like to be in love. I mean I had already had the suspicion that I was in love with Suze, and I pretty sure I am, but is love really about making these grand gestures and having everyone think you're completely mental?

I don't think so, but I am 99.999999% sure that I really am in love with Suze.

Now the only obstacle that I face is whether or not Suze is in love with me. I really hope so. Otherwise I just humiliated myself for no fucking reason.

Maybe I could go to her house and talk to her.

Maybe I could call her.

Maybe … what the hell?

I looked at my car, the only one that was left in the parking lot. To my complete and utter surprise Suze was sitting on the hood of my car.

Yeah, well at least I didn't have to go looking for her.

I took a brief moment to just fucking ogle her. I had done it before but now it was different somehow. I don't know how it was, but it was. Now, every time I looked at Suze it was like I was seeing the entire universe. And when I looked in her eyes I felt that I was complete.

Wow, I have turned into a complete sap. Suze is making me turn into a girl … okay that didn't sound right. I'll put it this way; love is turning me into a girl.

It was during my semi-shameless ogling that Suze looked up at me. She stared at me and then she smiled a big fucking smile that lit up her entire face. That smile made everything fall into place.

I loved her.

It didn't really matter if she loved me or not … okay so that was a lie. Of course it mattered but I didn't need to know right now. All I knew was that the girl that was sitting on the hood of my car was, and hopefully always would be, my … everything.

So I was caught for a moment. I wanted to just run over to Suze and kiss her senseless, but I also wanted to play it cool. I didn't want to lay everything out there right now. I was going to walk slowly to my car, but I'm pathetic and ended up jogging to her. It wasn't an actual run but it still seemed desperate enough.

I stopped in front of the car so that I was standing in front of Suze. "Why did you wait for me?" I asked.

"Well, I figured, if a guy is willing to get in trouble for me," she slipped her arms around my neck and started playing with my hair, "I should give him attention."

I laughed as I moved in and gave Suze a soft kiss.

But before I could deepen the kiss Suze pulled away and started laughing. That was a major kick to my ego. I just kissed her and she starts laughing.

"What?" I asked.

"I just can't believe you stood on a table just to apologize to me, which, by the way, was completely unnecessary." Suze said with a smile. "I figured I had made it pretty clear that you were forgiven, what with the whole parking lot make-out session yesterday."

"I knew you had."

"Then why did you do it? Not that I'm complaining because now every girl in school is jealous of me, but if you knew I had already forgiven you why'd you do it?"

"Well, when I made that CD for you I also made a backup plan, in case it didn't work."

"So standing on a lunch table and begging for my forgiveness was your backup plan?"

I nodded. "Pretty much, yeah. Besides I think you're worth it, getting in trouble, getting detention, and far more than that. I'd do anything to make you smile like you did."

"Why?" Suze whispered.

"Seeing you happy makes me happy. I want to spend as much time as I possibly can, making you happy."

"It's sweet. What you did and what you just said." She pressed her warm lips against mine. "And since you obviously need to hear it, I forgive you."

"Thank you." I whispered and captured her lips with mine.

She automatically took my top lip in between hers and I took her bottom lip in between mine.

Suze POV

As Julian was kissing I couldn't help but think, "This feels right."

I was also thinking, "What the heck does he see in me?"

I wanted so very badly to ask him, but what if I didn't like his answer? What if he didn't like me the way I liked him? What if this was just because of Jesse? What would happen if he knew the truth?

I wanted to know, which is why I went to have a chat with Father Dom while Julian was in detention.

XxX

I sat in Father D's office. I was still feeling giddy about what Julian had done. But I was also slightly worried. How had this happened so quickly? It felt as if Julian and I had some sort of dependency on each other.

Maybe there was. Maybe I needed him to feel close to Jesse. Maybe he needed me because of Jesse. Or maybe I should stop over analyzing it and just let it take its course.

"Susannah." Father Dom started

Well I guess I should start. "Father D, I guess you should know that Julian and I are sorta dating."

Father Dom said nothing; he just looked at me with those baby blue eyes of his. It seemed like a log while before he finally spoke. "Susannah."

"Before you start telling me that it's a bad idea or that I'm only getting close to him because of Jesse, don't. Believe me; I've already been thinking about that myself."

"I wasn't…" Father D started.

I interrupted. "I mean I really like Julian. It's more than just getting close to Jesse. Not that I'm not trying to get close to Jesse, he was the reason I felt connected to Julian, but I don't know if that's the case anymore."

"Susannah, maybe you should…"

"Why does feel like I have to choose, I mean come on, there sharing a body." I said, interrupting him again.

"This situation might not be permanent." Father D said. He seemed slightly flustered. He was probably frustrated with me because I kept interrupting, not that he would tell me anyway.

"What do you mean 'not permanent'? What did you find out?" I asked. Suddenly I didn't feel so giddy. It felt as if my stomach had fallen into my shoes. What if it was bad? Would it hurt Julian or Jesse?

Father Dom sighed. "I have found nothing. It seems as if this has never happened before."

"Maybe we should tell Julian." I suggested.

"No, Susannah you mustn't tell Julian. We do not know what it could do to him or Jesse. If Julian's soul became aware of Jesse's it could be…" Father D trailed off, shaking his head.

"What? It could be what?" I asked.

"Catastrophic."

"But you said…but Jesse knows he's in Julian's body." I blurted out. I wasn't thinking and I honestly never planned on telling Father D that I had talked to Jesse. I had wanted to keep it to myself.

"Susannah, you've spoken to Jesse?" He asked.

"I…um…" I sighed. I couldn't lie to Father D. "Yeah. Twice."

"You should have come straight to me when you spoke to him." Father D said. By then he had picked up, and was messing with, the package of cigarettes that he had but never smoked.

"Well seeing as it was well after midnight when I spoke to him…"

"Nevertheless Susannah, you should have told me."

"Sorry Father D." I knew he was right. It was selfish of me not to tell Father Dom. After all, Jesse and Father D were friends. "But Father D if it's catastrophic for Julian and Jesse's soul to know about one another why hasn't…"

"Because Julian's soul is the dominant one, Susannah. I may not know exactly what is happening, but I can assure you that nothing good can come of this situation."

"Maybe we should tell Julian. Maybe he can…I don't know, help us find out what's going on." I added. Truth was I hated lying to Julian. He was honest to me and, although it was reluctantly, I had told him about my relationship with Jesse.

After such honesty I didn't want to lie to him, especially about something this major.

"You can't Susannah. Not until I know for sure what will happen."

"You want me to lie to Julian?"

XxX

Basically Father D didn't tell me to lie, but he also didn't want me to tell Julian either.

Julian pulled his lips from mine. "We really should stop making out in the parking lot." He said huskily.

I smiled.

Julian POV

We pulled up in front of Suze's house and I turned off my car. I didn't really want Suze to go. I wanted to stay with her longer. Or maybe it was forever.

I took my seatbelt off and turned to face Suze. "Do you have to go inside?" I asked.

Suze looked at me. "You don't want me to go?" She asked.

What the hell kind of question was that? Of course I didn't want her to go. "Not really. But if you have to go I can't really tell you to stay."

"True, but you can make me stay."

What did that mean? And, holy fuck, could Suze get any hotter? Well she probably could, but she was already pretty fucking hot and there was no need to make her hot and dangerous.

"And how can I do that?" I asked.

Suze smiled as she slipped her arms around my neck.

Oh, I get it now. Wow, I'm slow. I thought.

I leaned over the center console of my car and placed my lips on Suze's.

She accepted my kiss eagerly with a moan. Damn, Suze really knew how to drive me crazy.

I tried to lean over as much as I could but the damn center console was keeping me away from Suze. I wonder if the person who designed this car did it especially to keep hormone ridden teenage boys, like me, away from girls…just a random thought.

I sighed and pulled away. "This isn't going to work." I said.

Suze laughed. "Do you want to come in then?"

I looked at her in disbelief. Yes, I did want to come in, but I also wanted to be alone with her. I doubt that if we went inside that was going to happen.

"Um…I don't know."

Suze looked at me for a second. "Ok, then I gotta go." She gathered he bag and got out.

I blinked confusedly at the empty seat. I got out and looked at Suze. "So I don't get a goodbye or anything?"

"If you come inside, I won't need to say goodbye. But…" She shrugged and started walking away.

I groaned in frustration and closed my door. I walked up behind Suze. "You're torture, do you know that?" I asked as I walked beside her.

She just smiled.

We walked up the porch stairs to the door. She opened the door and we walked in. I looked around the house. You know that feeling you get when you think you've been somewhere before but know you've never been there? I got that feeling as I looked around the living room.

I shook my head as Suze grabbed my hand and started pulling me toward the stairs. We had barely gone up two stairs when someone, most likely Suze's stepdad, came out of the kitchen and stopped us.

"Suze, who's your friend?" He asked.

"Andy, this is Julian. Julian this is my stepdad Andy." Suze introduced.

"Nice to meet you Sir." I said.

He nodded to me.

"Julian and I have homework to do so we're just gonna…" She pointed upstairs.

Andy looked suspicious, and he had every right to be. "Leave the door open." He said.

"Yeah, of course." Suze said and started pulling me up stairs again.

I walked closely behind Suze. "Damn, do we have to leave the door open?" I whispered into her ear.

She chuckled breathlessly and she led me to her room.

I stood just inside Suze's room, the sense that I had been there was stronger. I looked around at everything, it was so…pink. "This is not how I expected your room to look." I said.

Suze laughed self consciously. "Yeah, um, my mom picked everything out for me while I was still in Brooklyn."

"That's where you're from?"

She nodded. "Will you excuse me for a minute, I'm gonna change out of this." She said gesturing to her school clothes.

I smirked. "Are you gonna slip into something more comfortable?"

"Yes, but not in the way you're expecting." She said and disappeared into her bathroom.

I walked over to the large bay window. I stared out at the view.

XxX

"All right. Who the hell are you?"

I looked up to see Suze. She was wearing a black silk t-shirt and holey jeans. I tried to speak, but for some reason I couldn't say anything. I looked back out the window and then at her again. She was staring right at me.

"Nombre de Dios." The voice came from me, but it wasn't my voice.

What was going on?

"It's no use calling…"

Her voice began to fade and so did she.

XxX

I shook my head and blinked my eyes hard. What the hell had just happened? Where did Suze go? I looked back out the window. Whose voice had come out of my mouth? I heard the bathroom door open and I turned to look at Suze. I wanted to ask her what she was done, or rather what kind of game she was playing.

She was wearing the silk shirt and torn jeans, so I knew she was playing a game. I was about to ask when I realized, there was no way she was pulling some kind of trick. If she was, why had I responded to her…in Spanish no less? I pushed what had happened out of my head, it was just my imagination.

Suze walked up to me and took my hand. I raised my eyebrow at her as she pulled me toward the bed. I shot a quick glance at the open door, before I closed the distance between us. I slipped my arms around her waist, feeling my hands run over the soft silk. I leaned down and captured her lips with my own.

Her lips pulled into a smile as she kissed me back.

Suze POV

Homework.

That's what I told Andy that Julian and I were going to do. Honestly, I had no intention of doing homework with Julian. It didn't seem like it was his intention either as he started kissing me. I don't think I'd ever get tired of kissing Julian, but I had to keep my head. Andy was downstairs. My mom would be home soon. My door was open and anyone could walk by at any moment.

I groaned internally and pulled my lips away from Julian's. "We should stop." I said breathlessly.

Julian sighed and rested his forehead against mine. "Yeah."

"Homework?"

Julian rolled his eyes. "If we must."

I pulled myself, reluctantly, out of Julian's arms and grabbed my bag. I sat on my bed, with my back against the headboard. Julian walked around to the other side of my bed and sat next to me.

I looked up at him questioningly. "Where's yours?"

He looked up at me and smiled crookedly. "I left my shit in the car."

"Do you wanna go get it?"

"No."

"So you're just gonna sit there and watch me? That's creepy."

"If you don't want me to watch you do your homework I can think of something else we can do." He said with a wink.

My heart did a little flip in my chest and my stomach fluttered. I shook my head and took out my trigonometry homework. Julian was quiet as I did my homework; he just kept playing with my hair every now and then. Every time he touched me I felt heat blossom in my chest, as if I was blushing on the inside.

I kept glancing at him. "You're distracting me." I whispered.

Julian grabbed my homework and started doing it for me. When one problem had taken me five minutes, Julian finished all the remaining problems in less time. "There." He said and put my stuff on the nightstand. "Now you're done."

"Are you some sort of math genius?"

Julian chuckled as he tilted my head up and started kissing my neck. I sighed as his lips caused my skin to catch fire. I shivered as Julian nibbled and sucked on the skin of my neck

"Julian." I whispered raggedly.

"Hmm?"

"The door's open."

Julian kissed a path up to my ear. "So close it." He whispered.

"I can't."

"Well I can't stop kissing you." He said as he pressed his lips to mine.

"You can." I said with a smile even as I slid down to put my head on the pillows.

"But I don't want to."

And we were making out again. Julian had is upper body on top of me and his hands were in my hair. I gripped his shoulders tight and pulled him closer to me. Julian pulled on hand out of my hair and down my neck. I wrapped my arms around his neck as his hand continued further down. It trailed over my breast, where he let it linger for a moment. His touch caused me to moan but I pulled my lips away from his.

I stared up into his dark eyes. My chest was heaving and my lips felt numb. I was stunned. I had never been touched there, and I had a fleeting sense of panic. Julian had frozen; most likely waiting for me to let him know it was ok. I took one of my arms from around his neck. I placed my hand over his and nodded.

Julian groaned and pressed his lips to mine urgently. I wrapped my arms around his neck again and arched my chest into his hand.

A soft "Ahem", came from beside my open door.

I pulled my mouth away from Julian's and he rolled off of me quickly.

I stared at my youngest step-brother. The tips of his sticky-outy ears were as red as his hair and he looked thoroughly uncomfortable. I sat up quickly, as embarrassed as he was. "What do you need, David?" I asked

"Um, dad wants to know if your boyfriend is staying for dinner." He said.

Boyfriend? Was Julian my boyfriend? I thought. I looked over at Julian who looked at me. "I can't." He said to me.

"Tell your dad he's not staying." I said to Doc.

He nodded and all but ran away from my door. We had probably scarred him for life. "I think we scared him." Julian said with a laugh.

"Probably." I looked over at Julian. "Why can't you stay? Are you afraid to meet my mom?"

"No, I can't stay because I'm kinda grounded."

"What?"

"You know how we…" He lowered his voice "mediated that ghost the other night?"

"Yeah." I nodded.

"Well my dad caught me sneaking back in and grounded me."

"But you're here."

"Yeah well…" he shrugged. "He probably doesn't even remember grounding me, besides it's not like he's home to make sure I follow his 'orders'."

"What do you mean?"

"He works… a lot."

"Oh, so you're just scared to meet my mom." I said with a smile.

Julian chuckled and shook his head. "Do you wanna go out with me tomorrow?" He asked quickly.

"Out? Like on a date?"

"Yeah. Well I figure, since I'm your boyfriend and all, we should go out." He looked into my eyes. "I am your boyfriend right?"

I felt my cheeks get hot and I nodded. On the outside I was calm, but on the inside it was like the Fourth of July. Fireworks were going off. There was a band playing a fanfare. I had a boyfriend. I, Suze Simon, had my first real boyfriend.

"Good." He said and gave me a soft kiss. "I should get going."

"Ok." I said. I was too stunned to say anything else.

I walked Julian to the door and out onto the porch. He turned and pulled me to him. "Suze I…" He stopped and shook his head. He leaned down and gave me one last kiss. "I'll be by to pick you up at noon."

"Wait where are we going?"

"There's this place on the beach that I really like. It's private so ... we can be alone." He said with a crooked smile.

My face flushed at the thought of being alone with Julian. "Ok, I'll see you tomorrow." He let me go and I instantly missed his arms around me. I stayed on the porch for a while after Julian left. My cheeks hurt because I was smiling so much. I swear, if I could've, I would've done some flips or something.

I still couldn't believe it.

Julian was my boyfriend.


A/N: So…good? Yes? No?

Have I lost my touch? Dear God, I hope not.

So anyway, there was some sexy stuff in here…and more on the way.

And Suze has an actual boyfriend *claps excitedly*.

Again, thanks to those who urged me to continue with this.

I'll try to post the next chapter in a week or so.

As always reviews are much appreciated.

Until next time.