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Jesse kept a firm grip on my hand as we walked into the door. Then, everything went dark...and I felt a pain shot through me...

"Susannah? SUZE!" I woke up in my bed and rolled over to check the clock.

Wow, that was some dream I had last night.

"Suzie, sweetie! Jesse's down here for you." My mom called up the stairs. I quickly got dressed and ran down the stairs.

"Bye mom!" I called and walked out with Jesse. She smiled and walked back into the kitchen.

I looked at Jesse. He was smirking at me.

"What?" I asked him. "What???"

He smiled and said, "Have any good dreams last night?" I stared at him open mouthed. No way. No freakin way was that true.

"That was real?" He shook his head. "Are you serious?" He nodded again. "Oh my gosh." I looked back up at him and asked, "Which one is this?"

"Yours."

I smiled sarcastically. "There all mine, Jesse."

"Susannah, I meant that it's the world you've been living in."

"Ok. So what's the point of coming back here?"

"Find Paul." He said as he got into his car.

"Of course it is." I said as I got in too.

We drove around forever, but couldn't find him anywhere. Jesse sighed and said, "He must be in a different one."

"Claps for the cowboy." I said. He looked over at me and said, "If that wasn't a sign you were remembering your real life, I'd be mad at you right now."

Cowboy?

"Oh." I said when I remembered. He smiled and said, "You want to do the honors?" When I only stared at him he said, "Shift." When I didn't say anything he said, "Susannah, I can't."

"How did you get here the first time?"

"Susannah."

"Jesse, I can't. I never have!"

He smiled, "Susannah, you've done it millions of times. You just don't remember." I took his hand...and closed my eyes.

"Did it work?" I asked, afraid to open my eyes.

"Open you eyes and see." Was his reply. I did, and we were back in that Shadowland. I looked back at him, "Which one now?" He sighed and pointed to one, "Come on."

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"Oh my gosh! You're dead!" Then it hit me. "Oh, nevermind. You're suppossed to be." He rolled his eyes. I was about to say something when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Susie-Q." Jesse obviously could read in my face that it was Paul since he walked over. I put the phone between both of our ears so we could both hear.

"What do you want, Paul?"

"Nice to hear from you too."

"Slater, what do you want?" Why was I talking like this? I was never mean to Paul...but then again, maybe everything was starting to come back to me.

"What are you doing tonight?"

"Goodbye, Paul."

"Suze-"

"Paul, I'm in love with Jesse. Get that through your thick head." I slammed the phone down. Jesse was smiling at me. I smiled back and said, "Jesse are you a pirate?"

He took a pillow and slammed it on my face. "Jesse!" I whined. He took the pillow away, and for the first time since I had known him, well, this one, he leaned down and kissed me.

This was really my Jesse. Not some one in a different world whose soul is split up. This was really my Jesse.

He broke away and leaned up just a little so he could look into my eyes. I smiled and kissed him again.

"Suze?" Came David's voice from outside my door a few mintues later. I sighed and untangled myself from Jesse. "Suze?" Jesse smiled at me as I walked over to the door and opened it just a little, but then remembering he couldn't see Jesse, I opened it all the way.

"Yeah?" I asked as I tried to smooth my hair down. David looked at me weird, and then said, "That Paul guy's here for you." I glanced nervously at Jesse, and then back to David, I said, "Did he say what he wanted?"

"No." David said as he walked into my room looking around. I sighed and leaned up against the wall. Jesse just looked at David with amusement.

"Is he in here?" David asked in a whisper.

That's when I remembered telling David about Jesse. "No." I lied.

David looked confused, then he looked back at me and said, "Then why are you blushing?"

"Out!" I said pushing him to the door. "I'll be down in a minute."

"Well?"

Jesse leaned up on his elbows and said, "Well what?"
"You're coming down with me." I said as I sat beside him on my bed. "Susannah-"

"Jesse! You brought me here!" He smiled and leaned in and kissed me again, "Whatever, querida. Go." He walked behind me down the stairs and to where Paul was.

Paul wasn't the one I knew. He looked different...more evil maybe?

He sighed, "Suze, does he have to-"

"Yes." I said. "He does. Now what do you want?"

He smirked, "So, how is everything in your world?"

I glanced at Jesse who shook his head. I smiled and to Paul I said, "What?"

"I said, 'How is everything in your world?"

"Paul, what are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb, Suze. You know."

"No, I don't. Paul, are you ok? You're acting weirder than usual."

"Suze!"

"I seriously have no idea what you are talking about. Now, will you please leave? Because if not, I'm sure Jesse would love to show you where the door is."

All Jesse had to do was glare at Paul, and Paul started walking. Then, when he got to the door, he said to me, "You really have no idea?"

I put on my best I-feel-sorry-for-you face and said, "No." He sighed and walked out the door. I looked back at Jesse, "That was close." I said as I sat down.

"Just a little." He said sitting beside me. "Now, all we have to do is reverse this."

"How do we do that?"

"We go to the other world before he gets there, and you get in your body."

"What?"

He smiled and said, "Basically, all we have to do is get there before he does. Your soul will automatically find you and then, we have to-...well, we'll talk about that later."

I took that as a chance to shift. I took his hand and did the exact same thing I did earlier.

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"Dr. de Silva? You girlfriend's here.." Came a loud voice. I walked down the hospital's hall to meet Jesse. He smiled, "Hey, querida. Let's go in my office." I nodded and followed him.

"Jesse!" I said as he closed the door.

"Ok, something messed up."

"Really?" I asked as I sat down. "I hadn't noticed that I had magically aged about..hmm? 6 years! What happened?"

He sighed, "Susannah, I don't think Paul believed you...or he somehow found out and trapped us here." I groaned, "Jess, are you serious?" He nodded, "Well now what?"

"I don't know." He said as he sat on the edge of the desk. "I really don't."

I sighed and looked down at my hand. I gasped. He smiled and said, "Surprise, Future Mrs. de Silva." I leaned up and kissed him.

"Dr. de Silva?" He groaned and said, "I'll see you later, ok?"

"What am I suppossed to do until then?"

"You'll find something to do, I'm sure, querida." He kissed me one last time before he left.

"Suze! I knew you would be here!" Cee said as she ran up to me in the hall. "Girly, you ok?"

"Yeah."

"Have you seen Adam? I've been trying to call you all day, and then I called Jesse and he told me you were here."

"No, I haven't. Why?"

She sighed, "We got into an argument and he just left." She said in tears. "Oh, Cee." I said hugging her. "I'm sure everything will be fine. You know Adam."

She nodded and wiped away her tears, "Yeah."

"Come on. Let's go see a movie or something to get your mind off it, ok?" We walked to the door and left.

After the movie was done, we went to our apartment, which yes we apparently live together. She went to bed earlyand I was about to when my phone rang.

"Querida, where are you?"

"Home, why?"

"Good stay there. I'll be right over."

"Jess, why-" Someone grabbed my phone and threw it across the room.

"TSk, tsk, tsk, Susie."

"Susannah?" I heard Jesse yell though the phone.

"Jesse!" I screamed. Someone put their hand over my mouth.

"Susannah!!" Jesse yelled.

The person whispered in my ear, "If I can't have you, no one can."

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