guesssssssss whos back?

Disclaimer:same as previous chapters

Paul Slater obviously had practice in seducing naive girls-not much different from myself- and knew he was good at it. That was made clear as he stroked my arm in a manner I could only assume he thought was 'enticing'. I don't use the worlds not much different lightly because if I was any other girl, I would most-likely swoon into his awaiting arms and let his cloak of mystery engulf us. But not this Susannah Simon. Jesse's words where smartening in my head and as Paul stepped in closer, a hard glint was enforced in my eyes and reacted in my curled fist. Oh boy this was so not going to happen. And Paul realised it too, as he snapped back into reality and absorbed my hostile demeanour. He stepped back again.

A slow creepy smirk developing on his face 'He got to you didn't he? The Golden boy, Jesse, the man who thinks he knows it all,got to you'.

I glared back, hard faced.

'He is forever casting me as the bad guy, but really I think he has more flare for it, he can't escape it...' Okay now someone's taking a train to crazyville, population: Paul Slater. He leered at me, unpleasantly, a wild look in his eyes.

'What are you talking about?' I demanded point blank.

'hmmm' he pondered 'I guess he hasn't let on as much as I thought'.

That's when the strangest thing of all occurred, as if a flip had been switched his outwardly manner changed, it cooled down a few degrees. He smiled at me, seemingly warmly and sighed. I almost felt sorry for him, my heart unclenched as I swear I caught a look of haunted defeat in his features.

'Okay, someone really has to start explaining things to me' I tried not to sound too demanding.

Again Paul sighed 'Its a long story, look what it comes down too is this, Jesse and I were best friends and he betrayed me, I just don't want you to get the wrong impression of me'.

My draw threatened to drop, was I experiencing De ju vu ? Seriously, What. The. Hell.

'I dunno...what ..what?' I stammered what do I say to that really. This has turned into one of the weirdest days ever.

Paul's eyes pierced at me through his floppy blonde hair, 'haha, don't worry about it Suze, no need to over think it' he winked at me...again and turned to leave.

'Wait', I called out before I could help myself, Paul looked back a grin plastered on his face, his eyes gleamed brighter than ever and a horrible icky chill poured through me. I was cold, and with a horribly loud woohsing sound I was trapped in darkness. Literally, all the lights had gone out but I could swear two dancing blue orbs teased me in the distance, I tried to follow...But... I ran into a wall alright. Smack, face first, you can stop laughing now please.

Aside from the glaring pain in my face, I was feeling extremely anxious. 'Paul' I called tentatively. 'PAUL!'.

Strange noses came at me from all directions, the whispering of voices echoing through the hotel, the creaking of the floorboards up above and the most distinct noise of all, heavy footsteps drawing near. 'Hello', I called out 'who is that?'

No answer. Shit this was turning into a freaking melodrama. I touched the walls on either side of me with my finger tips and hesitantly let them guide me. I was making steady progress when I heard breathing coming from behind me and I turned around instinctively. For the second time that night my face suffered server pain as I slammed into something rock hard. To my embarrassment I realised, as I felt for my self, that I had slammed into some poor, well built guys abs. Opps. Me and embarrassing myself in front of boys seemed to be the theme of the day. Sinewy hands gripped me firmly to make sure I was steady, 'are you alright?' he breathed in the darkness. Awww hell. Not again. Jesse, I had run into Jesse again. Literally this time.

'Yeah Jesse I'm fine'

'Susannah, good, I was looking for you, I didn't think you would make it out of the hotel in this blackout by yourself'. Come with me, we can wait this thing out together'.

Hmmm could I really complain?

'Alright,' I said gripping his arm 'lead the way'. I put complete faith in him to lead me in the darkness. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I realised something strange had happened here tonight, and I had a feeling Paul was behind it. Call it a hunch, if you will.

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