Before Note: I own no rights to The O.C., Fox, or anything associated with The O.C. This is my new fan-fiction story. It takes place 2 years after college graduation. Everything that has happened up until episode 3.20 stands. The main characters are Seth and Summer. This is my first "future fic," so be don't be surprised if it isn't the best thing you've ever read! Anyway, much love - Marissa.

Chapter 1 - The Introduction

Summer Roberts tripped up the steps, and spilled her to go cup of Starbucks frozen coffee all over the place. She was already running late when she decided to make a stop at Starbucks, but got lucky when the line was short, and was able to get back on the road pretty quickly. That all ended when the universe decided today wasn't her day and put her taxi behind the worlds slowest driver. They hit every red light, and weren't even able to reach the speed limit when they weren't running into stop lights. Once Summer finally got to her building she was sprinting to the elevator which had just left, so she headed for the stairs. She began to run up them, which left her here, with her coffee all over.

"Today is totally my day... just completely perfect." She said, searching for a Kleenex in her purse. "I am going to get killed, I am so late." She said, retrieving what she had been searching for.

Summer worked for a big design company called "Aiden." It was something that was brand new, and everyone loved it. It was the new "Chanel." She was one of the main executives, but her boss didn't like her much. Many of Summer's co-workers believe that their boss Loralyne is very jealous of Summer. Summer tends to brush it off her shoulder, and continue to work when it's brought to her attention.

"It isn't bad enough that Loralyne hates me, but she could fire me if I'm late..." Summer said, ranting to herself.

A door opened, and then shut, and Summer began to hear footsteps heading down the first flight of steps.

"Summer." She head a familiar voice whisper.

"Lee!" Summer said softly back, hoping it was her good friend Leah.

Leah Parker walked down the rest of the stairs seeing Summer's big mess, and just started to laugh.

"Summer, you and messes, it's so hilarious." Leah said, getting down on her knees to help Summer.

"I can't help it!" Summer said, laughing.

They laughed as they picked up the rest of Summer's things, and headed up the stairs talking about today's schedule, and walked into the office.

"Totally chaotic already... and it's 9:15 in the morning." Leah said, giving Summer a warning.

"Well, it's usually like this on Fridays. The last day of the week, and it's the suckiest." She said, trying to sound happy about it at least being Friday.

"Psh. Yeah..." Leah said, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

Summer playfully rolled her eyes, and headed to her office. She opened her door, and set her things down on one of the side tables. She went to sit in her seat. There was so much work to get done, and she didn't have any motivation to be doing it. She was supposed to be going on a date with her boyfriend Logan tonight, and doubling with Leah and Dylan, who were just the cutest couple ever. Summer didn't feel like sitting here setting up fashion shows, and calling models to come in. Ring. Ring. Summer's phone started ringing.

"Hello?" Summer said, picking up the receiver.

"Roberts." Loralyne's unwanted voice came through.

Summer gave a heavy eye roll. "Hey Loralyne."

"Roberts, where are my files?" She said, briskly.

"Which files Loralyne?" Summer asked with her patience.

"You know which ones, the ones with my hired models. Where are they Roberts. Find them now." She said, slamming the phone down.

Summer softly put her phone down, and pushed herself backwards in her rolling chair. She slowly got up, and headed for her filing cabinet. She looked for the modeling tab, and grabbed the files that Loralyne so anxiously needed, and opened her office door, and headed across the main office to Loralyne's luxurious spot, and knocked on the door.

"What." She heard a stern voice yell.

"I have your files." Summer said, attempting to not be rude.

"Put them in the box, and get back to work." Loralyne said in her same brisk tone.

"Sure." Summer said, sliding the files into the box, and turning around quickly.

Summer headed back to her office, when she caught glimpse of a tall, lanky, dark-haired main, in a suit, wearing converse, talking to Leah.

"It couldn't be." Summer whispered to herself, forgetting she was standing in the middle of the entire office, staring.

"There's no way." She whispered.

Summer brushed it off her shoulder, and walked back to her office, and sat in her chair. She looked at the list of models she was supposed to call today, and became so overwhelmed she laid her head down on her desk, and began to clear her head. She started thinking about the guy she saw after dropping off Loralyne's files. She wondered if it could have been Seth, and started remembering all of their times together, until they split up for college. She'd ended up going to Brown by herself, and he'd gotten a last minute acceptance to Berkeley, and when they broke up at the sweatshirt party, they'd stayed broken up ever since. She had loved him with all of her heart, and knew that she could have married him and stayed with him for the rest of her life. She loved the way that they were together. Apparentally he wasn't sure, and even though she had tried talking to him about things, but it never really worked out. She hadn't talked to him for about 6 years. The last time they spoke was on graduation day of High School. There was a knock at the door, which pulled Summer away from her thoughts.

"Sum." Leah said, walking in.

"Oh, Hey Lee. What time is it?" She asked.

"Almost 12:30, it's time to go eat. I'm starving." She said, grabbing Summer's purse.

"Let's go then!" Summer said, not believing she'd reminisced about her and Seth for almost 2 hours.

She brushed it off her shoulders, and went to lunch with her new best friend. Although, she was still in the reminiscing mood.

"Do you feel okay?" Leah asked her. "You look a little pale."

Summer looked up, realizing she'd only gotten about 3 hours of sleep. "Not really."

"Maybe you should go home for the rest of the day and sleep." Leah suggested.

"That sounds good." Summer said, getting her cell phone to call Loralyne.

The conversation actually went over good because Summer made it appear as if she was eight times more ahead with work then she was, and she was a great fake when it game to being truly sick.

"I'll call you at 5:30 Sum, get some sleep hun." Leah said, getting in a cab in front of Summer and Logan's loft.

"Bye hun." Summer said, turning around, and grabbing her keys.

She walked into her bedroom, and laid her purse down on the chair, and slipped off her boots. She slipped on some of Logan's sweats, and a wife-beater, and laid in her comfy bed. She felt like she'd gotten sucked back into her senior year, and started thinking about it again. She decided to pull out her diary and read some of the stuff in it.

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Next Chapter:

What will be in Summer's old diary"

Was it Seth in the "Aiden" office?