A/N:this whole idea for a story just popped into my head...lol...it's a clash between the o.c and spiderman...lol I wanted to write a hero-type story, so I chose spiderman... lol...Its SS, Sethcentric... in new york city, same personalities, same school name...oh and no ryan or marissa..sorry RM fans...please give this story a shot...R/R Italics is Seths POV
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The Accident
Who am I? You sure you want to know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale - if somebody told you I was just your average, ordinary guy not a care in the world; somebody lied.
Hi, I'm Seth Cohen and I hate school. Well who doesn't but you don't quite understand, I hate it with a passion. It's the worst experience ever. Who ever the hell said that school days are supposed to be the best days of your life, must've been smoking some serious crack when they said that. School is load of crap. Edward R. Murrow High school, in Brooklyn..The nicer part of Brooklyn, if that makes any sense at all...The teachers don't know jack about social problems teens have, the teens themselves are complete asses, and the girls are too fashion ordinated to give a damn. I'm fairly smart for a 16 year old, yet nobody gives me the time of day to talk. Its either beatings from the guys, or gettings shot down by the girls. I don't even find any of the girls particularly hot. Except for, lets say ummm...Summer Roberts. She is the ideal girl everyone looks up to. All the guys want her, all the girls want to be her. The queen bee of Edward R. Murrow High school. And I have spoken to her before...I remember it like it was yesterday. Actually, it was yesterday, it got to happen almost everyday. Except with her reactions changing everyday
Flashback
"Su-Su-Summer, do y-you have your homework done? I-I have to collect it..." I stuttered out.
"Ew! What do you want?" Summer was busy painting her nails, which she started at the beginning of class.
"Y-your homework. D-do you have it done?" I choked out, yet again.
"Nope, there was a sale at Manhattan Mall, couldn't miss it." She quickly realized who she was talking to, then dropped back to reality. "What are you still doing here? Go!" Summer had a reputation, and planned on keeping it.
End flash back
"Seth, for the 3rd time, lets go!" he heard his mother, Kirsten, yelling from the stairs. Apparently, he had been oblivious to her pleas the entire time. He groaned and walked down to his awaiting mother.
"Where's dad?" he asked while searching the cupboard for the cereal.
"He had to go in early, I don't know some sort of crisis, but anyways I gotta run..."Kirsten walked over to her son and kissed his cheek like he was still a 3 year old. Seth grimaced, and Kirsten took note and just rolled her eyes.
"Jeez mom, warn me next time, so I can go get sterilized.." he wiped his cheek repeatedly.
"You should be so lucky you have parents that love you..." Kirsten shot back. "Anyways I'm off, and don't forget your form for that trip, I signed it and its on the dinner table. Bye!" she finally walked out the door.
Yes, the one good thing about today was the field trip to NYU. We get to visit their science wing...this should be good, I love science, its so intriguing. Learning about genetics, the human body and the whole nine yards. This trip would give me great career options. I know for a fact I'm going to be somewhat involved in science in the future. Its inevitable,its literally the only good quality I have. I'm a sci-fi nerd at school. The only way for me to enjoy this trip, is to black out all the moans and groans from the rest of the class. They'll surely be bored out of their brains, and will try to make the trip hell, for people who actually appreciate science, like me. Science isn't boring, what the hell do they know.
Seth finished off his cereal, grabbed his admission slip, then took off down the road for school. The school was only about a 10 minute walk, so there was no reason to get a ride. As he walked along the sidewalk, he could visibly see all the other excited groups of kids who seemed to be enjoying themselves. And why shouldn't they? They had friends. Everything seemed so much better when you had friends. Seth's only friends were Captain Oats( a plastic horse) and a gold fish he had(the goldfish could be dead, since he hadn't fed it in 3 days)
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He entered the school, and immediately went straight for the cafeteria. He needed his daily does of coffee just to function properly, without it, his day would be hell...more then usual.
"Seth!" he turned, surprised that someone took the time out of their 'busy' schedule to acknowledge him. It was just Leon, a person Seth could relate to, except that Leon was higher up on the social spectrum. He too was a comic book loving, science appreciating, straight A student like Seth. But just had better luck when it came to interacting with his peers.
"Oh hey Leon..." he groaned out while standing in line for his coffee. He knew all Leon would talk about was either comics or the science trip. He wasn't actually his friend, since all Leon ever wanted to talk about was things they had in common. Not any personal issues, which god knows, there was a lot.
"Are you excited about the trip?" Leon stood beside him and gestured towards the worker what he wanted. He acted like he owned the place. " Mr. Andrews said that the top student gets to help out on an experiment..But he's not saying who that is.."
"Oh really, that sounds exciting.." Seth feigned excitement then ordered his coffee after Leon.
"Yeah, its gonna be great, hey man thanks for the coffee, but I gotta run. Later."Leon gestured as he grabbed his coffee and bolted for some fellow nerds.
Seth just stared blankly at after him in shock. Here this kid was, as a big a geek as he was, acting all 'too cool for school'. Seth completely forgot about the now impatient worker awaiting his payment.
"Hello! I said it comes to $4.50." Seth wiped any remaining signs of confusion away, and paid for the coffee. Well coffees, since he forgot Leon snuck one in too.
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"Is everyone here and accounted for?" Mr. Andrews shouted over the loud kids and even louder engine. They were already filled into the bus, of course in social order. Cool kids at the back, geeks in front.
"Yes..." they all moaned.
"No, not everyone, where's Seth Cohen?" Mr. Andrews asked, while searching the bus for the boy.
"Seth who?" Summer blurted out causing everyone to laugh. Then almost on cue, Seth appeared at the bus door.
"Oh there he is, Seth Conan.." Summer repeated and everyone once again laughed.
"There you are Seth, we were beginning to get worried.." Mr. Andrews explained. " And while I have all of your attention, Seth Cohen here.." he grabbed his shoulders and patted his back. " Is our top student, so he is the winner who gets to participate in the special experiment!"
"What an honour...Geek boy wins at being the biggest geek..." someone shouted from the back, again followed by laughter. Seth lowered his head, and took a seat at the front.
"What thats preposterous! How did he beat me?" Leon complained.
"Not now Leon, Seth deserves this..." Leon just shot Seth an evil glare then proceeded to stare out the window.
Wow, I actually won something.. Theres an accomplishment..wait why am I being sarcastic? Remember the amendment Cohen? No sarcasm before 12:00, it messes with the coffee's effect.
Summer must think she's something special. Putting me out on the spot like that. Its times like that when I wished I wasn't hopelessly in love with her.
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The entire tour had been better than I had expected. They got to experience first hand, what It felt like to be in an actual lab. Of course, there were the haters of science who had their usual banter in the background, usually along the lines of science being useless. Sure science is useless, its only the reason of their existence. Idiots. Some people just have no brains whatsoever.
"Now, for the special experiment.." the scientist replied excitedly. " who is the lucky winner Mr.Andrews?"
"Seth Cohen.." he answered and gestured for him to join them. Seth obeyed, even under the constant snickering he received from his fellow and the 'it should be me' looks he was receiving from Leon.
"What we're going to be doing Seth, is receiving DNA samples from a radioactive spider. It was just recently discovered, so its yet to be named. This is historic stuff here.." the doctor tried to excite the boy.
"Wow, that sounds too good to be true, what do you want me to do?"
"Well Seth, you get to inject the needle.." the scientist readied the need then explained
" Now listen carefully Seth, this all has to be done in one smooth step, it requires a steady hand and a firm grip...There can't be any falters understood?" Seth nodded, without even a hint of remorse. He knew he'd be perfectly fine, after all, if he was going to become a scientist, this would be a great first step.
"Remember Seth, these spiders are genetically-altered, so be careful." the scientist gave his final warning then allowed Seth to proceed. He started getting sweaty and jittery, and the snickering kids in the back weren't helping.
"Watch it Cohen, I heard these things kill people.." He heard a guy yell from the group.
"Yeah man, they swallow you whole, errrr something like that." What an idiot, that wasn't even logical.
Seth brushed off all the snickering, and set his attention back on the spider. It seemed limp and motionless ,so he took this as a sign to inject it and get it over with. Seth stabbed the needle in and awaited for the scientist to give him the 'okay' nod, for him to release the needle. But It never came, instead all he saw was the man rush over to his side.
"SETH! WHAT DID YOU?" the doctor screamed causing the kids to panic too. The spider began jumping all over the place, the students ducked for cover all except for one Seth Cohen. He stood there above all the others. Summer, who was conveniently hiding under a table took note of this.
"Cohen! What are you doing?" Summer looked at him worried. Seth shook his head and got out of his neurosis, and stared blankly at Summer. Of course it had to be the worst of times that she talked to him. Before Seth could reply, he felt a something plop down on his right hand. He peered down at it, only to find the radioactive spider sitting on his hand.
Oh my god, oh my god you little bugger...you better not...
And quicker then when it landed, the spider took a big bite out of his hand, immediately injecting its venom into him.
-BITTE ME !!!!!!!!
Seth fell over in agony, he grimaced and held his hand. Summer rushed over to him quickly. He was starting to get dizzy, and began sweating. His head was spinning like crazy and it wouldn't stop.
"Oh my god Cohen!" Summer rested his head on her lap.
"I told him to do this in a smooth step, but did he listen...no.." the scientist said under his breath as he recovered the limp spider. It was now fast asleep.
"Hello Mr.Scientist-dude! Cohen over here, is like, out cold!" Summer shot over at the man.
He quickly set the spider down in its rightful container, and headed over towards Seth and Summer.
" I better grab the antidote.."
"Huh, wh-wh-where am I? S-S-Summer?" Seth stirred and repeatedly blinked his eyes. He was in a daze. Even in his worst of times, he could still hear his snicker peers, what asses.
"Cohen, your alright!" Summer looked him in the eyes, he was still resting his head on her lap.
"Uhh yeah I think I am..." he rubbed his head and looked around at his surroundings.
" No he is not fine, he's far from it."the doctor shot in. Everyone was seemingly still laughing at him, even thefellow doctors. This was a huge concern, and still, everyone had found time to laugh at him. Sethcouldn't take much more of it so he just decided to lie and get out of there. Even though, he enjoyed the position he was lying in, on Summer's lap.
"No really, I think I'm fine, I probably just need rest..." Seth lied.
"Seth, you need immediate-
"- I said I'm fine!" Seth interrupted.
"Mr.Andrews, don't worry about It, I'll just take a cab home or something..." Seth looked at his teacher, who was terrified. After all, a student injury could involve a lawsuit.
"You're gonna let him go home? Just because he got bit by some stupid spider?" a kid asked.
"He's too much a pussy to take the pain...he faints when he gets bit by a spider." another said. All the kids snickered now. Seth wanted out, Now.
"Summer, thanks for everything.." he really had no clue why he was thanking her.
Before he could hear what Summer or his teacher had to say, he bolted for the door, going through all the kids that were scoffing at him
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He jumped out of the taxi, and stumbled towards the door. His head was till spinning from the bite, and his entire body was dizzy. He didn't no which way was left or right. He never even made it to his room, instead crashing down to the hallway floor in aloud thud. He was out.
I know that probably sucked, but I really wanted to write this. Its been on my mind for a long time...and its not so much all the fighting and action...but more about the lovestory...cuz that story is also very much a 'geek gets the girl' type of story.
Anyways R/R n tell me what ya think.