Disclaimer: My psychiatrist convinced me today...I don't own the OC.
I'm writing this story for people who need a break from all the drama and cliff hangers around here. There aren't going to be any pregnancies, cheatings and probably not even a guy a with a gun in this story
...okay, are there still any people who are reading this? The pairings are SS and RM, no changes in that, so if you don't like that, don't read it. Theresa?Tahiti? Maybe it happen, maybe it didn't happen, but I'm not going to mention them.
I'm also still Dutch, so don't get too stressed out if there are some spelling errors.
"A comic book, yeah, catwoman, every girl likes that"
Ryan frowned at Seth. Why had he even asked Seth?
"You would give that to Summer?"
"Okay, maybe you have a point there. But Marissa might like it, Summer is just different from other girls... a lot different"
"Are you talking about me, Cohen?" Summer asked when she sat next to Seth.
They were at school and it was lunchtime.
"Yes, what else would I talk about?"
Ryan looked at Seth. He couldn't believe Seth just said that, he didn't know anyone who talked about so many different nonense things as Seth did, but it was working for Summer, because she gave Seth a kiss. Ryan looked down at his sandwhich, took a bite out of it and looked back at Summer and Seth. God, were they still kissing?
"Do you mind? I'm eating"
Summer broke off the kiss and gave a surprised gaze at Ryan.
"A bit touchy, Chino?"
"Ryan is a bit freaked out, because he still hasn't got a present for Marissa and you know her birthday is tomorrow", Seth answered for Ryan.
"What?"
Summer said this pretty loud and some people were looking at them, but Summer didn't seem to notice.
"Marissa will be devestated if you don't have a present for her..."
More people were turning their heads towards them.
"...You have to give her something that she really likes. She deserves...", Summer continued.
Ryan would do anything to make Summer shut up. He already felt bad he hadn't got a present yet and that everbody at school knew this now too didn't make it better. And he also didn't like it to be the target of one of Summers rage black outs.
"I'll buy something today. I just don't know what she wants"
"Oh...", Summer calmed down.
"...well, me and Cohen will go shopping with you after school if you want"
That would be a good idea, Summer was Marissas best friend. She probably would know what the perfect present was.
"Yes, that will be okay", Ryan said, ignoring the shocked look at Seths face.
"Good. I'm going to make a list of all the shops we're going to" Summer said with a smile and she left Seth and Ryan.
Seth looked with disbelief at Ryan.
"You're suicidal or something?"
"C'me on, it can't be that bad"
"I barely survived the last time. Man, this is going to be worse than Scream "
Some hours later
"Are you buying that?"
Summer grabbed the bottle perfume out of Ryans hands and looked at the price.
"Way too cheap"
Ryan wondered how much money Summer thought he had. That perfume was defintely not cheap.
Summer probably had seen the confusion of Ryan.
"It's a bad idea to give a girl perfume. That's like saying you stink, please use this. I mean, that's more a gift Marissa should give to you"
Summer put the bottle perfume back in Ryan hands and walked to the jewelry department.
"Did she just say I stink?"
Seth shrugged his shoulders.
"It's her way of saying she likes someone"
Seth and Ryan followed Summer to the jewelry department. Ryan picked some earrings out of the rack.
"This?", he asked to Summer.
"Have you ever looked at Marissas ears?"
Ryan looked confused at Summer. Was there something wrong with Marissas ears, he should have seen? Or would it be a bad idea to give a girl earrings, because it would say that her ears were too ugly to look at without earrings?
"The things you nibble on", Seth tried to help.
"I get that, Seth"
Summer began to explain to Ryan.
"She has no holes in her ears. Then you should also give her a guy that her ears can pierce. And then her ears will all get red, swollen and there comes yellow stuff out of it, that..."
"Okay, no earrings"
3 hours and 34 minutes later
"Maybe I should give her meat"
Ryan was getting desperated, it was almost closing time and they still hadn't found a present. He would buy anything by now, because it was always better to have something crappy than totally nothing.
"Meat shaped as a heart?", Ryan tried.
"Maybe you can give that to a girl in Chino, but here is that a big no", Summer answered.
She was just as fit as when they started the shopping. Ryan and Seth were both tired and walked like they were seventy years old. Ryan looked at the shop windows. Suddenly he saw the pink dress, the dress Marissa talked about a while ago. She wanted that dress, why didn't he think of this before? Summer couldn't have any comments about this present.
"That's the present", Ryan carefully said, hoping that there was nothing wrong with it.
"Yeah, it's perfect"
Did Summer just say it was perfect? Did she really say that? Ryan felt relieved...for a few seconds.
"Yes, it would be perfect if Cohen and me didn't already were giving this to her"
The shops were closing.
"And now? I don't have a present"
Summer smiled at him.
"Don't worry. Just make reservations for The Juice Bar for tomorrow night. Marissa likes that place. I think that would be the perfect present for her"
"Yes...wait...you didn't already have this plan before we went shopping, right?"
"Maybe"
Ryan and Seth looked at Summer. She had been dragging them to all those stores, while she already knew what the present was going to be? She was lucky, Ryan and Seth were too tired to kill her.
The next day, eveningMarissa had been very happy with the pink dress and she was very excited that Ryan wanted to take her out to a restaurant.
Ryan and Marissa left to the restaurant a half hour ago and Seth and Summer were at Cohens house at he couch and Seth was trying to give Summer a kiss.
"Not now, Cohen. Your parents are in the other room"
"Yes, the other room"
"Not going to happen"
"Fine, I hope Ryan does get lucky at the juicy bar"
"What did you say?"
"I...hope...Ryan...does...get...lucky...at...the...juicy...bar", Seth slowly said, wondering what Summer wanted to hear again of the sentence.
"The Juicy Bar? No, I said The Juice Bar, not the Juicy Bar. The Juicy Bar...that's a...that's a gay bar"
Seth began to laugh when he realized what this meant. Ryan and Marissa in a gay bar, while they expected to be in a chic restaurant. Summer bit her lip, trying not to laugh.
"Guess I don't have to worry anymore about Ryan getting lucky"
"Let's go, Cohen. We have to save them", Summer smiled, while she grabbed Seths arm to get him out of the couch.
Summer and Seth walked to the hall, where Sandy and Kirsten were standing.
"Where are you going to?", Sandy asked.
"A gay bar", Seth answered.
"Hurry up, Cohen"
Summer and Seth left the house with a slamming door.
Sandy looked at his lovely wife and raised one of his big eyebrows.
"Sometimes I don't get the humor of that kid. From who does he get that?"
I actually had no idea if Marissa can wear earrings, so if she does, sorry. And Marissa is going to be more in next chapter.
I think Seth should be funnier, so I'm working on that.
I'm going to make one more chapter of this story, maybe I'll even add some more if you guys really like the story. I'm not quite sure what's going to happen next, so all suggestions are welcome.