As Summer walked into the rented mansion she was really starting to doubt herself yet again, and well right now she needed someone to re-talk her into this whole idea so she flipped open her cell phone and dialed her best friends number.
"Hello Marissa Cooper speaking" Marissa answered formally
"Hey Coop, you know they invented called id for a reason" Summer responded jokingly very much used to Marissa answering the phone this way.
"So I have been told, so what's up?" she asked more relaxed
"I don't think I can do this" Summer said nervously
Marissa sighed "Sum, lets face it yeah it may tarnish your image a little bit but who really cares this will also expand your fan base by an estimated 3." She reasoned
"I know Coop, but this is like putting me in the category of Hollywood white trash" Summer complained sitting on the front step of the home.
"People will forget all about your stupid dating show as long as you don't do anything trashy, just be you. Remember this is basically a chance for people to get to know and fall in love with you. Plus watch 16 hot guys fall all over themselves for you"
Summer sighed "I guess" she then stood back up picking up one of her bags for now and walking up the steps. "By the way how did your meeting go with that architect guy you met with today?"
"Oh my god Sum not only is he mega talented but he is super cute" Marissa said like a love struck teenager.
Summer giggled a little "Nice Coop"
"I know we are meeting for drinks tonight" Marissa said excitedly
"Do you really think that is a good idea?" Summer asked worried
"Don't worry Sum I won't be drinking anything but water" Marissa reassured why is it that no matter how hard she work or how successful she became nobody could forget that she was a alcoholic as a teenager.
Summer sighed "Sorry Coop I just get worried you know"
"I know and I love you for it"
Summer smiled for two reasons because she found the room that she would be staying in and because of the words her best friend just said.
"Good to know Coop" Summer teased as she set down her bag and looked around the suite. It came with master bathroom including a Jacuzzi tub, a walk in closet connected to that and the most beautiful view of L.A she had seen.
"Sum, I have to let you go I have another call coming in and I'm sure its business" Marissa said quickly
"Talk to you later Coop" Summer said before hearing a dial tone.
Summer sighed walking out onto her balcony taking in the view thinking at how her life never turned out even close to what she expected. She was born in Newport Beach, but when she was 5 her family moved because of her fathers job. Shortly after her mom disappeared one night never to be heard from again. Shortly after Summer started school and met her best friend Marissa Cooper. They grew up like sisters. In high school Summer was the queen of the school there wasn't a guy she couldn't have and a girl who didn't want to be her. When she graduated her and Marissa both went to UCLA to become fashion designers. There big plan was to open a boutique together and become as big as Coco Chanel. In there sophomore year Summer took an acting class and not only was she a natural, but she had never felt more free then when she was on stage. Her major quickly changed much to the dismay of her best friend and father none the less they both supported her. Once they gradated from college Summer did a bunch of nothing jobs like commercials and extras, she finally got her big break when she was casted on the summers hottest chick flick of the year "University Girls" basically it was about a group of girls finding who they really were in college it seemed to hit big with teenagers, young adults and mothers. So slowly Summers name became more popular, along with some smaller rolls here and there. Then MTV came to her pitching a dating show. She never really had a serious relationship, a lot of boyfriends nothing really stuck though. At first she was dead set against it until her manager and publists crunched some numbers and convinced her it would help boost her career if she played her cards right. So she listened to them praying to God they were right.
She was snapped out of her trance when her show producer and casting director walked into the room.
"Sum darling you look fabulous" one said
"Thank Frankie" Summer said with a fake smile
He gave the same fake smile back.
"The guys will be arriving in 20 minutes, so we wanted to go over everything with you." The other man said
Summer nodded her head for him to continue.
"Once the car pulls up they will all get out there are 20 guys here you will eliminate 4 tonight. After that the remaining 16 move into the house with you. There after everyday there is a challenge that we the network have created that the guys will participate in, the winners of the challenge get a date with you. You know the norm, then you eliminate one or two guys depending on night and so on. Once there are fewer guys there will be more events like going to there home towns, brining in your family and friends and of course the ex's" he explained quickly
Summer nodded her head slowly extremely confused "You will refresh me on all this as it happens as well right?" she asked
He gave her a warm smile "Of course"
Summer gave him a genuine smile back "Thanks Steve"
"Of course, just be downstairs and ready in now… 15 minutes" Steve said before both men walked out of the room.
Summer took a deep breath and went into the bathroom to freshen up.
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Seth looked around the limo he was surrounded by 19 other guys none of which he had anything in common with. There were the 10 who were the kind of guys he grew up hating jocks. All buffed up and wild party boys who would just about do or say anything to get into a girls pants. 5 guys were just average city slickers who were well dressed, but just not as extreme as the jocks. There was two guys who were pretty boy gangsters which Seth couldn't help, but laugh at. Finally there were two small town guys who looked they were pulled fresh off the farm. Really Seth had nothing in common with any of these guys. He grew up in the gated community of Newport Beach, never worked out a day in his life and was nothing more then your common geek. He had only gotten a spot on the show because of his over bearing mother who was worried that he would never meet a girl. Thankfully she knew the cousin of the producer or some twisted thing. He sat quietly to himself until the limo came to a stop and some of the guys started screaming. Seth cringed a little at this, and was grateful when some over dressed bodyguard opened the door. Instantly everyone began pouring out Seth was in the middle of the pack. Once they all got out they stood there waiting. Seth looked around taking his surrounding in. The house they were standing in front of was only a little bit bigger then the house he currently lived in, some of the guys however were amazed by the size of the house. There were at least guys with cameras in there hands scanning every guy as he got out. They continued to roll as a man Seth had only met once before walked out of the house and smiled at all of them.
"Welcome gentlemen, I'm sure you all remember me from your casting sessions as I remember you. Summer will be walking out any moment and she will be explaining how everything will be happening"
Some of the guys hooted and hollered after he said this clapping there hands together. They waited another couple of moments until the front door opened again this time who Seth recognized as Summer Roberts walked out and his jaw dropped. He had always thought she was pretty when he saw her pictures, but they did not do her justice. His jaw dropped and he stood there speechless.
"Hello gentlemen" she said flirtatiously
Every other guy was cheering as they saw Summer. Seth was too stunned to even move.
Summer scanned over all the guys many of them were the type she typically went for. There however was a handful of guys she had never really seen as her type. She figured that would make tonight elimination easier. There were a couple of gangster wannabees, two who were straight off the farm and a lanky guy who she could only think of one word to describe him as dorky. He was dressed in a simply dress shirt with some loose jeans and Chuck Taylor's. He had short curly hair that she had to admit was cute. After she got done examining the guys she held up her hand to silence them. She was surprised when it actually worked.
"Are you guys ready to have the time of your life?" Summer asked excitedly
They all cheered and clapped there hands some more enthuastic then others.
"Good, well as you can all tell there are 20 of you but I only have room for 16 of you so 4 of you will be going home tonight., in order for me to decide who that will be I will be sitting down and talking to all of you for 10 minutes, but… to choose the order we are going to have a competition to see who can really handle me. As you can see there are 20 sets of luggage. Lets just say I don't pack light the guy who gets all of luggage in the house first wins the first date same goes for each place after. Remember first impressions are what someone remembers the most. As you can see each set has a on them that will be your set. They were all weighed the exact same so don't worry there. So find you set and lets get started."
They guys started moving around reading the different tags finally they were all lined up and the challenge began. Pretty much every guy but Seth was blowing through the challenge. Seth had never hated his mother more in the life as he picked up the biggest bag and quickly dropping it. He then took a deep breath and used every ounce of strength he had as he picked up the bag once again and scrambled to take it into the house only to drop it a couple of steps later, but repeating the process.
Summer watched as they all whisked back and forth with the bags. Many started with the biggest bag, she couldn't help but smile as she watch the dorky one struggle with the big bag. He was trying so had and looked cute as he face turned red when he picked up the bag. As he finally got the big bag to the ending point a somewhat triumphant smile on his face. It was then noticed Summer saw the most adorable set of dimples ever. She was snapped out of her thoughts as one of the guys cheered obviously finishing first. There after every couple of seconds another guy began cheering until finally Seth was the only one left. Some of the guys cracked a joke which caused Summer to glare at them disgusted at there immature tactics. Once Seth finally completed the task she looked over at what was supposed to be the standing bored. She read over the names .
1. Mark
2. Jordan
3. Zach
4. Noah
5. Daniel
6. Nick
7. Neil
8. Paul
9. Sean
10. Adam
11. Matt
12. Andrew
13. Josh
14. Jason
15. John
16. David
17. Andy
18. Eric
19. Joel
20. Seth
Summer shrugged her shoulders "Let's get started" she said leading the way into the house waving for the guys to follow. Which they all did Seth staying towards the back of the pack.
Once they were inside everyone was taking in the surroundings. "Okay well Mark is first" Summer said looking through the crowd until one of the brunette jocks walked forward with a cocky smile on his face. Summer looked him up and down. There was no doubt that he was cute but he was seemed very bland. She smiled at him as he took her hand and she lead him off leaving the rest of the guys to continue to look around. Summer lead them out by the pool figuring it would be the most private place for the moment. They sat at one of the tables they had set up.
"You were pretty fast out there" Summer said lamely trying to start conversation
"Don't let that fool you" Mark said winking at her.
Summer gave him a fake smile and nodded her head trying to hide her disgust
"Your hot… you know that right?" Mark said putting his hand on Summers
She nodded her head "Yep" she then looked around hoping 10 minutes was up. After looking around a realizing it wasn't she turned her attention back to Mark.
"So, what do you do?" she asked uninterested
"I am a athletic trainer" he said flexing his bicep.
Summer then felt his bicep and bit her bottom lip. What he lacked for in conversation he defiantly made up for in looks. He noticed her attitude shift so he lifted his shirt and she grazed his 6-pack.
"Wow" she said truly impressed
"Thanks" he said giving another cocky smirk.
Summer chose to ignore that. She opened her mouth to say something before the next guy walked up to the two of them with the producer "I believe it is my turn" he said smiling at Summer.
Mark rolled his eyes and he hugged Summer before getting up and walking away. As he walked away the producer walked over and whispered in Summers ear. "Act more interested" he then walked away quickly to make sure they would catch any drama happening between the guys.
Jordan wasn't as cocky as Mark, but Summer got bored with him fast and was thankful when Zach walked over to them. He was your typical jock but he was sweeter she could tell by his smile.
"Hi I'm Zach… Zach Stevens" he said shaking Summers hand
"Summer… Summer Roberts" Summer said playfully
Zach smiled at her as he sat down.
"So a cute guy like you single… what's the catch?" Summer asked with a smile on her face
"Well most girls don't go for ivy league guys" he said shrugging his shoulders
Summers jaw dropped "Your ivy league?" she asked shocked
"Harvard" Zach said nonchalantly
"Wow… for what?"
"Political science, you have no idea how opposed to this my dad is. He figures it will hurt my chances at becoming a senator"
"My dads the complete opposite. He was the final reason I decided to do this. He thinks it will do wonders for my career" Summer said shrugging her shoulders
Zach nodded his head "So he supports your career choice?" he asked curiously
"At first no, but he the idea grew on him and now he couldn't be happier for me. What about you?"
"As long as I am in politics my dad supports me anything else is a waste of his time and money" Zach said
"Wow"
"Yeah" Zach said quietly
"So… what made you want to do a dating show?" Summer asked
"It was a dare" he replied honestly
Summer giggled a little "Oh wow you're a dare devil" she joked
Zach smiled at her "It's about the craziest thing I have ever done" he said lamely
Summer laughed at this causing Zach's smile to grow.
"I shouldn't have told you that huh?"
Summer shook her head no "But I'm glad you did"
Zach's continued to smile until the next guy in line walked up. Summer frowned a little as Zach said his goodbye as Noah quickly took his place. The rest of the dates were pretty much the same. They would introduce themselves, use some lame pick up line, Summer would ask them about there career, some she would talk a little more with others she would get bored with. Finally the dorky guy Sam or Steve, she couldn't really remember his name walked up. She knew he was the last one and she let out a sigh of relief as he sat down next to her. She was now sitting at the pool side bar sipping on a drink. It was really the only was she was going to get through this.
"Good news I am the last one" Seth said trying to joke
Summer gave him a fake smile.
"Seth" he said before sitting down next to her.
"Nice to meet you" Summer replied locking eyes with him for the first time. She instantly felt butterflies in her stomach, this was a first for tonight. Summer took a deep breath figuring it was the alcohol
"You too" he said taking a sip of his beer.
They sat in a uncomfortable silence for a moment.
"I know every guy before me has probably told you this, but pictures do not do you justice. You are probably the most beautiful girl I have ever seen" Seth said embarrassed
Summer gave a shy smile "Actually, none of them have told me that. I have however been told that I am hot, sexy, and fine but you're the first to tell me I am beautiful"
"Aren't they the same thing?" Seth asked naively
Summer rolled her eyes "No they are show a different level of respect" she said somewhat annoyed
Seth held up his hand in defense "Sorry"
Summer smiled at him "Don't worry about it"
Seth gave her a thankful smile that made Summers heart beat a little faster.
"So, why reality dating?" she asked trying to break the tension.
"I know this is going to sound lame, but my over bearing mother knows the producers cousin or some connection like that, and well she is worried that I am never going to find someone stupid enough to love me, so she was hoping that you would take pity on me"
Summer giggled at this "Wow, you're a charmer" she joked
"Oh you have no idea" Seth joked back.
"What do you do for a living…?" Summer asked trying to remember his name.
"Seth Cohen, my name is Seth" he joked
"What do you do for a living Cohen" Summer said that sticking in her mind more then Seth.
"My name is Seth, Cohen is my last name" he said
"I know, but Seth is boring I like Cohen better" Summer said shrugging her shoulders
"I'm sure my parent appreciate that" he said sarcastically
"Are you going to tell me what you do for a living or not?" Summer said annoyed
"Wow, aggressive are we." Seth joked but when Summer just glared at him her became serious "I draw comics" he said embarrassed
Summer quickly softened up her gaze.
"Well now that I just gave you every reason you will ever need or want to eliminate me it was really great meeting you" Seth said
Summer smiled at him "Well as dorky as that is I doubt it will get you eliminated"
Seth smiled at her as his eyes brightened up. "Really?" he asked
Summer giggled at him and shook her head yes, before a producer walked over to them.
"Okay Sum time to go make your decision." he said
Summer shook her head and both her and Seth stood up. "Good luck" Seth said before walking away. Summer watched him walk away before she made her way back into the house and up to her master bedroom suite. There was a wall full of clapperboards (the black and white things they snap before every shot) were hanging up each with a name and picture on them. It took her 5 minutes to make up her mind and 20 minutes to get changed before she was called downstairs to the elimination room. There were couches and stools set up for the guys as she stood in front of them all. Her bodyguard who she had never met before stood next to her flipping the makers as she announced the name. Those who she did not call clapperboards got clapped shut and she was supposed to say "Your shot at Summer lovin' is over" She thought this was the cheesiest thing ever, but she somehow was convinced that every dating show had there own saying and hers should be no different.
"Well it was great getting to know all of you but unfortunallty 4 of you have to go home tonight. The first person I want to ask to stay is… Zach" Summer said as he got up and took his maker, then hugged Summer and sat back down.
"The next guy is… Paul"
"Mark"
"Adam"
"Daniel"
"Noah"
"Eric"
"Jason"
"Nick"
"Andrew"
"Neil"
"Josh"
"Sean"
"Andy"
"David"
"Finally Cohen would you come get your marker" Summer said watching his face light up in surprise and relief. She smiled a little to herself at how dork he truly was.
"Jordan, Matt, John and Joel I'm sorry, but your chance of summer lovin' is over" Summer said sadly
Matt yelled "Fuck you" before he stormed off the other three gave Summer a hug before leaving quietly.
"To the rest of you go find a bed and get some ret tomorrow there is another challenge and 2 more guys will be going home" Summer said before walking out of the room and going upstairs to her master suite. Steve and Frankie both following.
"Great first day" Frankie said as they walked in the room.
"Yeah, that Matt guy was a good one for ratings, but oh well" Steve said
"Now all we need is for you to do you interview for the day and then you can go to bed" Steve said
Summer groaned a little completely exhausted already.
"I know it sucks, but it has to be done now" Steve said apologetically
"Finee" Summer said before sitting down in the chair.
"Great we will send in Ashley she is responsible for asking you the questions" Frankie said before they exited the room. Summer quickly changed into her PJ bottoms knowing that they would only do a head shot for the interviews. As she got settled in her chair once again Ashley walked in.
"Hello Miss. Roberts" she said as she sat down in her chair across from Summer.
"Please call me Summer" Summer said friendly
"Okay Summer, are you ready?"
Summer nodded her head "As ready as I will be"
Ashley smiled at her before hitting the record button on the camera already set up.
"What was your first reaction when you saw all the guys?" Ashley asked
"Most of them looked like the type of guy I have always fallen for with the handful that were not really my type, but cute none the less."
Ashley smiled and nodded "Tell me what you remember from the challenge"
"All I remember is watching the Cohen guy fall all over himself while the rest of them breezed through it"
Ashley nodded her head "What dates stand out in your mind the most?"
"Zach's, Cohen's Matt's and Paul's"
"For what reasons?"
"All different reasons Zach has the looks but he actually has a personality"
"Seth he has this dorky charm to him"
"Matt probably has the best body I have ever seen"
"And Paul is just really sweet"
Ashley nodded her head "So, why give Seth the last clapperboard?"
"To keep him guessing and to make him sweat it out" Summer said playfully
Ashley smiled at her. "Okay well I think we can go off that for now" she said while getting up
"Thanks" Summer said getting up herself
"See you tomorrow" Ashley said before exiting the room.
Summer then changed her top and got ready for bed before crawling into bed and drifting to sleep.
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Meanwhile after each guy got a bed he had to go through the interview process. They had two different interviewers they were required to see at least one of them after everyday. Seth was one of the last ones to go in.
"Hi" he said while sitting down.
"Hi my name is Alex and I am just gunna ask you a few questions about your thoughts about things that happened"
Seth shook his head showing he understood "Sounds good"
"Good, what made you choose to be on a reality dating show?"
"Wow, you people really want to embarrass me… um my over bearing mother knows the producers cousin and is worried I will never find true love" Seth replied
Alex nodded her head 'Okay, what was your first reaction when Summer walked out?"
"Wow, I was speechless really, pictures really don't do her beauty justice" Alex smiled at him.
"What do you think about the other guys?"
"I don't really think I have much in common with any of them" Seth said
"Tell me about your time with Summer"
"It was simple conversation, I'm sure it was nothing special" Seth said shrugging his shoulders.
"It had to be something she kept you" Alex said raising an eyebrow"
"I think she got me confused with someone else, it was simple luck that I am still here" Seth joked
Alex laughed at him "Okay that will be good enough for now"
Seth shook her hand before getting up "Thanks" he then left the room and went and changed for bed, while the rest of the guys were downstairs taking full advantage to the open bar.
Authors Note:
This is my newest idea to SS. I don't think the other chapters will be this long, but who knows. Review Please :)