Chapter 1

The familiar crunch of the sand between her toes that was now splattered with her tears. The waves crashed against the shore as she sat there watching. The stars provided Newport with a gentle blanket that put the town to sleep. Why couldn't it be as normal as it looked?

Everything had been building up to the events of this evening. Since Trey. Since Zach. Since the comic book. And since the prom. When she was growing up she dreamed of her prom and being crowned prom queen. She would dance with her date, the prom king and the night would be perfect. Expect he hadn't turned up. The king had deserted her for a comic book and the guy she loved had done the same.

She had stood there feeling alone for the first time in her life. Before she had been protected by a bubble of popularity that some how made you never feel alone. She realized now that none of them knew her, the real Summer Roberts, but there was always someone there to distract you and give you sympathy when you needed it.

She burst the bubble by picking him. She had taken the risk and held his hand proudly in the school. He had seen behind the boobs and looked at her.

And now it was if her world had crashed down at her knees. Nothing made sense, she was lost in a sea of confusion and tears. He had yelled and screamed. She had never seen him like that before. She ended up cowering away in a corner terrified that he might hurt her, which she knew was stupid.

She had always tried to look strong. Tears were for pathetic people. Her dad had told her that when her mum had walked out. She had asked him why he hadn't cried and he replied with that. She was 9 at the time and since then she had been convinced that it was a sign of weakness. And yet she was sitting her now, crying over Seth Cohen.

He had broken her heart twice now and this time she couldn't take him back. It seemed to hurt more every time he did it. He had blown it, lost his chance at whatever they could have become was gone forever.

She couldn't forgiven him for what he had done to her dream. Someone you love is supposed to fulfil your dreams, not shatter them into a million pieces. He had chosen Zach and the comic book over her. She understood George Lucas was a once in a lifetime chance but so was prom. He had yelled at her for being unsupportive of his dreams and she had backed down figuring that he was right. Looking back now she couldn't believe how stupid he had been.

With the Trey incident everything had fallen to pieces. Ryan and Marissa couldn't stand to be near each other which proved to be a problem with Seth and Summer. If Summer went round to the Cohens, Marissa would get angry for her being within a few feet of Ryan. Summer was convince that Marissa wanted to see him but was terrified of the reaction she would get from him if she did. Marissa now hated her and she was currently away with her parents trying to make the perfect family again.

With everything to do with his mum Seth would clam up. She had tired time after time to get him to talk to her about it. In the end she had said that she was there when he wanted to talk and he had snapped at her. He had said that that would never happen as she would never understand how he felt. This had driven her to the point of despair.

Tonight was the culmination of months of snapping and fighting over stupid things. Things had changed every time something different happened. They had grown apart to the point where there was no going back. She just wished it didn't hurt so much.

She heard footsteps on the sand but she didn't bother turning to see who it was. It was probably Cohen coming to apologise but it wouldn't work this time. She had had enough. She had cried enough tears over him for a life time. He had had his second chance.

The footsteps became closer until they stopped and she knew the person was behind her. They bent down slowly and placed their hand on her shoulder.

"Go away a$$" She snapped as she moved her shoulder so their hand fell away

"Ok I'll go"

That wasn't Cohen, it was someone else. She turned her head and looked up at the figure behind her

"No don't go" She said calmly and they sat down beside her.