It's an AU fic so don't throw things at me and tell me that the characters are out of character. They're supposed to be. This fic begins after the fashion show when Ryan and Seth go to the party. Everything up to the party is the same and I drop you into the party. IMO, this is what could've happened with a little tweakage. Let me know what you think. Even if you want to flame me, go ahead. But please, if you're going to be critical, at least be constructive.
I don't own anything OC related.I also don't own this story I read it on LiveJournal and thought how awesome it is. It belongs to brandywine421.
Seth's eyes widen when they walk into the beach house. He looks from the almost naked girls dancing to the drugs on the table to the crowd of people by the counter mixing drinks. He turns to Ryan to see if he's as surprised, but Ryan already has a cigarette hanging from his lips and is folding his jacket up before setting it down on top of a pile of other jackets.
"Dude…"
"Are you going to geek out on me, Seth?" Ryan asked quietly, teasing. He pats him on the back. "Let's get a drink, everything will look better after a drink."
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"Summer, did I just see Seth Cohen out there?" Marissa asked, finding her friend in the bathroom with a half-smoked joint in her hand.
"Close the door, this is a personal smoke session," Summer snapped, closing it behind her. "Cohen? Oh, yeah, he came with Ryan, the new boy. The hot, new boy," she added.
"Summer, you can't have him, I've got dibs," Marissa said, taking the joint from her and inhaling deeply.
"Dibs? No, girl, you've got Luke. He might be big and stupid, but he's yours. You are not a free agent. Me, I can have any boy out there," Summer said, flipping her hair.
"You have had most of them," Marissa replied.
Summer gave her the finger. "Whatever. I need something different. And this kid is definitely not Newport, which might be just what I'm looking for."
"You are totally breaking the code," Marissa warned.
Summer raised an eyebrow at her. "Are you seriously going to be upset if I go after him?"
Marissa hesitated but finally sighed, leaning back against the wall. "I have Luke. You're right. If you want him…"
"I definitely want him," Summer smiled, taking a long drag off the joint before giving it back to Marissa. "Don't worry, I'll tell you all about it," she winked.
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Ryan was talking to some girl that Seth had never seen before that had legs that went up to her ears.
Seth had never been to a party like this. He hadn't even conceived that they happened outside of tvland but he wondered why he'd spent so much angsting about a life that considered these things fun.
He could see that Ryan was having fun, the girl had her hand on his thigh in a spot that would seriously give Seth the boy scout badge for tent-pitching, but Ryan was cool and collected.
"You all right, Seth?" Ryan asked quietly as the girl drifted off.
"Where'd she go?"
"She's going to try and score us some weed. Do you blaze?" Ryan asked.
"Um, no…why, do you think I look like an arsonist?"
Ryan rolled his eyes but was smiling. "No, dude, weed, ganja, you know…mary jane?"
"Oh, yeah, that's…I actually do much better with that than I do with this piss in a cup," Seth said, motioning to his beer.
"I know this isn't really your scene, man…" Ryan started but Seth was looking past him.
Summer Roberts, the girl of his dreams was leaning against the wall with Chip Saunders' hands up her shirt.
And it was like every fantasy he ever had exploded.
Summer Roberts was letting some random dude feel her up in public.
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
"What's up?" Ryan asked, following his gaze.
"She's a slut," Seth muttered, looking away.
"Oh…you…"
"I guess…I should've figured it out, right? I mean, she's popular and hot and…it's not like she was saving herself for me or anything…"
"I'm sorry, man," Ryan said, genuine.
"I'm going to take a walk."
"I'll save you some green, all right? Come find me when you get back," Ryan said when he stood up.
"Thanks," Seth said. He felt better knowing that Ryan was going to wait on him. It was nice to have a wingman. Even if he was stuck being a wingman.
He took his beer and walked out onto the beach. There were a bunch of jocks gathered around a bonfire and he made extra sure to stay out of their way and went further down the beach toward the boardwalk.
He heard the sound of sobbing before he reached the pilings.
He recognized Marissa sitting on one of the dunes.
It took him a moment to consider what to do. This was his neighbor, but she had never really been his friend. But she was a girl and she was crying. It was his responsibility to do something.
He couldn't think of anything to say for once and sat down beside her. She looked at him, wiping her eyes, but continued to make those noises that girls apparently made when they were crying to hard to catch their breath.
He put his arm around her and she leaned against him, turning her face into her shoulder.
"You okay?" he asked, finally.
"Luke…and Holly…they're…" she choked, motioning toward the pier.
"Oh," Seth realized what she was referring to. "Do you want me to kick his ass?"
She laughed, wiping her tears but still crying. "No. But thanks."
"I could do it, you know," he threatened. He made a dramatic show of pulling up his sleeve to show her his nonexistent bicep. "I'm totally buff."
She giggled. "What are you doing here, Seth? This totally isn't you."
"Well, it's kind of a long story," he said, for some reason needing to share with her.
"Distract me. Fill me in," she said.
"Well, when I was in kindergarten, I fell in love with a girl. And I thought she was perfect, even though she still doesn't know my name. And then tonight, I see that she's not what I thought she was. And it's like, every drawing I ever made, every dream I ever had…it's just gone."
"I kind of know how that feels. Except I was really dating Luke and you were just obsessed with Summer," Marissa said.
"I never said her name," Seth replied.
"She knows your name, Seth. But…you're not exactly her type. She…she should've told you, but…you're a nice guy and I didn't want her to hurt your feelings," Marissa said.
Seth sighed, keeping his arm around her. "Well, Luke's an ass and I should've told you, too. Looks like we've both lost things tonight that we never really had in the first place."
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Ryan was sitting on the patio, basking in the afterglow of the fabulous blunt he'd just smoked with the nameless hottie that had hurried off with her phone in her hand.
He felt hands on his shoulders and then on his back and finally on his ass.
"Back so soon?"
"Oh, believe me, you'd remember me if I'd been here," a voice said.
He blinked away the marijuana fog and recognized Summer in front of him.
Her bikini didn't leave much to the imagination.
God, Seth would kill him.
But she was so damned hot.
"I think you're right. I'd definitely remember you," he said.
She smiled. "I'd like to get to know you a little better, Ryan," she said, leaning close and kissing him on the lips, her tongue inviting itself into his mouth.
She was too hot for him to pass up.
But there was Seth…
He made himself pull away. "We can't do this."
"Why not? Oh, god, not because of that geek…"
"Not helping your case much calling my friend a geek," Ryan said, stumbling to his feet.
"Sorry, god, sorry, but there's nothing between us, it's all in his head, he has no claim on me," she said, pushing him against the wall when he tried to walk away.
She put her hands in his pockets and pushed upward until she cornered his stirring cock in the bunching of his pants through the fabric.
"You want me, too…"
"Not like this, I don't," Ryan said, forcing himself to walk away. He had to find Seth. Now.
God, Summer was like every girl he'd ever fucked, she was horny and willing and into him and he knew that she'd make it worth his while…
But he had to change. He had to walk away and be the better man. This wasn't Chino and he didn't know who was open season and who was off limits.
He needed to find Seth.
"You're not getting rid of me that easily, Ryan. I'll get you, one way or the other," she called after him.
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