Hi, I'm midtowngirl89 and after a fairly long hiatus, I am back with another story! w00t. Hope you enjoy it…tell me I should continue with this…well I probably will even without your consent but that is beside the point. smile I love reviews so incredibly much. Sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes.>>
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"I suck. I know I'm late. I know you waited."
Seth remembered Summer's room differently. It used to be covered with fashion magazines, clothes, tubes of lipstick that were so close in color but that Summer insisted were, in fact, very diverse. Bubblegum pink and cotton candy pink are SO not the same. Seth laughed to himself. Now, her room was relatively empty, sad. He touched his fingertips to the sheets on her bed. Cotton, not silk.
Princess Sparkles laid sideways on the dresser. Seth sat her upright and stroked her mane, the stopped after feeling really creepy for petting a plastic horse. He flopped on her bed, taking the Princess with him. Hand resting on his flat stomach, he sighed heavily. Then, the door flew open.
"Ohmygosh!" Summer shrieked, stringing the words together. Seth half-smiled, exposing one dimple, saving the other for later (when he would really need it). Summer's eyes were wide and her mouth was open. That was before she remembered how much she hated the skinny, curly-haired, pre-pubescent, son of a ---
"Hi," Seth said, still lying on his back. Summer didn't yell. She didn't scream or cry or run to him and kiss him hard on the lips. She paced. She paced back and forth, chewing on her thumbnail and shaking her head. Seth and his short attention span picked up Princess Sparkles and began making her gallop across the lavender comfortable.
"Easily amused, I see," Summer muttered.
"I did go out with you," Seth smiled, both dimples this time. His secret weapons, Summer used to say. But she glared at him and threw a pencil in his direction.
"I was joking!" Seth protested, leaping off the bed. Summer tried not to smile and turned away.
"Look, Seth, I don't know why you're here and I'm super pissed at you, so you are kind of in my line of fire at the moment.
"Summer, I'm sorry…"
"Seth, I want you to leave. I have to figure this out." Seth nodded, defeated, but hopeful. He handed summer a small package and walked out, slowly, hoping she would call him back. She sunk into her bean bag chair, staring at the badly wrapped package, covered in Wonder Woman wrapping paper.