"The Summer Was Full of Mistakes We Wouldn't Learn From"

Hey, all. I know I have an unfinished story posted on here, but something really compelled me to start writing this. I hope you all enjoy it, and please let me know what you think

Chapter 1

It was nearing the end of an era – Alex's last college semester, to be precise. The girl was finishing her undergraduate career at New York University. She walked out of a classroom, having finished her last exam, for the last time in her life; grad school was definitely not in her future. Happy to be over with everything, she slung her book bag over her shoulder with a smile on her face, and started to head towards the building's exit.

"Coming to the party tonight?" Seth asked, catching up to his friend, having finished his exam shortly after the blonde.

"I don't know. Would it be weird? It's a going away party for someone I've never met before." Alex asked, not completely sold on the idea of trekking into Brooklyn from her downtown Manhattan apartment.

Seth's ex-girlfriend, Summer, was moving out of her Brooklyn apartment to move back home to Southern California. Seth dated her for four years – the relationship had it's ups and downs, but ultimately came to a crashing hault. In the duration of their relationship, the couple rescued a puppy from a shelter; after the split, they decided to share custody of him, as if it was a real child.

Seth and Alex met in a sociology class the previous semester. Though they didn't know each other for a long period of time, they immediately hit it off. The two became best friends – Seth always hung around Alex, her friends, and her girlfriend, Jodie. However, Alex never really hung around Seth's close friends.

The curly-haired boy was born and raised in Brooklyn, though his parents uprooted and moved to Seattle during his sophomore year. He met most of his closest friends through Summer, so it's safe to say that after the break up, there was a little tension put on his friendships, which is why he never really introduced Alex and his new friends to them.

"Not weird at all. Bring Jodie, too. I invited Anna, Luke, and Naomi, also. They're all coming, so you sort of have to… since they're your friends." Seth smiled.

"I don't know if Jodie's going to want to come, but I'll talk to her and let you know." Alex said, still not sold.

"Well Luke has his mom's car in the city for the week, so we're picking Naomi up from your guys' place. You'll have a ride, door-to-door." Seth replied, trying to convince the girl to come.

"Fine, fine. I'll see you later." Alex said, giving into the boy and telling him exactly what he wanted to hear. "If Jodie doesn't want to come, she can stay home anyway. She's been really lame lately and it's getting really annoying."

"Well, I'm glad to see that you've finally realized that…" Seth mumbled, in reply.

Alex and Jodie had met through mutual friends. The pair casually dated for a few months, meaning they had a lot of meaningless sex for a while. But out of the blue, it suddenly turned into a relationship. Both girls were fine with it – they grew rather fond of each other, but most of Alex's close friends realized that as the girls' relationship progressed, Jodie became more and more hesitant to go out with the group of friends. You see, Alex's group of friends enjoyed going out, drinking, and mingling with anyone and everyone. As a few months passed by, Jodie was becoming more and more introverted.

"Shut up. She just moved here, she has no family here, and she's adjusting to her new job. She just needs some time to settle in, and she'll be back to her old self." Alex stated, defending her girlfriend.

"You should probably stop making excuses for her, because once you truly realize how much she sucks, you're going to feel like an idiot. Oh, and I meant all of that with love." Seth smiled, knowing he was angering the girl. "But I hope me saying this doesn't change your mind about tonight, because you're coming and that's that."

Alex rolled her eyes at the boy, and headed towards the subway. They had a great friendship – they knew how to push each others' buttons, but only did so when absolutely necessary. It wasn't that Seth didn't "like" Jodie. He just didn't "like" her for Alex. He became friends with the blonde a few months prior to her meeting Jodie, so even though they hadn't been friends for too long, he felt that his friendship with Alex was more influential than hers with Jodie.

Alex made her way downtown to her apartment, to find Jodie passed out in her bed. In typical lesbian fashion, Alex had a key made for her girlfriend the day after they made their relationship "official."

"Babe, we're going to a party tonight." Alex said, throwing her bag on top of her girlfriend.

Waking up and slightly confused, Jodie rubbed her eyes and pushed the bag off the bed. "What?" was all she could muster.

"Seth's ex-girlfriend, Summer, is moving out of the city and is having a huge bonfire in her backyard tonight. We're going. Luke's picking us up, he has his mom's car for the week." Alex told Jodie, relaying the information Seth had previously given her.

After much convincing, Alex finally got her girlfriend to get ready for the party. The pair, alongside Alex's roommate, Naomi, ventured outside to hop in Luke's car and make way to Brooklyn.

"Wait, so what kind of party is this?" Jodie asked Seth, who was in the front seat with Luke.

"My ex's going away party. I actually used to live in this apartment with her. It's huge, and sick, and has a ridiculous backyard. It's in Williamsburg, right over the bridge. Amazing area." Seth said, smiling. He continued, "She lives there with Marissa, Paige, and Danny – but Danny just moved out and apparently some new kid, Ryan, is moving in."

"Oh, cool." Jodie replied, sounding less than enthused.

Alex nudged her girlfriend, but she just responded with a shrug.

Rolling her eyes, Naomi pepped up, "I'm excited to meet your friends, Seth. It seemed like you were some nomad that popped out of nowhere. It's good to know you're not some weirdo with no friends that latched onto us so quickly."

"I'm not a weirdo, Naomi. I may be a nerd and a geek, but I'm definitely not a weirdo." Seth pointed out.

"Aren't those all synonyms, anyway, Cohen?" Luke asked, teasing the boy.

"Shut up, Luke." Seth said, crossing his arms across his chest, feigning hurt.

The group of friends, sans Jodie, all knew each other from college. Alex, Luke, Naomi, and Anna had been inseparable since their freshmen year, while Alex met Seth the beginning of their senior year in a sociology class.

Before they knew it, Luke had the car parked. They ran into the corner store to pick up a few beers, then made their way to the apartment.