Everything That Rises Must Converge
AN: I "barrowed" the title from a short story I read in my English class. I really like it because it means that the everyone will eventually be on the same playing ground ie Summer(popular) and Seth(unpopular) will eventually be on the same and start to be friends. Get it? Anyways, I don't own the title or anything or the original story by the author but I just really like the name. Props to the author.
This is my 4th story I am starting that I haven't finished for the OC but I had this idea and I really wanted to write it before I forgot.
This is season one, ep 2 (the model home). This is my take if Summer had gone along with Seth, Ryan, and Marissa to the model home. If someone already did this plot I am sorry but I haven't found one yet. SS and minor RM.
BTW, Summer isn't as bitchy as she was in the real ep. I couldn't make her that bad. LOL
"I can't believe you and Luke! You guys are the perfect couple. He's hot and ripped and you're hot and popular! What a better match?" Summer announced conceitedly to her best friend Marissa. They were getting ready for her birthday party at Holly's house and were chatting about the "best couple ever"- Coop and Luke.
"Sum, stop. You're embarrassing me." She giggled. The blonde walked over to her bed and threw a pink fluffy pillow at her friend.
"You did not!" Summer screamed as she grabbed the pillow that had just hit her. "Now I'm going to be late because you made me mess up my hair." She said as she tossed it back at her best friend.
"You look great, Sum." She grabbed a small purse and Summer's presents. "We should better go though or we might be late."
"Whose fault is that, Coop?" She smiled at her friend. Summer was the most popular girl in school and she truly was a bitch if she wanted to be.
Summer sat on Marissa's vanity stool by the window to check her hair and makeup once more. Marissa had gone into her bathroom to grab a tube of lipstick before they left.
"Are you running away?" A slightly geeky voice asked from out the window.
"Go back in the house Seth." A more manlier voice commanded.
Summer leaned by the window interested and listened to the conversation below.
"Hey, hey, hey, you just can't run away. What about…" the rest of the conversation continued but Summer stared at the two.
Her thoughts went wild. Wasn't that the guy at the party yesterday from Cleano or Chino or something? He was pretty cute. Why was he talking to nerd kid down there?
Summer heard Marissa unlocking the bathroom door and she brought her attention back to the mirror and her hair.
"Hey Coop. Ready?"
Her best friend nodded and they both walked down stairs.
"Marissa honey and Summer. Here let me get your picture. You're 16th birthday is important Summer." Julie ran over to them as they hit the bottom step and both girls groaned.
Julie was the mother Summer always wanted. She was always nice to her and always showed them the latest stash of junk food in the kitchen.
"Please!" Julie begged holding the designer camera in her newly manicured fingers.
"Fine, but not too long. We don't want to be late for my birthday party ." Summer agreed and gave a great big smile while placing an arm over Marissa's shoulder.
"Marissa smile." Her mother instructed and Coop did as she was told.
Julie put down the camera after many flashes. "Thanks girls, you look gorgeous."
She waved and Summer and Marissa walked out the door to Marissa's car.
"Hold on Sum, I have to grab the car out of the garage. I thought I had it by the side. I guess my dad moved it" Marissa said and gave Summer her present to hold while she got the car.
"Okay." Summer stood at the end of the driveway while Marissa ran up to the garage.
She silently tapped her fingernails against the pretty pink wrapping paper and looked around her surrounding. She jumped when she saw that guy from the party roughly 25 feet from her on his own driveway.
"Hey." Summer greeted. Ryan turned around surprised.
"Hey."
"What are you doing out here so late?" Summer inquired giggling.
"Nothing." Seth appeared from the bushes and didn't notice Summer.
"Okay Ryan. I got everything. The parents are unaware. And I have the fake snoring system on in my room. Ready to go?" He asked loud enough for Summer to hear.
"Seth, we have company."
"Who? I thought we were going to be stealth." He whined and then looked around. He came face to face with Summer.
"Summmer, hey." He mumbled, waving. "I'm Seth Cohen. Remember me?"
Summer looked at him and shook her head. What a strange creature he was.
"What are you guys doing? Running away?" She asked curiously. "Because if you are I wanna come." She announced. She was ready for a dangerous adventure.
"Ummm." Ryan didn't know what to say.
"We're running away." Seth replied.
"Are you going?" She asked, realizing this maybe wasn't the best plan.
"Yeah. It's my plan."
Marissa honked the horn and Summer looked towards her and ran to the car.
"Coop. We have a change of plans." She announced loudly so the boys could hear.
They all were now running away.
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"I can't believe we have to listen to this hideous music!" Summer whined. Seth had gotten to chose the music selection and Summer hated it. "Emo crap." She mumbled under her breath.
Seth couldn't believe Summer and Marissa had came along with them. Who woulda thunk it? This was his dream. Actually being in the same room as her.
"Don't insult Death Cab." He warned.
Marissa was driving and she wasn't the best driver of them all. She had already gone the wrong direction twice and had run a red light.
"Fine. Will someone please tell me where we are going?" Summer whined. She hated surprises.
"Well, we are going somewhere Summer. Now SHUSH!" Seth announced irritated.
Summer did have a annoying bitchy side to her.
"I might have failed to mention it to you guys but I have rage blackouts. They happen when I am irritated or mad at something or someone. These can happen at any time without warning. I have caused physical damage before. Just a warning." Summer finished with a hint of a threat to her voice. Seth gulped. That piece of newly expressed information was directed at him and he could feel the tension. Maybe this was the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
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Seth directed Marissa into a dark driveway and Summer and Marissa were both complaining about them not telling them where they were.
"I'm missing my birthday party! You have to tell me." She begged. Seth told Marissa to stop the car and that they had arrived.
"Ewwww." Summer announced, "My Jimmy Choos are getting dust on them." She whined as they stepped out onto unpaved ground.
Seth looked like he was about to kill himself.
"Hey Ryan, why are you running away?" Marissa asked as they walked over to a huge 2-story building.
"He's scared." Seth answered for him.
"Thanks Seth." Ryan remarked. "I don't want to go to some group home."
Marissa "ooooed" and Summer gave him a perplexed look.
"Why don't you just go home to your family?" She asked as if it was the easiest thing in the world.
"He can't. They vanished on him." Seth replied.
Summer gave Seth a glare. "Cohen, shut it." She smiled evilly at him. "Two words," she paused. "Rage blackouts."
He shut his mouth.
"So Seth, where are we?" Ryan asked as he stood at the steps of the building.
"Well this is one of my mom's housing developments. She has hundreds of them." He opened up the doors and let the girls in first. He then stepped in and Ryan followed.
"Oh." Ryan nodded.
"Isn't your grandfather like loaded?" Summer asked as she looked around the place.
"Yeah."
Ryan walked over to Marissa who seemed particularly quiet that night.
"Hey." He said and looked at her.
She looked up. "Hi. So you are just going to live here forever?"
Ryan shook his head. "Seth? Am I going to live here?" He asked as if he didn't realize this.
Seth pulled away from his bantering session with Summer. "Yeah. Why'd you think I bought you here? To have cup of tea? They haven't done work in this place for a couple months. It's like they abandoned it or something. It's safe."
"So I guess I'm staying here for a while." Ryan re-told Marissa who was now smiling.
"Well, I guess we have to make this house a home." She walked over to Summer. "Sum, we have to go and get supplies."
Summer looked up smiling and nodded. "Okay." She paused and looked confused. "For what?"
"We are going to make this place the best home ever deigned. Curtains, posters, lamps, knickknacks. Anything and everything. We are going shopping!"
"Wait, you guys are going to keep our secret right?" Seth asked looking at the girls.
"Our butts are on the line too. We aren't going to blab." Marissa announced and Summer nodded profusely.
"Okay. Let the adventure begin!" Summer exclaimed as she and Marissa walked out of the house excitedly.
"We've gotten way too over our heads, haven't we?" Seth observed.
"I think we just might have." Ryan answered and walked into the rest of the house to check it out.
TBC
I hope you like it so far. This is not going to go how it goes in the episode. I assure you. This is going to be better and greater than that!
Please review on what you think. I really appreciate it!