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'Okay so you know the plan right?'

'Don't worry my love,' Seth said, pulling his girlfriend into him and placing a kiss on her nose, 'you are forgetting that Seth Cohen is the master of harebrained schemes and foolproof plans to reconcile relationships.'

'Oh yeah, then how come it took us so long to get back together after the whole you leaving for Portland episode,' she countered with raised eyebrows and a smirk.

'Yes well uhh, that plan kinda didn't go as smoothly as I'd expected but nonetheless turned out okay in the end,' he replied with a smile.

'Yeah it did. So go on then, tell me the plan Cohen.' Seth stared at her nervously, struggling to remember.

'I knew it,' she said angrily, punching him in the arm, 'you haven't been listening to a word I've said have you?'

'Yes I have,' he countered defensively.

'Okay then, what did I say.'

'Umm, Cohen, and asshat,' he said with a smirk. Summer glared and punched him again.

'When do I ever talk to you without saying that?' Seth sighed.

'Okay then, please recap.'

'You are going to go and have your lame ass Seth/Ryan time, play a bit of playstation and then get him to come to the diner for lunch. I will be off doing the same thing with Taylor. We'll bring them to the diner, they'll make up and live happily ever after. Got it this time Cohen?' Seth nodded.

'Look at you my little matchmaker,' he said with a grin, 'what should I do if he doesn't want to come to the diner though?'

'Just use your most expert quality, whining and annoying him relentlessly until he caves.'

'Hey, that's a good quality,' he replied with a glare, 'it's how I got you after all,' he added with a cocky smirk.

'Yes I admit it, I only ever got with you to get you to shut the hell up,' she said teasingly, 'too bad it didn't work, you even ramble when we're having sex.' Seth pouted and Summer grinned at how cute he was. 'Awww baby, you know I love you for it right,' she said leaning up to give him a gentle peck. Seth smiled and nodded when they parted.

'Umm, why are we even bothering with these two anyway? I'm sorry but they're right, they are just a bit too different.'

'Being different doesn't matter Cohen, look at us. Nope, I know that they are happiest when they're with each other and they're my best friends so I want them to be as happy as they can be.'

'Okay but you know that too much interfering can lead to fights and falling outs though. Last time someone got too involved in Ryan's business he went ape shit.'

'Really, who was that?'

'Umm, Marissa,' Seth said sadly. Summer couldn't help the tears that sprung to her eyes just at the mention of her name. 'The birthday party she organized for Trey, the first time she offered to do it Ryan went crazy, shouting at her to stay out of his life and everything.'

'Yeah well he got his wish didn't he,' Summer mumbled miserably. Seth felt his heart break at the sight of her. He wrapped his arms comfortingly round her.

'I know you miss her, we all do,' he whispered comfortingly, 'but don't worry, you've got me and Ryan and Taylor. Come on, cheer up, let's put this plan into action.' Summer wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at him with a smile. She leant up and gave him a lingering kiss.

'Thank you,' she whispered, resting her forehead on his.

'For what?'

'For being you. Now come on,' Summer said with a grin, moving away from him slightly and putting her hand in front of him, 'matchmakers on 3.' Seth raised his eyebrows with an amused smirk.

'Come on Summer, a team huddle, that is so cliché and lame.'

'Cohen, get your scrawny ass in this team huddle, NOW!!'

'Summer it's just the two of us, that's not a team so there's no need for the stupid sports thing.'

'Cohen, I'm warning you,' Summer replied, narrowing her eyes menacingly.

'Ugh, fine,' Seth mumbled, moving forward and putting his hand on top of hers.

'Ready, on three. 1……2……3……'

'MATCHMAKER'S,' they both shouted at the same time, Seth smirking and shaking his head. 'Great huddle Cohen, great huddle,' Summer said, clapping her hands together like she was a football coach.

'I never thought I'd say this, but you may actually be a bigger dork than me,' Seth said teasingly. Summer smirked and jabbed him in the arm.

'Shut up Cohen and go, I'll call you when I'm about to head to the diner with Taylor okay,' she said, leaning up to give him a final kiss. They both turned in different directions, ready to try and reunite their friend's. 'Oh and Cohen,' she shouted, causing him to turn round.

'Yeah?'

'Screw this up and I'll rip out your intestines through your nose.' Seth smirked and blew her a kiss.

'Love you too Summer.'

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'Hey buddy, what ya doin?' Seth said as he barged into the poolhouse.

'Hey man. Not much, what's goin on?'

'Nothing, just wondering if you want a little Seth/Ryan time, I bought the ninja game,' he said with a grin, holding up the box.

'Sure man, pop it in.' Seth walked over and put the disc in the playstation before flopping down next to Ryan on the bed, handing him a controller.

'So umm, how are things with Taylor?' he casually asked five minutes later when they were into the game.

'There is no thing with Taylor anymore and I'm cool with that.'

'Why Ryan, you obviously still want to be with her.'

'No, obviously I don't, but obviously you are an idiot who obviously has the wrong idea…………obviously.'

'Whatever man, deny it if you want but I can tell. You never were a very good liar.'

'Okay, suppose I did still want her, how the hell am I supposed to just forget the fact that she blatantly lied to people just to make me look better than I actually am.'

'Dude she cares about you, she just didn't want you being judged.'

'No I think she was the one that didn't want to be judged for being in a relationship with a guy who is nothing but a simple waiter. I'm obviously not good enough for her so that's that. I don't care anyway.'

'Okay man you are so wrong its unreal. As we speak she could be off with her French husband doing God knows what. They could be re-enacting scenes from his book or even worse, creating whole new chapters. Are you honestly saying that doesn't bother you in the slightest?'

'Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying Seth. Now will you please leave it alone.' Seth wasn't convinced but decided to let it be anyways.

'Oh, props for landing Taylor in the first place,' he said after about two minutes of playing in silence. 'I read Summer's copy of the book and page 47, WOW. Summer definitely can't bend that way and even if she could, if I asked her to do that she would rip my head off.' Seth watched in amusement as Ryan desperately tried to hide the smirk that was aching to pry its way onto his face. Eventually though, he gave way and grinned at Seth.

'Yeah I gotta admit, I am gonna miss that side of her.' Seth's mouth dropped open and he gawped at Ryan.

'Y-y-you mean, she did the page 47 thing with you?' Ryan grinned and nodded. Seth groaned and crashed his head back on Ryan's bed. 'Dude, you are officially fucking insane. You're ready to let go of a girl who's willing to do that!!'

'It's not about the sex Seth. It's about the fact that we have no common interests, we don't have much to talk about and she clearly wants me to be someone I can't, someone more like Henri Michel.'

'Yeah but seriously Ryan, you need to at least be friends with her or something and then you can help me convince her to teach Summer page 47.' Ryan smirked and shook his head amusedly.

'Just shut the hell up and play the damn game Seth.' After about half an hour, their game time was interrupted by Seth's cell ringing.

'Hey gorgeous,' he said happily as soon as he'd seen the caller ID and picked up.

'Hey Cohen,' Summer whispered, 'we're just about to head to the diner, meet us there in fifteen minutes.'

'Okay. Umm, why are you whispering?'

'Taylor's in the bathroom and I don't want her to hear me.'

'Oh okay.'

'Right, I'm gonna go. Fifteen minutes Cohen, if you're a minute late I'll snap you.'

'Oooh stop with the dirty talk, you're making me all hot.' Summer giggled at him.

'Shut it you dork, I'm hanging up now.'

'Okay, love you.'

'Love you too Cohen.'

'How much?'

'Umm, what?'

'I said how much do you love me?'

'Umm, a lot. Why?'

'Well I was wondering if you love me enough to do something.'

'Depends on what it is,' Summer replied cautiously.

'Well I uhh, I was reading that book of yours, "A Season for Peaches", and I umm, I was wondering if we could try that thing on page 47.' A long silence ensued. 'Hello, Summer, you still there?' A second later, Seth heard the dial tone loud and clear in his ear. 'I guess you don't love me that much,' he said with a sigh as he flipped his phone shut.

'No luck?' Ryan said amusedly.

'No, and she's gonna kick my ass for even suggesting it. Oh well, do you wanna go to the diner for lunch? I was supposed to be going with Summer but she said that she can't make it, she's shopping with Taylor.'

'Sure,' Ryan replied, getting up and following his adopted brother out the poolhouse.

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'So, how are things with you and Summer, apart from the fact that she won't perform your every sexual desire?' Ryan said as they slowly walked down the pier.

'Umm, they're great thanks. We finally got all that pregnancy scare and proposal awkwardness out the way and now we're just Seth and Summer again.'

'Were you ever not just Seth and Summer,' Ryan countered amusedly.

'Seth and Summer are not just two people Ryan, Seth and Summer is an art form, a perfectly flawed relationship, a way of life,' he replied dramatically. 'We've been through phases in the time we've been together where that aura has been broken and I can tell you Ryan, when that happens it is not just a disaster for us, but the entire world.'

'Wow, you don't think highly of yourself do you,' Ryan said sarcastically.

'No I'm just saying. Think about it, whenever me and Summer are broken up or in a fight or just not functioning properly, bad shit always seems to start happening for other people too.'

'You really are self-centred aren't you, I don't know how Summer puts up with you,' he replied incredulously.

'I'll tell you why, because I have to put up with just as much shit from her. The ordering me about, the loud mouth, the beatings. I love her but I gotta say it, she can be really high maintenance sometimes.'

'Don't let her hear you saying that,' Ryan replied with a smirk, 'she'll beat you to a pulp.'

'Exactly Ryan, that's exactly my point.'

'Well I'm glad you're back to normal. After four days of not talking I was really starting to think a break-up was looming.'

'Yeah me too, I'm glad it didn't come though. She's changed a lot since I first actually talked to her three years ago but I still love her just the same, if not more.'

'Yeah I can see that.'

'Love doesn't go away Ryan, no matter how many mistakes are made or how much people change.'

'If that was a dig at me for not getting back together with Taylor then don't bother. It won't work because I was never in love with her, we were just having fun.'

'My words were nothing to do with you and Taylor, you were the one that brought her up so that proves you're thinking about her.'

'Seth,' Ryan said warningly, shooting him the legendary Atwood death glare.

'Fine, no talky now.' They walked in silence for a few minutes until the diner was visible. Seth was getting a little nervous. It had been twenty minutes since Summer's phone call and she'd said that if he was a minute late, she'd go rage blackout on his ass. He quickened the pace slightly and struggled to hold in a laugh at the sight of the shorter Ryan trying to keep up with his pace. He didn't say anything though, he knew Ryan didn't like to be teased about his lack of height.

'Hey man, slow down a bit,' Ryan finally said.

'Sorry midget,' Seth said with a grin, a grin that quickly faded when he got another death glare. 'So uhh, what are you gonna order, the usual?' Ryan gave him a sideways glance and nodded. 'God that is so lame. Why don't you try something different for once?'

'Like what?'

'Oh I don't know, how about opening up to a girl you like for once.' Seth recoiled when he got the worst death glare yet.

'I said drop it Seth, it's not gonna ha-' Seth was confused when Ryan stopped mid sentence and stopped moving.

'Hello, earth to Ryan,' he said as he waved his hand in front of his adopted brother's spaced-out face. Seth watched in amusement as he snapped back to reality. 'Whoa, where did you go there buddy?' he asked amusedly.

'Sorry. As I was saying, me and Taylor are over Seth so just give it up, nothing is ever gonna happen between us ever again.'

'Why not,' Seth whined.

'That's why.' He followed Ryan's outstretched finger through the diner window and his jaw dropped at what he saw. He turned back to Ryan but noticed that he had already gone. Seth fully turned round and saw him walking off.

'Ryan, come back man,' he shouted but to no avail, he was already gone. Seth buried his face in his hands. 'Crap, this is not good, not good at all.'

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A/N – There you go folks, please leave a review. I was disappointed with the number of reviews for the first chapter, four reviews isn't very good. Please leave more reviews in future because if people don't tell me what they think of the story (good or bad, I don't care as long as you review) I'll just end up scrapping it.