Undeniable Love

Summary: Seth Cohen leaves Summer Roberts after hearing upon his best friend ever leaving to go back to Chino to support a baby that might be his. You know how it goes. This is just before Summer goes to Tuscany, or attempts to. This fanfic however will show you some sides of Seth's life that Summer never saw. Will she manage to find the words before it is too late? SethSummer

Disclaimer: I do NOT own The O.C. But whoever does is an ass of letting it get cancelled. But however, I do own some characters in this fanfic!

Chapter 2: The Denial and The Outburst

A/N: BTW, Summer's thoughts are in italics. Sorry for not mentioning last chapter!

And Zach is an ass in this, just so you know. Pity Seth in this, I was nearly in tears! ;( Also, thank you ALL for the wonderful reviews! They were very inspiring.

Zach pulls over to Summer's house. It's dark outside already, but her house is darker. All the other houses on the street are filled with lights, cars on the driveway, and warmth. Not only was her house isolated, but her dad wasn't home yet. He was probably on some business trip he didn't care of telling her about. In fact, Summer never worried because since a couple of years ago she got used to it. And her step-monster was probably gone with him, or she was on some affair, or drugged out on the bed.

Summer sighed. After a peck on the cheek from Zach, she stepped out of the car, and saw Zach's car zoom away. She remembered Seth always walked her to the door, making sure she got in safely. Or if not, he'd wait by the car to see the door open, and Summer walk in, secure. With Seth she felt loved, and cared for.

As she opened up the door she sighed and went upstairs. Last year, Seth would always sleepover because he knew how lonely Summer got with her dad away. She longed to sleep in his arms once more. Zach wasn't the cuddling person to make you feel safe. He just wanted sex. But Summer rejected him all the time. She said she wasn't ready, but the fact was, she'll never be ready. She only wanted Seth. And deep down knew she was using Zach just to get revenge.

She opened up her cell and rapidly clicked, "pictures". She grinned at one with her and Seth. Seth was kissing her nose while she was laughing. Marissa had taken the picture.

Now, everything was messed up. Ryan was back but he was dating some weird Lindsey girl. Marissa was apparently a lesbian with a girl named Alex. And she was dating Zach.

Truth be told, her and Zach were never a couple in summer. She only just considered him one when Seth came back to make him pain the way she did.

She shut off her cell and cried.

When will I ever get over him?

Her phone rang. She frustratingly looked at the caller ID and read, "Cohen". She didn't know what she would possibly say to him so she just screened it, knowing he would leave a message. After what she saw earlier today, she didn't know what to say to him.

She listened to the message:

Hey. Okay, I know you're probably screening this because I know that you hate me, and what I did was really wrong. I hurt you, and I understand that. I didn't mean to hurt you or cause you any sort of pain, and I would give my life to have it taken back. The truth is, is that I really love you Summer. With all my heart. I don't know if I ever told you this, but I have loved you since third grade and continue to love you. I never deserved you, and especially don't deserve you after leaving. But, I just wish we could work it out, be cause I didn't know how much pain I could cause someone. You see, I've never really had a relationship ever, so I wasn't used to dealing with feelings. You know how weak I am Summer. Not just physically.

Anyways… I hope you're happy with Zach, and I'm sure he treats you much better than I. You deserve someone that doesn't hurt you, and you're lucky to have someone that cares for you. I know you don't believe this, but I do care for you, and I just really love you. But, I'll stop my message now, cause' it's getting pretty long. And – oh wait! Captain Oats just wants to wish you and Princess Sparkles a good flight to Italy next week! He's already pretty lonely after he sailed off on the Princess Sparkles Breeze - wait… that didn't sound right.

Anyways! Goodnight Summer and I love you!

Summer laughed and cried. Typical Seth on including Captain Sparkles. What a dork. She didn't know what to do. He said he loved her, and would've given his LIFE to take back the day he hurt her. Summer decided to rest on it, and deal with it in the morning.

Summer entered the school with Marissa at her side.

"Coop, you heard the message. He said he loves me! What should I do?"

"Sum, you and Seth are meant for each other. Just forgive him. I know it's hard after he left you, but you need to let that go and give him a second chance."

"Kay Coop. Crap, Zach's coming. Make sure we were not talking about Cohen."

Zach walks up towards Marissa and Summer.

"Hey babe," Zach says after giving Summer a kiss on the cheek.

His kisses are never like Seth's.

"Hey Ducky!" Summer says with a fake smile plastered on her face.

Marissa takes notice, sighs and walks away. She already had to deal with the fact of Ryan dating some new skank. Well, she wasn't a skank, but Marissa was just over-possessive. Anyways… why should she? She is dating Alex.

"So babe, I have class so I have to go." Zach says. He gives her a light kiss and walks off.

Summer sighs. She had a free period, and all she wanted to do was drink some coffee and listen to his message again.

As she sat at the student lounge she had the cell to her ears. You know what she was doing. ;)

Someone sat at the couch next to her.

"Hey, Summer, may I ask, what are you listening to?"

Oh my god! It's him.

She looks over and sees Seth. She looks at his goofy grin, adorable chocolate eyes, and curly hair. She wanted to run her hand through his hair and kiss him.

"What are you doing here Cohen!?" She asks angrily.

I didn't mean to sound angry…

"Free period. Just like you."

"Funny how you know my schedule."

"I've memorized it in the back of my head."

Summer grins, but then suddenly realizes her smile and brings it back to a disappointed line.

"What do you want Cohen!?"

"Just wanted to give you a latte", he says while handing her her favourite caffeine.

Aw, how cute!

Summer grabs it angrily. Too furiously that some spills on Seth.

Oh crap! Fuck, I didn't mean to pour hot stuff on him!

Seth wipes it gently.

"It's fine" He says.

"I never said sorry" She says rudely.

Crap. I sound like a bitch.

"Oh." Seth says softly.

I hate the pain in his face. Err god, why do I have to be so rude!?

"Um… did you get my message?"

"Yeah. I did." Summer scoffs.

A silence falls between the two.

"And I also remembered why I hate you so much."

With that Summer walked away. While she did Seth was nearly in tears. She looked back at him a saw a tear on his cheek.

Why am I in denial Summer? Why AM I CAUSING HIM PAIN!?

Seth stared off in space. A little while later he saw that Summer left her cell phone on the couch. When he opened it up he saw that his message was played 98 times. And that her wallpaper is a picture of him and her. He grinned to himself and walked away.

The bell rang signifying school was over for the day, and Summer was explaining the whole situation to Marissa as they walked to their lockers.

"And when I walked away, he was in tears."

"Sum, that just broke my heart."

"I just want him to experience my pain Coop."

"That you did Sum, that you did."

"Oh crap, Ryan alert, Coop."

Marissa turns blank when she sees him kissing Lindsey.

"You know, um… I was actually going to head home. See you later Sum".

"Coop, feel better! This is just a flava of the week thing."

"Yeah right…" Marissa's voice trailed off as she left Summer in the middle of the hall. Kids were everywhere heading towards the doors.

Her eyes were looking for someone. She then noticed a locker door BANG! shut.

She turned around, it was his locker.

She noticed him frustratingly head the opposite way.

Why was he so mad? I hope it wasn't because of me.

She decided to go straight up and ask him.

"Cohen?" She called.

His head jerked back.

Oh god, how adorable he is.

"Hey Summer!" he managed a grin.

Why were there bruises everywhere on his face?

"Cohen, why are there bruises all over your face?"

"Oh… um… well, Ryan accidentally punched me. Y'know how he is with controlling his temper." He lied.

Liar.

"Anyways, I got to go. Oh and here's your cell, you left it on the couch. Nice wallpaper." He said with a smirk.

Oh crap! He must've read how many times I listened to the message. And oh god, how much I wanted to lick the smirk off his face and breathe in his Cohen-y scent like before.

"Don't lie to me Cohen" Summer says after grabbing her cell.

"What? I like your wallpaper?" He jerked his head back to look Summer in the eye.

"Ryan didn't punch you."

"Summer, I assure you it is nothing to worry about. Okay?"

What a liar.

He puts his hands on her shoulders.

How I miss this feeling. Oh god, it's been too long.

Summer snaps back into reality.

"Promise?"

He gulps, "Promise".

Seth goodbyes and leaves.

What a damn liar. Those bruises were fucking purple. All over his face. I wonder what happened.

After he left Summer stood there confused. What had just happened? And why was she tempting over him again. She had Zach now anyways. Speaking of Zach, I wonder where he is.

Just at the thought, she saw Zach, Jamie, Chris, Ross and a few other water-polo players head towards her. She eyed the baseball bat in Ross's hand. They were laughing and giggling. She remembered the times when she was one of them before.

Zach noticed Summer.

"Hey babe." He hugged her.

"Don't hey babe me." Summer scoffed and pulled away from the hug.

"What's the matter Sum?" He said stroking her hair.

"Why do you have a baseball bat? You guys like hate baseball."

"Oh so you actually remember what water-polo players like after dating Queer?" Chris sneered.

Fucking ass.

"I asked you a question." Summer asked furiously.

"Oh, you mean, about this bat? Well, ask Seth about that. Or don't do that, just look at his face and your answer is there." Jamie laughed.

Suddenly Summer knew what they meant. And she froze.

"Sum, are you okay?" Zach asked stroking her hair.

The water-polo players already left them alone. Predicting that she would've had some rage blackout or something.

"You ass!"

"I thought you were OVER that dude!"

Can he be ever more gullible?

"IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE FUCKING RIGHT TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM! FUCKING ASSHOLE!"

Summer slapped him hard in the face and ran off, trying to hide the tears in her eyes. They hurt her Cohen.

A/N: I have a problem with writing stuff that is too long. My teachers hate it. Sorry for reading all this crap. ; ) R & R.