Thanks for the reviews everyone! This is up much sooner than I thought it would be...but I had some time. It's not as long as I planned it to be, though
Oh, and Luke, it might be a while for the next update of So Long Sweet Summer, because the other writer is away for a week or so. Thanks for the review, though.
The song in this chapter is "There's a Fire" by Ok Go.
DISCLAIMER - I don't own anything.
A week after the 'kiss' Summer and Seth were debating over what to watch; all awkwardness pretty much gone.
"Seth…" Summer whined, "I wanna watch the Valley. Not a stupid thriller."
"Aw, but then I don't get to hold you when you scream." Seth smirked, receiving a whack on the stomach.
"Ew!" the thought of Seth enjoying holding her was just weird. They weren't actually together, were they?
"You know you love it."
"Ew, no I don't."
"Yes you do."
"Nope," she said dryly.
"Fine, but just you watch…something's gonna happen and you'll scream and grab a pillow or something and that's just not the same as me."
"Actually, a pillow sounds perfect, thanks for the idea."
"You're welcome." Seth grumbled.
"Now I think I should put the movie on." Summer walked over to the DVD player, picked up a DVD from The Valley and put it in. She grinned at Seth before the theme song came on; and she started singing along.
"Summer!"
"What?" She asked innocently.
"I thought we were watch—"
"Shh!! No talking; it's The Valley!"
After one episode Seth was actually into the show, but Summer turned it off, "I think that's enough for now."
"Excellent." Seth said, trying to hide his disappointment, "What now?"
"I haven't seen Coop in so long! Let's go visit her."
"Didn't you talk to her a couple hours ago?"
"On the phone!"
"So?"
"C'mon, you can visit Ryan and I'll visit Coop, they're probably together."
"That's weird."
"Cohen! I know you were already at Ryan's earlier but whatevs…I haven't been to Coop's house in like three days."
"Oh my god! Three days!" Seth feigned shock.
"It's a long time. Plus I'm getting sick of you." She stuck out her tongue at him.
"You could never get sick of me."
"What did I just say?" Summer smirked, grabbing Seth's hand and pulling him out of the room, "Let's go."
"Ahhh, fine. You call Coop—"
"Don't call her Coop."
"And I'll call Ryan, see where they are."
They both picked up their cell phones and dialled the numbers of their best friends. After 5 minutes, they hung up simultaneously.
"Coop's at her house; upset." Summer sighed.
"Ryan's at his house…also upset, I'm assuming." Seth nodded.
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"I'm not breaking up with him!!" Marissa yelled.
"Why not?!" Ryan shouted angrily back.
"I can't do that to him!"
"He cheats on you!!"
"And I cheat on him."
"What kind of a relationship is that!? Marissa…I love you!"
"So what?! Luke said that to and look where that got me."
"Marissa, you can't do this to me, or him. Just break up with him!"
"I'm not going to and you can't do anything to change that."
"I love you! Doesn't that mean anything?!"
"No, it doesn't, I'm leaving, Ryan, bye."
"Don't leave!"
"Goodbye!" Marissa shouted before leaving the Atwood house completely. Twenty minutes later, Ryan heard Seth's voice echoing through the house, but he decided against answering.
"Ryan!!! Your door's open! That's not very safe…there could be robbers or criminals lurking and they would just come in and surprise you!" Seth walked slowly into the Atwood household.
"Ryan? You there? I think it's time for some serious Seth/Ryan time…like actual Seth/Ryan time… not the short visits on my part. Ryan? You're worrying me man…you said you'd be here at 3 and it's 3:02, and I have my watch with me so that's how I know the time, I'm not, like, stalking you or anything…" Seth rambled to the house, mostly. "Ryan! As much as I'm enjoying this one-sided conversation I think it's time you give me some sort of sign you're alive…."
A man walked out of the kitchen, "I would appreciate it if you got out of my house, I don't want my son to have crazy friends."
Seth eyes widened in fear, "Um, sorry, sir—Mr. Atwood? Ryan just promised to meet me here at—meet me here now, and he's not here so I got a little worried that something had happened."
"Ryan's upstairs."
"Ok, I'll just be going…" Seth said nervously, "Ryan said you were on a business trip, until next week."
"There was a change of plans, but that's none of your business."
"Nice meeting you, sir." Seth held out a hand politely.
"You didn't introduce yourself." Frank glanced down at Seth's outstretched hand as if it was the most disgusting thing he'd ever seen in his life.
"Oh, sorry. My name's Seth Cohen."
Frank grabbed Seth's hand and shook it, "Good meeting one of Ryan's friends, finally."
Seth nodded, unsure of what to say, "Uh, yeah, I'll see you around." Seth left the Atwood kitchen, in a daze, Ryan's father! What?! Ryan's dad was never home, that was how Ryan was able to hold those parties all the time. Seth ran up the stairs to Ryan's room quickly, anxious to get out of Mr. Atwood's sight. "Ryan?" Seth asked as her walked into Ryan's bedroom.
Ryan, who was lying on his bed face down, just grunted and turned over, "What do you want, Seth?"
"I'm just here to see what's wrong." Seth threw his hands up in defence.
"Well…" Ryan started his long story.
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"Coop, why don't you just break up with Luke? You really like Ryan, don't you?" Summer asked her friend in concern.
"Luke is the most popular guy in school, would you just wreck that for some other guy?" Marissa mumbled.
"Maybe…I don't know, I've never been in that situation."
"See, Sum, you don't even know what to say!"
"Sorry…but if I were you and let's just pretend that I've been in that situation, I would dump Ryan, because you obviously seem to care more about Luke."
"But I don't care more about Luke; I care about both of them."
"Then, well, dump Luke…if you're only in it for the popularity thing. Which, by the way, seems a little strange to me, seeing as you're the most popular girl in school…"
"Exactly, in movies the popular guy and girl always go out! It's, like, a rule!"
"Marissa, since when has life been the same as movies?"
"Always! Look at you and Seth—totally a storyline out of a movie, best friends, you have feelings for each other, magical kiss, awkwardness, and you'll be officially together…I can pretty much guarantee that happening."
Summer smiled, "Hmm…you may have a point, but you and Ryan, that is so not a movie type deal, it's always been weird and you're not even gonna dump Luke, if it were a movie you totally would've dumped Luke and realized that you should be with someone you actually like."
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The next day, Seth and Summer were at Seth's house, just talking. Summer had decided that Marissa was probably right about her and Seth, so she was going to tell him how she felt.
Stop getting me off track.
I mean it, there's a problem here.
This time it is for real...
how can I make myself more clear?
"Cohen…I need to tell you something." Summer closed her eyes and spoke slowly.
"Yeah?"
She took a deep breath, "I actually do…you know..."
"What?"
"Umm… I do want to watch a thriller?"
I never say quite what I mean, and never mean quite what I say,
and how did that get out of me, and what the hell did I mean to
say?
"Huh?"
"I meant I actually do…like you! There I said it, you happy?"
This time it is for real.
This is a real emergency.
This time I swear it is the truth...
this must be dealt with urgently!
A small smile crept onto Seth's face as he stared into Summer's eyes, and this time, he nodded.
"Well that's good, 'cause I didn't want it to be—" Summer started rambling before Seth pressed his lips against hers. It was a soft kiss. It was just what they needed, although for some reason Seth had something else on his mind.
Seth had always been self-absorbed, but he was never selfish; he worried a lot. So did Summer, but she showed it more than he did. They both would do anything for each other, or their other best friends, Ryan and Marissa. But when it came to each other, there was always more worry, but they always acted on it. With Ryan and Marissa, they didn't need to think about them too much, because Ryan and Marissa had each other, so whenever something, for example, Luke, came in between them…It caused a lot of worry. Especially right now, for Seth, he was extremely concerned about Ryan, and when he worried about anything, he would ramble, no matter where he was. "Can you believe Ryan and Marissa?" he whispered against Summer's lips.
"Shh…"
"I mean, he actually fell for her, and she's just like, 'no, Luke, Luke, Luke.'"
"Why are you talking about this now?"
"Don't you care that our best friends are in this weird little relationship and right now they're moping?"
"Yes, but right now this is just you and me."
"Sum…" he pulled away from her, "Don't you care at all?"
"Yes. But you're talking crap about Coop, what am I supposed to say about that?"
"She's being selfish."
"She has a lot on her mind," Summer retorted.
"He actually fell for her."
"So?"
"So? So do you even know what that's like? Falling for someone who doesn't feel the same way."
"No, I don't!"
"Could you at least pretend to care?"
"Seth! I just told you how I feel and you're off talking about Ryan and Marissa!"
"Since when did you get so selfish?"
"I am not selfish! I was just a little caught up in the fact that, oh, we were kissing, and like, we actually know how we feel now, and…"
"Summer! Yeah, you did tell me how you feel, what after like a month of this weirdness between us!" Seth shook his head, "You know what? You and Marissa can just keep up this little chase thing you've got going, while Ryan and I are here just being played with and you know what? It's not fun! Maybe it is for you because your favourite hobby is making out with randoms, but not for me!"
"Shut up!" Summer shrieked, a few tears coming to her eyes. But none fell.
"Ok, fine! I'm leaving!"
"Fine! Now that I know how you feel about me!"
"Good!"
"Bye!" Seth shouted before slamming the door behind him.
As soon as he was out the door he immediately regretted everything he had said, but he couldn't go back in there and apologize. So he kept walking, passing Dr. Roberts on the way.
I never say quite what I mean, and never mean quite what I say,
and how did that get out of me, and what the hell did I mean to
say?
AN - Ok, so I think this is the 2nd last or the 3rd last chapter of this story. I apoligize for the crappy chapter, but anywho, could you please review and tell me your thoughts, and if you have any final suggestions...
Please review!
Sarah
