There was something about airports that Summer didn't like. Maybe it was the bustle of everyone trying to run to their flight, or maybe it was because she didn't like airplanes. When she used to fly home from college she would always dread those trips in the air. And as luck would have it, she would always get in the middle of the isle. Not to mention it would always be in between two loud old women who needed hearing aides, but the accidentally forgot it at home.
She took her suitcase to baggage to check it in. She kept turning around every few seconds to check if Seth would burst through the doors. She wanted him to stop her from getting on that plane. She wanted him to cause a big scene in the airport, for him to kiss her passionately, and then for random groups of people to stop and burst into applause.
"Miss, Gate 23 is to your left. Miss?" the lady yelled.
"Huh? Oh sorry, can you tell me when the plane is expected to leave?" Summer asked still half-way in her daydream.
"In about thirty minutes, so you better hurry miss."
"Do you think that that leaves enough time for someone to burst in through the doors to declare their love for someone?"
The woman gave her a strange look and then started to laugh, "If you're expecting someone, they better get here soon."
Summer received her tickets and then made her way towards the gate. She would take a step and then turn around. She figured it was useless. Her life wasn't a movie, things like that didn't happen to her. She sighed, finally giving up all her hope. She made her way to Gate 23, and then handed the ticket to the man.
She looked around the plane to see where her seat was. For once in her life, she had a window seat. Maybe things were turning around for her. This window seat was definitely a sign. It was a sign that her life in New York City would be defiantly better than her life in Newport. She closed her eyes and leaned her seat back, dreaming of all the things that would await her in New York. There would be no Seth Cohen, or Peter, and that made her smile.
"Ladies and Gentlemen please begin to fasten your seatbelts…" the pilot announced, it was finally official. She was about to begin her new life.
-x-
Seth Cohen was breaking the speed limit once again. He knew it was late at night, and at this time he knew that there were numerous cops that patrolled this area. He wasn't looking and before he knew it there were flashing red and blue light signaling him to pull over. The policeman stopped out of his car, and made him way to Seth's car. He didn't need this; he had to get to the airport.
Once he left Summer's empty apartment, he called Marissa to see if he could find out what flight she was leaving on. Marissa told him, but she said he only had about an hour to get there. Once he heard he only had any hour to get there, he peeled out the parking lot as fast as he could.
The police man was inching closer to his car, he wanted to get away. If he did that he knew that he would face more consequences then he would now. He had to get to that airport, and he would if it killed him.
"Son, do you know how fast you were going?" the police man bent down to ask him.
"I know, I'm sorry, I really have to get to the airport," Seth was becoming increasingly frustrated, he need to go now.
"Are you going to miss your flight son?"
"No, well yes, kind of. The woman I love is boarding a flight, and I need to stop her before she goes through with it."
"Look," he paused for a moment," I don't normally do this. But, I will let you go on a warning, just don't speed again or you'll get a ticket. Got it son?"
"Yeah, got it."
Seth peeled off from the side of the road. He looked to see if there was any incoming traffic coming, and there was none. He quickly sped into the road and made his way to the airport. He popped in a Death Cab c.d. to see if it would calm his nerves. Nothing was working, he was nervous all over. He kept checking his clock repeatedly, thirty minutes had already flown by.
He finally reached the airport and he immediately parked his car right in the front of it. A security guard yelled at him and told him he would have to pay a ticket if he kept his car there. Seth yelled that he would pay the ticket when he came out. The automatic doors opened in front of him and he rushed inside.
He didn't know where to start, there were people moving all about, all of them going in different directions. He ran up to the baggage check in to ask a woman where he could go.
"Excuse me, can you please tell me," he took a deep breath; he hadn't run that fast ever," where Gate 23 is?"
The woman looked the young man over. He looked tired, he was also sweaty, and he looked as if he had been running. A faint smile ran across her face.
"I guess you must be the guy," she said with a slight laugh.
"What guy?" he asked, confused.
"About ten minutes ago a woman came in saying if there was enough time for a man to come in to declare her love for her. So I'm guessing you must be the guy."
"What did she look like?"
"Short, brown hair, she had a ticket to go to New York…"
Seth interrupted her," Yeah I'm the guy."
"Gate 23 is to the right, but I suggest you hurry sir!"
Before she could finish, Seth was sprinting down the airport. He probably knocked down a couple of people along the way, but he couldn't worry about that at the moment. He just kept looking forward, looking strait at the gate. He finally made it to the gate, but a man stopped him.
"Sir, do you have a ticket?" the man asked him.
"No, but I just need to stop someone from getting on that flight," he pleaded with the man.
"Sir, I'm afraid if you don't have a ticket, I can't let you on. Besides the plane left a couple of minutes ago."
He couldn't believe it, he had lost her again. He didn't say anything else to the man, he just put his hands in his pockets and left.
-x-
It was thirty minutes into the flight and Summer was bored. She never imagined that a window seat would be so boring, sure the middle seats got on her nerves, but at least they were entertaining. She looked around for something to do, and then she found the airphone sitting in front of her. She dug out her credit card and swiped it on the side of the phone.
"Hey Marissa, what's up?" asked Summer.
"Nothing, the party is winding down, so how's your flight?"
"Boring, you know how much I hate flying."
"So what are you going to do once you get to the Big Apple?"
"I'll probably check in to the hotel, and then I'll probably go to the Empire State Building or something. Look, it's getting late I'll call you later."
-x-
The cab dropped Summer off in front of the Plaza Hotel. She was planning on staying there until she could get her apartment ready. It didn't hurt that her new salary would easily cover this. She smiled at the sight of it, she was actually doing this. She was actually moving to New York. California was no longer her home, New York was.
She walked inside the grand lobby and immediately got her hotel room key. She couldn't believe that she was staying here of all places. She went to go look out at the view from her window. She was half-expecting to see the beach, but instead she got a view of Central Park. She could get used to living here. After all, the city did contain men that she had never seen before, and that was good enough for her.
She finished unpacking and then decided to make her way over to the Empire State Building. Ever since she was a little girl, she promised that if she ever went to New York the first thing she would do was go to the Empire State Building. The main reason she always wanted to go was because they don't have any skyscrapers in Orange County, and this one seemed like the best one for her.
She didn't want to take the subway on her first day, she could figure out how to use it later. She went over to the curb and tried to hale a cab. Summer quickly found that this was something that she was not very good at, every time she raised her had and yelled "Taxi!" the cares would still go zooming by. Finally, after many repeated tries, one pulled over to the side and let her in.
The ride to the building was quiet. She was too absorbed with her new home to pay any attention to the cab driver who was telling her she was there. She got out and paid the driver his money and then she made her way up to the building. She walked into the lobby and bought a ticket to the top of the building.
Once she made it to the top, she couldn't believe it. She was finally there, the place that she always dreamed of. There was almost no one on top of the building considering it was still early in the morning. She walked around the balcony observing the tiny city below her. She walked around until she came to a man who was slumped over with his fingers intertwined in the gate. She walked over to him some thinking that she recognized him.
He removed his fingers from the gate and made his way towards Summer. She couldn't tell who it was because his head was down. He looked as if he was waiting for someone, but they never showed.
"Excuse me, sir, are you looking for someone?" she shyly asked.
He lifted his head up to see where the voice was coming from. Once he did she knew who it was, it was Seth. She almost felt paralyzed where she was standing. How on earth did he know she was here?
"Hey, Sum. About last night, I'm sorry I told you that I didn't love you, but the truth is, is that I do love you. I love you so much that, hell, I got into an altercation with a cop on my way to the airport to stop you from getting on a flight. Then, I flew here all the way on another flight just so I could meet you here. That's how much I love you Summer. And I know it sounds so cliché or whatever but I don't care, that's how I feel."
She stood there for a second and walked closer to him. "Seth, please shut up."
Then she pulled him in and she kissed him, it wasn't as passionate as the kisses that night at her house, but it generated the same electricity.
Finally Summer was truly happy.
A/N: there you go! I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it! Anyway Read&Review please!