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Summer sat on her bed. She had her arms wrapped around her legs, and her chin resting on her knees. She wasn't thinking about anything in particular, but thoughts were flying in and out of her head.
"'What if he never comes here to talk to me? What do I do then? I don't want to just go on without him.' Summer wiped a tear off her check. She wasn't sure how long she had been crying.
She grabbed her cell, and sent a text message to Marissa. She wrote in their code for "come over NOW (55476)". She hit send, and then threw the phone on to her bed. Following the phone, she flopped onto the bed also. She didn't cry. No, she just lay there, her face smushed into her comforter.
She just thought.
She remembered the first time she kissed Seth, by the pool, at the party. She remembered the first date her took her on. It was to a comic book convention (but the second date defiantly made up for it.)
Summer smiled, thinking about the good times she had with Seth.
Even if he didn't show up to talk to her, she knew that she'd eventually get over her lost love, and move on.
But that wouldn't be today.
Summer doesn't want to get over Seth. She just wants him back. But, she did what she could, she told Seth how she felt, so now, all there is left to do is wait.
The doorbell rang, so Summer ran to answer it. She knew it would be Marissa, since she should be there by now.
She whipped the door open, and saw Marissa.
"Hey Sum," Marissa began, as she hugged Summer, "Do you need to talk?"
Summer nodded, as she let Marissa in. They walked back to Summer's room. Her room was the only place Summer could feel at comfortable and happy, besides one other place, but she might never be in Seth's arms again.
They both sat on the bed, and Marissa just looked at Summer, waiting for her to start talking.
"Ok, Well, you know that I screwed up. And I tried to explain myself to Seth, but he didn't say anything. And, I told him I loved him. And now, I don't know what to do!" Summer said, with a quiet, whispery voice. She looked expectantly at Marissa, waiting for an answer.
"Coop!" Summer said, trying to get her to talk.
"Sum, I can't tell you what to do." Marissa said, stopping slightly, and looking at Summer's face. She had a hurt, sad look on it.
"Summer, do you really want to be with him still?"
"Yes,"
"Then don't give up. If you really want to be with him, don't give up on him. Something will happen, something will change. He's just confused. Give him some time, let him figure out what he wants, and what he needs." Marissa gave Summer a small smile.
Summer let Marissa's advice sink in. She should just give Seth some time, even if she doesn't want to. Maybe, if he thinks enough about it, he'll realize what he wants, and then everything will be ok again.
"Hey, you look like you could use some popcorn and a movie!" Marissa said, standing up, and reaching into her bag, she pulled out two microwave popcorn packets, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Summer laughed, "Pirates of the Caribbean? So you think I'm that upset that I have to watch Johnny Depp?"
Marissa just looked at Summer.
"Fine! Fine! As long as you didn't bring Chocolat." Summer said, surrendering and getting off her bed. Marissa turned around again, and pulled something else out of her bag. Turn back to face Summer, she presenting Chocolat. Summer began laughing hysterically. Chocolat was the movie they watched only when one of them was REALLY depressed. It was a good movie, but it always made them want to eat gobs and gobs of real chocolate.
Marissa and Summer ran down to get settled in for their movie. They made the popcorn, and got comfortable on the couch.
"Marissa, are you sure I should just give him time? What if he is waiting for me to talk to him, and I never do, so he never talks to me again, because he doesn't think that I want to talk to him, and then everything just goes wrong, and I never get him back?" Summer said everything in one breath.
"Summer, you have nothing to worry about. Seth loves you, he just needs to get over the fact that you dumped him for no reason, and now you want him back. Wow, that sounds a lot worse when you actually say it out loud. Sorry Sum!" Marissa said, as Summer began to cry. It turns out that even Johnny Depp couldn't help Summer with this.
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Seth was still standing in the same place he had been when Summer had left. He didn't know how long he had been standing there. School had ended earlier, he saw everyone walk past him. He heard broken parts of conversations, "He WAS dating Summer Roberts…" "Poor Seth" "That's Summer's ex-boyfriend."
Seth didn't know what to think, or what to do. He loved Summer; she knew that, he knew that, heck- the whole town knew.
But he didn't know what to do about this. His first thought had been 'Take her back… you love each other... it'll work out.'
But he wasn't sure. What if this happened again? What is Summer got scared again? Would he take her back then?
Seth wasn't sure. But he did know that he needed to talk to her again.
But, before he could do that, he needed to figure out what he needed to say.
Seth finally moved from his spot. His legs were sore, his back hurt. But he didn't care. He just wanted to go think about everything that had just happened. He was going to go to the place he always went to think.
The pier.
Although it wasn't a quiet place, he could skateboard there, and skateboarding always cleared his head and helped him think.
It was better to go to the pier, where he could skate alone, than go to his house, and risk his parents coming home early, and wondering why he looked so sad, and why he wasn't babbling, as he normally did.
So, off to the pier he went.
There weren't very many people there, which was good. It meant Seth had more space in which to do tricks. He jumped on to his skateboard, throwing out a heel flip. Then, he did an ollie.
Soon, his mind was racing, but his feet were still doing the tricks. He wasn't thinking about skating. He was just thinking about Summer.
Did he really have any reason to be upset? He knew when he started dating her, she was always afraid her relationships would turn out like her parents.
That's why she never had a long-term boyfriend. The longest had been Chad. But that had been two years ago, and it only lasted for a month.
But, that was a long time for Summer.
"She did dump me. But she was scared," Seth thought to himself, as he skated, "What can I do about it?"
"Hey Cohen." Seth heard a familiar voice call out his name. He stopped skating looked up and saw Ryan.
"Hey Atwood. What's going on?" Seth asked, getting off his skateboard.
"I'm good. How are you?" Ryan looked at Seth expectantly, "talk to Summer?" Ryan had his Crab Shack uniform on, and his apron over his shoulder. Seth assumed he was either on his way to work, or on his break. Seth wasn't exactly comprehending time today.
"She talked to me," Seth said, looking out over the ocean, "She told me she loves me."
"Dude, really? But I thought you guys broke up…?" Ryan stopped without finishing his sentence.
"Yeah well," Seth began, turning to look at Ryan, "I have no clue what is going on. I'm confused; I'm lost, I'm going crazy! I want to go… hit something!"
Ryan shot Seth a look.
"Yeah, I know. I'd get hurt before the object would." Seth said, cracking a smile. "Hey man, you'd better be going to work. You don't want to be late!" Seth jokingly punched Ryan on the shoulder.
Ryan looked at Seth, right after he punched him.
"Sorry, won't do that again." Seth's hands dropped to his sides. Ryan smiled, nodded, and walked away. "Bye!" Seth called after him.
Seth sighed, and jumped back onto his skateboard. He glanced back toward the ocean to see dark clouds rolling in.
"Great." Seth said out loud, as he began to skate away from the oncoming rainstorm.
Storms were never a good omen, but silently, Seth hoped that this storm wasn't foreshadowing anything to come. It started to rain. Slowly at first, so Seth wasn't thinking too much about it. He just kept on skating. Then, suddenly, it started to downpour.
"Crap." Seth thought, still skating faster, "Where can I go to escape this rain?" He coasted down a hill, and saw Summer's house. He would find his sanctuary there, and maybe, just maybe, he'd be able to talk to her.
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