Elizybeth- I started writing this before I got your review- but I have to say- I like your ideas (suggestions).

That said- thanks for all the reviews!!  The suggestions are very helpful, and telling me I spell stuff wrong makes me laugh (I'm supposed to be an English major!!) 

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"What are you doing here?"  Seth asked, surprised that Anna was in his house, sitting alone in the kitchen.  Now Seth knew what Ryan meant when he had said 'good luck.' 

"Don't act like you aren't happy to see me.  I know you are."  Anna said, getting off her chair, and walking over to Seth.

"Well, this is a surprise.  May I ask what I can help you with?"  Seth asked, backing up from Anna.  She was unusually close to him.  He didn't know why she was here, and why she was being so overly friendly.

"I know you're single again, and I thought this would be ample time to get to know you."  Anna said, trying to look seductive, and trying to get closer to Seth.

"Actually, Anna, Summer and I got back together today.  So, I'm not single anymore." Seth said, running into the counter.

"Well, she's not here.  What she doesn't know won't hurt her.  You don't have to tell her anything."  Anna said, still trying to get closer to Seth.  She wrapped her arms around his neck.

Seth didn't say anything, he just snorted, and removed Anna's arms.  He didn't want to be running away from Anna, but he didn't know what else to do.  So he ran to the living room.

"Ryan, man, you've gotta help me.  Ana's lost her mind!  She's trying to seduce me or something.  Please, dude, what do I do?"  Seth looked so freaked out, and scared, that Ryan just started laughing.

"Seth, she likes you.  She wants you.  If you don't like her back- you gotta tell her."  Ryan said, as he flipped through the new Legion comic.

"It's not that, well it is that, it's also the fact that I'm with Summer again, and I don't want to date Anna.  Well, I can't date Anna?  Can I?  Does this kinda stuff happen in Chino?"  Seth asked, babbling as usual.

Ryan shot Seth a look.  "Not normally.  See what happens is the guy has a girlfriend.  His brother steals a car, they get in trouble, then the guy moves away and gets another girlfriend."   Ryan smiled, as he turned back to his comic.

"No, seriously, what do I do?"  Seth asked, glancing back at the kitchen.

"Seth, just tell her NO.  Tell her you don't like her," Ryan said, exasperated. 

"Ok.  Tell the truth.  Got it."  Seth said, as he walked back to the kitchen.

Ryan shook his head, as he laughed.  Seth was so confusing sometimes.

Anna was now sitting on the counter.  She has a pepsi in one hand, and the other was playing with her hair.

"I thought I'd lost you for a second there."  She said, jumping off the counter, and walking over to Seth.

"Anna, I need to tell you something."  Seth said, trying to keep space between them.

"Oh really?  Am I gonna like it?" She asked, excited that he was taking charge.

"I don't know.  But, um, well, I'm with Summer.  I like Summer.  You're great.  I love spending time with you.  But Summer, she's my girlfriend.  She's the girl I want.  I'm sorry."  Seth said, as he watched Anna's face fall from happy, to upset within a minute.

"Why can't you like me?" Anna asked, biting her lip, "What's so wrong with me?"

"Nothing is wrong with you.  Nothing at all.  I just… I don't… I… I like Summer.  That's all there is to it."  Seth answered, carefully.  He didn't want to hurt Anna's feelings, he just didn't want her hitting on him anymore.

"Ok.  I get it.  I'm not Summer.  Is that it?  You can't like me because I'm not perfect Like Summer."  Anna said, setting her pepsi down. 

"No, that's not-" Anna cut him off.

"No.  Don't start with me Cohen.  Go; run off to your stupid girlfriend.  See if I care.  Just know that you will regret it.  And when you do, don't come running to me.  I'm not going to fix this for you.  You screwed up- you'll fix it on your own."  Anna turned on her heel, and left.

'What the hell was she talking about?' Seth asked, looking bewildered in the kitchen. 

"So," Ryan asked, walking into the kitchen, "From the slamming front door, I take in Anna didn't quite understand?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it.  She said I'd regret it though.  I don't understand what she meant."  Seth said, as he got crackers out of a cupboard.

"I dunno.  Sorry," Ryan said,  "I'm gonna go to the pool house now.  It's getting late."  Ryan nodded as he left Seth alone in the kitchen. 

Seth shrugged, as he sat down at the table.  He was still confused about what Anna had meant, but he couldn't dwell on it.  Anna had just lost her mind, so Seth could forget about it. 

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Seth walked into the school the next morning.  Suddenly, an arm reached out of a deserted classroom, and pulled him into it.

"Anna!  What the hell are you doing?" Seth asked, realizing whom it was.

"What the hell is this?"  Anna asked, holding up Seth and Summer's notebook.

"Where did you get that?"  Seth asked, looking wide-eyed at the notebook.

"Oh, I have my ways." Anna said, smiling, "And if you don't want your dear, dear Summer to know you lost it, you'd better help me."

"You're blackmailing me?"  Seth asked, spitting out the words.

"No, not quite blackmailing you.  Just making sure that you help me get what I want, then you'll get what you want."  Anna said, fanning herself with the notebook.

"And if I don't?" Seth asked, crossing his arms.

"I'll make your life a living hell.  I'll spread so many rumors, so quickly, everyone will believe them.  Including your precious little Summer."  Anna said, her eyes turning to fire.


"Why?" Seth asked, getting frustrated.


"I want Summer to suffer.  I want her to feel the pain I felt when you started dating her.  And, she'll believe everything because it is her worst nightmare.  She doesn't want her precious little Seth to be dating anyone else besides her.  She doesn't want to believe it, but she'll have to because everyone believes rumors."  Anna said, ask she walked to the door, "And, if you don't believe me, go, have fun.  But this will come up to haunt you."

"Your delusional.  And besides, what are you trying to accomplish?"  Seth asked, as he walked to the door also.

"When I have my list of demands, I will give them to you." Anna walked out of the empty classroom.

Seth shook his head, and walked out also.  There, in front of him was Marissa.  She had a confused look on her face.

"Hey, what was that about?" She asked, as she greeted Seth.

"Anna's lost her mind.  She's trying to blackmail me with my notebook."

"Why would she be blackmailing you?"

"I don't know.  I really don't know," Seth answered, as he and Marissa walked to class,  "She was at my house last night, after you dropped me off.  She was trying to seduce me or something."

Marissa laughed.  The notion of someone trying to seduce Seth as crazy, because he's Seth.  Until Ryan moved to Newport, no one would've even thought of dating Seth, much less seducing him.  But, then again, since Ryan had been in Newport, everything had turned upside down.  Nothing was the same.  Seth, who once was seen as a misfit, wasn't so much of a misfit anymore.

"Seth, did you ever ask Anna what she was trying to accomplish?"  Marissa asked, as he stopped outside her classroom.

"She said she'd give me a list of demands."  Seth answered.  Marissa gave him a funny look, then disappeared into her classroom.  Seth shrugged, and walked to his. 

The day went by as usual.  Seth saw Summer, she harassed him for not calling her the night before, but, as he explained, he had been distracted. 

Summer was pissed.  She wouldn't tell Seth though.  It wasn't his fault.  It was that stupid blonde idiot's fault.  Why couldn't she just find some other guy to hit on?  Why did Anna have to hit on Seth?  Didn't she know by now that Seth was Summer's boyfriend?  Or did she just not want to listen to reason?  And why did she have to steal the notebook?  What was her point?

Summer wanted Anna to be gone.  She wanted her out of Newport, and out of Seth's life for good. 

Summer just had to figure out how to accomplish that.    

To be continued…