Cleaning out the Past

Chapter 7

Disclaimer-I don't own the O.C. or anything else except my ideas.

A/N- Thank you guys so much for all the reviews. Also, this chapter is super sappy, I usually don't write this kind of stuff but I thought it would be cute, and sappy isn't always a bad thing, anyway enjoy;)

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It was late afternoon from what Seth could tell. The sun was high in the sky and shone into the room onto the bed. Seth had fallen asleep for a little while, but had woken up about half an hour ago.

Summer was nestled under the covers, using Seth's arm as a pillow. She'd been sleeping soundly for the past four hours, and began to stir.

She awoke, blinking the bright sun out of her eyes. She looked around the room, the day coming back to her. She rolled over slightly and saw Seth sending a text message on his tiny cell phone.

"Oh, your up!" He smiled and moved his arm out from beneath her back. Summer nodded and pushed herself into a sitting position. She yawned and stretched up.

She hopped off the bed, her black dress wrinkled, in desperate need of ironing. Seth finished up with his cell phone and shoved it back into his back pocket.

"I'm hungry!" Summer announced as she collapsed back on the other double bed. Seth nodded in agreement, his stomach growling.

Summer walked over to her duffel bag and pulled out a tank top and a pair of red flowered shorts.

"I'm gonna change." She sighed and walked into the bathroom. Seth removed his jacket and pulled his already loose tie over his head.

"Umm, I'm just going to go next door and change, okay?" Seth said through the bathroom door. He didn't get an answer so he shrugged and headed over to his room.

Inside all of Anna's stuff was gone, and her key was sitting on the TV stand.

Seth went straight to his bag to take out some pants and a T-shirt. Inside his bag he was surprised to find scraps of cloth though.

"Oh my god!" he sighed picking up a sleeve from one of his shirts.

He couldn't help but laugh at the fact that Anna went psycho like the chick in White Oleander. He dug through the suitcase to see if she left anything. All that was left was his swimming trunks, that were air drying in the bathroom, and a pair of pajama pants and a novelty shirt that he'd worn to sleep in last night. He'd changed in the bathroom, and had left them in there.

He dropped his jacket and tie on the chair in the corner and walked back to Summer's room. He knocked and Summer opened immediately. "I thought you were changing?" She asked frowning a little.

"Oh I was, but Anna sort of, well slashed all my clothes." Seth shrugged. Summer smiled and soon burst out laughing.

"Oh god, did she leave anything?" Summer asked after she regained composure.

"Yeah, my bathing suit and pajamas." Seth replied. Summer shook her head.

"Well at least were leaving tomorrow." She sighed as Seth walked into the room to pick up his wallet.

"Yeah, how the hell do I tell my parents that Anna went psycho and ripped up all my clothes though?" Seth questioned as they headed down the hallway to the elevator.

"I would just tell them the truth, and since your dad's like super-lawyer, he can like throw her in the slammer." Summer suggested.

"Yeah, she wouldn't go to jail for ripping up a couple shirts and pairs of pants." Seth replied.

Summer shrugged and the door opened.

"So you'll never guess who's staying in this very same hotel!" Seth began, changing the subject. Summer pushed open the front doors and looked up.

"Who?" She smiled.

"Oliver." Seth simply replied.

"Like Marissa's Oliver?" Summer asked.

"Yeah, like freaky stalker dude, Oliver." Seth laughed. He hit the unlock button as they neared the vehicle.

They both climbed in and Seth sat behind the wheel, drumming his fingers on the wheel. "So where do you want to go?" He asked as Summer finished buckling up.

"Uh? There was a pizza place down by Tony Romas the other day, want to go there?" Summer suggested.

Seth nodded and put backed out of his parking space.

On the way downtown Seth kept glancing at Summer sideways, making sure she was okay.

Finally when they were almost there Seth spoke up. "Are things awkward between us?" He asked. Summer turned to look at him.

"What?" She said, coming out of her own thoughts.

"Are things awkward between us?" Seth repeated.

Summer sighed. "Things have always been awkward between the two of us." She answered and turned back to her window.

Seth nodded. "They don't have to be." He mumbled under his breath, thinking Summer couldn't hear.

Seth sighed and clicked on the radio. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel as Linkin Park's Numb blared through the speakers.

"I don't think so." Summer mumbled and quickly changed the station.

Seth reached over almost instantly and changed it back to his station.

"Hey! They were playing Toxic!" she complained.

Seth smiled and turned around. "It's my car!" He smirked and turned back to the road.

"Jackass." Summer mumbled.

"Oh I'm sorry, do you want to walk?" Seth asked. Summer turned and stuck her tongue out. "No!" She replied.

"And this is where we usually start to make out, so I'll just stop now." Seth spoke with a hushed tone.

Summer nodded and looked out her window. Awkward silence filled the roomy SUV.

"Well were here." Seth announced opening his door.

"I can't believe I'm going in a place called Macho Pizza." Seth laughed. Summer smiled, still a little nervous about the car incident.

Inside the hostess seated them in a double booth, and went to go get the napkins and menus.

When she returned she took their orders for drinks. Seth got a Mountain Dew, and Summer ordered a Sprite.

While waiting for their beverages they flipped through the menu.

"Wanna share a pizza, and get some salads or something?" Seth offered. Summer agreed and they debated on a pizza.

In the end they agreed on a vegetarian, well it was more like Summer telling Seth they were getting that or she'd bash his face in, but either way, they ordered a large vegetarian pizza and one chefs salad, and one Greek salad.

When their salads arrived Seth dug in, shoving the lettuce and carrots back, as if he hadn't eaten in a week.

Summer on the other hand poured a quarter of her dressing on and mixed the salad together, then carefully scraped all the olives to the side, then began to eat the Greek salad, bit by bit.

When Seth finished his salad, he glanced over at Summer's plate to see she'd only taken like three bites so far. "God, the pizza will be old any moldy by the time you're done." He announced. Summer looked up and sneered.

Seth gave a little chuckle and reached over and picked at the lettuce that had been classified as 'too much dressing on' or 'too wrinkly, probably not fresh.'

In the end Summer ate a tomato piece and a piece of lettuce, before announcing she was full.

When the pizza arrived she went through the same process. First there was too much cheese, then the onions looked deep fried, then the mushrooms were old looking, then she didn't want to many carbs, so she ate tomato paste and green peppers.

Seth went straight ahead and gobbled down four pieces, while Summer ate a quarter of the crust on her one itty- bitty piece.

Summer picked at the bits left on her plate, while Seth finished off the pizza.

When the server came back to collect their dishes she popped a desert menu down in front of Seth and took away the plates.

"Mmm, this cheesecake looks really good, do want to share a piece?" Seth asked pointing to the picture. Summer frowned and shook her head no.

"Well, I'm getting a piece, to eat later at the hotel then." Seth grinned.

They paid the bill and left a fairly good tip and headed out to the parking lot across the street.

They noticed a couple performers and they walked over to a small park with street performers and a live band.

They walked down the street shoulder to shoulder, and somehow they found each other's hand to hold.

They passed a flower vender and Seth slowed down enough to pull out a couple crumpled bills from his pockets. The vender handed him a small bouquet of wild flowers.

Seth handed them to Summer who thanked him and led him over to where the band was playing.

They stood out on the grass watching as people around them began pairing up to dance.

"Want to dance?" Summer whispered. Seth looked down and nodded.

They walked over closer to the wooden stage and came together, as a slow song started up. Seth placed his hands on her back, and Summer wrapped her arms around his neck, holding her flowers in her left hand. She rested her head on his shoulder and they began swaying to the music.

After a while they decided to head back to the car so they walked back to the sidewalk. Seth's arm around Summer's shoulders.

At the Range Rover Seth opened the door for Summer, and helped her in. Before he closed the door though, Summer pulled his head to hers and they locked lips. After several moments, they both pulled back for breathe, smiling. Seth leaned in again and pecked her lightly on the lips before closing her door and walking around the back of the vehicle and hopping in the driver's side.

Seth drove them back to the hotel in silence, every so often looking over at the girl in the passengers side seat. They'd meet eyes, and turn around blushing, as if they were both young children with a crush.

Back at the hotel Seth and Summer both returned to their rooms, got their bathing suits on and headed down stairs to the pools.

Seth had his black trunks, that were luckily still in one piece, and his T-shirt he'd worn the night before.

Summer wore a pink bikini that tied in the back and her shorts over top.

They both headed out the doors and walked around the hotel to the pool.

Since there was three pools, they had their pick.

One still had a few kids splashing around, the second was extremely small, and extremely cold so they settled on the third, that had a diving board, and a hot tub next to it.

Summer dropped her white towel on the plastic lounge chair and undid the button on her shorts.

She slid into the pool while Seth removed his shirt and dropped his towel.

In the pool they swam around for a while. Seth would go under and grab Summer's feet, and Summer would kick him and try to push him under.

After a while Summer swam over to the edge of the pool, while Seth climbed out and onto the diving board. He jumped a couple times, just to see how bouncy it was. After his tester he turned around and leapt up and did a back flip into the pool.

Water splashed everywhere and Summer shielded her eyes as Seth came up shaking the water out of his hair.

"Did you see that?" He laughed. Summer smiled and nodded.

"What's wrong?" Seth asked, swimming over to her. Summer shrugged.

"I don't know, I think I ate to much." She sniffled.

"Let's go to the hot tub." Seth spoke softly and led her out of the pool and over to the hot tub.

"So what seems to be the problem?" Seth asked as they settled into the warm water.

Summer leaned into Seth's shoulder and closed her eyes.

"My stomach hurts, I think I ate way to much." Summer replied.

Seth let out a snort. "You ate a lettuce leaf and a green pepper, you're probably starved, I have a piece of chocolate turtles cheesecake upstairs if you want." Seth said, trying to make Summer feel better.

She shook her head. "No, that's okay, you can eat it." Summer smiled weakly.

Seth turned to face her, his face turning serious. "What have you eaten today, other than the pizza and salad?" Summer shrugged.

"I don't remember, I had a side salad at Tony Romas." She answered.

"That was three days ago, Summer." Seth barked.

"Oh." She answered.

Seth ran a hand through his soaking wet hair and turned to face her. "What are we going to do with you?" Seth asked, a small smile, playing across his lips.

Summer tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and moved onto Seth's lap. Seth ran a finger over her shoulder; she shivered under his touch and turned to face him. He cupped her face in his hands and pulled her forward for a kiss.

Soon it turned into a full out make-out session in the hot tub. Summer pulled back, long enough to take a breath, and to speak. "We should, go upstairs." She whispered. Seth nodded and they climbed out stopping every so often to kiss as they walked to their stuff.

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Okay, very sappy and mushy I know, anyway review please, I love reviews!