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Chapter 2: Second Best

Summer, stepping into the house, was immediately greeted with a hug from her best friend. Seth smiled at the irritating squeals they were making, it had been a long time since he last heard them squeal. Truth is, Seth missed their squeals, although if one was to ask, he'd deny it. Marissa and Summer let each other go, after what seemed like hours which really was just two minutes.

Anna eyes rolled at the sight of this dark haired knockout. Across her sat her secret admirer, Luke, looking at her lovingly. In doing that, he could see the flames of jealousy burning in her eyes. Luke sighed, winning Anna's heart would be a hard challenge, but he was up for it. Anna's eyes wondered from her dream boy to dream boys' long time crush. Summer changed a little. She was a little skinner than high school and was about two inches taller than before. Summer's eyes locked with Anna's. "Oh you. Hey"

Summer, indeed had changed, appearance wise anyway. Anna faked a smile toward her, but really she wanted to scream in her face. Marissa chuckled to herself as she could feel the tension between the two girls. She didn't care too much about it. After the years that have gone by, one would think Summer and Anna was over it. It was obvious to everyone in that room, mostly to Seth, that they weren't. Seth led Summer up to his room to dry off and talk, they had a lot of things to talk about.

Once inside the bedroom, Seth gently closed the door behind them. Summer was dripping all over his carpet. Had Kirsten been there, she'd probably be screaming her head off. Just recently Seth's mom had become obsessed with keeping her white carpets cleaned. Seth dug into Summer's suitcase and pulled out a pants and tee that had the words 'weird' on it. Surprised, he handed them to her. Summer usually wore skirts and tanks. She walked into his bathroom and came out only five minutes later.

"You look nice," Seth said as she came out in her denim pants and her tee. Seth kicked his shoe off and took out some clothes for himself out of his dresser. He hurried into the bathroom and came out shortly after. Summer was lying on his bed, facing him. She patted the vacant area beside her, telling him to join her on the bed, which he more than happily did. It felt so right to be laying beside the girl you love.

Summer looked up to his eyes as he looked down into hers, God she missed him. Was she going to come out and bluntly tell him? No. She'd wait for the right time to tell him what she really felt when she left Orange County and the secret she'd hid from him. Just because she wasn't going to tell him at the exact moment, it didn't mean she couldn't snuggle up against him. She rested her head on his chest and swung her arm over his stomach. Seth brought her close to him, not wanting to let her go. "I'm sorry I called you a selfish bitch"

"WOW, an apology after three long years. I feel so special," she jokingly said as she put her hand over her heart. She rolled her eyes and patted him on the stomach. "Apology accepted, Cohen"

Seth sighed with relief, she had accepted it and forgiven him. She even called him Cohen, something he missed terribly over the years. Seth looked down at her and realized she had no make up on. His eyes moved from her eyes down to her lips, he wanted to kiss her. He told himself over and over not to, but at the same time could feel himself drawing closer to her. It didn't take long before his lips met hers.

At that exact moment, Anna crept into Seth's rooming thinking he was alone. She slowly walked smiling brightly, that is until she saw them on the bed. Seth was on top of Summer. They were making out, fully making out. She winced at the action taking place before her. She noiselessly left his room and sat at the top of the stairs.

Marissa and Ryan walked up stairs and stopped when Anna's figure. Marissa kissed Ryan on the cheek before whispering, "I'll meet you in the room"

Ryan slapped Marissa's ass before happily running to one of the vacant rooms. Marissa sat down beside Anna and gave her a friendly hug. Anna was taken back by this act of friendliness, but hugged her back anyway. Marissa pulled away shortly after, she herself didn't know why she hugged her. Anna wasn't exactly her most favorite person in the world. Actually, she disliked her and no idea why she was at this reunion. "Cheer up. It's Orange County"

With that Marissa got up and hurriedly chased after Ryan. 'Bitch', Anna thought shaking her head. For two seconds, she actually thought Marissa was going to ask her what was wrong and comfort her. Anna rolled her eyes. She should have known better, after all Marissa was Summers' best friend. Seth and Summer popped into Anna's head. Jealousy once again turmoil through her body, she wished it was she under Seth.

Anna groaned, she would always be second best through Seth Cohen's eyes. Summer would always be best, maybe it was time for her to move on. She pondered for a minute or two before getting up from her spot. She wasn't going to let go of Seth just yet, she was going to try and win him back. She ran down stairs with a sly grin plastered on her face.

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"Sorry," Seth said getting off of Summer. He scratched the back of his head nervously before getting off of the bed. He pulled out his computer chair and sat in it, parallel to Summer. She sat up straight and sighed. "You should go to sleep"

"I don't want to," Summer simply said lying back down. She turned her body, so her face was toward Seth. On this night stand, there was a frame picture of the two. Seth had his arms wrapped around her waist. She turned back around and smiled shyly at Seth. "So, what have you been up too?"

"Nothing much," Seth said casually as he stretched his arms. "Actually, I've been going to College. You know an institution you can go to right after high school"

Summer rolled her eyes and threw a pillow at him. He was still humorous as before. "In addition to that, I have been surfing. I'm actually quite good at it. If you ever want to surf, I can teach you how. But, you don't have to come to me for help or anything, it's just a suggestion"

"Shut up," Summer laughed. Seth still rambled, it was adorable.

"What have you been up too?"

"Pretty much the same thing you've been doing except the whole surfing thing," Summer informed him. Seth nodded his head as Summer continued into a story of College life up in Washington. Seth wasn't paying much attention to her speech as his eyes were fixated on her lips. He wanted to kiss her again. "So.. this is stupid question but.. um"

"Do you have a boyfriend?," Seth cut in.

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Hope you like the second chapter. *Crosses fingers* Hopefully it has no grammar mistakese (I checked, lol). Review/Feedback would be nice :)