Summer Paradise in December

Ch. 2- Confessions and a Movie

Seth arrived at Summer's house about 6 minutes after he hung up the phone. Now this was not because Summer live so close to Seth that it only took him 6 minutes to get there. On a normal day, when someone was obeying the speed limit it would have taken a good 10 minutes to get to Summer's house, but because Seth was so damn bored at his own house he had raced over to Summer's house just to save himself from going insane due lack of activity.

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As soon as Seth had put his car in park he hopped out of his Range Rover and skipped up to Summer's oak front door. He was just about to knock, when the door flung open and Summer pulled Seth inside. "God Cohen! What took you so long?", Summer questioned him.

"Sorry, I wasn't aware that I was expected to appear at your door as soon as you hung up the phone.", Seth replied with wit. "I mean I thought that six minutes was"---

"Whatever Cohen, just shut up already!" Summer hated it when Seth would ramble on and on but that was just one of the things that made Seth, Seth. Summer lead Seth into the Robert's living room and just sort of stood there. "So Summer, you wanted me to come over for what reason?", Seth questioned.

"Umm… well I thought we could just hang out or something", Summer replied. " Do you wanna watch a movie?"

"Sure", Seth responded. "What did you have in mind?"

"Umm.. Top Gun, Legally Blonde 2 or Pirates of the Caribbean?", Summer said as she held up the movie box as she said each of the names.

"How about Top Gun", Seth decided.

"Okay", Summer said as she opened up the DVD slot and slipped in the disc. Summer pressed play on the remote for the DVD player and went to sit down on the couch where Seth had already made himself comfortable. Summer sat down about a foot away from Seth, but as the movie previews got going she slowly slid in closer to him until he had his arm around her shoulders and they were both snuggled under a warm blanket. The movie started and they were both watching it as if they had real interest as to what was going on. This went on for about thirty minutes until Summer couldn't take it any longer. She wanted to talk to Seth plus she had already seen Top Gun about 8 times and it was getting boring. "Seth", Summer said. Seth was amazed at hearing her say this because Summer rarely called him Seth. It was always Cohen. "Seth", she said again. How is it that you could have possibly liked me for so long, when I never even said one word to you?" This struck Seth as an odd question but nevertheless he decided to answer it.

"Summer, I know that everyone else sees you as some popular, stuck-up, snobby bitch, but the first time I saw you feed your lunch to that little squirrel in 6th grade, my whole opinion of you changed. I saw beneath your outer layer and I knew that there was a real person in there. A girl who cared about other and not just herself. Someone that didn't always act like the spoiled little rich girl everyone had perceived her to be. Someone that had feelings, but just didn't know how to express them to anyone."

The only words that could come to Summer's mind were wow. She immediately thought of Seth in a different way. She didn't know that Seth had thought of her like this for so long. Now she knew why he had never given up on her. She knew why he was always so persistent to try and make her notice him. And she had never even given him the time of day. Literally. All of a sudden Summer felt extremely guilty. She was going to cry but then decided that that might scare Seth away. "Seth", Summer said as she looked into Seth's deep brown eyes. "I'm sorry for never realizing what a great guy you were. I'm sorry that it took another girl starting to like you, for me to realize my true feelings. Like you said, I sorry for being such a bitch. But I promise, that I will try to change, now that I realize how mean I have been these past couple of years." Suddenly it felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off of her shoulders. She was glad that she could finally talk about her feelings with someone she knew she could trust. "Summer", Seth said. I don't want you to change yourself. I just want to try and change the way you treat people." Summer looked into Seth's eyes and gave him a look that said "I'll try". And at that very moment, Seth moved closer to Summer and Summer did the same. Seth moved his hand around Summer's slender waist to the small of her back as Summer entwined her finger into one of his soft, curly, brown locks of hair. They shared a passionate kiss. A kiss that seemed to go on forever and ever. A kiss that they had both wanted, for a very long time.

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By the time Seth got back to his own house, Marissa had gone home. Ryan had already went back to the pool house and his parents had gotten back from their dinner date. Seth didn't know for sure, but he assumed it was probably past midnight. Sure enough as he walked through the kitchen he saw the clock on the that stove that read 12:41. He was a little nervous to go upstairs because he was not sure if his parents would be mad at him for breaking curfew or not. But luckily they were already asleep so he just strolled down the hall to his own bedroom. When he got into his bed he immediately felt as though he would die from exhaustion. He surprised even himself at how tired he really was. Though he was tired he could not fall asleep. Probably because he was still on an emotional high and could not stop thinking about the amazing night that he and Summer had had. Eventually though, he drifted off to sleep thinking about the things that were to come in his future with Summer.

A/N – Second chapter done. That chapter was much easier for me to write than the first chapter and I will try to update as quickly as possible since it is winter break. Please review and tell me what you think of the second chapter. Feel free to give me advice on what you think should be in the coming chapters. Thanks!