Summer Paradise in December
Ch. 6 – Arriving
Seth walked into the lobby of the magnificent Le Meridien Hotel. He wondered how his dad had scored such a nice place, but then he remembered that they were rich and rich people got anything they wanted. Not that he approved of rich people getting everything they wanted, but he appreciated it. He stepped up to the front desk and tapped his fingers restlessly on the counter while the concierge finished up a phone call. The concierge hung up the phone and turned to face Seth.
"Hello, and welcome to the Le Meridian hotel in Papeete, Tahiti. How may I help you?" The concierge said this as if she were reciting the lines to a play that she had performed one too many times.
"Umm… yah, reservations for Cohen", Seth said.
The concierge, whose name was Julie checked her data base, "Here we are, Cohen. Bungalows 1657 and 1658", she said as she activated their room keys and handed them to Seth. "Please have a wonderful stay, in the Le Meridien Hotel", she said once again in a monotonous tone. Seth and the others walked down the first floor hallway to the exit of the lobby. The four of them walked about 50 feet to the bungalows and then split up when the got to their assigned rooms. Ryan and Seth took 1657 and Summer and Marissa took the other room.
"Holy shit", Seth exclaimed as he walked in to their beach front bungalow. "Somebody pinch me I must have gone to dork heaven!"
Seth and Ryan ventured through the suite oooing and ahhhing ever few steps. Meanwhile in the next bungalow, Summer and Marissa admired the marvelous décor of the bathroom. After touring the suite Marissa sat down on the king size bed.
"So Summer, I know the room arrangements were supposed to be you and me and Seth and Ryan but—
Summer cut her off mid-sentence. "Coop, if you wanna share a room with Chino and not me, fine. I'll share with Cohen", she said a little too enthusiastically. Summer secretly knew that this was what she had wanted all along. Coop and Chino in one room and her and Cohen in the other. Since Ryan and Marissa were practically joined at the hip she knew that this would be a goal easy to attain. Summer grabbed her bags and staggered to the front door and out of the suite. She walked about ten feet towards the other room and rang the doorbell. Ryan answered it bags in his hands as well. They brushed by each other and entered the others' former room. Summer huffed as she dropped her bags at the foot of the bed.
"So Cohen, what do you want to do today?" Summer asked Seth. "Cuz I was thinking like snorkeling or ---
But she didn't have time to finish because Seth grabbed hold of her waist and was pulling her in for a kiss. Their lips met and Summer kissed Seth back. Summer entangled her hand in one of Seth chocolate brown locks of hair while Seth slid his hand down the small of her back. They pulled apart.
"We could do this", Seth suggested.
Summer smiled and sat down on the bed. "Cohen, I would love to do this all week, but do you really want to end up like Chino and Coop? Do you want to be one of those couples that spend every waking moment together and can't do anything without each other?
"I have nothing against it", Seth said with a smile.
"Whatev, I'm going snorkeling so you can either come with me or make out with your pillow, because I will not be here", Summer said with attitude.
"Okay, okay I'll go. Seth finally gave in. "I'll go ask Ryan and Marissa if they wanna come too"
Seth walked out of bungalow 1657 and crossed the bridge over the pond to bungalow 1658. He walked up to the front door and chuckled as he read the door hanger. "Shhh, do not disturb".
"I guess they wont be doing much snorkeling today", Seth said to himself.
He crossed back over the bridge and re-entered his suite. "Well Ryan and Marissa are…uhhh…busy", Seth said reluctantly.
"Ew", Summer retorted as she went to her suitcase to pick a bikini. Seth went over to the phone to call the concierge.
"I'm guessing that you have to make reservations", Seth assumed. "So I'll call and make one then we can go to lunch then go snorkeling".
"Sounds good", Summer said without looking up, while still digging through her suitcases looking for her cocoa rose striped bikini.
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A/N- Sorry that chapter wasn't as long as the other ones. I'll try and get out like the next two or three chapters out pretty quickly. Reviews are greatly appreciated! Thanx!