A/N- Okay, this is the sequel to Summer Paradise in December. I wanted to get it up quickly so here it is. I hope you like it!
Background Info
·Ryan and Marissa are together
·Seth and Summer are together
·The gang is in college at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California (Too many east coast stories. I felt they should stay in the Cali sunshine!)
·They are juniors in college
That's about it. I hope you love my sequel as much as you loved the first part!
-Nicole
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As Time Goes By
Ch. 1 – Impossible
Summer huffed as she and Seth walked in the door to the suite they shared with Ryan and Marissa on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She set her book bag down on the table and went to the refrigerator to get a can of soda. Days like these were the days she wished she hadn't chosen to go to college. Her English professor had just assigned a 10,000 word paper on European literature during the 16th century, due in a week. Plus her midterm was coming up. The only plus side to this sudden disappointment was the fact that she and Seth would be taking advantage of the all night cram and study sessions, which would eventually turn into all night make-out sessions.
She and Seth both had Mr. Anderson for their World English class. Seth and Summer shared an almost identical schedule due to the fact they had signed up for almost all of the same classes at the start of the semester. Summer took a sip from her can of Diet Pepsi and went to sit down on the couch. She sat down and turned on the TV. She flipped to channel 55, TLC. Trading Spaces was on. She watched intently, finding it fascinating that they could makeover a whole room in 48 hours. This continued for a few minutes until Seth came back from the bathroom and snatched the controller from her hands. He sat down and turned the TV to channel 42, VH1. Summer snuggled closer to Seth, who found it highly odd that she hadn't tried to snatch the controller back or even complained about his choice in channels. Finally it dawned on him. He turned to Summer.
"What do you want?" he said simply.
Summer looked at him innocently as if she had no clue as to what he was talking about.
Once again he asked her. "What do you want?"
Summer stared at him a while longer the finally gave up. "Can we go shopping?" she blurted out. "There is this totally cute new Gucci dress at Bloomingdales that I just have to have for the winter formal!"
Seth looked at Summer skeptically. He hated shopping. Even more so with Summer. Because odds were that they would leave that store with much more than just one dress. Summer had a disease. It was called 'Multiple Outfits Syndrome'. It was not physically possible for Summer to walk into a store and only leave with only one thing. It just wasn't ever going to happen. And Seth had learned to accept that. He really did not want to go shopping with Summer, but he knew that if he didn't, she would get mad at him and probably end up having a rage blackout. He so could not handle a rage black out right now. He had already had a tough day of classes and he did not need to ruin the rest of his day. So he agreed.
"Fine Summer", Seth said. "But only the dress. I swear. I'm not going to be your personal bag holder, about to collapse because I have been over loaded with shopping bags."
Summer smiled sweetly then gave him a quick peck on the cheek. She hopped off of the couch and went to get her purse. She re-entered the main living room of the suite and the two walked out of the building and prepared to enter the wonderful world of shopping.
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Ryan and Marissa met up at the fountain in the Adamson Plaza and headed over to the dining hall for lunch. Despite minor setbacks in their relationship during their junior year in high school and their sophomore year in college, Ryan and Marissa had decided they could work through the tough stuff and still maintain a decent relationship. Marissa stood in the food line and ordered a chicken salad and a Snapple, while Ryan decided on the chicken and fries. They paid for their food and decided on a table near the back of the cafeteria. They ate quietly for a few minutes enjoying each others company when Marissa broke the silence.
"So, the Winter Formal is coming up", she said beating around the bush.
Ryan nodded his head.
"I know you're not really into like dances and stuff, but I was wondering if you wanted to go. With me." Marissa asked timidly.
Ryan contemplated a response then spoke. "If you wanna go, I guess we can go", he said unenthusiastically.
Marissa lit up. "Yay! Oh my god! We so have to go shopping for a dress. It's in like a week and a half. I need shoes, and a purse, and I'll need to get my hair, nails and make-up done", Marissa went on for sometime. You could take the girl out of Newport but you couldn't take Newport out of the girl. Marissa would always be a big spender just like her best friend Summer was.
Ever since Sandy and Jimmy's restoration of The Lighthouse had gone well and gotten many customers, Jimmy had no longer been broke. In fact, he was the complete opposite and was quickly making almost as much many he had been making as a financial planner. Marissa of course, had not passed up this opportunity to milk her father for more money. Since Caitlin had practically abandoned her father to live with her mother after the whole theft scandal of '03, Marissa and her father had more than enough money to support themselves and were living quite nicely.
Marissa quickly finished her lunch and dragged Ryan away from his food, which was only half eaten. She walked quickly back to the suite she and Ryan shared with Seth and Summer. Marissa entered their room, only long enough to grab her AmEx off of her dresser and was back out the door in no time.
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Seth should have known better. He should have known that he couldn't trust Summer to buy only one thing. She had located the aformentioned dress instantly as if she had a special radar programmed to find anything and everything she needed. She had picked up the black, strappy Gucci dress and was now furiously trying on shoes, trying to find the perfect pair to go with her dress for Winter Formal. After trying on about 50 pairs she finally decided on the first pair she had tried on, a pair of black, stiletto Manolos, which buckled around her ankle. She placed the shoes in the box they had originated from and proceeded to move to the jewelry section.
Of course on the way there they passed the denim section and Summer oooohed and ahhhhed over pair upon pair of jeans, skirts and shorts. Seth was in agony for thirty minutes while Summer tried on 3 skirts, 2 pairs of jeans and 2 pairs of shorts. Finally she decided on one skirt, both pairs of jeans and both pairs of shorts. Finally they moved into the jewelry section and Summer quickly decided on a 2 carat diamond necklace with matching earrings and bracelet. She paid for all of her stuff and she and Seth exited Bloomingdales 5 shopping bags richer, and 1700 dollars poorer. They had a hard time fitting all of the bags and themselves into Summer's cramped Mustang Convertible, but eventually accomplished the task and proceeded to make their way back to the college campus.
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A/N- I hope you liked the first chapter of my sequel. (Sara, I no I said it was gonna be longer but I changed my mind. Plus I had to go to bed. lol.) I already have the whole story planned out and I feel like you guys will like it a lot. You know the drill. Leave a review and I will update much more quickly. Thanks!
-Nicole