A/N-Hope you liked the first chapter! Someone asked me when Seth was gonna get hurt. Later on in the story probably. Also someone said that it seemed like Ryan and Marissa weren't as much in love. Sorry they are still very much in love. Just my poor writing not portraying the correctly. So, on with chapter 2. Hope you like it. By the way, this story is dedicated to Sara, cuz your cool, you like The OC, and you love my stories. lol.
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As Time Goes By
Chapter 2 – The Invite
Seth and Summer arrived back to their dorm around 3:00. Both were equally exhausted from the day's earlier shopping extravaganza. Seth decided he needed to take a walk, so he decided to go get the mail. He walked out of their building and down the path a little ways to the mailboxes. He put the key in the lock, turned and retrieved his mail from the cubby. Seth closed the door, pulled out the key and returned to the dorm. He opened the door and sat down at the table. He flipped through the mail, envelope by envelope. Junk, junk, cell phone bill, junk, phone bill. He stumbled onto a piece of mail contained in a fancy envelope with calligraphy on the front. It was addressed to Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer. Seth hastily opened the envelope and quickly scanned the page.
You are cordially invited to the wedding of
James Michael Cooper and Hailey Danielle Nichol.
James and Hailey request your presence, as they wed on
Saturday March 20, 2008 at
34857 South Palm Gardens,
The Marriot Hotel in Newport Beach, California
Please RSVP by February 15, 2008
Mr. Cooper and Ms. Nichol would be honored if you were able to attend
Seth slid the invitation back into its envelope and set it down on the table. "Wow" he thought to himself. He and his friends had found out that Jimmy and Hailey were dating, back in their junior year of high school. No one had expected them to last 5 months let alone 5 years. Still, Seth was happy for his aunt. She finally had settled down, and ceased her globetrotting. And found someone she really loved. Even if it was Marissa's dad. Seth was happy for Hailey. And Jimmy. Just then Summer walked into the room after having changed into a blue Juicy sweat suit. She came over to Seth and sat down.
"What's up?" she asked perkily.
Seth handed her the invitation. She read it and her face lit up. "You know what this means don't you.
"When Jimmy and Hailey get married Marissa would, in theory become my cousin?" Seth guessed.
Summer made a disgusted face and shook her head. "Ew! No. It means we get to go shopping!" she exclaimed.
Seth groaned knowing, that no good could come out of this recent revelation.
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Ryan and Marissa arrived back to the dorm after their shopping trip and immediately collapsed on the coach as Seth and Summer had done. Marissa reluctantly rose from the couch and lethargically trudged to her room to put her new clothes away. As Marissa got up, so did Ryan. He sauntered over to the table and noticed the fancy envelope sitting on the table. He picked it up, saw his name on the front and opened the envelope. He read the invitation and slipped it back into its original spot.
"Hey Marissa", he called into the bedroom.
"What honey", she answered.
"Come here", Ryan told her and she emerged from the bedroom moments later.
She walked over to him and he handed her the invitation. She opened it and squealed in surprise after reading it. Marissa pulled Ryan into an embrace which he returned. He was happy for Marissa. It was about time her dad got remarried anyway. She released him then turned back to the envelope to put the invitation away.
"Oh my god", Marissa exclaimed. "I so have to call Summer! We have to go shopping this weekend!"
Ryan rolled his eyes. Marissa and Summer went shopping way too much. He and Marissa had just returned from a shopping trip and now she was already thinking up another one. At least it gave him and Seth some time to hang out. They hadn't done that in a while. He decided that he would call Luke to see if he wanted to hang out while the girls went out shopping. Odds were Luke and Anna had gotten in invitation as well. Which meant Anna would want to go shopping with Summer and Marissa too. Which also meant Luke would probably jump at the chance to get to hang out with his friends. Just the guys, no girlfriends or anything. Ryan picked up the phone and dialed the number to Luke's dorm.
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Summer flipped aimlessly through page after page of history books on European Literature. She and Seth had gone to the library to get an early start on their project, that way; according to Summer there would be more time to shop throughout the week. Seth was sitting at one of the computer cubicles searching the web for any information concerning 1600th century literature. After thirty minutes without any success he decided to rejoin Summer at the table.
"Any luck?" Summer asked hopefully.
"Not unless you count 'Literature with 1600 pages' luck", Seth answered dismally.
Summer frowned. Well whatever. This is getting really boring, so why don't we go hang out in the student union then have dinner with Ryan, Marissa, Anna and Luke. Seth eagerly obliged and he and Summer gathered their things which were strewn about the table. They exited the Library and walked hand in hand to the Student U.
Seth had challenged Summer to a game of pool knowing full well that she would beat his ass. Still he liked to pretend he at least had a chance. Plus, when Summer won, she always wanted a "reward". And Seth never had anything against this so called "reward". They played for about thirty minutes and as usual Summer beat Seth, badly. Seth and Summer hung their pool sticks back up on the rack and proceeded to walk back to their dorm. On the walk home he called up Luke to ask if he and Anna wanted to have dinner with the four of them that night. Luke agreed and Seth told him to meet them at P.F. Chang's which was within walking distance of the Pepperdine campus.
Summer opened the door to their dorm and saw Marissa sitting on the couch watching The Valley.
"Oh my gosh Coop, we so have to go shopping this weekend", Summer exclaimed rudely interrupting Marissa's show. "We should ask Anna to come too cuz I'm sure she got an invitation too."
Marissa half ignored Summer fully engrossed in the drama filled lives of the kids being portrayed on the TV. "Yah sure Sum, that sounds good."
Summer smiled triumphantly and walked off to her bedroom to get ready for dinner. After she had entered her bedroom she poked her head out of the door and spoke to Marissa. "Coop, you might want to get ready. We're going out to dinner."
At hearing this Marissa sprung off of the couch and chastised Summer on the way to her room for not telling her sooner. Marissa retreated to her room as well and closed the door. She took a quick shower then she went to her closet and picked out a powder pink flowy skirt and a white off the shoulder tank. She put on a white pair of heels and went to her vanity to apply make-up.
Meanwhile, Summer had just finished taking her shower and happily skipped over to her closet and picked out a hot pink, knee length Prada dress. She went to her shoe rack and decided on a matching pair of Marc Jacobs hot pink and black heels. By the time Summer finished dressing, doing her hair and applying make-up, Seth was already long done and was waiting with Ryan in the living room for her and Marissa. The doorbell rang and Seth got up to answer it. He opened the door and Luke and Anna were on the other side. He ushered them inside and they waited another ten minutes until both Summer and Marissa were finished dressing and getting ready. They walked towards the door and Summer grabbed her black Gucci snakeskin purse from the foyer and the six walked out the door, to enjoy an evening walk and a great dinner.
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A/N- Hope you liked that chapter! Here's the 411. Anna and Luke are going out and they go to the same school obviously, as Seth, Summer, Marissa and Ryan. This chapter kinda just a filler, I know it was kinda boring. I should have the next chapter up by Tuesday or Wednesday. You know the drill. Please review! Ten reviews and I will update quickly. Thanks!
-Nicole