A/N- On with chapter 3! I know the first few chapters are boring, but I swear I just have to set up the rest of the story! I promise you there will be drama in the next chapter! Don't forget to review! Thanks!
-Nicole
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As Time Goes By
Chapter 3 – Winter Formal
The week had gone by quickly and it was now the day of the Winter Formal. It was 2:00 in the afternoon and Summer and Marissa had just left to go to their hair, nail, and make-up appointment which were estimated to take around 4 hours. The two had chosen the most luxurious and expensive beauty salon in Malibu, the Sephora Health and Beauty Spa. They had both chosen to have their nails done first. Summer was getting a simple French manicure with diamonds glued on to compliment her jewelry. Marissa had decided on a French manicure as well with pink accents to go with her dress. The beauty technicians finished their nails quickly with precision.
They then moved on to getting their hair done. Summer decided she wanted something simple. The hairstylist proceeded to criss cross the hair onto of her head and gathered the rest into a ponytail. Then the hairdresser sprayed hairspray into the ends and scattered hair jewels throughout Summer hair to dress it up a bit.
Meanwhile, Marissa had just decided to go for the simplest of all things. She instructed the hair stylist to straighten her hair until it was as straight as a board. Then he straightened her bangs as well and she was done. The two friends moved into the make-up chairs and Summer's stylist went for a mysterious, sultry look with using grays and silvers. Marissa was the opposite and had a fun, flirty, fresh thing going on, using pinks and pale reds. 4 hours later and the two looked absolutely magnificent. They thanked the stylists for all of their time, paid the cashier and headed back home to get changed into their dresses.
When Summer and Marissa arrived home, the boys were just getting out of the shower. Summer waited while Seth got dressed so he would be able to help her with her dress. He finished quickly and went over to his dresser and spritzed on some cologne. He helped Summer zip up her very expensive black Donna Karen dress. Summer then put on her black stiletto Manolos and had Seth fasten her necklace and bracelet. Seth finished and he stood back and gazed at Summer stunned.
"Wow, you look so beautiful", he said sincerely.
"Thanks", Summer said blushing a little.
She grabbed her black Prada clutch loaded with her lipstick, cell phone and wallet and proceeded out the door of her room into the living room. When she and Seth arrived Ryan and Marissa were waiting along with Anna and Luke. They had decided on The Sunset Restaurant located near the venue in which Winter Formal was being held. The six friends quickly checked to make sure they had their tickets, money and their dates and scurried out of the room and headed to the car.
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They arrived at the restaurant at 7:30. When they stepped into the restaurant it was packed. Luckily Seth had called ahead to make reservations knowing it would be hell trying to find a table. They were seated quickly and glanced at the menus trying to decide on what to order. A friendly waiter came up to their table and took their drink orders. The server came back soon after that and took their food orders. Their food was delivered promptly and they ate quickly. Summer insisted on desert so Seth caved and bought her a hot fudge sundae. She hastily ate the sundae and in no time the group was in their car on the way to the dance.
They pulled up to the venue and had a valet park their car. Summer stepped out of the car first followed by Seth. She linked her arm into his and they walked off towards the entrance of the dance. Ryan, Marissa, Luke and Anna son followed. They were delayed for a couple of minutes at the door while everyone in front off them sluggishly presented their tickets. Eventually they made their way to the front of the line and presented the person standing at the door with their tickets. They entered the huge room, already filled with students dancing and mingling about. The six friends found a table and the girls set their purses down.
Seth led Summer to the middle of the dance floor and the two began dancing. Despite Summer's previous thoughts, Seth was actually a pretty good dancer. The same could not be said about Ryan however. He didn't totally suck but he wasn't very good either. And Summer and the rest of their friends had known this ever since they first saw Ryan dance at Junior Prom. Ryan had been reluctant to dance at first, Summer could see why. But as the night went by he loosened up a bit and by the end of the night was wanting to stay longer. Ryan couldn't dance. But he didn't care. Or maybe he just didn't know he couldn't dance. Summer pushed that thought to the back of her head and decided that it was the first one. Her thoughts drifted back to reality just as a slow song started to play. Seth put his arms around Summer's waist and she pt her arms around his neck. They swayed back and forth to the music for about 4 minutes until the song ended and they decided that they were thirsty so they made their way over to the snack bar.
"Two Mountain Dews please", Seth said as he handed the lady who was working the cash register 2 dollars.
The two made their way back to their table and sat down to enjoy their refreshments. Summer glanced over to Ryan and Marissa.
Summer thought to herself. "God, Coop and Ryan look so happy. They like never fight or have any problems. Except for that whole Oliver fiasco back in high school and another dumb jealousy thing last year." Summer felt dismal even though she was supposed to be happy on this most magical of nights. Lately, it seemed as though her relationship with Seth was going nowhere. She knew that Seth loved her. And she loved him, but it seemed like she was pulling away from him. For the life of her she didn't know the reason. Seth had never been anything but nice, caring, loving and so many other things to her. Summer was starting to get depressed so she pushed all of her negative thoughts to the back of her head and snapped back into reality. She looked up and Seth was looking at her expectantly. She took this as her cue to get up and she followed Seth to a secluded part of the building.
"Are you okay", Seth asked her genuinely concerned.
"Yah, I'm fine", she lied.
"Are you sure", he asked her again.
"Yah", Summer said plastering a fake smile on her face.
Seth gave her a reassuring kiss on the lips and said, "Whatever it is I'm sure it will turn out fine."
Having said this they walked back to the crowd of gyrating bodies on the dance floor.
When Summer arrived back, she saw Marissa chatting it up with her French professor. Marissa didn't acknowledge her so Summer passed without acknowledging her. She wondered where Ryan was and her question was answered when she found him sitting alone at the table.
"Have you seen Marissa", Ryan asked clearly let down that she had ditched him.
"Yah, we just passed her talking to her French professor", Summer informed him.
"Oh", Ryan said. He looked let down.
It was getting late and the dance was about to end. The DJ announced that this would be the final song so Seth and Summer, walked out to the dance floor. The song started and immediately caught Summer's ear. She knew this song. She recognized it from somewhere but she couldn't remember where from. It didn't come to her until Seth told her.
"Remember, we danced to this song in my room."
Summer nodded her head and smiled.
She pulled Seth closer to her and rested her head on his chest and enjoyed what was left of this truly magical night.
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A/N- hope you liked this chapter! This was hard for me to write. I don't have school tomorrow so I should have another chapter up by then! Next chapter is a major turning point, filed with lots of drama. Leave a review! Thanks!
-Nicole