A/N- Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. I'm kind of conflicted on where to go with this story. I already have it planned out but I'm having second thoughts so yah. Hope you like this chapter. Don't forget to review. And if you haven't read my other story, Summer Paradise in December you should. It's good. lol. I'm so conceited. hehe! On to chapter 8. Enjoy!
-Nicole
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As Time Goes By
Ch. 8 – The Wedding
Summer rushed around her room frantically looking for her brand new pair or Marc Jacobs stilettos. She had overslept as usual and now she was rushing to try and get ready so as not to be late for Jimmy and Hailey's wedding.
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When Summer had returned to Malibu with Ryan, she and Seth had decided it'd be best if he moved in to Ryan's room, seeing as Marissa had moved out. There was now an extra bed in the room so since Seth and Summer were not together anymore, it didn't make any sense for them to be sharing the same bed. So Seth moved in with Ryan and Summer now had her own room.
The three remaining friends had decided to go to the wedding as just that. Friends. Though Summer had been kind of seeing someone lately, she didn't think it was appropriate for him to be a guest at her best friend's dad's wedding. So she just told him that she couldn't hang out that night. And he believed her because he was just like all those other complete mindless boneheads she had dated in high school. Ryan was displeased. When Summer had said she wanted to experience other people, Ryan thought she meant good hearted people like Seth. Not retards like Chip from high school. Seth on the other hand, acted like he was totally cool with it. Though everyone, even Summer knew he wasn't. Seth didn't want to be the jealous ex-boyfriend who controlled their ex-girlfriend's life. So he went along with it, though on the inside it was tearing him up to see her with him. Especially since he still hadn't gotten a full explanation as to why they had broken up in the first place.
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"Summer lets go!" Seth called from his new bedroom.
"I'm trying, but there's no way we can leave if I don't have my new Marc Jacobs on", Summer explained.
"Put on a different pair", Seth suggested.
Summer scoffed. "Are you kidding me? I can't just make major changes to my wardrobe the day of a huge event. If you're so set on leaving so quickly, you get your butt in here and help me look!"
"Summer their your shoes not mine, so if you don't either find them in the next two minutes or decide on another pair, we're going to leave without you", Seth said to her.
Summer pouted. "Seeeth", she whined.
"Nope, that pity me face does not work on me anymore. We broke up, I'm not your boyfriend, therefore I am immune to the puppy dog face", Seth said.
Summer huffed and went back to frantically searching her room for her shoes. Finally she found them, surprise, surprise, in a shoebox in her closet.
"Wow Summer", Seth said. "Who would have ever thought a pair of new shoes would be in their box in the closet where they belong?"
Summer rolled her eyes and quickly put her shoes on. She grabbed her Donna Karen clutch off of the night stand and she, Ryan and Seth quickly walked out the door and down to the parking lot.
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Seth, Ryan and Summer got to the hotel just in time. It was lucky that Mr. Nichol had been a little late. Probably finishing some business deal. If he had not been late, the three friends would have been more than embarrassed, walking into the wedding after it had already started.
Kirsten saw them walk in and waved them down the aisle. Seth acknowledged his mother and Summer and Ryan followed him down the aisle.
"We thought you guys weren't going to make it", Kirsten said relieved they had indeed made it on time.
"Yah, well Summer over here couldn't find her shoes, which ended up being right where they were supposed to be, in the closet", Seth explained.
Kirsten stifled a laugh. "Well you're here now. That's all that matters."
Seth and Ryan sat down in the front row because they were family of the bride and Summer took her seat behind them.
Music began to play and the doors to the wedding hall swung open. Hailey's friends appeared and walked down the aisle as her bridesmaids, holding bouquets of white and pink roses. The four bridesmaids took their place at the front of the hall. The wedding march began and Hailey and her father appeared. Everyone stood up and the two of them began to walk down the center aisle. Hailey looked beautiful. She was wearing a timeless Vera Wang, beaded dress with a long train. They reached the priest at the front and Caleb gave Hailey away to Jimmy after giving her a kiss on the cheek.
Hailey and Jimmy took each others hands and the minister began the ceremony.
"Dearly beloved…"
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The ceremony had been beautiful and the reception was now in full swing. Everyone was dancing, except for Ryan. He had spotted Marissa earlier during ceremony and now he saw her again sitting alone at her table watching her dad and new step mom dance together.
They looked so happy so she was happy for them. She looked away from the dance floor and towards Ryan's table. She caught him staring at her and he immediately looked away. Marissa decided it was now or never. She got up from her table and made her way over the table Ryan was occupying.
"Hey", she said timidly.
"Hi", he returned politely.
"So…" she said not knowing what else to talk about.
"Nice party", Ryan said awkwardly.
"Yah", Marissa agreed. Marissa had had enough beating around the bush. "Look Ryan, I'm really sorry. I never wanted things to turn out this way. Can you forgive me? I just wish things could go back to the way they were."
"You want things to go back to the way they were? That can't happen Marissa. I forgave you twice already for doing stupid things to screw our relationship up. I'm all out of forgiveness for you. Because if I forgive you, you'll think I'm okay with what you did and I not. And you'll just go out and do it again and I'm not going to deal with that anymore. You need to be on your own for a while. Or at least without me", Ryan said.
Marissa looked close to tears. "But Ryan. I said I was sorry."
"For god sakes Marissa! Sorry doesn't fix everything", Ryan said beginning to raise his voice. "I came here tonight to have a good time, to see your dad and Hailey get married. Not to hear your apologies or how sorry you are. Thanks for ruining my night", Ryan said as he downed the rest of his champagne and got up and walked away.
"Hey man", Ryan said to Seth as he danced. "I need you to take me home. I've had too much champagne. Can you drive me?"
"Yah, let me just say bye to my parents", Seth agreed.
Seth came back a few moments later and he and Ryan exited the hotel.
Seth and Ryan were sitting silently in the Range Rover when Seth broke the silence. "So what happened back there man?"
"Just Marissa being Marissa. Said all sorts of shit and I couldn't take it. She thinks that she can do anything and that her actions won't have consequences", Ryan explained.
"Oh", Seth answered simply as he pulled the car to a stop at the red light. They sat in silence for a few more moments and then the light turned green. Seth stepped on the accelerator and began to move through the intersection when another car ran a red light and sped through the intersection heading straight for the Range Rover.
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A/N- Hehe. Cliffhanger. Evil me. I hope you liked that chapter. Please, please review I want to try and make it to 100 reviews before chapter 10. I'll probably have the next chapter up later today or tomorrow. I'm on spring break right now so I'll be updating much quicker this week. Thanks to all of you that have reviewed!
-Nicole