Chapter 18



A/N:

Okay, wow, just wow. I got incredible feedback from the last chapter. Wow, 32 reviews from Chapter 17!!! I love giving ultimatums. *snickers* And not so surprisingly, the majority of you wanted Ryan to be with Marissa. But hey, you Cindy-fans, I'm extending this poll over the next chapter, so this is your last chance to make Ryan be with Cindy.



Okay… so far…

Cindy: 4 votes. – major LOL.

Marissa: 52- that's an overwhelming majority of 92.8 percent.

Yea, but I would keep voting, because you never know…just keep reading this author's note.

Wow, I'm glad to know that I have such persistent readers. No offense to courthouse-22, but um…*coughs* he/she sort of …spazzed? Check out the reviews for yourself. I'm really glad that you enjoy my story though, courthouse-22. It gives a big boost to my reviews number! LOL. Unfortunately, this means that the ranks of supreme reviewers is changing.

Okay:

6 times—Crazy4theOC

7 times—Benzbabidoll

8 times—N/A

9 times—N/A

10 times—N/A

Sorry about this Candy. 07, but you have dropped to second place with 11 votes. 11 times—Candy.07.

And the person who has reviewed the most is…spazzy courthouse-22 who really needs to go on Ritalin! Just Playing, you are the most loyal reviewer of all. You've reviewed all 17 times. Good job!!!

I actually started this story to be more S/S, but I guess I got carried away with all the Ryan/Marissa/Cindy triangle. Makes you think of Midsummer's Night's Dream, eh? Okay bad joke, Shakespeare sucks. At least, As You Like It, because I bombed the test. Ug… seriously bombed. Like is it possible to get a Z? Because I have one right now.

Onto the story…

"So, Anna, what brings you hear to Newport." Sandy asked, wiping his mouth with a napkin.

Anna was eating dinner with Sandy and Kirsten, hoping, while she was there, she could think of a way to see Seth.

"I wanted to see Seth. I thought he would still be in Newport. I sort of lost touch with him while I was in Pittsburg." Anna replied.

When Anna was at the hotel, the damn lady at the desk wouldn't give her Seth's room number or phone. Well, so what if there were people ready to kidnap him for his money. She was there for good intentions, okay maybe bad intentions, but she wasn't going to kill him. After having a heated conversation with "Lucy" at the desk, she finally realized that she wasn't getting anywhere. And this was after 40 minutes.

Kirsten smiled. "Do you want his number and address and all that fun stuff???"

Anna did a mental touchdown dance. This was just what she was waiting for.

After dinner, Kirsten wrote down all the necessary information. Anna tucked it safely in her pocket. She idly chattered with Sandy and Kirsten, about Anna's life, politics, current world events, the weather? Anna didn't know how they stumbled upon that one. After some sufficient time, Anna thought it would be best to leave, and she gave her goodbyes and headed out the door.

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"Grandma, who was that?" Emma asked innocently as she came downstairs from her bedroom.

"Yea, who was that?" Madison echoed her sister's question.

"Oh, nobody." Kirsten replied to the two girls who just woke up from their nap.



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Anna drove on the high way in her black BMW. The car had been a birthday present from her daddy. What could she say? Still at 27, she had daddy wrapped around her finger. He would do anything for her. Like, take her on a spontaneous trip to Milan on the day of a test she didn't study for, or divorce her step-mother who she hated because Susan wouldn't let her stay up after 12. Who did the woman think she was? Anna was 17, one year from being independent.

Anna had been driving for some time, she had passed the large green sign, indicating she was about to arrive in LA soon. She reached down into her coat pocket and pulled out the piece of paper Kirsten had given her. The stationary was lined with pink roses. Anna chuckled. It was so Kirsten. She pulled out her silver cell phone and flipped it open.

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Ryan sat uncomfortably between Cindy and Marissa. He twiddled his thumbs, glancing nervously at the two girls he was in between. Marissa was throwing harsh glances towards Cindy, and Cindy had no idea why the air was no tense between the three of them. And Cindy couldn't even the attention of Ryan. Every time Cindy caught Ryan's crystal-blue eyes, he just looked away. Now, Cindy was starting to get PO'ed.

Cindy tried to be nice while talking to Ryan. "So, Ryan, darling, what's wrong?" Cindy rubbed his back.

Ryan gave her a quick smile, but then he caught Marissa's red-face and stopped himself.

"Um, nothing." Ryan stuttered.

Cindy was getting angrier every minute. "Why are you acting like this?"

"Like, what?" Ryan meekly asked.

Marissa decided to jump in the conversation. "Yea, why are you acting like this?"

Ryan couldn't do anything or say anything that wouldn't jeopardize the relationship between the two women he was stuck between.

"If I curled up into a ball like a porcupine, would you leave me alone?" Ryan blurted out.

Cindy and Marissa shared a look of utter confusion. "Excuse me?"


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Summer and Seth had stolen away from the show for some alone time. They were sitting in a dimly lit closet and cardboard boxes littered the floor.

"Where exactly are we?" Seth asked, looking around at his surroundings.

"In some storage closet." Summer answered as she started unbuttoning Seth's shirt.

Summer suddenly stopped.

Seth looked at her with painful agony. "What?"

"Do you love me?" Summer asked.

Seth looked into Summer's eyes and cracked a smile that made her heart melt. "Of course."

"Good." Summer stated as she started to unbutton the last button on Seth's shirt.

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Anna pulled into the familiar Four Seasons she was a day ago. "Jeez, what a waste of time, I'm at the same place I was yesterday." Anna muttered.

She went to the check-in desk. Thank god that woman she had a sparring match with wasn't there.

"Hi, how may I help you?" The woman in a frightening ugly suit asked.

"Can I book a room here?" Anna asked.

"Sure, Visa?"

"Yea." Anna produced her father's card.

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Anna sat once again on her bed. She took out her cell phone and dialed Seth's cell phone number.

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Seth and Summer were in the closet, trying to straighten themselves up again.

"Seth, can you help me with the zipper?" Summer sweetly asked.

"Ahh, yes, I need to help you while I only have my boxers on." Seth answered her.

"Please?" Summer pleaded.

Seth dropped his pants and went over to help Summer with her dress. "I'm so whipped…" Seth muttered under his breath.

Summer smiled and grabbed for one of her shoes that had some how landed in a box that was on a high shelf in the upper right of the closet. She tried to retrieve it, but failed. "S-EE-THH!"

Seth whipped around, "What?" he answered irritably.

Summer pointed to her shoe.

Seth sighed and got it for her. "Here." he threw her shoe at her.

"Thanks." Summer caught it nicely.

Summer put her shoe on, and walked over to Seth who was having trouble with his tie. She knotted it for him and smoothed it out on his chest. Seth leaned in to kiss her. Summer responded and put her hand on his belt buckle.

Seth broke apart from her, "As much as I want to do it again, I only brought one condom, and sadly, it has been used."

"Wow, Cohen, way to kill the mood."

"Sorry."

"Are you sure?" Summer playfully teased. "I'm sure Madison, Emma, or Ethan wouldn't mind having another brother or sister."

Seth looked at her skeptically.

"Okay, fine maybe Madison, but not Emma." Summer giggled.

She kissed him again.

Suddenly, Seth's cellphone started to vibrate from an incoming call.

"Wow, Cohen, getting excited?" Summer said as she felt the vibration.

Seth glared at her. "My phone's ringing you perv."

Summer humphed.

Seth flipped his cellphone open. "Hello?"

"Hey Seth, it's Anna."

"Oh my god! Anna, how have you been?"

Summer raised her eyebrows at the sound of Anna's name. Tinkerbell bitch? Summer mouthed.

Seth waved her off.

"Good, hey do you want to meet me at the Four Season's? That's where I'm staying in LA." Anna asked.

"How did you know I was here?" Seth was bewildered.

"Your parents."

"Oh. I don't know if I can go meet you tonight."

Summer started making symbols in their special language. Basically, it said that Seth could go since he didn't really like after-parties.

"Okay, I'll meet you there."

Seth flipped his phone shut. "I'm going okay?"

Summer nodded. "I know you don't like fashion parties."

Seth gave her a kiss and he left.

"Ladies and gentlemen, he has left the building." Summer muttered before heading out herself.

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Seth walked into the stately common room at the hotel. Immediately he saw a blond girl waving him over. Seth smiled. Anna still looked the same, dressed in the spunky clothes she has always worn.

"Hey Seth!" Anna greeted him with a warm hug.

"I haven't seen you, in, ages." Seth replied.

"I know." Anna beamed. "I've missed you a lot." Anna said seductively.

"Umm..okay…" Seth stammered.

Anna, seeing how this wasn't going to win her any score points with Seth, quickly needed an escape route. "Just kidding, Cohen!"

Seth blushed. "Oh, right."

Anna changed the subject, "What do you want to do for dinner?"

Seth thought about it. "How about we do it like old times, we can go up to my room and order Chinese food?"

Anna agreed. "Sounds great."

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"Whew, that was a great dinner." Seth remarked. "I'm truly stuffed."

"Let's hang out here for a while." Anna said.

"I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." Seth told Anna as he got up.

Anna produced some sleeping powder and put in Seth's coke.

"So what do you want to do?" Seth asked as he took a sip of his coke.

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Marissa was ready to burst into tears when she saw the relationship Ryan had with Cindy.

Marissa decided she needed to take a stand. "Okay, Ryan, it's either me or her. This is an ultimatum, and this is your choice."

Cindy and Ryan looked at her. "Are you serious?" Ryan asked her in a pleading tone.

"You know what Ryan, she's right. It's between Marissa or me."

Ryan looked between the woman he loved, and the woman who was about to have his child. How could he choose???

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Anna lay beside a sprawled, asleep Seth. "I'm so sorry I had to do this." She whispered to his sleeping body. She unbuttoned his shirt and undid his belt. Just then, her cellphone rang. She ran to get the ringing phone that was in her Gucci purse in the next room.

Slowly, Seth woke up. He knew exactly what Anna put in his drink. Thankfully, he choked up most of it, and hadn't swallowed much. His head throbbed and he was extremely dizzy. He looked around his surroundings. He spotted the bag of white powder. Seth got up and took some. He heard Anna's footsteps and he just took a pinch of the powder and dropped it in the wine. Seth went back to his original position and pretended to be asleep.

Anna took a sip of her red wine. She passed out right next to Seth. Seth chuckled. Just then the front door creaked open. "Summer?!?"

"COHEN! Oh my god!" Summer exclaimed as she took in Seth's half-naked appearance next to Anna's body. "I'm getting a divorce tomorrow!" She slammed the door and walked out.

Seth was heartbroken. "Summer!" He called. But, she kept walking, wiping her tears away.

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A/N: What's going to happen next? Will Seth and Summer break up? And who will Ryan choose? The polls are still open. Marissa vs. Cindy.