"Now what are we supposed to do Cohen?" Summer knew that Seth could give good advice if he wanted to. He was smart, totally unlike all the other guys she's gone after.
"We Summer? You don't live here but I'll tell you what I'm gonna do Summer. I'm going to go in to my house and go to my bedroom and go to bed" Seth knew she wasn't going to accept No, as an answer, it was Summer's feisty nature.
"How can you sleep at a time like this?"
"I try not to get involved to much in Ryan's love life, too complicated."
"Exactly Cohen, it's complicated and that's why we have to do something" Summer could get very easily frustrated over the littlest thing. Everyone knew she had a very stubborn nature and if she wanted to make your life torture she would and she'd enjoy it too
"When did this become a "we" again need I go over my plan again, Summer?"
"Don't you get it Cohen, Chino is in the pool house with someone?" Summer normally would have spazzed out, but there was something about Cohen that she now found irresistable and adorable. Sometimes it was nice to see him a little dense, rather then a smart ass
"With a girl, I'm hoping" Seth wasn't quite sure if this statement was true, Ryan did have a whole other life before coming to Newport
"Yes with a girl, I bet its either Theresa or Marissa"
"There's always the option of it being a hooker" Seth know this could very well be an option. Ryan had let on many a times of the countless one-night stands he has had in Chino, maybe he was getting a little homesick
"Ew! Cohen"
"What…What it makes sense Ryan is obviously confused and he needed a no strings attached type of relationship for a few nights" Through the logic that is Seth Cohen, this solution made absolute sense
"How about we stop talking about your fantasies and get back on topic" Summer didn't like the fact that Seth always seemed to try and make bad situations funny.
"Whoa Summer just whoa, all my fantasies are as you know are about you and not some random hooker"
"Again Ew! Cohen"
"You know what Summer, I think Captain Oats is lonely and may need some company" Seth tried to be nice, but he couldn't also listen to her poor little sob story. She was always so dramatic, always a drama queen.
Seth attempted to open the car door only to find an arm fly across his chest. Summer didn't want Seth to go, she enjoyed his companionship. Seth turned to see Summer trying to get out of her seat to further prevent Seth from getting up. As he turned their eyes met and Seth saw a helpless unloved person he never saw before
"Cohen, please don't go" Summer hoped she didn't sound too vulnerable, she has had experiences with what happens when she appears vulnerable to guys. Painful memories she wanted to forget. Painful memories she didn't want to remember
Summer eventually got home and crawled into her canopy bed. She remembered how she had begged her dad to get her the "pink, princess bed". She told her father that if she really was his little princess then she needed a princess bed. She wished her problems were still as simple as that, but they weren't they weren't complicated and complex. She wanted to go back to the time in high school when the most she had to worry about was what lip gloss she was going to wear. She tossed and turned all night wondering how early she could call Coop and for her to be up. She decided at 9:00 that she had waited long enough and that if Coop wasn't up she should be.
"Hello" Summer noticed Marissa sounded quite happy considering what has happened to her in the past couple days
"Coop?"
"Oh Summer, its you" Marissa hoped that she didn't sound too disappointed, she wouldn't want to lose Summer as her friend and confidente
"Don't sound too excited to hear from me. Anyways this might sound odd, but where did you go last night after you left the mall"
"I went to Ryan's"
"Oh, Really" Summer thought this was too easy, maybe her problems weren't that complicated. She didn't even try and lie about it
"Yeah I overreacted at the mall; I wanted to work things out with Ryan"
"Oh my gosh Coop, that's great!" Summer didn't think she had to tell Marissa this, she could have known by how her voice rose
"I know I'm glad Ryan is so understanding, I guess I never realized how much he does mean to me"
"We should do something to celebrate, Oh my gosh we should go shopping" Summer was hoping that Marissa could understand her, when she got excited she tended to ramble
"Summer is that the only thing you ever do?" Marissa rolled her eyes even though Summer couldn't see her face. Marissa loved Summer, she was a good party buddy; and a shopping buddy but she was still a good friend and had helped Marissa through some tough times. Marissa's thoughts were interrupted by Summer's voice at the other end of the phone
"Well we could always go to the science museum or Cohen told me there was a new movie playing at the IMAX theater" Summer tried to sound serious, but she ended up sounding ditzy instead.
"Yeah, we better stick to shopping"
Ryan and Seth were playing videos games on the living room floor. It's was like a common bond they shared.
"Hey Ryan, you know how this ninjas are fighting?"
"Yeah, does this have a point?"
"Yeah, Yeah it does are you and Marissa?" Seth had an interesting way to bring up questions. A way no one could understand what he was saying. It was fun.
"What?" Ryan most of the time didn't understand the points Seth tries to make. He speaks a different language like emo geek or something.
"That didn't come out the way I hoped, Are you and Marissa still fighting you know like the ninjas" Seth thought Ryan would understand better if he did some karate moves. Seth doesn't realize for the most part that most of the stuff that comes out of his mouth doesn't make a lot of sense and hand motions aren't going to help
"No, actually we're good"
"Would she have been by chance here, I mean the pool house, last night?" Yeah that didn't sound obvious
"Yeah, she was, how'd you know?"
"Well…Yeah…um…I got nothing so I'm just gonna tell you the truth. Summer brought me home last night and we kinda noticed you weren't alone in the pool house"
"Well Marissa stopped by and we had a long talk. I decided my life was here now not in Chino" At least that's the argument he used to convince himself he wanted to be with Marissa
"Knowing you two there probably wasn't to much talking going on" Seth nudged Ryan. He knew even though Ryan hasn't been in Newport long when Marissa and him are together, there's never a lot of talking going on
"You know what you're really smart for figuring that out. Tell Kirsten and Sandy I went to see Marissa"
Ryan was about to leave the house, when the phone rang. Normally he would just let Seth get the phone, but this was different. Summer's number had shown up on the caller ID and instead of letting Seth get the phone he reached for the receiver instead and beat Seth to it
"Hello"
All Ryan could hear all he could focus on was the sound of Summer crying, hysterically in the background
"Summer's what's wrong!"