Song: "Slipped Away" by Avril Lavigne
Summer didn't dare open it. Was it from Ryan? No, that wasn't his handwriting. It was Seth's. the note was from Seth. He must have wrote it before he died. But how did he know he would die? He would only know if he... No, he couldn't have. Summer began to run outside to ask Ryan, but he was already gone. It was still windy from the storm the night before. The wind chilled Summer to the bone, not because it was cold, but that Seth was gone. It didn't get very cold in Newport, but it seemed like it would never warm up.
Summer walked inside, and the note was still there. She would have to read it sometime. Or she could burn it. That way it would be like Seth wasn't dead. No goodbye. Like it never happened. Ryan was lying. Seth wasn't dead. He couldn't be dead. that was impossible. Cohen can't die. He's supposed to be by her side, all the time. It was just right. Seth and Summer. It worked. But Summer had broken up with Seth. So officially there wasn't a Seth and Summer. But what if Ryan was right, and there wasn't even a Seth? Summer forced herself not to think like that. She couldn't. Because Seth wasn't dead.
"Kiki?"Caleb's voice rung over Kirsten's phone.
"Hi Dad."
"Where were you today?"
"I... I was busy."
"Too busy to come into work? Kiki, I need you."
"I know Dad. It's just, I won't be in work for a while."
"Why? I need you now."
"Family emergency."
"Kiki, I'm your father. I am family. What's wrong?"
"I can't talk about it."
"Kiki, what is wrong?" Kirsten didn't want to tell her father. She wanted to keep it a secret and let no one find out. But if Caleb Nichol wanted to know, he would find a way to know.
"Dad, it's Seth." Saying his name shot a dagger into Kirsten's bleeding heart.
"What about my grandson?" there was worry in Caleb's voice. Actual worry.
"Dad, he's dead." The tears came crashing down.
"I'll be right over Kiki. Don't worry."
"Okay." Kirsten heard Caleb hang up. Ryan still wasn't home, off somewhere and Sandy had never left the room. She needed someone to hold her.
Caleb Nichol was never really an emotional guy. He always tried to keep his cool, stay calm. But from what he just learned, that was all out the window. His only grandson was dead. Seth and Caleb were never that close. Seth tended to be more like his father. At least look like him. Caleb was never much of a family man. His business was his family. But he would drop everything for Kiki.
Kirsten had always been Caleb's favorite, though he hated choosing. But Kirsten had liked to be with him. Sometimes. Hayley just liked to be off in her own world, with her own friends. Caleb and Hayley were never close either.
Caleb was at home, after a hard day of trying not to be bankrupt. Kirsten still had no clue, and he needed her to keep them afloat. But Kirsten needed him. And Caleb would do anything for her. He grabbed his keys, and began to leave, but he was stopped by Julie.
"Hey you." She said in a low, sexy voice.
"Not now. I have to leave." Julie immediately came back to her normal voice.
"What's wrong?"
"It's Kirsten. I have to help her."
"Can I help too?"
"No. Sorry. I have to go." he quickly kissed Julie's cheek and left.
10 minutes later, Kirsten heard the doorbell. She rushed there and Caleb was on the other side. He immediately hugged her after she opened it, and Kirsten cried harder. They stood at the door awhile, holding each other for support.
"When did it happen?" Caleb asked after they let go of each other.
"Yesterday." Kirsten replied as she wiped her eyes.
"Why didn't you call me earlier?"
"It was too much."
"How did it happen?" Kirsten knew this question was going to come. She stared into her father's upset eyes. She didn't want to tell him. Her father, known for his pride, bravery, straight forwardness and his grandson, who couldn't even handle his own emotional pressure. They were completely opposite. "Kiki? How did it happen?"
"He shot himself." She whispered so softly it could have been part of the wind.
"What?"
"He shot himself!!" Kirsten fell into her father again. He wasn't Sandy, but he still comforted her.
"Sshh. It's okay. It's all right." Caleb tried to clam her down. "Let's just sit down and we'll talk about it."
"I don't want to talk about it." Kirsten said as she and her father went to the couches.
"You're gonna have to sometime."
"No, I don't! I just don't want it to have happened."
"I know. It's tough. But it'll be okay we'll get through it."
"How can we? How can I go on if the one person I care for most is gone?"
"I miss you/ I miss you so bad/ I don't forget you/ Oh it's so sad/ I hope you can hear me/ I remember it clearly/ The day you slipped away/ Was the day I found/ It wont be the same..."
Seth wasn't dead. Ryan was just playing a horribly cruel joke on Summer. Seth was gonna pop up at her door and she'd scream and they would kiss and everything would be perfect. Like her and Seth always were. They were perfect for each other. A fairytale relationship. A match made in heaven.
"I didn't get to kiss you/ Goodbye on the hand/ I wish that I could see you again/ I know that I can't/ I hope you can hear me/ I remember it clearly..."
Summer couldn't take it anymore. She had to know what was in that note. But would it tell Summer what she didn't want to hear? That Seth was gone? Because he wasn't. But Summer needed to know what was in that note. She grabbed it off her table and opened it.
Summer,
I love you. I've loved you forever. And I'm sorry, but this is goodbye. You were my everything, and without you, I am nothing. A hollow shell without a soul. But you give me life. And when you ended our relationship, you ended my life. You just didn't understand. I wanted "me" time, but the whole time I thought of you, and your smile, your voice, your laugh. I shouldn't have left like I did, but I can't do confrontation. That's why I'm writing you this. Because if I see your gorgeous face again, I don't know what I'll do. Because I love you and I would've done anything for you, but you wanted to end it. You're the only person I ever truly loved and this is goodbye.
Seth
"I've had my wake up/ Won't you wake up/ I keep asking why/ I can't take it/ it wasn't fake/ it happened you passed by..."
Summer blinked back the tears. This wasn't true. Ryan and Seth just had a great way of upsetting Summer. Because the whole note was fake. Summer was sure of it.
"Now you're gone/ Now you're gone/ There you go/ There you go/ Somewhere I can't bring you back/ Now you're gone/ Now you're gone/ There you go/ There you go/ Somewhere you're not coming back/ The day you slipped away/ Was the day I found/ It won't be the same..."
Summer crawled into a corner and denied the whole world.
Summer didn't dare open it. Was it from Ryan? No, that wasn't his handwriting. It was Seth's. the note was from Seth. He must have wrote it before he died. But how did he know he would die? He would only know if he... No, he couldn't have. Summer began to run outside to ask Ryan, but he was already gone. It was still windy from the storm the night before. The wind chilled Summer to the bone, not because it was cold, but that Seth was gone. It didn't get very cold in Newport, but it seemed like it would never warm up.
Summer walked inside, and the note was still there. She would have to read it sometime. Or she could burn it. That way it would be like Seth wasn't dead. No goodbye. Like it never happened. Ryan was lying. Seth wasn't dead. He couldn't be dead. that was impossible. Cohen can't die. He's supposed to be by her side, all the time. It was just right. Seth and Summer. It worked. But Summer had broken up with Seth. So officially there wasn't a Seth and Summer. But what if Ryan was right, and there wasn't even a Seth? Summer forced herself not to think like that. She couldn't. Because Seth wasn't dead.
"Kiki?"Caleb's voice rung over Kirsten's phone.
"Hi Dad."
"Where were you today?"
"I... I was busy."
"Too busy to come into work? Kiki, I need you."
"I know Dad. It's just, I won't be in work for a while."
"Why? I need you now."
"Family emergency."
"Kiki, I'm your father. I am family. What's wrong?"
"I can't talk about it."
"Kiki, what is wrong?" Kirsten didn't want to tell her father. She wanted to keep it a secret and let no one find out. But if Caleb Nichol wanted to know, he would find a way to know.
"Dad, it's Seth." Saying his name shot a dagger into Kirsten's bleeding heart.
"What about my grandson?" there was worry in Caleb's voice. Actual worry.
"Dad, he's dead." The tears came crashing down.
"I'll be right over Kiki. Don't worry."
"Okay." Kirsten heard Caleb hang up. Ryan still wasn't home, off somewhere and Sandy had never left the room. She needed someone to hold her.
Caleb Nichol was never really an emotional guy. He always tried to keep his cool, stay calm. But from what he just learned, that was all out the window. His only grandson was dead. Seth and Caleb were never that close. Seth tended to be more like his father. At least look like him. Caleb was never much of a family man. His business was his family. But he would drop everything for Kiki.
Kirsten had always been Caleb's favorite, though he hated choosing. But Kirsten had liked to be with him. Sometimes. Hayley just liked to be off in her own world, with her own friends. Caleb and Hayley were never close either.
Caleb was at home, after a hard day of trying not to be bankrupt. Kirsten still had no clue, and he needed her to keep them afloat. But Kirsten needed him. And Caleb would do anything for her. He grabbed his keys, and began to leave, but he was stopped by Julie.
"Hey you." She said in a low, sexy voice.
"Not now. I have to leave." Julie immediately came back to her normal voice.
"What's wrong?"
"It's Kirsten. I have to help her."
"Can I help too?"
"No. Sorry. I have to go." he quickly kissed Julie's cheek and left.
10 minutes later, Kirsten heard the doorbell. She rushed there and Caleb was on the other side. He immediately hugged her after she opened it, and Kirsten cried harder. They stood at the door awhile, holding each other for support.
"When did it happen?" Caleb asked after they let go of each other.
"Yesterday." Kirsten replied as she wiped her eyes.
"Why didn't you call me earlier?"
"It was too much."
"How did it happen?" Kirsten knew this question was going to come. She stared into her father's upset eyes. She didn't want to tell him. Her father, known for his pride, bravery, straight forwardness and his grandson, who couldn't even handle his own emotional pressure. They were completely opposite. "Kiki? How did it happen?"
"He shot himself." She whispered so softly it could have been part of the wind.
"What?"
"He shot himself!!" Kirsten fell into her father again. He wasn't Sandy, but he still comforted her.
"Sshh. It's okay. It's all right." Caleb tried to clam her down. "Let's just sit down and we'll talk about it."
"I don't want to talk about it." Kirsten said as she and her father went to the couches.
"You're gonna have to sometime."
"No, I don't! I just don't want it to have happened."
"I know. It's tough. But it'll be okay we'll get through it."
"How can we? How can I go on if the one person I care for most is gone?"
"I miss you/ I miss you so bad/ I don't forget you/ Oh it's so sad/ I hope you can hear me/ I remember it clearly/ The day you slipped away/ Was the day I found/ It wont be the same..."
Seth wasn't dead. Ryan was just playing a horribly cruel joke on Summer. Seth was gonna pop up at her door and she'd scream and they would kiss and everything would be perfect. Like her and Seth always were. They were perfect for each other. A fairytale relationship. A match made in heaven.
"I didn't get to kiss you/ Goodbye on the hand/ I wish that I could see you again/ I know that I can't/ I hope you can hear me/ I remember it clearly..."
Summer couldn't take it anymore. She had to know what was in that note. But would it tell Summer what she didn't want to hear? That Seth was gone? Because he wasn't. But Summer needed to know what was in that note. She grabbed it off her table and opened it.
Summer,
I love you. I've loved you forever. And I'm sorry, but this is goodbye. You were my everything, and without you, I am nothing. A hollow shell without a soul. But you give me life. And when you ended our relationship, you ended my life. You just didn't understand. I wanted "me" time, but the whole time I thought of you, and your smile, your voice, your laugh. I shouldn't have left like I did, but I can't do confrontation. That's why I'm writing you this. Because if I see your gorgeous face again, I don't know what I'll do. Because I love you and I would've done anything for you, but you wanted to end it. You're the only person I ever truly loved and this is goodbye.
Seth
"I've had my wake up/ Won't you wake up/ I keep asking why/ I can't take it/ it wasn't fake/ it happened you passed by..."
Summer blinked back the tears. This wasn't true. Ryan and Seth just had a great way of upsetting Summer. Because the whole note was fake. Summer was sure of it.
"Now you're gone/ Now you're gone/ There you go/ There you go/ Somewhere I can't bring you back/ Now you're gone/ Now you're gone/ There you go/ There you go/ Somewhere you're not coming back/ The day you slipped away/ Was the day I found/ It won't be the same..."
Summer crawled into a corner and denied the whole world.