Author's Notes: You guys are awesome! Thank you, reviewer, Molly4 (this chapter is a bit longer), Ocfan4u (now you get to find out what's up with Seth) and paints-the-sky (glad I could make your day). I'm sorry if I went a little over board with the Seth ramblings, but my mind works in mysterious ways, too. Enjoy!

Lonesome Day

Chapter 3

Hell's brewin' , dark sun's on the rise

This storm'll blow through by and by

Seth pushed his way through the main doors of Harbor and stood out on the concrete landing. It was one of those weird California days, warm enough not to have to wear a jacket, but cloudy none the less. If he had been any other place than Orange County he would have thought a storm was on it's way. But, this was Orange County and storms only happened in December and January (earlier or later if there was an El Nino) and sometimes in June if it was particularly gloomy (as in June Gloom). Even then it didn't really "storm" as much as the newscasters wanted to believe it. But, this was the middle of March and it never rained for the "ides of March"

Seth knew he should do something other then just ponder the weather, but he didn't know what.

When he had ran into Ryan he had just wanted to get outside, but now that he was he didn't know what to do.

Suddenly four letters popped into his head "WWRD". What would Ryan do? He knew that it was probably sacrilegious to put his brother's name in place of Jesus', but he was fairly certain that the latter would be able to give him more guidance at the moment.

So what would Ryan do?

What Ryan do if a friend (okay, Kevin had never really been a friend, an ally yes, but friend no, Kevin had never even picked up an X-Men comic, but neither had Ryan, but that was besides the point, what was his point anyways?) had instant messaged him (but then again Ryan wasn't really into AIM, he did have a screen name, but he never went on, Seth knew because he was on Seth's Buddy List) him out of the blue (and it was out of the blue Kevin hadn't spoken to Seth since the end of last school year because Seth had "sold out") and told him to stay at home because there was "heavy shit" going down tomorrow (today, because he had received the message last night)?

Ryan wouldn't have gawked at the computer screen for five whole minutes as Kevin logged off. Ryan wouldn't have let the girl he cared about most, come to school knowing that if the shit was going to fall it would most likely fall on her. Ryan wouldn't have left his brother in the building that was soon to become a hell hole worst than the streets of Chino.

Ryan would have gotten in the Land Rover (with or without permission, the parents would understand after they found out that he had talked a poor soul out of committing the next Columbine) driven over to Kevin's house and tried to talk some sense into him and that hadn't worked he would have tried to beat some sense into him and he might have even told the parents.

Ryan would not have waited to freakin' lunch time when the day would was half over, to take action.

Ryan would certainly not have stood on the steps for five minutes like an idiot, while his girlfriend was yelling his surname in an increasingly irritated manner. She was almost in rage blackout mode.

Seth Cohen was not Ryan Atwood and Seth Cohen, unlike Ryan Atwood, knew that this day hadn't even started to get bad.