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Chapter 2

Summer Jumped out of the car and grabbed her bags from the trunk of the car. Today had been a good. Day. C. Ronson had an awesome sale. Coop and her went to the Spa for their mani-pedi-facial. Even though Marissa was totally drunk (well when isn't she these days?), they had a pretty good time, considering that both just lost their boyfriends. The time outside helped summer forget about Seth, even only if it was just for a couple hours. But now that she was back in her room, the reality of the last week completely hit her like a ton of bricks. She slowly took her juicy sweat suit off and jumped under her covers. Luisa, her housekeeper must have changed her sheets, because they were nice and fresh and no longer smelled like feet and armpit. Just as she was dozing off into one of her Seth filled dreams, summer heard her phone ringing. She grabbed it off he table.

"Hello?" Silence

"Heeeellllloooooo!?" Silence

Then she remembered this morning. "Seth is this you?" summer asked hopefully. Her voice choked with emotion.

No answer. Nothing but a small sigh from the other end of the line.

"Seth please, if this is you, please come home" summer whispered. She was afraid that if she spoke any louder, he would hang up.

"Cohen, answer me (pause) Seth please talk to me. I miss you. I need you here. How could you leave me? Please come home."

Then the line went dead.

Summer was now in tears, shaking from head to toe. She knew it was Seth. She felt it in her heart. Seth is ok. Her heart soared because he was ok. He was the one that has been calling the last few days. Summer laid there shaking and sobbing for about an hour until she could not take it anymore and took a couple of sleeping pills. She soon fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

"Marissa, you can go to chino to kick Teresa's ass"

"yeah I can, I mean she stole my um, my...she stole Ryan dammit. That bitch deserve to kept her ass kicked. I don't care if she knew him before me. (hiccup)"

"she is like pregnant coop!" Summer hissed over the phone.

"but she stole Ryan."

"Ryan left on his own accord."

"do you think what Seth said is true? Do you think it's my fault? I did this didn't I?" Marissa broke down in a drunken sob.

For the last week and a half, Marissa has been drinking vodka and xanax. She did not see the point in being sober. When she was drunk, at least she could not feel the pain and emptiness that has drowning her heart since Ryan left. Ryan left. He chose Theresa, and it was all her fault and she could not handle it.

"coop, it's Ok, don't cry." Summer took a deep breath and figure now is a good time to say what she has meaning to say for a couple days now. "I know this is really hard, but this is hard on me too y'know. You have to stop drinking Marissa. Mr. Nichol and Julie are coming home in a couple days, and your mom is gonna totally go postal if she comes home seeing you fucked up on zanax and vodka."

"I don't give a fuck!" Marissa screamed

"well you should because she is going to send you back to Dr. Melano...or even worse. She is going to send you to rehab."

"sum, you don't get it...Ryan is gone. GONE! I mean she is having his baby. I cant compete with that."

"I don't get it? Umm, are you forgetting a little thing I like to call the time Cohen left me a note and sailed off into the middle of nowhere." Summer had not told Marissa about the phone calls she has been getting, and who she suspected it was, it just sounded to weird so she just kept it to herself.

"Yeah, I know, but...I dunno Sum, it's just hurt so much y'know. It's just easier to numb the pain." Marissa began sobbing again.

"ok tell you what Coop, for the next few days till your mom comes back, you are gonna stay by me. But no drinking, no pills ok? I am not gonna lose you too."

"ummm...I dunno sum"

"I am like so not asking. I'll be there in a couple hours, so have your stuff ready."

"ok. Call me when you are outside."

"that's the spirit." Summer tried to sound cheery and upbeat for Marissa's benefit even though the sound of some zanax and vodka sounded real good to numb the pain in her heart.

After summer picked Marissa up a couple hours later, they went back to summer's house where summer drew a nice hot jasmine and lilac bubble bath for Marissa. "detox, summer style". Later, they went to the video store and rented 10 things I Hate about you, How to Lose an Guy in 10 Days, and Cruel Intentions. The girls spent the rest of the night in the theatre room watching movies and pigging out on pizza, chicken wings and virgin pina coladas. At about 2 in the morning, the girls called it a night and went to bed, even though both knew that sleep was not going to come anytime soon. Both were lying there thinking about what they have lost in the last week and a half.

"well at least Marissa wont be able to drink her pain away." Summer thought to herself. She had made sure of that by hiding anything that could possible make someone inebriated in the house safe.

Hours passed and sleep would not come to summer.

"ah screw it, I am going for a drive, I wonder if coop is awake, maybe she would like to come with me." Summer said to herself. As she was changing out of her jammies into a C&C California long sleeved shirt and some True Religion jeans, her phone started ringing across the room. Summer started running back to grab it, but stubbed her toe on her armoire.

"son of a bitch.(hopping around her room) Sweet Mother that hurts like a bitch." Summer hobbled across the room to grab the phone before it went to voicemail.

"hello?" Silence. It was Seth. Summer felt her heart rate increasing

"Cohen, please talk to me. I am not even mad anymore. I just want to know that you are ok. No rage blackouts I promise. But I gotta tell you, a small part of me is dying to kick your ass (summer sighs, and takes a shaky breath) Come home Seth. I thought you said you would never leave. You left me a note Seth. A NOTE !?! I know Ryan leaving was hard on you, but things can never go back to the way it was before. I promise. How can it? We have each other now. Nothing is going to change that Cohen. Nothing. I promise."

Summer took a deep shaky breath. She knew she was rambling, but she did not want him to hang up just yet. There was still silence on the other line. "Seth please talk to me." By this time, summer was sobbing quietly and could barely get the words out.

"Seth. Cohen (pause) please say something." Silence

"I know this is hard on you. It is hard on all of us, and maybe I'll never understand how you feel when Ryan left, but we can get through this together." She whimpered. She did not want to whine, but she just could not stop it from creeping into her voice.

Summer knew it was futile. Seth is going hang up the phone, and she is never going to her from him again.

"Your parents love you Seth, They want you to come home. I want you to come home. (summer's voice drops to a barely audible whisper) Don't you miss me Seth? Because I miss you. I miss kissing you, and holding you. I feel like I am suffocating here without you. Oh my god Seth...say something!"

Silence...then "I love you Summer."

Then the line went dead.

So that is it. Chapter 2. review and let me know what you think.