Disclaimer: I don't own the OC today, maybe tomorrow.

I'm sorry it took so long, but it wasn't even really my fault. My provider made a stupid mistake and because of that I couldn't get on the internet for a few weeks. But I'm back now...

Sorry for the people who don't like the drama so much, but well...eh...the genre of this story is drama/romance, so there should be some drama in it.

Tell me if you like it.

"Eh...dad...we were just...we were...," Summer looked round to see where her shirt was, she didn't want to look her father in the eyes.

"...decorating the kitchen table," Seth completed the sentence, he didn't know where to look either.

"What is he doing here?" Summer's dad asked after he got out of his astonishment.

Summer finally saw her shirt and picked it up.

This was probably not the best time to tell this, but it couldn't get much worse.

"Well, he...he moved in with us for a few days and eh..." Summer stammered.

She looked scared at her dad. This wasn't going to be nice. How was he going to react?

"I know what it's like to be young, just have fun. You can stay as long as you want, Seth."

Neil left the room, leaving Summer and Seth confused in the kitchen. Did this just really happen?

Seth gave a surprized look to Summer, who was putting on her shirt.

"Was that really your father?" he asked.

"Eh...yes I thought so."

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"I heard your parents are bankrupt," Neil said to Seth.

They were in the garden and they just had breakfast. Seth was surprized he still was here in the house. He couldn't believe he actually had slept in the same room as Summer and her dad knew and allowed it. And now her father wanted to talk with him alone.

"Who hasn't? I'm suspecting it was on CNN."

"What are you going to do now?"

"Maybe calling Larry King, he should know what was on CNN."

"No, I meant about the money problem. Do your parents have enough money to pay for college?"

"I don't know," Seth answered. He hadn't really thought about that.

"Your family could really use some money, don't they? Tell you what, I'll give you as much many as you need to get your family back on their feet again."

"Wow, that's really nice," Seth smiled.

"I'll give you the money if you leave Summer."

Seth gave a shocked look at the old man. Just for a tiny moment he had thought this man was going to help him.

"Don't you think she deserves someone who can take care of her, financially? You don't want to drag her with you into this money problem do you?" Neil continued.

Seth kept silent.

"Summer loves being wealthy. Do you really believe she's going to stay with you when she finds out what a life without money means? She will leave you. What do you have then? No money and no girl."

Seth didn't know what to do. He was still shocked about this choice and he wondered if Summer would actually leave him after a while.

"Think about it before you decide, let me know when you know."

Neil gave a tap on Seth's shoulder and went inside the villa, leaving a confused Seth alone in the garden.

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It was a week ago since Marissa and Ryan left to China. Today were they coming back and Seth and Summer were driving to the airport to pick them up.

"Why are you so silent? You've been silent since we left my house, should I drive you to the hospital?"

Summer joked to hide her anxiety.

Seth hadn't said much after the breakfast and that just wasn't Seth. Did there happen something between her dad and Seth?

"No, I was just meditating," Seth answered, looking out of the car window.

"If you were meditating you would do it in an annoying way, not silent. There's something wrong," Summer said irritated. She wouldn't be satisfied with that answer.

"There's nothing going on. Totally nothing. Everything is perfectly okay."

"Did my father say something?"

She had probably asked the right question, because Seth didn't give an answer.

"So he did say something?"

Another silent moment from Seth Cohen. This was creepy.

"What did he say?"

"He would give...give me money if I would leave you," Seth mumbled.

"He did what?" Summer yelled, while she didn't pay anymore attention to the road.

There was a big truck coming towards them. Seth screamed and Summer looked with her eyes wide opened at the truck. Seth grabbed the wheel and drove the car to the right, through which they landed up in the verge. They both sat silent in the car, realizing what just happened.

"And what did you say? Did you take the money?" Summer asked after a while.

"I..." Seth tried to begin.

"You did?"

"No, but..."

"But what?"

"I didn't do anything. Your father said I should think about it."

Summer tapped with her fingers on the wheel.

"So, have you thought about it? What are you going to do?"

Seth heard Neil's words sounding through his head. Was Summer really going to stay with him? Didn't she deserve someone who was better for her?

"I don't know," Seth said.

Summer had enough of it. Her father would give her boyfriend money to leave her and this curly boyfriend of her didn't know what to do.

"Get out my car," she yelled.

"I mean it," Summer said when Seth didn't react right away.

Seth untied his seatbelt and as soom as he left the car, Summer went off.

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He saw her sitting on a bench. He walked to her and his feet were killing him. Seth had walked all the way to get to the airport.

"Are you still mad about the money thing?" he asked carefully, while he sat next to her.

Summer glared in front of her. She had been here for some time now. She hadn't seen or heard anything from Ryan and Marissa yet. Their aircraft was probably delayed. All this time she had been waiting and she had enough time to think about her father and Seth.

"I think you should take the money," Summer said.

"I should? But..."

"Cohen, your family needs the money and I like your parents, they're nice. They deserve that money." she still didn't look at him.

"But what about us? I don't want to leave you."

"Just take the stupid money, okay?" Summer snapped to make Seth shut up.

Then they waited there sitting on the bench, saying nothing to each other. People moved past and minutes went by.

They waited and waited, but not a single sign of Ryan and Marissa.