"Uh, hey," Ryan said walking over to her, giving her that killer adorable smile of his.

"Hey!" Summer exclaimed, taking his hand. "Let's take a walk." They walked out of the Crab Shack and started to talk.

"You look really good today, Ryan."

"Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself." Ryan said with a smile. Summer couldn't take it anymore. She just had to kiss him.

"Come here," Summer said. She pulled him over to an open space, and started to kiss him. She savored the smell of his cologne. Ryan took his hand off her waist, and moved it to her head streaming through her hair. After about a minute, they let apart.

"You know, we really shouldn't do this in public," Summer said. "Let's go over to my house." Summer took his hand, and ran to her car. Ryan looked at her and smiled.

When they got to Summer's house, they ran upstairs to her room. Summer kicked off her flip-flops, and Ryan took off his boots. Once he had, Summer jumped up on top of him on her bed, and started kissing him. Ryan's hand moved from the bottom of her waist to her hair. He glided his fingers through it. Summer started to unbutton Ryan's shirt. After she had thrown Ryan's shirt on the floor, Ryan rolled over on top of her. They continued kissing for several more minutes. When coming up for a breath, Ryan noticed the clock beside Summer's bed.

"Oh crap," he muttered under his breath.

"Is something wrong?" Summer asked.

"Oh, no. It's just that I should probably get back to the Cohens. I have a lot of homework."

"Yeah, I probably should start on mine too." Summer replied.

"So I'll see you at school tomorrow?" Ryan asked Summer.

"Yeah sure," Summer said with a grin. After Ryan gave her one last kiss on the lips, he left her room and went back to the Cohens. When he got back to the poolhouse, he found Seth waiting for him.

"Oh. Your mom asked to go to the store, so I did—go to the store I mean."

"Okay. What are you going to do?" Seth questioned.

"Um, I had a lot of homework. You mind helping me?" Ryan said with a look of plead in his eyes.

"Yeah, sure dude," Ryan looked up and smiled at him. Seth was such a good friend. He just couldn't bear the thought of telling him that he is secretly seeing Summer—the girl Seth had been in love with since he was 10.

The next morning, Seth snuck into the poolhouse, while Ryan was still sleeping, with a tray full of food. He wanted to thank Ryan. If he wouldn't have ever came to Newport, Seth would have never had gotten Jen. Ryan had given him the confidence to do it. Suddenly, he made a slight noise, and he heard Ryan mumble in him sleep. When his eyes were fully open, he jumped a little bit.

"Did I scare you?" Seth said chuckling a little bit.

"What the heck are you doing in here in a tray full of food?"

"I'm thanking you. What for you may ask? For giving me confidence. I don't think I would have ever gotten a girl like Jen, if you never showed up. Guys like me don't usually get girls like her." Just then Ryan's thoughts turned to Summer. He had to tell him sometime soon. He had to talk to Summer.

"Yeah, well thanks man." Ryan said giving Seth a pat on the back, and started to eat the food. After eating most of the food, Ryan had to get ready for school. All he could think about was Summer. He really liked her, but how would Seth react? I have to try to tell him sometime soon. When he was finally ready, he went and found Seth. And then it was off to school.

When they got to school, Seth walked with Ryan to his locker. To Ryan's dismay, Summer was standing near his locker. When they walked up, Summer said "Cohen, Ryan," giving a look at Ryan. Seth looked from his best friend to his ex-girlfriend. What was going on with them? Why were they acting so friendly near each other?

"Where's Jen?" Summer question Seth.

"She's not here today. She has a cold."

"Hmp," Summer said. After Ryan got all of his books ready, he started to walk to Biology. Summer quickly walked to catch up to him. Seth was in the back of them blabbing on and on. When they got to Biology, Ryan and Summer headed to the table they had sat at before and Seth followed. When the teacher came in, Seth was still blabbing on to them.

"Cohen, shut up!" Summer whispered loudly to him. After that Ryan gave Summer a look and mouthed "We've gotta tell him." Summer looked at Seth and rolled her eyes and shrugged.

All the rest of that day, Seth followed Summer and Ryan like a puppy follows its' mom. Finally after school was over and Ryan was at his locker, Summer came up behind him.

"Meet me at the pier at 5:00," she whispered to him breathing hard on his cheek. And with that, Summer left, and Ryan went on his way to find Seth. When they got home, Seth was still following Ryan.

"Dude, whadda want to do tonight? Rent a movie? Play some video games?"

"Actually, I was thinking of maybe going down to the Crab Shack for dinner."

"Oh, I'll go with you then," Seth replied delightfully.

"No, that's OK,"

"I wanna go, OK?' Seth said. There was no way to stop him now. He'd have to see Summer in private.

At 4:50, they left for the Crab Shack. Ryan didn't see Summer as they were gong in. After ordering their food, Ryan looked at his watch—5:00 on the dot.

"I'm going to go get some fresh air. OK?" Ryan said getting up from their table. When he left the Crab Shack, he immediately saw Summer. She got the biggest smile and her face and waved at him. Ryan walked over to him, and before he could even say anything, Summer pulled him into a long, passionate kiss. Ryan got lost in the moment, and forgot the time. After several minutes, he came up. But then Summer went right back in. All of a sudden, Seth walked out of the Crab Shack.

"Dude, the food's getting cold." But it was too late. Seth had seen them kissing. He started running, and Ryan ran after him without a moments hesitation.