Hey everyone! I know it has been way too long since I have updated, but I do have good reasoning. My dad thought it would be good to call after 6 yrs of no contact and after that things just kept getting worse and I was kind of too depressed to write. Anyway though I decided to get on with things and get back into it. Once again I'm sorry, but here's the next update!

Worked Out In The End

Chapter 3 – Desperate

"2 weeks Coop, 2 weeks!" Summer whined to her best friend.

"Come on Sum, it's not like you and Seth were married, you need to get on with your life! So...here's what we're going to do, go shopping, get a manicure and then head down to the beach for some tan time. This whole day is now devoted to you getting over Seth Cohen!"

"I do not need to get over Seth Cohen, I am over Seth Cohen." Summer replied desperately hoping Marissa would be buying what she said. It had been 2 weeks since her and Cohen's argument and they hadn't so much as looked at each other..................

.............OK that was a lie, SHE had been burning wholes into the back of his head and although she was sure he felt them he was totally ignoring them. Summer soon found that the lack of his deep brown eyes, soft curls of hair and as much as it pained her to say it his consistent rambling were slowly killing her.

"Well then, you won't mind that we are meeting them at the beach then?"

"What?" Summer screamed in response.

Marissa smiled to herself, she knew damn straight that Summer was still totally in love with Seth (even though Summer had never even mentioned this to her, best friends intuition) and she really thought that if they just talked to each other they could sort things out.

"See you in half an hour Sum!" With that she put down the phone thoroughly pleased with her match – making abilities.

Seth and Ryan had found the perfect spot on the beach, according to Seth anyway. Not too far from the bar and bathroom, but also not too far OR close to the sea.

I swear he is just too much like Summer! Ryan thought to himself.

So now they were sitting in a comfortable silence. Ryan put it upon himself to drastically change Seth's mood and had gotten him to come by saying that they never spent any time together anymore and with that in mind Seth broke the silence.

"So, Ryan, dude, how's it going?"

To this he was given a shrug.

"You and Marissa OK?" he tried again.

Nothing

"Well I guess it takes some kind of alien technology to try and get you to speak, so! Silence. Is. Good."

...............10 minutes later

"Hey, would you look at that the girls are here!" Ryan exclaimed nervously, he really, REALLY hoped this little match – making thing would work, because honestly a depressed Seth is much worse than a rambling Seth.

Seth's eyes shot up and over to where the girls were walking. As much as he told himself he didn't care, it just wasn't working and he knew his heart was in one place. He came to the conclusion – He couldn't do this!

There he was, staring at her with his puppy dog eyes, she felt her heart melt, she couldn't do this.

They finally reached the guys.

"Hey," she tried with him.

He looked up at her and she saw his eyes furrow with confusion, he stood up.

"hey Ryan, I don't feel too good, I'm just gonna head home, you know relax, let my hair down." Ryan laughed nervously.

With that he turned to leave. Summer felt her eyes glaze over and her heart break. I could have had it all, she thought to herself.

Marissa and Ryan looked at each other, "I'll go and get him," Ryan said desperately.

"No," Summer replied, "I will."

He heard her footsteps behind him and tensed up all over. He knew he shouldn't have walked off like that but what else was he supposed to do. If he saw her again his defences would melt and he had spent too much time these last two weeks putting them up. Besides he couldn't just let her get away with her treating him like shit! She needs to start learning that her actions have consequences and she also needs to start facing them.

"I don't wanna do this right now Summer,"

She was shocked; she thought she'd gone un – noticed.

"Do what?" she asked, but went on when she felt her courage come to her, "There is nothing TO do, you seem to have made everything clear to me already!" she said coldly, desperately trying to convince him that his rejection didn't matter.

He heard the tone, now he was just angry.

"So why the hell are you here?"

"You know what! I really don't know!"

"Come to rub it in a bit more? You don't think I've suffered enough? Just go back to your fake little friends that may BE popular but sure as hell won't pick you up when your down." He shouted.

"You don't know anything about my life!"

He laughed, "I think I've heard that from you before."

She cut the argument short, not particularly wanting to deal with the ramificated emotions she'd been feeling after their first argument.

"You're a moron!" she muttered, with that she turned and walked back down the beach, praying with everything she had that he would follow her, forgiving her, apologising for what he said, even if she didn't really deserve it, but when she heard nothing tears came pouring down her cheeks freely.

When Summer approached, Marissa and Ryan momentarily stopped everything.

Marissa looked up and saw Summer's red, puffy eyes.

"How'd it go?" she questioned uneasily.

"Can we go Coop?"

Marissa immediately got up, "Yeah sure!"

When they had got down the road from Summer's house she questioned again, "How'd it go?"

Summer broke down crying, "I just, I'm in love with him Coop!"

Seth opened the door to the pool house to find Ryan sitting on the bed expectantly.

"Hey!" Seth said

"Dude what the hell is wrong with you?" Ryan was clearly confused, "You've been in love with this girl for how long? What's going on man?"

"Nice to see you to Ryan! How was your day?" Seth replied bitterly. All he wanted to do was for get about him and Summer, it really wasn't a lot to ask.

"Come on man, don't be like this, she could – "

Seth cut him off, "Look Ryan, don't get me wrong, but you don't know what's going on OK. I've got everything under control. And anyway, why the hell do you care? You hate Summer!"

"First of all I don't hate her; she's just a bit annoying. Second, I began caring when she walked up the beach after obviously crying her eyes out from something, I'm guessing, you said."

Ryan watched as guilt swept over Seth's face.

"Man, this is just so fucked up!" he muttered.

Seth was trying desperately to get over Summer, he didn't want to get hurt again but it was still killing him anyway. Truth was pure and simple: he love her.

"Talk to her Seth, properly talk, let her explain herself."

With that last bit of advice Ryan left letting Seth ponder his next move. Talk to her! He thought. I can do that!

So that's chapter 3 up. Please review I really do love getting your opinions. Once again sorry and I will put up chapter 4 as soon as I write it. Thanks 