Title: Prom Queen

Summary: A new guy comes to the OC from Australia and he's bound to rock the relationships. So who's going to end up his Prom date? Not for SethSummer lovers. Anna comes in a bit later. SummerNew Guy and a bit of SethAnna and the smallest portion of RyanMarissa.

Pairing: SummerTom, SethAnna, RyanMarissa

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the OC characters. I only own Tom and Tina.

Chapter 6: Talking, Bonding and Crying

"Tom!" Seth said and Seth and Anna jumped apart. Anna couldn't meet Tom's eyes and Seth just stared at the ground. Tom looked at both of them and then sighed and sat down next to Anna and put his head in his hands. When he finally lifted his head he sighed heavily. Anna glanced at him and he nodded, letting her go because she knew that he wanted to talk to Seth. They knew each other well enough to almost read each others minds.

Seth looked up to see Anna leave and then managed to look at Tom. He saw an emotion on his face that he definitely wasn't expecting. Somehow it was understanding. Or something that looked a hell of a lot like it. Tom turned his face to Seth and then said,

"Seems a lot of that's going around. Kissing that is." Seth opened his mouth, almost not wanting to know but knowing all the same. Whether he wanted to know or not.

"You kissed Summer didn't you man?" Tom hesitated and then said,

"Yeah." Seth nodded and then turned away. Tom looked at him and turned away as he said,

"I'm sorry Seth. I'm really…" Seth turned to him and said,

"You kissed her man." Tom turned to him and retorted,

"And you kissed Anna."

"It's not the same." Tom stood up and said,

"No, of course it's not. You cheated on your girlfriend and… I kissed your girlfriend." Tom hesitated before he told the lie but he couldn't let Seth know the truth. It would hurt him too much. If Summer was telling the truth when she said that it was only platonic, which she wasn't, then there was no reason to hurt Seth over it. Just as there was no use in telling Summer what he'd seen, that was Seth's job.

Tom sat back down and the silence that had settled over them was something that Seth didn't want to break but he knew that he had to. He had to make sure. He knew that Tom cared for her and he knew that he wouldn't want to hurt her. And neither did Seth. So he just had to make sure.

"You're not going to tell her are you? Please don't." Tom looked at Seth with an expression that scared him. The expression was so dangerous that if looks could do what the person giving them wanted to do Seth would burst into flames. But Seth could also partly understand the person giving them so it wasn't that bad. Yet.

"You're not going to tell her." The steel that was in the foundation of his voice made Seth flinch. Clearly he did care for Summer, but he was also the sort who was completely truthful so it wasn't going to work out as Seth had planned.

"I-I just think that there's no reason to hurt her unless it's uh absolutely necessary." Tom looked at him and then looked away in disgust. Tom had expected more from Seth. Seth was a decent guy, he loved Summer. It's just that he loved Anna too. At least that was what Tom had convinced himself until now. How could he lie to her if he loved her?

"I can understand why the kiss happened. I know what happened between you and Anna before. I saw what happened when she came back. But how can you keep something like that from someone that you love?" Tom asked, he turned back to Seth and his jaw was forced shut because he was worried that he would say something he'd regret.

"Yeah, I do love her."

"Then tell her."

"If I do then she'll….we'll…"

"You got yourself into this. Face it. Deal with it. This is your mess. Not mine."

"Why are you taking this so personally man?" Tom collapsed onto the back of the couch and sighed.

"Because I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of this kind of stuff. The person who was the victim of all this stuff." Seth collapsed onto the back of the couch next to him and sighed,

"I'm sorry man." Tom looked at him and said,

"It's okay man. You didn't know. I'm just sensitive about this sort of stuff." Tom held his hand out to Seth and Seth slapped the back of his hand against the back of Tom's then they slapped the palms against each other and they gripped each others hands. They smiled and just relaxed in the squishy lounge.

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"I don't know why I did it Coop. It's just…I just…" Summer covered her face with her hand and felt like she was on the brink of tears. She sat down on a seat and Marissa dragged a chair to sit opposite her. Summer needed some friend counseling and fast. Something had gotten to her and Marissa needed to help her. Summer was a wreck.

"Calm down Sum. Just start from the top." Marissa looked at Summer, really worried about her. Summer removed her hand from her face and looked back at Marissa. Tears sprang into her eyes and she attempted to say what had happened to put her in this state,

"I kissed him Coop."

"Who? Tom?" Summer looked at Marissa and felt the tears almost spill over her the bottom of her eyes. She nodded and bit her bottom lip. Marissa knowing just turned the dagger. It meant that it was obvious. What had been happening, the relationship they had, was all obvious.

"What happened? Why did you?" Marissa asked, trying to get to the bottom of what was turning into a Newport version of Dawson's Creek. Just have some blond-brown haired guy come around the corner and they would be in the creek. Ryan rounded the corner and Marissa sighed. Next thing one of the guys would be gay. Thankfully that didn't happen. Although Luke's dad was gay….

"I asked him if he liked me. He said yes and then I, I kissed him. I don't know why, it's just… He seemed so… I was so… But then he pulled away. And I left." She looked at Marissa, wanting help. Wanting the pain to go away. And definitely not wanting to think about what she'd just done to Seth. How hurt he would be if he knew. How much this would kill him.

"Sum…" A tear fell down Summer's cheek and she said in a shaky voice,

"I just can't believe that I did this to Seth. If he knew… If he knew what I'd done…. " Marissa leaned forward to Summer and gave her a hug,

"It's okay Sum. It's okay." Summer held onto Marissa and felt the tears make their way down her cheeks and stain Marissa's top. She sniffed and pulled away, having to say what she would know that she'd regret. But she just had to say it.

"It's just that I… I think that… I think that I may… I may be in…."

"Don't say it." Summer and Marissa turned to the voice and Summer felt as if her heart had been ripped out. As she looked at who was standing there she felt her future being ripped to shreds. At least the next week. It now would be full of ice-cream eating, tears and gorging herself with chocolate and other 'comforting' junk food.

And who was standing there? Well let's just say that they weren't exactly that happy in the current state of things. And could you blame them? I mean it's not as if what they'd just heard would make their future any easier than Summer's. Especially because it was…

(Well that was fun….HAHAHA cliffie, cliffie, cliffie, cliffie….HEE HEE HEE…KEKEKE…ROFL….that was fun…P…cyz next time…I promise not to make too many cliffies in the future if u review! Not that that cliffie was even that much of one.)