Prom Queen Chapter 13: The Song of Summer, an o.c. fanfic

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 and Sarah and Rachel, the history teacher. I don't own any of the following songs in this chapter either.

Chapter 13: The Song of Summer

Summer sighed. She was sitting down at one of the elaborately decorated tables. Alone. Tom had gone off muttering that he had to go to the toilet. Across from her Seth and Anna were playing a game of tonsil hockey that had lasted for ten minutes and counting.

A chord resonated through the entire hall via the speakers randomly scattered around the ceiling of the hall. Damnit, Summer thought. The band was starting and she and Tom were going to miss the first song. How could he? Did he have diahorrea or something? Even that was not a valid excuse. Nothing was a valid excuse.

She looked intently at the stage and saw the curtains draw back to reveal… the band. She recognised the drummer guy, some other random guys. One was on a synth, one was on a bass, one on an electric guitar, one was on a key board and as her eyes finally swept over the lead guitarist / singer she saw… Tom. Tom Chase. Her Tom Chase. With his electric blue (just like his eyes) electric guitar hanging around his neck and a matching blue plastic pick in his hand.

Tom grabbed the mike and looked around the hall before beginning,

"Hello Newport!" He bellowed into the mike and was responded with a massive amount of sound from the audience.

"Alright, I'd just like to say that this first song is something that really reminds me of this place. For more than the obvious reason." He let go of the mike and turned to the rest of the band. He looked at the keyboardist and nodded three times before they started and the people up the front heard his quiet 'One, two, three.' They then started the song which Tom had handpicked for them.

As the band played the first line of the melody and everyone started to cheer. Everyone recognised it as the first line of the melody of California by Phantom Planet. Now it was obvious why he'd said it reminded him of Newport. California!

"We've been on the run,
Driving in the sun,
Looking out for number one,
California here we come,
Right back where we started from.

Hustlers grab your guns,
Your shadow weighs a ton,
Driving down the one-oh-one,
California here we come,
Right back where we started from.

California,
Here we come.

On the stereo,
Listen as we go,
Nothing's gonna stop me now,
California here we come,
Right back where we started from,
Pedal to the floor,
Thinkin' of the roar,
Gotta get us to the show,
California here we come,
Right back where we started from,

California,
Here we come.

California,
California,
Here we come.

(RIFF)

California,
California,
Here we come.

California,
California,
Here we come."

The last chords faded out and everyone cheered again. Tom beamed at the crowd of people in front of him that he had somehow managed to get to know in two months. He made a 'devil' sign with both of his hands and stuck his tongue out. Something that he'd gotten from Kiss but hey, his father had loved it when he was living with he and his mum and it had somehow gotten programmed into Tom's system. Like father, like son.

"This next one's for Summer." Tom pointed to Summer who had, by now, made her way to the front of the dance floor and was looking up at Tom with an expression on her face that Tom hoped he had read right. What he'd read it as was…

"What is it?" A rowdy, probably drunk, member of the audience yelled out. Tom broke eye contact with Summer and continued,

"A song written… well compiled by me. It's got tons of random songs in it. Well just about six… I'll just get on with it, shall I?" Tom turned to the rest of the band for the second time and began the song.

(This is a mixture of some of the songs from The OC Mix 1. This is all live remember.)

"Life it's ever so strange,

It's so full of change,

You think that you've worked it out,

Then bang,

Right out of the blue,

Something happens to you,

To throw you off course,

Like me meeting you." Tom points to Summer again and then the synth person did the screech of a vinyl being stopped and the song changed. (It changes to selective parts of 'Honey and the Moon' by Joseph Arthur if you were wondering. Just then it was the start of 'Just a Ride' by Jem.)

"Don't know why I'm still afraid,

If you weren't real I'd make you up,

Now.

I know that I could follow through,

I know that your love is true and deep,

As the sea…

(Just saying that there is a bit that is omitted, this is meant by me. Oh and any bits that have different words are meant by me.)

I wish I could follow you,

To the shores,

Of freedom,

Where no one lives.

I remember we first met,

Everything was still a part in,

Love's game.

You would call,

I'd call you back,

And leave a message on your answering machine..

I wish I could follow you,

To the shores,

Of freedom,

Where no one lives.

You're the honey and the moon,

That lights up my life…

(Fades out and changes to start of 'Caught By the River' by The Doves.)

Sum(mer), what have you done,

Caught by the river,

You're going under,

Love it can't be so easy,

But you can't just leave it,

Because you're not in control…

(Vinyl screech. Chorus of 'We Used To Be Friends' by The Dandy Warhols.)

Come on now honey,

Bring it on, Bring it on, Yeah,

Just learn to be friends,

You're good to go.

Come on now sugar,

Bring it on, Bring it on, Yeah,

Just learn to be friends…

(Fade out to (parts of) 'Dice' by Finley Quaye and William Orbit. NB: means that the it's the background singers who sing it.)

I was crying over you,

I am smiling I think of you…

Nothing's getting better

Til when you roll the dice and swear your love for me,

Nothing's getting better

Til when you roll the dice and swear your love for me.

I was crying over you,

I am smiling I think of you…

(Fade into 'Orange Sky' by Alexi Murdoch. Chords in beginning, etc.)

Well I had a dream I,

Stood beneath an Orange Sky,

Yes I had a dream I,

Stood beneath an Orange Sky,

With you, Summer standing by,

With you, Summer standing by.

(skip some stuff)

I said,

'Summer,

Here is what I know now,

In your love,

My salvation lies in your love,

In your love,

In your love.'

Summer, you know I'm so weary,

And you know Summer my heart's been broken

Sometime's my mind is too strong,

To carry on.

To strong to carry on.

When I am alone,

When I've thrown off the weight of this crazy world,

When I've lost all care for the things I own,

That's when I miss you,

You are my home.

And here is what I know now,

Here is what I know now,

In your love,

My salvation lies in your love,

In your love,

In your love.

Well I had a dream I,

Stood beneath an Orange Sky,

Yes I had a dream I,

Stood beneath an Orange Sky,

With you, Summer, standing by.

With you, Summer, standing by…"

Tom closed his eyes as the last song ended. He then looked down at Summer and saw the tears brimming in her eyes. He smiled crookedly at her and said to the audience full of girls with eyes brimming with tears and guys who had their arms around those girls and were thanking Tom silently. He looked at the band and the drummer gave him a thumbs up and the rest of them smiled at him, what they'd done was the most perfect they'd ever done it.

He took off his guitar and jumped off the stage to land next to Summer. Every eye was on him as he stood there with Summer and the girls leaned a little further to hear what he was going to say to Summer.

"Hey Summer." Tom smiled at her.

"Chase." Summer said with an even bigger smile on her face. Tom looked away for a bit before looking back at her and offering a hand. Summer looked at it and then back at him with a slightly questioning look on her face.

"Dance?" Summer laughed slightly and then said, after Tom's blank expression,

"There's no music." Tom smiled gently and then lifted his hand and clicked. The band then started a slow song and Tom looked at her questioningly. Summer smiled and took his hand. He put his other hand on Summer's hip and drew the hand that contained her to his chest where he held it. All of the other girl's sighs were audible but both of them ignored it.

"Did you mean it?" Summer asked after a few seconds of enjoying her closeness to Tom.

"Mean what?" Tom asked quietly.

"That your salvation lies in my love." Summer replied.

"Yeah." Tom said so quietly that Summer almost didn't hear him. To this Summer didn't reply but just rested the her head sideways on his chest and continued to 'dance' (meaning that they were barely moving their feet and they just look like they're dancing.)

(Well that was chapter 13 of Prom Queen by P3…Don't worry it's not the end. End's yet to come and believe me there's a lot of drama up ahead. Working on a story in about Tom's life before the OC. His life in Australia and what happened with Sarah and a girl called Louise who helped him get back on his feet. That'll be up at the end of this story.)