"Ok Cohen you have my attention." Summer said, "What do you want?"
"I don't know, I'm bored." Seth said.
"I was talking to Coop who nearly died last week and you wanted me off the phone just because you were bored?" Summer asked not happy.
Seth gave her a 'I'm sorry please don't be mad at me' look and leaned in to kiss her.
"Eww Cohen, not when I'm mad at you." Summer said standing up.
"Hey Summer come on. Where are you going?" Seth asked.
"Home, I'm punishing you for being a selfish ss." Summer said and walked away.
Seth sat on the poolchair for a few moments trying to wrap his head around what just happened. Still confused he walked into the house and his parents looked up at him.
"What happened?" Sandy asked.
"I don't know but Summer's mad. She just left." Seth said sitting down almost sulking to his parents.
"Well what did you do?" Sandy asked.
"Honestly?" Seth said, "I don't think I did anything."
"Seth honey Summer wouldn't just leave for no reason, did you say anything?" Kirsten asked.
"I said I was bored." Seth said.
"Well maybe she just has some things on her mind about Marissa and all. Don't worry about it woman get like that some times." Sandy said and Kirsten hit him with her book.
"I'm sorry honey it's true." Sandy said giving her a look.
"I think I'm going to go out for a little while mom." Seth said standing up.
Sandy and Kirsten looked at him shocked, "By yourself?"
"Yeah I think I'm going to go to the Bait Shop, check it out while I'm off." Seth said and left the room, "I need the keys since Ryan has our car."
Marissa and Ryan were busy making out on the couch when Summer came banging on the door.
"She'll go away if we ignore her." Ryan said really into the make out session they were currently involved in.
"Ryan we can't ignore her, she knows we're here." Marissa said still allowing Ryan to kiss her.
Summer banged on the door again.
"she'll go away." Ryan whispered and kissed her neck.
"Remember the other night when you weren't in the mood, well I said that it would come back to haunt you. Well this is the time!" Marissa said and pulled away from Ryan.
Ryan couldn't help but laugh, he didn't expect Marissa to actually use it. He fixed his cloths as Marissa got up to let Summer in.
"Summer, what are you doing here?" Marissa asked fixing her hair.
"Sorry Coop but Cohen's being an ss and I didn't want to go home to my step monster." Summer said and followed Marissa back to the couch and sat inbetween Marissa and Ryan.
"What did he do?" Marissa asked.
"He's being selfish, I was worried about you and all he wanted was attention. He was annoying me so I got up and left." Summer said.
"And why are you here?" Ryan asked.
Summer looked over at him and sighed, "Why are boys so stupid some times."
Marissa gave him a look and returned to eyes to Summer.
"Summer don't get upset, it's not like you two never fought before." Marissa said.
Summer shrugged, "I'm not upset that we had an argument. It just seems like this whole relationship is getting boring."
"Summer are you saying what I think you're saying?" Marissa asked.
"NO!" Summer said, "I don't know, maybe." Summer said.
"Summer come on you don't want to break up with Seth." Ryan said shocked, he wasn't going to let Summer hurt Seth.
"He just makes me so annoyed sometimes." Summer said, "And I can't handle it at times."
"Summer do you still love him?" Marissa asked.
"Of course I do Coop. But we're so different, he's like into comic books and I'm so not." Summer said.
"Isn't that what you love about him?" Marissa asked, "The fact that you two are so different?"
"I guess." Summer said, "Maybe Cohen and I need to take a break or something."
"Why?" Ryan asked worried about Seth and how he will take it.
"Because we're turning into a boring couple. We stay home and do nothing expect have sex." Summer said.
Ryan remembered what Seth told him when him and Summer first had Seth and Ryan let out a short laugh, "Sorry maybe you two should start doing something together. The Bait Shop is open now, maybe you two can start going there for fun."
"Yeah and once I'm all better we'll go too." Marissa said, "Sum it'll be fun."
Seth arrived at
the Bait Club and was surprised it wasn't busy at all.
He noticed
Alex and walked up to talk to her.
"Seth, what are you doing here on you're night off?" Alex asked, "Can't get enough of this place or what?"
"Me and my girlfriend had a fight so I decided to come down and see how this place is doing." Seth replied.
"So you have a girlfriend?" Alex asked.
"Well I think so, we had plans tonight and before I knew it she left angry at me." Seth said.
"Well it sounds like you said or did something to piss her off." Alex replied.
"I don't know." Seth said.
"So can I get you a drink or somethign?" Alex asked.
"Yeah hit me with something." Seth replied sitting down on the chair.
Alex returned with a coke, "Sorry stud no alcohol. This is an all ages club remember."
Seth nodded and downed the coke she brought for him.
"I guess you two want me to leave." Summer said looking at Marissa then at Ryan.
"No of course not Sum, you can stay as long as you want. We weren't doing anything anyway." Marissa said and Ryan gave her a look. Marissa just shrugged.
"No Coop, I think I'm going to go home and figure everything out. I do owe it to Cohen to let him know what I'm thinking." Summer said and got up.
Marissa followed Summer to the door, "You want to be with Seth don't you?"
"Of cours I do Coop, I love him. But I don't feel like we're as happy as we should be." Summer confessed.
"Don't do anything just yet, make sure you know exactly what you want before you do anything." Marissa said.
"Thanks." Summer said and gave Marissa a hug, "Coop I'm glad you're feeling better. You had me scared to death."
"Thanks, talk to you tomorrow?" Marissa asked and Summer nodded as she left the house.
Marissa stood by the stairs and Ryan looked over at her, "What are you doing?"
"Want to go upstairs?" Marissa asked.
Ryan smiled and turned the tv off. He walked up to her and leaned in and kissed her cheek while taking her hand in his.
"You don't feel the way she does do you?" Ryan asked softly as they walked the stairs together.
Marissa looked into his eyes, "I don't feel the way she does at all."
Ryan nodded and they entered her bedroom.
Summer went home, got into her pajamas and crawled into bed. She picked up her journal that she wrote faithfully in every night and started writing. Once she was finished she reread what she had wrote and started crying. Writing in her journal always helped her understand the things she was feeling and she always relied on it to help her make important decisions. She eventually put the journal back inside the drawer beside her bed and cuddled into her pillows.
Seth was at the Bait Shop waiting for Alex to return. The place was getting busier by the minute. People were crowding the dance floor and the music was blarring.
"How you holding up?" Alex asked after returning from serving some students Seth recognized from Harbor.
"Not bad, could be better." Seth replied.
"Cheer up, people fight all the time." Alex said.
"I know." Seth mumbled.
"Besides you're only young, you shouldn't even be so serious about a girl at 17." Alex replied, "You're supposed to be experimenting."
Seth looked up at her confused, "Experimenting?"
"Yeah, if you stay with the same girl forever how will you know she's the right girl for you anyway?" Alex replied and left him alone while she went to help another customer.
Seth got up and waved good bye to Alex. He got into the car and drove home.
Marissa and Ryan were laying in bed, Ryan was holding Marissa as close to him as he could.
"How are you?" Ryan whispered and lightly kissed her cheek.
"Unbelievable." Marissa moaned as she traced her finger along the palm of his hand.
They laid together for another little while until spoke again.
"Are you tired?" Ryan asked.
"No." Marissa replied.
"What's the matter?" Ryan asked knowing something was up since she hadn't said anything.
"I'm just thinking about Summer and Seth. I hope they don't break up." Marissa replied and rolled over to look at Ryan.
"You know them they'll be fine tomorrow." Ryan said .
"I don't know Ryan, I've never seen Summer like that before." Marissa replied.
"Seth's going to be devastated if Summer decides to break up with him." Ryan stated.
"I know." Marissa agreed.
"Why don't we not think about them for tonight and if it happens we'll deal with it them." Ryan suggested.
"Ok, what do you want to do now?" Marissa asked reaching down to get her cloths.
Ryan pulled her back down into the bed, "I want to stay here in bed, we always have fun in here."
Marissa laughed and Ryan pulled her into him for a kiss.
Ryan got home fairly early the next day and went up to his room. He found Seth sitting on his bed waiting for Ryan to return.
"Hey." Ryan said as he entered his room.
"Took you long enough." Seth replied.
"What?" Ryan asked confused.
"I called Marissa's and she said you were on your way." Seth replied, "That was like...10 minutes ago."
"I didn't know I was being timed." Ryan replied.
"Look I know you're busy and you have Marissa and all but I need some Seth Ryan time, now!" Seth said.
Ryan nodded and sat down on his computer chair, "What's up?"
"Summer is mad at me." Seth informed.
"Yeah I heard, she was over at Marissa's last night." Ryan replied.
"Really? What did she say, did she tell you guys what happened, cause Ryan I don't know. She was fine one minute and the next thing I knew she was gone. I don't know what happend, come on man tell me what to do." Seth said.
"Ok you're rambling Seth." Ryan stated.
"Sorry. I'll be quiet." Seth said.
"Look man I don't know what is going on." Ryan said, he heard what Summer was saying the night before but he didn't want to worry Seth with something that may not even happen.
"Ok, I don't know either but I went to the Bait Shop last night and talked to Alex." Seth said.
Ryan cut him off, "You had a fight with your girlfriend and you run to your new boss?"
"Yeah." Seth replied simply.
"Don't you think it's weird to run to someone you just met?" Ryan asked giving him a suspecious look.
"No." Seth said, "But that's not the point Ryan, the point is that she made me rething everything."
"Rethink?" Ryan asked.
"Yes, maybe I'm too young to be in a relationship. I should be out and play the market."
"You want to play the market?" Ryan asked.
"Experiment, that's what Alex said 17 year olds should be doing." Seth said.
"Ok, what are you saying seth?" Ryan asked.
"Maybe Summer and I should stop seeing eachother for awhile." Seth said.
"Wow, is that what you really want to do?" Ryan asked.
"I don't know, do you think?" Seth asked.
"Seth that isn't a decision I should make, maybe you and Summer should have a talk." Ryan suggested.
"But Summer may kill me, she does have rage black outs." Seth said.
"I think you'll be surprised. Just talk to her, you might be able to work through this." Ryan said.
"You think?" Seth asked.
"Stop asking me that, it's your life and your relationship." Ryan said.
"Ok, I'm going to talk to Summer." Seth said, "Maybe you and Marissa should try a separation and we can be bachelors together."
Ryan looked up and gave him his trademark look.
"Enough said man." Seth laughed and left Ryan's room.