A/N: Yay! I'm finally writing again! Here you go, to feed your (and especially mine!) Summer obsessions…oh yeah, and when I finish this one I'll probably put in a Marissa/Ryan story. Maybe.
Ever heard the expression, Silence Is Deafening? Well that's how I felt on the car ride home. Anna didn't say a word to me, so I followed by her example. But I like noise. I always have. No matter what, I can't stand silence…even when I'm swimming underwater, I hear voices in my head, of my mom and dad, usually. It's a welcome sound, even though it's heartbreaking to hear my mom. Now that my alcoholic stepmom is finally gone, it's just me and Dad again, the way we like it. But anyway, so, I like noise.
I cruised radio stations like I was on speed or something and Anna talked to me as much as I talked to her…not at all. Eventually, we got to her house, and I stepped out, feeling the beautiful California sun warm my skin after being in such an extremely cold room at the Police Station.
Politely, I got out of my gorgeous sports car to lead Anna into her house. I stepped onto the concrete porch and suddenly felt something hard jab me between my shoulder blades. Do you have any idea how much that hurts? I fell forwards and crashed into the front door with a thud. I pushed myself up and turned to walk away when I realised Anna was standing over me, her arms on either side of me, palms pressed to the solid mahogany door. The look on her face told me I wasn't going anywhere.
"I know it was you, Summer." Anna said, breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth, "I don't know why or when you managed to do it all, but I do know it was you. You must bejealous, but of what? I don't know any of that, but when I do find out exactly what went on, I'll do all I can in my power to drag you down. "
"It's an empty threat, Anna." I said, realising that I was right to dislike her when I first met her, "Because you have nothing of value to me. Why would I be jealous of you when the only other Princess is Coop? But, however, after threatening me like that, I'll have to laugh when your name gets dragged through the mud and today leaks out." I raised an eyebrow triumphantly, shoving her off me. She didn't need much encouragement; she was pulling away from me anyway.
"What are you talking about?!" she demanded furiously, "Why would anyone other than you care?"
"Anna, Anna, Anna." I said wistfully, shaking my head, "You just don't get it, do you? Kids can be so judgemental. Look how they all treat Coop, just because she has some baggage, or what happened to Luke when they all discovered his dad was, you know, gay. What about the time Chino burnt down that place Cohen's mom was developing? And speaking of Cohen, how will he feel when his girlfriend decides she wants a criminal record? Think about it, Anna, how would he feel?"
Anna paled.
"Seth! You're after Seth!"
"Duh." I rolled my eyes. She was so overdramatic. And I know, because I'm the Queen ofOvercting.I mean, I nearly burst out laughing when I pouted at the shop, 'I so can't come here anymore. Thanks, Anna' It was sohammed-up that I can't believe they swallowed it. I'm the best at melodramatics but everyone ignores it because they love me. They believe what they want to believe. They don't want to see the facts, that a good girl like Anna wouldn't suddenly turn criminal. They want to believe that Summer Roberts was not an accomplice of the criminal. They want to keep loving me, and that's something I can find time to allow.
"He'llrealise your ulterior motivethe second you start chasing him!" Anna flailed for a reason that made her seem in control. She failed miserably.
"But he won't you see." I explained calmly, "Because I won't be chasing him – once you two split under the pressure, he'll start chasing me again. I win, Anna. There's nothing you can do about it."
"You can't take Seth from me!" Anna despaired, "I'll tell him!"
"Sure." I nearly laughed, "Like he'd believe the criminal, klepto, lying ex, rather than the wide-eyed, innocent object of desire? Are you kidding me? Defend yourself as much as you want, but at the crunch, I'll be the one they trust and listen to. I'll always be the one they listen to."
"You're – you're evil." She almost looked scared of me, "You can't! It's inhumane! It's unjust! It's so cruel!"
"And you only just figured that out now?" I laughed gleefully, "I'm not an earthy, sentimentalperson. I'm an ocean person, and ocean people are great that way. We look the other way while you drown." My voice dropped a bit lower and I leant closer, "We're the crashing waves that swill the sailors out to sea. We're vengeful and proud, wild and unforgiving, and most of all-" I whispered in her ear, "If there's something that needs to be destroyed, we'll destroy it, have no doubts. And we'll always do it in a spectacular fashion – we are creatures of love, too. We only love once. Cohen and you aren't meant to be. There will be no ménage-a-trois here."
Anna gulped like she was choking on her words. I smiled what my father calls my wolf-smile. It makes me lookquite evil, but I was feeling pretty evil at the moment, so it fit.
"Goodbye Anna, soul of the Earth. And don't forget, ninety percent of the world is covered in ocean. Only ten percent is earth. In every situation, I'll come out on top of you."
Having said that, I watched her, frozen in shock at the doorway of her fancy house. I got into my car and sped off home, a warm glow filling my body. I was powerful, and I loved it.
I needed to do something else to get me more of that wonderful power.
A.N: Wow, I sure made Summer a lot more evil than I intended to in this chapter! I thought up all her analogies on the spot so they are, I admit, a bit strange.
Ménage-a-trois is Français for 'threesome'. It was actually pretty funny the first time I said it, because I had no idea what it meant…and I said it in front of a teacher. ThenI asked her what it meant - and whenI was informed with much blushing, I began to swear profusely (my default reaction). Actually, speaking of that teacher,she didn't teach me again the next year...hmm, I wonder why? Eyelashes Fluttering PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!