Chapter 6

"She won't talk to me Ryan" Seth said to Ryan as they walked into English. They took their seats near the back of the class and carried on talking.

"What, like not at all? Haven't you explained it was all a mistake?" Ryan questioned Seth. Seth gave him a look.

"Well, duh, course I tried to explain that to her but she already had issues with Jenny staying, she was all jealous as it was so she won't listen, she's convinced I was cheating on her, what am I gonna do man?" He put his head in his hands, for about the 100th time since Summer had seen Jenny kissing him two weeks ago. Ryan sighed.

"I duno, she's a stubborn girl, you just gotta find a way to make her listen, maybe you should give her some space" He patted Seth on the back in support then got his books out. Seth shook his head.

"No, the longer she doesn't speak to me the further we're gonna be apart, I need to find some way to prove to her it wasn't my fault, I cant lose her Ryan, I've wanted her for so long, I'm not gonna let her do this" Ryan nodded, then nudged Seth as he saw Summer walk in, she walked to a few desks in front of Seth and sat down. Ryan looked at Seth who was just staring sadly at Summer. Just then Mrs Dalston walked into the classroom and everyone went quiet. She walked to the front and cleared her throat.

"Right then class, I have some very special news for you all, the English department has decided to arrange a trip to London..." an excited murmur went up around the classroom, " quiet...as I was saying we're gong on a trip to London as there is a huge 5 day English workshop with hundreds of schools taking part from all around the globe, with some very exciting writers attending, now I haven't got all the details at the moment but I can assure you this trip will be extremely worthwhile, plus we are going for 10 days so you'll have 5 days of your own to sightsee, and pretty much do whatever you want" She held up her hand again as the whole class erupted into excited chatter. Realising she had lost their attention for now she sat down at her desk to wait for quiet.

"Oh my god, can you believe we're going to London? I've always wanted to go there, think of the shopping we could do!" Marissa was literally skipping down the hall, with Summer by her side, who looked slightly less enthusiastic.

"Great, can't wait, just what I need a trip to London, miracle cure for cheating, lying little bitches named Cohen" Marissa stopped and looked at Summer who had her fists clenched. She unclenched Summers fists and put her arm round her shoulder.

"So I take it, you haven't sorted things out with Seth?" Marissa asked. She jumped back as summer twisted around outraged.

"Of course I haven't sorted things out with him, why would I, he cheated on me, why does everyone keep assuming I'll forgive him, everyone is always sticking up for that scumbag" she shouted, before storming off down the hall.

"But I wasn't defending him… Summer!" her words fell on deaf ears as Summer was already halfway down the corridor. Marissa sighed and turned around to go to her class but she stopped mid step as she caught sight of Luke walking out of the school exit, well more like storming out the school exist. She waved but he didn't see her, however she caught sight of his face which was distorted with anger.

"Summer, wait up, come on just listen to me" Seth was chasing Summer threw the car park, barely keeping up with her pace. She swung around unexpectedly, making him literally skid to a stop. Her face was livid.

"Why should I wait for you Cohen, I've had enough people betray me in my life and I'm not gonna let you be one of them, so quit bugging me and let it go, I'm over you ok, so leave me alone" With that she stormed off.

Seth didn't try to follow her; he was too paralysed by her words. He knew they weren't true; it just hurt him to hear them. He was gonna have to figure out a way to get Summer back and get her to believe him, he knew she had been lied to by her mum in the past and it had totally wreaked her trust in people, he was just gonna have to find a way to change that. He started to walk back towards school, deep in thought.

"God dammit, why wont you start, you piece of crap" Marissa put her head on the steering wheel as she felt tears coming to her eyes. She was in the car park in her car trying to follow Luke to see what the hell he was up to, she had bumped into one of his friends when she followed him who said Luke had got a phone call in the locker room then just stormed out... She hated to admit it but ever since Ryan had told her his suspicions, some things had really started to eat away at her, strange messages, unexplained absences, mood swings, just stupid things that she hadn't really thought much of were eating away at her. Plus now when she decided to take Ryan advice and find out, her car wouldn't start!

She wiped frustrated tears from her eyes as she tried one last time; she heard the engine groan then die, smacked the steering wheel and started to cry. She jumped as she heard a knock on the window, she swivelled round and found Ryan standing there looking concerned. Ryan opened the door and knelt down so he was at her height; she tried not to look into his gentle, warm eyes.

"Hey, whats wrong, I was walking past and noticed your engine was making some strange noises then I see you crying, it can't be that bad can it? I mean you can get it fixed, right?" she forced herself to look at him, before she knew what she was doing she threw herself into his arms and let him comfort her, he rubbed her back soothingly, making her feel better. She wrapped her arms round his neck and tried to calm herself down; when she felt better she pulled away and smiled at him.

"Thanks...I just got worked up because I.." she paused trying to decide whether or not to tell Ryan she was starting to believe that Something was going on with Luke, she decided to risk it.

"Well I was trying to follow Luke" she watched as he frowned slightly, "I think you might be right, about Luke I mean, I think he might be doing something but I don't know what and I was going to follow him, to try and see what it was" She watched his face closely, trying to see whether he was angry that she hadn't believed him at first. He looked at her and she could see in his eyes that he had forgiven her for that, she couldn't help but marvel at how kind his eyes were.

"So you want a ride?" he half grinned at her and gestured at her car, "cuz by the sounds of this car, you aren't gonna be going anywhere". She laughed and he helped her out the car leading her to his own. They both jumped in and Ryan started driving towards Marissa's house. They were driving across a crossroads when Ryan had to slam on his breaks as a car sped across nearly crashing into them.

"Ryan that was Luke, can we follow him please, I need to know, I don't mean to get you involved but I need to know what he's doing, will you help me?" She looked at him with pleading eyes, she knew it wasn't fair to ask him to get involved like this, but she needed to know. He took a second to decide and swung the car on to the road Luke had gone down.

"I've got a bad feeling about this! Ryan said, more to himself than anyone as he sped after Luke, with a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

So that's the chapter, sorry it's short and sorry it's not great, I've had to rush it abet as its bin a hard chapter to write and I've bin trying to get it out. Reviews, comments, etc welcome. Luv jen