Palm Trees and Power Lines
Chapter 17: Over It
Summary: Sort-of future fic. Summer and Seth go through some hard times, but in the end, will love pull them through? Or will they be just another lost couple… What about Ryan and Marissa? Will a person from Marissa's past tear the two apart once and for all? (hehe I changed the summary…)
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own anything… okay?
A/N: Well thanks for the reviews… let me fix something quickly… if you read it early enough, you will see that it says Summer was accepted to PRINCETON… well…no, that was supposed to say University of PennsylvaniaI fixed it but… yeah… I got it mixed up with another story… hehe… well… anywho… oh yeah, and if you don't like Alex/Marissa … you might be a bit upset by this chapter… oh well… reviews are very, VERY lovely things… (:
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Summer clutched the paper tightly in her hand as she heard a car pulling up in front of the house. She glanced out the window and saw that it was her father. Anger surged through her body as she realized what this paper meant. It meant that her father had lied to her. He had been lying to her. The University of Pennsylvania had accepted her and her father hadn't said a word about it to her. The only thing he told her was that she was accepted to UCLA.
The keys jingled at the door and it soon swung open revealing her father on the other side, suitcase in hand.
"Summer!" he said surprised that she was home. "What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow night?"
"Does it matter?" she feigned ignorance to the fact that she had just uncovered, but soon changed her tone.
"Not at all," he replied opening his arms for a hug. When Summer just stood there, he cocked his brow in confusion. "Something wrong?"
"Oh I don't know," she sighed faking nonchalance. "Maybe it's just that you were hiding the fact that I was accepted to University of Pennsylvania from me!"'
"What? Summer I don't know what-" he paused seeing the paper in her hands and tears in her eyes. "I just… I thought you wanted to go to UCLA. I didn't think you would want to leave California. I know how much you love the beach. How was I to know that you would prefer a big smoggy city to a nice beach?"
"That's bull shit!" she spat, throwing the paper at him. "You knew Seth was going here and you purposefully hid it from me. You've always hated him, even though you knew I loved him. You knew I loved him and he was the only thing that could ever make me that happy. But you didn't care because he wasn't good enough for me. He didn't play water polo and he wasn't interested in politics. In your mind he was horrible for me, and you hated him. You hated him because he wasn't what you expected. It didn't matter that I was in love with him."
"You don't love that boy!" her father yelled. "He'll get you nowhere in life, Summer. You disserve so much more. You're my little princess."
He reached for her hands, but she vehemently whipped it away. "Don't touch me. I need to call the University to see if I can still get some classes."
She picked up her bags and pushed past her father. As she opened the door she turned around and looked back at him. "As for this? I'm through. I'll be staying with the Cohens until I have to leave for college. Goodbye, father."
She walked through the door and slammed it behind her, making the huge glass window rattle. Storming off to the car she picked up her cell phone and dialed the number that was written in blue and red on the paper…
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"H-hello?" Marissa answered her phone. Then mouthed, 'I'll be right back' to Ryan before she headed outside.
"Guess who's back in Newport," the voice on the other end said excitedly.
"Alex?" Marissa gasped, even though she knew it was her, it was still exciting to find out she was back. "Where are you?"
"Down at the Bait Shop, looking around. God, I've missed this place," she sighed into the phone. "It's been what, almost seven months since I left it? You think if I open it back up it will still be as popular?"
"Of course!" Marissa replied. "You know what. I'll be down there in ten minutes. We definitely need to catch up."
"Cool," Alex exclaimed, then hung up after saying goodbye.
Marissa took a deep breath as emotions she hadn't felt in almost a year were stirred back up inside of her. She walked into the house to an unknowing Ryan.
"Hey, that was Alex. Um…she's back in Newport. I'm going to head down to the Bait Shop to catch up. Um… I'll call you tomorrow morning?" she leaned down and kissed him, afraid that might be the last time she felt his lips in a little while. If he found out about her past with Alex that is…
She shook that feeling off as he returned the kiss and bid her goodbye. Quickly she hurried out to her car and sped off to the Bait Shop.
Memories swirled through her mind as she thought of Alex. Last year Marissa had discovered a few things with her… one of them being that she was bisexual. No one except Alex had known about this though and she had wanted to keep it that way. After she and Ryan broke up, Marissa started going out a whole lot more, and met Alex- the owner of the Bait Shop. The two became friends very quickly and Marissa felt a growing attraction to someone she never thought she'd feel that way about. Before she knew it, they were sitting on the beach kissing. Things developed from there and Marissa became more detached from her friends and family and spent more time with Alex. The two grew very close until Alex decided that since she was eighteen, she wanted to "find" herself. She went on a six month road trip across the United States and was planning on bringing Marissa with her. The problem was, Marissa was still seventeen and her mother had basically all control over her for the next year.
Julie found out about the two girls when she walked in on them kissing one day. From that day, she hated everything about Alex- to put it mildly. There was no way in the world she was going to let her daughter quit school- a very expensive school, by the way- and go gallivanting around the country with her…girlfriend.
When Alex left, though, Marissa promised to wait for her. The problem was, though, at the time, she had no idea that Ryan would come back into her life. Now she was stuck between the only two people she had ever felt anything for.
After a little bit, Marissa pulled up in front of the Bait Shop and parked her car. She walked in to see Alex behind the bar dusting off some glasses. When she saw Marissa walk in, she quickly put them down, though, and ran out, enveloping her 'friend' in a tight hug.
"I've missed you," Alex whispered in her ear and chills were sent down Marissa's spine as she felt Alex's hot breath on her neck. The feelings she thought she would never feel again were now resurfacing and causing more and more problems by the second.
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Seth shot up in bed in a cold sweat. He glanced over to his clock and realized it was nearly three in the morning. The entire night he was tossing and turning, thinking about Summer and the year they were going to spend apart. Dream after dream of her kissing other guys- other UCLA, hot water polo playing guys- surged through his brain. He couldn't take it anymore.
Glancing across the room, he saw Joel sound asleep on his bed. Seth quietly stood up, pulled his shirt over his head, and slipped his shoes on before he snuck out the door. He didn't know where he was going, or what he was going to do. All he knew was that he couldn't lay there and keep dreaming about Summer.
Before he knew it, Seth was sitting at a local diner drinking coffee, alone. He looked at his watch. It was midnight back in Newport… Summer might still be awake.
He glanced down at his cell phone in hand, and decided it was best to just talk to her tomorrow. Suddenly, though, as he reached to put it in his pocket, Bowl of Oranges began to play. He looked down at it as the sound filled the silent diner.
It couldn't be.
"Hello?" he answered.
"I'm coming back," was all it took to crack the frown that adorned his face.
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"I can't believe you're back," Marissa said, pulling away from the hug, sad to leave Alex's warm embrace. She was happy though, when the blonde girl's hands stayed rested lightly on her hips. "I've missed you, too."
Alex smiled, still within inches of Marissa; neither dared to pull away. Reaching across, Alex pushed a stray hair behind Marissa's ear, flashing a smile that lit up the entire room. Then, without any hesitation, she leaned in and their lips met. This was the thing Marissa was so scared of when she came. She knew that if faced with Alex…and her kiss… she would be caught between her and Ryan. But all thoughts of Ryan were suddenly pushed to the back of her mind when she felt the soft touch of Alex's lips upon hers.
Quickly she responded, moving her lips to fit perfectly with the contours of Alex's. Parting her lips, she felt Alex gently lick her upper lip and let out a soft moan at the feel. She forgot how good it felt to have Alex's body against hers…
"I have been waiting for that for seven months," Alex breathed pulling away, her eyes still closed as she leaned her forehead against Marissa's. "And now I'm wondering how the hell I ever managed to leave."
Marissa opened her eyes and took Alex's hand. "Wondering that myself…Now, though, it's time to tell me all about your trip," she spoke and pulled her back to Alex's old office…
I was over it before
But you brought me back to where I began
And I'm starting well again
And I'll remain here until the end
-Over It by Rufio-
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A/N: So…some feedback on Alex/Marissa would be nice… this is my first attempt at even TRYING to write them… I don't know if they'll last through… or how long for that matter… I'm really interested in this storyline on the show though… but I'd like to know how my readers feel about them… feedback… reviews… lovely things my darlings (: