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Chapter 3 – Serious Conversations
After lunch Sandy and Kirsten went back to kitchen and the famous four went back to the living room, back on the couch. Marissa and Ryan started making out, looking at each other from time to time and glancing at the other two. Summer and Seth were watching TV and glancing at each other from time to time, checking out the other one.
Summer looked at Ryan and Marissa making out again.
Ok, this is really ugh… and in front of me and Cohen.
"Ewww… get a room." OMG… Am I being jealous? No, no, of course not. Why should I be. Not that I want to make out right now. Here. With Cohen. Ewww… I don't. That's right. Righhhhhht…
Ryan smiled and looked at her.
"I could say the same thing." He just said still smiling.
Seth looked at Ryan unbelievingly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Summer asked a little bit annoyed. Does he like read my freakin mind? Am I that obvious?What are you talking about Sum? You don't like Cohen, remember? You don't want to be with him. You don't want to make out with him, to have sex with him, to hold him. You don't. Right?
"Oh, nothing…"
"Sum I need to talk to you." Marissa suddenly said. Summer looked at her. "Now." She turned to Seth. "Seth can we go to your room, please?"
"Sure." He answered and looked at Ryan.
"Thanks." Marissa and Summer got up and went out of the room.
"What was that about?" Seth asked.
"Oh, I think I know." Ryan answered and looked at Seth once again.
"You do?" Seth was pretending that he didn't care, but, being Seth, he was actually dying to know. More like to hear his thoughts being confirmed.
"Yeah. And you do too." Seth still looked like he had no idea and didn't really paying attention, but Ryan wasn't a fool. "Dude, don't give me that. You know it's about Summer and you."
"What about Summer and me?"
"Nothing. Just the fact that you're over her and she's over you, right?"
"She is over me?" Seth asked frowning.
"Well, that's what you said last time I was talking to you and that's exactly the same thing that she's been telling to Marissa for like ages now, but you know what? We're just not buying it."
"Yeah, well, she doesn't want me." Seth looked down at his hands.
"You think?"
"You don't?"
"I'm listening." Summer said watching Marissa closing the door of Seth's room.
"No, you're not. I am."
Summer went to Seth's bed and sat on it. She took Captain Oats and started talking to him.
"Hey Captain Oats. We haven't seen each other for a long time. What's up?" then she looked at Marissa."What do you mean?"
"Seth and you. What's going on?"
Coop knows, of couse. And Chino too. Who am I fooling?
"Nothing. I just came to see you and you weren't at home…" she still held Captain Oats looking at him sadly.
"And you decided to come to see Seth. Yeah, right. I'm not buying it. Ryan's not buying it. Actually noone in Newport buys it. Well, except Seth, I guess. You can't deny it. It's so obvious." Marissa smiled.
"What's obvious?"
"You and Seth, you know, the undeniable combination."
"Yeah right." Summer laughed.
"Why don't you admit it?"
"Because I don't want to get hurt again!" Summer yelled and started crying. "I'm an idiot. Crying over Cohen. It's just so-so-so typical." And she cried even harder.
"Hey, hey..." Marissa sat next to her and hugged her. "Why are you crying? That's, that's great."
"Of course it's great. I'm Cohenicted. That's just great!" she smirked.
"Cohenicted?"
"You know, Cohen-addicted, Cohenicted." Summer laughed through tears.
"Oh, I get it now." Marissa laughed as well. "You made that up just now?"
"Aha… Oh, Coop. What am I going to do?" she looked at her best friend.
"Make up with Seth."
Summer got up leaving Captain Oats on the bed.
"No! I'm not doing that. He's bastard who left me and didn't care how I was feeling while he was on his "Summer Breeze." Well, that's the only Summer he has. Now and forever. Unless he finds some stupid girl who's name is also Summer. Boy, she'll be lucky. She'll have Seth Cohen, the whole geeky-emo-cute-hot-great-sex-eww package. Oh, Coop I don't want him to find another Summer."
"I know you don't."
"Yeah, I want to see him suffer and end up alone, that's what I want."
"Summer…"
"Don't Summer me. He destroyed everything we had last year. He left me a fuckin note!!! He just doesn't deserve me. I'm not going through that shit again!"
"But you love him."
"Yeah, well, that's not something that can't be solved." I'm not so sure though. She sighed. "Are we finished Coop?"
"Yeah." Marissa looked down at her feet, knowing that she shouldn't talk about it anymore and being slightly afraid that she even made things worse for Seth. She got up.
"Great. How do I look? My make-up must be a mess."
"Well, a little. But you look beautiful."
"Thanks Coop. Go to the guys. I'm going to the bathroom and I'll be back in a sec."
And she went to the bathroom and looked at the mirror.
"Sum you look like shit. And all because of Cohen." She whispered to her reflection and started fixing her make-up.
Marissa came into the living room. Seth and Ryan looked bored. She sat between them.
"Hey!" she kissed Ryan.
"Where's Summer?" Seth asked.
"She had to go to the bathroom."
"What were you two talking about?" Ryan asked smiling.
"Oh, you know, girl stuff…" Marissa said and looked at Seth, who looked back with a small smile on his face.
"Oh... ok." was all he said before Summer entered the room.
"Sandy, do you think it's a good idea leaving kids alone for a weekend?"
"Of course it is. They'll have fun and we'll get some rest."
"At your mother's house? I doubt it." Kirsten laughed.
"Oh, don't be such a pessimist. You know you're gonna love it New York."
"Yeah, you're probably right."
"Not to mention that by the time we come back Seth won't be that alone. Well, hopefully. I mean he IS a Cohen."
"You think?" Sandy nodded hugging her. "I hope you're right."
Summer, Marissa, Ryan and Seth were in kitchen now, drinking lemonade and laughing at Marissa's clumsiness.
"Enough! I know I'm not capable of pouring lemonade without spilling it around…" she managed to say between two laughing attacks.
"Yeah, honey. We knew that you're clumsy, but this was…" Ryan wasn't able to finish.
"Hilarious." Seth did it for him.
"Yeah Coop! You're officially the Clumsiness Queen." Summer added.
"Why, thank you very much, Sum. That was the long expected title and I finally got it. Thanks."
"My Queen!" Ryan came to her and kissed her.
"Awwww… you guys are making me sick…" Seth said and looked away, but his eyes stoped on Summer and he was pretty surprised to see her staring at him. He was about to ask her "What?" but Sandy and Kirsten came in.
"Hey, guys, we wanted to talk to you." said Sandy as they all looked at them.
"Yeah. We're going to New York in two weeks, for a weekend, so you'll be on your own for like 3 days or so." Kirsten told them.
"You're going to see Nana?" asked Seth.
"Yes, we're gonna see her and have some rest from work and, well, you guys." Sandy smiled.
"Sandy!" Kirsten laughed and playfully hit him.
"Have some rest? With Nana?" Seth couldn't help but laugh at that statement.
"Ok, that's enough, thank you, son." Sandy said and Kirsten added. "Oh, and we wanted to invite Marissa and Summer to stay here while we're away, to look after our little boys."
"Little boys, mum, really…" Seth said embarrassed, but Summer quickly said : "No, Mrs. Cohen. I really don't think it's a good idea."
"You're afraid to stay alone with me?" Seth looked at her.
"Well, you won't be alone…" Kirsten started, but Summer was starting her fight with Seth. Again.
"I'm not afraid of you, Cohen. Don't flatter yourself…"
"True. You're not afraid of me. You're afraid of yourself. Cause you won't be able to control yourself around me."
He's right. But he's not gonna win this time.
"Ok. I'm staying! But just to show you who can't control himself around who."
Seth gasped clearly happy.
"Great! It's all settled then." Sandy said happily and him and Kirsten left the kitchen.
Ryan and Marissa started kissing again and Summer and Seth looked at each other and quickly looked away. Summer still didn't realize that Seth DID win. Again.
A/N – Hope you liked it. Review!!!