"A girl who'd wait for the third time around, head in the clouds feet on the ground,
She's a girl he's glad he's found, she's his Shipoopi."
---Shipoopi, The Music Man
"She's your sons?" Marissa asked perplexed that night while she was on the phone with Summer, "That's how you broke the news to them?
"I couldn't think of anything else, and I knew that if I didn't tell them at that moment I never would." Summer told her, as she put Samara in her crib.
"How'd they take it?"
"Better than I would have thought, Kirsten was a little unnerved by the fact that she's now a grandmother, but Sandy calmed her down by reminding her that this news means that your mom is now a great grandmother. Which reminds me, why didn't you tell me that your mom finally went through with her wedding to Caleb?"
"Because I'm not speaking to my mother at the moment. And you're changing the subject. Okay, so Sandy took it well?"
"He did because apparently Seth told him about our hooking up."
"And how was the Seth subject handled?"
"I told them that for now Seth can't know. And we argued about that or a while and then I finally was able to make them see things from my point of view."
"So they're not going to tell him?"
"We made a deal. As long as I tell him before June sixteenth they'll keep quiet."
That Sunday, Summer and Kristi walked through the food court at the mall while Summer pushed Samara's stroller.
"So, what happened with you and Wasman?" Summer asked while she fingered a pink sweater.
"I took your advice and we didn't do anything."
"And how do you feel about that?"
"Okay for the moment. But I'm pretty sure that the minute I get into class tomorrow and hear about Sarah's weekend sex-capades I'm going to wish that we did something."
"I know what you're going through. I mean Mike is going to school in Michigan and yet she, somehow, is able to have more sex with him than anyone I know."
Summer stopped pushing the stroller and paused to look at a long red dress that was hanging in a store window.
"Isn't it beautiful?" She asked
"It is." Kristi said, "It's the perfect color for you."
"Yeah, but I have no place to wear it to."
"The Winter fling is coming up, but that's a little too dressy. But after that is Loyalty."
"Loyalty?"
"The Valentines dance. That dress would be kickin'."
"But I don't have anyone to go with."
"Summer, you don't need to go with anyone. Tons of people go stag to these things. And two, you never know what could happen between now and then. Who knows you might meet someone." The next day Summer sat in the back of the Drama room talking with Ms. Casey and Becca about the Thanksgiving festivities before class started.
"So his parents just showed up? Oh my god!" Ms. Casey exclaimed
"I was freaking out! I didn't know what to do."
"What did you do?" Becca asked
"I told them."
"You told them?!" Becca asked
"You told them?" Ms. Casey repeated.
"Yeah."
"How they take it?"
"They were upset, but they cooled down after I made them see things from my perspective."
"And your perspective would be?"
"I could be one of those girls that use my daughter for money and to get the guy. I don't want to do that to Seth or to Sam."
"You're a wise girl." Ms. Casey said smiling
"Did you know that Wasman and Kristi are dating?" Amy asked walking through the door.
"Yeah." The three said
"Well I didn't and so I was going to ask him if he was going to the Winter Fling and if he was I was going to see if he wanted to go with me, you know just as friends, and then I saw him walking up to the school with Kristi and they were holding hands and then they kissed and I just felt like and idiot."
"Think about it this way, at least you didn't find out about the two of them before you asked him." Becca said sincerely.
"Plus, you don't really like him, so now that you know about him and Kristi you won't get your heart broken." Summer said remembering how hurt she was when she found out about Seth and Anna.
"Why do I get the feeling that you're speaking from a personal experience here?" Amy asked sitting down
"Because to be an official member of the teenage club you've got to have a thing for someone who has a thing for someone else." Becca said looking at Summer, "Right?"
"Exactly."
That night Summer on the front porch talking to Seth.
"So, did your mom and dad give you my chrismukkah present?" Summer asked
"Yeah. But now I have to wait for freakin' ever to open it. You know how bad I am with surprises."
"I know. But the surprise is what makes it all the better."
"Like the wait to see you."
"Yeah, like that."
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She's a girl he's glad he's found, she's his Shipoopi."
---Shipoopi, The Music Man
"She's your sons?" Marissa asked perplexed that night while she was on the phone with Summer, "That's how you broke the news to them?
"I couldn't think of anything else, and I knew that if I didn't tell them at that moment I never would." Summer told her, as she put Samara in her crib.
"How'd they take it?"
"Better than I would have thought, Kirsten was a little unnerved by the fact that she's now a grandmother, but Sandy calmed her down by reminding her that this news means that your mom is now a great grandmother. Which reminds me, why didn't you tell me that your mom finally went through with her wedding to Caleb?"
"Because I'm not speaking to my mother at the moment. And you're changing the subject. Okay, so Sandy took it well?"
"He did because apparently Seth told him about our hooking up."
"And how was the Seth subject handled?"
"I told them that for now Seth can't know. And we argued about that or a while and then I finally was able to make them see things from my point of view."
"So they're not going to tell him?"
"We made a deal. As long as I tell him before June sixteenth they'll keep quiet."
That Sunday, Summer and Kristi walked through the food court at the mall while Summer pushed Samara's stroller.
"So, what happened with you and Wasman?" Summer asked while she fingered a pink sweater.
"I took your advice and we didn't do anything."
"And how do you feel about that?"
"Okay for the moment. But I'm pretty sure that the minute I get into class tomorrow and hear about Sarah's weekend sex-capades I'm going to wish that we did something."
"I know what you're going through. I mean Mike is going to school in Michigan and yet she, somehow, is able to have more sex with him than anyone I know."
Summer stopped pushing the stroller and paused to look at a long red dress that was hanging in a store window.
"Isn't it beautiful?" She asked
"It is." Kristi said, "It's the perfect color for you."
"Yeah, but I have no place to wear it to."
"The Winter fling is coming up, but that's a little too dressy. But after that is Loyalty."
"Loyalty?"
"The Valentines dance. That dress would be kickin'."
"But I don't have anyone to go with."
"Summer, you don't need to go with anyone. Tons of people go stag to these things. And two, you never know what could happen between now and then. Who knows you might meet someone." The next day Summer sat in the back of the Drama room talking with Ms. Casey and Becca about the Thanksgiving festivities before class started.
"So his parents just showed up? Oh my god!" Ms. Casey exclaimed
"I was freaking out! I didn't know what to do."
"What did you do?" Becca asked
"I told them."
"You told them?!" Becca asked
"You told them?" Ms. Casey repeated.
"Yeah."
"How they take it?"
"They were upset, but they cooled down after I made them see things from my perspective."
"And your perspective would be?"
"I could be one of those girls that use my daughter for money and to get the guy. I don't want to do that to Seth or to Sam."
"You're a wise girl." Ms. Casey said smiling
"Did you know that Wasman and Kristi are dating?" Amy asked walking through the door.
"Yeah." The three said
"Well I didn't and so I was going to ask him if he was going to the Winter Fling and if he was I was going to see if he wanted to go with me, you know just as friends, and then I saw him walking up to the school with Kristi and they were holding hands and then they kissed and I just felt like and idiot."
"Think about it this way, at least you didn't find out about the two of them before you asked him." Becca said sincerely.
"Plus, you don't really like him, so now that you know about him and Kristi you won't get your heart broken." Summer said remembering how hurt she was when she found out about Seth and Anna.
"Why do I get the feeling that you're speaking from a personal experience here?" Amy asked sitting down
"Because to be an official member of the teenage club you've got to have a thing for someone who has a thing for someone else." Becca said looking at Summer, "Right?"
"Exactly."
That night Summer on the front porch talking to Seth.
"So, did your mom and dad give you my chrismukkah present?" Summer asked
"Yeah. But now I have to wait for freakin' ever to open it. You know how bad I am with surprises."
"I know. But the surprise is what makes it all the better."
"Like the wait to see you."
"Yeah, like that."
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