Authors note: The band two dollar fine is an actual band. If you want to get their website just e-mail me and I'll send it to you. Also, I would like to say I'm sorry that it's so sort, but I know a lot of you wanted to know what happens next, so here it is.
"A woman who'll wait for the third time around, head in the clouds, feet on the ground
She's girl he's glad he's found, she's his shipoopi."
---Shipoopi, The Music Man
"He stayed over at Anna's." Seth said coming into the room
"Seth." Summer said standing up, "Hi."
"Hey." He said looking down at the floor, "I think we need to talk."
Upstairs in Seth's room Seth and Summer silently sat cross-legged on Seth's bed listening to A Beautiful Tragedy by two dollar fine on Seth's cd player.
"Frame another picture of this night, as I sell myself on this dream. I'll sleep with everything I've never had. The silence screams out your name." The lead singer sang
"So, you stayed over at Anna's?" Summer asked deciding to break the silence.
"Yeah, I did. Nothing happened."
"Oh." Summer said breathing a sigh of relief, "Did you tell her about...you know?"
"About our daughter?" Seth asked still finding the whole thing surreal, "No. But I did tell her about the two of us sleeping together while she was out of town. And also about us sleeping together the other night. I also told her that you, Marissa, and practically every person that I care about lying to me."
"I really am sorry that I didn't tell you sooner."
"Why didn't you?"
"I need to know, what your thinkin, Cause I see you, and wonder, Could we be the same."
"When I first found out the only thing I could think of was that Sam was this tie that was going to bind my life forever and in my mind both of us were to young to have to give up our freedom so I decided if someone had to it ought to be me."
Seth looked down at the bed and then back up at Summer, "Thank you for that, but it still doesn't condone what you did."
"I know. And I'm sorry."
"I'm lost in movement, And I don't know, which side of me to show."
They both sat silently for a moment while the cd played the last line of the song and then Summer spoke up.
"This is probably not the best time for this question but I've got to have an answer." Summer said, "Do you think that there's a chance that you and I could ever be like we were?"
"No, at least not for a while."
"I can't believe that this is happening." She whispered, "Just days ago we--we had sex and now here we are."
"I know." Seth whispered back, "I know."
"I should probably go." Summer said standing up, "My dad's probably is wondering where I'm at."
"Okay."
Summer quickly exited the room and Seth turned his head both not wanting the other to see the tears that were about to be spilled.
