"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

Summer sat on the big gray couch in the drama room listening to a mix cd that she had made the night before when Kristi and Becca came into the room wearing matching RENT shirts that they had bought during their trip to New York.

"Summer!" Kristi exclaimed putting her stuff down on a table near the couch

"Hey Kristi. How was the trip?" Summer asked as she turned the cd off

"Totally awesome!" She exclaimed

"How was your break?" Becca asked as she took a seat next to Summer on the couch

"It was...okay." Summer said trying not to relieve the memories of the last few days, "So Kristi I remember you saying something about having a present for me?"

"That's right!" Kristi said picking up a large bag from Hot Topic and handing it to Summer

"Wow," Summer said taking the bag and pulling a black 'Say Anything' tee out.

"I remember you saying that Seth reminds you of Lloyd, so when I saw this I totally knew that you had to have it."

"Thank you." Summer said putting it back in the bag

"Speaking of Seth, "Becca said smiling, "How'd it go between the two of you?"

"It went well, really well...up until the end."

"What happened?"

"He found out about Sam and you can probably figure out the rest."

"You two broke up." Kristi said sighing

"Yep."

"Oh Summer, I'm so sorry." Becca said wrapping her arms around Summer.

"We did not see Sarah Jessica Parker!" Wasman said walking into the room with Foxy, Jackson, and Ms. Casey.

"You liar!" Ms. Casey exclaimed

"Hey, if I lie about seeing Sarah Jessica Parker then people will doubt my seeing Sean Penn and I did see Sean Penn."

"He really did." Jackson said nodding his head.

"Hey girls." Ms. Casey said taking a seat at her desk

"Hey Casey." The girls said in unison.

"So Summer, how was the trip to Newport?" Wasman asked moving next to Kristi

"Let's not go there." Becca said removing her arm from around Summer's shoulders

"That bad huh?"

"Oh yeah." Summer sighed.

"What happened?" Foxy asked taking a seat on the couch across from everyone

"We broke up."

"Oh Summer." Ms. Casey said sadly, "I'm so sorry."

"Thanks."

"What happened exactly?" Wasman asked

"He found out about Sam and he got pretty upset."

"When did all this happen?"

"He found out on Thursday and we officially broke up on Saturday."

"Wow, sounds like he was pretty upset." Foxy said

"He was. He was mad at everyone who knew before he did. He did everything to avoid us, including spending the night at his ex's." Summer paused trying to keep her emotions in check, "So, enough about me. Tell me about your guy's trip. Was New York all you though it would be and more?"

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That afternoon in Math Class Summer and Wasman sat in the back of the room talking while Mr. Upton took role.

"So he just broke up with you?" Wasman asked

"I really don't want to talk about the breakup anymore." Summer whispered harshly, "Okay?"

"Fine. But I just want you to remember that when Kristi and I were broken up you didn't let me go a minute without asking about it."

"Wazzie, please you're one of my best friends but I really, really cannot deal with having to relive the breakup just yet, okay?"

"Alright, alright. I'm stopping."

"Thank you. Now why don't you tell me more about New York, okay?"

"Fine." Wasman sighed, trying to think of a story that Summer hadn't heard yet, "Have you heard about what happened in Grand Central Station?"

"Uhh...no."

"Okay, well we all went to Grand Central Station and Jackson, Straus, and I went to go get some pizza..."

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That evening Summer sat in the kitchen bouncing a crying Sam on her lap.

"Come on sweetie, please stop crying." Summer begged, "Mommy really, really needs some sleep so please calm down."

Sam's crying was put on hold for a second when Summer's phone began ringing.

"Hello?" She asked angrily

"Hi." Seth said cautiously from the other end

"Seth, hey."

"Is everything okay over there?"

"Sam's being a little fussy, but other then that everything's okay."

"Is she usually fussy?"

"Not at all."

"Tell me about her."

Summer leaned back in her seat, holding Sam close to her, and began filling Seth in on Sam.