A/N: I know the last chapter was short but I ran low on ideas to make it longer. This chapter is longer so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Chapter 16 – Alone Time

"Hello baby!"
"Hey did you sleep well?" Summer kissed him gently.

"I always to when I'm sleeping next to you"
"Yeah that's what I thought, but I have to go now"
"What now? Why? I feel like staying all day in bed"
"Well that could get a bit lonely for you since I have to go to Ryan's now"
"Why?"
"I need to talk with him about something"
"Really, and what would that be?"
"That would be the topic none of your business. You will find out soon enough" He walked in to the bathroom and stepped in to the shower. She quickly followed him.
"Hey you can't just say that and then leave, now I really want to know what it is"
"Kind of the whole idea"

She stepped in to the shower with him and put her arms around his neck. "So there's no way I could get it out of you. Not even if I try really hard?"
"Well if you try really hard"

She kissed him hard and started to explore his body with her hands, but after a while he told her to stop.
"What's the matter?"
"I just have to think for a while… No you didn't pull it off" He walked out of the shower laughing a little.
"That was just mean Cohen"
"That's what I do"

A while later he stood knocking at Ryan's door. It was 10´o clock so he should be up. Ryan opened the door with a drowsy look. Or maybe he wasn't up.

"Seth what do you want? What time is it?"
"I need to have a talk with you, brother to brother"
"Now? You know I'm really not your biological brother" Ryan tried but Seth was already half way in to the kitchen. "Why do I even try? So what is the topic?"
"It's about me and Summer"
"You know I should really stop to ask questions I probably could answer myself"
"Real funny; it's some serious stuff I'm talking about now. I thinking of taking a big step forward in our relationship but I don't know if either of us is ready"
"What big step would this be then?"
Seth pulled out a little box and opened it; in there was a beautiful ring with a sparkling diamond.

"Wow Seth, it looks good but I'm not sure if brothers are supposed to marry each other"
Seth slapped him in the head "When did you become such a joker? Did I really teach you this well? It's for Summer, or at least I think it will be for Summer"
"It's a really big step, I can't tell you if you are ready"
"No I know that, that's why I'm going away on the Summer Breeze for a few days, just to think things through"
"Okay that's understandable, but why do you tell me?"

"Because I don't really know what to tell Summer, so I'm going to tell her I need some alone time but it has nothing to do with her and that I'll be back soon. But I guess she will still freak out a little and then I would like it if you could calm her down a little. Could you do that for me?"

"Yeah sure piece of cake, or not piece of cake, it's not easy to keep those rage blackouts from coming but I will try my best"
"I have no doubt. So now over to more interesting facts, how is it going with your friend, the friend that you were only friends with when you talked to me, but an hour later you kissed her. So I guess you are really good friends now"
"Okay maybe you were right, Anna is really great. She is the exact opposite to Marissa and I think that is what I need. Is that so bad?"
"No not at all, I think you look great together. And I won 50 bucks from Summer too"
"What?"

"Um in a completely other bet that involved 3 horses and an elephant. But now let's not focus on that. So you and Anna are dating now?"
"Yes we are actually going out tonight on out first official date"
Okay that sounds good man I'm really happy for you. I got to go now because I need to pack some things for my trip, but keep Summer sane for me will you? Great!"

He walked out leaving his brother alone. Seth is going to propose? Oh my god things were really changing in Newport. He wouldn't have guessed this would have happened when he moved to Chino 5 years ago.

Seth packed 2 bags and went down to the boat leaving it there, when he came up from the boat he freezed. Summer was standing at the bridge and she didn't look happy.

"What the fuck are you doing? Are you leaving me again? Huh is that it?"
"No Summer you have misunderstood this I just…"
"You just packed some bags for a completely other reason? Or what?"
"No not for another reason, I'm going away, but just for a couple of days. I will be back soon I promise"
"But why? Why are you going away? Can't I come with you?"
"No I need some alone time, it has nothing to do with you, I will tell you all about it when I get back"
"Why? Tell me now?" She was getting angry now. He was just going to leave without telling her why? No fucking way he would get away with this.

"Seriously Summer I will be back soon so just calm down"
"I will calm down when you tell what's going on" Seth went quiet.

"… I can't tell you yet"
"You can't tell me? Well that's just great, then why don't you stay out there on your god damn boat, you seem to like it more then me" She turned and started to walk away but he ran after her and stopped her.

"Come on Summer you are being ridiculous. I love you more than anything in the world, you know that"
"Then why can't you tell me? You are freaking me out when you are this serious"
"I will tell you when I get back, I just need some time, okay?"

She nodded but tears started to fall from her eyes. "Hey sweetie, don't cry" He wiped the tears of her face.

"I just can't help it" She cracked and started to cry in to his shoulder.

"I can't leave if you are like this you know that"
"So don't leave"
"I have to some time, this is something I have to do, it's really important to me. Please understand"

She managed to pull herself together and kissed him. "If you have to this then go ahead and do it, I will probably be sad but I will make it. Just promise you will be back soon. I can't stand too much time away from you again"

"I will be back in a few days, I told Ryan to look in to you so you weren't too lonely"

She nodded and kissed him again and he kissed her back and then walked to the boat again. She watched him walk away. You better keep that promise.

The hour was getting late and Ryan and Anna came to Ryan's house after their date. It had been very great, a nice dinner with candles and romantic music. The waiter had been really nice to them too. Now they were going up the stairs to the front door.

"Hello! Trisha, are you up?" Trisha came out from the kitchen. "Hey sweetie!"
"Hi, is this Anna?"
"Yes it is, did Sandy tell you about her" She nodded. "Okay so where is he?"
"He drove home when you called; he thought I could be alone for a while"
"Okay, so I want to introduce you to Anna" Anna step forward and bend down

"Hi Trisha"
"Hi! Are you dating my dad?"
She giggled. "I guess I am. Is that okay with you?"
"Yes, if you don't be mean as Marissa was"

"I promise I won't"
"Do you want to play videogames?"
"Yeah sure if you are allowed to be up" She looked up at Ryan.

"Oh dad, can I? Can I?"

"Okay, just this once, but then you are going straight to bed"
She yelled thanks as she ran in to the living room. Anna stood up and turned to Ryan.

"So is she good? Because I don't want to get my ass kicked"
"She is pretty good, but I can teach you some moves. Come here" He brought her closer and kissed her.

"These moves are going to help me in my videogame skills?"
"No but I needed these to boost up so I could help you" He smiled and they walked hand in hand in to the living room and joined Trisha.

Seth sat on his boat. He put on a sweater. It was rather cold outside and the weather was turning worse. Maybe he should have waited for a while before he went out. Ah I will just have to go through this the hard way.

He continued to steer the boat out but the waves turned bigger and the wind increased. Water started to splash up on the deck. Pretty smart move Seth, you could surely have picked an even worse day to sail out.

Summer sat alone in his apartment. It seemed so empty without him. But he promised he would be back so he would have to be. She took a drink, he didn't have any strong stuff so she wasn't really affected but it tasted good when she was miserable.

She took up Captain Oats from the bedside table and looked at him. How could he have forgotten this? He always had it with him. There was something wrong and he wouldn't tell her what and she was going crazy. I hope he will be back soon to tell me.

The waves were getting rougher and he started to loose control over the boat. Suddenly the boom was loose and it swung over the boat and hit him in the head. He flow out of the boat and won in to the water.
"No what the fuck! Come back here!"
The boat started to drift away and he couldn't get to it. The waves where to big. The water was cold and he started freezing. Why was I going out just this day of all days? I promise her I would be back, and now I have betrayed her trust again. He knew that she wouldn't feel like he betrayed her but he felt like that.

He didn't know how long he had been in the water but he started to feel weak. He couldn't fight anymore, he blew all his chances and now it was over. He just wanted to see her face one last time. It would make it much easier. He remembered what he had in his pocket. He took the last of his energy and took it up. It was a picture. They took it last week when they were out on a picnic. He set the camera up so both of them would be in the picture. They looked happy. They both smiled. Her smile was so beautiful. All of her was beautiful and it hurt him to have to leave her again. But this time it wasn't his choice. He was cold and he couldn't take it anymore so he shut his eyes and let the waves take him. His body drifted away in the waves and then he was gone.

Sad I know. But that's how it is in drama stories. Something has to happen. Some of you will probably hate me but I hope you will forgive me. Read and review. Next chapter will be up in a few days. So you don't have to wait long to see it.