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.
