Heartbreak Chapter 4: The Car trouble, an o.c. fanfic

Chapter 4

Once Ryan and Summer had finished eating their food, Ryan stood up and paid the bill. They got back into the car, in silence and were now they were on their way to Pittsburgh.

"So what do you plan on saying to Seth when you see him?" Ryan said desperately trying to get rid of the comfortable silence.

Summer thought about it for a while and then "I don't know yet. But im pretty sure that it won't be anything nice"

Ryan laughed to himself; he could just imagine Summer, flipping out. Just the thought of Seth cowering made him laugh.

"What?" asked Summer, slightly angry. She thought that Ryan was mocking her, although that didn't last long. It was true laughter was infectious, and now she had caught it.

"It's nothing" Although he continued to laugh.

"If it has Chino laughing, like a hyena then it must be good. Come on I could use some entertainment"

"Ok, well Seth told me about your… rage blackouts. And I can just imagine Seth's face as you are shouting at him" He continued to laugh, and smiling. A genuine smile, it had been so long since he had smiled like that for a girl, for anyone.

"He told you about my rage blackouts? That's it Cohen is so dead" Ryan looked at Summer and they both burst into laughter, again.

They were both laughing so hard now that they didn't notice that the car had started to falter. Then all of a sudden the car gave a huge lurch, they both stopped laughing automatically.

"What the hell was that?" Summer asked looking accusingly at Ryan, as if he had caused it.

Ryan shrugged "Relax Summer, it's only a flat tyre I can fix it2

"Ok but fix it fast we are already behind" Summer said as she really didn't want to waste any time.

Ryan pulls over into the emergency lane and gets out. He begins changing the tyre; it took Ryan longer than he thought it would. The heat had started to rise.

"Damn it's getting so hot" Summer said fanning herself with her purse.

"Well at least you are in the car with the air-conditioning on im out here" Ryan said as a bead of sweat ran down the side of his face.

"The air-conditioning is on? Well it isn't doing a good job" Summer said as she slumped back in the chair.

Ryan stood up and wiped his hands on his dirty t-shirt "Well the tyre is fixed"

Summer looked up and saw that Ryan had removed is shirt. Now he only had his wife beater on, he had been sweating from the heat and changing the tyre, so now his muscles were glistening in sweat. It was that moment that she realised that Chino had a great body.

Summer suddenly realised she was staring at Ryan and composed herself. "Great now can you look at this air-conditioning, it's so damn hot in here"

Ryan looked up and caught Summer staring at him with a hungry look in her eyes, he just laughed a little and bent down to pick up the flat tyre to put it back in the boot. Once Ryan had put the tyre in the trunk, he got back in the drivers seat. He fiddled with the buttons for the air- conditioning and after a few minutes he gave up.

"I don't know what's wrong with it, but it will have to wait until we get to Pittsburgh. Unless you want to stop of at a garage to get it fixed?

Summer sighed "No, it's fine until we get to Pittsburgh"

After driving for about twenty minutes listening to the radio, Summer decided that it was getting too hot in the car and wound down her window, she immediately felt the cool breeze on her skin. Ryan looked over at her, and noticed that the wind was making her hair fall across her face, he moved his hand to move it away from her face and he looked hypnotized by her beauty. He caught himself before he touched her.

She is in love with Seth, she is travelling 36hours to see him and I cant like her she is …. She is… Summer – Ryan shook himself out of his thoughts. He wouldn't let himself be attracted to her, he couldn't.

Summer saw what Ryan did out of the corner of her eye. She had actually been watching him drive.

Why did he stop? I wouldn't have minded? Wait… WHAT? I can't think of Chino like that, he is Seth's brother and Marissa's ex, even thought Marissa is being a total bitch, I couldn't do that to her. Summer spent the next few minutes, debating in her head. Mainly thinking about Marissa and what a total bitch she was being.

Summer decided to change the radio station because there only seemed to be love songs on the station they were listening to, she turned it over and Maroon 5 She will be loved, came on and even though it was a love song she decided to leave it on.

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

Summer started to sing it

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved

Ryan looked over, as he heard her singing. 'She actually has a great voice'

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

Summer had always loved Maroon 5, well she had since she heard this song.

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls

She wasn't sure what it was about this song that made her feel, hopeful that some would love her, like she would love them, unconditionally.

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

in the background
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye

She looked over to Ryan while singing, and noticed that he was listening to her. And it made her smile, to know that he was listening.

Yeah
softly
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain

Try so hard to say goodbye

The song had finished, and so had Summer.

After the song, neither of them had spoken for twenty minutes. Summer had gotten so hot, that even the open window wasn't cooling her down anymore. So she took of her top, leaving her wearing her bikini. Ryan saw that she had moved and looked towards her, she had taken of her top and was now wearing a bikini.

He noticed that she was perfectly tanned, and had a very curvaceous figure; he also saw how her hair fell on her perfectly tanned shoulders. He found himself comparing her to Marissa, how Marissa was tall but Summer was shorter, which he liked, he always liked to be taller than a girl. Marissa was thin but Summer had a fuller figure, both which he liked, but he preferred Summers body to Marissa's. He then kicked himself for making comparisons about them and stopped immediately.

He couldn't stop himself from staring at Summer her beauty was captivating.

All of a sudden the car started to shake uncontrollably and Ryan struggled to hold it straight, he then pulled the car over the best he could and stopped.

"What this time?" Summer asked, annoyed.

"I don't know"

Ryan got out and looked at the car for a minute and leaned in Summer's window.

"Can I lend your cell?" He asked while trying not to look at her cleavage.

"Sure, what for?" Summer gave Ryan her cell phone and waited for an answer. However Ryan just dialled a number "Hi, we need a tow"

" Sure where are you and what is wrong with the car" came the voice from the other end of the phone.

Ryan told him where they were, and that he didn't know what was wrong.

Ryan got back into the car. He and Summer waited for the tow truck to come, listening to the music. Which meant, that the battery still had power. Sure enough twenty minutes later the tow truck came.

"Thanks for coming" Ryan said as he got out of the car.

"No problem, well lucky for you I work for a garage and I might be able to fix you're car"

Ryan nodded and hoped that the guy could fix the car, there and then. "Thanks"

After looking at the car, the guy determined that the problem was that the clutch had worn and that he would need to take it to the garage to replace it

"How long will it take to fix?" Ryan asked, his mechanically skills were limited to changing tyres.

"Well I will need to order the parts but I can replace it quite quickly; you will need to stay in a hotel for the night while the part gets delivered"

"You can't get it done any sooner?" Summer said stepping out of the car.

The guy shook his head "No, I'm sorry"

"Ok do you know where there is a hotel around here?" Ryan asked while walking closer to Summer, for some reason he felt very protective of her as the guy checked out Summer.

"Yeah, there is one opposite the garage, jump in I'll take you"

Ryan and Summer jumped in knowing that the trip was delayed by at least half a day. Ryan sat closer to Summer that he would have normally, again it was his protective side of him.