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Summer rolled over in her bed and grasped at nothing but sheets. She sat up suddenly.
"Ok. Now that's weird," Summer muttered to herself.
She looked around everywhere as if she was looking for someone.
"It was a dream?"
She threw the covers off. Just as she flung the covers across the bed, the light hit the ring on her finger, drawing her attention to it.
"Oh my god," Summer whispered with a smile as she examined her ring for the millionth time since she got it.
She got up out of the bed and opened her bedroom door.
"Cohen?"
No reply.
"Seth?" Summer asked tentatively.
Still no reply.
"Hello. Assface?" Summer called.
She walked into the kitchen and still no sign of Seth.
"Weird."
She saw a vase of roses on her table. She walked over to them with a smile on her face knowing who they were from.
"Hmm, a card. Gee, I wonder who these could be from," Summer giggled as she took the card out of the bouquet.
Congratulations! I'm so happy to have you as part of the family…finally! I hope you like the flowers. Once again congratulations and welcome to the family, sweetheart!
Love,
Kirsten and Sandy
"Kirsten and Sandy?" Summer asked then narrowed her eyes. "That jerk! He told them first!"
She picked up her cell phone and dialed Seth's number.
"No answer. Great," Summer muttered as his voicemail picked up. "Hey, ass. It's your fiancé. Just wanted to thank you for telling your parents without me. Did you call Coop, too? Oh and thanks for the note or the phone call or hey staying around until I woke up. You better call me…jerk," Summer left as a message.
As soon as she hung up her house phone rang.
"That better be Cohen and he better have an explanation."
"Sum!" Marissa squealed as soon as Summer answered the phone.
"He already told you too," Summer hissed.
"Congratulations!"
"Yeah. Yeah. Whatever."
"What's wrong?" Marissa asked.
"Did he tell the whole world? Do I get to tell anyone that I'm engaged?" Summer asked exasperatedly.
"You're engaged?" Marissa asked incredulously.
"What?"
"You're engaged? To Seth?"
"Uh yeah. Of course."
"Oh my God! You're engaged to Seth?" Marissa shrieked.
"Good one, Coop. I know he called you already. You already congratulated me," Summer snorted, rolling her eyes even though Marissa couldn't see her.
"I called to congratulate you on being one of the leading prospect for an Oscar nomination!"
"A what?" Summer asked as her voice squeaked.
"An Oscar. Ya know, what actresses get for being really awesome in a movie, like say playing Elizabeth in The War," Marissa replied.
"I know what an Oscar is, but I-me- are you- no way!"
"Congratulations!"
"Oh my god! Oh my God! Oh my God!" Summer shrieked happily.
Just then her cell phone started ringing.
"Hold on, Coop. My phone ringing," Summer said to Marissa. "Hello."
"Sum, baby, congrats!" Jerry exclaimed.
"On the possible Oscar nom?" Summer asked.
"Of course! This is what we've been working toward. What else would I congratulate you for?"
"I'm engaged," Summer replied quickly.
"You're what?"
"I'm engaged," Summer replied again, slowly.
"I heard you the first time. But how? But who? Wh-what?"
"Well Seth asked me and I said yes."
"No. No. You-you can't be engaged. It's- what about the public? How will we explain this?" Jerry ranted.
"Jerry, I'm engaged! Get over it!"
"How could you do this? Right now. With the Oscars and-and everything. Now you're engaged?"
"Thank you, Jerry. I'm so glad we have your support. You can stop congratulating me now," Summer said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry. It's just…congratulations, I guess," Jerry muttered.
"I've gotta go. Coop's on the other line. We'll talk later, Jer."
"Yeah. We definitely will. We have to figure this out. Aren't you rushing things a bit?"
"Whatever. I'll talk to you later," Summer said and hung up.
"So?" Marissa asked as Summer got back on the phone with her.
"He's pissed," Summer replied.
"Seth?"
"No. Jerry."
"Jerry's pissed because you've got one of the best chances in Hollywood to be nominated for an Oscar?" Marissa asked incredulously.
"No. He's pissed because I got engaged. He said we're like rushing things or something."
"Well aren't you?"
"Coop!"
"I'm just saying. I mean I'm really happy for you. I know how much you guys love each other. But I just thought that- maybe you should take things slow, ya know. Like start dating again for real…and then get engaged," Marissa explained.
"Coop! I backed you up one hundred and ten percent when Chino proposed. You're my best friend. You're supposed to be behind on this," Summer pouted.
"I am! I am. One hundred and ten percent behind you. I'm just saying that maybe you guys shouldn't rush into things."
"Whatever. Thanks for the possible Oscar congrats and I guess for the engagement congrats. I've gotta go," Summer said shortly.
"Come on, Sum. Don't be pissed at me. I really am happy for you. Really! I think it's great. It's really great! And honestly, it's about damn time," Marissa giggled.
"Yeah it is, isn't it?" Summer laughed, forgetting her anger.
"It really is. Congratulations," Marissa said sincerely.
"Thanks, Coop. Have fun for the rest of your honeymoon. I'll see you Friday. You've got to check out this rock."
"I can't wait. See you Friday, Sum…oh and seriously, congratulations on both accounts. You really deserve it."
"Thanks, Coop," Summer smiled. "Talk to you later."
"Bye."
"Bye."
As soon as she hung up the phone rang again.
"I'm popular today," Summer muttered before answering.
"Good morning, beautiful," Seth said.
"Where the hell are you?"
"I'm sorry. I had to go get a few things."
"Yeah, get a few things and tell your parents without me," Summer spat.
"Come on now. Don't be pissed. I just- I was so excited when I woke up this morning. I had to tell somebody. And you looked so cute and so content, I couldn't wake you up."
"Fine. So where are you now?"
"Open your door," Seth instructed.
"What?"
"Go and open your front door."
Summer sighed and walked to the front door. Butterflies were going off in her stomach as she anxiously turned the doorknob, hoping Seth would be on the other side.
"What the," Summer started but stopped as soon as she saw several bouquets of roses at her feet. "Aw, that's so sweet," she cooed.
"Why thank you. It's sort of my way of congratulating you. One for your potential Oscar-worthiness and the other for your potential-well actually the other's just for being you and for being engaged to me."
"Thanks….ok, this is cute and all but you can come out now."
"Come out now? You think I'm at your house?" Seth asked.
"Cohen," Summer said in a warning tone.
"Seriously, Sum. I'm not standing outside your door. In fact, I'm not out in front of your house at all."
"You're not?"
"Nope. Try the back door."
Summer quickly picked up the roses and walked to her back door. She opened it excitedly and noticed two more bouquets of roses at her feet.
"Alright, Cohen, this is really sweet and everything but enough games. This is getting kind of cheesy," Summer snorted.
"Cheesy? Really? I was going more for sweet and romantic but I guess I get where you're coming from," Seth said stepping around the corner and walking toward her with another bouquet.
"Yeah well as long as you understand that I find you to be incredibly corny right now," Summer smiled.
"Yeah I understand completely," Seth grinned back.
"Good."
"Great."
"I think we should hang up now," Summer laughed, realizing they were still on their phones.
"Probably," Seth replied before hanging up.
Summer smiled at him before kissing him briefly.
"Good morning," Seth said after they broke apart.
"Good morning." Summer nodded to the flowers before adding, "Thanks."
"I thought it was incredibly corny and super cheesy."
"It is…but still," Summer said while a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.
Seth grinned at her again.
"You know it's weird. I can't stop smiling today," Seth laughed.
"You know what's even weirder? I can't either."
"Did you call Marissa first thing this morning?"
"Nope. She called me actually."
Seth laughed.
"She um- she thinks we might be rushing things quite a bit," Summer said suddenly. "And Jerry does too."
"You called Jerry?"
"No. He called me. To congratulate me on my potential Oscar-worthiness."
"And you told him?" Seth asked.
"Yeah….he really wasn't so enthusiastic."
"Oh."
"Do you think we're really rushing this? I mean we went straight from hating each other to being engaged. We sort of skipped that whole getting on good terms and dating and everything phase," Summer rambled.
"Just because we're engaged doesn't mean we have to get married today," Seth replied.
"So you're saying that…what exactly are you saying here?"
"I'm just saying that we're engaged but that doesn't mean we have to get married today or tomorrow or whenever. It just means that we can get married today or tomorrow or even five years from now. Being engaged means that I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you regardless of when we actually get married. There's no hurry. We don't have to rush anything at all," Seth explained.
"Oh…right. I like that," Summer smiled. "Being engaged doesn't mean we have to rush. It just means we can rush if we want or we can do whatever we want. This just means that we'll do whatever together."
"Exactly."
"I love you," Summer whispered before kissing his cheek.
"And I love you, which is why we're engaged," Seth beamed.
"Let's go see your parents," Summer squealed softly.
"Good idea. My mom is dying to see you. But I going to have to warn you, she may smother you with tons of hugs and kisses and all of that girly excited stuff that moms do."
"I know. I'm looking forward to it."
(AN: Yeah so I'm incredibly cheesy and incredibly corny and all of that and way too fluffy for my own good but it's in the complete after-glow of the engagement...things are supposed to be corny and fluffy...so I promise not all of the chapters will be like this. We'll get some good drama and love and such going soon enough. This is as you all know the continuation to "Acting?". You should probably read it first before you read this story. But um hopefully all of my readers will read this one and love it just as much as the first! Keep Reading!)
