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Two unbearably lonely weeks had passed. Summer couldn't wait to see Seth again. She was supposed to fly home but as usual those plans didn't work out. So Seth was flying out to visit her on set.
A black range rover pulled into the lot. Summer bounced up and down on the balls of her feet excitedly.
"So are you planning on attacking him or something?" K.C. asked, amused by Summer's behavior.
"Hopefully," Summer grinned mischievously.
"You know you should probably stretch or something before you launch yourself at him," K.C. said flatly.
"Shut up."
The range rover came to a stop near the front gate and the passenger door opened. Summer grinned from ear to ear as Seth stepped out of the rover and squinted in the sunshine.
"Cohen!" Summer squealed and sprinted across the lot to him.
"Hey," Seth said as Summer jumped on him, giving him barely enough time to react and catch her.
She kissed him feverishly until Seth started laughing breaking the kiss.
"I could get used to more hello's like this."
Summer bit her lip as Seth sat her back down on the ground.
"So you're the infamous fiancé?" K.C. asked approaching them.
"Seth Cohen."
Seth extended his hand.
"K.C. Armen, at your service," K.C. replied shaking his hand. "Summer, here, has told me all about you."
"She lies. I'm way cooler than she tells people I am," Seth winked at Summer.
"Shut up, Cohen."
"So she tells you to shut up, too? I'm glad it's not just me," K.C. teased.
Summer glared at him before giving in and smiling while rolling her eyes.
"Well it's nice to finally meet the guy I've heard so much about," K.C. said after a minute.
"Thanks. It's good to meet you too. Summer has gone on and on about you," Seth replied, inwardly wincing at that fact.
"Oh she has, has she?" K.C. asked looking at Summer and smiling cockily. "I didn't think you were such a fan."
"I'm not. I told him all of the horrible things about you," Summer countered.
"Yes all of those horrible things about me, because I'm just a horrible guy."
Summer rolled her eyes before they both laughed. Seth stood there glancing back and forth between the two uncomfortably.
"So…how's the filming going?" Seth asked.
"Great," K.C. and Summer replied in unison before laughing again.
"We spend way too much time together," K.C. teased pinching Summer's side in a flirty way, which Seth immediately took notice of.
"Whatev."
"Er," Seth and K.C. said at the same time.
Seth looked at K.C. strangely and shook his head.
"He makes fun of me for that all the time….just like you," Summer said.
"Weird," Seth said forcing a smile.
"Actually, you guys have a lot in common. K.C. likes comics, too."
"Really?" Seth asked.
"Yeah and video games," K.C. replied.
"Actually we stayed up like half of the night the past three nights playing Grand Theft Auto at his house," Summer laughed.
"At his house? He has a house?" Seth asked.
"Of course. He like lives here and I have my apartment….you didn't honestly think that I like lived in my trailer, did you?" Summer giggled, playfully hitting Seth.
"No. I-I knew that the studio set you up with an apartment, I just didn't realize you were in the same complex area."
"We're not. He lives on the other side town. I just went over after we were finished up here."
"Oh," Seth said, forcing another smile.
"You'll have to stop by later tonight. I'd love to show my place…and show you all the sites around here. I've been living here for a few years," K.C. offered.
"Oh well…" Seth trailed off.
"I think we have plans tonight," Summer cut in, grinning at Seth. "But maybe we can all hang out tomorrow after we finish up here."
"Yeah of course. I should have known you guys would want to spend some time together alone. You haven't seen each other for a few weeks," K.C. said, purposely showing how disappointed he was.
"Well I mean I'm sure we won't be busy all night," Summer smiled weakly.
"Ok. Great. We'll have a great time tonight," K.C. grinned triumphantly.
"Great," Seth forced yet another smile.
"We should probably get back to work, Oscar."
"I guess you're right," Summer replied. "You're more than welcome to come and watch."
"You're not like filming a love scene or anything uncomfortable like that today, are you?" Seth asked, joking a little.
"No. Not today."
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"So how's Australia?" Ryan asked.
"It's…it's good. Summer's here so it's good," Seth replied.
"How was your day? I don't even want to ask about your evening," Ryan laughed. "I can't believe you're taking a break from each other to call."
"That's- that's a funny story actually," Seth said clearly irritated. "See, we didn't need to take a break from each other, because we haven't been alone with each other all day."
He said the last part through clenched teeth.
"What? You're kidding me."
"I wish I was. We've been hanging out with our new best friend, K.C. all day."
"The co-star guy?"
"The one and only," Seth snapped.
"Whoa. What's going on?" Ryan asked.
"Nothing. Nothing can go on because he's been with us every second. He won't leave. On set, it was 'oh Summer let me flirt with you in front of your fiancé during our breaks'. And then it was 'oh Summer we flirt on camera too'. And 'oh now we have a kissing scene that we weren't supposed to have. Opps, I messed up. Let's do it again'," Seth hissed.
"Now, you don't know that he was doing that on purpose. Maybe the flirting is just being friendly."
"Do friendly people always touch other friends and squeeze their sides and stroke their arms and undress them with their eyes?"
"Ok. I think you may be overreacting."
"I may be overreacting! He wants in her pants! A blind man could see that!" Seth exclaimed.
"Wait a minute. Where are you? I know Summer would not just sit there and listen to you rant like a crazy man."
"I'm…ok I'm in the bathroom at her apartment."
"And you don't think she can hear you?" Ryan asked flatly.
"No because she's too busy flirting with K.C. in the living room," Seth spat.
"He's there?"
"I told you, he's with us every second! We wanted to shower up to go out to eat and he comes to the apartment with us to hang with Summer while I shower. And then when she showers, he goes outside and talks on his cell phone the whole time. We go out to eat and naturally he comes with us because it would be rude to tell him that he can't! We finish eating and we want to come back here to be alone and what happens? He suggests we go site-seeing! We just got in at midnight and he's still here, just hanging out," Seth waved his hand in the air in frustration.
"Are you waving your hands? Seth stop it," Ryan sighed.
"I want to be alone with my fiancé and he won't go away!"
"Have you tried asking him to leave?"
"Several times, but he interrupts me with a brand new, spankingly, awesome idea of something to do!"
"Have you tried talking to Summer about this? Maybe she can get him to leave."
"Have I been alone with Summer to talk to her about anything? NO!"
"Just calm down, man. You're…frustrated. I'm sure it's not as bad as it seems and I'm sure he'll eventually go away," Ryan reasoned.
"He won't because he's like herpes. You can try to make it go away and just when you think you've won, he's still there and keeps coming back."
"Wow, I have no idea how to respond to that," Ryan said slowly as if in shock.
"Well neither do I because apparently they don't make a K.C.-be-gone cream!"
Someone knocked on the bathroom door.
"Cohen, are you okay?" Summer asked.
"Uh yeah, I'm fine, Sum."
"You sure? You're not like sick or anything, are you?"
"I'm good. Is K.C. still there?" Seth asked, almost desperately.
There wasn't a reply for a minute. Seth started to get his hopes up.
"Yeah he's still here."
"And my hopes and dreams have been shattered," Seth said to Ryan.
"Are you talking to someone?" Summer asked.
"Oh yeah, I've actually been on the phone with Ryan," Seth said, opening the door sheepishly.
"Oh my God. Give me the phone! I have to talk to Coop!" Summer squealed excitedly.
"Summer wants to talk to your wife," Seth mumbled into the phone.
"Alright, Marissa's been sitting here dying to talk to her too. Hang in there, man."
"Thanks. I will. Here she is," Seth said and handed the phone to Summer.
"Thank you, baby," Summer grinned and planted a kiss on Seth's cheek. "Oh my God, Coop! I so have a story to tell you!"
With that Summer went into the bathroom and shut the door.
Seth walked out to the living room to find K.C. lounging on the couch.
"Hey, man," K.C. said, barely acknowledging Seth's presence.
"Hey," Seth nodded taking a seat in the recliner. "So uh, how you holding up? Getting tired yet? You've probably had a long day with filming and showing us around and everything."
"Nah. I'm good. I mean it has been a long day but I wouldn't want to just leave without saying goodbye to Sum first."
"Oh well if you're tired, it's cool. I'll tell her you said bye or whatever."
"It's fine. I'm not that tired. I can wait."
"Ok…great," Seth mumbled the last part.
"What was that?"
"Oh I just said great. Now I can have some company while she talks to Marissa."
"She's like her best friend right?"
"Who? Marissa?"
"Yeah. Coop. She's Summer's best friend," K.C. said, as if checking all of his details and making a mental note.
"Um, yeah since like kindergarten," Seth replied, furrowing his brow in confusion.
"That's cool. It's good she has a friend like that."
"Uh yeah. It's cool."
"And Marissa is married to your brother, best friend guy, right?"
"Yeah, Ryan."
"Right. Ryan."
They sat in silence for a minute.
"So she really talked about me to you…a lot? Like good things though right?" K.C. asked.
"Yeah. Pretty much."
"Ok. Good….I just didn't want her to hate me or whatever."
"Well she certainly doesn't do that," Seth forced a smile.
"Good….she's a nice girl…really nice. Really sweet…and pretty…really pretty…she's-," K.C. started.
"Great. She's great. I know," Seth said shortly.
"Look, man I wasn't trying to say anything. You don't have to be an asshole to me," K.C. snorted.
"Excuse me?" Seth asked in shock.
"That's exactly what she said when I called her out for being a bitch," K.C. laughed. "Of course, I was just teasing her. I don't know what your problem is."
"What- what my problem is!"
"Well maybe I do know. You're jealous. I'm here with Summer all the time and you're not. I get it. You're threatened by me."
"I'm not threatened by you," Seth scoffed.
"Keep telling yourself that," K.C. sighed rolling his eyes.
"I have no reason to feel threatened. Summer loves me. And I love her. I'm not threatened by you."
"Maybe you should be," K.C. said as he got up off the couch. "I'm just going to go tell her good night. I'm suddenly tired."
"Hey! What the hell is your deal?" Seth asked angrily.
"Nothing. I don't have a deal. You do."
"Why don't you just leave my fiancé alone!"
"Are you going to make me?"
"If I have to," Seth spat, standing up to face K.C.
"We work together. You try anything and you'll be banned from the production. You think this movie doesn't mean something to her? She left you for this film. Screw with me and try to make me leave her alone, and she'll hate you for getting her fired. So I suggest you deal with whatever issues you have with me now and just get over it. I'm not going anywhere and I'm not staying away from Summer," K.C. said getting right in Seth's face.
"Well I suggest you back up out of my face before I make you."
"You don't strike me as the fighting type. So you're going to make me? How?" K.C. mocked.
"Step back," Seth hissed through his teeth.
K.C. laughed as he stepped back a few feet.
"I'm going to tell Summer goodbye and maybe give her a little of my love," K.C. grinned.
"If you ever touch her, I will-," Seth started.
"I get paid to touch her everyday. There's not a damn thing you can do about it. So if I want to get my jollies feeling up your girl set, then it sucks to be you."
"I swear I will-,"
"Do nothing. You can't do anything."
"If you so much as lay a hand on her when you're not filming, I will personally-," Seth started to threaten again.
"Personally what? Threaten me? Sounds good. But just so you know, you're a nobody. You're nothing. If you and Summer break up nobody will care. But if Summer and I hook up, it's new to the whole world…and people will love it."
"You son of-,"
"You're out of element, man. I don't know how Matt Evans didn't teach you that. But if he couldn't, then I certainly can," K.C. smirked.
Seth grabbed K.C. by the shirt, ready to punch him.
"Yeah, I'll talk to you tomorrow," Summer said into the phone, as she came down the hall.
Seth released K.C.
"Say good night and get the hell out," Seth growled lowly.
K.C. laughed as Summer walked into the room.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Summer asked.
Seth and K.C. stepped farther apart.
"Ok. Did I miss something here?" Summer asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Nope. I was just getting ready to leave. I'll see you tomorrow," K.C. smiled at her.
"Wait, tomorrow we have a day off."
"Oh well I was just thinking that if you guys wanted to hit the beach or something, I'll probably just be sitting around bored all day."
"You've lived here for two years and you don't have any friends?" Seth asked.
"Cohen!" Summer snapped.
K.C. just laughed it off.
"Just give me a call tomorrow, Oscar," K.C. said and wrapped his arms around Summer before giving her a kiss on the cheek.
K.C.'s eyes never left Seth's as he kissed Summer. He pulled back slightly with a smirk that made Seth's blood boil.
"Alright I'll call you. Good night," Summer smiled, walking K.C. to the door.
Seth didn't say a word.
Summer walked back in the room and glared at Seth.
"That was rude. You could have said goodbye. I know he overstayed his welcome a little but you didn't have to be rude," Summer snapped.
Seth took a deep breath and didn't reply.
"What's your problem?" Summer asked.
"I don't like him," Seth said sternly.
"Why not?" Summer laughed.
"He doesn't have the best of intentions."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Summer continued to laugh.
"Summer, he said a lot of things to me tonight-," Seth started.
"Oh my God, Cohen, don't be jealous. I'm in love with you. Not K.C. He's just my friend," Summer said, wrapping her arms around Seth's neck before kissing him.
"Summer," Seth paused, wondering if he should really get into this with her tonight when they could finally be together, "…just be careful around him, ok? I'm not exactly a fan and he just said a lot of things tonight…just don't be too comfortable around him…I don't think he's a nice as he seems."
"Cohen," Summer sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Just promise me you'll be careful."
"If it makes you feel better, then I promise I will be careful around K.C.," Summer smirked playfully. "Now can we please do something."
"What do you want to do?"
"I haven't seen you in like two weeks. What do you think?"
"Oh that," Seth grinned.
"Yeah, that," Summer laughed before kissing him and leading him to the bedroom.
(AN: Ok I'm impressed I wrote that much. lol. This chapter just sort of poured out of me. I read a lot of the reviews and I love how much everybody hates K.C. and Beth. This chapter probably just sealed the K.C. hatred even more haha. I know I hate him. But evil characters are so much fun to write haha. Oh someone said something about K.C. and Beth working together, I actually hadn't thought of that angle. But I like it! haha. That's pretty creative. So who knows if I'll use that or not? But I really hadn't thought of that and was impressed with the thought. Props to you haha. Anyway, thanks for the reviews. Keep on reading and I'll keep on writing. Hell I'll probably keep writing even if you don't read it because I like to lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.)
