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"I'm not going to wear that Cohen. It's ugly." Summer said as Seth handed her another t-shirt to put on.
"Summer, my God, it's just something to wear, unless you want to wear the wet clothes." Seth said. Why the hell Summer had to match on a night like this was beyond him.
"Just. Give me something cute." Summer said, throwing down the t-shirt Seth just handed her.
"I don't own 'cute' Summer. You should know that. You tell me that everyday." Seth sighed. Nothing in his closet would fit her definition of 'cute.' "Just put this on. It'll have to do. It's like the only thing left that you haven't thrown on my floor."
"Oh, I like that." Summer said as she grabbed the shirt and slipped off her other one. Then putting the big dry one on.
"You are so difficult. That was the first one I was going to pick. Now, we just need some shorts, pants, something to cover your legs."
"Yes. I want some cute boxers. Cohen. Get me some cute ones." Summer said as she slipped off her jeans and waited for Seth to hand her something.
"Here." Seth handed her some 'cute' green striped boxers. "Are these cute?"
"No."
"What about these?" Seth asked holding up another pair.
"Nope."
'This was going to take forever.' He thought to himself.
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"They're too big." Marissa said as she attempted to hold up the pants Ryan had given her. "See. If I let go, they fall." She turned to him.
"C'mere. I'll fix it." Ryan said as he grabbed her waist and pulled her to where he was sitting on the edge of the bathtub. He pulled on the strings of the pants to tighten them and then tied them into a double knot and then a bow. "There. Now they fit." He smiled. "I can fix anything."
"Yes. You can." Marissa said as she squatted down to Ryan's face and kissed him. "Now, go fix the lights." She said as she pulled away.
"I don't know. I kind of like this. You in my baggy clothes. Letting me watch you change. Being a scare-d cat." Ryan said as he kissed her again.
"Hey. I am not scared. Just a little spooked."
"Uh-huh." Ryan smiled. She was scared out of her mind.
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"I don't know Cohen. They're so big that it makes me look like I have a saggy ass." Summer said as she walked down the stairs.
"I think it looks really cute Summer. It better look cute. Cause my room looks like a tornado hit it."
"Well, if you want to look this good, you've gotta do some damage." Summer laughed. "C'mon Cohen. Let's go find your parents and see if they've found out anything new with the power."
Seth sighed. "Okay Summer."
"No. Why can't you get your guys down here tonight?" Sandy screamed into the phone. "They hung up on me." Sandy said to Kirsten shutting his phone.
"Sandy. They're trying to get it fixed. Everyone in our neighborhood's power is out."
"It's not that Kirsten. They said that they can't even attempt to do it tonight."
"Can't do what?" Ryan asked upon entering the dark living room where Kirsten and Sandy were talking.
"They won't come and fix the power tonight. And possibly not tomorrow either." Sandy replied.
"WHAT! That's ridiculous Dad. I NEED electricity! Everything I own requires it. My music…" Seth started.
"IPod Seth." Ryan interrupted.
"Fine. My video games…"
"PSP, Gameboy…Nintendo DS." Ryan replied.
"Okay, fine. Not EVERYTHING. But still. I need light."
"You've got light son. Flashlights."
"Okay Father. And what about when the flashlights go dea…"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Cohen. You've already made the lights go out, one cell phone go out, and I'm not about to let you let the flashlights go dead." Summer warned Seth.
"Well. Your Mother and I are going to go to the store. We're going to pick up some things just incase this lasts a while. So I'll just put batteries on the list, okay?" Sandy said.
"Wait. You're going to leave us alone? In the dark?" Summer asked, grabbing Seth's hand.
"I'm sure you kids will be fine. We both have our cell phones if something happens. Just be careful." Kirsten replied.
"I think we'll stop by the electricity place as well…" Sandy said stepping out of the room and heading for the car.
"Sandy. No." Kirsten started. "You guys stay out of trouble. We'll be back before you know it." Kirsten said to the four teens.
Then the parents were gone.
"Great. We're alone, in the dark. And there's no telling when this stupid storm is going to go away." Summer said, sitting down on the couch and pulling Seth down with her.
"Don't worry Sum. It's not so bad. Plus, we can find something to do. Right Ryan?" Marissa asked, squeezing his hand so he'd say something to make Summer feel better. And make her feel better.
"Yeah. We'll find something." He just didn't know what.
"Oh! I know. Let's play truth or dare!" Summer squealed.
"Yes. Summer. Because we're a bunch of 10 year olds." Seth said sarcastically.
"Got a better idea Cohen?"
"Um. Let me think." There was a long pause. And obviously, thinking required Seth to close his eyes and hum. "Yes! We can play…flashlight tag?" Pause. "It sounded better in my head. Truth or dare it is." Seth said, defeated. He hated truth or dare.
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"This game sucks." Seth replied.
"Yeah. That's only cause you're being a chicken and not picking dare." Summer said. Someway or another, she'd get him in his underwear and running outside. She had got Ryan after all.
"Yeah. This game does suck. Can we just do something different?" Ryan asked. He had wished that he picked truth like everyone else. But, no, he had to be the first to pick dare and it was a big mistake. Summer made him strip off all his clothes, except for his boxers, and run outside in the rain and jump in the pool. Now, he was sitting in the middle of the living room floor, still in just his boxers with a blanket wrapped around him. "I'm going to go get some different clothes. I'm done with this game." He said as he stood up and headed for the pool house.
"Wait Ryan. I'll come with you." Marissa said, getting up and following him.
"Okay, Cohen. What do you want to do?" Summer asked. She was sick of truth or dare too, to be honest.
"I think we should go and get my Halloween costume from a couple of years ago and scare the shit out of Marissa and Ryan."
"Cohen. That's mean." Summer smiled. "I'm in." They headed off to Seth's room. Where his costume was hiding in the back of his closet.
"You didn't have to come y'know. You got wet again." Ryan said to Marissa, as he was searching for something to put on.
"I didn't want you to have to come alone." She replied, sitting on his bed, waiting for him to get dressed.
"I'm not afraid like you are." He laughed. "I can get dressed by myself."
"Yeah, well. I think that you are scared. You just don't want to admit it."
"Uh-huh." Ryan said as he sat on his bed next to Marissa. He was now wearing a wife beater and a clean pair of jeans, along with nice dry boxers underneath. He leaned over to kiss Marissa and she kissed him back. "I do, though, like that we're all alone in the pool house. No Seth and Summer. No Kirsten and Sandy. And there's no way in hell either of them are going to come out here and bother us." He said as they pulled away from the kiss.
"I like that too." Marissa said, going in for another kiss. "And, y'know. These flashlights are about to go dead. We should turn them off for a little while." She replied as she flicked the button on the flashlight and the pool house went completely black. She couldn't even see where Ryan was.
"I like that idea. I mean, who needs light anyway?" Ryan asked as he pulled closer to Marissa and took his jacket off of her. Then he lightly pushed her down on his bed. He put himself over her, kissing her lips. "I like the dark."
"I don't." Marissa said, pushing Ryan off of her and straddling his stomach. "But it's okay when you're here." She smiled and leaned down to kiss him again.
"That's good to know."
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"Okay. Cohen. I can't see this stupid costume you're looking for." Summer sighed. Seth's closet was way to small to be crammed in. Granted, half of the clothes weren't in it and instead on his floor…it was still to small.
"It's a evil clown mask Summer. There should be a suit that goes with it. It's like yellow and has blood stains on it." Seth replied, shining his flashlight over another area of his closet.
"That's gross. I can't believe you wore that." Summer said, disgusted.
"Fake blood, Summer." Then Seth's flashlight started to flicker on and off. "Damn thing. How long have my parents been gone anyway?" He asked.
"Well, they left at like 10 and it's…" Summer opened her cell phone to look at the time. "11:14 right now. So they haven't been gone for all that long."
"I can't find the costume. Probably threw it away. What now? Ryan and Marissa are probably going to be in that pool house for a while." Seth said, stepping off of the box he was standing on. Then his flashlight went out. "Fuck."
Summer screamed. "Cohen! Turn it back on! NOW!"
"I can't Summer. It's dead. Just use your phone."
"Oh yeah, genius. I'm going to run down my battery like you and Coop did. Then we won't have a phone!"
"Fine. Then I guess we're going to have to go to the kitchen and get another flashlight."
"Fine."
Seth walked out of his closet. Summer grabbed onto his arm almost instantly. "You're cute when you're scared."
"Shut-up."
"Okay." Seth said. He leaned in to kiss Summer and she kissed him back.
"What are you guys doing up here?" Sandy asked, stepping into Seth's room and shining his flashlight in their faces. "This place is a mess Seth."
Seth gave Summer a 'look'.
"We were just looking for Seth's costume. We were going to scare Ryan and Marissa." Summer replied. "That's it."
"Okay. Well, we got batteries, and some lighters too. Where are Ryan and Marissa?"
Seth and Summer looked at each other. How would they explain this one?
"The pool house." Seth answered. "Ryan needed some different clothes. He was getting hot in his long sleeved shirt." Ha ha. Good cover.
"Okay. Well, here. Take this and come down stairs." Sandy said handing Summer the flashlight. "Don't get that clown costume out Seth. Your Mother hates that thing." Sandy walked out of the room.
"So that's what happened to it. My Mom threw it away." Seth said. "C'mon. Maybe my parents will go to bed soon. Then we can have a little make-out fest." He took Summer's hand, kissed her again, and headed down stairs.
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Just as Seth entered into the living room, he flashed the light over Ryan and Marissa who were sitting on the couch, and had their heads down. His parents were in Sandy's office, looking for a few candles.
"What's up with you guys?" Summer asked, sitting next to Marissa on the couch.
"Kirsten walked in on us…again. She was looking for candles." Marissa said. If it wasn't so dark you could see that Ryan's face was beat red.
"Were you guys…?" Summer asked.
"We weren't doing anything like that. But we still got a little lecture." Marissa smiled. Sooner or later, it would be funny.
"Okay guys. Me and Sandy are going to head upstairs and try to go to sleep. Marissa, I called your Dad. You and Summer can stay over considering that the storm isn't going to die down any. But I need to know that I can trust you guys…" Kirsten looked at Ryan and Marissa. "Can I?"
"Yes. We will all just stay down here in the living room, or just down here. Promise." Marissa replied, embarrassed.
"Okay. Try and be quiet. And NO trips to the pool house again tonight. Ryan, if you need some clothes, I'm sure Seth has something that you can put on. Got it?"
"Yes." Ryan replied.
"Okay. Goodnight." Kirsten said, and walked into the kitchen to get Sandy, and they were off to bed.
"Oh, by the way…the power should by on in the a.m." Sandy said, walking up the stairs. "So, don't stay up too late waiting for it to come on. Goodnight you guys." And with that, he disappeared with Kirsten.
"Great. That means we're going to be stuck in the dark with nothing to do for…well, like ever. And we can't make Ryan jump in the pool again." Seth said, laughing. "That was so great."
"You want to go in the pool Seth?" Ryan asked with a threatening tone.
"Try it, and we'll see what happens. You'll be in more trouble."
"Not if I tell them that you did it voluntarily. They'd believe me. I don't lie to them." Ryan said.
"Yeah, because you suck at lying." Seth quipped.
"I'll show you---"
"Okay, guys! Stop. The last thing we need is you two arguing the rest of the night." Marissa said, pushing Ryan back onto the couch cushion. "If we're going to do something…it might as well be…I don't know. What can we do now?" She asked, looking at Summer.
Summer shrugged. "Well. Truth or dare…done that. Flashlight tag…too loud. Making out…caused trouble. I don't know either."
"We could…sleep." Seth replied. "Sleeping sounds good to me."
"Yeah. Except I'm not tired Cohen. Go find us something to do." Summer said.
"Oh! I've totally got it! We could go into my Dad's office…it has a lock. And play strip poker or something. That's fun." Seth said excitedly.
"Um…no. I don't want to see you naked Seth. And not that I'd lose, but just in case, I don't want you to see me naked." Ryan said, sliding off the couch and laying on the floor. "No offense."
"None taken. I get it."
Sorry if this chapter sucked. I tried. There's only 1 more chapter to go because, like I said, a blackout can't last forever.
And KC Chick…thanks for the review and suggestions…I would've used them, but I had already planned out the whole story, and I didn't know where to put them in. I'm glad that you gave me suggestions though.
Oh, and sorry if there are any mistakes...I read through these things a million times before I post them...but there's always mistakes somewhere.
Review! Tell me what you think….oh, and tell me if you want more Seth and Summer action!
