At first Seth's POV then summers then back to Seth's.

Lyrics-collide by Howie day.

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The dawn is breaking

A light shining through

You're barely waking

And I'm tangled up in you

Seeing Summer make this face broke my heart. I don't want her to actually be upset about my leaving. Well okay I do but he didn't want her to be this upset.

I sat down on her bed and she came over and sat with me.

When I'm open, you're closed

Where I follow, you'll go

"Is it because of me?" Yes.

"No, of course not."

Wait a second.

"I thought I was the selfish one, remember Anna leaving? Summer Roberts, I must be rubbing off on you"

"Cohen, this is so not the time to joke."

I was trying to get a smile out of her. I can't leave with the image of her frowning; I have to see her smile again.

I worry I won't see your face

Light up again

"Alright… so were going to the airport tomorrow..i mean if you wanna come."

"Uhmm.. well Zach and I have plans… I don't think so Cohen.."

She sure knows how to say a good goodbye.

"Oh. So I gotta go…you guys have fun tomorrow.. I'll see you December break I guess."

Summer got up and opened the door. "Bye."

No hugs, no tears, this seemed like how a man to man goodbye would go.

And so, I left. Out of her life, or at least out of her house.

Even the best fall down sometimes

Even the wrong words seem to rhyme

Out of the doubt that fills my mind

I somehow find

You and I collide

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Shit. Seth just left. I know he's leaving because of me. Why else would he leave? It may be self absorbed but she just knew it was because of her.

When Seth left I was praying he wouldn't come back. Because I fell on the ground and started bawling. I didn't want him to come back and see that he could do this to me, but I also kind of wanted him to come in, so he could hold me, and make everything seem better.

I don't know if I'll go tomorrow, sure I said I had plans with Zach, but I was too mad at him for leaving to actually go.

All's I know is that it can't end this way. I have to say bye to him, for real.

He deserves my goodbyes, I guess. This may be the second time he's left me but it's the first that he's had enough balls to tell me first.

I have no idea what to do, so I take out my phone.

I was going to call Marissa but I changed my mind.

I took out a note someone gave me when they left, with there phone number on it.

Ringg. Ring. "Hello?" at first I didn't think it was her. It had been long, too long, I didn't recognize her voice.

"Anna?"

"Summer? Wow it's been a while."

"Yah listen I wanted to talk to you about.."

Anna cut me off "Seth."

"Yah.."

"You guys still together?"

"Actually no." so I filled her in. On the whole Teresa thing, then Ryan leaving then Seth. Also about Zach and DJ.

"He said he loved me in the note but that's bullshit. He wouldn't have left me."

"God. That is such a Cohen thing to do.." she was right. I should have expected it.

"Anyway he's leaving Anna. Again. Going to some school in Maine."

"Really?Bu.."

"Yah and Maine is like always cold.. how will he stand it?"

"Summer if you have a boyfriend why are you so concerned?"

She didn't really give me time to answer when she also said

"It's not always cold. It's hot in the summer."

"How do you know."

"Summer, I live in Maine with my grandparents, well I don't live with them.. I'm at a boarding school."

"Oh god. What's it called?"

"Jaulins Phatormary"

"Oh Jesus. Seth's going there too…I think."

After a couple of minutes of questions I finally asked the question I had been meaning too.

"Anna I'm still in love with him. I don't know what to do."

"Well you've got no competition. I have a boyfriend, Jared, trust me I don't want to try going out with Seth again."

"Oh. I gotta go soon." Lie. "But will you like make sure no skank's or hoe's make a move on Seth…or make sure he's not an idiot enough to sleep with one?"

Anna laughed. "Sure Summer..bye."

Dial tone.

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If waking up at 6:00 isn't the most fun thing in the world, I'm not sure what is.

While at the airport, I thought about what Zach and Summer were doing, although I should have been focusing on saying goodbye to my mother. She apparently noticed because she all of a sudden said "Seth! Seth! Are you listening?"

Oh shit. "Yes. You were just talking about uhm.. politics?"

"Listen to me! I was saying to stay out of trouble.."

"Mom, its Maine. I don't think we'll get into that much trouble, if any."

"Just be careful" she said as she hugged me and sobbed.

I backed away from her hug though as I saw someone coming closer.

"Cohen."

And that's all that was needed to say. She hugged me and cried, possibly harder then my mother.

Wait.

Did I really have this effect on her?

Out of the doubt that fills your mind

You finally find

You and I collide