Seth was walking through the streets of Richardson Texas. He had no clue how he ended up in that city. Everything was so quiet and peaceful that it just made Seth sad. He wanted to go back but he also wanted to get away from Orange County. That place drove him crazy. All he ever heard from people was how lousy and rich that place was… Even his dad hated that city with all its banquets and balls.

He was still confused about his call to Summer. The call was supposed to be a real call. He meant to talk to her about why he left and ask her to come with him. But as always her spell took over and he was speechless.

School was starting in a month and he didn't have any plans to go back unless it was to sweep Summer away and hug his family goodbye. He wasn't coming back for school and that was a fact.

Seth came across a small bed and breakfast and decided he was done for the day of traveling. An hour ago he had gotten off a 5 hour bus ride and he was exhausted.

After he paid for his room for the night, he concluded he would relax more and take the pressure off of his life by turning on the television.

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At 5 O'clock there was a knock on her for the second time that day. Summer drearily opened it and found herself in front of the mike.

"Hello this is Ron O'Neil from channel 15 news. I'm guessing you are Ms. Roberts?" the middle-aged man said, the camera man right behind him.

"Yes. What do you want?"

"Well, as you know there is an Amber Alert on your boyfriend Seth Cohen. We were hoping to do a news broadcast to help find him and we would love for you to be interviewed."

"What? An Amber Alert? You mean it's being viewed around the state that he's missing?"

"Yes and it's actually being shown around the bordering states too. Kind of like the Elizabeth Smart case. Didn't you know about this?" He asked, a bit confused.

"No I didn't. Who called to tell the police he's missing?" Summer got a bad feeling in her stomach and knew she had to vomit.

"It was Seth Cohen's parents. So will you do our interview?"

"Sure. In a minute." She quickly turned away from the man and ran to the nearest bathroom and threw up all the ice cream.

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As Seth turned on his television, he found the movie Batman Forever and settled in for a good time. As it neared the end, the news broke into the program.

"I'm Ted Patrick. Sorry to break into your program but as we've been covering for the last few hours an Amber Alert as been in progress. Just to remind you about the missing boy.

Name Seth Cohen.

Height 5 11

Age 17

Brown hair

Brown eyes

Lean build

Lives in Orange County California.

The last time he was seen, he was with his girlfriend. He left her and his family notes saying he left and he'll miss them.

It is urgent and that if you see him please contact your local police or call 1 800 544 6277"

Then the screen flipped to his mom who was sobbing. Seth gasped. He had only seen his mom cry 3 times.

"Please Seth if you see this come back home to us. We miss you so much. I'm begging you. We all love you."

The focus then turned to Summer's house where she was in her robe and looked very distressed. Her hair was all in a mess and she didn't have any makeup on. She would never have gone on TV without makeup. Something was up.

The robe she had on was Seth's favorite robe because he had named all the duckies starting with all the Disney characters names. Mickey, Bambi, Dopey, Sleepy, Pluto, Sleeping beauty, Etc. And she would point to the identical ducks and he knew exactly which one was which. Never messed up one.

Now she was just standing pale looking like she was going to puke.

"Hi Seth. If your watching. I really hope you come home soon. I really need to talk to you. I love you and I just hope you get home safe." A tear ran down her face. The camera turned back to the man at the news desk.

"Again if you see him, we urge you to call the police. And back to your program."

Now Seth was watching Batman but he didn't quite feel like watching one of his favorite comic book characters anymore.