Authors Note: This chapter's pretty boring and I tried to make their lives as 'Newport' as much as possible.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of The OC except for Tanya and Michael. That privilege is awarded to Josh Schwartz.
Sunshine
A week passed since Jimmy's and Kirsten's meeting. Jimmy was waiting for Kirsten's call and wondering whether he should call her but every time he picked up the phone he just put it down again unable to call.
During this time, they'd seen each other at parties and even had small conversations but nothing more than that. Jimmy really liked her. She was different to all the other girls he had met. There was something that set her apart, her independence and how different she was to the other Newpsie girls. She was extremely pretty and tremendously rich, she was the homecoming queen, social chair and very popular. To Jimmy, she was perfect.
Kirsten vowed that she would not get close to Jimmy and the closest she'd get to him was to be friends, though she was waiting for his call so she could show him around. She couldn't get close to him because this year of school was important. It was her second last year at Harbor and she needed to get good grades so she'd get the subjects she wants for her last year and then get into Harvard.
It was a sunny day and Kirsten was in her bikini on the beach tanning with Tanya, Taryn and Diane.
"Have you guys seen that Jimmy Cooper?" Taryn asked "He's so hot!"
Kirsten closed her eyes behind her black Gucci sunglasses and blocked Taryn out.
"Right Kirsten" Diane's voice interrupted her daydream.
"Huh?" said Kirsten
"I said that you probably won't date him" said Diane
"What makes you say that" asked Kirsten
"Well you have all these hot guys asking you out and every single one of them gets rejected" Taryn says
"Why? You'd go out with Jimmy?" asked Diane
"No. I never said that" said Kirsten
"Well I reckon you and him would make a hot couple" said Taryn
Kirsten rolled her eyes.
"Ummm hi" a voice behind them said
Kirsten turned around and saw Jimmy standing there.
"Oh my God" said Kirsten quickly reaching for her singlet while covering her boobs.
"Oh sorry" Jimmy said, embarrassed looking at the sand. Fucken Gavin said I could come as close as I want and they wont care…
"So… erm what's up? Kirsten awkwardly said after she had put on her singlet and was facing him.
"Ummm I was wondering whether you could… or wanted to… erm…" Jimmy ruffled his hair looking nervous
Kirsten looked up expectantly ignoring her friend's giggles and smiles.
"Uhh just forget it" said Jimmy "Umm I'll be in the erm, Balboa Lighthouse…. See ya" and he left. Can't believe I just did that… idiot…
"Oh my god, was he gonna ask you out on a date?" said Tanya facing Kirsten excitedly
"No!" said Kirsten a bit forcefully than she intended "I mean no..." she said softer
"Then what was he asking" said Diane
"I don't know…" said Kirsten
"I think he likes you" giggled Taryn "You should get with him, with the cotillion coming up and you have no partner… you'd guys will be hot"
Kirsten made a face which Taryn couldn't see because of her dark sunglasses
"I won't get close to him and at this point nobody has partners, I still have to pair everyone up" Kirsten gathered her stuff and put on her mini skirt "I'm going to get a smoothie, anyone coming?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Fine I'll go" said Kirsten walking off glad to get away from Taryn.
"Wait I'll go with you" Tanya got up "Not staying by myself with Diane and Taryn"
"Can I have a Balboa bar" Tanya said ordering
"A strawberry smoothie" said Kirsten putting money on the counter.
"Oy, look who just came in" Gavin pointed out to his friends
Jimmy looked and saw Kirsten standing there with Tanya. Damn, she has a hot body… he thought to himself. Then he thought of his embarrassing encounter with them just then.
"Hey Coop, don't you like Kirsten?" said Michael.
"Yeah he was hell flirting with her at that charity event!" said Gavin
Everyone laughed and punched Jimmy playfully.
"Fuck off Gavin" said Jimmy facing them "Look I'm gonna get a Balboa bar" he said leaving
"Dude, you've already got a milkshake!" Michael called out
"Hey I'll be over with the guys" said Tanya
Kirsten nodded.
"Hey" Jimmy said as he reached her
"Oh hi" said Kirsten
"Balboa bar" said Jimmy handing money to the bar tender
Silence came between them as both of them waited for the other to say something.
"So umm I was wondering…" Jimmy trailed off
Kirsten looked up as she took her smoothie from the counter.
"Umm whether you could show me around still, because I still don't know how to get around and umm…" said Jimmy
"Oh sure!" said Kirsten. So that's what he wanted to ask me on the beach. Kirsten couldn't help but smile "Umm tomorrow?"
"Sure" said Jimmy
"Ok. I'll pick you up at 10" said Kirsten walking towards the table where Tanya was sitting.
"So as I was saying to these guys Kirsten, I don't want to be paired up with either of them for cotillion" said Tanya as Kirsten sat down next to her.
"Cotillion" Jimmy said sitting down uncertain.
"Yeah I was just telling you about it just then. Stupidest event ever, this Saturday" Gavin said
"Hey I have to organize it" said Kirsten
"Well your fault for being social chair" said Gavin taking a slurp from his milkshake
"Watch it or I'll put you with Taryn" said Kirsten
Everyone laughed.
"Fuck man, if you did that I wouldn't go" said Gavin "So who you gonna go with Kirsten? I mean who ever your pair yourself up with is like the lead boy for the cotillion"
Kirsten shrugged.
"Why? You want to be with her or something?" Tanya said sarcastically
"Ha... ha…" Gavin replied back
"I want to be leader of the cotillion, and then you can wear the nicest dress and the damn tiara!" said Tanya.
"What's so good about the tiara?" Kirsten asked
"Well it shows that you're the leader and the most beautiful girl ever" said Tanya "and I'm sure whoever you go with, their social standards will go right up"
Everyone stared.
"What? Look Kiki I was wondering when we're going to redo our tans and manicure and pedicure and hair" said Tanya ignoring everyone's stares.
"I told you already, tans on Friday, manicure and pedicure on Thursday and hair on Saturday" said Kirsten drinking the last of her smoothie.
"But we're picking up our dresses on Wednesday…"
"I never said Wednesday" Kirsten got up
"Where are you going?" Tanya said looking at her clearly confused
"Home, gotta do some last minute organizing"
"Ok see you darl!" Tanya called out
And as Kirsten walked out she heard Tanya say "What day is it today?"
"Monday dumbass"
That night Kirsten sat in her room and attempted to pair everybody up who did not have a partner.
She had finished pairing everyone up, even Tanya whom she paired up with Gavin and Taryn with a try-hard water-polo player which both would be desperate for a partner because they would not be able to get one. The only people left to pair up were herself and a foreign exchange student and Jimmy Cooper.
This was pretty boring… and yeah… Please R&R
Next chapter: Who does Kirsten decide to go to the cotillion with? How does her 'date' with Jimmy go?