FLASHES

This chapter is just more detailed about how they all end up living together and some other reactions.

"Seth do you think we should live alone, I mean I love you, but sometimes we just can't handle one another."

"What are you talking about Summer, we could really benefit from the alone time like our time in my office right now." he replied while daydreaming about what they could do with their own house.

"Cool it Cohen, we're going to figure this out first, you can't just ask me to live with you and then not talk about it. My concern is that all the Newport houses are huge and with you off doing your comic book thing, I going to be all alone in some giant home."

"You could always get a job"

"I enjoy my spare time, and I do so have a job, I am only like Newport's best charity events coordinator."

"I mean a real job."

"It is a real job."

"Ya but those Newpsie women scare me. All they ever ask is when I'm going to start working for the Newport Group."

"That's because they don't know what else to talk to you about, conversations with you are hard for the inexperienced."

"Thanks"

No problem Cohen."

"So now about your fear of large houses, why don't we get like roommates. The places are huge and I guess we could still have fun together."

"Ooooh...like who?"

"How about...ummmmm..."

"Ryan" "Lindsay" they both replied at the same time.

"That could be awkward" they once again both replied.

"Like this conversation."

"Like I said, conversations with you are tough Cohen."

"Well we could ask them both... I mean we could live in a really big house and then if things get weird they can avoid one another. Besides they're pretty good friends now and she's got that Chad guy as her boyfriend."

"Okay, well we can ask, and I mean they could always decline right."

"Right...okay...now I'm not sure if you've noticed but we've got this nice empty office right now so..."

A final "Shut up Cohen." Before she kissed him.

"Okay so we've called this little dinner for a reason." Summer started.

"Other than for our fine company." Ryan joked.

"I still can't believe Ryan has started to try and make jokes." Seth quipped.

"So as you were saying Summer. There's a reason for this get together." Lindsay finally spoke up.

"Well as you know Seth and I have been thinking of getting a place together and well we thought it would be a good idea to get a few roommates, because I mean these Newport homes can be really big and lonely sometimes, and well you both are looking for a place now that were all don't with school, and we thought maybe the two of you would be interested in living with us."

" Yeah, and we'll find a big place so we don't even have to see each other if we don't want to, not that we wouldn't want to I'm just saying that if you did you could."

"Shut up Cohen." Summer cut his rambling off despite how cute she thought he was when he babbled. Now was not the time. "Lindsay you could even bring Chad if you wanted and Ryan you can bring someone too."

"Okay."

"What was that Lindsay"

"I said 'okay' I'll move in with you guys. I'll have to ask Chad if he wants to but I couldn't think of a better place to live."

"And you Ryan." Seth asked.

"Of course I'm in, I'd love to live with family." Ryan gave them a grin, and Seth sighed a breath of relief, there was no way he could live with two women alone, hopefully Chad would come as well, he was an okay guy and then they would outnumber the girls.

"Well then I guess we're settled. I've got to head out but I'll see you guys later, I'll talk to Chad and we can find a place." Lindsay said with a smile before hugging everyone, leaving some money for the food and exiting the restaurant. Ryan then did the same, only without the hugging of Seth and went on his way as well. They still felt odd hugging one another, Summer just though it was funny.

"Wow so that was easy." Seth said, deciding to point out the obvious.

"Yeah, I know, if only everything was that easy."

"Like what?"

"I don't know, I just felt like it was the perfect set up to say something like that."

"I know what you mean."

"Hey, have you ever noticed that Chad looks like that guy from that show back when we were teenagers, One Tree Hill."

"Now that you mention it..."

Lindsay met Chad at the pier the same evening as the dinner.

"Hey, Linds, you wanted to meet me out here."

"Yeah, I had dinner with Seth and Summer earlier and they wanted to know if I would like to move in with them."

"Wow, that's unexpected, what did you say."

Lindsay looked into his deep blue eyes and tried to think of how he would react to this. "I told them I would love to move in with them. I mean I've been looking for a place and this seems like the best plan."

"That's great, I was hoping you would move in with them, I mean I know you've been looking for a place, and it'll be safer for you to be living with other people."

Lindsay was surprised by his reaction. He was always so understanding, and ironically she didn't know how she had lucked out. "There's even better news. If you want you can move in as well."

"That's okay with them."

"Yeah, they told me you could if you wanted to."

"Wow that's great, then we can live together and spend a lot more time with one another."

"I know, not to mention the fact that we can have a lot more alone time." She insinuated.

Chad just kissed her after that. She loved how playful and comfortable she could be around Chad, she'd never been able to act like this and she was glad she had the chance. Chad really was an amazing guy and they shared so much together. They shared many memories after dating for two years, they worked for the same company, oddly enough as actuaries, and now they would get to live together as well.