Chapter 4 - Embrace.

Marissa smiled at Summer, and she felt like this girl was really cool, and defiantly down-to-earth. Not like Kayleigh, who forced a friendship with her, but someone who you'd have to figure out, and it'd be fun to be friends with her. Summer looked over and saw the guy she had been such a bitch to earlier sitting there talking to some girls and saw that he totally had the cutest smile ever. Now she really felt bad for being so mean to him. She wanted to apologize, but she wasn't sure if she felt comfortable just walking up to come kid she had talked to once, and apologizing for being the way she is to most people. She really isn't like that though. She is really nice and fun, but she's just always been a bitch to everyone, scared of not being accepted. Making people think she was tough.

"So Summer, I was thinking, you wanna come over after school? We could go to the mall, or talk and paint our nails while reading mags?" Marissa asked.

"That would be totally cool, lets do it." Summer was really happy for the first time in forever.

Summer showed Marissa her schedule, and it showed they had 4 classes together, and one of them was Study Hall, which was last period, so they could leave together. Marissa and Summer ended up talking thru the entire hour of Study Hall and they both felt like they were already close friends.

"Yeah, I like totally love Paul Frank. That little monkey is the cutest thing ever, I have Julius slippers." Marissa was excited about this topic.

Summer looked up from her pinky nail to laugh at Coop. Summer started calling her that because it was short, and easy, and Marissa was a unique name.

"I know right? My dad thinks I'm some deprived child, so he gives me all the money in the world to spend all over the place." Summer was opening up to someone for the first time.

"Same with mine. She totally thinks that a new purse will solve PMS."

"Hahahaha, dad's! Hey Coop, you know that curly haired kid that was sitting at the table for lunch?"

"Mmhmm. That's Seth Cohen. He's my best friend."

"Oh."

"Yeah, he's so awesome, I love him to death. The funny thing is, people always ask if we're dating because we go see movies together, and go bowling together, you know? But its just because we've lived next door to each other since we can both remember, and we're just close ya know, But, why do you ask about him?"

"Yeah. I get it. Its cool that you have that with him. Its just, I was really mean to him in Chem., and he probably hates me, and I don't really know why I just go off on people like that, I guess I just didn't, I don't even know!"

"He told me that 'the new girl,' was a total bitch to him, when he was just being nice."

"Yeah, well, guys at all my other schools would act like him, and a few days later ask me if i liked scented condoms!"

"GROSS! But Seth is totally not like that. He's so sweet. And he has troubles with girls because if you haven't noticed, our school is full of Paris Hilton's twin sisters!"

Summer nodded, and she felt even worse now. She had to apologize to him. She thought back to lunch, and how cute he was. His smile, so beautiful. She was glad that she finally found a friend tho, and she was starting to soften up, she was sick of the no-friend zone. Summer and Marissa started hanging out everyday, which sort of narrowed down Seth's friendship with Marissa. They were still close, but she spent everyday and every weekend with Summer. Seth didn't sit by Summer anymore, so he hadn't talk to her, or even had the urge.

"Marissa. Come on. We haven't hung out in like a week, you've been with little miss bitch everyday."

"Seth, just embrace the friend okay? Me and her get along really well, and you're still my best friend, why don't you try hanging out with us?" Marissa was hoping that he would just be cool with it.

"Yeah, riiiight. I'll just ask one of the girls who drool over me to hang out." Seth felt sort of self-absorbed for a second.

"Well whatever. Maybe you can turn down sex from them ONE MORE TIME. In the meantime, we're going to go swimming. Later Seth."

Marissa took off. Seth still kind of felt like maybe he should give Marissa's new found girl best friend another chance, he was sure that if she was really the way she had acted on the first day of school, that Marissa wouldn't still be hanging with her. In chemistry, Summer got reassigned to sit with Seth again. She was still really hoping to apologize, she still felt really bad, even after 2 weeks.

"So do you want to take notes or do the experiment?" Seth wasn't in a rush to become pals with her.

"I'll take notes I guess."

"Ga-reat. You do that. And I'll work. Just watch okay?"

"Look, Seth Cohen right? I'm sorry for the first day of school, I was just in no mood for one of those regular guys who would just be nice to me, and then 5 days later ask me if I wanna see the backseat of the car."

"Well that's all special and everything for you, Summer? Yeah, but I'm not really caring about your excuses / sob stories, so you can go ahead and take notes, mmmkay?"

Seth was clearly jealous of how Summer was to him on the first day of school, and at the same time won over his best friend, and he wasn't really up for the forgiving thing. Summer figured that he was still pissed off at her, because she was really mean. She just worked at a silent partner. Seth figured it was a matter of time before he would go ahead and embrace Summer as Marissa's girl best friend. He couldn't keep being mean to her if she talked to him, from what she did on the first day of school.

"Summer,"

"Yeah okay Cohen, I know that my notes need to be less sloppy next time okay? Lets just start working."

"I wanted to say that I'm sorry for not accepting your apology okay? It's just, the way you were on the first day of school, and then you just went and befriended my best friend, and"

"Save it Cohen. Its okay."