First and Last Chance
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Summary: Major AU. Saturday detention always sucks. But when weird stuff starts to happen, it is anything but boring. Seth/Summer, Marissa/Oliver, Zack.
A/n: Yeah, this is so AU, Ryan never stayed and Seth is still the biggest loser ever… and this is Seth, Zack, Summer, Oliver, Marissa with major Oliver/Marissa and Summereth… xD, and I haven't written in third person in forever, so please forgive me.
Disclaimer: The OC belongs to Fox… and this is written for pleasure only, no money is being made off of it. The plot belongs loosely to the Breakfast Club, but not really after the first chapter.
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"Thunderstorm"
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It was the blaring of the alarm clock that woke Seth Cohen up at 6:00 in the morning on a Saturday. He ignored it and simply rolled over, burying his head under his pillow.
The alarm didn't stop; it just seemed to get louder, pounding the rhythm into his head like a hammer. Groaning, he slapped his hand around as if to try to feel his way to the alarm stopper. What seemed like forever later, he found it and turned it off. Sighing happily he attempted to fall back asleep once again.
"Seth Cohen, you get out of that bed right now or you'll be sorry!" He heard his mother shout up the steps. Fuck this. He didn't need to go to the stupid detention. He shouldn't be going to it!
He didn't move. A few moments later it was his father's voice shouting, "SETHELA EZEKIEL COHEN!"
Seth sighed, there was no getting out of it, so he figured he might as well just give in. "I'm coming!" he shouted irritably sitting up. Yawning, he stretched and got up. It was only then that he heard the pounding of the rain on the window, roof… everything.
Oh wonderful.
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It didn't' take to long for him to get ready after he woke up. He still had yet to face his parents. Seth knew they were disappointed in him, but he didn't know how disappointed they really were. He had been grounded until he left for college (no questions asked). No video games, no TV, no phone, no nothing.
He thought his parents were over-reacting; it wasn't like he killed someone. They didn't have to worry about that. There was more of a chance of someone killing him than him killing someone.
Slowly, he walked down the steps, ready to face his parents. They didn't understand what it was like to be him. To be hated simply for being yourself. It's kinda pathetic that the only people other than his family that liked him were Captain Oats and Oliver Trask. And the friendship with Oliver was only when nobody else was around. Yes, life for Seth Cohen really sucked.
He reached the bottom of the steps only to be greeted by nothing. His parents were sitting at the table eating breakfast, not even looking at him. In some ways this was worse than if they had yelled at him.
He grabbed a bagel and ate it without even putting anything on it. The silence was horrible. He wanted to break it, but stopped himself from doing it. He looked at the clock. 6:30. Had to be at the school for 7:00. 7:00, why so freaking early?
He yawned again and his dad looked at him, or more like glared at him. "Let's go," he said simply. Seth got up slowly and followed his dad out to the car. This sucked. A lot.
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It didn't take that long for Seth to get to the school and he got out of the car into the rain without even a word of goodbye to his dad. His dad didn't even try to say goodbye either.
He waited in the car as Seth walked into the school before speeding off. Seth slowed down his pace once he realized that his father had just left. He didn't really mind the rain that much. Probably because everyone else in Newport was afraid it was going to ruin their hair, or clothes, or whatever. Seth didn't care. Seth never cared. That was why no one liked him.
A flash of lightning lit up the sky and every rain drop falling down was visible for a split second before the sky got black again. Seth continued walking towards the library as a loud crash thundered.
A thunderstorm. How wonderful.
It wasn't really that far from where his father dropped him off to the library, but Seth was taking his good old time. Another flash of lightning lit up the skies. "One… two… three… four… five… six…" he counted before the thunder sounded.
Six seconds between the lightning and thunder. That means that the worst part of the storm was about a mile and a half away. Joyous.
He found his way to the door of the library and walked in. He was soaked by now, but he could give a shit. Seriously.
He walked in and sat down at one of the desks. He was the first person to get there. He looked at his watch. 6:45.
Fifteen minutes until hell began.
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Those fifteen minutes wizzed past faster than Seth Cohen would have hoped and soon there were four other people in the library with him.
Marissa Cooper. His step-aunt, or whatever the hell she was. She was family, she didn't talk to him. She ignored him just like everyone else.
Oliver Trask. Marissa's boyfriend. He transferred to Harbor his sophomore year, and they've been dating ever since. Oliver isn't that bad of a guy, if you were alone with him and there was no one around. Oliver was Seth's only real friend his own age.
Summer Roberts. What was there to say about Summer? Seth's been in love with her since… before he even liked girls. There was just something about her that he admired. He didn't know what it was. But she would never give him the time of day. The most words she ever said to him was, "What the fuck are you doing?" He still loved her.
Zack Stevens. Arrogant water-polo playing asshole. He had the 'perfect' personality, the 'perfect' look, he was just so 'perfect.' Everyone loved him. Seth hated him because Zach hated him. Seth was always the brunt of his jokes, the brunt of his torments. Seth had learned to just put up with it. But it was getting down to the last straw.
None of them noticed Seth Cohen sitting in the back of the library. They all walked in, trapped in their own little world. They were the "Fantastic Four." You'd never see one without the other three. Summer and Marissa were best friends, and Oliver and Zack were pretty good friends too.
Seth could see where this day was going now.
He looked down at his watch as a crack of thunder sounded. Summer jumped and he chuckled almost silently. No one saw or heard him. 7:01. The day had officially began. Now they just had to wait for Dr. Kim to arrive.
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She arrived before anyone wanted her and the idle chatter between the Fantastic Four stopped. Dr. Kim looked directly at Seth.
"Mr. Cohen, why are you soaking wet?" she asked, holding back a chuckle. Yeah. Seth was a goody two-shoes. He sucked up, who cares. The Fantastic Four turned and looked at him as if they thought they had been alone this entire time. Seth held back a laugh when he saw their faces. Especially Summer's.
"I walked in, and it is raining," he said with a small smile.
Dr. Kim just rolled her eyes and focused her attention more on the Fantastic Four. "Now, you've all done something to deserve being here," she said sternly. "And you will have the entire day to think about what you did. Got it?" The four of them nodded. "It is now… 7:05, you are here until 3:00, and you better realize what you did. Now I'll be right across the hall, so no goofing off." She said before turning and walking over to her office.
Oh let the fun begin.
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A/n: Yeah, so it isn't that exciting to begin with, but it will get better, I promise, this is more of an introduction than anything else. Please review and tell me what you think:D