Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, just this particular story line.


In the morning, Seth, that almost didn't sleep, was up in the kitchen drinking some coffee and thinking of what he was going to do next, on matters of him and Summer.

Marissa: "Hey, Seth… Are you ok?"

Seth: "Yeah… I'm fine…"

Ryan: "Really?"

Seth: "Yeah! I guess… Maybe… Not so much… I'm in hell…"

Ryan: "I figured… So what are you doing today? Wanna hang out?"

Seth: "Actually, no thanks… I'm going over Summer's house this afternoon, like Marissa suggested… What do you say?"

Ryan: "I don't know… Marissa?" – He turns to her.

Marissa: "Go! It'll be good… I'll be at Summer's anyway… She already called me…"

Seth: "What did she say?"

Marissa: "That you guys weren't at your best shape… That she had broken up with you and…"

Seth: "And…"

Marissa: "And that she was lost…"

Seth: "Ok… That's good, right?" – He stared at Marissa and Ryan but they don't say a thing – "Right?"

Ryan: "I don't know man… Maybe…"

Marissa: "Yeah… I can't say for sure… Her voice sounded pretty hurt… I'll have to see how big the damage was, before say anything…"

Seth: "But what do you think?"

Marissa: "I think that you need to go buy that stuff that you said that you were going to and Ryan is going with you, so he can get you advice…"

Ryan: "But… Are you sure that you don't want to hang out?" – He didn't want to give Seth advices. He sucked at advices – "Please?"

Marissa: "No! That's fine… Summer needs me… And I have to calm her down for Seth, remember?" – She turns to Seth – "Pick up only pretty and expensive things… You have a lot of work!" – She turns to Ryan – "And you, help him!" – She turns around to live but she turns back – "Oh, and thanks for the lovely evening…" – She kisses him at first delicate, but soon was a deep kiss, a real appreciate kiss.

Seth: "Hey! More people in the room!"

Marissa: "Right… Bye, Seth!" – She turns to Ryan gives him a kick but tongue kiss, turns around and live.

Seth: "You must be very good…"

Ryan: "I try… So Seth… Where are we going?"

Seth: "F&C - Flowers And Company to pick a lot o red roses and white roses too…"

Ryan: "Why white roses?"

Seth: "Peace! I want peace! I want her… So red roses for passion and white for peace, that way we can be cool again…"

Ryan: "Oh… She won't understand the white rose thing…"

Seth: "Yeah she will…"

Ryan: "No she won't…"

Seth: "Yeah… She… Will!"

Ryan: "Wherever…"


At the Robert's house, Summer was taking a shower to see if she could take Seth's smell off her, even though she didn't want to get rid of his wonderful smell, she figure that would be easier, considering that every time that a west wind pass through her she would start cry thinking that she wasn't going to smell that aftershave lotion anymore. She started crying just to think about it again. Is better for her to get out of the shower soon or she will collapse, and collapse naked wasn't exactly the best thing right know.

Summer: "Marissa is coming anyway… I'll better get out…" – She left the shower and headed to her room.

Zach: "Hey!" – Zach was in the house, in Summer's room to be more specific.

Summer: "Zach! Oh My God! You scared me!" – And she starts crying.

Zach: "Oh My God! Don't cry! I didn't mean to… Oh, Summer please don't cry…" – Zach would hug Summer, but she was wearing only a towel and even though they used to date once, and all he wanted was go over there and kiss her, it would be weird.

Summer continue crying desperately now. Deep down she knew that the reason for the crying wasn't because Zach scared her, but she just couldn't stop! – "Aren't you going to hug me?" – Summer looked to Zach with the eyes full of tears.

Zach: "I would… But you are wearing just a towel…"

Summer: "So? Am I so hideous like that? You can just hug when I'm with at least four levels of clothes, right?"

Zach: "No, absolutely!" – 'You have no idea how much NOT hideous you are' – he thought but still didn't move.

Summer: "HUG ME!"

Zach walked over her and hugged her slowly first but tighter after. Zach knew that Summer was tinny, he remember vividly all her measures, but all that made her literally shrink – 'Summer must be really upset, what if I took all this too far? What if she is supposed to be with him after all? What if I was just supporting actor at their love story? Noooo…' – he thought. Summer felt safe for the first time for the past 12 hours. Summer knew that Zach was, like, gigantic, but when he wanted to protected her, he almost double his size – 'I'm so lucky for having a friend like him.' – Summer thought.

After a few minutes on silence Zach decided to talk first: "Better?"

Summer wasn't crying anymore: "Yeah, thanks…" – She pulled away from him.

Zach: "You better get dress…"

Summer: "Oh yeah!" – She had totally forgotten that she was naked under the towel. – "Would you mind going downstairs? So that I could get dress…"

Zach: "Sure…"


Thirty minutes later the doorbell rang at Summer's house. She went to the door to see who it was.

Summer: "Hey…" – She hugged Marissa and started crying.

Marissa: "Sum? Crying already? Or still? I can't tell…" – Marissa giggled a little and said that with such a sweet voice that Summer actually giggled gladly that her friend was there.

Summer: "It seams to be a custom usually…" – She lets Marissa go – "Come in…"

Marissa: "Do you want to tell me what is going on between you and Seth or should I go first and say what he told me already?"

Summer: "Not now…"

Marissa: "What? What do you me…an…" – She saw Zach at the couch.

Zach: "Marissa? Hey!" – He gets up and goes over her to hug her.

Marissa: "Zach…" – She looks to Summer over his shoulder. Summer just gives an 'I-have-no-idea-what-he-is-doing-here' look. – "What are you doing here?" – She lets him go.

Zach: "Is nice to see you too!"

Marissa: "Yeah is nice to see you…" – She says with a lack of interest – "What are you doing here?"

Zach: "I came here to see how Summer is doing after yesterday night…"

Marissa: "Does he know everything before me?" – Marissa knew that he knew but still was a little sad that Summer didn't talked to her before anyone else. – "So? Does he?"

Summer: "Well… He does…"

Marissa: "I can't believe in you! I thought I was your best friend!" – Marissa turns around and heads to the door.

Summer: "Marissa, WAIT!" – She went after Marissa but she didn't stop and continue going to the door. Summer stopped – "Marissa… Don't go…"

Marissa: "Why should I stay? You don't need me… You probably had already discussed and analyzed everything with him anyway… I'm no good here anymore."

Summer: "What? Do you think that I said anything to him about how I feel right now?"

Marissa: "You did, didn't you?"

Summer: "NO! I would never tell a boy something that you just say to your best friend."

Marissa: "Oh, so if it was a girl you would have told?" – Marissa knew she was totally overreacting, but she wanted to know how much influence she had over Summer, because she needed a lot of influence to convince Summer that getting back with Seth was the best thing.

Summer: "Don't do this… You know I wouldn't…"

Marissa: "I don't know anything…"

Summer: "How could you say something like that?" – Summer started crying again. – "I can't afford to lose another important person in my life again in last then 24 hours!"

Marissa: "Yeah? I don't see why you care losing me… He's still here…"

Summer looked at Zach, that was watching everything and hoping that they got in to a really fight, because that would be pretty hot – "Zach… Leave…"

Zach: "What?"

Summer: "Leave!"

Zach: "But Summer…"

Summer: "I don't even know what you are doing here! I didn't tell you that I would call you? You shouldn't have come!"

Zach: "But…"

Summer: "ZACH… LEAVE… NOW!" – She was furious.

Zach headed right throw the door to his car as fast as he could. He was actually afraid of being hit by Summer. Summer closed the door after him and turned around.

Summer: "He's gone…"

Marissa: "So you didn't tell him anything?"

Summer: "No… He just knows what he saw, which by the way is almost every fact, but he has no idea what I'm feeling…"

Marissa: "Why didn't you called yesterday?"

Summer: "I didn't wanted to screw your night with Ryan… At least one of us needed a nice graduation experience…"

Marissa: "Next time call me…"

Summer: "Ok…"

Marissa: "Ready to talk?"

Summer: "Ready to hear?"


Ok, that was chapter 5 and I have to say that I pretty proud of the way that this story is going… Please R&R! Your opinion is very important to me… Don't be intimidating by giving me suggestions… It is always welcome a constructive review! (Oh and the girl on Seth's phone will be explained in one of the next chapters…)

(I reserve myself that right to use the ideas or not!)