Sorry that it has been a while since i last updated! here it is though! oh yeah- sorry if i didnt get the college thing right. i just went for what i thought it was like. enjoy! and please review!
Summer woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. She had thought about the night before and came to the conclusion that what Eric did was an accident. After all, he did feel horrible afterwards and apologized profusely. Summer got out of bed and grabbed her toothbrush and face wash. As she went to open the door, Marissa came barging in with a bouquet of red roses in he arms.
"Morning, Sum. Look what I found outside the door," Marissa greeted in a sing-songy voice. She waved the flowers in front of Summer's face. Summer's face lit up as she tossed her belongings onto her bed. She grabbed the bouquet and plopped down on Marissa's already-made bed.
"They're so pretty," she cooed, as she pulled at the card sticking out of the top. She read the message aloud,
"Summer- So sorry about last night. Please forgive me. Love, Eric." The flowers confirmed her thoughts even more. He wouldn't have sent them if he wasn't sorry. Marissa sat down next to her and rested her chin on Summer's shoulder.
"What happened last night?" Marissa asked curiously.
"Oh, we just got in a little fight," Summer replied, leaving out the part about Eric hitting her. She didn't want to worry her friend over a little accident.
Summer sighed as she got up to look for something to put the roses in. She found a tall glass and handed it to Marissa.
"Would you be a sweetheart and fill this up with water?" she asked sweetly. Marissa rolled her eyes as she turned around to head towards the bathrooms. Summer smiled and raised the flowers to her face to smell them. She sighed happily. Her day was just beginning and it was already great.
When Marissa returned with the glass of water, Summer carefully arranged the flowers and placed the makeshift vase on her desk. Happy with her arrangement, she returned to her regular morning routine and grabbed her toothbrush and face products. She practically skipped down the hall to the bathroom. As she washed her face, she thought about Eric and felt bad that she wasn't doing anything with him that day. She made a mental note to call his cell phone and thank him when she got back to her dorm room. After Summer finished in the bathroom, she passed Marissa as she was entering their room.
"Oh, Sum. I'm going over to check on the guys- well, Ryan. 'Kay?" Marissa said halfway down the hall. Summer nodded and rolled her eyes. God, those two are inseparable. Summer closed the door behind her and slipped the latest Britney Spears CD in her CD player. She always listened to music while she got ready. She cranked up the volume as she started to change into her bikini. Summer got lost in the music and sort of forgot that there were other people around.
Seth was getting sick of watching Ryan and Marissa in love and decided to go see how Summer was doing. When he got to her door, he heard music playing. Not thinking, he opened the door without knocking and walked in on Summer just as she was taking off her tee shirt. When they both saw each other, Summer screamed and covered her self with her shirt. Seth opened his mouth and quickly covered his eyes.
"What the fuck, Cohen?! Haven't you heard of knocking?!" Summer shrieked as she turned around to put her shirt back on.
"I did not see that. I did not see that," Seth repeated. Summer rolled her eyes as she turned off the music and walked over to him.
"You can open your eyes now," she said, annoyed, as she placed her hands on her hips. Seth slowly dropped his hands from his eyes and saw a beet-red Summer staring at him angrily.
"I'm sorry?" Seth said with a sheepish grin. He blushed as he looked down at his shoes. Well,this is embarrassing.
"You better be," Summer replied, "Just don't tell anyone- in fact, forget it even happened, 'kay?" Seth nodded and bit his lip, not sure what to do next. Summer sighed and gestured to the door behind him.
"Okay, um, Cohen? Can you please leave so I can finish changing?" Summer asked impatiently. Seth raised his eyebrows in realization and pointed to the door as he turned around.
"Yeah, uh, bye," he mumbled as he left the room, still pink from embarrassment. Summer put her back to the door and slid down it until she was sitting. She softly laughed to herself, relieved from the awkward situation between her and Seth. He looked so pitiful when he blushed, it was sorta cute. Not that that means she has feelings for him. Just because you think a guy is cute, it doesn't mean you are attracted to him. Summer stopped her rambling thoughts. Why did she feel she needed to explain herself to...herself? She sighed and put her thoughts behind her as she got up to finish changing.
Seth had waited outside Summer's room, thinking of ways to make it not as uncomfortable between the two of them for the rest of the day. Suddenly, he heard a muffled laugh coming from the other side of her door. She's laughing? I guess that's a good sign. Seth smiled, not because he thought it was funny, but because he liked to hear Summer laugh.
When the door opened, Seth jumped up and accidentally ran into Summer. She stepped back to rub her forehead. Seth closed his eyes tightly and cringed at his clumsiness.
"Ooh, sorry Sum. Well, we're off to a great start today," he joked sarcastically. He could feel the sweat building on his neck. For some reason, Summer was still the only girl that could make Seth nervous. She smiled back at him, quizzically.
"Yeah, I guess so." It was then, when Seth was looking at Summer, that he noticed the small red mark on her cheek. His eyebrows furrowed as he stared at it.
"Hey, what's that from?" he asked as his fingers lightly brushed her cheeks. She became tense from his touch and quickly covered the mark with her hand.
"Oh, nothing. I...um..." Summer stalled, trying to remember what she had told Marissa, "...bumped into the car door last night. Really, its nothing." Seth cocked his eyebrow in doubt. But, he let it go and just nodded his head in understanding. He smiled at her and they just stared at each other for a moment.
"So...um..." Seth broke the silence and looked away, "We should probably get the two lovebirds now." Summer rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Who talks like that?" she teased as they walked down the hall to his dorm room.
"Guess what?" Marissa said cheerfully as the four friends piled into the boys' Range Rover. Ryan was driving, so Marissa was obviously going to sit next to him, leaving Seth and Summer in the back. Before anyone could answer, Marissa continued.
"Sum got flowers from Eric this morning," she announced. Summer rolled her eyes as Seth looked over at her.
"Oh, you did, did you?" he said, raising his eyebrows. Summer sighed loudly and looked out the window.
"Yeah, she did. They got in a fight or something last night," Marissa answered. That grabbed Seth's attention and he snapped his head around to look at Summer. As rude as it sounds, Seth was kind of happy that they had fought because it might mean that Summer and Eric's relationship wouldn't last too long. A little wishful thinking couldn't hurt, right?
"Okay, lets broadcast it to the whole world, Coop!" Summer whined, giving Marissa an irritated look. God, Coop could be annoying. Marissa rolled her eyes and turned back around to face the front.
"A fight? What happened?" Seth prodded. Summer shot him a don't-go-there look.
"It is none of your business," she said sternly. She looked away and let out a cry of frustration. Seth put his hands out in defeat.
"Okay, I'm sorry. I was just wondering," he apologized. He looked over wide-eyed at Ryan and Marissa as they shrugged. He sighed and took another look at Summer before grabbing his iPod out of his bag. For the rest of the ride, he listened to music and thought about what could have happened last night that Eric would send flowers and Summer would get so upset about.
By the time they got to Long Beach, the tension between Summer and the others had lifted and Seth had stopped worrying about Summer and Eric's fight. They got their things and headed straight for the less crowded area of the beach. Once they found a spot, the girls laid out to tan and the boys decided to cool off in the water.
"What's the deal, Seth?" Ryan asked, noticing that Seth kept looking at Summer. Seth turned his head towards him and gave him a confused look.
"What?"
"Oh, come on," Ryan said, "You've been staring at Summer the whole day! What's up?" Seth shook his head and looked back at her.
"I don't know. Something's just wrong," Seth said, running his fingers through his thick black curls, "I mean, she was so touchy about that fight with Eric...and he gave her flowers! It just seems like he would only give her flowers if it was something really bad." Ryan shrugged and scratched his head.
"Well, maybe she really likes him and doesn't like the fact that they fought. And the flowers could mean that he is just a nice guy. Look man, don't worry about it. It's probably nothing." Seth sighed and nodded his head.
"Yeah, you're probably right," Seth agreed. He sighed and dunked his head in the water, pushing his thoughts to the back of his mind. Seth noticed Ryan smiling and looked towards the beach to see Marissa approaching them. Oh, great. Let the make out session begin.
"Hey, I'm gonna go lay out for a little. 'Kay?" Seth said to Ryan. Ryan nodded as Seth headed for their towels. When he got there, he reached for his bag and pulled out the latest ? comic book. Seth laid his towel out next to Summer, who was laying out face up, and started to read. Before he could finish the first page, Summer nudged his shoulder.
"Could you put some of this on my back?" she asked, handing Seth a bottle of SPF15 sunscreen. He grabbed the bottle as she flipped on to her stomach. She shivered as soon as his hand made contact with her skin. He smiled, realizing his effect on her.
"You cold?" he teased, rubbing the lotion in. She cringed behind her sunglasses, embarrassed that he noticed.
"No," she mumbled. He rolled his eyes and stepped back when all the lotion was rubbed in.
"There," he said, wiping his sticky hands on his swimming trunks. She let out a quiet "thanks" and turned her head away from him. Seth sighed and got back to his comic book.
Suddenly, they both heard a shriek coming from the ocean. Summer quickly sat up as Seth put his book down and looked towards the water. The "shriek" was Marissa, who was being dunked playfully by Ryan. Summer sighed loudly. They looked so cute and happy together.
"I wish Eric was like that," she whispered to herself. Seth looked over at her, saddened by her comment. He would be like that, Seth thought, he would do anything to make her happy. Seth was so tempted to just tell her how he felt, but decided against it. I mean, what would she say to that? Instead, he opted to invite Summer to join them.
"Hey, um, shall we join in on the fun?" Seth asked her. She gave him a weird face as she looked back at their friends.
"Um, I don't think we can..." she replied as she gestured towards Ryan and Marissa. Seth looked at them and turned pink, realizing that they were now passionately making out. He swallowed hard and cleared his voice.
"Well, we technically could..." he started and noticed her bewildered face, "but we shouldn't because that's morally wrong...because you're dating Eric... and I should probably stop talking now."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea Cohen," she said, rolling her eyes. He looked down at his hands, embarrassed. He sure knew how to make things awkward. Why does he always mess up? He mentally kicked himself for sounding so stupid.
Summer just shook her head and gave a slight smile. She missed that nervous babbling. She glanced over at Seth, who was already buried in his comic book, and laid her head back down on her towel.
After having lunch and a long ride back, the four friends finally returned to the campus. When they were walking from the parking lot towards their building, Summer spotted Eric's black Porsche parked in front of the building. Oh shit, she thought, panicking, I forgot to thank him for the flowers! She bit her lip and looked over at her friends.
"Hey guys? I'll be up in a little bit- I'm going to go talk to Eric," she said glancing over at his car. They nodded as she veered off to the right where Eric was waiting. As she approached the car, Summer tried to peer in to the tinted window to see Eric's expression. She sighed as she opened the door and slid into the seat, quietly shutting the door. Summer put on her "happy" face before looking at Eric. Before she could even open her mouth, he began speaking.
"What a girlfriend I have," he said sarcastically, "You're so conceited that you can't even thank me for giving you flowers?" He stared at her hardly as she furrowed her eyebrows, confused by what she just heard.
"What?" Summer responded meekly, "I thought it would be nicer to thank you in person." He shook his head in disgust.
"Bullshit, Summer! You are so fucking self-centered!" he yelled, shoving her hard against the car door. She stared at him wide-eyed as he looked away angrily. Summer rubbed her right arm, which had smashed into the hard plastic and leather that made up the side paneling. She watched him as his nostrils flared, something she used to find cute. He snapped his head towards her, narrowing his eyes in anger.
"What the fuck are you looking at?" he questioned. She shook her head and looked away as he punched her thigh. She winced in pain and tried not to cry. He grunted and started the car. She looked at the steering wheel in terror, making sure not to look at him. Where is he taking me?! Oh my god! I need to get out. She discreetly slid her hand to the door handle and jiggled it. Eric quickly glanced over at her and rolled his eyes.
"What are you doing?" he said, adding a little laugh, "Geez, we're just going to In'n'Out." He pulled up to the drive-thru window and ordered two burgers and two cokes. He paid and parked in the barren corner spot of the parking lot. Summer glanced at him as he handed her a burger.
"It's alright. I won't bite," Eric teased. She looked at him quizzically. He was acting like nothing ever happened. Summer was confused, but she decided to forget about what just happened and remember that he loved her. She took the burger and slowly unwrapped it.
When Eric dropped her off in front of her dorm building, he kissed her on the cheek before Summer stepped out of the car. As she approached the front door, Summer let out a loud sigh. This day has been so crazy. She made her way up the stairs to the 2nd floor where she lived. As she walked down the hall, Summer could hear laughing coming from Ryan and Seth's room. Better tell them I'm back. Before entering the room, Summer made sure her shirt was covering the faint blue-black mark appearing on her right arm.
"Hey," Summer greeted as her friends looked up at her from their seats on the futon. She put on a fake smile and stood against the wall.
"Hey, Sum. What took you so long?" Marissa asked. It had been two hours since they got back from the beach. Summer bit her lip as she remembered the incident.
"Uh, we just went to get something to eat and hang out," she said, glossing over the details. She looked at her watch as a distraction, watching the second hand tick by slowly. Summer suddenly looked up from her watch, coming back to reality. She noticed them staring at her and gave them a small smile.
"I think I'm going to go lay down for a bit," Summer said, reaching for the doorknob as they nodded. She opened the door and walked out of the room, but not before meeting eyes with Seth, who was giving her a worried look.
As she trudged down the hall, Summer wondered if Seth knew something. No, he couldn't know. Besides, it only happened twice. And Eric is so nice other than that. Summer entered her dorm room and flopped down on her bed. She lay there, staring at the ceiling, convincing herself that Eric was in love with her.
thats it for the 2nd chapter! please review! oh yeah- i know that ryan would never give advice like that. but i didnt want marissa to give seth the advice