A/N: I'm glad that you all liked that chapter, I've had a bit of writers block recently so I'm not entirely happy with this chapter and I'm not sure when the new chap will be out. Sorry that it has taken me longer than usual to get this one out but yeah like I said writers block.
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Disclaimer: The O.C does not belong to me; all the credit goes to Josh!
Seth walked down the hall to Bridget's room. He could hear noises inside so he assumed she was in there. Just as he went to open the door Jacob rushed out
"Dad! Bridget's really upset but she wont tell me why, I've gotta find Dylan so can you go talk to her?" Jacob told Seth somewhat alarmingly
"Sure" Was Seth's answer
He walked in and sat on the bed next to Bridget, who was facing the other way
"Hey Bridge, what's up babe?" He tried the easygoing friend technique first.
When he didn't get a response however he started to get worried. He didn't have much experience with kids, he didn't know what she could be upset about because he couldn't really remember much about being an 8 year old, but he decided to try another approach anyway
"Ok that's fine with me, you don't wanna talk- brilliant, cause you know me, I love to talk, I'll just talk and talk about anything really and I wont stop until someone makes me, which surprisingly does usually take quiet awhile…"
His rambling was cut short by Bridget turning around, she had a few tears rolling down her cheek, Seth gulped, he hated seeing people cry, he grabbed Bridget's tiny torso and wrapped his arms around her, she cried a little before finally speaking
"I'm s, s, sor, sorry Uncle Seth" She got out through the tears
"Why baby? You haven't done anything wrong" Seth's fear was calming down now, he had a feeling this was some kind of kid thing
"I know, I, I'm just sorry for c, crying" The sniffling was starting to die down now
"Why are you crying? What's wrong? You can tell me," He soothingly whispered
"Ever since yesterday when Jacob came home you've been hanging out with him and talking and playing with him and I've been left out. I know that you're his daddy but I still wanna be friends with you and Jay, I still wanna play wid you guys, you're my favourite Uncle and I want you to be my best friend not Jay's" She finished, putting her head down as if she was ashamed
Seth gave a sigh of relief and a little chuckle. He grinned before deciding to give some advice
"Bridget I love you so much and I always wanna be your friend and I'm sorry if I've been spending more time with Jay lately, but you gotta understand that Jacob is my son and the love I have for him is different to the love I have for you, not bigger or smaller, just different. Like your Dad- Ryan, he loves Jacob but he loves you like crazy cause you're his little girl. I love hanging out with you Bridge baby and I hope were still friends" Seth replied
She gave a little smile before replying, " Ok Uncle Seth, I love you too and I'm sorry for being stupid, I know that you loves me and Jay the same"
Seth gave her another hug and was about to leave when Jacob came in
"Hey Bridge, you feeling better" He asked politely
She nodded sheepishly
"Good cause Dylan started crying when I said you were sad, I don't know why though, he said he had something in his eye but when I looked I couldn't see nothing" Jacob said matter of factly
Seth grinned as he watched the two kids leave the room. He went back into the kitchen, laughing slightly. Marissa was sitting at the table
"What's funny?" She asked curiously
"I think that Dylan has a crush on Bridge," He said
"Yeah we kina figure that out when Dylan started sending letters to the house and addressing them to Bridget, Sum and I found one and it said and I quote 'Your so pretty Bridget, you're the nicest girl I've ever known, I hope we'll be friends for ever, Luv Dylan' She grinned as did Seth
"So anyway I talked to Bridget and I explained that I loved her just as much as I love Jay, it was so sweet you know and I just…my life is so awesome right now, with everything, well almost everything" He frowned
Marissa knew what he was talking about even though he was partially rambling, she looked at him and felt kind of bad for him, they had become closer since he returned and she wanted to be there for him as a friend.
She stood up and walked around the table to where he was standing. She wrapped her arms around him, he grinned and wrapped his arms around her, grateful for the comfort, and as they stood their embracing, Summer stood at the door watching intently, her expression darkened as Marissa broke from the embrace and kissed Seth on the check. How could she have been so stupid? She should have known that Seth wouldn't wait around for her forever, but Marissa? Summer was disgusted, that was her best friend and his brother's girl, how could he do this to them? The anger took over and she walked into the kitchen and slapped both Marissa and Seth on the face
"Summer! What the hell?" Marissa was pissed, how dare she? They were supposed to be best friends; she wondered what made Summer do that?
"I cant believe you Seth, I thought you were gonna wait for me, I thought you loved me, but the first chance you get you run off with my best friend and your brother's girl, that's low Cohen, real low" Summer's anger was almost at boiling point now, she felt as if she would exploded, some many emotions were going through her mind right now, hurt, betrayal, anger, this list went on
Seth was relieved, so relieved that he grinned, which probably wasn't the smartest idea, but he was relieved that it was only a complete misunderstanding and not anything he had supposedly done
"You've got it all wrong Summer, way wrong, I was just talking to Marissa about us and I got a little sad and then she hugged me, most likely cause she was feeling sorry for me and the kiss on the cheek was the same thing, come on Summer I would never do that to Ryan…to you, me and Marissa are just friends" Seth was adamant with his words
"Yeah Sum we'd never do that to you and Ryan" Marissa put her thoughts in too
Summer gulped and inwardly sighed, but now that she knew the truth she felt like a complete bitch for ever doubting them, she knew that they would never do that to her or Ryan and she had no idea why she even thought that, she had just been so stressed lately, she guessed all the events were finally taking their toll. She grinned at them and tried to hide her shame
"I am sooo sorry guys, I don't know what got into me, I hope you can forgive me," She pleaded with them
They both smiled and she knew the answer. Marissa left the kitchen and Summer sat down, deciding that now was the time to talk…
xxCassiexx
