A/N: This is just a short chapter, now that this fic is coming to an end I felt that a couple of things needed some closure like the Ryan situation and the Jeremy situation, so this chap is basically tying up some loose ends, not much Seth but I hope you like it anyway.
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To Rachel, I'd just like to say that yes the two stories have the same storyline of Seth coming back from his trip years later but if you actually read this you would see there are many differences and if you don't like this story then please don't read it no one is forcing you to.
Disclaimer: The O.C does not belong to me
"You have 5 new messages"
Beep..."Summer doll, its Jeremy where are you? Your never late, be here soon ok" Beep
Beep…"Me again, just wondering where you are, you should have been here by now" Beep
Beep…"Summer where are you? I cant believe that your 30 minutes late, are you trying to get me killed because you know what Kelly will do if…" Beep
Beep…"…If everything isn't ready by tomorrow, I'm freaking out ok just please be here soon" Beep
Beep…"I swear to god Summer if you are not here in exactly 5 minutes I am going to blow my stack, I will go crazy, please just please get here as soon as you can I am begging you" Beep
Summer sighed as she deleted the last of Jeremy's messages. She liked Jeremy she really did, he was a nice guy just trying to make the big day for his girl as special as he could but sometimes he really did scare her with his constant calls, she was relived to say the least that after tomorrow she wouldn't have to deal with him ever again, she'd done her job and today once she'd made sure the clothes were right she was outta there.
She was sat on the edge of the crystal pool at the reception hall when Jeremy approached and sat next to her
"Hey" She greeted him
"Hi, so I just wanted to come over and thank you for all your hard work, I know I've been hard to put up with but I just wanted everything to be perfect, you've done an awesome job and I don't know what I can do to repay you I really don't, its been a hell of a long process and god knows I've put you through hell but I've had fun, you let me into your life and your home and I envy you I really do, you've got everything, an awesome house, great friends and family who'd probably die for you, I've loved meeting you your and amazing person Summer and that Seth is the luckiest guy in the world to have you" He finished his speech and pulled her into a hug
Summer sighed with relief for a second there she really thought he was going to an entirely different direction but now she was pretty sure that he only cared for her as a friend. She pulled away from him
"Thanks Jeremy, you're a really good guy and I'm gonna miss you" She said with a hint of dishonesty
He laughed knowing that the last bit was just her being nice, truth was he was sad that he'd probably never see her again after today and although he loved Kelly so would never do anything about it he was sure that a part of him did love Summer, she was amazing, how could you spend all that time with her and not fall in love? It was impossible.
She got up, waved at him and then left the building, out of his life forever…
When Summer got home that night it was past 10pm. She walked into the living room and found Seth and Jacob asleep on the floor, someone had put a blanket over them as they snuggled together, Summer smiled at the sight, she bent down and kissed both her boys on the cheek then closed the door softly and entered the kitchen, she sat down next to Ryan who was drinking what appeared to be coffee and reading the paper
"You just get in too?" She questioned him
"Nah I've been home for awhile but Bridge isn't feeling well so she's been up most the night" He replied
"Poor girl, hope its nothing serious" Summer was concerned
"Just a flu is all, how was your day?" He turned the conversation around
"Pretty good actually, this was my last day with Jeremy so that's a relief" She smiled
Ryan grinned
"What did Seth and the kids get up to? She asked curiously
"Umm they went for a swim, Seth was trying to teach them tricks, it was very amusing, then they crashed in front of the PS2," Ryan told her
"Sounds fun, listen I'm gonna head out to bed, Night Ry" She kissed him on the cheek and exited the house
Ryan sighed, not realizing that he was thinking similar thoughts to Jeremy's earlier ones, a part of him would always care about Summer deeply, though they had only lasted a couple of days Ryan had always cared for Summer anyway, she was such an amazing person and Ryan would protect her with his life.
He laughed to himself thinking that if someone had told him that he would be thinking about Summer this way he wouldn't have believed them, he had never imagined that he would bond with Summer so much, but it hit him when Seth came back that he loved her yes, but only as a sister, not in any other way, he loved Marissa and that's the way it would always be, Summer would always have a place in his heart but not the way Marissa did, it was completely different.
Ryan drained the rest of his coffee and went up stairs. He was happy, he had a great life and that was all he ever wanted
xxCassiexx
