Summer couldn't be more excited. Seth's birthday party started at 7:30 p.m. but, Marissa, Anna, Alex, Lindsey, Zach, Luke, and her were going early to open presents with Seth. It was 4:00 in the afternoon and Summer was already getting ready she wanted to look perfect for tonight. She had curlers in her hair and was looking over her costume for part two of her present. The costume was perfect and she knew Seth would love it there was leather and fishnets involved so she figured how could he not? A/N (this is the costume we've seen in season two the one she used for her character, even though the comic doesn't exist in this story). Coop was picking her up at 6:45 and was also getting ready Summer had helped her pick up a green Chanel dress that she looked gorgeous in. In turn Marissa had helped Summer pick out a strapless lavender Versace dress that came a bit above her knees; it was sleeveless and a bit shimmery at the top. The dress hugged her figure and she looked amazing in it.
Normally Summer would have gone over to the Cohen's earlier to wish Seth an early happy birthday in person but with her car in the shop she'd have to settle for a phone call. She clicked his on his number in her phone and he picked up on the second ring.
"Hey Summer." He said sounding happy yet a little upset about something.
"Hey Cohen Happy Birthday!" She squealed into the phone.
"Thanks sweetie." He said lovingly but still there was something off in his voice.
"Is there something wrong Cohen?" She asked curiously.
"Not really it's just this party thing my Grandpas throwing for me. He's making it a huge deal." Seth said in a voice which showed how annoyed by it he was.
"What do you mean? Isn't it just going to be the like the normal Newport parties, you know fancy appetizers, gossip, and sheer boredom?" Summer asked.
"Well not exactly, apparently turning 17 in the Nichol family is just so hugely important that it has to have ice sculptures." Seth said sarcastically.
"Seriously ice sculptures? Cool what kind? Like are they shaped like trees or something?" Summer asked excitedly.
"Nope no trees just lions, because according to grandpa lions are the Nichol family animal their supposed to be powerful or something I guess, ergo we have 15 of them in ice sculpture form for my party." Seth said clearly ticked off.
"Wowza." Summer said in awe.
"Oh and my cake is like larger than a wedding cake seriously for a town that's known for anorexic Newpsy's too I heard something like 12 layers. It's a marble cake with some fancy butter cream frosting. Plus we've got champagne fountains, wine fountains, brandy fountains etc. for my birthday party no matter I'm turning 17 here in Newport it's the new 21." He said sarcastically.
"That is so cool Cohen!" Summer said, she couldn't help it she'd always wanted to go to a party with ice sculptures but they were extremely expensive the usual parties only got fancy chandeliers.
"Oh yeah it's just dandy." He said sarcastically.
"What else?" Summer asked excitedly.
"A bridge across my pool with a red carpet placed on top of that for everyone to walk across. At the other side of my pool he's going to have some special stage set up. There'll be live orchestra music playing and grandpa's gonna make a big speech up there and bring me up." Seth said disgustedly.
"Whoa." Summer said impressed.
"Not to mention News crews and press to film every minute of it. Oh and all the furniture has been seemingly removed from the bigger rooms on the first floor of my house for ballroom dancing, the orchestra will be changing positions often, and fancy tables for everyone to eat at and plenty of chandeliers and extravagant decorations. Oh and we have a tent." Seth said quickly and disgustedly.
"Oh my God your parties going to be the biggest event of the year!" Summer squealed excitedly. "And I'm the girlfriend of the guy whose having the coolest party of the year how sweet is that?" Summer said.
"Oh yeah that's fricken fantastic I'll let the news crew know your free to be interviewed all about me." Seth said sarcastically.
Remembering his mood about the party she decided to have her fun later and be all sympathetic now.
"I'm sorry Cohen, well it won't be that bad it'll be kind of romantic with cake and sculptures and we can ballroom dance its gonna be like something out of a movie we'll be like Cinderella and the prince at the ball except for I'm not gonna lose my stuff at midnight." Summer said dreamily.
"You know Cinderella had to clean, and she had evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother." He joked.
"Eww ok I'm like the non cleaning rich Cinderella then, and I do have an evil stepmother and stepsisters but Gertrude and Millie live with Burt in Hilton Head South Carolina." Summer said.
"Except we already know each other and we're already in love and we don't have talking mice." Seth reminded.
"Yeah but we totally have the perfect setting I mean come on." Summer said.
"Well there is one part true to our lives from the Cinderella story." Seth said.
"What's that Cohen?" Summer asked.
"Well we all know I'm the handsome prince." Seth joked.
Summer laughed and said "And then I guess since I'm your girlfriend that makes me the beautiful princess."
"Well who else would it be certainly not Captain Oats, he's my noble steed." Seth stated.
"Whose
Princess Sparkle then?" Summer asked.
"Well you see she is
your horse that you ride whenever you go places so when you come over
to the castle her and the Captain hookup and since he's my noble
steed that makes her royalty too through him." Seth explained.
"Cohen that made absolutely no sense." Summer said.
"True
I think all the Cinderella princess references went to my head."
Seth said.
Summer laughed as she painted her toenails a shimmery
silver to mach her stilettos.
"Oh well just wait until after the party I've got some stuff planned that'll make this night rock." Summer promised.
"Really well then I guess I better go get ready so I'm nice and limber for tonight." Seth said.
"I guess you should." Summer said.
"Bye Sugarlips I love you." Seth said.
"Bye Honeybuns I love you too, see you tonight." Summer said and they hung up.
At 6:40 Coop arrived at her house looking gorgeous. Summer got into the red mustang which had the top down and was playing some of Marissa punk music from a band called Rush.
"Hey Coop I'm so excited." Summer said happily as Marissa started driving.
"I'm not." Marissa said sadly.
"Why not?" Summer asked worriedly.
"Ryan and me had a fight last night. I went over to the pool house trying to talk to him about our relationship but when I kissed him he pushed me away and said that he couldn't be with me yet that it hurt too much." Marissa said.
"I'm sorry Coop but you just need to give it some time you know it'll work itself out." Summer said supportively.
"I can't do it Sum I need him now it's just I love him so much and I just need to be with him he doesn't understand that D.J. was just sex I need him back Sum I do." Marissa said slurring a bit.
"I understand." Summer said quietly.
"No, no you don't understand Sum you have Seth and you're happy together you have no idea what I go through everyday okay I need him don't try to act like you understand when don't. You don't even know how lucky you are to have him it's always been simple for you like that Summer and I'm sick of it okay you've got your fairy tale and it's not fair but I don't complain about it but don't try to act like you understand when you don't you have a cake life and that's all there is to it." Marissa slurred angrily.
Summer saw Marissa's flask sticking out of her clutch and knew Marissa had been drinking. She couldn't help though but feeling she had crossed a line Summer had always been there for Marissa and her life was far from cake easy. So she wasn't about to sit there and take it, it wasn't her.
"Marissa what the hell are you talking about? My life is far from easy okay; Seth left me this summer, my mom left me a long time ago for some Italian guy. At least you have both your parents. My dads never home and my step moms a bitch but I don't complain often and I do understand. Marissa you need help you have a problem Ryan loves you okay but he can't be with you right now because you're in trouble. Coop you've been drinking and depressed for a while now and I'm worried about you." Summer said her anger evaporated towards the end she loved her friend and that came first.
"But you don't you have Seth now and you just don't get it Ryan is like the one and if I'm not with him it's like a part of my soul is missing I need him Sum and if I can't have him then what's the point?" Marissa said.
"What do you mean Coop? What's the point of what? Coop I'm worried you're not yourself don't say these things you don't mean them, it's the vodka talking!" Summer yelled now really worried about her friend.
"I mean what's the point of living; I mean I've just realized it is completely pointless I can't live without him I realized that today and now I know that if I can't be with him then I might as well end it now for good." Marissa said crazily.
"Coop you do not mean that, and end what for good? Marissa your really scaring me!" Summer cried.
"I mean this my life I can't do it anymore Sum and I won't!" Marissa shrieked.
With that Marissa put her foot on the gas petal and floored it driving them madly across the pier as Summer shrieked for her to stop, to slow down so they could talk about it. Summer had never been more scared in her life screaming and pleading with her best friend in the world to stop the car telling her that Ryan did love her and that she had him as a friend. Summer knew her attempts were futile however as she watched uselessly as Marissa drove into the metal ramp separating the pier from the ocean down below. That's the last thing Summer saw as she and Marissa shrieked, then everything went black.
When Marissa's car hit the ramp the glass from the front window shattered a sharp jagged piece flew and tore Summer's seat belt in two. The force of the hit and the broken seat belt sent Summer's small body flying out of the car and into the ocean below. On the down she hit her head on a rock hard making unconscious as her body sank into the cold water below. The car looked horrid in the front which was hanging off the pier through the broken rail. Marissa was unconscious and had small cuts on her body. The tragic sight looked hopeless as the car inched farther off the pier.
Riley Larson was a seventeen year old girl of average height with blonde curls and brown eyes. She had just had a fight with her boyfriend who lived in Sacramento and was looking for a peaceful quiet walk upon the deserted pier. That was until she came across a girl in a wrecked car that was surely about to fall off the pier and into the ocean. She saw the sight and ran as fast as she could thankful for her cross country skills. She pulled the girl out of the car and placed her heavy unconscious body on the ground and quickly pulled the two purses out of the car to get a cell phone so she could call 911. She did and they said they'd be there soon. Then to her horror she noticed that the two purses belonged to two different people according to the drivers license from the silver clutch one girl was name Marissa Cooper that was the girl she had saved. But to her horror the girl named Summer Roberts whose driver's license she had found in the silver clutch wasn't there or in the car. That's when Riley saw the broken seatbelt, and as she looked down at the ocean below Riley had never felt more awful she had saved one life but from the looks of it she had lost another.
Exactly 2 hours later officials pulled the body of a small brunette girl whose body had a sick gray tint out of the ocean. In desperation they tried CPR and every medical method they knew to bring her back. 30 minutes later there was no denying it they knew she had died at least two hours ago. They sadly reported the seventeen year old girl Summer Roberts dead and prepared to call her parents to inform them of the news. Feeling awful about the girl they knew there'd be another death in the obituaries the next day a girl who died tragically because her friend had been drunk and wanted to end her own life. The girl had failed in killing herself she was lying safe, fast asleep in a hospital bed but her friend had paid dearly. Tomorrow as Newport drank their coffee and read the newspaper they'd soon be morning the loss of the young girl known as Summer Roberts.
At the biggest party of the year Seth Cohen sat with his friends incredibly worried. Summer and Marissa had yet to show. He knew Summer wouldn't bail on him and that's why he was biting his nails nervously hoping his beloved girlfriend was alright. He'd tried calling her cell but no one picked up. So all he could do was sit and worry about where she was.
Authors Note: Hey guys did I surprise you? Yes Summer is really dead but this story is far from over. I love Seth/Summer and this will remain Seth/Summer just you wait keep reading I will update soon I have tons of surprises coming so don't worry keep reading. Any how thank you all so much for reviewing on my first chapter. Please, please review on this one all of my readers please review. Thanks a bunch tootdles. I will try to update soon.
