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Chapter 3

Summer walked into Marissa's room without knocking. "Coop! I'm here!" she exclaimed. Summer was shocked to see Alex sitting on Marissa's bed listening to her Ipod. "Oh! Hi, Alex, sorry, I just didn't expect to see you here!"

Alex took off her headphones, "That's ok, hi Summer."

Summer stood in the doorway, an akward silence fell over the room. "So…" Summer began, "Where's Coop?"

"She just had to run downstairs and get something."

"Oh." Summer answered. "So, what are you doing here?"

"I was just hanging out with Marissa, she's really cool."

"Yeah, she's been my best friend since third grade."

Alex was quiet, "So, what have you been up to?"

"Oh, well Seth, Zach, and I are making this comic book, so we were working on that."

"Oh," Alex became quiet again, "How's S-…everybody doing?"

"He's fine." Summer answered, knowing that Alex was talking about Seth. "I mean, he misses you though."

Alex gave a short laugh, "Yeah, I'm sure he does." She replied sarcastically.

"No I'm serious! He was really happy with you!"

"Maybe," Alex replied, "but not nearly as happy as he was with you. Me and Seth, we weren't in love."

Summer was startled, "Oh neither were we." She confirmed quickly.

Alex looked at Summer skeptically.

Summer became quiet and looked down.

"You know that's part of the reason we broke up." Alex said quietly.

"What?" Summer asked. "But why? Me and Cohen were not dating!"

"Yeah, I know that, but it just gets tiring always being the second best girlfriend. The rebound, the girl who Seth started to get over you with." Alex shrugged, "It just didn't always feel good y'know?"

Simmer looked down again, avoiding eye contact.

"Plus," Alex added her voice more optimistic, "He always talked about you, and that got really annoying."

Summer smiled and looked up, "did he really? What did he say?"

"Lets just say that by the end of the first weekend he worked for me, I knew your shoe size, favorite food, favorite store, music, color, and subject. And, he told me all of that while he was trying to ask me out. Seth is definitely not smooth with the ladies."

Summer's smile broadened. "No, he's not."

"You're glad, aren't you?" Alex asked quietly.

"What?"

"You're glad that Seth still has feelings for you." Alex repeated.

"Oh, just because Seth talks about me once and a while doesn't mean that he has feelings for me."

"Summer give it a rest! Seth is so hands down, head over heels in love with you, that its sickening. He doesn't even know how much he loves you."

Summer tried to hide her smile from Alex, "Well I should go, tell Marissa I stopped by ok?"

Alex nodded and reached for her headphones. "Hey Summer?"

"Yeah?"

"I know you're with Zach, but we both know that you're also still with Cohen. You've got to let one of them go."

Summer began to protest, but she realized it was true. She slowly nodded and shut the door behind her.