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Chapter 6
Seth pulled into the parking lot of a rather small hotel. "Is this it?" he asked skeptically.
"Yeah," Zach replied slowly, "I know it's not much, but my uncles not rich or anything."
"Don't be silly Zach," Summer said slowly, "It's um…perfect."
The three entered the main lobby. Zach looked around, and then smiled at somebody and waved him over.
A middle aged, slightly overweight man walked over with a balding head. He smiled broadly at the three of them, "Hi guys. I'm Zach's uncle Remus." He looked at Summer, who was smiling awkwardly. "This little firecracker must be Summer!" Remus hugged Summer enthusiastically, Summer and Seth tried to hide their laughter. When Remus released Summer he turned to Seth, "I'm sorry, are you Seth or Ryan?"
Seth stuck out his hand, "I'm Seth sir, it's nice to meet you." Remus took Seth's hand and squeezed it hard causing Seth pain, and causing Summer to hide her laughter once again.
"Zach my boy!" Remus slapped Zach on the back and pulled him into a hug, Zach gave his friends an 'I'm sorry that my uncle is crazy' look, but Seth and Summer just continued to smile.
"Ok, so where's Ryan then?"
"Oh, sorry Uncle Remus," replied Zach, "He couldn't make it."
"Oh, that's a shame, I booked you guys two rooms, but I guess with three people you could all share if you wanted."
Summer interrupted, "That's ok, I mean, I'll take my own room." Summer said this trying to be helpful, but Zach's smile faded from his face. "Unless of course," Summer continued, "I mean Zach, this is your trip, do you want your own room?"
Zach looked down briefly and then back up, "No, that's ok Summer, why don't you take it."
Remus handed Summer a key, "Room 214 on the second floor."
"Thanks," Summer replied taking the key, "I'm going to go get ready, I'll meet you guys in your room in like an hour ok? You're in 215 right?"
Zach nodded.
Remus turned back to Zach and Seth, "Ok guys, there has been a slight change in plans. I actually have this urgent meeting I have to go to, so what I want to do is, I'll come to your room in like an hour and get the copies of your comic books. I'll give them a read and we can meet briefly tomorrow and discuss them. Does that sound ok?"
Seth spoke up, "That sounds amazing, thanks for everything!"
Remus smiled and nodded, "Hey, well I'll be thanking you if your comics do your reputation from Zach justice. I think it would be a good idea if you made copies of your ideas for legal issues. There's a copier on your floor that you should be able to use."
The guys nodded and headed off to their room.
An hour later the guys were in their room putting the final touches on each of their comics. There was a knock at the door, Remus entered the room, "Hey guys, I have to go right now, do you have your books ready?"
The guys handed him their books, "Ok, I'll read these tonight and we'll talk about them tomorrow." Uncle Remus left just as Summer was walking across the hall to the guys room.
"Did you just give him your books?"
"Sure did, he's off to a night of good vs. evil only interrupted by witty banter." Seth replied.
"Excellent! Now I can read your guys' stories!"
Zach handed his to her, but Seth held his back.
"Cohen what gives?! I know that you don't want me to see you in a unitard, I'm already picturing it in my head, so you mine as well!"
Seth gave in and gave Summer his comic book.
Summer read Zach's book first, it was just a short storyline, but it was clever and about all of them as friends.
"Zach that is so good!" Summer squealed. Zach smiled broadly, finally achieving some attention from Summer.
"Cohen, you're next!" Summer laid on her stomach on Seth's bed. When she first opened it she gasped, "Cohen, these drawings are amazing!" Summer read for about 10 minutes, laughing. "Cohen this is so funny! Marissa is just like that!" As she continued to read, she stopped laughing. As she read, she swallowed nervously, when she was done reading about 15 minutes later, she closed the book gently. "Unbelievable." She whispered.
"Why thank you-" Seth began, but Summer interrupted him angrily.
"How could you do that to me?!" Summer's eyes were beginning to fill with tears, but she willed herself not to cry. "I thought we were friends! I did not break your heart Cohen, you broke mine! You portrayed me as somebody who was selfish who refused to wait for you! You left me this summer because I wasn't worth sticking around for."
Seth began to protest, but Summer continued, "And don't give some sort of crap answer that it wasn't about Ryan. He left, and you didn't think you had enough reason to stay in Newport, so you took off!"
"Summer I'm sorry!" Seth began, "It's what happened to me this year! I'm sorry that you're so hurt by what I wrote, but I was hurt by you too!"
"Cohen, this is between us!" Summer covered her head with her hands, "And now the whole world might read it! I'm going to be so humiliated!"
Zach slowly backed into a corner, his eyes darting back and forth between the fighting couple.
Seth looked down slowly, "I don't know what to say, I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you."
Summer wiped a tear off of her cheek, "I know, but it doesn't matter if you're sorry. That doesn't change anything. I'm going to go, I need to just not be with you right now."
"I'll go." Seth said, he slowly walked out the door.
