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Chapter 7

Seth walked slowly in the hallway, what had he done? He had just written the comic book from his perspective of what had happened! He never thought that Summer would have been so hurt! Summer is the one person in the world who Seth was afraid of hurting, she deserved better. Seth knew what he had to do, so he reached into his pocket and got out his cell phone. He pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his other pocket and dialed the number. There was only one ring on the other line before it went to voicemail.

"Hi Remus, this is Seth. I know that you're in a meeting right now, and I apologize for calling. I don't know if you have read my comic book yet, but it doesn't matter. We can't use it. I'd lose something more important than what I would gain if anything were to happen with my comic book. I'm so sorry for wasting your time and I appreciate everything you've done for us. I'm sorry." Seth shut his phone quickly and continued to walk aimlessly throughout the hotel.

"I mean, can you believe he would do that?!" Summer asked hotly to Zach.

"I know, the situation sucks," Zach answered non-enthusiastically.

"I mean, he just disrespected me and our relationship!"

"Well Summer, I don't think he really disrespected-

Summer shot Zach a glance that made him stop defending Seth immediately.

"It just gets me so mad!" She continued, "I was not the bad guy! He hurt me first! I never would have even broken up with him!"

Summer didn't even realized that the words she was saying could be hurting Zach a lot.

Summer sighed and looked down, "It was good."

"What?" Zach asked.

"The comic book. It was amazing. If your uncle doesn't want to take it further than he doesn't know what he's talking about."

Zach didn't know how to answer that, but he didn't have to, his phone vibrated in his pocket. "Sum, one second, I have to take this, it's my uncle. I'll be right back."

Summer waved her hand in the air to indicate that she didn't care.

"Hello?"

"Zach? Hi, I got back from my meeting and I read your comic books. Could you come speak with me tonight instead of tomorrow? This is kind of urgent, I got a weird call from your partner."

"Oh?" Zach asked, "What did Seth say?"

"Let's just talk about it when you get here ok?"

"Ok. Sounds good." Zach hung up his phone, and walked back into his room where Summer was still upset.

"Hey," he greeted Summer, "look, I have to talk to my uncle about something, but why don't you go talk to Cohen."

Summer looked up at him, "Psh, ok Zach." She said sarcastically.

"Look," Zach said strongly, "It's obvious that you and Cohen have some things to work out, and Seth did something tonight, I don't know what, but it probably concerns you."

Summer rolled her eyes, "I'll think about it."

Zach shut the door behind him, and Summer sighed and walked across the hall because Seth was in her room.

She didn't know whether she should knock, or just barge in. After thinking about how Seth was sad too, she decided to knock.

Seth was surprised to hear a knock on his door, he was even more surprised to see that it was Summer.

"Hey." He said softly.

"I didn't tell you this before Cohen, but your comic book is really good."

Seth began to smile, but Summer continued, "You sort of risked our friendship for it, but at least it was good right?"

Summer walked past Seth, becoming angry again. "Cohen, our relationship meant so much to me. I thought it was personal. I don't want to share it with the world."

Seth walked close to Summer and looked her sincerely in the eye, "I know, and neither do I!"

Summer rolled her eyes, but Seth continued, "Which is why I called Zach's uncle and told him that he can't approve the comic book."

Summer widened her eyes, "What? Cohen, that comic book was really really good!"

"Thanks," Seth said, not breaking his stare with Summer, "But what we have now is also really really good. I didn't think before that some little comic book was going to put what we have in danger, but I wouldn't risk us for anything Summer, not for anything."

Summer looked up at Seth and smiled.

Zach entered his uncle's office. "Hey Uncle Remus, what's up?"

"Ok Zach, well here is what happened. I was really impressed by Seth's drawings on the cover, so I gave it a read before my meeting. I was surprised by it. This kid has done his research, it was really good."

Zach smiled, happy for Seth's success. "I know, Seth has a talent."

"That's right, he does. I was getting excited, I thought we were going to go somewhere with this, but then after my meeting, I was listening to my messages and Seth left one saying that we can't use his comic."

"He did?"

"Yeah, he said that it wasn't worth losing something, or something like that."

Zach sighed, "Yeah that sounds about right."

"Zach, what's going on?"

"Look, Uncle Remus, I'll talk to him tonight, but I doubt that Seth will change his mind. I'm sorry for wasting your time."

Remus looked up at Zach, "That's ok Zach, but can you ask Seth a few questions for me?"

"Sure, what do you want to know?"

"I just want to know why his comic book ended the way it did. I mean, so much of the comic book world is giving the people what they want to see. Little Diva and The Quirk were obviously meant for each other, yet he doesn't put them together."

Zach's smile faded from his face, but he slowly nodded.

Remus continued, "I mean, I can understand why some amateurs would think that Captain Polo is a better fit, he's good looking, he's strong, he's smart, but he's not real!"

Zach swallowed, "What do you mean not real?"

"He doesn't have any faults! Little Diva and the Quirk have faults both similar and drastically different. They are capable of supporting each other. They belong together."

Zach sighed, "I think I agree with you there Uncle Remus.