Chapter 8

Zach chose to walk the stairs, instead of taking the elevator. When he reached the room, he noticed nobody inside of it, so he went over to Summer's room. The door was slightly open, so Zach decided against knocking. When he entered the room, he found Summer and Seth standing close to each other, just smiling. Zach had to clear his throat to get their attention.

"Zach!" Summer said, as she moved away from Seth.

"Hey man," Seth said, "did you talk to your uncle? I'm real sorry about all of this."

"Yeah, I talked to him." Zach said slowly, "He thought your comic book was good."

"Yeah?" asked Seth excitedly, "What did he say about it?"

"He said that you ended it badly. He thought that Quirk and Diva should have been together."

"Oh." Said Seth confused, "But did you tell him it was autobiographical?"

Zach shook his head, "But it doesn't matter, because I agree with him."

"What?" asked Summer, now coming over to the guys. "Zach, are you breaking up with me?!"

"Summer," Zach said slowly, "You broke up with me a long time ago. You're still with Cohen. So, I'll give you one more chance, if you truly want to be with me, then great! Come back to my room with me. But if you want to be with Cohen, then stay here with him."

"Zach, that's not fair!" Summer protested. "I don't want to make that decision right now!"

"Summer," Zach continued, "Can you honestly tell me that it is a very difficult decision to make?"

Summer was quiet, "But I don't want to hurt you!"

"Let's just consider it even now. I mean, Seth hurt you, you hurt Seth, and now, you hurt me. It's ok, you guys really do belong together."

Summer hugged Zach, "Thank you." She whispered.

Seth stuck out his hand and Zach took it and they did one of those manly hug things.

"You know Cohen, if it were anybody else, I'd give them a whole speech about how if you hurt her, I'll hurt you because she's an amazing girl."

"Why not me?" asked Seth.

"You already know." Zach said simply.

Seth nodded, "Thanks man."

"Ok," Zach said in a cheerier voice, "I don't want things to get too awkward. I really do think we can be friends. I don't think that things have to change that much."

Seth nodded.

"I totally agree with you Zach!" Summer said enthusiastically.

"Ok, well I'm going to go. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Zach shut the door behind him.

Summer sighed.

"So," Seth began, "Now when Zach says he wants to be friends with us, is that like when you said you wanted to be friends with me and Anna? Because you were really annoying."

"Ugh! Cohen!" Summer hit Seth in the stomach, but Seth grabbed her arm. Seth pulled Summer close to him.

"Hey." He said softly.

Summer swallowed nervously, and smiled, "Hey."

"I missed you."

"I missed you too." Summer answered, "A lot."

They both moved in and their lips met in a soft kiss that had wanted to escape both of them since the summer.

Summer rested her head on Seth's chest. "Hey Cohen?" she asked softly.

"Yeah?"

"Thank you for tonight. I mean, you gave up a dream for me."

"Summer, you are my dream."

Seth and Summer stood together, embraced in each other's arms for a long time.