Chapter 1- Someone Familiar
"Good morning Kirsten, Seth." Ryan said sleepily as he shuffled into the kitchen.
"Morning Ryan." Seth greeted Ryan in his usual tone. "Cereal?"
"Uh, no thanks. I'm not really hungry, I think I'll skip breakfast today."
Just then, Sandy walked into the kitchen. "You know it's not good to skip breakfast." He told Ryan as he grabbed a scone.
"Yeah," Seth started. "It's supposed to be the most important meal of the day." He shoved a spoonful of cereal into his mouth.
"C'mon guys, hurry and get ready for school, I'll take you today." Kirsten said, finishing off her orange juice.
"Gee, thanks mom. You seem all nice and happy today… what's going on?" Seth asked.
Kirsten walked towards the door, smiling. "Hurry up you guys, I'm leaving in about ten minutes." She kissed Sandy's cheek, and then hurried out the door.
"What was that all about?" Sandy asked.
As per usual, the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day in Orange County. It was first period, biology, when Summer saw him.
"Who is that guy?" Summer wondered. "He looks so familiar."
The familiar guy looked at Summer and waved. That's when it hit her, she knew who it was…
As soon as the bell rang, Summer rushed to meet Marissa at her locker.
"Marissa, you will never guess who I just saw in my biology class this morning…"
"Who?" Marissa laughed.
"I saw Oli…" Summer started.
Just then Ryan walked by.
"Sorry," she cut her off. "Ryan said he walk me to second period. We haven't really spent any time together in a while. I'll talk to you later." Marissa waved and went to her next class with Ryan.
Summer rolled her eyes and turned around to make her way to her class. That's when she bumped into Seth.
"Hey Summer, what's up?" Seth asked trying to catch up with her.
"Nothing, just trying to get to class without being bothered." She snapped.
"Any luck with that?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"Of course not," Summer started. "You're here."
"Fine then, I'll just leave then. We'll just see each other again since we're in the same class." Seth began to walk away.
"No wait!" Summer yelled, rushing to him. "I have to tell you something, but you have to promise not to tell Ryan."
Seth turned around to face her. "Ooh, a secret perhaps?"
"Well, this morning I saw someone in biology."
"Go on… who was it?"
"It was Oliver…"
Seth laughed. "Yeah right. Nice joke."
"I'm not kidding Seth, this is serious. Why is he here?"
"I don't know, c'mon you're making the joke worse." Seth laughed again.
"Fine then, don't believe me, you'll see him… eventually."
"Yeah, okay… wait no seriously?"
Summer looked at him. "Of course I'm serious Seth. Oliver is here."
They walked into class.
It was after school and Marissa, Ryan, Summer, and Seth had decided to go to a nearby café to sit, talk and eat.
"So," Marissa started. "Summer, you said you had something to tell me. What was it about again?"
Summer and Seth looked at each other. "Umm, it wasn't important, you know, just stuff."
"Oh I remember, you said that you had seen someone in your class today. Who was it?"
"It was nobody…"
"Yeah it was nobody." Seth said butting in.
"Seth…" Summer whispered through clenched teeth. "Shut-up!"
"Huh?" Marissa asked.
"Nothing." Seth and Summer said in unison.