Ryan yawned, pulled open the curtains of the pool house and looked outside. It was yet another beautiful sunny day. Too bad his girlfriend and best friend hated him. Ryan sighed and walked over to the kitchen, where Seth was sitting at the sable, eating a bagel. As soon as Seth looked up and saw Ryan, he grabbed his coffee and walked out. Ryan slumped in the chair Seth was sitting in.
"You wanna talk about anything?" asked Sandy, using his head to indicate the door that Seth had just exited through.
"Nah, its between Seth and me." Ryan replied. "I made a mistake and I have to set it right"
"Ok kiddo, good luck reasoning that stubborn mule." Laughed Sandy.
Ryan forced a smile and walked back across the courtyard to his pool house.
Seth was sprawled on his bed looking at the ceiling when a beep sounded from his computer. He had forgotten to turn off his MSN. He pulled himself off the bed and went to turn it off, when he saw a window on the screen saying: 'Anna has just signed on'.
Suddenly a conversation window popped up.
ANNA: Hey Seth, hows life back there in the OC?
Seth sat down in his desk chair and typed a reply.
SETH: Not so great actually.
ANNA: Why? What happened?
Seth paused over his keyboard then typed everything that had happened over the past 24 hours. Within seconds, Anna replied.
ANNA: Wow. Are you OK? Is Marissa OK?
SETH: I'm sure she'll be fine. Me, I'm not so sure about.
ANNA: It seems like you really need to get away from it all.
SETH: Yeah, but think about what my parent will do. They freaked when I left two summers ago in my boat.
ANNA: Yeah I guess. But if you change your mind, you're welcome to come visit. After all we've been through together, it'd be great if we could still be friends.
SETH: Thanks Anna, I'll think about it.
ANNA: That's great news! I'm sure my parents will be thrilled to have you here in Pittsburgh