Hey Guys! So I no I leave you all waiting pretty long for updates but I have two stories going so I'm trying to update them in turns…so I'm a little unsure of where I'm going with this story and I'm running out of ideas…I have contemplated putting this story on hold many times but I just can't do that to you guys so I'm going to do my best to keep this story interesting, and I'm going to try and go with my own plots now though I will be using things that did happen in the show just I'll try to do that a little less.

A/N: I'm choosing to leave Anna out of this story because I really have no purpose for her lol! Sorry to any Anna fans!

Thanks to everyone who reviewed: AgnesSophia, Kursk, caroliscool, AmyR24, Summer-Breeze-171(thanks for the suggestion, will do!), DeuCe628, Laugh-a-Lot Bear, and Rockstarhobbit this one goes out to you guys!

Disclaimer: I own the O.C on DVD but that's as good as it gets.

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School Can Complicate Things

"So are you nervous?" Summer asked joining Ryan at the table for breakfast before their first day back to school.

"Not really," Ryan said trying to convince himself a little more than he was trying to convince Summer.

"Don't worry about it, it's going to be fine," Summer said not believing that Ryan was calm about starting school at Harbor High.

"Hey kids, you ready for the big day?" Sandy asked as he walked into the room followed closely by Kirsten who looked like she had been up for hours, all ready for work.

Ryan just glanced up at Sandy with a look that said he was indeed not prepared to deal with the spoiled teens of Harbor High.

"Just another school year dad," Summer answered, "no big deal. Anyways I just gotta go upstairs and get my stuff, and then we can get going. That's if you're ready?" Summer said bringing her dishes to the sink and looking at Ryan waiting for an answer.

"Ya sure," is all he said as he got up and prepared himself for what he believed would be a very interesting day.

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"So what'd you get?" Summer asked as she and Ryan went to retrieve their class schedules for the semester.

"It's okay I guess, but I have a feeling I'm going to have a hard time finding all my classes," Ryan said handing Summer his schedule while he tried to find his classrooms on the school map he had received.

"Not bad, we have English and lunch together which is okay I guess. Come on we'll take a quick tour and find your classes before the bell. I know all the short cuts, having spent a lot of my time trying to avoid jocks and cheerleaders," Summer said leading Ryan through the halls in search for his rooms.

Just as Summer was showing Ryan their English classroom, Ryan became suddenly distracted. Noticing this Summer followed Ryan's gaze to find Marissa and Seth walking towards them.

"Hey guys," Marissa said giving Summer an awkward hug and smiling at Ryan, "So first day huh?" Marissa asked Ryan.

"Uh, ya," Ryan said becoming his usual quiet self.

Summer decided it was best to just tune Marissa and Ryan out so she decided to take her chances with talking to Seth who standing silently behind Marissa looking around the halls.

"Hey Seth," Summer said joining Seth behind Marissa leaving the other two to talk.

"Uh, hey…," Seth said still looking around not letting his gaze fall on Summer.

Just than a group of girls walked by all smiling at Seth and giving Summer the dirtiest looks they could manage, "Hey Seth!" the short blonde called getting Seth's full attention.

"Hey ladies," Seth said and joined the group of girls leaving Summer alone and forced to join Marissa and Ryan.

"So what do you have first?" Marissa asked pulling out her schedule.

"Um, history with Mr. Vittore," Ryan answered after checking his schedule again.

"Really? Me too!" Marissa said sounding a bit too excited as Summer noticed, "What about you Sum?" she asked seeming to just notice Summer for the first time.

"No such luck, I've got French," Summer said disappointedly wishing she wouldn't have to endure first period alone, not that she really wanted to sit in class while Marissa and Ryan flirted the whole time, "Well I better get going, but I'll see you later." Summer said as she turned to go to her French class.

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When Summer walked into her classroom it was empty except for a few people all of whom were occupying the front row of seats in the class. Summer took a seat on the far side of the room where she hoped she wouldn't draw too much attention to herself. After about two minutes the room began to fill with people, most of who were discussing Marissa Cooper's little trip to Tijuana until their teacher; Mlle. Demartino came in and quieted them, and began rambling in French.

Summer had no idea what her teacher was saying, though she thought it had something to do with either classroom behavior or penguins. Summer began looking around the classroom for any familiar faces, smiling at a few people she knew from the previous year. The classroom was full except for one empty desk in front of Summer and about five minutes into the class she found out why.

Just as Mlle. Demartino began passing out papers, in walked Seth acting as though he wasn't one minute late.

"Mr. Roberts nice of you to join us," Mlle. Demartino said not looking one bit impressed with Seth.

"Sorry about that Mademoiselle but I got my classes all mixed up and I got lost on my way here," Seth said, though everyone knew Seth knew his way around the school perfectly fine.

"Well I don't think you'll have a hard time finding your seat," the teacher responded pointing to the empty seat in front of Summer.

Seth went and took his seat giving Summer a small smile before sitting down but only receiving a dirty look in return.

The teacher continued passing papers to the person in the front of each row to pass back and as Seth passed the papers back to Summer he couldn't help but notice the glares he was getting from her.

"What's up with the looks?" Seth asked a little confused.

"You know I thought maybe you were different then all the other jerks at this school, I mean after that whole conversation at the hospital. But no, you completely ignored me this morning, your just like everyone else around here," Summer said, still glaring at Seth.

"Okay I'm sorry about this morning, it was just there were those girls, and well you know…" Seth said sounding a little guilty.

"Ya, whatever," Summer said and their conversation ended as the teacher started rambling in French again.

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"Seth Roberts is the biggest jerk in the world!" Summer said as she took her seat next to Ryan in her English class second period, "he's like such an asshole, I mean one minute he's all nice to me and then the next minute it's like he doesn't even no I exist. I thought it would be different after everything, you know, but no it's exactly how it always has been, I mean he's like a complete man-whore or something," Summer rambled on as Ryan tried to keep up.

"So I take it you've had a rough morning?" Ryan asked not wanting to get on Summer's bad side.

So Summer told Ryan everything that happened that morning including their conversation in French.

"I mean it's not like I thought we would start hanging out or something, it's just he didn't have to ignore me like that," Summer said the hurt evident in her eyes, "why do I have to fall for the jerks?"

"Don't worry about him, he's not worth it," Ryan said trying to keep his voice down because the teacher had just started talking.

"Ya, I guess you're right. So how was history with Marissa?" Summer said cheering up a bit.

"It was good," Ryan said with a big smile on his face, "actually we have a date this Saturday."

"That's awesome," Summer said a bit too loud, because they got shushed by the teacher and decided they would continue their conversation later.

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That afternoon after lunch Ryan had science while Summer had study hall, so the two went their separate ways. Ryan walked into his already half full science class and took an empty near the back of the room. Students started pilling in and soon enough the only empty seat was next to Ryan, as none of the kids wanted to sit next to the freak from Chino. But as the last bell rang Seth Roberts ran into the room, to find only one empty seat, so he reluctantly sat down next to Ryan.

"Good afternoon class," their teacher Mr. Timmins greeted from the front of the class, getting everyone's attention, "I'd like you all to get acquainted with the person sitting next to you; they are going to be your lab partner for the rest of the semester."

At these words Seth and Ryan just looked at each other, both with equally annoyed looks.

"Hey partner," Seth said trying to lighten the mood a little bit, "so uh, should be an exciting semester huh?" he said.

Ryan just gave Seth a look that said "whatever" and turned his attention back to the teacher who was discussing the things they would be covering in the class.

"What is this I hate Seth day or something? I take it Summer said something to you?" Seth said slightly annoyed at everyone today.

"You know you didn't have to ignore her. I mean especially after she helped you out at the hospital," Ryan said still looking up at the teacher.

"Come on man, I mean what does she expect? Us to be like friends now?"

"Why not?" Ryan said, finally turning his head to look at Seth.

"It's just, I have this reputation…I mean it's just complicated okay?" Seth said looking away guiltily.

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Meanwhile Summer sat quietly at a table by herself doing some of the homework she had been given during study hall.

"Mind if I sit here?" a voice asked, and Summer looked up to find Marissa standing in front of her.

"Ya sure," she said moving some of her books out of the way.

The two sat in a weird silence for a few minutes, not really knowing what to talk to each other about.

"So you took French? I did horrible last year so I dropped it, but my mom wasn't too happy about that, she thinks I need to learn how speak like five different languages or something it's crazy." Marissa said noticing her French book, "How do u find it?"

"Not so good, but I needed another class and it was all that was open," Summer said not looking up from her work.

"You know Seth's really good at French, he could probably help you out,"

"No thanks," Summer said looking up, "You know you don't have to be nice to me just because you like Ryan."

"What?" Marissa asked a little surprised, "it's not like that at all. Listen Summer, I want us to be friends,"

"Why because all your friends ditched you after what happened in T.J?"

"You know what, I don't need this. You think you're so much better than everyone else don't you," Marissa said as she stood up to leave.

"Wait," Summer said causing Marissa to turn back around and face her, "I'm sorry, I've just had a rough day, I didn't mean to take it out on you. Could we just start over?" Summer asked with a small smile.

"Sure," Marissa said as she sat back down and the two began to talk.

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Okay I know that chapter was a little lame but I was trying to like go my own way with this and stuff. So in the next chapter expect Ryan and Marissa's date but seeing as this story is about Seth and Summer some things will also be happening there! So hoped you liked this and please tell me what you think and review!