Chapter 5 - Even Newer
Seth walked back to his house, sort of curious of how this town got a reputation of being perfect. All the adults were alcoholics, all of the kids drank and did drugs, and dated people they had to sneak out of the house to go and see. Girls wore provocative clothing, not that it bothered him to see Summer in that dress, but the town didn't seem so perfect.
"I'll check with my wife, and see if that can happen." Sandy said, flipping his cell shut.
"What's going on, dad?" Seth asked.
"Well, there's this kid who keeps getting into trouble, and his parents and the local po's have had enough of it. He does it just to have fun, because he's bored. They said that if someone doesn't take him in, his parents are going to send him out on the streets to do God knows what." Sandy replied.
"So . . ." Seth wasn't getting answers.
"They asked me if he could live her, they saw that we had a lot of extra space, and even an empty pool house. I'm gonna check with your mom, you might get a brother." Sandy chuckled. "Well I'm off to ask the lady about things, you have fun." He left.
Seth was bored, and didn't know what to do. He thought about going over to Marissa's, and then is door bell rang. It was Marissa and Summer.
"Can we swim?" Marissa asked.
Seth looked down at them, already in the bikini's. "Sure." He said, smiling at Summer.
Why didn't she notice that he'd smiled at her before, too? She smiled back at him, and they stood there waiting for him to invite them in.
"Oh, yeah. Come in." He lifted his arm and they walked under.
They headed through the kitchen and into the pool. Seth watched at Summer took off her over shirt, and pulled down her shirts and put her toe into the pool.
"Too cold, it's only 10:30 in the morning." She smiled at Seth, and laid down on a tanning chair.
Seth and Marissa both decided not to get into the pool until it was warmer too, and laid down in the other chairs. Summer reached into her bag for her baby oil. She put on her sunglasses so that she could see if Seth was looking at her, but he wouldn't be able to tell she was looking. She slowly applied the baby oil to her arm, and then to her other arm. Then she started putting it on her tummy, and above and below her top. She looked over after she put it back, and Seth was just staring at her.
"Score." She thought to herself.
Summer couldn't be attracted to a guy that didn't show any interest in her. To her, it just wasn't possible. Seth wasn't sure if he was interested in Summer, or just the fact that Summer was the hottest girl he had ever seen, including magazine and movie girls. There was this unique look to her. He figured she'd probably seen him gawking at her by now.
"Marissa, what was up with last night?" Seth asked.
Marissa looked over at Summer. "Well, that's my boyfriend. His name is Ryan and he lives across the street." She took in a breath. "He always gets into trouble and if my parents knew i was dating him, they'd flip, so... I have to sneak around a lot." She finished.
"Yeah. So I'm over at Coop's every night making sure she gets in and out of the house without her parents knowing." Summer smiled at Seth.
"Oh. So your boyfriend is a secret?" He said sort of loud.
"Cohen, shut up, her parents are right next door." Summer said with a hint of flirt in her voice.
After about 2 or 3 hours of swimming with Marissa and Summer, they finally left to go eat. Seth went inside, and found some mysterious kid just sitting in the kitchen.
"Uh, hi?" Came out of Seth's mouth.
"Hi. I'm Ryan. I think I'm gonna be living with you now." He said it so seriously.
"You're what now?" Seth asked. He himself had just moved here.
"Yeah. Well my parents are kicking me out, they can't take it anymore, so, your parents are taking me in cause they don't want me to go to a home." He said briskly.
It hit Seth. "Marissa's boyfriend?" Seth asked.
Ryan looked over quicker then anything, starting Seth up and down like he had made Marissa cheat on Ryan.
"Chill dude. She's my next door neighbor, our parents are old friends, besides, I think Summer is hott." Seth said.
"Yeah, well, keep it quiet, I really like Marissa, and.."
"What about Marissa?" Sandy said.
"Well I know her from school, and she's nice, that's all." Ryan said.
"Seth, meet your new house – well, friend?" Sandy said.
"Yeah, well this is even newer." Seth said back.