Seth walked into the kitchen that morning feeling very lethargic. He could not stand going to school anymore. He tried not to show it, but he was really beginning to miss his mother. The only reasons that he did not run away again was because Ryan was still living with them, and he did not want to jeopardize his relationship with Summer, again.
He saw Ryan sitting at the island eating some dry cereal from the box and drinking some black coffee. Seth walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed some orange juice. He went over to where Ryan was sitting and sat down next to him.
"Hey, Man, what's up?" Ryan asked.
"Not much, Dude. Eating breakfast. Not much else," Seth replied.
"What are you doing after school? Wanna hang out? Put in some quality Ryan and Seth time?" Ryan asked.
"I can't, Man. It sucks. I have to help Summer battle Taylor Townsend at Drama Club. There getting ready for the fall play, and they need people to help building sets," Seth stated.
"Summer does drama?" Ryan wondered.
"Yeah, her father thought it would be good to get involved this year with school. He thought it would be good for her college transcript," Seth explained.
"Huh… interesting," Ryan replied. "Theresa is bringing Matthew over later. Like around dinner."
"Ahh, very fun. Sounds like you have an excellent weekend planned," Seth replied sarcastically.
Ryan looked at his watch and then looked at Seth and said, "Hey, Man, you ready to go?"
Seth nodded while still drinking his juice. He put the cup in the sink, grabbed his messenger bag, and walked out the door with Ryan. They got into the Range Rover, which was still theirs to drive until Kirsten came home. Seth drove them to school that day. The two of them usually switched off on who would drive to and from school. They parked the car and got out, ready to start their day.
After school Seth and Summer walked into drama. He could not stand being in the auditorium with those people. Especially Taylor Townsend. Seth could not stand anything about her. He thought she was very neurotic and possibly a little on the crazy side. Summer could not stand her skanky ass either.
"Hey, Cohen, I have to go backstage to get ready. We're doing costume measurements today. Go talk to that tall guy over there. He'll tell you what to do," Summer pointed over to a tall, blonde, freshman. Seth obliged and went over to the kid. He could not stand that a freshman was in charge. He hated the fact that he was a senior, and would be taking orders from a freshman.
"Hey, Dude, I'm here to help with the stage props. What do you want me to do?" Seth asked.
"Uh… can you go back over there," the boy said. He pointed over to the double doors where the side hallway was. It was where they were keeping the wood to build with. "Can you go over there and bring me six 2x4's and three buckets of paint?"
"Yeah, sure," Seth replied. This was not something that he wanted to be doing, but then again, Summer really did not enjoy Seth's comic, so he felt like it only fair to help Summer out with this. He walked over to where the boy directed him, and began to pick up wood. It was there that he heard some noises. He stopped what he was doing and listened. Seth then began to walk over to where he heard the noises coming from. It was there that he saw them - the Dean of Discipline and Taylor Townsend. They were making out. He could not believe what he was seeing.
AUTHORS NOTE: I did not intend for this chapter to be in here originally, or this story line, but when I saw the Dean and Taylor on the show Thursday night, I had to run with it. Honestly, I think there is something going on between the two of them, and I wanted to shed fictional light on it.