The Summer-chapter 5

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Ryan sat there, on his bed looking at his phone for what seemed like hours. He had this sudden wave of nausea, thinking about how much he loved her. How she just left like and hour ago and he missed her so much, he felt like dying. He finally decided he should try to sleep. All he could do was think about her, dream about her. He needed her. He then decided that it didn't matter that Seth was back, just like it didn't matter before when they first got together.

He got dressed and drove. He just drove, at first he was going to go to Summer's, but he kept driving. He had to think. Think of a way he could stay friends with Seth and date Summer. There was no exception. He needed to be with Summer. He couldn't breath without her. He thought of that day the day that he and Summer first kissed, the same day that Kirsten found them in the pool house making out, the day they had started dating, the day everything was perfect.

Flashback:

"Summer…"

"I can't, I still care about Seth. I just can't"

"It's okay, I understand. You're not ready, I can handle that."

"Ryan, please don't hate me…" She kisses him.

End Flashback.

Ryan spaced remembering that day. It felt like yesterday.

Flashback:

The door bursts open…

"Sorry, I didn't know Summer was here, I'll go."

End Flashback.

He cracked a smile remembering how freaked out Summer got when Kirsten walked in on them and how embarrassed she was.

Mid thought he turned around and sped towards her house. She really needed to know that no matter what he would always be there.

He arrived at her house. He got out of the car and knocked on her door. No answer. He rang the doorbell frantically. Still no answer. He started pounding on the door, yelling her name. Then someone answered the door…Marissa.

"Ryan, what are you doing here?" she asked

"I need to talk to Summer. Right now," he demanded.

"She's in her room. She's crying hysterically about some guy she was dating. I don't know, apparently he broke her heart. Hey you and Summer were hanging out a lot, do you know who it is?" She asked, but off the look that was on Ryan's face she figured it out.

"Oh my god! It's you! You're the guy that broke her heart. How could you do this? Why didn't you tell me…" she trailed off pissed.

"'Rissa, who's at the door?" Came Summer's shaky voice, clearly she had really been crying.

"How could you not of told me that you were dating Ryan? How? I really want to know." She was pissed!

"What? How do you know." Summer asked until she saw the figure at the door…Ryan. "Ryan! What are you doing here? You can't be here." Summer said letting more tears fall down her cheeks.

"I need to talk to you. This can't end, okay it can't. I won't let it." Ryan tried.

"No Ryan, it has to be. Seth is here, okay, he's back. What are we going to do, sneak around. God, every one knows. Sandy, Kirsten, everyone at school, now Marissa. How are we going to manage that. He'll find out Ryan, and he'll hate you. I can't let that happen," Summer explained, doing a poor job convincing herself, let alone Ryan that she doesn't want to do this anymore.

"Summer, it's not. It can't be. I love you okay. It's not over. It won't be. Screw Seth he'll find out, yea eventually. I don't care if he hates me. I LOVE YOU! That's all that matters. We're together and that's all that matters," Ryan almost cried himself. "Where did Marissa go?"

"What are you talking about? She was right here?" Summer states, clearly confused.

"Summer, I want you to be my girlfriend. I want to be able to show you off to the world. But if you don't, then tell me. Tell me now, so I don't go around chasing after you like Seth does. But before you tell me that, I want to ask you a question. Did you love me this Summer at all, or was I your rebound guy?"

"Ryan…"

"No Summer, answer the question, did you really love me?"

"…yes…yes, I really loved you," She said in the weakest voice, cause of the crying.

"Then why don't you want to be together? Because you still have feelings for Seth?

"No, Ryan, I don't. I just don't want to hurt him more than he hurt me. Ryan this will devastate him. Don't you see that?" Summer tried again. She doesn't want to spare his feelings.

"Ryan…please don't hate me, but I can't do this anymore," She said weakly.

"Fine, I'll leave you alone," he said turning and walking down the stairs and out of her house.

"No Ryan, I didn't mean that. I want to be with you, just don't hurt Seth, okay," she said basking in the love she had for Ryan.

"Okay…" he trailed off, running up the stairs to kiss her. She shrieked, when he picked her up. Soon the kiss turned more passionate. He took her upstairs, and made her sure that nothing was going to happen to them. That they'd stay that way forever, little did they know…

A pounding on a door.

"Seth Cohen, get your ass down here, we have a major problem." Marissa yelled.

"Marissa? Are you drunk? What major problem do we have?" Seth asked, couldn't miss the fact that he had just been woken up.

"It seems, the people we love most, don't love us back. They love each other," Marissa snidely answers.

"What, are you talking about Ryan and Summer?" Seth replied, not understanding at all.

"Sorry I had to tell you this, and they couldn't. While you were away and I was away, it seems that our former loves, decided to love each other. Seth, Ryan and Summer have been dating, the whole Summer we were away," she tried to say without thinking that Ryan was gone.

"No they haven't, Ryan was in Chino."

"Yea he came back early. Seth you're not going to get Summer back. She's 'in love' with someone else."

Seth at that moment looked like he was going to pass out. Summer was with Ryan? That couldn't be. Summer Loved Ryan? He was going to puck.

AN: any ideas here people. That was really weird. I updated twice in two days. That's never happened. Okay so now that Seth is back and knows along with Marissa, what should I do? I'm running out of ideas.