Okay, new story. I know, I know, I haven't even finished my other one yet, but I'm currently re-working some of its chapters. Anyway, this story, I think, is actually kinda good, if that isn't too big headed.
Summary: Seth and Summer (who else) have just broken up after a angst full summer, dealing with Ryan and Marissa's issues (even though they always have them!), having no time to deal with their own personal problems. Now they are trying to become something in between what they were way back when, and what they were just a month ago (totally in love apparently). But the ride isn't proving an easy one, especially, but surprisingly, on Summer.
Disclaimer: You all know it ain't mine, but you never know, if I do win that lottery with the ticket I'm buying for my 16th Birthday, The O.C is top of my list of things to buy!
Anyways………………………….
Dealing
The break up was amicable. They'd both seen it coming; they were just too preoccupied with the angst of their best friends' lives to deal with their own problems as well. They hardly saw each other, let alone communicated, which is why it was no surprise to her that on an afternoon, finally just the two of them, while they were sitting awkwardly, not knowing what to do or say, that he finally blurted it out, "I'm sorry but this just isn't working." She nodded mutely trying to stay strong and not let him know how much he was killing her by taking away the only constant in her life. If he noticed the tears gathering behind her eyes he ignored them, not wanting to deal with the pain he was pretty sure he just caused the both of them, then within minutes he was gone. Just like that and she was once again all by herself.
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"Hey Sum," Marissa was met with silence as she crept up the staircase of her best friends entirely too big house, "Sum," she called again, louder this time, "are you here?" she'd finally reached the door about to grab the handle when she heard the quiet sniffling inside. Her eyes widened in surprise but she willed herself to keep calm as she entered the bedroom.
"Sweetie, what's wrong?"
Summer looked up from her hiding space on the bed and gasped in shock when she saw that someone had disturbed her quiet space.
"Come on now, you're starting to scare me Summer…"
Still though she didn't answer as she turned her head and buried it into the safety of her covers, willing for the distractions to go away so that she could once again be alone to wallow.
"Baby, is this about Seth?"
At the mention of his name Summer tried unsuccessfully to stop the strangled sob escaping her lips. In all honesty, she missed him like crazy.
Marissa carefully made her way over to her hurting friend knowing she needed someone to help her get through her broken heart. Enough time had passed in silence and Summer, knowing her best friends stubborn attributes, decided to talk.
"I don't know why I'm like this?" she had to stop to calm her trembling lip, "It's been like a month, but then today I saw him……"
Marissa gathered her up into a tight hug as she started to cry uncontrollably.
"It's alright to cry you know, to miss him," Marissa whispered softly into her smooth hair, "he's been a massive part of your life for a long time."
"But why is this happening now?" the brunette demanded as she pulled away, "why am I breaking down now?"
"Baby, this is normal, you haven't exactly had much 'you' time in order for you to process it. You haven't exactly been challenged to face it because you've hardly even seen him."
Apparently this was enough to help Summer calm down because her next words came out strong and steady, "I just miss him so much," surprisingly no tear came with this statement and with a final hug from Marissa she got up, ready to face the rest of her day with a hard head on her shoulders.
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"Man, how's it going? Thought I'd put a little Seth/Ryan time on the cards!" Ryan yelled slightly as he barged into the pool house.
Seth managed a small smile, shocked at this turn in events; recently his brother had been more concerned with his own goings on. If Seth was honest it kinda pissed him off, after all it was the reason him and Summer had broken up, too concerned with Ryan and Marissa's problems to have time to sort out their own.
"Where's Marissa?"
Ryan momentarily hesitated before answering, "Erm, she's kindaoveratSummers!"
Seth looked harder at him with a genuinely confused expression etched on his face.
"Ryan, dude! And you say I have a problem with mumbling, she's where?"
He sighed and answered, "Over at Summer's."
Ryan looked over towards his best friend worried about his reaction to the mention of his ex-girlfriends name, but surprisingly the only thing he got in return was a slight raise of the eyebrows. No cringe, no tears, no hard looks. Something was completely off.
"You okay man?" Ryan asked truthfully concerned for his friend.
"Of course, actually, while we got a little bit of Seth/Ryan time, there's someone I want you to meet." He replied seemingly excited for the first time in months.
"Seth, I swear to God, you better not be introducing me to any more of Captain Oats' babies."
Seth laughed but carried on walking, "Just come on, her names Carrie, we met down at the crab shack, she's, she's actually my new, er-girlfriend."
The shock on Ryan's face finally wore off enough for him to warrant his typical warning outlook on the situation, "Seth, you sure about this? I mean what about Summer?"
"Me and Summer broke up, we don't work, and I'm not doing anything wrong Ryan!"
"Yeah, okay, I get that, but are you sure you're ready to move on?" Ryan asked, almost 100 sure his brother was making a huge mistake.
"I know where you're coming from, okay, I do, Marissa's your girlfriend, Summer's her best friend, but you gotta let go of the fantastic four dream sometime!" Seth finished, completely out of breath from his mini outburst.
"Dude! The fantastic four dream is yours!"
"Dammit! It is!"
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And there it is, my baby! So if you want, which I'm sure you do, you can review it and leave a nice little comment, please! Feedback is very much appreciated, and that's it, oh, and please be nice, my fragile heart may not be able to take it!