Chapter 8 - The Not Genuine.

Summer had plopped down on the deck, and torn her purse apart looking for her cell phone. Finally she found it, and started looking through her phonebook. Who to call, who to call. She was upset, and she wasn't sure why. Probably because she actually had developed feelings for Seth over the last month, and he obviously didn't give a shit. She ended up calling Aiden, who was her best friend from Laguna. She had almost forgotten how much she missed Aiden until she saw her picture with Aiden that she'd taken on the camera phone, that showed up when you got to her name in the phonebook. That made Summer tear up a little bit. She dialed the number.

"Hello?" Aiden's voice came from the other end.

"Aid." Summer said.

"Oh MY GOSH! Summer!" Aiden squealed with excitement. "How are you sweetie?" She asked.

"I don't know." Summer said solemnly. "Probably not good." She finally said.

"Awe. What's the matter Sum?" Aiden asked her with endearment.

"This place." She said.

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Seth walked out onto the deck, and saw Summer sitting with her legs hanging over the rails, and that she was on her phone. He walked up behind her, so that he could hear what she was saying. She had Aiden on speaker phone because she didn't want to have to try and hear over the waves, so Seth was able to hear the whole conversation. Summer had been silent to Aiden on the phone for a moment or two.

"Sum.." Aiden's voice chimed in.

"Yeah, Sorry." She sniffled.

"Are you crying Summer?" Aiden asked, hating the fact that her friend was crying. "Tell me what's the matter, and don't lie."

Seth was interested.

"This place Aid." She said. "No one here is genuine. No one, period... I swear I think I meet cool people, and no one is genuine besides Marissa." She sniffled.

"Oh come on Sum." Aiden said. "What about that one kid, the Cohen guy, I thought you guys hung out a lot."

Seth stood there in disbelief. Him not genuine? Screw that. He cared for her.

"No. He's not. I better go because I don't feel like being at this queer beach house ANYMORE... Bye Aiden. I love you sweetie." Summer said, and after her goodbyes with Aiden, she flipped her phone shut. She walked right down the stairs, and didn't even know Seth was right behind her.

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"Marissa." Seth said coming back into the beach house.

"Seth..." Marissa said back in question.

"I just overheard Summer's phone call with her friend from LB. Apparently none of us are genuine, except for you." He said with anger in his voice.

"Seth, are you even freaking kidding me?" She said back.

"Uh.. Let me think for a second. . . . . No." He said.

"Well you should be kidding." She started off. "You totally dissed Summer. And that was shady."

Seth tried to think what he did, and not one time did the thing about him and Haley making out cross his mind. This has proven the fact that boys are idiots. He decided to get really wasted instead, and started drinking really fast. He figured after a few drinks, he'd go talk to Summer.

... "Seth, I really think you should go home dude." Jaime said. "You're trashed, and it's not safe man."

Seth looked up with his swollen-ish eyes, and decided that was probably a good idea, before he vomited on Haley's carpet again. "Okay man!" Seth said like a drunk person would.

"Gonna go talk to Sum Sum!" Seth said all queer-like.

"What dude?" Jaime asked. "Summer?"

"YEAH BOY! Summer, my friend. She is gorgeous. Did you know that I really like her though? I mean, REALLY like her. And I think I did something wrong, but hahaha I dunno what I did. Shucks."

"Dude." Jaime said. "Go to bed." He walked off, and left Seth on the couch.

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Summer had been talking to Nathan on the phone about a visit. She was ready to see the boy she'd loved for 2 whole years, and still loved. She thought that maybe if she'd met a guy in Newport, that it wouldn't be so hard dealing with her and Nathan not being together, but obviously that didn't work out. So, she decided that she'd call Nathan up and see what he was doing, see if he wanted to come down for a couple of days. Of course he did. They planned on meeting in the early afternoon the next day. Then, after Summer had changed into her pajamas, she was getting ready to take down her bed, and there was a loud knock at her door, and it sounded like someone stumbled.

"Hello?" She said with caution.

"SUMMER." Seth said with a weird tone.

"..Cohen." Summer said, and opened the door.

"Hi, gal pal." He said "I need to ask you a question-o!"

"Uh. Okay?" She said sort of prissy.

She sat back on her bed, and took over her sweat pants, leaving her in some boy shorts, and a sweatshirt. "What is it Seth." She said like she hadn't any time.

He looked at her beautiful face, and wanted to know what he'd done wrong. "Why am I not genuine?" He asked her. "I want to know WHY I am not genuine to you."

Summer looked straight into his eyes, and saw hurt. He had over heard her talking to Aiden, and he was pretty hurt by the fact that she had told Aiden that he wasn't genuine. Especially after how they had bonded and became really close over the last month.

"I mean, you really don't think I'm genuine, Summer?" He asked after her long silence.

"No. I don't." She said bluntly. "I sure as heck don't Seth."

"Wha- What? I mean, why?"

Seth began to tumble, and soon fell onto the floor, and passed out.

"Good God." Summer said, and got up from her bed. She tapped Seth's face and got him up. "You need to leave." She said to him.

"Okay." He said, and she helped him out the door.

"Bye Summer."

She coldly shut the door, and he walked as far as the beach, and collapsed.

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Next Chapter-

Nathan is back.

What is going on in Seth's head?

What is going on in Summer's head?

What will come of things?