Clearly I don't own the OC
Summary: Set after the finale. SS. Seth is gone but when he returns will they be able to solve their problems.
He'll Be Back
Chapter Three
Summer woke up with her stomach churning and braced herself to make a mad dash to the bathroom. She bent over the toilet and emptied her stomach. She stood at the sink and wiped her mouth when she was finished. In the mirror she saw that her make up had run and she washed her face with a light facial cleanser. She rinsed off the white suds and headed back to her room feeling better than before but still slightly queasy.
She turned the handle and surveyed the room. Marissa lay passed out with a blanket pulled over her head on the floor. Summer's room smelled sour and she soon found the source of the odor. "Eww, Coop!" Summer whined when she saw the trash can in the corner. Summer sat at her vanity and rummaged in a draw. She pulled out a bottle of Excedrin and swallowed two pills dry. Summer looked at the state of disrepair her room had evolved to. Her father and step-monster would be home in a few days from some trip they had taken. Summer would have to see to it that the housekeeper knew to clean her normally immaculate room.
"How long have I been out? " Marissa asked stirring.
"It's not important," Summer told her, " that is, " she pointed to the pail.
"Oh shit, I'm sorry," Marissa said embarrassed because of her pervious state of intoxication.
"Hey, as long as you wore it and the pail collected it, not the rug, it is all good," Summer said laughing as Marissa realized she had removed her vomit covered shirt and was only wearing a bra.
" I am really, sorry, did you have to mother me all night,"
"Hell, no I was passed out too," Summer smirked.
"Can we get something to eat?" Marissa asked, " and can I borrow a shirt?'
"Of course," Summer said handing Marissa a folded blue tee out of her armoire
Summer found Marissa's car keys in the pants that she had taken off the night before and the girls left for food. Summer drove and Marissa leaned her head against the window. "Everything hurts," she moaned, " drive slower the sky is spinning".
"Coop it is your own fault that you are in so much pain," a smile played across Summer's mouth as she reached for the radio and played one of Marissa's girly pop rock stations at full volume, the bass in the song rocked the entire Jeep. She lowered the windows and Marissa shook her head silently excepting her punishment, her hair blowing in the wind.
They pulled into the Denny's parking lot and climbed out. Summer waited until they were nearly in the door before pointing the keys back towards the Jeep and arming it. The lights flashed and the horn beeped softly. They sat at a red vinyl booth, and looked at menus. "Damn, I want pancakes and bacon," Summer said licking her lips. Marissa chuckled and ordered an omelet and a coffee.
When the food came, Summer poured ketchup on the plate and dipped her bacon into it. " That is foul," Marissa said shaking pepper onto her eggs.
"Shove it Coop," Summer said with her mouth full of syrup slathered pancakes and ketchup dipped bacon, " I love ketchup."
" I always thought that you were a mustard girl who hated tomatoes,"
" A good Dijon is always welcome and tomatoes are eww, but ketchup has just the right amount of paste and sugar and salt. "
" God, Seth is really rubbing off on you," Marissa said and as soon as it was out of her mouth she realized the foe pa she had committed. Summer's face fell and she started to cry as she finished chewing her food. She swallowed hard and walked out to the car leaving Marissa to finish her coffee.
She unlocked the door with a press of a button and sat at the wheel, crying. Marissa came to the car and knocked on the driver's side window. " I am so sorry," She said, though the window as Summer cracked it.
" It was a slip of tongue," Summer said smiling, her blood shot eyes sparkling. "We have both been thinking about them, it has just become a no go zone,"
"I miss him so bad," Marissa sighed leaning her back against the car.
" I want to go home and sleep," Summer said.
"You're going home to cry aren't you,"
Summer bent her head and blushed. She opened the door and stepped out, the car chimed letting them know the keys were in the ignition. Marissa climbed in and adjusted the seat for her long legs and Summer walked around to the other side.
"It will get better," Marissa said as she pulled to Summer's driveway.
"Thanks," She said and leaned over to hug Marissa. She got out of the car and walked into her house and her cleaned bedroom to sleep the afternoon away like a normal teenager.
He had been gone for 12 days. His parents had been a wreck. When they had found the letters is Seth's room, they were shocked. Kirsten was devastated and Sandy was worried but secretly proud that Seth had enough courage to escape Newport. As Kirsten had called Summer she had felt ill. "Hey ass face," Summer had said after seeing the caller id.
"Um.. this isn't Seth," Kirsten had said. There was a painful silence and both of them understood he had left. It wasn't something that she had expected but the silence over the phone had let her know that he wouldn't be calling for a while. She had driven over in tears to collect her letter. At the door Kirsten had hugged her and handed her the envelope.
"Thanks, " Summer had said.
"Sweetie, this is not about you," Kirsten had offered, "He is confused, about Ryan,"
"Don't defend him," Summer had said sharply. Kirsten was put off momentarily by Summer's rudeness.
"Is that Summer?" Sandy asked in the background, " Does she want a bagel?"
Kirsten opened the door wider and stepped aside to allow Summer in. Summer looked back at her car and then down at the letter in her hands.
"Thank you, but I really have to be off," she said. Kirsten had new tears in her eyes. "I am sorry," Summer said as she stepped in the direction of her car. Kirsten had let the water works go as she shut the door. He was gone.