Disclaimer: I always for get to do this...but no, I still don't own anything related to The OC and am not affilated with it in any way.
A/N; Thanks for your reviews! Sorry it's just a shortish update.
Summer had felt bad for running off and leaving her friends but as she aimlessly wandered Harbour's corridors she had other things on her mind. That morning, like so often, her mind was swimming with memories of her relationship with Seth and any mention of their time together tended to send her into a downward spiral during which she mentally trawled through all the moments that had stuck with her, and more often than not she ended up in tears-a very un-Summer like thing to do. Which is why she'd walked away – she didn't want to risk people seeing her like that.
It wasn't the bad memories that haunted her particularly; although she did have some regrets about things she should have said but never did. It was, however, the good memories that caused her the most pain. The times when they'd laughed together, when she'd lain in his arms, when he'd made cheesy Coheny romantic gestures like kissing her on the coffee cart and the times she'd looked into his eyes and truly believed he was the only one for her; this was when she realised just how much she'd lost when she let him go.
"Summer! Wait up!"
Her thoughts were interrupted and she turned at the sound of her name, unable to disguise her surprise at the voice who was calling after her. "Cohen?"
Seth finally caught up with her and leant against a wall out of breath "Dear Lord Woman, even Captain Oats would have trouble keeping up with you at that pace!"
Summer laughed, damnit she thought, even when her head was a mess and her heart even more so, he could still make her laugh like nobody else. "Did you want something Cohen? Or are you just in training for a marathon?"
"Summer, you know how I feel about sports. No…I just wanted to talk to you" Seth's mind suddenly went blank, all the way to catch up with her he had been sure that the inspiration would come as soon as he came face to face with her. But she had an infuriating habit of driving everything else out of his brain. And now…well he had nothing.
"Ok…About something in particular?" Summer was eyeing him with a mixture of curiosity and amusement. She was glad to know she could still make him tongue-tied.
"Ah yes actually…I need to talk to you…because….I have a problem"
"Urm Ok. What kind of problem? What's it about?" Summer could see that Seth really had no idea what he was talking about, but watching him twist himself into knots like this kind of amused her so she just decided to play along.
"Ah well…it's about…uh…it's about…" Seth was really struggling now, trying desperately to get inspiration from just about anywhere. For about the third time in the past half an hour he stared down at his Converse "It's about…shoes" He finished finally and breathed a sigh of relief.
"You have a problem…about shoes? What like a shoe fetish?"
"NO! No...no definitely not that kind of problem" Seth cringed inwardly; in all his triumph at finally getting his sentence out he hadn't even thought about what it was he was actually saying.
Seeing his embarrassed face, Summer was unable to hold her laughter in any longer. Seth noticed her open smile and suppressed snickering and for some reason, it calmed him down. It was like a throw-back to the old days and he finally regained the power to form coherent sentences.
"The thing is, I need some new shoes and you know how I feel about shopping and I know how you feel about shopping…and shoes. So I thought maybe you wouldn't mind coming to help me find some. It would really mean a lot to me. And my mom actually…she's worried I'll embarrass her in front of the Newpsies at the next big event by wearing my Converse."
"Hmm yes I can imagine how well that would go down!" Summer laughed and finally felt relaxed in his company. She was fully aware that Seth probably had all the shoes he could possibly need and that she was meant to be meeting up with Zach after school. But she also realised that she was at her happiest when she was with Seth and so was desperate to salvage something from the wreckage of their relationship-even if it was just a friendship.
"Ok Cohen, You're on. Meet me here after school. South Coast Plaza won't know what hit it"
"Awesome it's a da…what I mean to say is…it's a plan. I'll see you there"
Summer rolled her eyes and walked off down the corridor, feeling strangely more at peace with the world than she had a half hour before.
Seth watched her turn the corner and grinned to himself. "Well it's a start" he thought "God bless you Converse!"
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