Title: The Next Step
Author: Charmed-Sparkle
Disclaimer: I don't own The OC or anything else related to it (But I wish I owned Adam Brody!)
Summary: Summer and Seth have been out of high school for six years, and are living together in NYC. When Seth proposes, how will their lives change? SS, lots of fluff.
A/N: This is my first OC fic. Please be honest, I want to know if it's worth continuing.
Chapter 2: Worries and Doubts
Summer ran around the apartment, trying to grab anything she had forgotten, well actually, anything Seth had forgotten. Even with her reminding him everyday, he waited until Thursday morning to pack. Now, it was an hour until they had to go to the airport. He and Summer were scrambling, throwing things into bags and taking other things out.
"Cohen! How many comic books do you need for three days?" He responded by yelling back, "Summer! How many pairs of shoes do you need for three days?"
She promptly closed her mouth and settled with just glaring at him. She glanced over and saw him fumbling with something in one of his bags.
"What are you doing?"
"What, me I'm uh just checking, you know, make sure I got everything, don't wanna leave anything important behind, that would be bad because uh…" he trailed off and Summer went back to getting more toiletries.
Seth exhaled in relief; he was having trouble putting the ring somewhere Summer wouldn't find it. When she left the bathroom, Seth put it in his pocket and ran in. He locked the door, and opened the black velvet box. As soon as he saw the ring, Seth knew it was perfect for Summer. The center stone was a three carat princess cut diamond, and on either side there were smaller, one and a half carat pink diamonds. All three were set on a platinum band, and engraved on the inside it said, ForMy Summer, Love Seth. He gently closed the box, put it in his pocket, and left the bathroom to go hide it inside one of his socks.
Summer noticed Seth acting strangely, but decided not to think anything of it. She was glad to have the whole day to themselves on Friday, in the warm, California sun. All she wanted to do was lie on the beach, and get her skin perfectly bronzed; with Seth sleeping, covered in sun block, beside her. But then she thought, he always acts like that when he's hiding something. So she went into their bedroom and as soon as she entered, he slammed his suitcase shut.
"Hey, what's up with you today?" she asked.
"Um, nothing, just thinking about tomorrow," Seth said quickly.
"Oh, okay," Summer dropped the issue and Seth was glad. He looked at her and saw her try to hide a smile. Fear overtook him, did she know? Then he realized that there was no possible way she could know. She just must be happy, he thought to himself. But he didn't know why she looked so happy.
"I'm gonna go to the bathroom really quick, and then we should leave okay?" Summer walked out of the room before he had a chance to respond.
Once behind the solid wood door, she leaned back and rested her head against it, letting out a sigh of contentment. He must have a surprise for me! He wasn't focused, and was obviously hiding something. Summer figured that Seth had thought of some really cheesy and romantic, but incredibly cute, thing to do tomorrow. Though she hated to admit it, she was excited. She fixed her hair and exited the bathroom.
"Come on Cohen, lets go," she said happily, grabbing one of her bags.
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An hour and a half later, the very tired couple sat on the cold, plastic seats in the airport terminal. Seth had his arm around Summer, who was laying her head on his shoulder. She sighed contentedly and stated, "I'm tired." She felt him nod against her hair in agreement. But he really wasn't tired. He couldn't stop thinking about his proposal. He had recently decided that he was going to try and give Summer the best day of her life tomorrow; even if that meant carrying around the thousands of dollars of clothes, that he really couldn't afford, but still, that he would buy her.
Seth began to get worried as he thought of the costs and stress of tomorrow, but then Summer snuggled up close to him and buried her face in his neck,-in the middle of the airport terminal- gently kissed his jaw, and fell asleep. In that moment Seth looked at her and knew that it would all be worth once she said yes.
Then it hit him, what if she didn't say yes? She had come a long way since high school, they're current situation was proof of that, but she still had issues sometimes. He had hoped that after over six years, she had realized he would never leave her-again. After all, when he asked her if she wanted to move in together during sophomore year, she had said yes immediately, and in just a couple of months, they were moving in.
Flashback:
"So, Sum, uhh, can I talk to you for a sec?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah," she nodded, feeling kind of afraid. Was he going to break up with her?
"So um I've been thinking, we've been really serious for a while now, and you know I'm always in you're dorm anyway, except for when you're at mine, or our parents are visiting," he added with a grin, "but I was thinking, we need more space." Summer interrupted him before he could continue.
"You're breaking up with me? I can't believe this, after everything?" she yelled.
"NO!" Seth quickly screamed back, "I guess I'm not doing do a good job of it, but I'm trying to ask you to move in with me." Summer stared at him for a second, then leaped into his arms, kissing him passionately.
"Is that a yes?" Seth asked with a huge, goofy smile across his face.
"Of course!" Summer yelled, her heart melting, she didn't even realize this was what she wanted until it happened, but it was.
"Cohen, I would love to move in with you, as long as you let me decorate," she added.
He just looked down at her, with the same huge smile, dimples and all, and said, "anything you want Summer."
End Flashback.
But marriage was completely different. They would be sharing everything, and even though they basically did that now, it would be different. But Seth figured that she had to know he would be proposing eventually. They were living together, dating steadily for seven years; the next step was to get engaged. He wanted it more than anything, to have his Summer be his fiancée, but all he could do was hope she felt the same way.
Once again just as he doubted things, Summer changed his mind. Now, her eyelids gently fluttered open.
"Cohen?" she asked sleepily.
"Yea," he whispered, into her hair.
"I can't wait until tomorrow; we can go to the beach, and hang out," she yawned, "and maybe even go shopping, if you want to." Seth smiled at this, because he realized she was still half asleep, and probably didn't know what she was saying.
"I love you," she whispered, and then cuddled even closer to his chest, letting his breathing lull her to sleep.
"I know," he whispered back, before he too fell into a relaxed slumber.
A/N: There you go, second chapter. I realize it hasn't been very long, but I haven't gotten ANY reviews yet. From my stats I can see some people have read it, and one of you has this on alert! So please just leave a quick review, so I know I'm writing for someone besides me.