Chapter 4 - The Beginning of Vacation

After having a 2 day non-stop slumber party with Marissa, Lacy, and Trishden, Summer packed all of her stuff up, and when all of her stuff is said, it is meant literally. Summer packed her entire closet, and all of her dresser drawers. She had no less then 10 of her own suitcases, and that wasn't including other things that had her magazines, and hair supplies in them. On the other side of things, Seth Cohen had about 4 of his own suitcases, one of which was entirely taken up by his laptop, and equipment that went along with it. The other 3 suitcases were clothes, shoes, and different CDs that he'd decided to bring along. Still in disbelief, Summer had to continually keep looking at her bags that were stacked up against her closet, which just reminded her more that almost half of her summer vacation was going to be wasted on a cruise with a geeky kid, and his family... of course her dad and step-mom would be there, but what did that matter? It wasn't like she was friends with her family anyways. For a whole month she had no one, and nothing. She had every single one of her Cosmo's since freshman year, her iPod, and her cell phone. She didn't suspect her friends would spend much time calling her, she knew she wouldn't if she were them.

"SUMMER ROBERTS." Her father yelled up the large and in charge staircase, breaking her thoughts.

"Coming Dad." Summer said, and started grabbing as many bags as she could. "This is going to just be freaking awesome. Psh..." Summer said to herself grabbing 4 of her 10 or more bags.

Summer walked out of her front door and started walking down another set of large stairs that lead to the entry of their huge house. She was greeted by Sandy Cohen, which gave her a small clue that they were riding with the Cohens, and that she'd probably have to sit with Seth.

"Let me help you with those, Summer." Sandy said politely.

Summer forced a fake "thank you" smile, and handed some of the bags to Sandy.

"You're gonna sit in the back with Seth... we just figured you kids could sit together. Better then being stuck with the adults with our boring talk." Sandy said playfully nudging her in the arm.

With that, he turned around, and headed for the SUV.

"You have got to be kidding me. Someone splash water on my face, pinch me hard... this is NOT happening." Summer said putting on her Chanel sunglasses. "Not happening." She said again, as she headed down the stairs with her smallest bag.

Summer stuffed the last of her bags into the bag of the trailer they were hauling behind their SUV. She got into the backseat, where Seth was already sitting, with a pillow set up, and iPod headphones in his ears.

Looks like he's ready for a long ass road trip. Summer thought to herself.

She grabbed one of her 5 regular sized pillows she brought, and one of her smaller pillows, and snatched her iPod from her purse. She laid her pillow against the window, and went to her 'The Subways,' play-list, and attempting on getting some sleep. She was still hoping when she woke up that this was all a dream, although the likely-hood of that happening was slim-to-none. As both Seth and Summer drifted off into a sleep, the car trudged forward, getting to the place they needed to be to set sail on the cruise. Less than an hour later, Neil was waking Seth and Summer up, and telling them it was time to board the cruise ship.

"So much for a nap." Seth said, and started getting his things put on the trollie.

Tell me about it. Summer thought to herself.

She began doing the same as Seth, and headed onto the ship. She walked slowly, making sure not to hit anyone in the back of their ankles with the trollie, and she was also pretty groggy from her short nap. She was still in awe that this was actually happening, but she suspected that the "awe factor" would settle down pretty soon.

"So." Sandy began. "We figured that you guys could get this room. It's quite a large room. There are several rooms within it, including separate bedrooms, and bathrooms. We just figured it's be less expensive to get one large room, then to get separate rooms, and pay extra, etc... you get the idea." He finished.

Summer looked at him with an unforgettable look. "Ha-ha... you've GOT TO BE kidding Mr. Cohen... we're 17 year old kids... like co-ed, uh hello? And also, we don't really... click, so.."

"Well.. I'm afraid this is how it is Summer. There is no turning back. Sorry that it isn't working out for you guys right now. Possibly you guys could become friends, who knows."

With that Sandy gave Seth a father pat on the shoulder, and headed to his room around the corner. Seth and Summer sort of exchanged 'I still hate you' looks that reluctantly walked into the room. As they looked around, they tried to decide which room they would take. There wasn't really 'separate rooms,' there was just a lot of space in between everything.

"I guess I'll take this one over here. It's more boy colors, with the blue and green. Besides it's smaller, and yeah. You need more space. So.." Seth said, as he walked over to the side he said he'd take.

"Sure. Whatever." Summer said, the second pair of words she'd spoken to Seth Cohen since before 9th grade started.

Summer walked over to her side. It was a dark magenta color, but not really 'pinky.' It had a queen sized bed, and accented colored curtains, dressers, closet doors, and rugs. Everything was really designed well, and the bathroom was a cute flower theme, which sort of went along with the same color scheme as her room.

"One month." She said to herself. "One freaking month." She started unpacking.

Over on the other side of the extremely large room, Seth was doing the same. He was nearly done with his clothes and shoes, and was getting ready to set up his laptop on the desk that was in the room.

"Just a month. I can handle this." Seth said to himself.

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Upcoming Chapters:

Will SS talk again?

What does this cruise result in?