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Chapter 14 - The Connections

Summer lifted her head from her hands, where she had buried it. She felt her mind slow down.

"Yeah?" She said, softly.

Seth cleared his throat. "Are you okay?" He asked her.

Summer tried thinking. Am I okay? I just made a complete, and utter fool out of my self. I threw myself at you, and it backfired. Not to mention it made me feel like a slut, and I hate feeling like that. She coughed. "I guess." She said, once again softly.

Seth stood there for a second. He sort of felt bad for just stopping their moment, but he wasn't sure where Summer was going, and he didn't want to do something wrong.

"Can I come in?" Seth asked her.

Summer thought for a second, still feeling foolish. "Sure." She replied.

Summer got up on her knees, and crawled over to the rug that was placed to the side of her bed. She sat down on it, she put her legs together, and laid her head in one of her hands. Seth entered her room slowly. He saw her on the floor, knowing there were about a million thoughts running through her mind. She look really upset, and he wasn't even sure he should be in there. He knew it was his fault, he'd probably made her feel like a whore or something. He didn't mean to make her feel like that, he honestly didn't.

"So..." he said... attempting to break the silence.

Summer smiled shortly, noting Seth's cute attempts to lighten the mood. She laughed quietly out loud. She took a deep breath, and sighed loudly. "So I'm— sorry about... that." She ended up saying.

Seth looked deeply at her. "What do you mean?" He asked.

"... well you know. That whole... thing." She said, trying not to fully bring the words out of her mouth.

Seth knew exactly what she was talking about, but he wasn't sure why she was apologizing. He didn't see anything wrong at all about what had happened, he just wasn't sure what was the "plan," in Summer's mind.

"Why are you apologizing?" He asked, her finding a spot next too her on the rug.

She felt his body heat getting closer to hers. She felt the comfort of Seth, and had thoughts about how quickly things had formed between them. It made her think about how big of a crush she'd had on him in 8th grade, and how she never told him, and then how she stopped being friends with him... for the dumb reasons she had. Then after being isolated with him away from all friends, and mean temptations of popularity, she realized her strong feelings had never really faded. She liked him a lot, and she felt the utmost amount of connection with him. She couldn't even get near him without those special tingles.

"Summer?" Seth said, lightly touching her arm.

Summer was sucked back into their conversation, after drifting off into her thoughts. "... huh?" She said softly.

"... why are you apologizing Summer?" He asked again.

"Oh." She said. "Well... I guess... be– because... because I felt like I was being too forward, and freak... freaked you out." She said, slowly.

Seth thought about what she had said. "You didn't freak me out at all Summer... actually I really liked kissing you and stuff..." He felt stupid for saying that, but it was true.

Summer smiled warmly.

"It's just... I wasn't sure what you were thinking, and that's the only reason I stopped kissing you... it wasn't because I felt like you... like you know... you were being too forward." He said, wrapping his hand in hers.

Once again, Summer felt the tingles trickle up and down her back, and those butterflies exploding all over the place. Summer turned her head, so that she was facing Seth.

"You know..." She started out. "I could totally go for a swim." She said, sort of seductively.

Seth gave her that look, that 'oh really now,' look, and hopped up. "Let's go!" Seth said excitedly.

"Kay... sure." Summer said cutely.

Seth sat down on her bed, and watched her sort through her 20 or more different swimming suits. She literally had that many. Too much shopping with her plastic friends. She decided on a black on with gold hoops on the sides of the bikini bottom, and in the middle of the top. Seth tickled her leg as she walked near her bed to grab a hair-tie that was on her night stand. Summer squealed a little. Seth started to tickle her, and she fell onto the bed trying to playfully fight him off of her, with his tickling.

"Seth!" She said in a high tone. "SETH!" She said again.

Seth stopped tickling her, leaving them in an awkward position, all twisted on her bed. Their faces were near each other. Seth and Summer sat there for a couple of seconds, just cooling off from all of the laughing, and moving around. Seth lightly grabbed Summer's chin with his index finger, and his thumb. He leaned in, and pulled her a little closer, and lightly placed his lips on hers. They open-mouthed kissed for a couple of seconds, with no tongue. Just soft kisses, and movement. Summer decided that this time it was Seth's turn to make the move, and even though he'd kissed her, she'd wait for him to start french kissing. Seth waited a few more seconds, and then slipped his tongue into Summer's mouth, and began to massage hers with his. They made out for a few minutes, and then Summer pulled away, beginning to be playful.

"I need to change into my swimsuit, loser!" She said, kissing his forehead.

Seth spanked her butt, but in a loveable way, as she walked into her bathroom. Seth ran across their entire room, and into his bedroom, and searched for his (gasp) ONE pair of trunks. He slipped into them, and waited for Summer on the couch... it seemed like it took her 15 minutes, when it was really only about 5. She walked out in her what Seth thought of as "hott ass" bikini, with her "even hotter," body, and face, and headed for the door. Seth got up, catching up with her, and grabbed her hand, and placed his fingers in between hers. They walked up to the pool, to find barely anyone there. Summer threw her towel down, still holding Seth's hand, and jumped into the pool. When they came up from the water, Summer threw her lips onto Seth's and kissed him passionately... but only for a minute or so.

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I know, kind of a lousy place to stop, but hey I'll make up for it on Sunday. Sadly, this is my last chapter until Sunday evening, because tomorrow is school, and then the weekend, and I have some plans this weekend. Anyway, I hope that you're enjoying the story, and I'm going to continue it!

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BAHAMAS HERE WE COME!