Another chapter…
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Forgiven
Two short knocks were heard at the door of the boys dorm room. Ryan quickly grabbed his girlfriends wrist, urging her to keep calm. Marissa was anything but calm though. Her stomach was in knots, and her palms were sweaty. She HAD meant everything she said, but not the harsh way she had said it. She knew Summer and her couldn't live without being friends.
Seth slowly swung the door open, pulling Summer inside behind him. He was met with an icy glare from Ryan, and a pair of troubled eyes from Marissa. Summer was looking down at the floor, ashamed.
The only thought that ran through all four of their heads was, "This will be interesting."
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"So." Seth began in a low voice. "I think we all know why we're here."
Summer shot a nasty glance his way, muttering, "Your not a psychologist, for God's sake Cohen!"
"Allright." Seth added in a louder voice. "I for one, am sick of all the quietness, sick of all the nasty remarks by my pissed of girlfriend, and sick of all the fights, (looking pointedly at Summer and Marissa)"
Ryan cleared his throat. "Uh..me too."
Summer couldn't help but give a little laugh. Classic Ryan.
Marissa finally pulled her eyes away from the couch, and opened her mouth to speak. "I'm sorry."
The other three gazed at her waiting for her to go on.
"What else to you want me to say?" she scoffed.
Summer shook her head. "I'm sorry too."
Seth looked back and forth between the two girls. "Okaaay. So you are both sorry."
The awkward silence covered the room thickly, none of the kids eyes met the others, and they all were slightly flushed with embarrassment.
Ryan finally broke the silence. "So are we like…all ok now?"
Summer couldn't help the giggle that exploded in her mouth, which quickly turned to a peal of laughter. Seth chuckled to himself, and even Marissa had a tiny smile playing on her lips.
"You really have a way with words don't you my friend?" Seth gasped for air.
Ryan looked around bewildered. "What?"
This of course made the group laugh harder, as Ryan sat in the middle, a blank stare on his face.
Finally, Summer met Marissa's eyes. "I really am sorry Coop. I never meant all those things I said. It's just that whenever you critique my relationships, or my life, I get all defensive. I tend to hold all my anger in or something. But just know that I really am sorry…"
"I know Sum. It's just been a hard year for me, and the more I'm around you and Seth, the more annoying you guys get. No offense! But I think it's mostly my fault for letting it get to me. I know you guys are just like that."
Summer raised her eyebrows. "I can't tell if you just criticized me or complimented me…"
Seth quickly butted in. "It was a compliment all the way."
Marissa hastily continued, "So, are we friends again? Cause Ryan really isn't the best consultant on…you know…girl problems."
Summer giggled as Ryan shot Seth an extremely pained look, as Seth patted him on the back. "It's alright dude. Scarred for life I know…"
"Of course we're friends Coop! Duh! I mean, Cohen may be feminine sometimes, but he knows absolutely nothing about girls. Believe me…"
Seth nodded in agreement, before realizing what had been said, and then dropping his mouth open pitifully. "Hey!"
"Oh Cohen. Now you don't have to hear about my fur coats, and designer hand bags!"
Seth contemplated this for a few seconds before nodding his head defeated.
"So we're good?" Ryan asked.
"YES Ryan." Marissa responded laughing.
"Thank God." Both Seth and Ryan let out a sigh they had been holding in for the past few minutes.
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"Thank you baby." Summer cooed into Seth's ear as they both walked around the school campus later that night, when they only had the moon to see by.
Seth tightened his grip around Summer's shoulders. "For what?"
"For helping me get through this Marissa thing. You really held me together."
"No problem. I'm always there for you sugar."
"Seth."
"WHAT?"
"Sugar?" Summer asked disdainfully.
"What's wrong with that? It means you are sweet." Seth replied innocently.
"When you put it that way…"
"I knew it would catch on…sugar." Seth whispered into Summer's ear.
"Ok. No. You sound way too…southern. Or something. I don't know. Just…ew." Summer rambled.
"Sounds like someone has FINALLY caught on to my awesome rambles!" Seth exclaimed.
"No Cohen. They are like contagious or something."
"Ohhh ok. Sure Summer. You just keep thinking that. But you know that you're dying to ramble about something meaningless this very moment. So no Sugar?" Seth rambled himself, switching topics randomly.
"No Sugar." Summer said decisively.
Seth just sighed and pulled her even closer, as she rested her head on his chest. She looked up into his deep brown eyes, and stopped walking, leaning in for a kiss. They stood there, wrapped up in each other, the world around them not exsisting. That is until Summer was rammed in the shoulder by another passerby.
"Ow! God! What the hell?" Summer muttered, as her lips were wrenched away from Seth's warm ones.
Seth whipped his head around, trying to find who had run into them, while the streets were nearly empty, and Summer's eyes darted around in the dark night, squinting to make out shapes.
They both caught site of a man, in a black trench coat, and dark brown hair. He turned around, just long enough to see a quick flash of his eyes. They seemed somehow familiar to Seth and Summer, but they couldn't figure out why.
"Did he…did he look familiar to you?" Seth questioned.
Summer didn't respond right away. "Yeah…"
"I don't know if it was me, but he seemed oh, I don't' know…kind of Oliver-esque?" Seth said uneasily.
Summer shivered, despite the warm air. "But, it couldn't…HE couldn't be…"
Seth gripped Summer's hand tighter, and pulled her even closer. He had a very bad feeling about this.
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dun dun dun…Is it OLIVER? I always despised his character in the show…
I hope everyone likes this little twist. I know it has been done a lot, but not too many recently, so I thought a TINY bit more drama would be good…review if you please!