Holy a post…unbelievable lol
"Seth there you are", Calebs voice floats in from the doorway. Seth startled, immediately opens his eyes and removes his legs from his desk.
"I need you to run this package over to Burkwin Construction for me"
"Cant you just get it sent over by a courier or something?", Seth questions curiously, not really in the mood for doing any of Calebs running around today.
"No…I'd do it myself but I'm blocked in with clients today", Caleb runs his hand nervously along the top of the brown envelope .
"Umm alright then" Seth rises from his swivel chair, reaching over for the package.
"Good…good, well I'll let you get on with what ever you were doing then…", Caleb turns to leave but swivels back around again at the door. "there was something else though", he re-enters the office and closes the door behind him.
"About this event tomorrow night…I was just checking to see that…there isn't going to be any ahhh…unsuitable guests…"
"Well I made sure the wife of Jerry O'Connell wont be coming, because last time I heard she was a bit heavy on the sauce". Seth tilts his head back, doing his best impression of an alcoholic "…however I'm sure half the people there are drunk just to try and make it through a night of Newport society at its best"
"I was meaning more…errr…unsuitable"
"And by unsuitable you mean?", Seth waves his hands round
"…Marissa"
"What?", Seth lets his question hang in the air for awhile, trying to read Calebs motives "…who cares, I'm sure no one will even give it a second glance especially because she is Julies daughter"
" I don't need her there provoking Julie into making a scene", Caleb measures out his words carefully
"Provoking?", Seth smothers a laugh
"Yes, what do you think it looked like, the step daughter of the Newport Group CEO, dating a guy who stole documents?…this company doesn't need any more things for the Newpsies to talk about and I'll be damned if I'll allow gossip to form over something this company has chosen to move past"
"Wait…you know about Newpsies?", Seth asks surprised by his grandfather actually knowing the term when he is essentially a male version of a Newpsie.
Caleb rolls his eyes at Seth "I'm telling you to make sure unsuitable guests are prevented from attending…now are you going to make that happen?"
"Ahhh…well…"
"Good glad to here it", Caleb slaps Seth on the back and leaves the office quickly.
Seth slumps down into his chair, his fingers running thoughtfully across his chin….Marissa was already invited, and quite obviously already attending with Ryan, and if he told Ryan what Caleb had said…there would be a scene, and the thin thread holding Ryan to the Newport Group might snap…hmmmm could he have a word to Marissa…no, that would be a bit insensitive…however she must have some idea of the difficulties she would face when attending. Although Ryan also must have realised that when he asked her…so why did he ask her?…errrrggghhh it was pointless trying to decipher the relationship of Marissa and Ryan, it broke all rules and followed no logical pattern. It was time for some outside advice.
Seth opens the front door of the house to find it dark and empty, he walks further in letting the door slam shut behind him. On the small table against the wall Seth spots a note, written messily in Summers scrawly neat writing.
Seth gone to park back later
Love Summer
Not entirely surprised he makes his way into the kitchen pocketing his keys and contemplates dinner. He glances down at his watch wondering how long ago Summer had left the house….
His feet crunch noisily across the pebbles of the path. He sees Summer sitting on a bench under a park light in front of a fountain, its colours changing every few minutes, it was currently green, throwing out a weird eerie glow onto the surroundings. He steps off the pebbles and onto the neatly mown grass, approaching Summer who is bent over staring at a folder deep in thought. He reaches her and touches his hand to her shoulder.
"What the he.ll!", Summer jumps to her feet, throwing the folder carelessly to the grass, taking on a defensive stance reminiscent of her boxing bag days.
Seth raises his hands up in defensive, amu.sed "Its just me woman, calm down"
"CALM down! CALM down?…you expect me to calm down after practically jumping me in the middle of a dark park?", she exclaims pulling her hair angrily behind her ears. "especially when the stupid fountain decides to take on a green colour and you currently look like Frankenstein"
"Well then I guess that makes you Mrs. Frankenstein, because you look exactly the same. And if I wanted to jump you which I CLEARLY was not doing I wouldn't jump someone who looked like Mrs Frankenstein"
"If you wanted to jump someone I don't think you'd be to choosy, I am the only one in the park ya know", she shuffles from foot to foot clearly still strung up.
"Wait, WAIT…lets just get this straight", he sits down on the bench where Summer had been sitting. "Summer I was not thinking about or going to jump you, so can we please end this ridiculous conversation?"
She looks at him then sighs sitting down next to him, retrieving the cast aside folder.
"What are you doing out here this late anyway?", he asks wrapping his arm securely round her waist.
"I dunno… I just guess I lost track of time", she snuggles into the crook of his arm clearly more relaxed now.
"Well this is kinda nice don't ya think?", he observes looking round the park, then focusing his gaze to the fountain which changes from the eerie green to a brilliant blue.
"Mmmm", she murmurs into him following his gaze. Silence reigns for a while, the only sound coming from the gurgling of the fountain.
Seths thoughts stray back to work and the situation Caleb had put him in He gently rubs his thumb along the top of Summers hand…maybe if he told Ryan he didn't have to, then Ryan wouldn't come…and therefore no Marissa…hmm but Ryan would know something was up, especially when Seth had already told him it was compulsory for him to go…
"Summer… if you were hypothetically say erm…in this situation…where you weren't sure what was the right thing to do…"
"Cohen don't dance around what you want to say, just say it", Summer sits up straighter. The park light above them makes a clicking noise, beginning to hum noisily.
"Well at work I've been told to umm inform someone that they cant attend this Newport Christmas Dinner", he stops noticing Summer looking at him weirdly. "What?"
"I just…your job involves arranging dinner parties?"
"Its not a dinner party per say…it's a…a…Dinner which people go to…to have dinner…and dance…and…", he shrugs his shoulders in defeat "oh alright I guess I kind of am"
"Seth", Summer crosses her leg over the other clasping her hands together in front of her. "Now I'm not saying your job at the Newport Group is bad…because I mean the money is great any everything. But ummm I was just wondering…if maybe you had thought of the other opportunities that your art degree could provide you with?"
"Summer I am not having this discussion with you again…"
Summer cuts in "I'm not talking about comic books Seth…I'm talking about other things you could do, like open an art gallery or teach or I don't know there must be plenty of things available to you. And I'm not saying this to demean your current job…I'm just saying it because I care about you", she reaches out grasping his hand tightly "I love you Seth, and I only want you to be happy"
Seth feels his anger falling away as easily as it arose. "We are where we are…and this is how things are going to be for now. I'm not saying this is forever"
"Okay", she whispers looking back at the fountain which has turned a lemony shade. "Now tell me about this problem at work…"
Alrighty so I know the fountain thingy is kinda weird but where I live there is actually one. I also tried to make the colours relevant to the feeling surrounding s/s, but just ignore it if you like it doesn't make much difference lol
Blue is trust tranquillity and confidence
Yellow is optimism
Green is supposed to a good omen for those in trouble…I found these off a site somewhere or another and ya know it isn't especially important, but I thought it kinda fit lol