Summer
looked at her watch…
Jake was late.
She thought about the
next week. She was going to visit her Dad in good old Newport.
Marissa promised to come, too. She was happy to see her again, but
she was afraid to see Seth again.
'He won't be there...whatever...
you are going to see your family and Marissa..nooo one else' she
thought to herself.
Marissa and Summer talked a lot on the phone during the last months. First they wanted to attend the same college, but Julie didn't allowed Marissa to "waste her time with a study without a future". Summer wondered herself that Julie wanted Marissa to be independent from men and have a good job. She had always the impression that Julie only wants her daughter to marry a rich man…like she herself did. Whatever.
Summers thoughts
were interrupted by Jake. He was out of breath.
"Darling I'm
soo sorry. I know I'm too late. But I have a something for you."
Jake said.
He gave her a bouquet of red roses and had a bright
smile on his face.
"Are you mad at me?" he asked and
made puppy dog eyes.
"How I could be mad at you….these
flowers are beautiful. Thank you. But now we have to hurry
up."
Marissa was packing her things.
'I'm
going to visit my crazy Mom….and that voluntary…Am I crazy? I
must be insane.' she thought.
She enjoyed the time away from
home, but she really looked forward to come home.
She didn't
really know why, maybe it was the fact that she was staying only for
a week.
She wanted to see her sister again, but not her mother.
Not after all what happened.
But she really looked forward to be
in Newport and to see Summer again. She was curious to meet Jake;
Summer told her so much about him.
'I always thought that Seth and Sum were meant to be…but she thought the same about me and Ryan… but obviously we both thought wrong', she thought sadly to herself.
'Good old Newport I'm coming', with this she closed her suitcase and closed the door behind her.
Seth was waiting at the airport. "Man…Ryan's always late…" he said to himself.
"I'm not always late. Just today…I'm sorry."
"RYAN!" Seth gave him a brother-hug. "No problem, I wasn't waiting that long…just about 30 MINUTES." he said sarcastically.
Ryan looked guilty at Seth.
"Just kidding…it were only 25 minutes."
Suddenly a women from behind came with a suitcase.
"Ok I'm ready. They found my suitcase. We can go." the woman said
"Oh hi. I'm Eliza but you can call me Liz." she said to Seth
"Oh hi I'm Seth…Seth Co.." he said but was cut off by her
"Oh yeah he told me about you, you are the funny guy…err...I mean his brother, right?" she gave him a big smile
"Yeah…" Seth answered. Seth looked confused at Ryan...but he only smiled at him.
Seth, Ryan and Liz drove home from the airport.
At
the Cohen's
Sandy and Kirsten were sitting in the living
room.
The door opened and Seth, Ryan and Liz entered.
"Hey honeys!" Kirsten said and gave them a hug.
"Hey kiddo! How was your flight and the ride with Seth?" Sandy asked
"What do you want to say with that… you know that I'm an excellent driver."
"Yeah and I'm the emperor of china." Ryan said and smirked
"Oh and who's this?" Sandy looked at Liz
"This is...err... Liz…my...girlfriend."
"Ohhhhh..." Sandy and
Kirsten said at the same time and exchanged looks.
"Hi, nice
to meet you." They both said friendly.
"Thank you…nice to meet you too." Liz answered putting on one of her best smiles
Awkward silence... they all stood in the living room and didn't know what to do or say. A really awkward situation... the typical girlfriend-meets-parents-situation
"Err...Ryan I help you with the suitcases." Seth said..
"Uhm...Ok."
Ryan shrugged
They both took the cases and went in the direction
of the pool house.
"So would you like to drink something?" Sandy asked Liz
"Yeah ice-tea would be great."
"Sure" Sandy went to the fridge, opened it and grabbed the ice tea
"So you're together with Ryan..." Kirsten said, trying to break the awkward silence
Meanwhile in the pool house
Seth and Ryan
stored the suitcases.
"So I thought this would be just you and me this week….We haven't seen so long. I mean we talked on the phone a lot, by the way why you didn't tell me about Liz...and how long this is going on between you two..?" Seth asked
"Seth are you jealous of my girlfriend? You will see we have enough time for us the next week. And by the way, you really have to get a girlfriend"
"Dude...don't ever mention the word GIRLFRIEND this week..."
"Ok…Ok…after the whole Summer thing.." Ryan said.
"AND DON'T EVER MENTION SUMMER THIS WEEK." Seth got in rage...
Ryan just nodded
"So tell me about Liz." Seth said after he had calmed down a bit
"Well.." Ryan started and talked with Seth about Liz for a while.
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