Hours later they lay in bed, sweat ridden and grinning like idiots. Summer nestled up and placed her head on his chest and Seth lay contently on the bottom of Summer.
He wished he could spend days like this; happy and with Summer by his side.
"Can we do this tomorrow? Seth chuckled, moving his hand through her silky chocolate hair. But sadly he already knew her answer.
"You have to work. You are not going to stay home tomorrow. You promised me." She stated. Summer had changed from her old teen ways; she was a stickler for rules.
"I know, I know. But wouldn't it be nice not to work and just let it be summer again. Be in high school." He heard Summer sigh at this thought and they both knew how much fun it would be to go back to the high school days when they were teens and carefree. Sadly now they both had jobs and responsibilities.
"I wish I would hear from Coop." Summer replied sadly. Seth mentally kicked himself. Marissa was on the bad side of topics. Summer would get depressed every time she thought of her best friend; she would usually leave and go and clean or cook something just to distract her from her sadness.
Marissa was a sore subject ever since she bolted from town during her Senior year. She had become an alcoholic and a druggie and she just wouldn't deal with life in Newport anymore. Marissa hadn't left a note or said goodbye to anyone. Summer and Marissa had had a huge fight the night before Marissa had ran away with Ryan. It always pained her when she thought about the fight. She had been trying to make Coop realize what she was doing to her life. Her best friend had dropped down under 100 pounds and had began cutting herself and she looked like a ghost of her former self. Summer had thought it was her responsibility to help her best friend but everything had blown up in her face and Coop ended up fleeing. No one had ever heard anything about what had happened to Ryan and Marissa and Summer blamed it all on herself.
"I know. Me too. That's the past and now we are adults. We shouldn't dwell." Seth said finally, noticing that Summer seemed tense.
"I'm going to go clean the kitchen. It's a mess. You should learn to pick up after you are done cooking. I'm not picking it up anymore." Summer responded, climbing off of the bed and grabbing Seth's robe that hung on the dresser. She wrapped it around her naked body and walked out of the room with a somber look on her face. Seth sighed as he realized how upset she was with Coop.
Early the next morning, Seth walked out of his bedroom with a towel around his neck and only his boxers on and went over to the sparkling clean kitchen. He grabbed some coffee grounded beans from its container and threw them in the coffee maker and turned it on. He sighed as he realized he was late for work and he still wasn't dressed yet. Summer was going to kill him if she found out. He felt relief knowing she was out for a couple minutes, as she loved to go on an early 30-minute walk with Coco. Seth grabbed his navy novelty tee from his closet and a pair of gray slacks and quickly put them on. Seth looked out of the window and didn't see his girlfriend along the sidewalk. Seth wandered to the bathroom where he grabbed a comb and dragged it through his curly hair until he was satisfied. Then he heard the annoying ding from his coffee maker and shortly arrived in the small kitchen area. Once there he took the coffee jug and poured it into his coffee cup and exited the door quickly, making sure to lock the door behind him.
He jogged down the 8 flights of stairs still not bumping into her but he figured she had just taken a longer route this morning. Summer had a routine: get up at 5:30, take a quick shower, eat a lean breakfast, take Coco on a walk, and finally spend the day writing her novel until Seth came home from work. She rarely skipped or not did her schedule; the only time she didn't do that is if she was sick or on vacation.
He reached the sidewalk and hailed a cab; Seth wasn't worried. Summer was fine.
It was still early morning and the sun hadn't shone it's rays to New York City yet; Summer grabbed Coco's leash tighter and hugged her jacket a bit more as a strong breeze pounded her body. She rarely minded the wind but today with it being so dark, she longed to be back at home nuzzled up in a warm homemade quilt sipping a mug of hot coco with huge marshmallows floating around. Coco seemed skittish this morning and she seemed extra alert and for some reason just wanted to go back home. Summer sighed and looked down a dark alley; it was a shortcut and they would save half the time with being in the powerful wind but it also meant she had to navigate though the creepy place. Summer knew Seth never would have let her go through but she didn't want to be in that wind anymore.
Slowly, Summer turned down the alley and Coco seemed not to like this idea but Summer pulled on the leash and the dog eventually followed, whining softly.
"It's ok girl. See, we are halfway through." She calmed the dog. Her flats treaded softly, making little clumps on the ground that echoed through the narrow alley.
A loud bang came from the way she came in and she became nervous. Summer started walking faster and Coco began to run.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of her and she heard Coco bark loudly. The figure slammed her down and Summer cried. She screamed realizing she was being mugged.
"Shut up bitch!" He yelled to her, roughly placing his hand on her mouth to stop her screaming.
"Get off me ASS!" She screamed, muffled by his hand,
She couldn't see his face from the dark but she saw a shiny knife in his other hand. He pushed her down and Summer felt the tears flowing down her face. She tired to wiggle out of his grip but it was almost impossible as one of his hands pinned back both her arms to the brick wall above her and his torso was pressed flat against her body so she couldn't hardly even move.
Summer tried her hardest but the hand at her mouth made it impossible to breathe and she began to feel light-headed and if she didn't do anything soon she was a goner.
Summer clamped down her teeth as hard as she could muster and the man threw his hard down, cursing furiously.
Immediately after, Summer felt pain on her cheek and she realized the man had just hit her.
"You little bitch! I'm going to kill you…" He reached over to her again and hit her head again and she fell to the ground. He squatted down and began ripping her shirt off.
"Oh my god…he is going to rape me." Summer thought fearfully. She wished Seth was there. If he would hear her screaming and come running to her rescue. To be her Prime Charming and he would save her life.
"Get OFF of me!" She screamed at the man in anger and fear.
"HELP! HELP!" She yelled to the alley way. The man hit her again and she felt blood sliding down her cheek. She yelped, helplessly as she felt the man's hands go to her waist. Summer squirmed as her belt buckle was being torn off.
"Hey baby…calm down…" The man said coolly. Summer was disgusted.
In one swift move he un-zipped her jeans and pulled them down.
"JERK!" She screamed trying to kick her legs at him. He dodged them and pushed against her.
"COHEN!" Summer inwardly screamed. She was going to get raped and Seth was probably still sleeping.
She heard his zipper go down and she closed her eyes in fear and terror.
During the whole time, Coco was trying to bite the man, snarling and growing furiously.
Summer screamed one more time as loud and ear-piecing as she could and the dog lounged at the man. The man fell over and tried hitting at the dog. But the dog didn't stop but instead bit the man harder and wouldn't let go of the man's arm.
The man finally flung Coco as hard as he could off his arm and ran out of the alley, cursing violently.
Coco snarled at the retreating figure until he was out of sight and then went over to Summer and began licking her face.
"Thank you Coco" She sobbed, hugging her dog.
TBC.
So yeah… that was the crime. Attempted rape and murder along with her mugging. I tried hard to make it realistic but I know it isn't the best. I've never gone through that so I don't know what really would happen. Only my imagination.
Review please! Next chapter: Seth finds out.