Summer in the City

Chapter 11

Summer, Seth, Sandy, and Kirsten had all arrived at the airport bright and early. Their flight was set to leave at 5:40 am and Seth and Summer were all too tried to even comprehend how early that was. Summer had Seth their alarm clock for 4am as they had to get ready and drive to the airport and still leave an hour to get through the check-in and security check.

Seth had been a living zombie during the whole process. Summer practically had to push or pull him wherever she wanted him to go.

Kirsten and Sandy, however, seemed ready and rearing to go. Sandy was in full swing for comedy, making up jokes every second he could.

Summer and Seth had carried their bags and Coco's huge cage for the luggage to be loaded up. Summer hugged her dog as they allowed the security man to take the dog.

Summer waved wildly to the dog as Seth shook his head and rolled his eyes at hid girlfriend's antics.

All four of them were now waiting at their gate ready for the announcement to board.

"Cohen!" Summer persisted horrified. "Cohen!" She said again, tapping his shoulder incessantly. Seth had fallen asleep in the airport seat and he had changed the direction he was leaning.

"Cohen, wake up." She muttered as his slim body wasn't waking up. "I'm sorry Mister. He's just so exhausted." Summer apologized to the old man who had half of Seth Cohen strewed over him. He nodded and put his pale face into a newspaper.

"We will now start boarding passengers for flight #2034 to John Wayne Airport, California. We will start with all the A's. Please check your ticket for your letter and get in the appropriate line. A's will form on the left, B's in the middle, and C's on the right. We will go in alphabetical order with the A's first. Please have your boarding pass ready so the flight attendant can take it." A man at the gate announced as all the people began to get up and go over to their appropriate line.

Kirsten and Sandy had gathered up their stuff and looked over at Summer who was trying to wake up Seth.

"Seth Cohen!" She sighed as she got up with her luggage and followed Kirsten and Sandy. She stood in line and handed her ticket to the woman at the counter. "Umm, excuse me. Do see that guy who is sleeping? In his hand is his ticket for this flight. Do you think you could wake him up? I would hate it if that poor ol' guy would miss his flight." Summer told the lady and she nodded.

"Okay, thanks for telling us." Summer chuckled, contently as she walked down the long tunnel until she got to the plane.

Sandy laughed at what Summer had done. Kirsten just shook her head. Seth always had been a heavy sleeper.

The plane was a regular plane except that it was a little smaller then most. It had 2 seats on each side. Sandy and Kirsten settled into one and Summer took the opposite side and saved a seat for Cohen. They were conveniently located in the back since most people always love to hog the front.

Summer settled down contently in the window seat and fluffed the pillow she had bought along for the flight. She realized the C's must have come on and she was getting worried.

Did the woman forget to wake Cohen? Summer glanced over to Kirsten who was also looking confused and worried about her son.

"Ladies and gentleman, we ask you at this time to please fasten your seat belts and make sure your seat is up in its upright position. We are going to be leaving very shortly Please enjoy the ride." A woman in her late fifty's announced.

"OH no." Summer moaned as she saw the door close. Seth wasn't on the flight.

Summer looked over to Kirsten and they both pushed the red attendant button at the same time.

Summer impatiently tapped her fingers against the armrest, waiting for a flight attendant to come over.

A young woman who was about the age of Summer came over. "Hello, can I help you?"

"Do you know whether a guy who was sleeping out in the area where we came in was brought in?" Summer asked.

"I'm sorry miss. I have no knowledge of any man."

"All flight attendants please prepare for take off." The pilot came over the speakers.

"I have to go. I'm sorry." She said and walked to the other end of the plane.

Summer sighed. The plane began to move and Summer put a hand over her face as she realized what a mistake she made. Her boyfriend was probably sleeping in the airport seat and didn't even know they were gone.

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They had been in the air for a good 30 minutes. Summer looked over to the Cohen's who were so sweet looking as they slept in each other arms. Summer couldn't believe that Cohen had missed the flight. She was going to have a talk with that lady she spoke to when she got back to New York. Summer wanted to have her fired.

The flight was boring without Cohen. She had nothing to do and she was getting antsy. She had planned to just talk to Seth the whole flight but now she had nothing.

She sighed and settled back into her seat looking out the window to clouds. Clouds were boring when you were in them. You couldn't guess what they looked like because they were basically white globs of nothing.

Summer shifted and she realized the cup of coffee she had that morning wasn't the best thing to have done. She now had to pee really bad.

Summer sat up straight and looked at the bathroom at the back. It was occupied. Summer moaned and looked at the one in the front. It was open and she undid her seatbelt, getting out of her chair.

As she past the rows of people and their junk, Summer noticed a head of curly brown hair. Summer groaned; she walked in front of the guy who was sleeping in the aisle seat.

"COHEN!" She almost shouted. Summer undid his belt and grabbed his ear.

"Oww Oww Oww Oww."

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Kirsten, Sandy, Summer and Seth walked off the plane together in good ol' Califorina.

"Home sweet home." Sandy said as he stretched.

"God, I haven't been here for ages." Summer sighed. She loved Cali. The sun, the gorgeous tans, the beautiful people, and the water. God, she had missed the water.

Summer shifted her carry-on to her other shoulder and water out of the terminal.

"Where do we go next?" Seth asked. After Summer had painfully smacked him and carried him by his ear to their seat, Summer had had a rage blackout. Everyone on the plane could vouch for it. Screaming, hitting, drinks being thrown- the whole 9 yards. Seth was surprised he got out alive.

"Baggage claim." Kirsten pointed at a sign.

"Okay. So how many bags does each person have?" Sandy asked the gang wondering whether or not he should get a cart for their stuff.

"COCO!" Summer screamed almost forgetting her dog.

"Oh. Where do we get her?" Kirsten asked. They had never transported a dog on a plane before and they had no clue where do get Summer's dog.

"I'll ask" Sandy announced as they were on the escalator down to the baggage area.

"Thank you Sandy." They got off the moving stairs and walked over to their baggage claim.

"Excuse me, my daughter here has brought her dog on the plane. Who do we retrieve it?" Sandy asked a man that looked like he worked there.

"They will bring the dog down and it will be by your claim shortly. Just make sure to have the documentation of bringing your dog with you." He replied and Sandy thanked him.

"I hope she's not scared." Summer worried. Coco hadn't wanted to go in the crate this morning. She knew something was odd-ish and she wanted to stay home.

Summer practically had to get in with her for her to stay in it.

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After Summer had gotten her reunion with her Chocolate Lab, all four of them had exited the stuffy airport.

"The sun!" Seth praised the sky as the automatic doors opened and the light flooded in.

"Cohen, there is light in New York too." She defended. He always made it sound like their city was really terrible. It wasn't.

"Okay guys. Let's hail a taxi and we can finally go home." Kirsten announced as they were just standing out on the curb.

Oddly enough, there wasn't any taxis waiting at the curb but were passing by not paying any attention to them.

"I'll get one." Sandy replied and stood on the side of the street. Seth joined him waving his hands wildly trying to get someone to stop. Seth stood there looking like idiot for over 5 minutes until the girls got bored and started making fun of him.

"Cohen! I bet Coco could get a cab faster then you." She bragged as she sat down on her luggage; her feet were too tired to be stood on.

"Really Summer, I'd like to see you try." He said tiredly. His dad had already given up and had sat down on the curb next to Kirsten.

Summer stood up and shook her head sadly. "WATCH AND LEARN." She whispered into Seth's ear as she took his place.

Almost instantaneously, a taxi cab stopped and got out to help with the bags.

Seth's jar dropped and groaned.

"Okay Summer, HOW on earth did you do that." Seth asked incredulously.

"See these." She looked down at her boobs. "They are like shoving a hundred dollar bill in a guys face." She smiled as she let Coco jump into the back with her.

"Figures." Seth mumbled hopping in the back with Summer, Coco, and his mother.

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The drive to their house was gorgeous. The road along the winding shore was so peaceful and comforting that Summer wished they lived there. A childhood memory of her dad and stepmother splashing in the ocean with her was probably the only good memory she had with her dad. She was 9 and it was her birthday. They had decided to give her a quiet party with just the 3 of them with the wind blowing in their hair and her trying to blow out a pretty pink birthday cake. She wished more of her memories with her parents were like that. Summer was torn out of her thoughts as Seth rambled on about their plans.

"Summer, should be go swimming or make fun of the water polo players first?" Seth asked her excitedly.

Summer sighed and looked at her boyfriend. "I think I'm going to go talk to Coop."

TBC

OMG! I am so sorry it took so long to update! The night I was supposed to update I went to church and I ended up spending the night somewhere else. Then after I got home the next afternoon, I ended up with a HUGE headache! I was miserable. Finally I write this update! I'm so sorry, I feel so bad for not updating.