This chapter is dedicated to the very thoughtful, Mel. She sent me an incredible review about my last chapter and I really loved it. I did. Don't get me wrong, I love all my reviews I get, they all mean so much to me!
Chapter 9
Summer woke up the next morning, and realized her life had just basically, been flushed down the drain. She had a fiancee, then she broke up with him so she could be with the man she really, truly, and always loves. But as she was lying in bed, she couldn't help but think, did she make a mistake? She loved Andrew. He was sweet, and charming, and handsome, and always new exactly what to say. She pictured herself spending the rest of her life with him. And having his children. But that all flew out the window when Seth kissed her.
Seth's kiss was not the reason that her and Andrew broke up. Granted, it pretty much pushed them over the edge, but it had been building up to that. Truthfully, her and Andrew never really talked anymore. They use to talk all the time, when she got him from work he would sit there patiently while she complained, and whined about all the jackasses at her office. And then, once her turn was done, he would do the same and she would just smile at him. He would always question her about it, but she would shrug it off. She knew what it was, she was admirning him. He was so cute when he was upset. And the littlest things upset him. He would look for things to make him upset. For instance, he kept saying there was a buzz coming from the refridgerator. Yes, there indeed was, but Summer never would have noticed it if he didn't tell her. He look's for stuff like that.
But then again, there was Seth. She always imagined herself spending the rest of her life with him, until Marissa's death. After Marissa died, Seth just seemed so much apart of her life, it was hard to be around him and not think about Marissa. All the times thefour of them had, with high school, and graduation. She couldn't bare to think about them. That's why she moved to Minnesota. But once she left, she felt terrible, and realized she missed him so much. She debated over whether or not to call him, many times. But in the end, she didn't because she didn't want to make it harder on herself, and him.
Seth always seemed to be the perfect guy for Summer. When she was thinking about something, he would know right away without even having to hear a single word from Summer. That always made her smile. Then his eyes. Oh, they were another story. His eyes were so beautiful, so full of life, so pure. If she could, she would look into them all day, everyday, for the rest of her life. He was so charming too. He was always complimenting her, and his humor was definitely a plus too. Of course, it would sometimes get on her nerves, but a lot of the time, it didn't. If she hard a hard day, he always knew exactly what to do to make everything ok.
Summer knew she had to go back to Minneapolis sometime, she just didn't want to leave Seth. Because if she did, then he would be exactly right. She would be leaving him again. She was already done with school, she had all the credits she needed, she was just taking a few extra classes for the hell of it. She could drop out of the UofM and move back to Newport. There wasn't anything in Minnesota anymore for her. Except her job. She had to figure something out with them, maybe she could be transfered to Newport. I'm sure she could.
Summer walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. She saw Sandy and Kirsten sitting at the island, talking quietly, but as soon as Summer walked in, they immeadiatly stopped.
"Oh, don't be so obvious..." She said.
"We weren't talking about you." Sandy said trying to cover it up but failed.
"Course not." Summer commented sarcastically. "People just love to stop talking whenever someone enters the room."
"You know." Sandy said. "It's true, people always stop talking when another person enters the room. Even, if they aren't talking about that person."
Summer gave him a confused look before getting the orange juice out of the refridgerator. She poured herself a glass, and put the orange juice back before continuing.
"Uh, sure." She said. "Except I know you guys were talking about-"
Summer stopped mid sentence when Seth came walking into the kitchen with his bath robe on. As soon as he heard everyone quit talking he stopped in his tracks and gave them all looks.
"Wow, don't be so obvious."
"See." Sandy said.
"I just said that, like 2 seconds ago." Summer said.
"You're kidding." He said, not really caring.
Summer gave him a glare before turning back to Sandy and Kirsten.
"I hope it's okay that I stay a few more days. I'm going to call my job and see if I can be transfered here." She said mentally making a list in her mind. "Then I have to call the UofM and cancel my classes, and then I have to find an apartment to stay in..."
"Wait." Seth stopped her, holding out his hand. "You're moving to newport?" Summer nodded her head. "For good?" She nodded her head again.
"I'm not leaving you again Seth." She said.
Summer and Seth exchanged a glance before Kirsten sensed the awkwardness.
"Umm...Of course Summer. Stay as long as you like." She smiled.
"Actually, not as long as you like. Maybe a few more weeks. Because we said that once to someone and they took the statement for granted." Sandy said.
"Hey, I told you before. I'm going to stay here forever and haunt you." He said, pretending to be a ghost.
"Yeah you probably are..." Kirsten said. "Come on Sandy let's go...read."
"Read?" Sandy questioned before he got a glare from Kirsten. "Oh, right. Read...got it."
Sandy and Kirsten left the room leaving Seth and Summer standing alone. Seth moved about his morning ritual and grabbed some coffe, a bagel, and the Arts and Leisure from the paper. Once he sat down, Summer broke the silence.
"So, do you want to come with me today?" She asked Seth and he gave her a questionable look. "Well, I'm going to go looking for an apartment and I was wondering if maybe, you'd like to help me."
She gave him a pleading look that she new he could never pass up.
"Ohhh," He complained. "Why do you have to do that? You know I can't say no to that?"
"I know." She smiled proud of herself. "Ok, so I'm going to go get ready. I'll meet you downstairs in an hour."
She left the kitcen feeling much more happier than she did when she entered.
"An hour?" Seth questioned, talking to no one but himself. "Oh, women"
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"How about this one?" Summer asked, pointing to an apartment above them.
"Well, if you're going for that look. How bout that dumpster over there, they have pretty much the same qualities."
Summer smacked him over the head before continung driving along the street. "Ok." She said, pulling up to another apartment building. "What about this one?"
"I like it." He said, and Summer jumped in her seat in exicetment. "What?"
"First one today." She said. "And we've only been out here for..." She looked at her watch. "3 hours."
"Hey, it's not my problem these apartments don't meet my requirements."
"Cohen, your requirements are basically your parents house. Why don't you just live there forever?"
"I plan too." He said, and they got out of the car.
Seth and Summer walked up to the apartment building to meet the guy who was going to sell to Summer. They knocked on the door and a cubby looking man opened it.
"Hi." He said suspiciously. "Can I help you?"
"Um, yeah." Summer said. "I'd like to look at the apartment you have for sale."
"Oh, of course." He said, changing his face to a smile. "Follow me."
They walked down a few floors to the 11th floor and went to the room number.
"Ok, so, here it is." He said opening to door.
Summer immeadiatly fell in love with the apartment.
"I love it!" She said. "I'll take it."
"Don't you want to consult your husband?" The landlord asked.
"He's not my husband." She said as Seth said "I'm not her husband" at the same time.
"Oh, I'm sorry." he said. He paused then said, "When's the wedding?"
"We're not engaged." Summer said again. "We're not even dating."
"Ohhh," He nodded his head in understanding. "Why not?"
Summer rolled her eyes and looked at him and he put his hands up in defense.
"Ok, nevermind." He paused. "So shall I get the papers ready?"
Summer nodded her head, and he left he apartment. As soon as he left, Seth opened his mouth.
"Are you sure you want this?" He asked.
"As sure as I'll ever be." She hesitated. "Why?"
"I dunno. I mean, theres probably a better one out there." He explained.
"We've been looking for 3 hours Cohen. I think we've basically looked at all our choices."
"Well," He paused, thinking. "The floor slants." He said, sliding on the floor. "See?"
"It does not." She said, walking over towards him.
"Does too." He said, sliding on the floor again. "See? I'm not even as tall as I am here then I am up there."
"Cohen, why does this bother you so much?" She asked him.
He looked at her and found himself trying to come up with an answer, beside the truth. "Becuase, I just want the best for you."
She smiled at him, and put her hand on his cheek. "Your so sweet Cohen."
The landlord came back into the apartment and Summer signed the lease.
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"The Notebook?" Summer asked.
"No." Seth said.
"A walk to Remember?"
"No.'
"A Lot Like love?"
"No."
"Message In A Bottle?"
"No."
"Cohen, what is your problem, you're saying no to all my suggestions."
"Because maybe, I don't feel like watching some sappy love movie where they fight, make out, have sex, and the movie's over" He complained.
"Fine, you can pick the movie. As long as it's been released in the U.S, AND, I can understand it, AND, no subtitles."
Seth took her requirements into mind, and found himself thinking for quiet awhile.
"I got it!" He finally said. "Spiderman 2." He smiled proudly at himself.
"Ok." Summer agreed. "It's got a love story in it...works for me."
Seth took the movie out of the case, and put it into the DVD player. They both got settled on the bed, and the movie began.
"Cohen?" Summer asked. "Why are we watching the movie in your room?"
"Because, Summer, my parents are watching a movie downstairs." He said, with a hint of sarcasim in his voice.
"Why didn't we just watch it with them?"
"Because quite frankly, I didn't want to sit and watch my parents make out the entire movie, and have it be some lame movie about wrestling."
"Fair enough."
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Once the movie was over, Seth and Summer were both fast asleep cuddled in each other's arms. Summer woke up with a start and found herself wrapped up in Seth. She was shocked at first but just settled back down to fall asleep.
As soon as Summer fell asleep, Seth woke up. He found himself wrapped in Summer's arms and he realized what this meant. He loved her, but he wasn't sure he wanted to give it another shot with her. Atleast yet.
"Sum," He said, trying to wake her up gently. "Sum, wake up."
Summer started stirring and when she woke up, she saw Seth staring back at her.
"Hi," She said.
"Hi"
Before Seth could say anything about how he didn't want to do anything yet, Summer's lips were on his. He loved the feel of her lips on his and deepend the kiss. The kiss was growing more and more passionate and Summer felt Seth'a hands roaming up her body towards her shirt. He began tugging at it and Summer broke away from the kiss just for him to pull the shirt off her. As soon as her shirt was off, there was no stopping them now. She began tugging at every artical of clothing on Seth and found herself pulling his pants and shirt off at the same time. All that was left was there underwear and that didn't take much longer then a second for them to be off.
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"Oh my god," Summer said once they were done. "Oh god,"
"Oh god," Seth agreed. "We didn't, did we?"
"We did," She said.
"Oh god," He said again. He faced her. "I- This-It doesn't mean that we're-"
"I know," She said interrupting him. "I wasn't ready for this. I just broke up with Andrew. I wasn't ready at all..."
"Let's just pretend it never happened?" Seth asked.
"Agreed." Summer said, standing up off the bed and putting her clothes back on. "So I guess I'll see you around."
He smiled at her and nodded his head.
"Yup, Take care."
"You too." She said.
Summer opened the door to Seth's room, and closed it. She entered her guest room, shut the door and fell down on the bed. She sighed and looked up at the ceiling. This was not suppose to happen. They were suppose to have a good time, and maybe a little flirting. Not sex. Definitely not sex. Sex was not on her list of 'to do' today. But they were just going to go on with their lives and pretend it never happened. That's what they were going to do. They can just forget about it, right?
So I know that chapter was a little lame, but I really had some writers block. AND, I know i'm going to get a crap load of critisim because it was so lame, but I'm looking forward to it, I really am. :-)