Three hours after Seth and Kaitlin had pulled apart from the hug, the citizens of Newport were stepping into the large Cooper/Roberts home. Lavish hairstyles on the ladies and the latest men's style on the guys. Little did Kaitlin know it, but there was a certain boy downstairs who was wringing his hands together and all. The sixteen year old female let out a small sigh before hearing her bedroom door be knocked on.

"Who is it?" Kaitlin asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Tay!" a peppy voice sounded from the other side of the door.

Kaitlin walked over to the door and opened it slowly. "Yes?" she asked, almost to the verge of going downstairs naked; because that fucking zipper on the back of her dress would not cooperate. Kaitlin was not one who would want to wear dresses; ever, but she would want to make a good impression with Seth. After all, he was the only one who wanted to know what exactly what she had wanted for a present.

She didn't sugar coat it. That was her favorite trait of herself. No bullshit crossed against Kaitlin's lips.

Taylor pushed herself into the room and smiled. "Well, everyone's here. Summer, Ryan, Sandy, Kristen, your mom, Gordon, Spencer, Will," she stated. "And a bunch of people who don't really matter."

Kaitlin frowned, "Where's Seth?"

"Why?" Taylor asked, quirking an eyebrow, only to receive a death glare from Kaitlin. "He's downstairs by the punch bowl. He seems kind of awkward there. I think it's because of the whole Summer and Seth break up." she stated.

Kaitlin nodded, "Yeah, probably." she agreed before turning around so her back and the non-coherent zipper was pointing to her half sister, who quickly grasped the cloth in one hand and the metal device in her other.

After two minutes of struggling, Taylor finally got the dress zipped up. Taylor popped her head over Kaitlin's right shoulder. "You look absolutely beautiful."

Kaitlin had dressed in a knee length black and white dress. Her long brown hair had been pulled up in an elegant bun. Her eye make up was giving her hazel eyes a whole layer of dimension.

"Thanks," Kaitlin said before pulling away from the beaming girl and walking out of the room and down the staircase. Her eyes were darting around, wanting to find Seth first. But of course, as fate would have it, Julie intervened when the girl had seen the lanky raven haired boy with a cup in his hand by the dining room table, speaking with Sandy.

"Well, happy birthday, sweetheart!" Julie Cooper beamed before leaning down and kissing her daughter's forehead. "Ahhh, I'm so happy you're finally sixteen." she stated before stepping back for the financer's turn to speak to the birthday girl.

"..Happy birthday, Peanut!" Gordon Bullit boomed, making Kaitlin jump a little before reaching forward, hugging him tightly.

"Oh, thank you so much. For everything!" she grinned before looking at Seth over Bullit's shoulder. He had now moved towards the group a small smirk on his lips as his eyes rested on Kaitlin.

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It was amazing how much his dad could babble. But maybe Seth was only speaking to him about random things like Chewbacca and such because currently, the birthday girl was being distracted by Bullit and her mother. Hmm, how he could get a way to talk to her before the end of the night.

It'd be a challenge, honestly. Seth bid goodbye to his father and looked to Kaitlin who had just been left by the two and now, sitting there in the center of the dining room; sighing softly.

There she was. He felt that she looked so beautiful. The way her dress fit her small frame and how her hair fell around her face.

He was her present but she wouldn't know that until later on.

"So," Seth stated before shrugging his shoulders limply. "This is one hell of a party, eh?" he asked, raising an eyebrow then gave her his patented Seth Cohen grin.

"Yeah," Kaitlin shrugged, before pressing the subject. "What's my present?" she prodded. "C'mon, Seth! Where is it?" she asked, giggling softly.

"Holy hell, relax." he winked. "Uhh," Seth said, shrugging before nodding. "All right, all right, I guess I can give it to you." he grinned before moving behind her, pushing her out towards the door.

She moved quickly, eager to see what the hell Cohen had gotten her.

When the pair had left the party behind, faint sounds of bass flew outside, making Kaitlin smirk up at Seth. "Hurry, I like this song."

True to his word, Seth smirked, "Uhh, do you want your present or not?" he asked, giving her a small wink. "All right, Kaitlin Cooper…close your eyes." he smirked.

Kaitlin, hesitantly let her eye lids close over her eyes. "Honestly, Cohen… does it always have to be about you!" she laughed.

"It's not about me, it's about you." he said with a small nod.

"Show me.."

Seth sighed before putting his fingertips on her stomach, pushing her quickly and then pinning her against the wall of the house, smirking gently.

"Close your eyes, again," he said with a small nod. "Close, your, eyes."

Once again, Kaitlin closed her eyes softly, leaning back.

"Relax," Seth whispered in her ear. "You're safe." he continued, nodding his head as he watched Kaitlin lean her head up to his.

"I'm not going to kiss you." he told her with a small nod, "I'm not going to kiss you," he repeated and looked down at her. He had remembered the tears from the night before. "He's going to regret that he lost you," he said, his lips inches away from her neck. "…he's gonna be so sorry that he lost you. So, forget the past, forget the pain. he's going to see what a beautiful woman you are, and he'll want you back." he said before he let his lips brush against hers. "You're a great woman, Kaitlin…" he stated, pulling away.

Kaitlin kept her eyes closed and frowned, "Holy shit…" she said before reaching up, taking Seth's neck in her right hand, dragging him down to her level, kissing him softly.

Seth let his hands go up to her sides, smirking against her lips. This was a great day, and look, it wasn't even his birthday. He made a move to pick her up and smirked as he felt her wrap his arms around his waist.

He pulled away for a minute, "Whoa, whoa, this is your present, I'm thinking you might want to get it later on.." he laughed, nodding his head before pulling away, kissing her head. "I'll see you later," he winked before turning and walking off.

Once again, Seth Cohen had baffled Kaitlin Cooper and she didn't like it.