Alright, this will most likely be the only time where 2 chapters come out in the same day!
But I felt I had to push this one out.
First off, thank you to all the regular reviewers, keep reviewing….I never said I would never write 2 chapters in the same day….today was only because I felt I owed it to you guys and the chapters themselves…I must say I was amazed at the responses of chapter 6…I must be doing something right.
Okay so this chapter is different than the other ones….you may notice the lyrics in italics. Normally I would never write out song lyrics in the chapters, but for some reason I really felt compelled to do so this time…I think it turned the chapter from an alright chapter to a respectable one. Just in case you wonder, I don't pick the chapter titles out of a hat.. all have meaning, this one just had more than the others…so, let me know how it affected your reading….good or bad?. .I was trying to reinforce Seth's state of mind and feelings… and just the overall situation.
Oh, I saved the 'good part' for the next post so you'll have to wait till then for Summer and Seth to talk….and DON'T expect it tonight…lol give me till tomorrow night or so.
So enough rambling, read and review
Heres chapter 7…

Clocks

Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Brought me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead

The elevator doors opened.

The man very uncomfortably walked out, never taking his eyes off Seth and broke into a speed walk when he was in the lobby. Seth smiled after the man had left.

"That was fun" he smiled and then quickly remembered what he was doing down here in the first place. He immediately broke out into a run and stopped when he was outside. Although it was late, there were plenty of people around, which made his search more complicated. Seth scanned every brunette that passed, none matching Summer's beauty nor facial features. Suddenly he spotted a small, young brunette across the street getting into a taxi.

Summer! His brain was screaming at him, yet Seth held back. He squinted over the darkness and distance from him to her.

"Summer?" he whispered.

Suddenly something inside Seth snapped.

"Summer!" he screamed and started to run into the open street. Cars blew their horns, some flew past him others screeched to a halt. Seth was reckless enough to get himself killed but he had to get to Summer.

He was half way across the street when suddenly a large pickup truck stopped one foot in front of him. Profanities were being yelled by numerous drivers. Seth scrambled to get past the truck but, because of those few seconds he had been stopped, he missed her. The taxi started to pull away as Seth chased after if it down the street. Seth quickly jumped inside the closest cab, completely scaring the driver.

"Follow that taxi!" he screamed, freaking the driver even more.

For the first time tonight, Seth had gotten a break. Fortunately this cab driver knew what he was doing, for he slammed down his pedal and floored it after the other cab. It was not before long Seth was tailing the cab.

"Where are you going?" Seth exclaimed under his breath, having no idea where he was or where Summer was going.

Finally after an excruciatingly long 20 minute cab ride, the car in front of them pulled over at a house in a quite neighbourhood of the island. Seth still had no idea where he was or why Summer would come here.

Instead of bursting out of the taxi and scooping her up in his arms, he held back.

"Wait here" Seth mumbled to the driver and got out and watched her next move.

The brunette stepped out of the taxi and walked up the pathway to the front door of the house. Before she reached it, the door opened and a young man, in his mid twenties Seth guessed, stepped outside. The two immediately embraced and shared a long passionate kiss.

Seth felt his heart sink and shatter into a million pieces.

"Summer!" he yelled running up to the couple, clearly interrupting them. Seth had a small tear forming in his eye, but he blinked it away as he reached them at the door.

The man looked at Seth, very confused.

"Summer" he cried, his voice starting to break.

The man looked down at the brunette and she turned around.

Seth's heart picked itself back up and duct taped itself back together.

This was not the girl he loved. She was cute, but nowhere near as gorgeous as Summer Roberts. Seth exhaled loudly and felt as the weight of the world, which had just been placed on his shoulders, was taken away.

It wasn't Summer.

"Sorry" he mumbled and bolted across the front lawn to the taxi. He sat in the taxi, relieved and just relaxed for a split second.

THUMP. There's that weight again.

He still hadn't found Summer! Although he had just dodged a huge bullet, he still had at least one more with his name on it.

"Back to the hotel and step on it!" He tapped the drivers' seat, signalling for him to move.

"This is gonna be a long night"

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Singin', come out if things aren't said

Shoot an apple off my head

And a, trouble that can't be named

Tigers waitin' to be tamed

Summer hadn't left the sign post since she had found it. She was sitting down, her legs held tight against her chest, her back up against the metal post.

She had only one thought: Home. She wanted to go home. She no longer liked the idea of Hawaii. She had been here only one full day and already she wanted to leave and get away as fast and as far as possible.

Her concentration had been broken a couple of times. Once, by a dog and its owner. The dog had found its way to her and begged her to pet it. Summer smiled at the cute animal but looking at the curls in its hair only made her think of one thing.

The second time, she wasn't really paying attention. It was just some crazy weirdo running and screaming in the middle of the street. The fool did make her laugh out loud as she caught him taking off down the street after a car.

Now, Summer sat in complete silence just thinking 'Should I go?'

'Wait….was this one of those situations that could just be solved by remaining calm and talking everything through?'

So many past encounters in their relationship could have easily been fixed if they had just sat down, without running away from each other, and talked. This was something that didn't come so easily to Summer. The rage made it hard to talk, let alone listen.

Summer sat and thought about the entire day….the entire week…the entire trip. Finally, she lifted her head and stood up. She took one last look at the sign in front of her and made a decision.

It was time.

Summer turned and walked off.

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Confusion never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna, come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know

Seth was running ideas throughout his head as to where Summer could be. Unfortunately being on the island for only one day had him at a loss. He had no idea the kind of places a girl like Summer would/could go. Seth still had plenty of time to ponder for he was still 10 minutes away from the hotel.

Suddenly Seth's cell started to buzz. It took a couple seconds before it registered with Seth that it was his cell phone and that this wasn't some funky kind of cab.

Seth didn't need to check the called ID to know that it was Summer.

"Summer!" he practically screamed into the phone.
No answer, but he could hear breathing getting faster and faster.

"Summer?" Seth voice was now more of a whisper. He was deathly afraid, not knowing if she was okay, or if she was safe. All he wanted to do was hold her in his arms again.

He pressed the phone up against his hear as hard as he could, trying to hear anything. And that's when it happened. His heart, after just having a patch job, fell apart yet again. He knew she was crying. He could practically hear her tears fall down her cheeks and off her chin. He absolutely hated it when she cried and it felt ten times worse when he was the cause. Summer had a way of making herself look like a young child when she cried. A child who just fell off her bike after trying to ride it for the first time. A child who just scraped her first knee. He couldn't help but want to scoop her up in his arms and protect her from the rest of the world.

"Summer, where are you?" he tried desperately.

All he got was a sob and then a dial tone….but not before hearing a high pitched noise in the background. Seth could make no mistake for this particular noise, after tonight, would haunt him the rest of his life.

"Hey can this thing go any faster?" Seth called up to the driver, who only responded with a nod.

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Singin', come out upon my seas

Curse missed opportunities

Am I, a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease

The cab driver nodded and floored it into traffic. Suddenly there was a loud blare of a truck's horn and the cab landed on its top. A truck had slammed into it at the intersection sending it sliding on its side into parked cars.

Seth stood frozen, still at the curb from which he had only just stepped out of that exact cab not 2 minutes ago. That cab was now smoking and flipped over completely.

"Guess he didn't know what he was doing" Seth shrugged it off, for he had a more pressing matter to attend to.

He stood in front of the elevators glaring at them both.

"I don't want any trouble this time" he said as he gently tapped the doors of one and pushed the call button.

'Ping' the elevator replied as if gratified with the warm comfort Seth offered it.

"Yes!" he cried stepping in and hugging the wall with a big smile.

Seth opened his eyes to notice that his elevator buddy from his previous trip was standing at the doors looking at Seth with a priceless look on his face. He was completely, totally, beyond freaked out.

"I'll wait for the next one" The man took a step back.

Seth nonchalantly closed the elevator doors and pressed his corresponding floor button.

By the time Seth reached the suite, his heart was racing.

He quietly opened the door and closed it softly. He started to creep into the living room but didn't get far because as soon as he took his second step, he was sent to the ground.

Seth landed on the floor with a loud thud. He bit his lip to prevent his whimpering from being audible. He looked back and cursed the damn shopping bags, but made no attempt to relocate them.

He stood back up and noticed all the lights were off except for a small light in the bedroom. Seth limped towards the light, praying that he wouldn't run into any more bags on the way. When he got to the room, he paused in the door way and rested his head against the trim. He took in the entire room, but mostly focused on the small body on the bed. There lay a worn down Summer. She was on her side facing him and she was sound asleep. Seth quietly made his way over and crouched down next to her head. Her hair was messy and sprawled all over the place. Seth pushed back the strands of hair covering half her face and tucked them behind her ear. He softly slid his hand down her swollen cheeks, past her puffy eyes. She had clearly cried herself to sleep.

Seth had a look of pure gilt on his face. Summer's tears had barely dried from her face and her cheeks were still very warm.

Seth propped his back up against the bedside and rested his head on the edge of the bed right below her face. He pulled his legs up to his chest and fell asleep to the sounds of Summer's breathing.

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go