Disclaimer: I forgot to put this in the last chapter but you all know it doesn't belong to me. It belongs to fox and my hero Josh!!
A/N This is the final chapter so enjoy.
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The next morning Summer managed to remove herself from Seth's grasps and return to the guest room 20 minutes before she was called by Kirsten to get up for school. It was a lucky escape as she had nearly fallen back to sleep in Seth's bed when her alarm went off 25 minutes ago. She was so comfortable in Seth's bed with him spooning her that she never wanted to leave especially not to go to school. She still had not come up with a plan of how she could be with Seth at school and not have one of her friends notice and make her life hell for the rest of her years at Harbour. Why couldn't Seth just be popular? She thought to herself why she getting ready for school, but she knew that would never happen even if he was dating her. It was either him or her social life as she knew it.
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Breakfast was quite uneventful. Seth was delighted that his parents had no idea that Summer had broken the new house rule. Summer was delighted that she didn't have to go through the embarrassment of getting caught again. Sandy was delighted that his son had finally made some friends and even got himself a girlfriend. He was proud of his Sethy!
Summer, Seth, Ryan and Sandy were all standing around the island in the kitchen munching on bagels.
"Anything exciting planned for today?" Sandy raised his eyebrows and awaited a reply.
"Well dad since today is Monday and we have school I would have to say no, unless you want to give us permission to spend our day at the beach?"
"No chance"
"Thought so. Summer are you ready to go?"
"Yup just let me grab my bag and we can go. Would you mind dropping me back to my house so I can get my car?"
"Sure but I can bring you home from school if you want"
"I have to go to South Coast Plaza after school to pick up a few things so I need my car"
"Ok, Ryan do you want to come with us?"
"No its ok Marissa is picking me up"
" See you at school then. Bye Dad"
Seth followed Summer out to the car. Just as she was about to open the passenger side Seth stopped he and pushed her up against the door and kissed her. A few seconds later when they ran out of breath Summer pulled away.
"What did I do to deserve that?"
"I was just saying a proper good morning you left in such a hurry this morning and I didn't get the chance then"
Summer pulled him back into her and kissed him harder this time " A very good morning to you too" They continued making out for another few minutes before Seth stopped them.
"I would love to continue this all day but unfortunately we have school so we can pick this up later but now we gotta go before we are late"
"I will be looking forward to round two all day"
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Seth dropped Summer of at her car and made his way to school. Summer waited a couple of minute before she followed him. She had decided that it would be best to avoid Seth at school at least until she was mentally prepared for what would come when everybody finds out about who she has spent the weekend with. It wouldn't be hard to avoid him today as they only had one class together and she had a test after lunch so she could spend her break in the library. He would never think of looking for her there.
She got to school just as the first bell rang and she made her way to her first class without bumping into anyone.
At 12 o'clock it came time for biology. Seth was already in his seat when Summer walked in. He motioned for her to sit next to him and she obliged, as it was the only seat left in the class. Her 'friend' Madison waved as she past her seat but Summer wasn't too bothered Madison wouldn't notice what was going on she was too dumb and anyway Summer could not have sat with her even if she wanted to. There were no seats!
"Hey Summer" Seth greeted her with a huge grin as she sat down but his face gradually dropped as he realised Summer didn't show the same enthusiasm to seeing him.
"Hey Cohen" Summer replied nonchalantly.
"Having a bad day are we?"
"Something like that. Did we have homework to do?"
"No I don't think so" Seth noted that Summer was acting strangely and a lot different than earlier this morning but deep down he knew the real reason. She was ashamed to be seen to be associating with him in public. He wasn't angry with her though after all he was used to being a 'loner' at school and he did see it coming. He knew she wasn't ready to face the wrath of Madison and her crew for dating a 'Geek'. He would just have to prove to her that he was worth it and stick by her privately while she dealt with her issues.
Summer was feeling really bad about the way she was treating Seth but at the moment she could see no other option. Her thoughts were interrupted when Seth slipped a note in front of her. She slowly opened it, unsure of what she was going to find.
Hey SumI figure you are avoiding me, but I just want you to know that it's ok. I get that you are not ready for people to know about us yet. I will be right by your side when you are ready let people see us together and until then we have my bedroom!
See you later for round 2 at my house!?
Seth xoxo
Summer gushed when she read the note she was shell shocked at how understanding he was being and that he knew what was going on with her without her even saying anything about it. She mentally kicked herself for not getting to know him sooner.
Seth noticed the smile on Summer's face and took it as a good sign that he hadn't made a total idiot of himself. He was even happier when he received a reply from Summer.
Cohen-Thanks for being so understanding it really means a lot. You are so adorable . Do you want to go to the pier or something for lunch? My treat! Meet me at my car after class I am parked in the front lot near your car.
Summer xxxSummer had her eyes on Seth as he was reading her note. When he was finished he caught her looking at him and he flashed her an adorable but discreet smile and he gently nodded his head to answer her question. Summer granted him a sweet smile and turned back to face the teacher maybe she could learn something now that she wasn't worrying about Seth, then again there was daydreaming about Seth to be done it was a lot more interesting than the respiratory system.
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Seth was standing near Summer's car and she was late. Where was she? Seth was beginning to think she had forgotten or went to the library instead she had mentioned something about a test this morning. Just as Seth was about to give up on her she appeared. She did not say anything to him except 'get in' and she got in her car and waited for him to join her. Seth followed obediently.
"Hey"
"Hey what took you so long?"
"Hey I wasn't that late, for your information I was like 3 minutes late because I was getting you these" Summer pointed to a brown bag sitting on her lap.
"And these would be what?"
"Sandwiches I thought we could drive to that place near the beach on the cliff and have a picnic instead of wasting time going to the pier." Summer started the car and sped out of the school grounds.
"What's in them?"
"Turkey"
"I knew I liked you for a reason" Seth joked. He was happy to be alone again with Summer. He way preferred this Summer than to school Summer. He placed his hand over hers, which was on the clutch. She smiled and they spent the rest of the ride in a comfortable silence.
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"Did you get dessert too?" Seth asked after finishing his lunch.
"No, but I have far better idea than dessert"
"What could be better than dessert?"
"This" Summer climbed over the centre console and on to Seth's lap, straddling his waist. She leaned down and kissed him hard. Seth grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him returning the kiss. "Your right this is a million times better than desert" Seth said when they finally broke for much needed air.
"I am always right" Summer leaned her forehead against Seth's leaving their mouths just millimetres apart. "Thank you" Summer whispered quietly.
"For what?"
"For being so great and understanding"
"No need to thank me its nothing"
"No it is this really means a lot to me. You are the best boyfriend ever"
Seth grinned showing his adorable dimples "are you calling me your boyfriend?"
"Yeah I guess I am" Summer returned his huge grin and finally closed the gap between their lips.
"Can I stay at your house again tonight my dad isn't back until tomorrow he got held up again"
"As long as you come visit my room again I see no problem"
"I am sure I can make that happen" Summer went back to devouring Seth's lips.
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After getting caught up in each other's company Seth and Summer had barely made it back to school on time. Once they were on school ground again Summer went back to ignoring Seth but he didn't mind because she was going to be spending the night at his house and not at one of the jocks that had been fawning over her all day in front of him.
Seth was just finishing his homework when the doorbell rang. He dropped his pencil and went downstairs to answer the door.
He smiled when he saw who it was. "Hey Summer"
"Hey"
"Did you have fun at south coast plaza" Seth asked as he welcomed Summer into the house and closed the door behind him.
"Yes I did and I even got you a present come up to your room and I will give it to you"
"What did I do to deserve a present?" Seth followed Summer into his room and sat on the bed next to her as she was looking through the bags trying to find his gift.
"Its to thank you for today, for being so adorable and understanding"
"I am adorable everyday, does that mean I am going to get a present everyday?"
"Not a chance today was a one-off you can buy me presents from now on"
Seth gave Summer a joking yeah-right look. "So where's my present"
"Here" Summer handed Seth a box and watched as he opened the new vans shoes. "I noticed that your old trainers were looking a bit tatty and thought you could do with a new pair"
Seth was delighted with his new shoes "Thank you Summer these are really cool you are the best girlfriend ever" Seth leaned over and kissed Summer to show her that he really appreciated the gift and her. The shoes were soon forgotten and the rest of the evening was spent making out and getting to know each other more. Seth loved that Summer was beginning to really open up to him and the more he learned about her the more he liked her.
The more and more time Summer spent with Seth she became more comfortable with him, it felt like she could trust him with anything she told him and it wouldn't be all over school the next day. She even told him about when her mother had left. She was surprised how quickly Seth had become the person who she felt was the only person besides Marissa who knew the real her.
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Much of the rest of the week was spent like Monday. Summer would ignore Seth until lunchtime then they would drive off campus and make out. Summer would go back to ignoring Seth after lunch and then they would meet up after school and hang out for the evening watching movies, talking and making out.
By the time the following Monday had come Seth had become totally fed up with the school bit. When he said he would wait as long as it took for Summer to tell the world about their romance he was thinking 3days not forever. It killed him not to be able to walk down the corridor with his hand linked with Summers letting the whole world know that she had chose him and wanted to be with him. He spent all of his lunchtime watching Summer acting fake with her so called 'friends'. He could not see why she would choose to hang with them over him. Was he not worth giving them up for? Even when he was alone with Summer he was fed up he did not know how much more he could take of the separation of public and private spheres.
Summer was beginning to notice that Seth had become more distant and he was not his usual cheery self. She had no idea what was going on with him she could not read him like he could read her. He said that he was happy with the situation in school so she did not have to be worried about that. Right?
On Tuesday as Seth was walking through the quad he saw Summer standing around talking to some jocks. He decided it was time to do something about his current unhappiness. He was going to go talk to Summer in public! He walked proudly up to Summer.
"Hey Summer Can we talk for a second"
"Hey Summer do you know this geek, is he bothering you?" One of the jocks asked Summer.
"No brad it's fine he's just my lab partner. Come on Seth we can talk about that lab report over here"
Summer watched Seth's face fall as she dragged him away from the crowd. Her heart broke as she saw the pained expression on his face.
Seth's heart sank He's JUST my lab partner.
Summer tried to act oblivious to what she had just seen. Her 'friends' were still standing nearby and were in close hearing range. "What did you want to talk about?"
Seth kept his eyes towards the ground to hide his watering eyes. "Uh nothing. I can't do this anymore we are over" He turned to walk away. He was falling in love with Summer Roberts but he thought after that incident that she certainly did not feel the same way. He was not going to stick around and follow her rules until the novelty of him wears of and she kicks him to the curb. He deserved better than that humiliation.
The second Seth turned around something clicked in Summer's head. If she didn't do something to stop him walking away she was going to lose him forever. She did not think she could survive losing the only person who really got her. She panicked and did the only thing she could think of to keep her from losing the best thing that ever happened to her. She was going to cause a scene and be shunned from every Newport party from now on but it didn't matter as long as she had Seth. That's if he would take her back.
"SETH" Summer shouted after him but got no reply so she stood up on a nearby bench and shouted as loud as she could.
"SETH COME BACK" Seth turned around to see Summer frantically waving her hands trying to get his attention. It certainly worked and she managed to get everyone else in the vicinity's attention too. The entire student population was now focused on the drama unfolding in front of their eyes. Seth couldn't let Summer make a fool of herself anymore even if he was really angry with her so he walked back over to the bench. Hoping that everyone would return to whatever they were doing before Summers outburst.
Seth handed Summer a hand to get down but instead of using it to get down Summer used it to pull Seth up so he too was standing on the bench.
"Summer what are you…."
Summer interrupted Seth with another loud outburst. "HEY EVERYONE COULD I PLEASE HAVE YOU ATTENTION FOR A MINUTE"
"Summer please tell me what the hell you are doing" Summer ignored Seth's question and went back to addressing the crowd that had now gathered. Seth was thinking that Summer was having a momentary lapse of sanity. He had no idea what she was doing Summer hated causing big scenes.
Summer grabbed Seth's hand "I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO MEET SETH COHEN, MY BOYFRIEND" Seth's head nearly exploded at her declaration.
"Are you seriously dating this emo geek?" a voice shouted from the crowd.
"YES, I SUMMER ROBERTS AM DATING THIS EMO GEEK AND I WILL HAVE YOU ALL KNOW THAT HE IS THE GREATEST MOST ADORABLE GUY I HAVE EVER MET." Summer heard lots of people sniggering in the audience and was quick to stop it.
"I WILL ADMIT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO I WOULD HAVE BEEN LAUGHING LIKE THE REST OF YOU BUT THEN I GOT TO KNOW SETH AND HE'S NOT A BAD GUY. I TRIED TO HIDE IT AND I TRIED TO DENY IT BUT…" Summer stopped shouting and turned to Seth looking him straight in the eyes "you Seth Cohen are undeniable"
Summer grabbed Seth's face and kissed him so passionately that they nearly fell off the bench. Seth wrapped his arms around Summer he was totally and utterly over the moon, ecstatic and a tiny bit embarrassed. Never in a million years would he have expected the world to find out about him and Summer like this.
The crowd quickly dispersed after they got bored of watching the couple make out. Seth and Summer broke for air. Both of them had huge smiles plastered on their faces.
"Wow" Seth as usual was first to speak.
"Yeah, I have no idea what just came over me but I m glad it did"
"Me too that was the biggest surprise I have ever gotten in my life"
"Yeah I surprised myself too."
Seth got off the bench and helped Summer down.
"Unfortunately we have class now" Seth said ruining the mood.
"Fuck class there is a free bed at my house and we are going to put it to good use."
"Are you serious?"
"Totally come on quickly before I make another scene." Seth obediently followed Summer quickly to her car he could not wait till he could get his hands and mouth all over her to thank her for the best day ever. Summer Roberts had just announced to the whole school her affection for him. He could not get over it.
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Summer broke a few speed limits on the way home to her house but she could not wait until she could really show Seth that she was totally serious about him and never wanted to be in a position where she would lose him again.
Seth was now on Summers bed with her lying on top of him and they were making out madly. Their tops had been discarded and Seth's hands were wandering all over Summer. He remembered that Summer said she wanted to take things slow so he decided he should stop before he lost all control over himself. He slowly pulled away.
"Don't stop" Summer moaned.
"I thought you wanted to take things slow"
"That was so last week" Summer joked but soon turned serious and she looked down into Seth's eyes. " I want to do this with you if you want to"
"Totally, I mean if you are sure you are ready"
"There is no one else I would rather lose my virginity to"
"You're a virgin? Never in a million years would I have thought that you of all people.." Seth was quick to shut up after receiving a death glare from Summer. Summer decided to ignore what Seth had just said and she went back to dropping kisses on his collarbone.
"Right that's not what matters her"
"Uh Seth do you happen to have…uh you know"
Seth got what she was trying to say after a few seconds "uh yeah I was beginning to view it as sort of a rabbits foot for good luck only but.." Seth was interrupted by Summers hand on his mouth.
"Shut up Cohen your about to get lucky" Summer sat up to remove her bra. Seth looked up in wonderment he had never seen someone so beautiful.
"Whatever you say Summer. Yes"
Summers eyes twinkled and she learned back down to connect her mouth with Seth's again.
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Seth woke up the next morning tangled around Summer. He was still tired after spending the night practising his new favourite pastime with Summer but he was too happy to sleep. Summer looked so peaceful sleeping in his arms but couldn't help but to drop light kisses on her forehead and succeed in waking her up.
"Hey sleepy head"
"Were you watching me sleep again Cohen"
"You caught me I couldn't help it you look so beautiful"
"Last night was…wow…totally better than I was expecting"
"Totally we have got to do that like everyday"
"You wish Cohen" Summer joked.
Seth turned the mood back to serious. "What made you do that yesterday?"
"You mean me declaring to the school that you are my boyfriend"
"Uh hu" Seth was now gently stroking her hair and she leaned into his comforting touch.
"Well I guess that when I saw you walking away I figured I would either have to acknowledge you then or lose you forever" Summer looked up into Seth's eyes letting him know that she had been really terrified of losing him.
"I am glad you did it but you know that you would not have really lost me right. I could never really leave you I was just having a bad day and I overreacted."
Summer playfully slapped his chest "You mean to tell me that I made a fool of myself for nothing"
"No not nothing you got me"
"But you just said.." Summer was interrupted by Seth's lips on hers.
"How bout we have a replay of last night?" Summer nodded and Seth rolled them over so he was lying on top of her and pulled the duvet over their heads. Life couldn't get much better, at least in Seth and Summers eyes.
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A/n So there it is the final chapter. I hope you enjoyed it there is no point in me continuing as you all know how the story continues all I wrote was an alternative beginning! I am sorry if it was too cheesy but halfway through the chapter I read the devastating rumours about Adam and Rachel, which I really hope aren't true. I needed to write fluff to make myself feel better and stop myself from crying! If they cant make it, who can?
I also couldn't help putting some version of some of things in that were actually said on the show like the undeniable bit and acknowledge me now or lose me forever they were to great to be missed out on even if Anna never came.
Thanks for reading now go and review so it will make me feel less depressed.