Disclaimer: I also don't own the movie Sweet home Alabama or Reese Witherspoon Or Unfortunately The Best Show Ever Created coughTHEOCcough
Okay so we're going to pretend that Anna didn't come back to help Seth for the senior Prom and the whole Brown break up thingo didn't happen
Just cos you had to wait, I tried to make this chapter longer
Chapter 7: The Sound Of Settling
Summer sat on her bed, legs pulled up to her chest, staring at the TV slightly to her right. Seth had left a few minutes ago, after an extremely awkward silence. However Anna sat on the second bed, legs folded Indian style staring towards Summer.
She could feel she was being watched, so she turned towards Anna, plastering a smile upon her face and asking her in an overly sweet voice "so how's your life been Anna, I haven't seen you since you left for Pittsburg in Sophomore year". Summer remembered that night clearly, the night Anna left was another newpsie fundraiser, the one where Ryan got knocked out by Eddie.
Flashback:
After Seth had ran out dragging Ryan behind him, Summer sat on the Cohen's couch with Theresa and Coop. The awkward tension was similar of that to right now with Anna. Coop was staring at her with pity in her eyes and Theresa looked down and morbid, absorbed in her own thoughts.
"I'm sorry guys, I'm just gunna head to the poolhouse and hideout". Theresa sighed, clearly upset.
"Theresa", Coop called after her. "Don't worry too much about it. A scandal happens every week in Newport, it'll be forgotten by tomorrow" hoping to cheer her up slightly. Theresa only responded with a slight smile and kept muttering to herself about how Eddie would dare to do this.
Marissa turned to Summer, hesitating slightly before asking " How goes it Sum", trying to be her usual self, even though she was hurting with the whole Ryan and Theresa thing.
Summer turned her head towards Marissa, unclasping her hands, positioning her best fake smile on her lips. "I'm great, although I think I'm gunna go you know. Big night and all and I doubt Seth will be back for a while". This last part was said with the slight bitter tone that Marissa was oblivious to. Summer stood confidently, calling back a "cya Coop" over her shoulder.
However, instead of going home, she scanned the living room, making sure no one was looking and snuck upstairs. She didn't want to return home to a huge empty mansion with no one but herself and Princess Sparkles. Upon reaching Seth's room, she took a deep breath and opened the door.
Everything looked as it should, as she walked over to his bed, slipping off her heels. She knew he'd at least be an hour, if he even decided to come back to her. "Maybe he decided run to Pittsburg and start his life over", she thought bitterly to herself. She pulled herself up and grabbed one of his novelty t-shirts that read ' death cab for cutie' across the front, and a pair of Spiderman boxers. She couldn't sleep in her dress, it would totally be ruined, so she changed and crawled under the covers.
For a while she faced towards the entrance, staring at the door, wanting, wishing him to stride though with his lopsided grin, showing off those irresistible dimples. She looked at the glowing lights of the alarm clock, 12:30am. He should have been back an hour ago. Summer turned on her other side, unsure if she wanted to know what happened at the airport anymore, let alone see him walk through that door.
"I'm his girlfriend. He should be here with me instead of chasing his little blonde haired ex to an airport to stop her leaving. Stupid stupid Summer, how could you think this could last" she rambled onto herself under her breath.
Summer heard the crack of the door opening and closing, and the attempted tip toeing of the big footed Seth Cohen. "You know for apparently being stealth, you're not so quiet"
"Summer?" Seth questioned with puzzlement. It wasn't like he didn't like finding her in his bed. God it was his dream to walk in and find her in his bed, he just didn't ever expect it to happen.
"What" Summer questioned pausing…. "Expecting someone slightly taller, blonde short hair who goes by the name of Anna"
"Summer" Seth dragged out "I had to say goodbye"
"uhuh whatevs, I don't care" Summer replied non chalantly.
"yer I can see that". When Summer didn't reply, Seth continued. "Went to the airport, caught her before she went though the gates, said goodbye, came home a little later than expected…... traffic's a bitch…… to find you in my bed, which may I add was the best part of tonight" He rambled off in one breath.
Summer turned slightly "So did she love you"
"What?" Seth asked confused for a second before he remembered the letter………"Oh yer totally" Seth over confidently responded. Before quickly adding "as a friend"
Summer looked at him skeptically, before letting her guard down and falling into those chocolate brown eyes that twinged with excitement. "and how do you see me" she asked him with a hint of playfulness
"Definitely more than a friend" Seth replied mischievously before turning serious. "Hey, is that my death cab shirt"
"yes and it is now my favourite shirt, closely followed by the have you hugged my shirt today shirt" Summer pouted, folding her arms across her chest.
Seth leaned in towards her, stopping an inch away from her lips "Well, if you told me you liked my shirts so much, I would happily give them to you to wear in my bed all the time" finally closing the gap between them
End of flashback…
"………well I finished school and wanted to stay close to Pittsburg, but not too close, so I thought of Rhode Island and here I am" Anna finished. Summer hadn't really caught most of what she was saying. "so how's your life been. I see you and Seth are still together"
"Yes we're still together" Summer replied in a slightly snarky tone. She knew it was rude, but didn't care. Who was she to judge her and Seth's relationship.
"Hey Summer, I'm happy for you okay, and Seth. He really loves you, you know"
"Yer I know"
"I mean I even realized back then, you guys were just one of those couples" laughed Anna.
"Yer I know, I love him too and I'm sorry about…" Summer paused. Her chest felt tight and stomach felt like it was doing gymnastics. She only just made it to the bathroom and started to throw up into the toilet.
Anna sat there for a few seconds, not really comprehending that Summer had throwing up. "Summer, are you okay" she called out. When she got no other reply than a dry reaching sound she decided to go help her. As she got up off her bed, the door swung open and Seth raced in.
Seth not seeing Summer, turned to see Anna standing and pointing towards the bathroom. He threw some stuff he had on Summer's bed and hurried to her side, pulling back her hair and rubbing the top of her back. Once Summer had finished she handed her some tissues and her toothbrush.
After taking the tissues, Summer whispered into his ear "thanks Cohen" whilst leaning up for a hug and kissing him on the cheek before taking the toothbrush from him
"And people used to call me death breath" he joked
Summer just rolled her eyes and continued brushing her teeth. A few minutes later they walked back into the room to find Anna engrossed in a magazine. "What no comic book Anna?" Summer questioned.
"huh what……. Oh they're back home, I didn't bring them"
"I'm so disappointed in you" Seth said, shaking his head. Summer just smacked him before going to sit back down on her bed.
"Are you guys okay" Anna asked, eyeing them suspiciously
"Yer we're fine, Summer's stomach just likes a little attention too sometimes" Seth said in a baby voice as Summer hit him across the chest.
"So there's that orientation party tomorrow night, so I thought we could veg out and watch a movie tonight" Anna replied, oblivious to the double meaning of Seth's comment.
"yer sure, sounds good" replied Summer, "As long as Seth doesn't get to pick the movie"
"Hey, as I recall the last time I picked X-Men and you liked it" he countered, smiling as he started tickling her.
"Cohen okay okay" Summer squealed as she tried to squirm out of his grasp. Realizing that he wasn't stopping she resorted to her one and only tactic that she knew worked. She kissed him, hard, on the lips. The only problem to this plan, it seemed to not only work on Seth really well, but also herself. They both continued to make out until they heard a coughing from the other bed.
"Sorry" they both mumbled as they separated
"It's cool, but we still kinda need to pick a movie, and get some food and drinks etc, I was thinking sushi with Sweet Home Alabama"
"Uh I might just get Thai, i don't really do raw fish, I mean eww" Summer tried to cover, "Although I like the movie choice" she added.
"What, a chick flick, I'm starting to wonder if it really is you Anna" teased Seth
"Can it Cohen, we all know you like the chick flicks as much as we do, and anyways, you gotta go get us food" Summer countered
"Why me" whined Seth
"Come on Cohen, be like a gentleman"
Seth caved while they rambled off their food order to him. "Oh and I want chocolate, and gummi bears and oh oh picante" Summer finished.
"I didn't think you liked picante" Anna questioned Summer. Out of all the random things Seth used to tell her about Summer, that one stayed in her mind.
"Um yer, I totally go through phases and I have a craving for it right now. What's this down the side of my bed Cohen" Summer asked, changing the question quickly to avoid any further discussion about her cravings.
"I brought you some of your stuff you had to put in my suitcase, and also" Seth replied "your favourite t-shirt"
"Aww your sweet Cohen" Summer replied, holding up the death cab tee, and giving him a quick kiss, "but I'm hungry so hurry up with the food"
"Yes dear" he replied sarcastically, walking out the door, while both Summer and Anna rolled their eyes.
Ryan and Taylor had arrived at their apartment, 10 minutes outside the Berkeley campus. Taylor of course, started to run in and out of every room, drawing up floor plans of where all their furniture was going to go. Ryan just stood on the entry, surveying the area, suddenly feeling dizzy from watching Taylor.
"I'm just going to call Seth" Ryan yelled, as he stepped outside. He loved Taylor, but sometimes he just felt in over his head. He dug out his cell from the front pocket of his jeans and scrolled down to Seth's number.
"Hey buddy" Seth spoke into his cell, after looking at the caller ID.
"Hey Seth" replied Ryan,
"So how goes it on your end bro" Seth asked before Ryan could get another word in.
"Not much, just exploring the apartment. How about you"
"Well, the early morning flight with Summer was nearly torture, she's so sweet when she sleeps, Oh and then we get to Summer's dorm, cos we have to wait for the apartment to get ready, and you'll never guess who her roommate is. Its Anna man, like Anna Anna, the one that left for Pittsburg, Anna"
"I remember Anna, Seth" Ryan interrupted
"Yer well, I thought Summer would flip, but it's the opposite. They sent me out for food, and we're apparently watching some chick flick and going to a party tomorrow night" Seth finished
"That's good Seth, that they're getting along"
"Oh don't get me wrong bro, I think its great…..".
Seth and Ryan continued talking until Seth came back to the dorm room, loaded with Thai, Sushi, and of course Summer's requests of chocolate, gummi bears and picante. Ever since Summer found out she was pregnant, she had had this craving for picante. The struggle between Summers cravings and Summer's food preferences when it came to picante had amused Seth these past few weeks.
"Finally" Summer said with an exaggerated sigh when Seth re entered the room. Seth just rolled his eyes and collapsed next to Summer on the bed.
"I have Sushi for Anna, and Thai for us with your requests of chocolate, gummi bears and picante, my lady" Seth finished, pecking Summer on the lips.
"Thanks Seth" Anna said, seizing the sushi off him. She was so hungry and was getting impatient having to wait for him to get back to start the movie, not that she didn't appreciate Seth going to get the food.
"Yer thanks Cohen" Summer added, leaning up to kiss him on the cheek, then cuddle into his side.
"So what movie are we watching again" asked Seth
"Sweet Home Alabama" both Summer and Anna said at the same time, before Summer stated "cos Reese Witherspoon rocks" and pressing play on the movie.
By the end of the movie both Summer and Seth were in tears, while Anna was on the verge. Summer still had her head tucked into the crook of Seth' neck, with her arms wrapped around his waist. Seth had his head slightly leaning against hers, with his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him.
Anna looked over at the other bed, surprised Seth was crying. She always knew he was soft, but crying during a chick flick was a whole new level, it was actually really sweet. "Seth, you're crying" she questioned, with a smirk, knowing that it would embarrass him.
"Hey, there's just a lot of pollen in here, it's totally setting of my hay fever"
"Oh you shoulda seen him at that French chick flick we went to see to cheer Coop up a few years ago. He was bawling like a baby" laughed Summer, half choking on her tears
"Awww don't be embarrassed Seth, it's kinda cute" expressed Anna
"That's it, tomorrow we're watching football okay"
"Football season is six months away Cohen" muttered Summer, half asleep now.
Seth realizing she was falling asleep, Seth kissed her on the forehead and started to get up. "Sum sweetie, I'm going to go, I'll see you in the morning okay"
"No" Summer whined, "stay with me tonight please", she said pouting her lips.
Seth looked over at Anna. He didn't want to make her uncomfortable. Anna just nodded her head and gestured towards the bed, conveying to Seth that it was fine. Anna was actually surprised at Summer's dependence on Seth, although she thought it was sweet to see this side of Summer. Plus Seth was great with her, you could tell in his eyes how much he loved her.
"Come on Summer, lets get you changed then" he said, half carrying, half dragging her into the bathroom.
Once they returned, both changed into their pajamas, Anna put her book down and smiled at Seth, carrying a half sleeping Summer towards the bed. Once Seth got both himself and Summer into the bed and comfortable, he looked over to Anna as she switched off the light and said "goodnight".
"Night Seth, Summer", Anna replied as she turned over and went to sleep.
Seth turned to Summer. Even in the dark, he could make out her soft features with her dark brown hair spilling over her face. He couldn't believe that soon he'd start a family with the woman of his dreams. This thought brought a smile to his lips as he whispered into her hair, "goodnight Summer, I love you", before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead, and placing his hand on her stomach. As he went to fall asleep, he could have sworn he heard Summer mutter back "I love you too".
So I'm sorry for the wait but I had my year 12 HSC exams. They're the equivalent to the SAT exams, but with like 10 million different essays you gotta remember. Hey can someone tell me if it's true that the SAT exams are a 2 hour multiple choice that's what I heard. Anyways now that that's over, and I have no more school ….. except I work …… I should be able to update more often hopefully. So I think this is my fave chapter so far…. I don't know why… but anyways please review. I always like to hear what you think and what you want to happen. Also just randomly, I'd like to know where all you guys are from…… I'm from NSW Australia ….. yes the land down under lol … just for the record. I just can't make them fight lol….i'll have to try for conflict though. Thanks, hope u enjoyed
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