Seth was pacing in the living room when he heard his front door open. He stopped and looked to see who the guest was and continued once he saw Stevie.
"Hey you okay?" Stevie asked worried
Seth looked over at her briefly 'No"
"Okay, what's wrong?"
"We need to talk" Seth said stopping, he saw the worry in Stevie's eyes.
"I have to be honest with you, but what I am about to say cannot leave this room because if it does it could cost me millions of dollars" Seth said sitting down
Stevie was relived because she thought for sure Seth was going to break up with her, but with his last statement she knew otherwise. She sat down looking Seth in the eyes. "I promise" she whispered
Seth took a deep breath "Remember when we first met and I told you that I had just gotten back from a buissness trip?"
Stevie shook her head.
"I lied"
She was confused now "Then what were you doing?"
"I was a participant on Summers dating show, my mom got me a sport because she built a house for one of the producers."
Stevie just sat there in silence for a moment "Oh"
"Oh?" Seth became nervous
"That's why its been so tense between you and her, you must have really liked her"
"I thought I did, but we didn't end on the best of term and that is more what the tension is about"
"What do you mean?"
"That I cant talk about, but eventually you will see what I mean"
Steive shook her head "Do you still want her?"
Seth paused for a moment "No" he said no doubt evident in his tone
Stevie was skeptical because he paused but decided that she would let his future actions speak the truth. "Okay, then there is no problem"
Seth smiled and kissed Stevie gently. This was the girl he first met.
"Can I ask you one thing though?" Seth said seriously
"Of course"
"I don't get you lately you see to be different"
"Honestly your family freaks me out. I mean they are so perfect that I get all weird around them and don't know what to say and end up saying everything I shouldn't. I'm sure they hate me"
Seth laughed to himself "They are not perfect have you seen Sandy Cohen's eyebrows"
Stevie laughed "Seriously Seth, your parents are madly in love and care so much about all three of there children. Not to mention you mom is like Superwoman"
"They are pretty amazing people, but don't worry they do judge I mean they are allowing Marissa Cooper into our family" Seth joked
Stevie laughed again "I guess"
"Just be you and they will love you as much as I do" Seth said but was confused by the shocked look on Stevie's face. Then he realized what he said "I'm sorry I didn't mean to freak you out"
Stevie shook her head and quickly pulled Seth into a kiss "I love you too"
Seth smiled and kissed Stevie again. Once they pulled apart. "So wanna go get something to eat?" Seth asked
Stevie nodded her head in agreement before leading Seth to the door.
"So how did it go?" Marissa asked when Summer pulled up to pick her up.
"We are going to take it slow and undercover"
"You mean you guys are going to cheat?"
"It's the only way I will be able to tell"
"I can't belive Seth is okay with this" Marissa said surprised
"Me either, but I think he was too shell shocked when I kissed him to really turn me down"
"You did what now?" Marissa said surprised
"I couldn't help it I went to the kitchen because the guy called and he was being moody, then I saw a list Seth was making out trying to figure out everything out between us and I was reading some of the things he said and I couldn't help myself"
"Wow, Sum"
Summer groaned "He is the only guy who thinks that my attitude is a good thing"
Marissa smiled at Summer "Yeah he is weird like that"
Summer reached over and slapped Marissa "Coop"
Marissa laughed "Kidding… kind of"
"Well you better get it all worked out before my wedding"
"I will don't worry"
"Good, now since we are free from Stevie lets do some real wedding planning"
Summer smiled as she parked the car "Sounds good, but lets eat first"
Summer and Marissa walked into the pizza place already discussing the wedding but Summer stopped when she saw Seth and Stevie connected at the lips in a booth. She knew she still liked Seth but she didn't think she liked him this much.
"Sum, lets go somewhere else" Marissa said trying to avoid the scene
"No, I want to eat here"
Summer said already making her way towards Seth and Stevie's booth "God, you two should get a room"
The couple pulled apart surprised by Summers appearance. "Well we did have a booth" Seth retorted
"And the whole restruant could see you… eww"
Marissa walked over to the table "Hey guys"
"Hey" Seth and Steive said in unison causing Summer to roll her eyes
"So do you care if we join you?" Summer asked
"Actually"
"Good, I mean because Marissa hardly eats so I always feel like a pig" Summer said cutting him off before he could get rid of her. Summer then slid over so Marissa could sit down "Sit Coop"
Marissa gave Seth an apologetic look before sitting down. The booth was circular so Seth and Summer were both sitting in the inside section while Marissa and Stevie sat on the outside.
"What can I get you ladies to drink?" the waitress asked when she came to take the order
"Water" Marissa said
"I will have…." Summer said trying to figure out what kinds of pop they had
"She will have a Mountain dew" Seth said for her
Summer smiled at him thankfully "What he said"
The waitress walked away "So Summer I thought you had business to take care of?" Stevie asked trying to get rid of the tension
"Got cut short because of some sort of emergency" she said truthfully
"Oh" and the tension returned
Summer got sick of the tension so she pulled out her phone and began to check her e-mail.
"Wow" she said to herself but the other three were now paying attetion to her.
"What?" Seth asked curiously
"My assistant just sent me these pictures they found that one of the guys drew of me while he was on the show. She said they left them behind and they don't know who drew them"
"Let's see them" Stevie said
Summer turned her phone so that Steive and Seth could see them and Seths heart skipped a beat. "Those are really good" Stevie commented awed by the detail "That guy must have really been into you"
Summer then turned the phone so Marissa could see "Wow Sum those are amazing"
"Yeah" Summer said agreeing turing her phone back around looking at the pictures one more time before closing them. "Guess I didn't know all the guys too well" she said after a moment.
"What do you mean?" Marissa asked
"Well I under estimated the guy who drew those for sure" Summer said but then looked around the table "Oh well I'm totally in love though" she said trying to cover up her slip.
Seth just sat there for a moment "I have to go to the bathroom"
Stevie gave him a skeptical look "All this Pepsi is getting to me" he said in reply to her look and she let him get out.
"You know what I have to go make a call before the food gets here" Summer said following Seth's lead. They both walked to the back of the restaurant and found the bathrooms both going in different doors. Seth stood in front of the sink.
He thought to himself how stupid he felt and how he had to move on because like Summer said she was totally in love. So what if it was a complete lie, that was her decision. She chose someone else and she had to deal with that decision. She couldn't just come crawling back to him because as soon as mystery man was reviled Seth would be forgotten about again and then he would be alone because surely Stevie would find out and leave him. He let out a deep breath before going to the door and walking out only to find Summer standing there waiting.
"You drew them didn't you?" she asked shyly
Seth nodded his head slowly "Yeah" he finally whispered
Summer leaned up to kiss Seth but he pulled away "We can't do this"
"Your right its too risky, but will you be free tonight?"
"No I mean at all"
"What?" Summer was confused
"You already had your chance and you decided that I wasn't good enough for you and you were proably right. I mean eventually you would realize that you can do better than me and get bored with me and just go back to one of your meatheads"
"Cohen its not like that"
"But it is, don't you see. The only reason that you want me now is because you cant have what you really want. So you are settling for me until your mystry man comes back and then you will just find another excuse to get rid of me and live happly ever after with him.""I made a mistake" Summer admitted with tears in her eyes
"You just think that now that you cant have me, but really its what is right for the both of us"
"No, its not" Summer held back her tears "Seth, I let you go because I was scared. You were the first guy I could actually see my self loving and spending the rest of my life with. The only reason I don't leave mystery man as you like to call him is the same reason that I don't just kick your girlfriends ass, because I know if I did we would have a law suit on our hands and that is not how I want us to start. I want the world to know that I am human and make mistakes but true love will over come all of that" Summer took Seth's hand and pulled it to her face
Seth swalloed the lump in his throat "We will see how you feel once you actually get your mystery man back" he then pulled his hand away from her face
"Seth" Summer said desperately
"Like you said its not like we can start a relationship now, so just wait until you can have the guy you picked around and if you still want me then we can talk again. Until then I have a girlfriend who I love and I am not going to cheat on her for something that might just be convenient for you" Seth then turned around and walked away going back to the table.
"That was long" Steive said worried
"Yeah, I got a phone call, I get to start work again next week"
"That's great, I know you have been getting bored with just sitting around" Stevie said cuddling into his side. Seth kissed her forehead to advert his attetion when Summer came back to the booth.
"So I figure out who drew the pictures" she said
Seth tensed up but thankfully Steive didn't notice however Marissa did.
"And?"
"I called him, we are going to give it time before we really try anything" Summer said shrugging her shoulders "Obviously not the guy you picked" Stevie said
"Yeah" Summer mumbled
They were all relived when the waitress set the pizza down in front of them.
"Any thing else I can get you?" she asked overly polite
"We're good thanks" Seth said while he began seriving the other three.
They ate in silence and once they were done the paris went off in separate directions.
As soon as Seth and Stevie were gone Marissa spoke up "It was Seth wasn't it?"
Summer nodded her head softly "Wow, and why are you waiting?"
"Because I messed everything up, because he doesn't trust me, he thinks I just want to use him as a distraction, he thinks that he actually loves his girlfriend and he thinks I acutally like the guy and he is scared that I will leave him again. Ontop of that he doesn't want to deal with the law suite that could follow if we move to fast and get caught. So he said once everything starts to go back to normal we can talk. Meanwhile I get to be all alone while he is shaking up with her"
"You know ever since Seth you ramble a lot" Marissa joked trying to lighten the mood
"I know, I should kick his scrawny ass but I can't because I love him"
Marissa was surprised by the last statement. Considering Summer never really loved guys just like them a lot. Never did she let it get to serious. "Are you sure?"
"When I saw those drawing I was 100% sure and regretted ever letting him go"
"Why?"
"Because the detail, and accuracy just shows how much he cares about me and the fact that I ever doubt him was the biggest mistake I ever made and I might have lost the one man I will ever love"
Marissa hugged Summer not knowing anything comforting to say.
Summer let a stary tear fall before wiping it away. "So lets go looking for that dress that Chino can tear off of you"
Marissa couldn't help but laugh "I don't really think Ryan in the ripping kind of man"
Summer just shrugged her shoulder trying to forget her Seth problems "Never know"