It was happening tonight everything was sure to change once the season premiere of Summer Lovin' aired. Seth had stayed firm in his position of not watching the show and tried to get Stevie to promise the same thing, which she did. Yet when he offered to take her out tonight she was going over to a friends place to hang out. Seth didn't trust her enough and figured that she would be watching the show. Seth knew the second that Stevie watched Summer Lovin' she would not be okay with the fact that Seth and Summer were planning a joint party for Ryan and Marissa thanks to his wonderful mother. He hated that at least once a week for the last three weeks he was alone with Summer especially after the whole incident at the pizza parlor. At first there was a weird tension, but once they got over that they went back to normal. Bickering and playful but that is what Seth hated the most because he felt himself falling for Summer all over again and he couldn't stop himself. He invited Ryan over for Seth/Ryan time because the girls were having a slumber party and watching the season premiere Ryan gladly agreed. Seth was waiting on the couch when he heard Ryan open the front door.

"Your right knocking is over rated" Seth teased as he watched Ryan walk in with a pizza

"My hands are kind of full" Ryan said placing the pizza down on the counter

"Not full enough to open a door though"

Ryan just gave Seth the look and Seth laughed to himself. "Whatever man lets eat" Seth said handing Ryan a plate while getting his own slice.

After they were done eating they put the leftovers in the fridge and went into the living room. Just as Seth turned on the TV he saw Summer face and heard some over played song. He quickly turned on the Playstation before he saw anymore.

"So your really not going to watch the show?"

"Yep"

"Your not curious as to what happened with the other guys?"

"Would you want to know exactly everything Marissa did with her ex's detail by detail?"

Ryan thought about this for a moment "Good point, but Marissa didn't choose another guy over me"

Now it was Seth's turn to think "Yeah, well that is Summer's choice and I told you once whoever she chooses shows up at your wedding as Summer's date that's when she really gets to pick and she knows it as well as I do"

"What if she chickens out and just chooses him because its easier"

"Do you want this to blow up in my face?"

"No, but I think you are expecting a fairytale ending when in reality there are many ways it could go wrong"

"No, it's Summer second chance and if she blows it then I move on. No exceptions, no second guessing. I am done. It's fate Ryan and it will all play out when you marry Marissa and Summer makes her actual decision."

"That makes no sense"

"It makes perfect sense to me and that is all that matters. Now enough with this talking thing Marissa has taught you lets play the ninja game" Seth said putting the game in and sitting on the couch avoiding conversation the rest of the night.

Somehow Summer was watching the season premiere with Marissa, Kirsten, Stevie and Anna. This was a very uncomfortable situation for her and she was sure it was all Marissa fault. Originally it was only supposed to be Summer and Marissa but then Marissa opened her big mouth to Kirsten and so she was invited and then Stevie mentioned something to Marissa and she was added to the guest list out of pity. As for Anna, Kirsten asked her to tag along for fun. Not really what Summer thought of as fun. As the show began she groaned to herself while the other four were intrigued to see how everything began. As the guys showed up they all laughed at how out of place Seth was but when the first challenge started and he struggled with the luggage even Summer was laughing. He looked so pathetic and in Summer's eyes adorable as he tried so hard. They watched as Summer talked to the guys one by one getting to know each of them. All three girls giving there opinion as well on each guy. Finally it was Seth's turn. He opened with his little joke "Good news I am the last one" and Stevie shifted uncomfortably while three awed at him. Summer watched as her first meeting of Seth unfolded in front of his ex-girlfriend, mom and current girlfriend. All the feelings she felt when she first met him were returning and she was regretting her decision ever more. They all laughed except for Kirsten when Seth referred to Kristen as over bearing. Once the credits began to roll along with a preview of next weeks episode Summer cringed as she saw Josh's face again and grew uncomfortable when the showed her and Seth leaning in for a kiss.

"Wow" Marissa was the first to speak once the next show started

"I still can't believe he called me over bearing" Kirsten said causing the others to smile

"We should totally make a bet on who Summer chooses" Stevie said

"Well we know its not Josh" Marissa joked

"Or Seth" Anna said then regretted it when she noticed Summer's face drop

"Very true, I think she picked Adam" Stevie added hopefully

"I think she picked Zach" Kirsten said

"Your both wrong she picked Mark" Anna said

They all looked at Mairssa "I'm not playing because I know"

"What I thought you couldn't tell?" Stevie asked confused

"I can't but I know Coop can keep a secret and it was killing me not to tell" Summer said glaring over at Marissa

Marissa shrugged her shoulders "I didn't say which one of them is right"

Summer rolled her eyes "I am going to bed" she said getting up

"Yeah we should get going" Kirsten said getting up followed by Stevie and Anna

"Same time next week?" Stevie asked

Marissa nodded her head in agreement "Sounds great"

Kirsten hugged both girls good bye before leaving while Stevie and Anna just said good bye and left. Summer was sitting on the stairs when Marissa finally came back into the house after walking Stevie out.

"Why did you invite them?" Summer asked

"Well first off because Ryan wants me to be closer to Kirsten and she brought Anna. Stevie because otherwise she wouldn't watch the show thanks to Seth"

"So"

"So, once she sees that you guys are crazy for each other she will lose her confidence and it will be easier for you two to get back together"

"And what if I don't want to get back with Seth?"

"That's a lie and if you are stupid enough to make the same mistake twice then at least Stevie is out of the picture"

"Since when are you the devious one?"

"Since you fell in love with Seth Cohen"

Summer sighed "I am going to bed"

"Night" Marissa said going into the living room to clean up as Summer got up and walked upstairs.

Ryan had just left and Seth picked up the remote and began searching theough the Tivo when he saw Summer Lovin'. He wasn't going to admit it to anyone that he actually watched the show, because he didn't really feel like being the target fro there jokes. Stevie had called him and said she was on her way, Seth sent her to get movies to distract her a little while longer and locked the front door "accidently" so that he would have time to change the TV before she knew what he was watching. It helped that Stevie didn't know how to work his TV and he wasn't going to be teaching her anytime soon. He figured his plan was fool proof. He watched embarrassed as he struggled with the luggage, then he watched as the tools went though meeting Summer for the first time. Finally it was there first meeting and he remembered it just like it was yesterday and watching it back only made his memory more vivid. Just as he finished the episode he heard Stevie knocking at the front door. He deleted the episode and went to open the door.

"Sorry about that Ryan must have locked it on his way out" Seth lied

"Its okay, I got Baby Mama"

Seth nodded his head "Sounds good" he then kissed her quickly "How was your night?' he asked as he lead the way into the living room.

"It was okay, we had so much fun we are going to do it every week at the same time"

"What did you guys do?" Seth asked curiously

"Just hung out and did girl stuff, talked about boys, celebrities and stuff"

"Oh who were you with again?"

"Some friends"

"Oh" Seth could tell from her lack of details that Stevie was lying. He learned fast that she was a very detailed person and would explain everything into detail. The one time she tried to surprise him she got very vague and that's how Seth ruined the surprise and learned how to tell when Stevie was lying. Seth put the movie in and sat on the couch pressing play. Stevie sat next to him taking his hand in hers. Hint number two Stevie usually would cuddle into his side when she was hiding something she would still have some form of contact with Seth but it would be distant. They watched the movie for like the tenth time considering it was one of the only movies they would both sit down and watch. Once the movie ended Seth looked over and Stevie was sleeping peacefully. Seth got up and grabbed his cell phone calling the one person he knew would not lie to him. He walked out the back doors and closed them quietly while listing to the ring. Finally she picked up.

"Hello" she said sleeply and Seth felt guilty for waking her

"Summer, were you sleeping?"

"Not really, just laying here thinking"

"About?" Seth asked sitting down looking out at the ocean

"The show"

"What about it?"

Summer bit her lip nervously and was hesitant to answer the question.

"You" she finally whispered

"Oh" Seth said with a small smile forming on his lips "What about me?"

"Why did you call?" Summer asked changing the subject

"Way to avoid the question" Seth joked

Summer sighed "Cohen you have a girlfriend remember?"

"Yeah, that's what I called you about" Seth lowered his voice

Summers heart skipped a beat. Her first thoughts were that he changed his mind about everything.

"Were you with her tonight?"

"Umm yeah why?" Summer tried to hide the dissapointment in her voice

"What did you think I was going to say?" Seth was confused

"Nothing, why did you want to know if I was with Stevie or not?"

"What did you guys do?"

"Watched the show, oh Coop was nice enough to invite your mom and Anna as well"

"Wow"

"Yeah, its was a little awkard and its only the first week"

"You guys are doing it again?"

"Yeah and they are taking bets on who I choose"

"She promised she wouldn't watch the show"

"Who did?"

"Stevie"

"Oh, I didn't know that she didn't tell any of us about that"

"Yeah well considering she is watching with my mom, my only to ex's and my future sister in law. I don't think she really thinks you would keep the secret for her"

"So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know, act like I don't know I guess"

"Why? She promised and broke that promise. Not really trustworthy Cohen"

"Your right I should confront her and then we get in a big fight and she dumps me"

"What would be so bad about that?"

"What would be so great about it?" Seth retorted

"Then maybe we could get another shot"

"I told you not until you get mystery man back"

"Cohen"

"Summer don't do this, I already made up my mind and that was hard enough. I really don't want to get hurt again and there is a big part of me about the size of Ryan that thinks you are going to shatter my heart all over again?"

"What do you mean the size of…" Summer paused "I have to go" she said deciding she was going to talk to Ryan

Seth sighed frustrated "Bye" he said annoyed then hung up the phone. Summer climbed out of bed and went downstairs glad to see no sigh of Marissa. As she reached the bottom stair Ryan opened the front door.

"Atwood just the man I wanted to talk to"

Ryan raised a questioning eyebrow "About?"

"Who do you think?"

"Marissa" he said hopeful

"Nice try, what have you been telling Cohen"

Ryan took a deep breath "Lets go in the kitchen" Ryan said motioning towards the kitchen. They both stood on oppostie sides of the kitchen watching the other intently "Spill it" Summer said as she sat on the counter top.

"Look when Seth came back he was a wreck, he didn't talk to anyone. He really loves you Summer and I don't want to see him get hurt again"

"I get that, but I was scared. I wasn't really supposed to find love. I was on the show for publicity and fun"

Ryan's look softened "I know I made this biggest mistake of my life when I let Seth go. I knew it when I heard the front door slam but I was to stubborn to stop him and admit I was wrong. I thought after that I would settle for someone else and eventually forget about Cohen. Obliviously that isn't going to work"

"So why don't you just get over him?"

"Could you get over Marissa if she left?"

"No" Ryan replied honestly

"Yeah that's what I thought. I feel the same way about Cohen and this stupid show is the only reason I have to wait for my second chance."

"Well it sounds like its best for both of us that you don't mess up your second chance"

"I know, but can you please just make sure that when I take that jump your pushing Seth towards me and not away"

"What makes you think I was pushing him away"

"I talked to him and he said that he had a feeling the size of you that I would break his heart again and I know that your opionion is one of the most valuable to Cohen"

Ryan nodded his head "Well now that I know how you feel I think I might be able to help"

Summer smiled and walked over hugging Ryan. He was used to hugs considering the Cohen were a big hugging family just not used to them with Summer.

Marissa who had been waiting for Ryan and heard him come in the front door 20 minutes ago was starting to get impatient and came downstiars.

"So as I wait in bed for you your hooking up with my best friend" Marissa joked

They both pulled apart startled by Marissas entrance

"You know it Coop, I told you I was lonely"

Ryan just rolled his eyes "Good night Summer" he said while walking over to Marissa and giving her a quick peck on the lips.

"Night Atwood" she said as she watched the walk up the stairs and smiled thinking that maybe this would be her fairytale ending.