Chapter Nine
Summer and Seth were sitting in Seth's kitchen eating a bagel the next morning when Kirsten came in and said, "Hey guys, are you doing anything today?"
Summer looked at Seth and replied, "Uh, no. Wait, are we?" Summer looked at Seth.
Seth looked at Summer then back at his mom, "No, not that I've had anything planne—"
"Great! Then you can help me prepare for the Casino Night at the Hilton. I need to set up for tomorrow. Can you help me?" Kirsten asked hoping that they'd say yes. Kirsten had so much to do and since Julie was in New York, she needed another hand. She knew Summer was good at these things so that's why she came to Summer. And she also knew that since Ryan and Marissa went to New York for Spring Break, Summer and Seth didn't know what to do. At least they'd help her instead of being bored all day.
"Yeah, sure Mom. What time do you want us to meet you there?" asked Seth.
"In about in hour. The decorations are coming so I need help with those and I do know that Summer is very good at decorating things." Kirsten said.
Summer blushed and said, "Thanks Mrs. Cohen."
Kirsten clapped her hands together and said, "Ok then, well I'll see you two in about in hour. I have to go, the Hilton wants me to make arrangements on the prices. Bye." Kirsten said as she kissed Seth on the forehead. Seth groaned and Summer poked him in the ribs. Then Summer got up and air-kissed Kirsten.
As Kirsten shut the door to the house, Seth wondered how he would pay for a room at the Hilton. He did have his money from his Bar-Mitzvah but he wanted to save it for college. And he also had money from working at a nearby comic book store. He would use half of his Bar-Mitzvah money and his money that he got from the comic book store.
-AT THE HOTEL-
"Seth, you need to hurry. Are you that weak?" Summer asked as she put down the maroon candles on the blue covered table. Even thought it was Casino Night, there was little time before that where everyone would come in and just schmooze. Not to mention drink a whole lot of alcohol.
"Could we take a break?" Seth asked out of breath. He'd been carrying boxes for already 2 hours. Even though he wasn't as strong as Ryan, he still thought that Ryan would need a break if Ryan would be carrying these heavy boxes.
Summer put down the box of candles and sighed. "I guess we can take a short break. But we have to finish this."
"Yes, we'll finish it later. Let's just go out to the pool and relax on the benches."
"Seth, we are not guests here. We can't go out to the pool and hang." Summer said.
"Um, well I kinda ordered a room when we got here. I wanted to spend a night here."
Summer walked over to Seth and kissed him. "That's so sweet, Cohen. Okay, let's go." Summer grabbed Seth's arm and ran towards the pool.
