Seth and I went to this lobster restaurant. The first thing that we did was sit in front of the tank. I can't believe that they did this. Just put them in the back.
"Why are we doing this?" I questioned.
"We're learning to respect the enemy before we meet in battle." Seth explained. "Lobster-eating is a battle. Is that a new shirt?"
I was wearing a black and white…grey and lighter grey tank top and jeans.
"Yes, your mom bought me some new clothes, which she doesn't have to do by the way." I remarked because obviously telling his was helpful.
"Well you can't wear the same tank top all the time." Seth replied. "Speaking of which, do you think I would look good in a wife-beater?"
"You're asking the wrong girl." I responded before we went to a table. Half an hour, we had a few empty lobster shells in front of us. "Okay, as inhumane as this place is, it is delicious."
"So, what's going on with you and Marissa?" Seth inquired. "Have you been talking?"
"I don't think the timing is right with everything with dad." I told him. I had no idea what was going to happen to her dad. I'm pretty sure what he did was illegal.
"Sammie, let me be frank." Seth started. "You need to be aggressive because she and Holly are broken up and you need to be there before they get back together."
"What am I supposed to do?" I questioned. "I don't have any money and no car. Holly has me beat there."
At that moment, the waiter came with the check.
"I've got it. I've been doing extra sailing lessons this week." Seth said as his took out his credit card. I wanted to groan when he did.
"Ugh, I don't want to keep mooching off your guys." I responded as I grabbed my head. "Your parents are paying for everything."
"They're parents. They work for us." Seth pointed out.
"They're your parents." I argued.
"Well they're your adoptive parents." Seth stated. "Okay, so how are you going to make money?"
At that time, a waiter stormed out of the building.
"Well that's an interesting coincidence." I stated.
"You need to give me free lobster." Seth declared.
The next day, I was preparing for work.
"This works out great for me." Seth told me. "Now I'll have time to do all of the things that I haven't been able to do since you got here, like start my novel."
"Because you were doing so good before I got here." I quipped.
"The point is I have nine hours of me time." He replied. "I'm gonna learn Chinese and study Metallica."
"Are you gonna be okay without me?" I questioned.
"Yes, I know how to hang out by myself." Seth answered as I went out the door. I couldn't help but wonder how long it was going to be until he showed up. I don't think it's common for siblings to show up. '
We went into the house and noticed Sandy was eavesdropping on Kirsten and her lady friends.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Seth questioned.
"I'm waiting for them to disperse." Sandy answered as he hid behind the wall. "I left my briefcase there and I need it for work."
"Can you give me a ride?" I inquired as I heard them talking about Jimmy going to jail.
I really hoped that we could get it soon because I didn't want to be late on my first day. I hoped that I would be able to do this.
When I got to work, I met a guy named Donny.
"Okay, so I'll give you the rundown." He explained. He showed me where plates and trash went, which I probably could have figured out on my own and how to deal with drunks.
"Have you been working here long?" I questioned.
"Too long." He answered. "Everybody here is a freakshow that likes to splurge on everything. Welcome to Newport where things only appear to be casual. Of course living here does has its upside."
At that moment, I saw Marissa, Kaitlin, and Summer walk in. Summer was only wearing a bikini top.
"Hi." I greeted Marissa.
"You work here?" Kaitlin asked. "Do you think they'll hire me since I have no money?"
"Are you 16?" Donny questioned. She shook her head and he walked away.
"So how's your dad?" I responded.
"He's okay." Marissa answered.
"What about you two?" I replied.
"Hey, I'm starving." Summer declared.
"I should get back to work." I remarked before we separated. "Wait, Marissa, do you want to hang out sometime?"
"Are you asking me on a date?" Marissa asked, blushing.
"Uh…yeah." I replied with a matching blush of my own as Kaitlin went to the table.
"I can't." She responded before she went to the table.
A little bit later into my shift, I couldn't help but notice that Holly came in. Maybe she won't see me.
"I hate bitch." Donny told me. "She walks in like she owns the place. That Abercrombie-wearing cheerleader wouldn't last two minutes in Corona."
"You're from Corona?" I questioned before I pointed to myself.. "I'm from Chino."
"This is a long way from home. That place is no joke." Donny replied. I noticed that Holly and Marissa beginning to talk. Summer had dragged Kaitlin to the bathroom. "So I bet these Newport kids make you sick."
"Not all of them." I stated, looking at Marissa.
"Okay, I have to agree with you on that." He responded. "I like the surf, the tips and the girls. I can even show you some real people after work. Just stick close to me, Shorty."
I then noticed that Marissa was walking out. She forgot her sister. I hoped that Summer give her a ride or something.
At the end of the day, Donny gave me a share of tips.
"We don't usually tip trainees, but these wouldn't be as big if not for you." He stated, because girls apparently get better tips. "But now you have to buy me a beer."
Donny went to get his jacket and I walked outside where I noticed Seth. I can't believe that he made it the whole day without coming here.
"So I was in the neighborhood and I checked my watch and saw that you were getting off." He remarked. I could tell he was lying. "Maybe we could celebrate your first day on the job."
"I have plans." I declared before Donny came behind me.
"You ready to go, Shorty?" He asked.
"This is Donny, he grew up in the town next to me." I explained to Seth. "This is Seth."
"Hey man." Donny replied as he shook Seth's hand. "There are some girls I want you to meet. The blonde is bi."
"Can he come?" I asked Donny.
"No, I'm good. You do your thing." Seth stated. "I'll just see you tomorrow."
He looked like he wanted to go, but was too proud to say it.
I was very tired the next morning, and kind of sore. I noticed Seth at the table. I grabbed some Captain Crunch and noticed he had a comic.
"What are you reading?" I asked before yawning loudly. He just mumbled something. I began to eat from the box, which he didn't seem to mind.
"So how was last night?" Seth asked. We exchanged some one word sentences
"You know you could have come." I pointed out.
Later in the day, I wasn't working and I went to the boardwalk where I couldn't help but notice Marissa in a bikini. Maybe I should start wearing one out here.
"So I was just going to check my schedule." I stated as I found out that Marissa was going there too.
"You better not leave me this time." Kaitlin declared as she stepped out from the side of vehicle wearing a black bikini.
"So I wanted to ask you out." I remarked.
"Kaitlin and I need to stay in tonight." Marissa replied. "But you're welcome to join us."
"But if you two are going to be making out, don't do it in the living room when I'm watching TV." Kaitlin quipped, causing both of us to blush.
"Would I fit in better if I was wearing a bikini?" I asked them nervously. I didn't really have much experience with them because I didn't swim much.
"Probably." Marissa replied. "They sell them on the boardwalk."
I decided I would try on a blue one. I felt a bit nervous in it to be honest. It turned out that they had my working the afternoon shift. It could have been worse I guess.
So later I was finishing up with Seth walked in.
"So how would you feel about the IMAX experience?" He asked as I raised my eyebrow. "This town sucks. It was the best that I could do. So do you want to go or not?"
"I can't." I responded. "I'm hanging out with Marissa and Kaitlin tonight."
"Then we can buy two more tickets." Seth responded.
"They need to be home in case someone tries to vandalize or steal from their house." I explained.
"Oh, right their dad ruined some lives." Seth remarked. "Well, have fun."
"Hey, Donny. I'm heading out." I told my coworker.
"Okay, I cannot believe that we survived this. I'm still hung-over." Donny declared as he handed my cut. Okay that makes it sound like we were dealing drugs.
"Hey, Donny I got an extra ticket to the IMAX if you're interested." Seth told him.
"I have a better idea. There's this house party with crazy honeys." Donny remarked. "Wanna come?"
"Is that cool?" Seth asked.
"Of course it is." Donny replied. "Just let me get changed."
"Seth, he's from a shady neighborhood. I don't know if you can handle that." I told my new brother. "Not to mention, he doesn't really like kids like you."
"So I'll drive there and park my mom's Range Rover up the street." Seth replied. "Look maybe I hang out with Donny some, we can all be friends and we can hang all out some time."
"You two coming?" Donny asked after he came out.
"We'll go for one hour." I told Seth. I knew this was a bad idea. I texted Kaitlin to tell Marissa I was going to be late. I didn't have Marissa's number because of the Holly thing.
So we went to the party. The first that I heard was the Black-Eyed Peas. I wish they would just go away. If I didn't have experience with this kind of stuff, I would be scared. I was still kind of scared. Seth thought that he was the coolest thing ever for coming here.
"She's a good dancer." Seth commented as we noticed the blonde from last night stripping on a table.
"Yo Chino Girl!" Donny called. "I want you to meet some of my boys."
"We should take her back to the pool house." Seth suggested.
"Don't say pool house." I instructed.
Not that long after, I took out my phone and called Marissa's home number.
"So I got dragged to a party and I'm on my way." I explained as Donny rubbed my shoulders very briefly, but not in a flirty way. "I just have to get Seth away from this dancer."
"Dancer?" Marissa asked in disbelief.
"It's a very long story." I responded. "I'll be there as soon as I can."
I went to grab Seth and the girls looked at me jealously.
"I'm his sister." I replied. It was a good enough lie for now.
"Hey, I'm really connecting with this girl." Seth said before he proceeded to tell me her life story. "Okay, let's go."
As we were walking out, we couldn't help but here about someone crashed a Range Rover. Kirsten was not going to be happy about that. Seth looked at the car in shock. I knew I suddenly had to cancel.
The next day, Seth, Sandy, and I were looking over the damage. There was a lot of damage.
"So this happened in the parking lot of the IMAX?" Sandy asked in disbelief. Does Seth really think that story would decrease his chance of dying?
"Shark movies bring out a rough crowd." Seth declared.
"I'll call the insurance, but you're explaining this to your mother tonight." Sandy explained. "I feel sorry for you."
"So when do you want me to say it?" I asked.
"Say what?" Seth asked. "If it's 'I told you so.', I would prefer that you not saying it."
"I'm going to work." I stated. Marissa was mad at me. As I walked by the house, I couldn't help but notice Kaitlin, wearing the same shirt that I was.
"They agreed to hire me for half the normal wage." She explained. That was like only a dollar less. "But I get to keep all of my tips."
"So is Marissa still pissed at me?" I questioned.
"I've decided that I am not getting involved in anything between you two." Kaitlin declared. "If you want to apologize to her, then you need to tell her yourself. So what's this about Seth and a dancer?"
"His mom's car got destroyed." I explained.
"So is it hard being a waitress?" She asked
"It's really not as hard as I thought it would be." I admitted. "Maybe it's because most people get the same thing most of the time."
"I don't know what's going to happen with my dad." Kaitlin told me. "I never thought that I would ever have to work. My dad really screwed up. I might not even get to go to cotillion. I've been good. What did I do to deserve this?"
After dark, Kaitlin was shadowing me. Seth came in.
"So I talked to Marissa." He said. "I told her that everything was my fault and she agreed to go out with you again."
"Or you could have him apologize." Kaitlin remarked. Seth looked a little confused by that.
"What are you talking about?" I inquired.
"You can have the house to yourself. She's going to be coming over soon and you'll be cooking." Seth explained. I then noticed Donny was talking to Seth again. I'm really starting to think that the two of them being friends is a terrible idea.
"No." I told Seth.
"You can stop scowling at me." Seth instructed.
"You're asking for a disaster." I replied. I had a feeling that I was going to be dragged to a party with a bunch of people that didn't like me with a guy that doesn't like them.
"It's going to be fine." Seth declared. "You have a date. Now make me proud."
"You know I don't think anyone would expect that he'd been getting in more trouble than you." Kaitlin told me as we walked home. "You were right about the job, though. It really wasn't as hard as it looked. I just hope that I don't have to do it for a long time."
After I got home, I took out the grill and waited for Marissa to show up. I was still very nervous about Seth.
"I brought you some leftovers." She said as she arrived with a Tupperware of mac and cheese.
"Do you eat hamburgers?" I asked.
"No, my mom doesn't like me eating meat." She replied. "But she's not here."
"Well in that case, dinner is served." I responded as I put them on a plate. "I've got ketchup, mustard and hot sauce. Do you want anything else?"
"No, this is good." Marissa replied. "Is there any chance that you can make one for Kaitlin? She loves hamburgers, but doesn't ever get to have them either."
"Sure." I responded. "You know she's actually pretty good at the job."
So after we were done eating, Marissa and I were out by the pool and Kaitlin was in the pool house eating her burger.
"You make a mean burger." Marissa remarked as we stuck our feet in the water. "Of course I haven't had one in a while, so who knows if I'm just glad to have one."
"So I got a bikini." I told her. "I can put on and we can go in the pool."
"I'm just glad to be here with you right now and I'm fine just sitting here." She stated.
"So Kaitlin was pretty shaken up about your dad, how are you?" I questioned.
"I'm okay." Marissa answered. That seems to be how she always answers that. I just looked at her. "Okay, I'm kind of scared of what's going to happen. My parents are always fighting , even though I think my mom is part of the reason that we're in this mess with her overspending. I guess what I want most is for us not to fall apart."
"Let's do something fun." I suggested before I called into the pool house. "Hey, Kaitlin, do you wanna go to a party?"
Before I could react, Marissa pushed me into the pool, but I grabbed onto her and pulled her in with me.
"A pool party works too." Kaitlin declared as she stepped out of the pool house. "I'm gonna go change and I'll be right back."
I just hoped that Donny wasn't making too much trouble at the party. Once we were out, we began to dry off. That was fun. Just as we were about to kiss, my phone rang. I went to get it and saw that it was Seth.
"Hello?" I answered.
"So I think that Donny might be crazy." He replied. I kind of already knew that.
"This is kind of a bad time." I stated.
"This is very serious." Seth declared. "Just take my dad's car and meet me at Holly's."
"I'll be right there." I promised before hanging up. I then looked at Marissa. "So, Seth told me that I need to come to Holly's. I think this might be trouble."
"I can't go there." Marissa responded.
"I'm sorry that this keeps happening." I apologized.
"You do what you have to do." Marissa told me before she left.
As soon as I got there, I noticed that Donny was getting into it with Holly.
"Donny." I said to him.
"I should have figured that this loser was a friend of yours." Holly remarked. "How about both of you get out of my house."
"We should really go." Seth stated as he grabbed me. I think I was actually concerned for Holly for a change. That concern only magnified when Donny pulled out a gun and pointed it at her. People began to run.
"How much do you hate this bitch, Samantha?" Donny asked. "How about you, Seth?"
"She has her flaws." Seth commented.
"I'm sorry." Holly apologized in fear. "You can have whatever you want."
"Put it down, Donny." I ordered. I went against my best judgment and tackled him, managing to get the gun out of his hands, but it went off and people screamed. I noticed that Holly had been hit in the arm. Some guys grabbed Donny, probably going to hold him until the cops got there.
"Somebody call an ambulance!" Summer cried.
"Holly, stay with me." I told her. "You're going to be okay."
Once I got to the hospital, I called Marissa.
"So I'm at the hospital." I told her. Seth was currently talking to a cop. "This guy brought a gun to the party and Holly got shot, but she should be okay. It didn't hit anywhere vital. You should probably come down here, though."
After I was done, Seth and I were in the waiting room.
"Do not say it." He warned me. "You were right."
"Well there should be an opening now." I told him.
"No, I want to work on the novel." Seth declared. "Tonight would definitely make a good chapter."
At that point, Marissa showed up.
"She's okay. She's with her parents." I explained.
"Was this guy a friend of yours?" Marissa asked.
"He was a coworker." I told her.
"Well thanks for telling me." She stated. "I should go."
"I can wait." I remarked. Marissa just refused before she went up. "I never thought this was how the date would end."
"So I think that we'd be better off if we stuck together because it seems that I can make stupid decisions when I'm not with you." Seth replied.
"Sounds good." I agreed.
I have a lot to say about this chapter other than it's crazy to picture Stefan Salvatore like that. Please don't forget to review.