Seth and I were currently helping Sandy and Kirsten unload the groceries from the car. You would think that this isn't a four person job, but if you saw the amount of groceries Kirsten bought, you'd know that it was
"Are we worried that your dad won't love us if we don't feed him enough?" Sandy asked.
"Okay, from this point on, no more sarcasm." Kirsten declared. I think that might cause Seth to explode.
"Are we going to say no insulting him either because Dad called him a heartless bastard earlier?" Seth asked as we began to grab some bags.
"You sold me out." Sandy said to his son. I actually was not looking forward to meeting my new grandfather. I hadn't heard a lot of nice things about him.
"So, your grandpa basically owns Newport." I remarked.
"Yes, and much like yourself, he comes from humble beginnings. You'll probably hit it off." Seth responded.
"Was he taken in by a wealthy family?" I questioned.
"No." Seth replied. "Come on it's not like burned down on one of his homes. Seriously he has a brand new girlfriend. You don't have to worry about him. Everything is going to be fine. Trust me."
"Seth!" An old man who I assume was Caleb said as he came out and gave Seth a hug. "You're still not a football player."
"Yes, but thank you for noticing." Seth quipped. "Grandpa, meet your new granddaughter, Samantha."
"You're the runaway." Caleb told me as I went to shake his hand. He shook it with a little bit of urging from Seth. He turned back to him and grabbed some the bags. He seemed like he was in good shape. "So did you see my pictures from Spain and you've got to promise me to go to Barcelona while you're still young. So do you want to take those and put them around by the Grill?"
He was referring to the bags of charcoal. Yes, I, the female was supposed to do the heavy lifting. He was lucky that I worked out. I went out back and I happened to see a gorgeous blonde in a blue bikini coming out of the pool. I couldn't help but stare.
"Hi." She greeted me.
"Hey." I greeted her dumbly.
"I'm Gabrielle. I'm with Caleb." She explained as she began to dry off. Well my grandpa had excellent taste. I continued to stare.
"Oh my God, that could be my grandma." Seth declared. I almost didn't hear him. She looked at me flirtatiously. "We should get in the pool."
So, I changed into my bikini and Seth and I went in the hot tub as we watched Gabrielle float on a…float.
"Is it twisted that I find my potential grandma really hot?" Seth asked me.
"No." I answered simply.
"Gabrielle." Caleb called as he came out. She looked at him. "We're going to sit, drink some wine, and catch up."
"Okay." Gabrielle responded. I wasn't sure if she was old enough to drink. "I'll stay out here."
"Good." Caleb agreed. "Just stay out of trouble."
"Can I join you two?" She asked as she swam toward the tub. We shook our heads and she got in. She walked over next to me. "It's warm. So what's up?"
Seth and I struggled to come up with an intelligible answer.
"So this birthday party for Caleb, it's like a who's who of Newport?" She questioned. Seth nodded. "It should be wild, huh? I'm being sarcastic."
"We don't get a lot of that around here." Seth responded. Just him and his dad to be accurate.
"So who are you bringing?" She asked.
"No one." Seth answered for both of us.
"Really two hot teenagers like you can't get dates?" She responded in disbelief.
"Well she's a dyke and I'm a dork. Ow!" Seth stated before I kicked his leg. "Her name is Summer."
"Did you invite her?" Gabrielle asked.
"It's not that simple." Seth babbled.
"She can't say yes if you don't ask her." She pointed out.
"That is true." Seth agreed.
"What about you, Miss Hot Young Lesbian?" Gabrielle asked.
"Did you ask Marissa?" Seth added.
"I don't think that Marissa will want to go to a Newport party." I answered.
"Why not?" Gabrielle questioned.
"Her family is in shambles and she might be back with her girlfriend." I explained.
"They've been going since the 5th grade." Seth added.
"5th grade?" Gabrielle asked. "Okay, she needs to change it up. She's known that girl since they were eating paste."
I'm pretty sure people stopped doing that by 5th grade.
"I think she still does." Seth quipped. Holly will kill him if she finds out about that. A little bit later we got out of the hot tub and began to dry off. I needed to head into work. I then went over to talk to Marissa. Kaitlin answered the door, dressed for work.
"Are you here to see Marissa?" She asked.
"Yeah." I answered.
"Well, someone kind of beat you to it." Kaitlin told me. I guess Holly was here. "But if you want to walk to work together, that's okay with me."
"Sure." I agreed as she stepped out the door. "So Kirsten's dad is in town and she's throwing this birthday party for him and I guess Marissa won't be available."
At that point, she and Holly came downstairs, holding hands. It looked like Holly was more interested.
"So I wanted to thank you for taking me to the hospital and calling Marissa." Holly stated.
"Just being a Good Samaritan." I replied uncomfortably. I grabbed Kaitlin's hand. "We need to go."
"So what were you saying about the party?" Kaitlin asked me as we began to walk.
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to come with me since Marissa obviously doesn't." I declared.
"Let's see hang around with a group of people that hate my dad?" She asked with a grin. I guess that was a no. I was bad at this. "I would be happy to go."
Work was kind of weird. Donny was currently facing charges from Holly's mother since her father was also facing charges. It was working preparing to go to a table when I noticed Gabrielle walked in, wearing clothes.
"Hey." She greeted me, which I reciprocated. "Seth and Caleb were sailing. I've never seen two people more excited about boats. Seth said that you work here and I could use a cocktail."
"Ask someone over 18." I suggested.
"How about a cranberry juice?" She asked.
"Okay, but this isn't my section." I told her. I had a feeling that she would try to find out where that was. She did and I brought the drink to her before she pulled out a mini-vodka.
"From the flight." She beamed. "I hate flying. Do you?"
"I've never flown." I answered. I wasn't exactly the bartender here
"My first time, I was 15. My mom sent me to Japan all by myself to do some modeling." She explained as she mixed the booze with her juice. For some reason, I don't think that would be very good. "I guess she figured it was easier than her having to get a job."
"I can relate." I declared. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go to another table."
"Who is that?" Kaitlin asked me as we crossed paths.
"That is Caleb's girlfriend." I replied. "She could be my grandmother."
"Hugh Hefner's kids probably know what that's like." Kaitlin pointed out.
I later ended up finding out that Gabrielle lived with a bunch of girls and no parents. It sounded wild.
"So is that the girl?" Gabrielle asked me, referring to Kaitlin.
"No, that is her sister." I answered.
"Well she's hot too. I wouldn't be upset with that." She declared as I blushed.
"She's 15." I pointed out.
"That's not too young for you." She argued before I noticed someone asking for water. Thank God. She was making me uncomfortable. I mean I liked Kaitlin as a friend. I didn't want to tell the blonde that I had already invited her to the party.
She did let me share some of her food during my break.
"So what are you doing after you get out of the pool house?" Gabrielle asked.
"What's next for you?" I challenged. "Are you going to London or Paris?"
It was at that time that I noticed Marissa. She was wearing a white skirt that definitely made her look hot.
"Do you have a minute?" She asked me. We then went outside.
"What's up?" I asked.
"I wanted to talk to you, but…" She started.
"Holly was there." I completed.
"Right." She agreed. "She wants to get back together."
"What did you say?" I asked.
"I said that I needed to think about it." Marissa explained. I was not impressed. To be honest, it felt kind of like she was stringing me along and I didn't know what do to about it. "I don't know what to do."
"I don't know either, but I know you can't have both of us." I stated. "I'm not going to help you choose. If you want to go out with me, let me know."
"Sammie, your break's over." Kaitlin told me.
The next day, I was with Seth on the beach. I seriously don't know how these girls can constantly go around wearing their bikinis. Maybe it's a learned behavior that I just haven't learned yet.
"So Marissa wanted what exactly?" He asked me.
"She wanted to tell me that she was getting back together with Holly basically." I explained. Once we were at the pier, we couldn't help but notice that Marissa and Summer were at the pier.
"Well this is fate." Seth remarked. "We both like burritos."
"We should eat somewhere." I stated looking at them.
"Am I sweating right now?" He asked. I sighed. We began to walk over. Summer stopped in front of us. "Hi Summer, Seth Cohen."
"I need you to help me with something." Summer stated as she dragged Seth away. I don't think she wanted anything to do with him, but she did want me to have some alone time with Marissa.
"Okay, so maybe you want to figure some stuff out, but where does this leave me? I mean if I said no, would you get with Holly?" I asked.
"Holly asked me to your new grandpa's birthday." She stated.
"So I guess you've made your choice." I noted emotionlessly. "I'll see you two there."
I guess I was glad that I already had a date. I also had no idea what kind of dress I was going to wear. That was one of the reasons that we were out here because I needed Seth to help me shop. Kaitlin was busy working.
That night, we were at dinner, which included Caleb and Gabrielle. I guess was that I was living with one of the rich families that didn't have one of those giant-ass tables. There was still a lot of tension at the table. I wasn't completely sure why to be honest.
"You have a quick wit, Seth." Caleb commented. "It's amazing that you're not better at skirt-chasing.
Gabrielle looked like she was about to speak, but I glared at her, thinking she was going to say something about me chasing skirts. My sexuality was not any of his business and if he was going to find out, it wasn't going to be from his future trophy wife.
"If by skirts, you mean girls in your outdated cowboy speak, then I have a little news for you." Seth declared. "It turns out that I have a date for your birthday party. And it's not a big deal, but Summer asked me."
"Summer's hot." Sandy stated. That was creepy.
"You did not just say that." Seth declared as Gabrielle giggled. "Just go."
"What about you Sammie?" Gabrielle asked me.
"I'm bringing a friend." I stated. It was true. "The one from work…"
At that point, I went out to the pool house. It was at that moment, that Kaitlin came over the gate.
"Can I sleep over tonight?" She asked me.
"Why are you asking?" I questioned suspiciously.
"Because Marissa invited Holly over and I don't want to be there when the two of them have makeup sex." She explained.
"Okay." I agreed.
A few hours later, Seth was going to bed.
"So what do you want to do?" I asked the brunette.
"What do you want to do?" She countered as she crawled on my bed and looked over some of Seth's comics. She then began to rub my leg.
"What are you doing?" I questioned.
"Come on, you know that Marissa isn't available." Kaitlin purred. She leaned forward. "Just don't think about it."
She then kissed me and I began to kiss her back. Before we could go anywhere, we were interrupted by Caleb looking for Gabrielle. I broke apart. That was really nice.
"How about we pause for now." I requested. "We can just sleep because I'm tired."
I was also pretty confused. No, I actually very confused.
The next day, Seth and I were floating in the pool.
"How's Gabrielle?" Seth asked.
"I don't know." I answered, wondering why he was asking me. He was asking me about the wrong girl.
"Oh really because chose to forego sailing to go to the crab shack." Seth pointed out.
"So, not everyone likes sailing." I told him. "Look, I am not hooking up with her if that's what you think. If you needed some juicy lesbian gossip then I can say that I kind of made out with Kaitlin last night."
"What?" Seth asked in surprise. "She's Marissa's sister."
"I'm well aware of who she is related to." I stated. "It just happened."
"You two need to get out of the pool." Kirsten interrupted. "The caterers are here. It's time to get ready."
"We're not done talking about this." Seth remarked.
"Well, we're done for now, because I need to put my dress on." I told him. "And you better not tell Marissa or your grandpa…or anyone."
"How was it?" He asked.
"Getting changed now." I declared as I exited the pool, grabbed a towel and went to my pool house. Even considering what happened last night, I still felt like I wanted to be with Marissa even though she was stringing me along.
I put on my red satin dress and prepared even though I really wasn't looking forward to socializing with any of these people. I still felt weird about the Kaitlin thing. She came to meet me at the pool house, looking…really hot. We went out and looked around where we were met by Gabrielle.
"So are you going to introduce us, Sammie?" Gabrielle asked.
"Kaitlin, this is Gabrielle, Caleb's girlfriend." I introduced as the two of them shook hands. Gabrielle ended up chewing on a cherry sensually, which made Kaitlin glare at her jealously. "We should go…get some food because I am hungry."
I dragged Kaitlin away to prevent a catfight.
"What is up with your grandfather's girlfriend hitting on you?" Kaitlin asked angrily.
"I don't know." I replied. "Look, last night was a little weird."
"Marissa doesn't get to have you and Holly." Kaitlin reminded me. "I mean she's here with her right now."
We went inside and saw that Holly was indeed being flirty with Marissa and Marissa seemed to be flirting back. I went outside and noticed that Seth was with Summer and Summer actually didn't look very interested in him, but he was probably happy to be with her at least.
"Sammie, I'm sorry." Kaitlin told me. "I know that you have feelings for Marissa and there's nothing that I can do about it, but I just don't want to see you sitting around waiting for something that may never come. If she is going to date someone else, why can't you? What is my dad doing here?"
I looked to see that her mom was arguing with her dad.
"Oh god, get me out of here." Kaitlin remarked. "I don't want to see them fighting anymore. Marissa at least Holly has for this and I have no one."
I took her to the pool house and I started to understand her. She was trying to cling to me because of her parent's issues.
"You have me." I told her. "It may not be as a girlfriend, but you definitely have me as a friend."
"I'd really like to try it as a girlfriend." Kaitlin stated with some tears in her eyes. You know, I didn't expect to see her like this. I was used to Marissa being vulnerable to me, but I never once thought about how Kaitlin feels about this thing. She obviously didn't get a job because she needed some extra spending money, she was afraid that she was going to lose all of her money and wanted to get something so she could at least support herself. I gave her a hug.
It was at that point that she kissed me again, and I didn't push her away. She began to rub my back and unzip my dress and started to remove it. It was at that time, that my door opened and Marissa came in, looking freaked. Why did I think that it was a good idea not to lock that?
"What the fuck?" Marissa remarked. She looked hurt and betrayed.
"Okay, this is bad." Kaitlin commented, probably not showing emotion because of the shock. I wasn't sure which one of us was supposed to go after her. I guess she was probably less angry at me at the moment and entered the house and began to look for her.
I went out front and managed to see her and Holly driving off. Well things just went from bad to worse. I didn't know what I was going to do. I mean I had Kaitlin who wanted to be with me, but I didn't feel as strongly about her as I did Marissa.
I went upstairs and I noticed that Gabrielle had found me.
"Look, I have enough problems with girls right now and I don't need you to add to this." I told her.
"Well, okay, but I think that your heart will know who you want to be with." She told me. "Also sometimes we don't always go for the right because we want the right now more."
I decided to go outside and saw that Holly was bringing Marissa back and they both had that glow to them. I was pretty sure what had happened. I went into the pool house where Kaitlin was.
I went over to the pool house where Kaitlin still was.
"Do you still want to do it?" I asked her.