Seth spend the whole rest of the day collecting signatures. Nina had been the second signature and Baumer was the third. Seth had gone to the younger staff and had them sign their names to save the hotel. They were pretty shocked when they heard what Mr. Evans' plan was and wanted to help in any way they could but with Seth's promise that he wouldn't let that happen, the groms were relieved. Seth then made his way to have the older staff sign the signatures. They immediately signed it and trusted Seth to take care of this matter, otherwise, they'd be out of a job. He had 18 signatures so far including himself and when he saw the Ridgemounts, he was about to ask for their signatures when he was suddenly pulled back.
"Are you thinking of going to see daddy for his signature?" Lo asked. "If he knew your dad wanted to shut down the hotel, he would FLIP." She told him then she put a hand to her chin in thought. "Buuuut, if we really think about it, wouldn't your dad have told mine about all this?"
Seth crossed his arms. "I don't know. We're not exactly close. He's probably busy and has no time to come here."
"Well that's good, isn't it?" Lo smiled. "We have more time for signatures."
Seth smiled back. "I guess so." Then he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sorry about all this. I won't let my dad shut down this hotel. I know how much it means to everyone here, especially you since you are the owner's daughter." He blinked. "I-I mean, that has nothing to do with anything, even if you weren't the…" He stopped when he heard her laughing.
"I understand what you mean, Seth. And thank you, I feel relieved after you said that."
Seth felt his cheeks redden. "Ah well, you can count on me."
"Lauren, come on!" Mr. Ridgemount called out. "We are going to miss our family outing." During the span of that year, Mr. Ridgemount promised that he would spend more time with his family now that Giorgio helped him run surfer's paradise. Giorgio also promised Nina that they spend more time together.
"Sorry, Seth. I have to go. Do you want to catch a surf session with me when I get back?" Lo asked him. "O-Oh wait, you're still recovering…sorry."
"It's alright. We can always surf when I recover. Maybe we can do something else?" Seth asked.
"Maybe we could catch a movie?"
"Sure."
"Great!" Lo ran to her family. "See you later!"
Seth watched her go. Woah, she just asked me out and I blushed and stuttered and…what is this?
"Ouuu la la, well done, stud."
Seth jumped and turned around.
Nina grinned. "I came to talk to you about the signatures and saw all of this. And you're going to a movie later, oh that's so romantic."
Seth gave her a look.
"Sorry."
"I still have the 18 signatures and wanted to ask Mr. Ridgemount but Lo told me not to ask him just yet." Seth told her. "I understand why she should say that and to make things even better, I'll ask him to sign last so when I talk to him about it, I'll be like 'oh we need 500 signatures' and he'll sign the last line and I'll be like 'oh look, we got 500' and he'll be relieved."
Nina laughed. "Sounds like a plan."
Xxx
When Lo got back from spending time with her family, she and Seth went to see the movie. They had gone to see the 7pm showing of a new movie that Lo had wanted to see. Seth had insisted on paying for the tickets for the movie and Lo bought the snacks. After watching the movie, Lo and Seth headed back to the hotel. When they got to the hotel, they stood in front of the entrance.
"I have to go back to the staff house." Lo told him. Lo was still working at the hotel but this time she was in the DR. She enjoyed staying in the staff house with her friends, even though Mr. Ridgemount asked her to come back to the penthouse, she declined his offer. She stayed working as a waitress and spends time with her family from time to time. Lo grew up as well. She still enjoys shopping but finally taught herself to limit her expenses.
"Okay." Seth smiled. "I had fun tonight. The movie was really good."
"Yeah, I enjoyed it too." Lo agreed. "And we should do it again next time."
"I'd love to." Seth agreed and smiled.
Lo leaned towards him and kissed his cheek. "Good night, Seth." She headed towards to the staff house.
Seth blushed and watched her leave. "G-Good night!" He called out before she was out of sight. He smiled to himself and entered the hotel.