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When; Sunday, January 9th, mid-afternoon
Rating; PG-13 because it's The O.C.?
Characters; Summer Roberts and Seth Cohen
Summary; Seth stages a date where he works before putting his foot in his mouth.
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Coming off his shift at the Bluelight, Seth sent Summer a text message. The first read something like a newspaper column in the form of a ramble where he realized he hadn't actually asked the question he had wanted to ask. The second segued into missing new films coming out and the third finally got to the point. He was proposing a last minute date because he and Summer hadn't exactly been spending time together. Since New Year's - which admittedly had been low-key and better than the last what with no talk of pregnancy or immaturity and no marriage proposals - he and Summer had sort of, felt like a reboot.

Maybe reboot was the wrong way of putting it and he certainly wasn't going to share his theory with her but he felt as if coming to the City meant they all had this ... chance. A cosmic chance. And besides, they had to do what they do best, discuss Ryan and Taylor - four-point-zero? How many times had they done this dance? Well, this was one more. He had to give Ryan props for the stunt he pulled on New Years. Taylor could've closed the book on him for good.

That was a funny thought. Taylor actually closing that book.

Taking a seat at one of the tables, he waited for Summer to arrive.

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[advancetheplot.livejournal.com]

"Good point, you could be bumming it up and playing video games," she snorted softly, grabbing a menu to look at. She considered his question before shrugging. "Ryan is brooding, Taylor is obsessing. What's new, right?"

[childofsocal.livejournal.com]

"Ryan is brooding? Aren't they back together? Officially? Did I miss something? Has all my working made me miss something? Again?"

[advancetheplot.livejournal.com]

"No, you didn't miss anything. I was just guessing," she feigned annoyance, hiding the curve of her smile.

[childofsocal.livejournal.com]

"Oh," he replied, studying her. "So, how long do you think it'll last this time?"

[advancetheplot.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she glanced at him for a moment. "Think about it, what's the longest Ryan has ever been with a girl, since you've known him?" Granted, it wasn't by his choice most of the time but still.

[childofsocal.livejournal.com]

"Taylor on-slash-off probably makes up the longest accumulated?" he thought out loud. "But, do you think they're really right for each other?"

[advancetheplot.livejournal.com]

Summer shrugged at that, because really, she didn't know. Ryan seemed to balance out Taylor's complicated crazy. But at the same time, he didn't need anymore crazy or complicated in his life. Not after his mom and then Coop. His whole life had been full of both. But... "People totally probably said that about us, you know?"

[childofsocal.livejournal.com]

"Naw, because we're right for each other," he said. "Perfect, even. Ryan and Taylor have so much drama and stalking and a lot of breaking up. He got her a French dictionary, Summer."

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Summer laughed at that because maybe she was still a little, tiny bit bitter. "Because we had no drama, what with Anna. And you sailing off on your boat. And Zach. And the comic book. And you lying about Brown."

[childofsocal.livejournal.com]

"Okay, but - that all happened over the course of three years. Ryan and Taylor happened several times in less than one."

[advancetheplot.livejournal.com]

"They just compressed the drama. I guess that could be... really bad."