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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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While normally a last minute date may have peeved Summer, she was actually happy to do something, to get out of the house. And with Seth. It had been weird being in the City after her return, Christmas curses and unicorn attacks aside. She felt restless, like she should be doing something else.

And well, she should be. She should be riding on a cramped, smelly bus with G.E.O.R.G.E. trying to save the world, one otter at a time. But at the same time, there was a sense of peace, being here with Cohen, as crazy as the whole situation was.

So she arrived, dressed (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=15691492) in something simple but cute, a smile tugging on her lips when she spotted him sitting alone, at a table. "Hey Cohen."

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"Summer," he said, standing up and managing to be a pseudo-gentleman. He even pulled her chair out and then in for her. "Welcome to my employers - employment - place...of," he added, sitting down across from her. "Not that you haven't been here before. How's your Sunday going? Church was nice? Good sermon?" he joked, before taking a sip from his water.

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She had her own manners, thanking him for pulling out her chair after she gave him a quick kiss in greeting. "Does that mean you eat for free?" It was as good a place as any. And it wasn't like they were rolling in money, something, she supposed she would've had to get used to while traveling. "No church for me, Cohen."

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"Discount," he admits. "But, I have a job and that's good, right? And not with coffee because coffee is just - coffee. And I couldn't work with coffee day in and day out and still love coffee at the end of the day, you know?" he asked, his usual run-on sentences emerging. "What are Ryan and Taylor up to?"

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"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?"

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

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

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

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"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.

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"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?"

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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?"

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"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."

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

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