A Killer Loves Me

Chapter Twenty

(Seth's POV After Abbi leaves)

Haley goes upstairs and Meredith goes into the kitchen. I look over and see that Scarlett's gone.

I look all over the house. The only place left is outback by the pool.

I go outside and see her sitting with her legs dangling over the side of the pool in the water. I pull up the legs of my pants and join her.

"Whatcha doing out here?" I ask. "Thinking. This is the only quiet place right now." She tells me.

"What's on your mind?" I ask. "Abbi, like always. You know I worry about her all the time." She tells me.

"Why? Come on Scar, she does this kind of stuff all the time." I tell her. "And that's exactly why I worry. I just know that one time she'll run away and never come back, someone will hurt her." She says.

She leans into my shoulder. I wrap my arm around her shoulders and rest my head on hers.

"I think she can handle herself. She's been doing it perfectly fine for 18 years. Just don't think about her for now." I tell her. "But I can't just stop." She says.

"Yes you can." I say teasingly. "Oh yeah? How?" She asks with a smirk.

"Do you really want to know?" I ask her. "Yep." She says. "Ok you asked for it." I tell her.

I lean closer to her. Just as she closes her eyes I push her into the pool. I jump up and laugh until I'm crying. She pops up out of the water and jumps out of the pool.

"Seth Damien Peters! I swear to god I'm gonna kill you!" She yells as she runs towards me.

I run away and she chases me around the pool. After running around a couple times I slip and stumble a little. Which allows Scarlett to catch up to me.

When I straighten up she hits me hard from behind causing me to fall into the pool. It takes me a second to come up from the bottom, but when I pop my head out of the water I see Scarlett laughing like crazy. I get out of the pool and walk over to her.

"What was that for?" I ask with a pouty face. "Payback." She says with an evil smile.

"Well now you have to make it better." I say. "Oh yeah?" She asks. "Yep." I tell her.

She wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me. My hands rest on her hips, pulling her body closer to mine.

Our tongues explore each other's mouths, as our hands explore each other's bodies. After a couple of minutes she pulls away.

"We should stop before we end up doing something on the ground." She says with a smirk. "But I don't wanna stop." I wine.

"Well we have to. Christian, Maggie, and my mom will be back any minute." She says as she walks inside, pulling me along.

As we go to sit on the couch the doorbell rings. Scarlett looks out the window and sees Derek.

"Crap. I'll go get Haley." She says. "I'll get Coby to answer the door." I tell her as she goes up the stairs.

I walk into the kitchen and find Coby and Meredith having a makeout session. I start laughing like crazy. I tell them to come get the door.

After Haley leaves, Coby leaves and takes Meredith home too. Pat, Scarlett, and I sit on the couch.

"Do you think I still have a shot with Abbi?" Pat asks in a hopeful voice. "I think she definitely still loves you. But she'll need a lot of convincing before she even thinks about taking you back." Scarlett tells him.

"Oh. Well I guess I better head home. Bye." Pat says.

He gets up and leaves. I go to lean over and kiss Scarlett when the front door opens. Christian, Maggie, and Scarlett's mom come in.

"Hey Seth. What are you doing here? I thought you would have left by now." Charlotte (Scarlett's mom) says. "I was just about to go as a matter of fact." I say.

"Hey Seth. It's good to see you." Christian says. "Yeah you to. Maggie how you feeling, with waking up from a coma and all a couple hours ago." I ask.

"I feel great surprisingly." She says. "That's good. Well I better be going. Bye." I say.

I start to get up but Scarlett grabs my hand. She leans up and gives me a quick kiss. Then she let's go and I leave.