Anyway, Seth is very happy that he is still the only person who has had sex with Summer. He has showered, and is even feeding himself. He even apologizes to Zach, and is very confident about his chances with Summer, until Zach drops the bomb. Zach didn't have sex with Summer because he was against premarital sex, but Seth taught him maybe he wasn't waiting for marriage, but just the right moment. Summer was going to Tuscany with Zach for a family wedding, and he hoped that the combination of Tuscany and Summer was the perfect harmony of girl and place for him to cash in the v-card. He tells Seth all of this so he can "plan his freak out accordingly". Instead of being happy that he stomped on his rival (and I am beginning to think they might see each other as rivals soon), Zach offers a free swing for Seth, Cohen declines, surely about to go into another downward spiral of self-pity.

The adoption party is finally here, and Lindsay cannot look any happier. She has a nice red dress on, and all of these people are soon going to hear her dad say how much he loves her. Although her mom and Ryan aren't there (they both tried to talk her out of the adoption), Kirsten is there to lend support. It's only a matter of time before the announcement is made. Ryan eventually shows up, and bumps into Lindsay's mom as she is entering the house. I am not sure how many people Renee Wheeler slept with around the time she was having sex with Caleb, but was it so many that she thought the odds were that bad that Lindsay was Caleb's daughter? She plans on crashing the party, but Ryan says that he will do it instead. God, aren't there any adults in Newport that can do something without relying on a teenager to intervene for them?

Ryan tries to tell Lindsay not to do it, trying not to mention the whole paternity angle, but she is determined, and knows that Caleb will do the right thing. She obviously had raised her hopes a little too high, because Caleb calls her into his office, and lets her know the bad news. Julie had told him the importance of protecting himself with a paternity test, but he wanted to ask somebody with an actual heart what he should do. He asks Sandy, and he agrees it would be wise for him to protect himself, but as a father, Lindsay is only asking for love, and not money or a test. Caleb listened to his wife, and told Lindsay he wanted to postpone. Not surprisingly, she in tears, and we are given the necessary "I don't need to take a test because my real dad would never treat me this way" line, and she runs off. Julie, who apparently was listening outside of the door, uses this as an opportunity to pimp for Newport Living magazine.

As devastated as Lindsay was, Sandy could relate. He went to take some Chinese food to Rebecca. I suppose all of the illegal immigrants making food deliveries are too likely to call the police to trust them with delivering the food to the federal fugitive. Sandy arrives, and finds that there is a note from Rebecca. After Shamrock and Tooter paid their visit, Kirsten went over to Rebecca's and they had direct talk about Sandy. Rebecca admitted that she still loved Sandy, but that nothing happened between them. Kirsten then asked her if she really wanted to put Sandy and the family he has built over almost twenty years through what was about to happen. It looks like Rebecca decided to split. Now, although Sandy had talked to a federal prosecutor who told him that Rebecca would be looking at a lot of prison time even if she hadn't been present for the death of the guard, he is upset with Kirsten. Even though there are plenty of people out there that might have more experience with these types of cases, he still pushes the issue. I am sure they were about to ask Ryan for advice, but Lindsay had already chased him away.

While all of this is going on outside of the Nichol house, something else is happening inside. Summer actually believed that Marissa wanted her to go to the party, so she dressed up and was totally surprised to see Marissa wasn't at the party. While there, Summer and Marissa get to talking. Summer tells Marissa that she is not so sure about having sex with Zach. She thought that she wanted to when she was in San Diego, but is not so sure. She then realizes that Zach is a huge pussy and won't really care anyway, so why not just trust him. This is cue for Marissa to shout "I am dating Alex".

Summer does her best to act surprised. I mean, Summer has heard lots of things that might be more surprising come out of Marissa's mouth like "I am dating that homeless kid from Chino" and "I am dating the yard guy" and "My mom is dating my ex-boyfriend". "I am dating Alex" really just isn't that surprising anymore, right? Summer assures Marissa that she is still her friend, and Marissa dances around actually using the l-word out loud, but says she is having fun and they enjoy their time together. I think it is going to be about two weeks before Summer is watching an episode of "The Valley" where the same thing happens.

Posted by J-Unit on February 20, 2005 8:45 PM