Hello everyone!
This is a sequel to my story 'Life' though I don't think you must have read it to understand this one. This one will clearly include more Ryan and Marissa and the Cohen kids. I hope you will like it and review. Some things, like the time of thing to happen, are different in this story than in 'Life'. I have this one a little more planned and I promise you all to do my very best writing it.
Summary: It's year 2021 and the Cohen family has grown. Seth and Summer are living their life with their children and has to deal with everything about being parents. A dear friend from the past appears and brings old memories back and not only for the Cohen's. Something of a sequel to my story Life but it's not necessary to have read that one. It's basically just the same characters and the same things have happened in the past.
For you who haven't read Life, here's a quick summary of that story: (Don't read this if you want to read the story!)
Summer and Seth are married since March 2007 when they were twenty. They got a daughter called Ava Summer Jacqueline Cohen in October 2007 and Casey Benjamin Drew was born in May 2011. They still live in Newport and have a pretty good life. Summer's designing wedding dresses and Seth's working at Newport Group together with Ryan.
Marissa is engaged to a guy called Anton and has moved from Newport and lives her own life now. Ryan is married to Felicity and they're expecting a child. Sandy and Kirsten are still together, of course, and Neil and Summer's stepmother Karen is too.
One night when life seems to be perfect Neil gives Summer the news that her mother Francesca, who left when Summer was six, has got cancer and is very sick. After a hard time to decide what to do, Summer goes to Minneapolis, which is the town her mother lives in. At first there is a very tense atmosphere and Summer's having a hard time to deal with her feelings. Francesca tells her the truth about her suddenly disappearance. She was an agent and had no other choice but leave.
After many second thoughts Summer realises that this is her chance to get to know her mother and finally she's able to forgive her. The whole family goes to Minneapolis and has a great time getting to know Francesca but one night Francesca dies. As hard as it is to accept that her mother is gone forever, Summer goes from the funeral knowing that her mother's fine and that she if too. Life would continue.
Life continues
Chapter one
The morning rush was in its full row. Seth was in the kitchen making omelettes, coffee, sandwiches; all at the same time. At the kitchen table sat the ten year old Casey; the only son in the Cohen household. Right now he was reading a comic.
It was funny how Seth and Summer's looks and personalities were shown in their kids. Their oldest daughter Ava, now fourteen years old, loved to paint and took several art classes at school. She rambled when she was nervous and had most of Summer's looks. Ava had a pretty classic look and was very slim; she really was a beauty and became more so every day.
Casey was mostly like Seth. He had the curly hair and the tall body. He was a little shy and a bit of an outsider at school. The only friends he'd got were the friends from his football team. The football team was the only place where he didn't get teased. He was actually quite popular and was a very good player. Both Seth and Summer hated the fact that their son got teased. Seth had been there himself and knew the feeling and Summer had watched Seth too many times get memories back from the time he was a looser in school. Summer couldn't stand the fact that she had been a teaser when she was a girl. The best thing they could do was to be there for their son whenever he needed them. One thing that Seth was very proud over was that Casey liked comics. He encouraged him to read as many as possible and often bought some on the way home from work.
The youngest Cohen was Isabelle, or Belle which she was called. She was six years old and the family's little baby. Isabelle was an in between of Summer and Seth; she could be very girly and was their first kid who said ew, but on the other side she was a little of a boy-girl. Since she was the youngest one in the family some would call her spoiled but they just liked keeping her as the baby.
Seth and Summer were very happy with their little family. They had built up a home full of love and they were more in love than ever.
Summer was upstairs, helping Isabelle to get ready for school. She loved to have those little moments with each child. For Isabelle it was helping her get dressed and do her hair.
"Mommy, do you think Santa will give me a lot of presents this year?" Isabelle said as Summer brushed her long, dark hair.
"We'll see Belle. But you're a good girl and what does a good girl get?"
"Presents!" Isabelle almost yelled out, apparently proud of herself.
She was much excited for Christmas, or Chrismukkah as it also was called. In the Cohen family the celebrations at holidays were big and Chrismukkah was their favourite holiday.
"Come on, pumpkin! Let's get downstairs for breakfast." Summer said as she finished Isabelle's hair. Isabelle jumped up and ran downstairs, with Summer walking normally down the stairs after her.
"It smells good." Summer said as she walked into the kitchen, giving Seth a kiss on his lips. Isabelle sat in her fathers arms.
"Morning Casey! What're you doing?" She kissed the top of her sons head and started to help her husband bring the last things to the table.
"I'm just reading one of dad's old comics. It's really good." Summer smiled and went over to Seth and grabbed Isabelle.
"Come on; go sit by the table next to your brother." Isabelle did what she was told and started to eat her cereal.
"Where's Ava?" Casey asked with his mouth full of food.
"She's still sleeping; she begins at ten today, right?" Seth said looking at Summer, sipping the hot coffee.
"Casey, don't talk with food in your mouth. And yes, Ava's sleeping in a bit. I think she needs it; it's been very stressful at school for her lately." Summer thought back of all the stress she'd felt as a teenager. Ava was a very bright girl and did everything perfect in school. She got straight A: s all the time, which made Summer so proud over her. She'd never been a cleaver kid herself at school and was very happy that her children did well.
Though Ava spent a lot of time with school work and with her projects; she was a member in several clubs and went to church to sing twice a week; Summer still tried to do things with her, spend time with her. Summer had a very strong will to be the best mother she could. They went shopping, which was an interest that Ava apparently had gotten from Summer. Ava also had a lot of friends, just like Summer had when she was younger. But all of Ava's friends were very nice people, on the contrary to what friends Summer had had. She had three or four girlfriends which were the closest. Some of them went in the same class and some of them she had met at one of her many activities.
Today, Summer would wait to go to work until Ava needed to go to school. So Seth was the one to take Casey and Isabelle. Seth usually began work early and today Ryan was home with his seven year old daughter Paige, so Seth would have plenty to do.
"Mommy!" Isabelle yelled as she ran down the stairs as she always did whenever she was going somewhere. Seth and Summer had tried to teach her not to run indoor, but she always seemed to forget.
"What, Belle?" Summer said, packing her youngest daughters bag for school.
"You have to go up to Ava; she's sad." the little girl sad in a hurry.
"Well, what happened? Did you wake her up?"
"No, I heard her crying so I went inside her room. I don't know what's wrong, but she told me to get you." Summer could tell that she told the truth; she wouldn't lie about her sister.
"Okay, thanks for letting me know. Now, you should get ready to go. Casey! Seth!" Summer called and they both entered the room, ready for the day.
"I have to go up to Ava and you have to go otherwise you'll be late." Summer said and kissed Isabelle's cheek, Casey's forehead and Seth's lips.
"Are you going to wake her up already?" Seth asked.
"No, she's awake. Isabelle told me she's upset so I better go find out what's wrong."
"Yeah, I hope she's okay."
"She probably is, but I'll call you later and let you know, okay?"
"Okay, I love you."
"Love you too." Summer gave in for another kiss. "Have a nice day!" She then said to everybody and they went in different directions.
To be continued...
This was just an introduction chapter and I promise to post the next chapter very soon. I will not make the same mistake as I did in Life and have the story too cheesy and too much without a major incident. But I don't really know how it's going to turn out, so we all have to wait and see if I can stick to my word.
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