The Summer of Kayleigh Cohen
Chapter 4
"Hey honey! Hi Summer! You guys are back so soon. When Seth called to say you went shopping I thought you would be gone for hours."
"Oh well, we cut it short." Summer replied, carrying in a couple shopping bags.
"That's ok. We love you home. Sandy called about an hour ago and said he got a call from the architect who will build your house. He wants to know when he should set up a meeting." Kirsten announced noting that there was a small bit of tension between Seth and Summer.
"Oh. Well, I'm home whenever so you probably should talk to Seth about it." Summer replied as she walked over and put the stroller in the corner.
"Okay, honey? When is it good for you?"
"Any time mom. Really but just after school. 5ish any day is fine."
"Okay. I will call Sandy back and he will probably call him back tomorrow. Did my grandbaby like her trip to the mall?" She asked taking one of Kali's hands and enclosing it in hers.
"I'd say." Summer interjected, staring dangers at Seth.
"Really? Why?" Kirsten asked getting to the bottom of it.
"Ask Seth. He knows. I'll be in the pool house. I have to take a shower." She said leaving the room.
"Seth, what was that all about?" She placed her hands on her hips and waited for her son to answer. He shifted his daughter in his arms and sighed.
"Ok we went to the mall and while she went into shops I went into the comic books store with Kayleigh. All these girls swarmed around me oooing and awing about Kali and touching her and me. Apparently they really like teenage parents." His usual sarcasm stated.
"So Summer saw you?" Kirsten asked, nodding.
"Yep. And she's really mad at me right now."
"Well, It will blow over. Let her relax and don't bother her."
"I will try my best. But I think she's plum tired and with the house and everything we haven't even thought about the wedding. I'm not even sure she does want to get married anymore. She hasn't said one word about it since the day Kali was born."
"Honey, I don't think you should worry about that. I'm 100 percent sure she still wants to get married. Things are hectic and she's probably been too busy to think about it. I wouldn't worry at ALL." She said calmly. "Now let me take Kayleigh and you go grab everything from the car."
"Yeah, because woman can't carry stuff from the car. Only the guys can." He mumbled walking out the front door.
Kirsten shook her head. Boys.
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"Oh my god Summer! I've been away for 2 weeks in Greece and she's changed so much!" Marissa shrieked over how different Kayleigh looked.
"Well, she does grow, Coop. She's not going to stay that size forever." Summer laughed handing over her baby to her best friends arms.
"I liked you before you ever meet Seth Cohen. You joke too much now." Marissa shook her hand.
"Well, you're not cynical like you used to be either. We've grown up Coop. We aren't 15 anymore."
"Yeah, I know." She responded sadly. "But I like this better anyways."
"Me too. I wouldn't have had Kayleigh either. Would I? "Summer cooed to Kayleigh.
"It would have been so different if Ryan never came." Marissa replied sadly.
"I probably never would have talked to Cohen. That's sad."
"Totally." Marissa laughed.
"HEY!" She smacked her best friend on the arm.
"WHAT?"
"You're mean."
"Fine!" They both burst into a fit of giggles.
"These last 2 years have gone by so fast. High School's almost over." Marissa announced sadly to no on in particular.
"And all of you will go to college and I'll never see you or Ryan again. Cohen, I might." Summer smiled.
"Yeah, because that's a maybe."
"A slight possibility." Summer's eyebrows raised as she said that and they both began laughing again.
"So speaking of Seth, how's the wedding part going? Any planning or anything?"
"No. Kayleigh here, has been a handful for me and Cohen has been up to his eyeballs in school. I haven't even thought of it. And then when I talked to Kirsten yesterday, Sandy and Cohen were going to set up a time to meet the guy who's going to plan our house. That will be interesting."
"We are going to be neighbors! The fab four will be living right next to each other." Marissa blurted out happily.
"Who calls us the "Fab Four:" Summer laughed at this.
"Seth did."
"Oh."
"Did you guys have a fight or something?" Marissa asked, rocking Summer's baby in her arms.
"Maybe."
"Maybe?" She asked.
"Kind of."
"Summer just tell me."
"Okay, so Cohen and I went to the mall yesterday with Kayleigh. I wanted to go into the baby Gap to get some new clothes for Kayleigh. Cohen as usual didn't want to go in so he went with Kali to the comic book store. I came back to see how they were doing and there is this huge, I mean huge, group of girls at every side of him, ogling him and my baby. Why are there that many girls in a comic book store in the first place?" Marissa shrugged. "So I yelled at him for using our baby to get girls and now I'm mad at him."
"Wow." Marissa started laughing. "Seth was surrounded by girls at a comic book store?" She was now laughing in controllable.
"This is not funny Coop!"
"Yes IT IS! It's hilarious."
"Whatev. Coop." Summer rolled her eyes and sat on the bed. "So how's your boyfriend?" Summer changed the subject. Enough with the laughing.
"He's happy; I'm not. He's boring. He used to be so fun but now he just watches football all day or sleeps. He won't do anything anymore."
"Sorry Coop. When are you going to dump him?" Summer asked happily. Now Ryan and Coop could get back together.
"Don't sound too happy, Sum." Marissa looked at her best friend and smiled.
"I'm not, I'm sad." She put on an obvious fake frown. "See. Me. Sad."
"I am dumping him today."
"So sad." She said dramatically.
"Sum, stop." Marissa laughed.
"What? I'm sad!"
"Summer…" Marissa groaned; some times she thought Summer was as bad as Seth.
"Fine, I'm a happy Summer now." Summer started laughing too. "I'm glad your back Coop. We should go shopping soon."
"Definitely. We should make it a mother day and bring Kirsten."
"Yeah, your mother too?" Summer asked politely.
"Why not. She's been on my good side the past couple days."
"OKAY. LET'S MAKE IT A DATE!" Summer exclaimed goofily.
The room exploded in laughter.
"Hey Daddy? Can I talk to you for a second?" Kayleigh asked quietly , climbing into Seth's lap.
"Sure? What's up?"
"The sky." She giggled.
"Haha. Very funny. You got me." His hands moved to tickle her.
"Daddy! Stop!" Kayleigh laughed.
"Okay, what do you want to talk to me about?" Seth turned serious and waited for Kayleigh to talk to him.
"How did you meet mommy?" She asked a bright smile on her face. Her bangs fell over her eyes and Seth swept them off to the side of her face.
"Oh. Why do you want to know that?" Seth asked confused.
"Because Charlie and I got married today and I want to know how you and mommy got married."
"Huh? You are Charlie got married."
"DUH! Didn't mommy tell you? She married us. You were at work. Sorry but we couldn't wait any longer." She said so seriously.
"Really? Did you have fun?"
"It was so much fun. I messed up on my vows. But he did too so I don't feel that bad."
"That's good."
"Now tell me how mommy and you ended up together." For a little 7 year old she sure was a good talker.
"Well, when I was a little older then you, I was probably 10 when I first started liking your mom. But your mommy really didn't like me at first. I had to get her to like me."
"Was that hard?" Kayleigh interrupted.
"Oh yeah." Seth laughed. "I spent years."
"Oh. I'm so sorry daddy."
"That's okay, I got her now." He laughed.
"Good going dad." She put her hand up for a high 5 and he slapped her hand.
"Thanks Sweetie." He hugged her closer to him. "So I was in love with her like forever. And I even named my boat after her. See, I had a sailboat in high school and I named it The Summer Breeze. She didn't know who I was at the time but I kept hoping she would notice me. I had this whole big plan to sail to Tahiti with her during summer."
"Did you?
"No. I went without her once to travel around the US though but that was a big mistake."
"Why was that a mistake?" She asked, her head laying against his chest, just enjoying his storytelling.
"Because I left your mommy without telling her. She was really upset with me." Seth sighed. He still regretted leaving.
"Why did you leave then if you knew it would upset mommy?" Kayleigh asked confused, putting her head up to look into her Daddy's eyes.
"I was upset because your Uncle Ryan left and I didn't want to live in Newport anymore."
"Why did RyRy leave?" Kayleigh questioned again. That girl was just full of questions.
"He went back to Chino."
"Oh."
"So anyways, little miss questions. When I was little I really really liked her. I dreamed of marrying her one day but the truth was I never talked to her before."
"Really?" She scrunched up her cute little button nose in confusion.
"Yep. So one day Ryan he came to live with us and Summer liked him."
"Ewww? Really?"
"Yes really."
"But he's married to Marissa."
"I know but he wasn't then. But when I was 16 I finally talked to her."
"Did she like you?"
"Not at first. Remember when I told you it took a long time."
"Oh yeah. Sorry." She blushed.
"Well, One day this other girl named Anna came into the picture and she liked me. Then I think your mom got jealous. And suddenly she liked me."
"Really. Did you pick mommy?"
Seth shook his head sadly. "Nope."
"DADDY!" She swatted him.
"I know. Wrong decision. But I finally got your mother after that."
"Did you get married right after that? Kayleigh sat up excitedly.
"No."
"ohh."
"I know. We didn't get married for a long time."
"When?"
"After you were born."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"When did you have me?" She asked curiously. Why was it now she was so curious when she was born and when they got married?
"7 years ago silly."
"I knew that." She giggled climbing on top of his lap again.
"Then why did you ask?"
Kayleigh Grace shrugged.
"Well, I think it's time for your bedtime."
"Wait no! Tell me one more story. Tell me mommy's and your first date. Please!"
"Okay, but this is it and then it's bedtime for you. Got it?"
She nodded eagerly.
"Okay. It was Valentine's day and Summer and I were in my room and we got to talking and I turned on some music and we danced." He concluded fast.
"Daddy! That wasn't it!"
"Yes it was."
"That's boring!"
"Sorry kiddo. But that was it. We danced." He had left out certain details of the day before and the talk before the dance but his daughter didn't need to know that at all.
"One more." She pleaded.
"Nope. Bedtime for you."
"I'll ask mommy about your first date and I'll bet she'll tell me more."
"Tomorrow." Seth smiled scooting her up to her bedroom.
"Goodnight daddy."
"Goodnight. Don't let the bedbugs bite."
"EWWWW"
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Next chapter has the incident with Kirsten and Summer as it says in chapter 1.