Our New Journey Together
Chapter 7 -
"Hello?"
"Kirsten..."
"Summer, hi! You're just the person I wanted to speak to. Would you mind coming over? We have to discuss something important."
"Yeah, sure," Summer could sense sadness in Kirsten's voice. Summer knew exactly what Kirsten needed to talk to her about, "I'll be over in a few minutes."
"Thanks, bye."
"See you soon," Summer said closing her cell phone, "Taylor," She then called throughout the house, "Can you drive me to the Cohen's." Ever since the accident Summer has been afraid to drive anywhere. Once she tried, but when she put her foot on the gas pedal, she freaked out.
"Yeah, sure Summer. Just give me a sec to get ready."
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"So," Taylor said as they were in the car, "You never told me about your appointment, did she seem all right?"
"Yeah, Dr. Brown's nice."
"Did everything go fine?"
"Yeah, she made me realize a lot of things."
"That's good. So, what does Kirsten need you for?" Taylor asked changing the subject.
"Um, she needs to talk to me about something."
"Summer, it's probably about-"
"Yeah, I know," Summer said, cutting her off, "It's just, I don't know what to do, ya know?" Summer said as she started crying.
"Summer," Taylor said comforting as she pulled the car over to the curb, "Look, Summer, I'm sure that whatever you and Mr. and Mrs. Cohen decide it will be for the best. But, Summer, do what you feel is in your heart. Do you want to give Seth more time because you're just not ready to move on without him, or do you really feel that he's going to pull through? You just have to ask yourself truthfully. Seth will be happy either way, he wants to see you guys move on, he doesn't want to see you guys miserable. You have to think real hard what's for the best. Summer, you're a smart girl, you know what you want. And you know what Seth would want too. So this a decision that you need to make with Sandy and Kirsten."
"You're right." Summer sniffled.
"Are you ready?" Taylor asked putting the car back in drive.
"Yeah." Summer replied taking a deep breathe.
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"Summer, thanks for coming," Kirsten said answering the door, "Hey Taylor. Ryan's in the pool house."
"Thanks." Taylor said as she started heading outside to Ryan.
"Summer... I guess you know what Sandy and I need to talk to you about."
"Yes." Summer said, barely above a whisper.
"Okay, well Sandy's in the kitchen." She said as she and Summer headed where Sandy sat.
"Hello Summer." Sandy said getting up, giving Summer a small hug.
"We should all sit down." Kirsten said after a moment of silence.
"Well," Sandy started after all of them were seated, "As you know, in three days it will be a month since the incident."
Summer nodded her head sadly and slowly.
"And," Kirsten took over, "We wanted to know your opinion on what we should do. The doctors," Kirsten said, trying to fight back tears, "Say he has shown no progress what so ever."
"Well," Summer said, wiping tears off her face, "I've been thinking about this situation the day I found out he was in a coma. And I've changed my decisions millions of times. The truth is, I have no idea what we should do. Imagine we decide to take him off the life support and if we left him on it for an hour longer, an hour, he would've woken up. Or, imagine if we keep him on it, and ten years from now he'll still be in a coma, and we'll still be moping about it and the hospital is like our second home. I don't know, I just don't know," She said putting her head in her hands, sobbing, "I just love him so much, and I know he just would want what's for the best."
'Sometimes it's best to move on.'
"The best thing for us to do is to move on," Kirsten said through tears, "But I just can't see how I can move on."
"Me either." Sandy said as tiny tears formed in his eyes.
"I think it would be best to...," Summer said deep in thoughts, 'Sometimes it's best to move on.', "Move on too." Summer said hysterically crying.
"So is this it? Is this what we've decided?" Kirsten asked sobbing.
"I guess so." Summer said as she cried uncontrollably. Summer couldn't believe the words that were coming out of her mouth. She didn't want Seth to die. But for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to say another word. She just sat there, speechless, crying, just as Sandy and Kirsten were doing.
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"Thanks Taylor." Summer said sadly as Taylor dropped her off at the hospital.
Summer made her way into the very famous room 224. Basically the whole medical staff on that floor knows Summer because of her very frequent visits.
"Hey Summer." Sarah said as Summer entered the room. Summer and the nurse had actually gotten very friendly over the past month. Summer was there every day and she really enjoyed the company that Sarah offered. Sarah was somebody that Summer could just spill her feelings out to, she was somebody that would listen.
"Hi." Summer replied glumly.
"I heard about what's going to happen tomorrow, im so sorry."
Summer just nodded her head as tears started to fall.
"But tomorrow isn't the deadline, Friday is. Why are they doing it so soon?"
"Well, we feel it's best to just get it over with, the quicker the better."
"I'm very sorry."
Summer nodded her head, "Can I have privacy please, this is probably the last time I'll be here."
"You do know that when they take him off life support, he won't die right away?"
"I know, but coming here and seeing him die is going to be too painful."
"I understand. I'll give you two privacy."
"Seth, I need you to not hate me. I just feel that this might be for the best. I'm sorry, I wish I don't have to do this. I'm going to tell our kid all about you and what a great person you are. And how unfortunate it is that you weren't able to meet the kid. I want you to know that I love you and one thing I am sure of is that I will never stop loving you. And as I get older and new men may come into my life nobody will ever replace you. You're the only person that I could love. I just need you to forgive me for what's about to happen. I love you, don't forget that." She gave him one last kiss on the lips and quickly ran out of the room, running away from her fears, running away from her love, running away from her life.
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"Dearly beloved we are gathered here today in memory of Seth Cohen. He may be gone, but he will never be forgotten."
Summer quickly snapped out of her nightmare. Looking over at her clock, she realized it was the next day. She had forgotten all about the thing with Seth until she remembered the horrible dream she just had. No, she had to stop them, she wasn't ready for Seth to die.
She quickly got dressed and ordered Taylor to take her to the hospital. Without a 'thanks' thrown in Taylor's way, she quickly jumped out of the car and headed straight into the hospital. Passing right by teary eyed Sandy, Kirsten, and Ryan, she sped into Seth's room where two doctors started unplugging various amounts of machines.
"No!" She shouted.
"Miss, you need to get out, we're doing a procedure."
"No, you can't do this. He's going to wake up."
"Miss, consent forms were signed, he is being taken off the machine."
Sandy and Kirsten startled by the commotion made their way into the room.
"What is going on in here? Summer?"
"They can't let him die."
"Didn't we discuss this yesterday?"
"Yes, but we weren't thinking. If we take him off of this, it is guaranteed that he's going to die!"
Kirsten sobbed at this statement.
"We didn't take him off the life support yet, would you like a few minutes to discuss everything?" One of the doctors asked.
"Yes please."
"We can't give up on him," Summer said as tears fell off her face, "Maybe he needs a little longer. Right now isn't his time to go."
Sandy and Kirsten both glanced at their lifeless son. Summer was right, they have to have faith in their son, they can't just give up on him.
Kirsten nodded as Sandy spoke, "You're right. Summer, you're right. Let me go speak to a doctor."
Sandy and Kirsten both left the room as Summer made her way over to Seth.
"I need you," She whispered as she held his hand, "Please prove that I'm right, that you're going to be okay."
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A/N - I really didn't like the chapter, I think it's pretty crappy. Tell me your thoughts, please review!
Also, check out the new updates in my other 'OC' stories, 'When Love Isn't Enough' and ' Isn't Vacation Supposed to be Fun?'
Thanks for the reviews!
By the way, I think there will only be two more chapters in this story.
