There was a knock at the door and Seth opened it. Summer stood in the doorway.
"Summer…" Seth said.
"Shhh, don't speak," Summer muttered. She stepped inside, banged the door shut with her foot and started kissing him passionately.
Seth pushed her away. "Summer, I've been thinking and, I can't do this! Now that I've met your family I've realised what I'm actually doing! I mean, your kids are amazing; they are so sweet and gorgeous.
You've got to understand, I'm doing this to make your decision easier. I'm leaving tomorrow and then it will be goodbye forever.
God, I can't believe I'm actually breaking up with you, Summer! But it's the right thing to do and over time you'll realise that."
Summer had just stood still staring at him while he spoke and when he finished she just gave him a quick peck on the lips, said goodbye and walked out of the room.
She quickly shut the door behind and then she burst into tears. Seth Cohen had broken up with her. After she had confessed her love to him, up at the top of the school, she thought they were going to be together forever. It was a dream that Seth ruined, stupid, idiotic Seth! She was going to take all her anger out on Seth.
Suddenly her mobile started ringing. She hurriedly wiped the tears away and picked it up, "Hello?"
"Hello, is this Summer Roberts?"
"Yes, although if it isn't to do with work I prefer to be called Summer Miller."
"Yes Mrs Jones. This is the hospital. Your husband, Mr James Miller, was in a car accident and is badly injured; Can you get here as soon as possible?"
"I'll come right away." Summer hung up and slipped the phone back in her pocket. The tears started streaming as she thought about what could happen to her husband.
She banged madly on Seth's door. He answered and stared, in shock, at the state of Summer. Her hair was a mess, her mascara was running really badly, and her eyes were deep red and full of sorrow.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry Summer, I didn't realise you would take it so bad." Seth cried.
"No…it's not dat." Summer mumbled, it was hard to understand what she was saying through all that crying. "It's James…he's in…hospital!"
"Oh," Seth whispered.
Seth gave her a tissue and she wiped her nose on it. "Thanks," She muttered. Then she grabbed onto the collar of his shirt and cried, "Please Seth, you've gotta get me there, I can't drive in this state!"
Seth smiled and pulled away from her firm grasp. "That's true. Come on, let's go." He passed her a box of tissues from his bedside table. "You better take these with you."
She smiled slightly and followed him out to the car.
All through the journey Summer was screaming at him wildly to drive faster.
He nodded along and drove a bit faster.
When they got to the hospital Summer wrenched the door open and flung herself through the main doors of the hospital. Seth followed timidly behind.
The secretary put down the phone and smiled at Summer.
"Can I help you mam?" She had a very strong Texan accent.
Summer was breathing very heavily, "Yes…I've come to see…my husband…James Miller."
"Can I have some proof to show that he is your husband?"
"Um…?" She looked to Seth for help.
"A driving licence, or passport?" The secretary asked.
Summer's face lit up. "Yes, yes!" She fumbled around in her handbag and she produced a battered passport. She passed it to the secretary.
"Thank you Mrs Miller." She gave the passport back to Summer. "I'll just check what room he's in." Her newly manicured fingers flew over the keyboard and a few agonising minutes later she nodded and smiled, "room 53. It's the next floor up."
"Thanks," Summer returned the smile and rushed away.
Seth hurried after her and they got to room 53. Summer stopped in front of it and looked at her feet.
Seth placed a reassuring hand on her back and gently pushed her towards the door. "Go on," He said, "He'll be fine."
Summer looked up at him and stared into his deep brown eyes. She remembered when she was a teenager and whenever she saw those eyes she got lost in a completely different world, but not now. Now she was married to an amazing man and had 2 beautiful kids.
"Thanks Seth," She muttered and kissed him on the cheek. Then she pushed open the door and hurried in.
She rushed over to his side and held his hands in hers. Her slowly and painfully turned and smiled at her. "Summer, my baby."
The room was quite small. There were no doctors in it, which was surprising. There was a little machine in the corner which was beeping to show James' heart beat.
"I love you so much James, please, you've got to be alright." Summer cried.
He placed a hand on her cheek and gently stroked it. "I'm not going anywhere."
Seth walked in and James turned and smiled at him. "Seth!" James greeted him like an old friend.
"I drove Summer here."
"Thanks, I don't think I could've bared another second without my beautiful wife in my arms."
Summer blushed and hugged him tight. "Where are the kids?" She asked.
"They came and visited me a few hours ago…"
He was interrupted by Summer, "What? A couple of hours ago. You're kidding me. I didn't find out you were here until about half an hour ago."
"They couldn't get hold of your mobile number. I was too dazed to remember."
"I'm not blaming you, I'm blaming them." She said jokily.
James laughed croakily. "Anyway, the kids are at home with Rachel."
"Great." Summer smiled. She turned to Seth. "Seth, do you mind if we have some private time together?"
"Yeah sure, I'll be waiting for you in the main reception area."
"Thanks." She waited until Seth had gone and then relaxed. They were alone in the room. She kissed him tenderly and hugged him tight. James budged up a bit. "Here, lie next to me."
"Are you sure?"
"I wouldn't want anything else." He said smiling.
She got onto the bed and lay next to him. They embraced and just lay there like that in silence for heaven knows how long. Eventually Summer said, "I love you so much, words couldn't possibly explain it."
"I feel exactly the same."
Summer braced herself. This is the moment she had been waiting for. "James, I'm pregnant."
"We're having a baby?"
"Yes, well, not exactly. James it's not yours."
He frowned, "What?"
Tears started to trickle down her cheek and to her surprise he brushed it away.
"I'm so sorry James, but I had an affair."
"Who with?"
"Seth," Summer muttered the name.
James smiled at her calmly. "Well if you're going to have an affair with someone, I guess Seth is the best option."
"What! Why are you so laid back? Oh my god! You had an affair too, didn't you?"
"No, no, don't worry sweety. I just know that people make mistakes. And we have to get over them. This experience with surviving this car accident showed me that I can't let things get in the way. That we can start our lives again, and forget about the past. You and Seth go way back and you're not still doing it are you?"
"No, no, of course not. But I don't know how to tell him that I'm pregnant!"
"In my eyes you have two options. Either you tell him, and give him the responsibility to have to look after this child, pay for its schooling and ruin his career. Or we could not tell him and carry on with our lives with this baby as our own. I mean, if you think about it, there's no reason for Seth to be here now, so he can just leave and move on and he never even has to know there is a baby! So which option do you think is best?"
"Well, the first. I guess your right, it would just be an unnecessary burden on him."
"Yeah,"
"I love you James."
"I love you too."
A/N Next chap is going to be sooooo good, if you don't mind me saying. Thanks for all the reviews, I really appreciate them.
At the moment I'm kind of concentrating on Summer and Seth and James so there isn't gonna be much about Adam and Marissa. I hope that's OK with you guys! Please R&R.