Disclaimer: I don't own The O.C.
Kirsten continued to comfort Sandy even as she heard cheers come from inside.
"What's going on?" a now red eyed Sandy asked her. Kirsten shrugged, just as Seth came bounding out.
"What happened?" Kirsten asked.
"Ryan and John got into a huge fight and Ryan punched him," Seth babbled. Sandy laughed through his tears.
"Are they okay?" asked a concerned Kirsten. Seth nodded excitedly.
"John deserved it," Sandy declared as his wife and son helped him stand up.
"I'm just surprised Ryan lasted this long before he went Chino on John," Kirsten commented. Sandy and Seth laughed at her.
When the three went back inside, Laurel was helping John into his hospital bed.
"Your son's a thug," Laurel spat at Sandy and Kirsten.
"Don't talk about him like that again," Kirsten warned.
"What are you going to do about it?" Laurel asked.
"I'm proud of you," Sandy told Ryan.
"Thanks, Dad," Ryan replied hesitantly. He looked embarrassed.
"My husband, defender of anyone," Taylor sighed happily. Summer stared at her sister-in-law for a second.
"I think the pregnancy hormones just kicked in," Summer told Ryan.
"You already have a baby and you knocked her up again?" a disgusted John asked Ryan.
"We love our children, unlike you," Ryan shot back.
"And it's twins," Taylor told John.
"I'm pregnant again too," Summer happily informed John.
"Can't you keep your hands off each other?" John asked angrily.
"They must since be able to since they're bringing more children into the world when they already have babies," Laurel icily said to her husband.
"We're just fertile," Seth coldly told her.
"And we can't wait to love more children," Summer said.
"I'm going to give you one more chance, but that's it," Sandy informed John when Summer finished talking.
"Are you sure?" a worried Ryan asked.
"I'm sure," Sandy said.
"Sandy, think it over for a minute," Kirsten advised.
"I have thought about it. John Cohen deserves one more chance, but we're done if he messes everything up again."
"What is wrong with him?" Diane asked Eric.
"I think he's irrational and still has hope," Eric whispered.
"How does he still have hope?" asked a confused Taylor. Everyone shrugged.
Sandy hoped John would do right this time, and prove himself to be a good man.
He wasn't sure what would happen if John messed up again.
TBC
I know John doesn't deserve another chance(He's had plenty), but Sandy is acting very irrational right now. He's been through the emotional ringer in less than one day. The next update should probably be tomorrow.