When Jewel Preston walked into her daughters hospital room she was disappointed. She knew that Summer and Seth were close and she really didn't want to put a wedge in there relationship, but there was nothing more that she wanted was to be a part of Summers life and sadly the cancer had been her opportunity and she noticed things getting rocky between them, secretly she liked it because Summer would then open up to her about what she was feeling or thinking. Basically she got to mother again and it felt great. She walked in to see the couple sleeping peacefully. Seth obviously hadn't gone home considering her was still in his tux, but Jewel would admit Summer looked much more relaxed and happy then any other day. Jewel quietly sat down just like many of times when she arrived before Summer was awake. She learned fast not to wake Summer because she was not peaceful. So she picked got out her book that she was reading and began flipping through the pages. After about 15 minutes her attention was shifted when she noticed two woman walking into the room.
"Hey Jewel" Kirsten said warmly
"Hello ladies, you are here early" Jewel said while setting her book down taking notice the happiness in both woman's faces when they looked at Seth and Summer.
"They look so cute" Marissa said as they moved further into the room.
"I know" Kirsten added "Oh I have my camera" Kirsten then took out her camera snapping a picture.
The flash from the camera ended up waking up Summer who slowly opened her eyes.
"Did someone just take a picture?" she asked still sleepy
"Yes, I couldn't resist you two are so cute" Kirsten said while admiring her picture then turning the camera off and placing it back in her purse.
"Your such a mom" Summer joked
"You are so married to my son" Kirsten joked back. They both smiled at each other.
"What time is it?" Summer asked snuggling closer to Seth.
"9am" Jewel answered
"Wow already" Summer said before stretching and then softly shaking Seth.
"Cohen" she whispered in his ear.
"Huh?" he said fighting to stay asleep.
"Wake up" she said sweetly
"I don't wanna" Seth wined a little
Summer rolled her eyes and looked over at Kirsten, Marissa and Jewel who all took the hint and excused themselves from the room.
Summer then gave Seth a lingering kiss. "Still don't want to wake up?"
Seth smiled a little "That helps"
"Good, but your not getting anymore until you are out of this suite and brush your teeth because you have bad morning breath" Summer teased
Seth finally opened his eyes and glared at Summer. While Summer just gave him an innocent smile.
"I thought you liked the suite?" Seth asked
"I do, but you're a little over dressed to be in a hospital don't ya think?"
Seth nodded his head "Good point" he said before sitting up.
"Yeah, as always I am right" Summer teased
Seth just rolled his eyes and swung his feet off the bed and onto the floor.
As he was getting up a nurse walked into the room. "Hello Mr. & Mrs. Cohen" she said cheerfully
"Hi" they answered in unison
"By the way you can call me Summer"
The nurse gave a small smiled "Well Summer are you ready to go to chemo then?" the nurse asked kindly
Summer looked over at Seth. Instantly she could see his worry, but he was trying to hide it.
"I'll be back when your done I promise" Seth said rubbing her hand.
Summer gave him a thankful smile "Promise?" she asked
"Promise" he repeated before standing up and giving her a quick kiss.
"But I have to be fast" he said before running out of the room causing Summer to laugh a little.
Once the three woman outside saw Seth run by them they entered the room looking worried.
"Is everything okay?" Jewel asked panicked but her expression changed to confused when Summer was laughing.
Summer caught her breath "Fine, Seth is just being the dork he is" she said with a smile on her face.
They all smiled at her "That's great"
"Okay, lets get this done" Summer said nervously
"You will be fine sweetie" Jewel said rubbing her daughters hand
"We will be here for you when you get out" Marissa added
Summer gave her a thankful smile before getting in the wheelchair. "Is this really necessary? I am capable of walking"
"Sorry Summer it's policy" the nurse said pushing her out of the room.
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Seth had rushed home and took a quick shower and changed into fresh clothing he was back at the hospital and went into Summers room which was empty. He walked in and sat on the abandoned bed turning on the TV hoping it would occupy his mind. He flipped through the channels, but quickly gave up turning off the TV all together. He got up and walked out of the room looking to his left and right then turning to his left and walking aimlessly around the halls of the hospital. After a while he was lost, but when he looked at his watch he knew he was still good on time. Suddenly he heard a voice in one of the rooms as he walked by.
"Dude, that was Seth Cohen"
Seth smiled as he stopped walking and turned around and entered the room while waving to the younger boy who was in the bed and a boy who looked to be a teenager.
"We are big fans" the older one said
Seth smiled gratefully "Thanks I really appreciate it"
The little boys face was lit up with pure joy and excitement. "What are you doing here?" he asked
"I am here to see my wife she has cancer" Seth explained
"Oh… me too" the little boy said sadly
"I'm sorry to hear that" Seth said moving closer
"Thanks, but the doctor says I will get all better soon"
Seth nodded his head "So, where are your parents?" he asked looking around
"They went down to the cafeteria to get something to eat"
"You didn't go with them?" Seth asked the older brother
"No, I'll eat later" he said like it was nothing
"That's really cool of you" Seth said
The older brother gave a half smile.
"You know I haven't eaten yet myself, so why don't we meet downstairs in about an hour for lunch"
Both boys jaw dropped "Seriously?" the older one asked amazed
"Yeah, sure why not. I mean I am stuck with woman today considering my dad and brother both had to work" Seth said shrugging his shoulders
"That sounds awesome"
Seth smiled at him "I will come back and talk to you later, but right now I have to get back to Summers room because if I am not back when she gets there I will be in a lot of trouble"
Both boys laughed and nodded there heads.
Seth waved to them before walking out of the room and back into the hall he looked around confused for a moment until he heard Summer's voice/
"Cohen" she said curiously
Seth stopped and looked in her direction "Told you I would be back in time" he joked
Summer just rolled her eyes at him "Yeah, whateves"
Seth was confused by her tone, but shrugged it off. "How did it go?"
"About as good as its gunna get" she replied her attitude still evident in her voice
"Umm… okay" he said walking by her side not saying anything more.
Once they arrived to her room both his and her mother was there along with Marissa.
"Hey guys thanks for being here" summer said cheerfully causing Seth to give her a confused glance.
The nurse helped Summer into her bed considering she was weak from the chemo. As she was getting settled the doctor walked in.
"How are we doing today?" he asked cheerfully
"About as good as it will get" Summer answered
"Well hang in there, I know it's tough but you will pull through I have faith in you" he said trying to cheer her up.
Summer gave him a small thankful smile.
"Well I just wanted to remind you of some of the things you will be facing in the coming weeks. There is mood swings, nausea, fatigue, hair loss, loss of appetite and some other minor things as well."
They all nodded there heads "Well that is all for now I will be back to check on you in the next couple days"
"Thank you" Summer said sweetly before the doctor walked out.
"You look tired" Jewel said
"Extremely" Summer said resting her head back. Seth took Summers hand in his but she quickly pulled it away noticed by everyone. Seth sighed and began walking towards the door.
"I have to go meet with a friend for lunch I will be back later" he said not waiting for a reply from anyone
Summer just rolled her eyes as he left the room and mumbled "Figures" as she did so.
Everyone was taken aback by these actions. "I am gunna go talk to him really fast" Kirsten said making her way towards the door. "What is wrong?" Marissa asked once Kristen was out of the room.
"Nothing "was all Summer said.
Marissa opened her moth to speak, but Jewel stopped her.
"Now is not the time" she said firmly
Marissa sighed letting it go for now worried as to what exactly happened between Seth and Summer.
"Well I am gunna go get something to drink, do you want anything?" she asked both woman
Both nodded there heads no and Marissa walked out of the room.
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Once Kirsten caught up with Seth. "Will you slow down?" she said grabbing his arm
Seth stopped walking "Sorry" he said softly looking at his mother
"What happened?" she asked him
"I don't even know, I got here early and was walking around aimlessly when I met some kids who were fans. Once I left there room I saw Summer who seemed to be pissed at me. I don't even know what I did" Seth said defeated
"Awww… sweetie" Kirsten said then Seth face very motherly.
Seth just pulled away "I really should go though" he said motioning to the cafeteria
Kirsten nodded her head sadly.
Seth walked away and into the cafeteria, he was early so he went and sat down by himself letting out a deep sigh trying to remain unnoticed.
--
"So what did he say?" Marissa asked Kirsten as they ran into each other in the hall
"He said she was like that when he found her" Kirsten replied
"That explains Summers attitude"
"Do you think it is part of her mood swings?" Kirsten asked
"Probably and she is the most comfortable with Seth so she will end up taking it all out on him"
Kirsten nodded her head in agreement
"Where is Seth?" Marissa asked
"The Cafeteria" Kirsten said
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm sick of hospital food" Marissa said
Kirsten smiled a little "Exactly what I was thinking lets go get a bite to eat then come back and deal with this"
Marissa nodded in agreement as they left.
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"Are you okay sweetie?" Jewel asked once they were out of the room.
"No, I mean I don't even know what it is, but I just can't stand to be around my husband right now" Summer said honestly
"I know what you mean, I was the same way, but if you two love each other like you say you do then you will be okay" she reassured
Summer nodded her head "Thanks, but I am really tired"
"You get some rest, I am gunna go talk to Seth" Jewel said before getting up.
Summer was already falling to sleep before Jewel even got to the door.
--
Jewel walked into the cafeteria and noticed Seth sitting in the corner by himself.
"Where is your friend?" she asked as she approached him
"I'm early "was Seth's response
She nodded her head "You mind?" she asked motioning to the seat next to him.
"Go for it" he said sadly
"I know this is hard, but believe me she needs you more then she will ever admit" Jewel said trying to reassure Seth
"And, you would know this from the month you have known her" Seth said coldly
"I know you are upset, so I will excuse your remark. All I am saying is that right now Summer is going through a lot and I hadn't seen her happier or more confident then when you walk into the room. I know I am getting in the way, but believe me I am not trying to I just finally feel like I have my daughter back and I don't want to lose that"
"Well in all respect, while you are gaining your daughter back it feels like I am losing my wife" Seth answered
Jewel quickly realized that this was a lost cause and that he was not going to listen to her. "I'm sorry you feel that way" she said sadly
Seth shrugged his shoulders, but refocused his attention as someone walked up to the table.
"Umm… hey Mr. Cohen… do you remember me?" the older brother from before asked
Seth smiled at him "Of course I do" Seth said standing up "I was just finishing up here so let get something to eat" he said looking down at Jewel "It was nice talking to you" he said with a fake smile before walking away.
"Who was that?" the boy asked
"My mother in-law" Seth answered
"Ohh, my dad hates my mom's mom they fight all the time about stupid things" the boy said
Seth smiled at him "By they way what is your name?" he asked curiously
"Corey" the boy replied
"Nice to meet you" Seth said before filling his tray up with food then paying for both his and Corey's food then returning to the same table as before.
They were eating in silence until Corey broke it. "I know it's none of my business or whatever but are you okay? You seem different from before like something is on your mind"
Seth looked up at him and gave him a sad smile "This cancer thing isn't the easiest thing to deal with even if your not the one fighting the cancer" Seth replied
"Tell me about it, I mean my brother is handling it better then my parents. I swear they fight all the time, but they don't do it in front of him they just make up some lame excuse to leave the room and go scream at each other in the waiting room or somewhere"
Seth nodded his head "Well my wife seems to blame me for all this or so it seems" Seth added
"How does she do that?" he asked
"This stays between us?" Seth asked
"Of course" Corey added
"She is always pushing me away"
"My brother did that too, at first but something snapped in him and he got better. Not with our parents but me at least. I think he knows something is off between them even though they try to hide it"
Seth nodded his head "That makes sense"
They silence surrounded them again. "You're pretty smart for your age" Seth said breaking the silence
"Yeah, well someone has to be the adult for my brother" Corey said shrugging his shoulders
Seth nodded his head and couldn't help but feeling sorry for the kid.
They continued the rest of the lunch with talking about sports.
--
Seth walked back up to Summers room feeling more confident thanks to his lunch with Corey. He walked in the room and noticed Summer sleeping soundly and Jewel sitting close to her bedside reading a book.
"Hey can we talk?" Seth whispered not wanting to wake Summer
"It seems you said everything you already have to say" Jewel said bitterly
Seth nodded his head 'I deserve that and I want to apologize for my attitude. I was completely out of line"
Jewel set down her book and looked at him. "Apology accepted"
Seth gave her a thankful smile before sitting in another chair on the other side of Summers bed.
"Has she woke up at all?" he asked after a moment
"No, out cold" Jewel answered "You seem to be in a better mood"
"Yeah, well my friend from lunch reassured me that this is all new and it is just going to take sometime for us to adjust to all the changes, but he seemed to have a lot of faith that we would make it" Seth said shrugging his shoulders.
"Good, and he is right" she said with a warm smile on her face
"I know, it's just I get scared that it might be to much too soon" Seth said
"I understand that, but if you get the bigger things out of the way you will slowly start to fall back into place and soon this will all seem like a bad dream" Jewel said
"Just so you know I don't blame you for any of this and I am really happy for both you and Summer"
Jewel gave him a thankful smile "Thank you that means a lot to me" they both smiled at one another before they were knocked out of the moment when Kirsten and Marissa walked in both with Starbucks iced coffee in there hands.
"Glad to see you guys had a good meal, while the rest of us suffer with the food they serve here" Seth joked
"You had a friend to meet with" Marissa defended
Seth just smiled at her "I swear they make the food so that the patients don't eat enough and so they don't get healthily too fast"
"God, got any more theories" Summer said hoarsely from just waking up
Everyone quickly tensed up not sure her mood.
"Yeah, but I don't want to bore you back to sleep" Seth joked
"Well how kind of you" Summer teased back
Everyone but Jewel seemed to be confused but no one said anything scared to ruin the moment and mood.
"So how was your lunch?" Summer asked Seth
He couldn't stop the look of confusion that formed on his face, but quickly shook it off. "Really good actually"
"Who was it with?" she asked curiously
"A kid I met earlier"
"Oh"
Everyone just stood there not really sure what to say. The silence was broken when Seth phone started ringing. He quickly looked down and saw Anna's name flashing across the screen.
"I will take this outside" he said before walking out of the room.
Marissa and Kirsten gave each other a knowing glance.
--
Seth flipped open his phone "Hey" he said with a small smile evident on his face.
"Hey, what are you doing tonight?" Anna asked
"Ummm… hanging out at the hospital" he said shrugging his shoulders
"Oh" Anna said disappointed
"Why? What's up?" he asked curiously
"I scored two front row tickets to Death Cab"
"Nice, did you get backstage passes?" he asked
"ummm… no" Anna said confused
"Well I will hook you up"
"What? How?"
"I know the band" Seth said nonchalantly
Anna laughed a little "Wow Mr. Hollywood"
Seth just laughed "What time does it start?"
"8pm" Anna answered
"I will meet you there"
"Great see ya then" Anna said before hanging up
Seth shut his phone and walked back into the room.
"Who was that?" Summer asked
"Ann…A friend" Seth said when he noticed the look he was getting from Marissa
"Umm okay" Summer said shrugging her shoulders
"Yeah, guess who is going to see Death Cab tonight" Seth said excited
"You" Jewel said
Seth smiled "Yes"
"With your friend?" Summer asked
"Yeah" Seth answered
"But, haven't you already seen and met Death Cab like five times"
"Do you not want me to go?" Seth asked ignoring her comment
"No… Its just I thought you would stay here with me again" Summer said shyly
Seth sighed in frustration, he was not enjoying the mood swings "What if I come back here after the concert" he tried compromising. It was that he didn't want to stay he just didn't know if that is what she would want later tonight.
Summer thought about it for a moment "Fine" she said defeated
"I might even leave the concert early enough to be here sooner" Seth said trying to cheer her up.
Summer gave a somewhat fake thankful smile "Okay" she said nodding her head
Seth noticed this, but didn't feel like dwelling on this topic anymore. "Well I am going to go get ready considering I have to be there in about 3 hours and I still have to face the rush hour traffic"
He kissed her cheek before leaving. "I don't want to talk about it" Summer said when Seth walked out of the room.
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Seth was standing outside the club that Death Cab was playing at waiting for Anna to show up. His thoughts had yet to leave Summer since he left the hospital. He was confused, scared and nervous. It didn't matter what he was feeling though because whatever he was going through she was going through something 10 times harder. The only reason he was still going to the concert was because he needed to think and this was a great opportunity to do that without his family picking at him. Anna came up behind Seth who was lost in his thoughts so she tapped his shoulder snapping him out of his thoughts and causing him to jump.
"Good God woman, are you trying to kill me?" Seth said his adrenaline still pumping
Anna just laughed at him. After a moment Seth was back to normal and although Anna wasn't laughing she did have a playful smile.
Seth went silent again, causing Anna's smile to slowly fade. "Penny for your thoughts" she said seriously
Seth was once again snapped out of his thoughts "Sorry" he mumbled
Anna gave him a sympathetic smile "Don't worry about it, do you want to talk about it?" she asked
Seth thought for a moment "It will mean that we will have to miss Death Cab" he said
Anna shrugged her shoulders "I've seen them before"
Seth gave her a thankful smile before they began walking away and down the streets of LA. Seth didn't really say anything at first he was organizing his thoughts before he said them. They were stopped occasionally so Seth could take a picture with a fan or sign an autograph. Anna waited patiently as he did so.
"Want to go inside?" he asked referring to his own club that had a line outside of it.
Anna shook her head in agreement before they went inside. Seth wasted no time getting them both a drink then leading the way to the VIP room. His favorite perk to owning his own club. They both sat down and got comfortable as Seth looked out into the packed club amazed that it was actually a success.
"So, I didn't miss Death Cab for this" Anna teased
Seth turned his attention back to Anna. "I know" he said seriously "I just don't know where to start"
"Start where ever" Anna encouraged him.
"I'm scared, nervous, confused, lonely, stressed and worried" he said while looking out at the club.
Anna nodded her head which Seth saw out of the corner of his eye. "But none of that matters because what I am feeling and thinking is only a fraction to what my wife is going through"
Anna opened her mouth to speak, but Seth wasn't done.
"And now it feels like we are not even the same people anymore and I wonder if were even gunna get through this or not" he said sadly
This time Anna didn't let him continue "Stop, don't start doubting your relationship it will only make everything harder. You have to have faith in your relationship or it will never work. Secondly, what you feel and think does matter and I am sure it matters to Summer as well. You have told me you feel like she is shutting you out, but do you ever thing think that you might be doing the same?"
Seth looked at Anna shocked
"I know you love her and from what I have been told and seen on TV she loves you just as much. This is hard what you are going through, but Seth you have to talk to your wife and stop trying to be Mr. Macho man, because everyone knows that is not the guy Summer married"
Seth smiled at Anna "Wow your real sensitive" he said sarcastically
Anna smiled at him "Yeah, never was my strong suite" she replied
Seth then gave her a thankful hug "I think I should go talk to Summer"
Anna hugged him back "Yeah, I should be spending some time with my son before I start working full time again"
"By the way I really want to meet the little guy sometime" Seth said as they stood up
"Yeah, he wants to meet you. He loves the Clippers" Anna said
Seth smiled at her "I can't wait" he said as they got to the door.
"Thank you" he said seriously Anna gave him a small smile before waving goodbye and walking into the crowd. Seth shut the door behind him walking out the back not to be seen by the paparazzi.