Disclaimer: Josh Schwartz and Fox own The O.C....except I own Seth's relatives (excluding Sandy, Kirsten, Ryan, Caleb, and all of those ppl...but the new ones are mine.)
"There's my little nephew!" Aunt Shelly shrieked.
"Aunt Shells," Seth grinned as she hugged him.
"How are you?"
"I'm great. How are you? How was your flight?"
"It was fine. I'm fine. I'm good."
"Seth," Uncle Tom said giving him a hug.
"Hey, Uncle Tom," Seth replied.
"Hey there," Uncle Steve laughed, also hugging Seth.
"Uncle Steve."
"Seth!" Aunt Katie exclaimed, taking her turn hugging him.
Summer got off the elevator and smiled as she watched Seth's aunt wrap him in a hug.
"Where is this fiancé of yours? I'm dying to meet her?" Aunt Katie asked.
"Actually she's-," Seth started.
"Right over there," Ryan cut in pointing to Summer.
"Summer Roberts?" Emma, Steve and Katie's thirteen year old daughter, squealed.
"Uh- hi," Summer offered a shy smile and a wave.
Seth grinned and walked over to Summer. He grabbed her hand and began to lead her over to the group. Summer walked kind of hesitantly. Seth offered her a reassuring smile and she relaxed.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my fiancé, Summer," Summer said with a grin from ear to ear.
"You're engaged?" Emma asked in shock.
"To Seth?" asked Michael, Emma's nine year old brother.
Summer nodded as she chewed on her lip a little.
"How?" asked Thomas, Tom and Shelly's fifteen year old.
"What do you mean how? He asked her to marry him and she said yes, duh!" replied Thomas's younger sister, Meg. Meg is eleven.
Summer laughed slightly.
"But she's…she's-," Thomas mumbled in shock.
"She's Summer Roberts," Emma finished just as shocked.
"That's what it says on my birth certificate," Summer joked lightheartedly.
"Alright, alright. Leave her alone. It's my turn," Aunt Shelly said to the kids.
"Aren't you a movie star?" piped in Braden, Shelly's eight year old son.
Summer nodded.
"Wow," Braden gushed.
Summer laughed and squeezed Seth's hand slightly. He looked at her curiously. She was practically glowing. She was grinning from ear to ear and Seth couldn't figure out why she wasn't jumping up and down because she looked so excited.
"So you're Seth's fiancé?" Shelly asked.
Summer nodded glancing a Seth with a small blush.
Shelly hugged her and whispered in her ear, "Welcome to the family, sweetheart."
Summer felt like she could bust. She looked at Seth again and genuinely smiled at him fully. Seth smiled back just as fully.
"So where's the latest edition, Aunt Shells?" Seth asked.
"Your grandmother took her," Shelly replied.
"Well I can't wait to meet the newest Cohen-Martin family member."
"Well she can't wait to meet you either."
"And where's your youngest," Seth asked Katie and Steve.
"He decided that he was going to go with Marissa and Gram to the snack machine," Steve replied.
"Awesome."
"So aren't you going to introduce us?" Katie asked.
"Oh yeah of course. This is Summer, my fiancé."
"Yeah we got that part already," Katie teased. "I meanttell herwho I am."
Seth laughed, "Summer, this is my Aunt Katie. And my Uncle Steve, he's my dad's younger brother. And this is Emma, their eldest. And Michael or Mikey actually. And their youngest, Gabe is currently MIA."
Shelly coughed, "Us."
"And this is my Aunt Shelly, my dad's rambunctious baby sister, and my Uncle Tom. And their eldest son, Thomas or Tommy or Tom Jr," Seth chuckled. "And Megan aka Meg. Then this is Braden. And Brianna is currently being held captive by the Nana."
"It's very nice to meet you all," Summer smiled shaking hands with the adults.
"So you like know David Green? Like really well?" Emma asked as they all started walking toward the dinning room for dinner.
"Yes. He's a very close friend."
"He's gorgeous," Emma gushed.
"I know," Summer giggled.
Seth's aunts and parents led the way to the dinning room where Caleb, Julie, Hailey, Jimmy, and Caitlin were already waiting. Summer followed the other adults while being mobbed by Seth's cousins. Steve and Seth walked behind them. While Tom and Ryan went to go get Marissa, Gram, Gabe, Nana, and Brie.
Steve patted Seth's shoulder, "She seems nice."
"She is."
"A pretty one, too."
"She's gorgeous," Seth smiled.
"So she's good to ya? Not to famous for ya or anything?" Steve asked with a laugh.
"Not at all. She's perfect," Seth confessed.
"Perfect? There's no such thing. But if you can find someone who's pretty close then you're lucky man."
Seth nodded.
"And that Marissa. She's a sweetheart. We spent about a half an hour with her. I like her already. She's a looker, too."
"Yeah she and Ryan were pretty much made for each other. They get along like no one I've ever seen. Or at least they have since we graduated high school," Seth chuckled.
"I'm really happy for both you. You're both great guys. You deserve great girls," Steve smiled and patted Seth's shoulder again.
"Thanks, Uncle Steve."
"Talking about me?" Summer asked mischievously as Seth sat down beside her.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Seth replied.
"Actually, probably not."
Seth shook his head and laughed at her. Gram, Nana, Marissa, Gabe, and Brie came in. Seth stood up immediately and kissed Nana's cheek as he took Brie out of her arms.
"So this is my little Brie?" Seth asked grinning at the small child.
"That's her," Shelly replied.
"She is adorable," Summer cooed, going to Seth's side to fondle over the baby.
"Not so adorable at four in the morning when she cries," Meg snorted.
Gabe just stood there shyly and occasionally glancing at Seth. Seth noticed him and smiled.
"Will you?" Seth asked Summer as he passed Brie to her.
"Uh- sure I guess," Summer replied taking the baby. "Hi there cutie."
"Gabe, my man. What is up?" Seth asked giving the six year old a high five.
"You look different."
"I do?"
Gabe nodded.
"How so?" Seth asked.
"Older."
"Oh no. My gray hair's already coming in," Seth joked.
Gabe nodded again with a giggle. Seth started to grab his own hair in a panic muttering about grays. Gabe laughed even harder.
Summer watched them out of the corner of her eye as she continued to fawn over Brie. Shelly came up to her.
"He really is a great guy, you know," Shelly whispered to Summer.
Summer nodded.
"He's crazy about you. He has been since…forever."
Summer smiled slightly turning her attention back to Seth.
"I'm glad you two got back together. I've never seen Seth happier than when he's with you," Shelly said honestly.
"How old is she?" Summer asked changing the subject.
"Ten months."
"She's so precious."
Shelly smiled and nodded.
Seth watched Summer with Brie. Seth smiled to himself.
"Are you listening?" Gabe asked.
"Yeah. I'm with ya."
"Good. Then Spiderman jumped off the building!" Gabe exclaimed.
"Off the building? Wow!"
Gabe nodded enthusiastically.
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"So what do you say we all sit down and have some dinner," Sandy suggested getting everyone in the room's attention.
Everyone sat down.
"I would just like to say a few words, if I may," Sandy said, standing up.
"You promise only a few?" Steve teased.
"Funny," Sandy replied. "First off, I would like to welcome you all here. I'm very glad that everyone could make it. As you all know we wouldn't be here this week if it weren't for Ryan and Marissa. I hope that this week is relaxing and peaceful and most importantly, fun. I just wish everyone the best time and I want to wish Ryan and Marissa the best of luck next Saturday. So let's eat."
"Here, here," Seth added.
Summer slapped his arm.
"Ow," Seth whimpered.
"Behave," Summer instructed.
Seth pouted and Summer glared at him. Then they both broke into grins.
"Let's eat," Kirsten said as everyone finally began to dig in.
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"So you have four kids and a career? How do you do it?" Marissa asked Shelly.
"Well I'm free on weekends and I only work for five hours on Mondays because its conference days. So I'm home before and after school on that day. Friday, I'm home after school and all weekend. Tom's hours are incredibly flexible so the rest of the time he's with the kids. He always said he'd rather be a stay-at-home dad than force me to be a stay-at-home mom. It's worked out pretty well. Except since Brie's been born. I've really had a hard time managing my hours at work. But the company's understanding and they usually give me all the time I need," Shelly explained.
"I think I'd like to be a working mother," Marissa replied.
"I don't know. I think I'd go crazy if I didn't have something to do all the time," Summer added. "I mean I go practically insane in the down time I have between projects."
"Yeah but with your job, you can pick and choose projects and you're famous enough that they'll work around your schedule no matter what, so you could easily balance a career and a family," Marissa pointed out.
"I guess. I haven't really put a lot of thought into yet though. I mean I want to get married first."
"Which you will be soon," Shelly grinned.
"Yeah," Summer replied looking down at her hands folded in her lap.
"So four kids? Doesn't that get a little crazy at times?" Marissa asked, trying to help Summer out of a potentially sticky situation.
"Well we had only planned on three. I mean we decided to stop after Braden, but things happen and Brie is definitely the best surprise I've ever gotten and the best Chrismukkah present ever," Shelly smiled.
"She's adorable," Marissa replied.
(AN: The family is confusing so I'll explain. Sandy's younger brother is Steve. Steve married to Katie. Then Steve and Sandy's baby sister is Shelly. Shelly is married to Tom.
Shelly & Tom: Thomas (15), Megan (11), Braden (8), Brianna (10 months)
Steve & Katie: Emma (13), Michael (9), Gabe (6)
Maybe that will help.)