A/N: HEYYYY any one who likes that 70's show, I suggest you go read my
story there.. "Just Another Day".. its pretty good, I think.. so here's
another chapterrrr! MORE REVIEWWS PLEASE!! and I think this will mark the
end of the ending of this story. only like 2 more chapters!
Chapter 22: O, Silent Night
"RYAN!!!!!" Marissa screeched again from the window as she saw Ryan's face appear in the pool house. She banged on the windows and then looked around the room, started to panic. She needed to get out of here. It was a long shot, but she was ready to try anything, especially because Julie and Caleb were already at the party, she had watched them go to the Cohen house from the window.
Marissa grabbed a tube of lipstick that she couldn't care less about and ran to the window, and with every athletic bone in her body, threw the lipstick out the window, towards the Cohen's.
Success! She thought as the lipstick bounced off the glass window of the pool house and Charlotte's face appeared, squishing against the glass.
Come on, Come on.
***************
"Uncle Ryan," Charlotte squealed as she opened the door, Ryan running to her. Charlotte picked up the lipstick, which had a huge dent in it now. Ryan looked at the tube in her hand and she handed it to him, waiting for his response.
He opened the tube, recognizing the shade and looked towards the Cooper's house.
"Up here!!!!" Marissa's voice screamed and Ryan saw her head dangling from her bedroom window.
"What the heck?" Ryan looked up at her, and back at Charlotte who just stared at Marissa, giggling.
"My mother went psycho and locked me in!" Marissa screamed, relieved that the lipstick actually worked.
Ryan screamed for her to hold on, grabbed Charlotte and raced to the kitchen of the Cohen's main house.
***************
::Flashback::
Seth lazily dragged his feet around Harrison Hall in search of Summer.
There she is. God, she's gorgeous. And drunk, he noticed as she walked over to him, her eyes red and distant.
"Time for us to home, sweetie." He drolled on and she looked past him.
"The party's just starting for me, Cohen." She spat, not even noticing his look of betrayal. He had already asked her to stop being a bitch, what else could he do?
"Screw this, I'm going back." He said to her and she waved him off, in search of another drink.
Seth shoved his hands in his pockets of the dumb diesel jeans and walked off towards his dorm.
Summer watched him leave, full of guilt. Was she PMSing or what? Well, technically she hadn't gotton her period in a while, but she was irregular, so whatever. She went after Seth, distracted by the offerings of alcohol around her. One more for the road, she figured, gulping down a drink quickly and then pushed through the crowd, following Seth.
Moments after that were a blur for the both of them.
Summer didn't exactly find Seth.
At first, she thought she was so wasted that she was seeing things. But the more she squinted and rubbed her eyes, the more she knew it was right in front of her.
"Anna?" She screamed drunkenly, staring at the blonde who had her lips all over Summer's boyfriend. "Seth?" She croaked out. She had left him alone for five minutes and this is what happened?
"Summer?" Anna blinked at her just as widely, with an amused grin on her face. She looked at Keith softly, realizing Summer's mistakes. "He isn't." She stopped herself. Summer was obviously drunk and couldn't distinct Keith from Seth and Anna didn't blame her. Anna had found a guy who was like Seth in every way, but wasn't Seth. And the fact that he wasn't drove her crazy.
Maybe it was because she was always jealous of Summer.
Maybe it was because she was a little tipsy herself.
Maybe she's just a bitch.
"Oh, SETTTHHH." Anna purred as she wrapped her arms around Keith, kissing him passionately.
"How could you?" Summer looked at them both in disbelief, but quickly ran out the door before Anna could do anything more.
"Who's Seth?" Keith asked angrily.
"No one." Anna screeched. "No one."
Summer had been so angry, drunk, and confused that she didn't know where to go or what to do. So she went back to her dorm, as if everything was ok. She knew Marissa was worse off at this point and there was no point to go looking to her for help when she was intoxicated. How could Seth do this to her? Maybe she deserved it for treating him badly the past few days. But with Anna? The one person he knew would hurt Summer. Why?
"There you are, I'm sorry I left before, I was just pissed." She heard his voice from behind her.
"Get away from me." She said softly, raising her voice as she entered her dorm, throwing random stuff into her bag. She needed to get out. She needed to run away.
"Summer," Seth called out to her from the other side of the door and she ran to her cd player, blasting the local pop station and returned to packing.
She was leaving Seth Cohen. She was leaving everything.
Summer felt a tiny kick in her stomach and decided to finish the packing later. She had obviously been drinking way too much for her own good. She rolled over in her bed, tears running freely down her cheek.
Days later, Summer realized why her stomach was hurting so much lately, why she had been throwing up, why she was having mood swings. She was pregnant, with his child.
And being the immature person she was back then, she ran to Kirsten for help. Lied to her. Told her Seth wasn't the father, but Seth was the only boy Summer ever slept with.
She just didn't want Seth to ruin his future.
And she didn't want someone who had hurt her so much to be the father of her child.
**********
"The night of the Harrison Keg, I was there." Anna started and Seth looked at Summer, realizing this was 'the girl' he supposedly was with. "I was looking for Seth."
"Summer, you have to believe me." Seth started but Summer stared straight at Anna, listening intently.
"I was bitter, angry. I had found this guy, Keith something or other, who was just like Seth, but not Seth. There is no other Seth." Anna laid her eyes down on the floor. "You of all people would know that Summer."
Summer nodded, watching Anna quietly, inching away from Seth with discomfort.
"That night, you saw me making out with Keith, not Seth." Anna said sternly. "I made you think it was Seth, because I wanted to break you guys up. I am so, so, sorry." She got up quickly. "My family's expecting me for dinner. I just thought you guys needed to know the truth. I'll let myself out."
"Oh my god." Summer finally let out as Anna shut the door behind her.
"See, I really had no idea what you were talking about!" Seth laughed nervously, holding her hand.
She glared at him. "I cannot believe you."
"Huh?"
"You called up Anna and told her to make up some bullshit story about a 'Keith' guy? Come on, I'm not that dumb, Seth."
"Summer, I didn't call Anna. I don't even think about her on a regular basis."
"I'm so happy for you." Summer snapped and got up quickly, Seth standing up as well.
Before he could get in another word Ryan and Charlotte ran in and Ryan ran up to Summer.
"Julie locked Marissa in her room." He panted and Summer scooped up Charlotte.
"What?" Seth stifled a laugh.
"Can you go tell Kirsten and I'm going to get Marissa out." Ryan instructed and ran out the door.
"Summer," Seth started but Summer, with Charlotte, in her arms, ran after Ryan. "Someone better conjure up a Chrismukkah miracle, really soon, or I'm becoming atheist."
Seth walked into the kitchen quickly, glaring at Julie, who was leaning on Caleb, sipping Merlot.
"Mom, can I talk to you for a minute?" Seth asked.
"Sweetie, we have company. Can't it wait?" Kirsten asked, eyeing the Merlot with great restraint.
"No, it sort of can't. But, I think I can be openly honest here and tell you that Julie locked Marissa in her room."
Sandy stared at Julie in shock and Julie choked on her drink.
"Julie, is that true?" Kirsten asked, her mouth open with disbelief.
"Yes." Julie whined.
"Ryan's not the father, is he?" Sandy asked, watching Julie's guilt ridden face and slapping himself. "How could I even take your manipulations seriously?"
"That means Seth is definitely." Kirsten looked at Seth, who smiled knowingly. "Summer lied to me."
"Big surprise from that tramp." Julie whispered and Seth glared at her.
"Unlike you, Mrs. Nichol, Summer is a good mother." Seth spat out.
"Kirsten," Julie squealed in shock, "Are you going to let my son talk to me like that?"
Caleb looked at Julie, ready to leave the tension of the room.
"No, but I am going to ask you to leave my house, now." Kirsten said, pushing Julie out towards the front door. "And I'm calling Jimmy first thing and telling him that you need to be evaluated, for Marissa's sake."
Kirsten slammed the door behind Julie and Caleb and looked back at Sandy and Seth, who smiled and applauded her.
"Mom, if Summer did lie to you, it was because of this whole crazy mix-up with Anna. You know how crazy pregnant women are."
"I'm not mad, sweetie." Kirsten smiled. "Where is Summer?"
***************
"Anna!" Summer screamed as Anna started the car.
Anna had sat down in her car for a while, to recollect her breath and as soon as she saw Ryan come out, followed by Summer she started the car quickly.
"Summer?" Anna smiled at her.
"Is it true?" Summer asked Anna.
"Every last word." Anna smiled at the tiny girl in Summer's arms. "Who's this?"
"Our daughter, Charlotte." Summer watched the words hit Anna's face with pain.
"Oh." Anna smiled. "She looks just like you."
"You do realize that because of what you did, I left Seth. I lied to Kirsten. I raised Charlotte alone."
"I'm so sorry, Summer." Anna said earnestly, not sure of what to do.
"I can forgive you. But I can't forget." Summer said as she stepped back from the car.
Anna nodded in agreement, glad to finally have closure on all of this.
Summer started back towards the house, smiling contently.
Seth never cheated on her.
Seth was Charlotte's father.
Life was finally getting back to the way it should be.
Chapter 22: O, Silent Night
"RYAN!!!!!" Marissa screeched again from the window as she saw Ryan's face appear in the pool house. She banged on the windows and then looked around the room, started to panic. She needed to get out of here. It was a long shot, but she was ready to try anything, especially because Julie and Caleb were already at the party, she had watched them go to the Cohen house from the window.
Marissa grabbed a tube of lipstick that she couldn't care less about and ran to the window, and with every athletic bone in her body, threw the lipstick out the window, towards the Cohen's.
Success! She thought as the lipstick bounced off the glass window of the pool house and Charlotte's face appeared, squishing against the glass.
Come on, Come on.
***************
"Uncle Ryan," Charlotte squealed as she opened the door, Ryan running to her. Charlotte picked up the lipstick, which had a huge dent in it now. Ryan looked at the tube in her hand and she handed it to him, waiting for his response.
He opened the tube, recognizing the shade and looked towards the Cooper's house.
"Up here!!!!" Marissa's voice screamed and Ryan saw her head dangling from her bedroom window.
"What the heck?" Ryan looked up at her, and back at Charlotte who just stared at Marissa, giggling.
"My mother went psycho and locked me in!" Marissa screamed, relieved that the lipstick actually worked.
Ryan screamed for her to hold on, grabbed Charlotte and raced to the kitchen of the Cohen's main house.
***************
::Flashback::
Seth lazily dragged his feet around Harrison Hall in search of Summer.
There she is. God, she's gorgeous. And drunk, he noticed as she walked over to him, her eyes red and distant.
"Time for us to home, sweetie." He drolled on and she looked past him.
"The party's just starting for me, Cohen." She spat, not even noticing his look of betrayal. He had already asked her to stop being a bitch, what else could he do?
"Screw this, I'm going back." He said to her and she waved him off, in search of another drink.
Seth shoved his hands in his pockets of the dumb diesel jeans and walked off towards his dorm.
Summer watched him leave, full of guilt. Was she PMSing or what? Well, technically she hadn't gotton her period in a while, but she was irregular, so whatever. She went after Seth, distracted by the offerings of alcohol around her. One more for the road, she figured, gulping down a drink quickly and then pushed through the crowd, following Seth.
Moments after that were a blur for the both of them.
Summer didn't exactly find Seth.
At first, she thought she was so wasted that she was seeing things. But the more she squinted and rubbed her eyes, the more she knew it was right in front of her.
"Anna?" She screamed drunkenly, staring at the blonde who had her lips all over Summer's boyfriend. "Seth?" She croaked out. She had left him alone for five minutes and this is what happened?
"Summer?" Anna blinked at her just as widely, with an amused grin on her face. She looked at Keith softly, realizing Summer's mistakes. "He isn't." She stopped herself. Summer was obviously drunk and couldn't distinct Keith from Seth and Anna didn't blame her. Anna had found a guy who was like Seth in every way, but wasn't Seth. And the fact that he wasn't drove her crazy.
Maybe it was because she was always jealous of Summer.
Maybe it was because she was a little tipsy herself.
Maybe she's just a bitch.
"Oh, SETTTHHH." Anna purred as she wrapped her arms around Keith, kissing him passionately.
"How could you?" Summer looked at them both in disbelief, but quickly ran out the door before Anna could do anything more.
"Who's Seth?" Keith asked angrily.
"No one." Anna screeched. "No one."
Summer had been so angry, drunk, and confused that she didn't know where to go or what to do. So she went back to her dorm, as if everything was ok. She knew Marissa was worse off at this point and there was no point to go looking to her for help when she was intoxicated. How could Seth do this to her? Maybe she deserved it for treating him badly the past few days. But with Anna? The one person he knew would hurt Summer. Why?
"There you are, I'm sorry I left before, I was just pissed." She heard his voice from behind her.
"Get away from me." She said softly, raising her voice as she entered her dorm, throwing random stuff into her bag. She needed to get out. She needed to run away.
"Summer," Seth called out to her from the other side of the door and she ran to her cd player, blasting the local pop station and returned to packing.
She was leaving Seth Cohen. She was leaving everything.
Summer felt a tiny kick in her stomach and decided to finish the packing later. She had obviously been drinking way too much for her own good. She rolled over in her bed, tears running freely down her cheek.
Days later, Summer realized why her stomach was hurting so much lately, why she had been throwing up, why she was having mood swings. She was pregnant, with his child.
And being the immature person she was back then, she ran to Kirsten for help. Lied to her. Told her Seth wasn't the father, but Seth was the only boy Summer ever slept with.
She just didn't want Seth to ruin his future.
And she didn't want someone who had hurt her so much to be the father of her child.
**********
"The night of the Harrison Keg, I was there." Anna started and Seth looked at Summer, realizing this was 'the girl' he supposedly was with. "I was looking for Seth."
"Summer, you have to believe me." Seth started but Summer stared straight at Anna, listening intently.
"I was bitter, angry. I had found this guy, Keith something or other, who was just like Seth, but not Seth. There is no other Seth." Anna laid her eyes down on the floor. "You of all people would know that Summer."
Summer nodded, watching Anna quietly, inching away from Seth with discomfort.
"That night, you saw me making out with Keith, not Seth." Anna said sternly. "I made you think it was Seth, because I wanted to break you guys up. I am so, so, sorry." She got up quickly. "My family's expecting me for dinner. I just thought you guys needed to know the truth. I'll let myself out."
"Oh my god." Summer finally let out as Anna shut the door behind her.
"See, I really had no idea what you were talking about!" Seth laughed nervously, holding her hand.
She glared at him. "I cannot believe you."
"Huh?"
"You called up Anna and told her to make up some bullshit story about a 'Keith' guy? Come on, I'm not that dumb, Seth."
"Summer, I didn't call Anna. I don't even think about her on a regular basis."
"I'm so happy for you." Summer snapped and got up quickly, Seth standing up as well.
Before he could get in another word Ryan and Charlotte ran in and Ryan ran up to Summer.
"Julie locked Marissa in her room." He panted and Summer scooped up Charlotte.
"What?" Seth stifled a laugh.
"Can you go tell Kirsten and I'm going to get Marissa out." Ryan instructed and ran out the door.
"Summer," Seth started but Summer, with Charlotte, in her arms, ran after Ryan. "Someone better conjure up a Chrismukkah miracle, really soon, or I'm becoming atheist."
Seth walked into the kitchen quickly, glaring at Julie, who was leaning on Caleb, sipping Merlot.
"Mom, can I talk to you for a minute?" Seth asked.
"Sweetie, we have company. Can't it wait?" Kirsten asked, eyeing the Merlot with great restraint.
"No, it sort of can't. But, I think I can be openly honest here and tell you that Julie locked Marissa in her room."
Sandy stared at Julie in shock and Julie choked on her drink.
"Julie, is that true?" Kirsten asked, her mouth open with disbelief.
"Yes." Julie whined.
"Ryan's not the father, is he?" Sandy asked, watching Julie's guilt ridden face and slapping himself. "How could I even take your manipulations seriously?"
"That means Seth is definitely." Kirsten looked at Seth, who smiled knowingly. "Summer lied to me."
"Big surprise from that tramp." Julie whispered and Seth glared at her.
"Unlike you, Mrs. Nichol, Summer is a good mother." Seth spat out.
"Kirsten," Julie squealed in shock, "Are you going to let my son talk to me like that?"
Caleb looked at Julie, ready to leave the tension of the room.
"No, but I am going to ask you to leave my house, now." Kirsten said, pushing Julie out towards the front door. "And I'm calling Jimmy first thing and telling him that you need to be evaluated, for Marissa's sake."
Kirsten slammed the door behind Julie and Caleb and looked back at Sandy and Seth, who smiled and applauded her.
"Mom, if Summer did lie to you, it was because of this whole crazy mix-up with Anna. You know how crazy pregnant women are."
"I'm not mad, sweetie." Kirsten smiled. "Where is Summer?"
***************
"Anna!" Summer screamed as Anna started the car.
Anna had sat down in her car for a while, to recollect her breath and as soon as she saw Ryan come out, followed by Summer she started the car quickly.
"Summer?" Anna smiled at her.
"Is it true?" Summer asked Anna.
"Every last word." Anna smiled at the tiny girl in Summer's arms. "Who's this?"
"Our daughter, Charlotte." Summer watched the words hit Anna's face with pain.
"Oh." Anna smiled. "She looks just like you."
"You do realize that because of what you did, I left Seth. I lied to Kirsten. I raised Charlotte alone."
"I'm so sorry, Summer." Anna said earnestly, not sure of what to do.
"I can forgive you. But I can't forget." Summer said as she stepped back from the car.
Anna nodded in agreement, glad to finally have closure on all of this.
Summer started back towards the house, smiling contently.
Seth never cheated on her.
Seth was Charlotte's father.
Life was finally getting back to the way it should be.