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Seth knocked on Summer's door and waited. She opened the door and gave him a smile.
"Hey! Come in."
She moved and he entered. The Roberts house never failed to amaze him. You couldn't even call it a house. Although impressive it had a certain comfortable feel to it.
"You're in on a Friday night?"
Summer glared at him.
"Well before you came along we all had lives Cohen"
"And I was able to influence your lives oh so easily"
"Call it influence. I call it sex"
"Whoa! So you admit it. You are going out with me because of my body"
Summer snorted as she led Seth to the living room.
"No. I'm going out with you for your money. I thought we already cleared that up"
"Well now we did," He turned to face her. "So what's this about Marissa's party?"
"Oh that. I'm throwing Coop a party. Before her birthday"
"Do you really think she's up for that? What about all that stuff about her losing it? Officially?"
Summer shrugged, "She needs to be cheered up"
"Ryan's onto you"
"He is not"
"You'd be surprised"
Summer flopped down onto the couch and shook her head.
"No he is not. I am way too good."
Seth rolled eyes. "Way to be modest huh?"
Summer rolled her eyes back at him and opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by the ringing of the phone. She picked up the phone and Seth busied himself with the TV.
"Hello?"
"Summer?"
"Yeah. Is that you dad?"
Seth looked up but Summer's back was facing him.
"Yes. Listen I'm not going to be able to make it for the weekend. I got caught up in London with some -"
"Business?" He tone was sarcastic but Ian Roberts either didn't notice or chose to ignore it.
"Yes. Glad you understand"
"Dad you and I were supposed to have dinner with the Wilkins on Saturday"
"Summer I have to go. I'll have Samantha cancel it"
"Dad but-"
"We'll have dinner some other time ok? Pick anywhere in Europe. Done."
"No dad-"
"Alright bye"
The phone went dead in her hand. Summer squeezed her eyes shut and tried to keep her breathing under control.
"Summer? Everything ok?" Seth called over the noise of the TV.
Summer dropped the phone and ran up the carpeted stairs to her room and closed the door. She slid down the back of the door and tried her best to stop her tears. Seth followed her and knocked on the door.
"Summer? Summer what happened?"
Summer covered her mouth to hide her sobs.
"Summer come on it's me. Are you ok?"
He turned the knob and pushed open the door. He realised she was sitting in front of it and winced when the door hit her thigh.
"Summer?" he whispered crouching in front of her. This was freaking him out. Was she crying? She turned her head away to avoid his eyes.
"Summer. What happened?" He gingerly reached out and rubbed her arm. She was shaking.
She looked up. Her face was streaked with tears.
Seth hid his surprise.
"Hey c'mere" He sat down on the floor and pulled Summer into his arms. She crawled into his lap and rested her head on his chest her body shaking with sobs. He rubbed her back as she soaked his t shirt. They stayed in that position for what seemed like hours when Summer looked up and wiped her face.
"If you tell anyone you saw me like this then I'll kill you" Seth smiled and hesitantly pushed some hair out of her face. She melted. "Well I'm glad you're ok. You are ok aren't you?"
Summer hesitated. The guy had just seen her cry her lungs out. Would he understand? She reached up and ran her thumb over his lips and then stood up and moved to her dresser. That's what was different about Seth Cohen. He wasn't like the rest of the Newport population. She could trust him. Taking a deep breath she turned around. He was still sitting on the floor, watching her. She opened the drawer and pulled out a picture. Sitting down on her bed Summer patted the space next to her. He moved and she tried to relax. Taking another breath she passed the picture to him. "That's my mom"
Seth took the frame from her and resisted asking what this had to do with anything.
"She's beautiful. I can see the resemblance"
Summer felt like he was going to burst into tears again.
"My parents got divorced when I was 7"
Seth nodded. "I remember. You stayed home that day"
Summer glanced up then shook her head.
"That was the day when my mom left. She left in the night. I didn't have any idea. She kissed me goodnight and turned off the light. It was like every night. When I woke up she was gone"
Seth turned to look at her and his heart almost broke when teras dropped down Summer's cheeks. Using the pad of his thumb he wiped them away.
"Don't cry," he whispered.
Summer gulped. She needed air. Pulling away from Seth she walked over to the large balcony. Seth came up behind her unsure of what to do. "Everyone loved my mom. She was like this ray of sun on a crap, ugly day. I don't know why she left. I thought it was because of me"
She shrugged as tears threatened to spill again.
"I don't think she really wanted me. Melanie Andrews told me in fifth grade that her mom said I was a mistake"
"You're not a mistake Summer" Seth moved forward and grabbed her hand. He had never been in this situation before. But he wanted Summer to trust him. He felt like he was crying inside. He hated seeing her like this.
Summer shook her head.
"When my parents got divorced my dad just started working all the time. There was this time when I hated Coop cause she had a better family than me. My grandparents didn't want me. But everyone at school liked me cause I had a big house and no parents"
Summer paused. She couldn't even remember Seth in junior high.
"Maybe if I had a mom I wouldn't be such a bitch"
"I love bitches" Seth whispered kissing her forehead and placing his arms around her.
He didn't know where the words were coming from but all the affection came so naturally that Seth didn't even try to stop it. Anything to make Summer feel better.
Summer gave him a half hearted smile before burying her head in the crook of his neck. Seth kissed the top of her head.
"Is this why you can't sleep at night?"
Summer didn't reply. When she did her voice was muffled against his chest.
"I hate being alone. I hate this house because there's no one here. It's freezing and it's scary" the last word were whispered.
Seth glanced down and saw that her eyes were closed.
"It's kind of cold out here too. Why don't you go inside and get ready for bed? I'll be right back. Ok?"
"Are you gonna leave?"
"No Summer" he leaned down and kissed her on the mouth.
"I'll be right back"
Seth ran down the stairs and grabbed his cell from the kitchen counter where he had left it. Checking it he groaned when he saw the message '6 missed calls'. He called Ryan's cell but Ryan didn't pick up. He called home and was relieved to hear Ryan's voice on the other end.
"Seth?"
"Yeah. Listen could you do me a favour?"
"Where have you been? You're mom's been going nuts. Another hour and they were gonna call the police"
"Ok. I'm at Summer's and she's not feeling well so could you tell mom and dad that I'm staying the night?"
"I can't do that Seth"
Kirsten walked into the living room just in time to hear Ryan's last words.
"Is that Seth? Oh thank goodness. Ryan give me the phone"
Ryan handed the receiver to Kirsten and she put the phone to her ear to hear Seth say, "Come on man. Just do it. We're brothers. I owe you after this"
"Do what?"
"Mom?"
"Seth honey we were so worried! Where are you?"
"Well great mom you don't sound mad so I think we should discuss this when I get home"
Kirsten nodded, "Yes I agree. Do you want us to pick you up? Where are you?"
Seth laughed nervously, "Well I'm at Summer's and she's not feeling to good right now so I was planning on staying with her because of her uh sickness and all. But I'd just stay with her so she won't throw up or anything and-"
"Seth I don't see this as a time for you to be making jokes. We have been worried out of our minds and now you ask if you can stay the night at your girlfriend's house. I am not stupid Seth-"
"How much do you know about Summer's mom?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well you would know wouldn't you? All the newpsies would"
"What does this have to do with you Seth?"
" Well...I just heard about Summer's mom and she's not feeling that great about it...I don't think she really needs to be alone right now"
Kirsten was silent. Of course she knew what happened with Nicole Roberts. Everyone knew. The poor girl. Now Seth knew? He'd want answers as soon as he got home.
"Seth...we'll talk in the morning. After you get home"
Seth punched his fist into the air.
"Ok great. Thanks mom. Love you"
"Love you too Seth. Be careful ok?"
"Yeah sure"
He hung up then walked up the stairs and saw Summer sitting on the bed in her pyjamas looking out of the huge window on the wall.
"Sum?"
She turned.
"Yeah?"
Seth spoke suddenly nervous. It didn't seem like such a good idea now.
"Do you want me to stay with you? For tonight"
Summer nodded, brushing some hair out of her face. She couldn't believe what she'd done tonight. She'd cried in front of a guy. Not just any guy but the sweetest guy on the planet. She watched as he moved the sheets back and Summer crawled into the bed and waited as Seth removed his shoes and slid in beside her. She moved and rested her head on his chest hearing the firm beat of his heart. Seth lazily rubbed her back and Summer felt herself getting sleepy. She felt drained. Hopefully she didn't look like crap. Strangely enough this didn't feel weird at all. She had always thought it would but Seth seemed so comfortable with the whole matter so she didn't say anything. Closing her eyes they both lay in silence, unspoken words of comfort shared between them.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark
Try as I may I can never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Try as they may they could never define
What's been said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best When you say noting at all
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
That night for the first time in many years Summer actually went to sleep.
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Summer stretched and yawned. Opening her eyes she looked out the window and the memories of last night came back to her. Rolling over she realised Seth wasn't there. Her heart stopped. He's gone. Oh my God.
Running down the stairs she stopped as she reached the kitchen. He had made breakfast for her. She grinned.
"You made me breakfast?"
Seth looked up. "Morning. How'd you sleep?" S ummer smiled again. "Great. You made me breakfast?"
Seth nodded. "Yep. Pancakes, eggs, toast and I picked up some muffins form the bakery," he gestured towards the table.
Summer walked over to him and kissed him softly then looked at the table in amazement.
"I can't believe you made me breakfast. No one's ever made me breakfast before. Not even the housekeepers"
"Well then eat up princess"
Summer smiled. She had never smiled as much until she had started going out with Seth. She thought he'd be just another boyfriend. He was so different from anyone he knew.
"So listen. Do you wanna come back to my house with me?"
Summer stopped eating. "Why?"
"Well...I gotta have a shower and stuff and then we'll go out or something"
"I'll go get changed"
Looking back at the table she grinned once more. He made me breakfast.
That's it. Review please!!!!!! Oh and by the way does anyone know how to post in italics? Coz it never works.
Seth knocked on Summer's door and waited. She opened the door and gave him a smile.
"Hey! Come in."
She moved and he entered. The Roberts house never failed to amaze him. You couldn't even call it a house. Although impressive it had a certain comfortable feel to it.
"You're in on a Friday night?"
Summer glared at him.
"Well before you came along we all had lives Cohen"
"And I was able to influence your lives oh so easily"
"Call it influence. I call it sex"
"Whoa! So you admit it. You are going out with me because of my body"
Summer snorted as she led Seth to the living room.
"No. I'm going out with you for your money. I thought we already cleared that up"
"Well now we did," He turned to face her. "So what's this about Marissa's party?"
"Oh that. I'm throwing Coop a party. Before her birthday"
"Do you really think she's up for that? What about all that stuff about her losing it? Officially?"
Summer shrugged, "She needs to be cheered up"
"Ryan's onto you"
"He is not"
"You'd be surprised"
Summer flopped down onto the couch and shook her head.
"No he is not. I am way too good."
Seth rolled eyes. "Way to be modest huh?"
Summer rolled her eyes back at him and opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by the ringing of the phone. She picked up the phone and Seth busied himself with the TV.
"Hello?"
"Summer?"
"Yeah. Is that you dad?"
Seth looked up but Summer's back was facing him.
"Yes. Listen I'm not going to be able to make it for the weekend. I got caught up in London with some -"
"Business?" He tone was sarcastic but Ian Roberts either didn't notice or chose to ignore it.
"Yes. Glad you understand"
"Dad you and I were supposed to have dinner with the Wilkins on Saturday"
"Summer I have to go. I'll have Samantha cancel it"
"Dad but-"
"We'll have dinner some other time ok? Pick anywhere in Europe. Done."
"No dad-"
"Alright bye"
The phone went dead in her hand. Summer squeezed her eyes shut and tried to keep her breathing under control.
"Summer? Everything ok?" Seth called over the noise of the TV.
Summer dropped the phone and ran up the carpeted stairs to her room and closed the door. She slid down the back of the door and tried her best to stop her tears. Seth followed her and knocked on the door.
"Summer? Summer what happened?"
Summer covered her mouth to hide her sobs.
"Summer come on it's me. Are you ok?"
He turned the knob and pushed open the door. He realised she was sitting in front of it and winced when the door hit her thigh.
"Summer?" he whispered crouching in front of her. This was freaking him out. Was she crying? She turned her head away to avoid his eyes.
"Summer. What happened?" He gingerly reached out and rubbed her arm. She was shaking.
She looked up. Her face was streaked with tears.
Seth hid his surprise.
"Hey c'mere" He sat down on the floor and pulled Summer into his arms. She crawled into his lap and rested her head on his chest her body shaking with sobs. He rubbed her back as she soaked his t shirt. They stayed in that position for what seemed like hours when Summer looked up and wiped her face.
"If you tell anyone you saw me like this then I'll kill you" Seth smiled and hesitantly pushed some hair out of her face. She melted. "Well I'm glad you're ok. You are ok aren't you?"
Summer hesitated. The guy had just seen her cry her lungs out. Would he understand? She reached up and ran her thumb over his lips and then stood up and moved to her dresser. That's what was different about Seth Cohen. He wasn't like the rest of the Newport population. She could trust him. Taking a deep breath she turned around. He was still sitting on the floor, watching her. She opened the drawer and pulled out a picture. Sitting down on her bed Summer patted the space next to her. He moved and she tried to relax. Taking another breath she passed the picture to him. "That's my mom"
Seth took the frame from her and resisted asking what this had to do with anything.
"She's beautiful. I can see the resemblance"
Summer felt like he was going to burst into tears again.
"My parents got divorced when I was 7"
Seth nodded. "I remember. You stayed home that day"
Summer glanced up then shook her head.
"That was the day when my mom left. She left in the night. I didn't have any idea. She kissed me goodnight and turned off the light. It was like every night. When I woke up she was gone"
Seth turned to look at her and his heart almost broke when teras dropped down Summer's cheeks. Using the pad of his thumb he wiped them away.
"Don't cry," he whispered.
Summer gulped. She needed air. Pulling away from Seth she walked over to the large balcony. Seth came up behind her unsure of what to do. "Everyone loved my mom. She was like this ray of sun on a crap, ugly day. I don't know why she left. I thought it was because of me"
She shrugged as tears threatened to spill again.
"I don't think she really wanted me. Melanie Andrews told me in fifth grade that her mom said I was a mistake"
"You're not a mistake Summer" Seth moved forward and grabbed her hand. He had never been in this situation before. But he wanted Summer to trust him. He felt like he was crying inside. He hated seeing her like this.
Summer shook her head.
"When my parents got divorced my dad just started working all the time. There was this time when I hated Coop cause she had a better family than me. My grandparents didn't want me. But everyone at school liked me cause I had a big house and no parents"
Summer paused. She couldn't even remember Seth in junior high.
"Maybe if I had a mom I wouldn't be such a bitch"
"I love bitches" Seth whispered kissing her forehead and placing his arms around her.
He didn't know where the words were coming from but all the affection came so naturally that Seth didn't even try to stop it. Anything to make Summer feel better.
Summer gave him a half hearted smile before burying her head in the crook of his neck. Seth kissed the top of her head.
"Is this why you can't sleep at night?"
Summer didn't reply. When she did her voice was muffled against his chest.
"I hate being alone. I hate this house because there's no one here. It's freezing and it's scary" the last word were whispered.
Seth glanced down and saw that her eyes were closed.
"It's kind of cold out here too. Why don't you go inside and get ready for bed? I'll be right back. Ok?"
"Are you gonna leave?"
"No Summer" he leaned down and kissed her on the mouth.
"I'll be right back"
Seth ran down the stairs and grabbed his cell from the kitchen counter where he had left it. Checking it he groaned when he saw the message '6 missed calls'. He called Ryan's cell but Ryan didn't pick up. He called home and was relieved to hear Ryan's voice on the other end.
"Seth?"
"Yeah. Listen could you do me a favour?"
"Where have you been? You're mom's been going nuts. Another hour and they were gonna call the police"
"Ok. I'm at Summer's and she's not feeling well so could you tell mom and dad that I'm staying the night?"
"I can't do that Seth"
Kirsten walked into the living room just in time to hear Ryan's last words.
"Is that Seth? Oh thank goodness. Ryan give me the phone"
Ryan handed the receiver to Kirsten and she put the phone to her ear to hear Seth say, "Come on man. Just do it. We're brothers. I owe you after this"
"Do what?"
"Mom?"
"Seth honey we were so worried! Where are you?"
"Well great mom you don't sound mad so I think we should discuss this when I get home"
Kirsten nodded, "Yes I agree. Do you want us to pick you up? Where are you?"
Seth laughed nervously, "Well I'm at Summer's and she's not feeling to good right now so I was planning on staying with her because of her uh sickness and all. But I'd just stay with her so she won't throw up or anything and-"
"Seth I don't see this as a time for you to be making jokes. We have been worried out of our minds and now you ask if you can stay the night at your girlfriend's house. I am not stupid Seth-"
"How much do you know about Summer's mom?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well you would know wouldn't you? All the newpsies would"
"What does this have to do with you Seth?"
" Well...I just heard about Summer's mom and she's not feeling that great about it...I don't think she really needs to be alone right now"
Kirsten was silent. Of course she knew what happened with Nicole Roberts. Everyone knew. The poor girl. Now Seth knew? He'd want answers as soon as he got home.
"Seth...we'll talk in the morning. After you get home"
Seth punched his fist into the air.
"Ok great. Thanks mom. Love you"
"Love you too Seth. Be careful ok?"
"Yeah sure"
He hung up then walked up the stairs and saw Summer sitting on the bed in her pyjamas looking out of the huge window on the wall.
"Sum?"
She turned.
"Yeah?"
Seth spoke suddenly nervous. It didn't seem like such a good idea now.
"Do you want me to stay with you? For tonight"
Summer nodded, brushing some hair out of her face. She couldn't believe what she'd done tonight. She'd cried in front of a guy. Not just any guy but the sweetest guy on the planet. She watched as he moved the sheets back and Summer crawled into the bed and waited as Seth removed his shoes and slid in beside her. She moved and rested her head on his chest hearing the firm beat of his heart. Seth lazily rubbed her back and Summer felt herself getting sleepy. She felt drained. Hopefully she didn't look like crap. Strangely enough this didn't feel weird at all. She had always thought it would but Seth seemed so comfortable with the whole matter so she didn't say anything. Closing her eyes they both lay in silence, unspoken words of comfort shared between them.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up the dark
Try as I may I can never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Try as they may they could never define
What's been said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best When you say noting at all
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
That night for the first time in many years Summer actually went to sleep.
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Summer stretched and yawned. Opening her eyes she looked out the window and the memories of last night came back to her. Rolling over she realised Seth wasn't there. Her heart stopped. He's gone. Oh my God.
Running down the stairs she stopped as she reached the kitchen. He had made breakfast for her. She grinned.
"You made me breakfast?"
Seth looked up. "Morning. How'd you sleep?" S ummer smiled again. "Great. You made me breakfast?"
Seth nodded. "Yep. Pancakes, eggs, toast and I picked up some muffins form the bakery," he gestured towards the table.
Summer walked over to him and kissed him softly then looked at the table in amazement.
"I can't believe you made me breakfast. No one's ever made me breakfast before. Not even the housekeepers"
"Well then eat up princess"
Summer smiled. She had never smiled as much until she had started going out with Seth. She thought he'd be just another boyfriend. He was so different from anyone he knew.
"So listen. Do you wanna come back to my house with me?"
Summer stopped eating. "Why?"
"Well...I gotta have a shower and stuff and then we'll go out or something"
"I'll go get changed"
Looking back at the table she grinned once more. He made me breakfast.
That's it. Review please!!!!!! Oh and by the way does anyone know how to post in italics? Coz it never works.