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Author's Note: Thanks to all those who commented on the last chapter. Sorry for taking a while to update. In this chapter, you'll find out what happened to Summer; whether she died or not. (It's early on in the story; lol). Something between Seth and Summer in the past comes back.. well not really but kinda. hides. Enjoy :)
Credit: The lyrics that were used in this chapter were from a song called "End of the World" by Skeeter Davis
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Chapter 13: Only 17
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world?
'Cause you don't love me anymore
Why does the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same, as it was
I can't understand.No, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart, go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye.
Ryan walked slowly into his pathetic brother's room. The room was such a mess. The sight of Seth's clothing all over the room digusted him, not that his pool house was any better. It was just Seth was usually clean. He shook his head as the song continued to play. Skeeter Davis. When did Seth start listening to Skeeter Davis? Ryan looked to his left, Seth lay on his bed, covers pulled all the way over his head. He rolled his eyes. He hurried to his stereo and hit the 'stop' button. "Shit, what's with the fucken music?"
"Turn it back on," Seth said from underneath his sheets. Ryan shifted on his feet as he watch Seth move around under his sheets. His brother was really pathetic. Getting over something did take time, but Seth was over doing it. Ryan sat on the end of Seth's bed and pulled down the covers, revealing a sleepy like Seth. He glared at Ryan. "I told you to turn it back on". Seth said pointing to his stereo. Ryan looked at him as if he was crazy.
"NO! The song's horrible. Have you listened to the words? It's so depressing. It's like a break up song, you and Summer aren't broken up. It, also, kinda reminds me of a funeral song. FYI, Summer's in a coma, not fucking dead." Ryan reminded him. Seth snatched his covers back and pulled them over his head once more. Ryan had to remind him. Realizing he had hit a sensitive nerve, Ryan pulled the covers back down. He looked at Seth almost sympathetically. "Look, didn't mean to bring her up. But it's almost been two whole months since we left NY. From Heather's letters, Summer seems to be doing okay. She'll come back to us, to you... when she's ready"
"Ryan, go suck faces with Marissa or something. I don't need this right now.," Seth said snatching back his sheets away from Ryan, once more. He moved around under it, before finally deciding on a position. He lay flat on his black, staring at his white sheets, not really an amusing sight to see. He heard Ryan sigh heavily. Then felt weight decrease at the end of his bed; Ryan got off. A few seconds later, Seth heard his bedroom door open and close.
Only then, he pushed back the covers and sat up straight. He, like Ryan, sighed heavily. Ryan was right. Seth had been acting as if Summer had passed away, but she hadn't. She was in a coma, all the way back in New York. Which was a shit load of miles away. Seth would have gone to visit, but Kirsten had thought, it'd be best if he didn't. Seth reached for his drawing pad, on his night stand and began to draw the image of Summer that popped into his head. She was gorgeous, as always.
It took him two hours to finish a portrait of his love. He looked down at his finished product. It was a whole lot better than the other drawings he had done. He brought it up to his chest and held it to him, tightly. Then he realized, he was acting as if she was dead, again. He moved it away and ripped the picture out. He folded it in half and got up from his bed. He dragged his feet along his carpeted floor to his computer area. He pulled open the third drawer and stashed the folded paper into his box, full of other pictures. He smiled.
He thought back to what had happened back in New York two months ago.
"I wasn't done Seth" Summer told him. "Let me finish, please. I just wanted to tell you that I lo.." . Summer was out. Seth was out shortly after that. He fluttered his eyes open and found both his mom and dad hovering over him. He groaned, and turned over. He realized his was on his very own hospital bed. He jolted up, quickly. He held his hand over his head.
"Seth honey, lay down" Kirsten advised. Seth shook his head and got out of bed. "Seth, where you going sweetie?"
"Summer, I need to see Summer." With that he walked toward the door only to have his father pull him back. He glared at his dad. His father's face disappointed him. "Omg.. Summer". Sandy pulled him back. "Dad?"
"They found her a donor right when she went flatline. The doctors brought her back and rushed her to the ER" Sandy started. Seth nodded slowly as he took all the new information, his father was telling him, in. "The operation was successful, but unfortunately Summer fell into a coma. The doctors don't know when she'll wake up if she'll even wake up."
Seth's head was spinning. As if his fall earlier wasn't bad enough, his father had to tell him some bad news. Seth groaned angrily and getting back onto his bed. He pulled the white sheets up all the way to his neck and sighed heavily. "How long was I out?". Kirsten held up four fingers, letting him know he had been out for four hours. Seth's jaw dropped, he couldn't believe one fall caused him unconciousness for four hours. "Can I go see her?" Sandy and Kirsten shot each other glances.
"Sure" They said in a unison. Seth smiled, thankful, before he threw back his covers and slowly got off of the bed. He followed his mom and dad down the hall and into an elevator. Seth didn't really pay much attention to what floor they were heading too, all he could think about was his girlfriend. Once the elevator stopped, the three headed out. The first person Seth's eyes laid on was his brother. He was sitting out side of a room, looking tired as ever. He gave the Cohens a weak smile.
Then the door swung open. Heather, Roger and Marissa came out. Marissa smiled at Seth, weakly, just like Ryan. Heather asked him how he was doing and all Seth could do was nod. Roger stepped aside and let the boy into Summer's room.
The room was quite and dark. Seth looked around for a clock, it was eight in the evening. Silence fell on his shoulder, well the only thing that was heard was the soft beeps of Summer's monitors. He pulled a chair next to her bed. He'd done that a lot these past few weeks. She looked so tired and worn out, yet still beautiful as ever. "Wake up, please. Wake up, for me"
Seth was snapped back to reality as he felt something thrown at his head. He turned his head to find Roberta sitting at the end of his bed. Seth and Roberta were getting to be good friends and just recently began hanging out with one another, not that they didn't hangout before. It was just Seth was very busy. Roberta was, also, finally clued in about Summer. She was even let known about their 'relationship'. Well Marissa had let her know. Roberta, kinda fell head over heels for Seth. So she was pretty stung by how much affection Seth had toward Summer. But it didn't stop her from trying to get Seth's attention or from trying to win his heart, either. "Ryan told me how you were moping around all day in your room, again. So I came to cheer you up! How's about we go skateboard or something. Now I know you can't turn down skateboarding."
"But, you don't skate," Seth said matter-of-factly. Roberta jokingly glared at him. Seth turned his head back. He could sense Roberta get up from the bed and walk toward him. "You know you can go skate with Ry and Rissa. They're the most awesome skaters, ever!" Seth chuckled at his own joke. Roberta just looked on, she didn't quite get all of Seth's jokes. Roberta moved closer to Seth. He sensed it and moved away a little. He also had a feeling at the pits of his stomach that the girl had a crush on him, he didn't let it get to him. He, actually, thought it was funny because well he was taken and wasn't at all interested. "I'm thinking about going up to New York. You know, to go visit Summer"
At this Roberta moved away. She felt bad for Summer, but she was getting a little annoyed whenever Seth brought her up. Every other sentence that came from his mouth, had something to do with the comatose girl. Roberta rolled her eyes and pushed Summer in the back of her mind. She moved closer to Seth, to the point where he could feel her breath up against him. "Seth, I have to tell you something" She moved her head in. Seth moved his head back. Disgusting, he thought.
"Summer, she loves lilies. Do you think I should buy her like a lot of them, when I go?" Seth asked changing the subject. Robert crossed her arms in front of her chest. She raised an eyebrow at Seth. "Or maybe I should.."
Roberta put her hand over Seth's mouth. "Quit talking about Summer". She scolded. "Summer this, Summer that" Roberta rolled her eyes. She had, had enough of Seth talking about Summer. Her mood suddenly changed. "Why do you always talk about some girl in a coma. I doubt she'll remember you if ever she wakes up"
"She will wake up" Seth spat back. "And I talk about her because she's my girlfriend and well I lo..". Roberta laughed into the air, her eyes bulging out. Seth gave her a strange look. What was this chick's problem? She was normal when she walked into his room.
"You love her?" She asked and he nodded. She was hurt, but wasn't willing to show it. "You're only what, 17 years old. You don't know what love is? So don't give me that bullshit, saying you love her" Roberta shouted. Seth got up and glared frustratingly at this crazy girl.
"Who the fuck do you think you are? Coming in here, trying to make a move on me and then have the fucking nerves to tell me I don't know what love is" Seth started stepping closer to her. Roberta winced as he got closer; his voice got louder. "I love Summer, so deal with it. Maybe it's you that don't know what love is". Seth had nothing else to say. He stepped around her and walked out of the room. Roberta watched him disappear. She sighed heavily.
"I do know what love is" She whispered. She fought back the tears. God what was she thinking blowing up at Seth like that. She sighed, once more. She let jealousy get the best of her. She would have to apologize to him, something she did rarely. Roberta swallowed her pride and chased after Seth. It didn't take her long to find him. He was sitting down on the front steps of his house, a white envelope in hand. She hovered over him and squinted her eyes. His name was written on it, in nice big cursive letters.
Seth moved to get up. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for acting the way I did earlier" Roberta said sincerely her eyes glued to her shoes. She would have to think up a lie. "I was just stressed out with everything that's been going on with school and home. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout at you. And I'm sorry for questioning your feelings for Summer". She cursed herself, she really wasn't sorry for questioning him. She was far from sorry.
"Apology accepted" Seth said sitting back down. "Next time, just don't ask stupid questions. Okay?" Seth looked at her waiting for a response. He only got a casual head nod. It was good enough for him. He was very forgiving. Seth played around with the envelope.
"What's that?" Roberta asked trying to sound happy. It would take a while to get over the fact that Seth was in love with someone else and not her. It didn't crush her hopes of trying to get him to change his mind. Since Summer was out cold and had no idea what was going around in the world today.
"A letter" Seth said rolling his eyes. Roberta hadn't seen him do it. He, may have accepted her sorry, but it didn't mean he wasn't irritated of her. He turned over the envelope and begun to tear it open. Upon pulling out the letter, a hundred dollar bill fell out. Seth caught it, just in time before it hit the ground, and looked at it weirdly. Who would send him a hundred dollar bill? He unfolded the letter and read it out loud. "YOU WIN"
Then it came flashing back to him. The bet. His and Summer's bet, back at the hospital. Seth's jaw was hanging as he folded the letter back up. He neatly tucked the envelope into the front pocket of his plaid button up tee. He jumped from his place, excitedly. Roberta was confused. What was he so happy about? "Seth, you okay?". Seth nodded his head like some crazed maniac. "Why are you so jumpy all of a sudden"
"She's awake" Seth shouted as he walked around his house toward the pool house. He passed it and rushed into the house, knowing Marissa and Ryan were probably sucking one another's face. Like they often did. He ran through out the whole house repeating himself. Kirsten, thought her son had lost his mind. Sandy, laughed the whole time. And Roberta. She was left up front to soak in her own sadness and anger. Her plans to make Seth change his mind wouldn't follow through. The love of Seth's life was awake. She glared at the driveway, for no reason.
Roberta was startled when the front door swung open. Seth came running out with his cell phone held up to his ears. He was smiling ear to ear, something Roberta really liked about him. Seth hadn't smiled that big in a while. The last time she saw him smile like that was when Heather had called. Roberta watched him as he paced back and forth in front of her.
After some minutes, Seth got off the phone and sat next to Roberta. He swung his arm around her shoulders and brought her close. Obviously, he had a change in mood. "She's fucking awake. Can you believe that?"
"Um.." She didn't finish with words. Instead she shrugged her shoulders. She didn't give a damn if Summer was awake or not. She moved away from Seth's grasp, even though she enjoyed it. Seth got up as did Roberta. "So, this Summer. Does she plan to visit?"
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Hope the chapter didn't suck and that I didn't disappoint you readers. Reviews would be great :). I'd like to hear what you thought of this chapter.
Author's Note: Thanks to all those who commented on the last chapter. Sorry for taking a while to update. In this chapter, you'll find out what happened to Summer; whether she died or not. (It's early on in the story; lol). Something between Seth and Summer in the past comes back.. well not really but kinda. hides. Enjoy :)
Credit: The lyrics that were used in this chapter were from a song called "End of the World" by Skeeter Davis
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Chapter 13: Only 17
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world?
'Cause you don't love me anymore
Why does the birds go on singing
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love
I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same, as it was
I can't understand.No, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart, go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know, it's the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye.
Ryan walked slowly into his pathetic brother's room. The room was such a mess. The sight of Seth's clothing all over the room digusted him, not that his pool house was any better. It was just Seth was usually clean. He shook his head as the song continued to play. Skeeter Davis. When did Seth start listening to Skeeter Davis? Ryan looked to his left, Seth lay on his bed, covers pulled all the way over his head. He rolled his eyes. He hurried to his stereo and hit the 'stop' button. "Shit, what's with the fucken music?"
"Turn it back on," Seth said from underneath his sheets. Ryan shifted on his feet as he watch Seth move around under his sheets. His brother was really pathetic. Getting over something did take time, but Seth was over doing it. Ryan sat on the end of Seth's bed and pulled down the covers, revealing a sleepy like Seth. He glared at Ryan. "I told you to turn it back on". Seth said pointing to his stereo. Ryan looked at him as if he was crazy.
"NO! The song's horrible. Have you listened to the words? It's so depressing. It's like a break up song, you and Summer aren't broken up. It, also, kinda reminds me of a funeral song. FYI, Summer's in a coma, not fucking dead." Ryan reminded him. Seth snatched his covers back and pulled them over his head once more. Ryan had to remind him. Realizing he had hit a sensitive nerve, Ryan pulled the covers back down. He looked at Seth almost sympathetically. "Look, didn't mean to bring her up. But it's almost been two whole months since we left NY. From Heather's letters, Summer seems to be doing okay. She'll come back to us, to you... when she's ready"
"Ryan, go suck faces with Marissa or something. I don't need this right now.," Seth said snatching back his sheets away from Ryan, once more. He moved around under it, before finally deciding on a position. He lay flat on his black, staring at his white sheets, not really an amusing sight to see. He heard Ryan sigh heavily. Then felt weight decrease at the end of his bed; Ryan got off. A few seconds later, Seth heard his bedroom door open and close.
Only then, he pushed back the covers and sat up straight. He, like Ryan, sighed heavily. Ryan was right. Seth had been acting as if Summer had passed away, but she hadn't. She was in a coma, all the way back in New York. Which was a shit load of miles away. Seth would have gone to visit, but Kirsten had thought, it'd be best if he didn't. Seth reached for his drawing pad, on his night stand and began to draw the image of Summer that popped into his head. She was gorgeous, as always.
It took him two hours to finish a portrait of his love. He looked down at his finished product. It was a whole lot better than the other drawings he had done. He brought it up to his chest and held it to him, tightly. Then he realized, he was acting as if she was dead, again. He moved it away and ripped the picture out. He folded it in half and got up from his bed. He dragged his feet along his carpeted floor to his computer area. He pulled open the third drawer and stashed the folded paper into his box, full of other pictures. He smiled.
He thought back to what had happened back in New York two months ago.
"I wasn't done Seth" Summer told him. "Let me finish, please. I just wanted to tell you that I lo.." . Summer was out. Seth was out shortly after that. He fluttered his eyes open and found both his mom and dad hovering over him. He groaned, and turned over. He realized his was on his very own hospital bed. He jolted up, quickly. He held his hand over his head.
"Seth honey, lay down" Kirsten advised. Seth shook his head and got out of bed. "Seth, where you going sweetie?"
"Summer, I need to see Summer." With that he walked toward the door only to have his father pull him back. He glared at his dad. His father's face disappointed him. "Omg.. Summer". Sandy pulled him back. "Dad?"
"They found her a donor right when she went flatline. The doctors brought her back and rushed her to the ER" Sandy started. Seth nodded slowly as he took all the new information, his father was telling him, in. "The operation was successful, but unfortunately Summer fell into a coma. The doctors don't know when she'll wake up if she'll even wake up."
Seth's head was spinning. As if his fall earlier wasn't bad enough, his father had to tell him some bad news. Seth groaned angrily and getting back onto his bed. He pulled the white sheets up all the way to his neck and sighed heavily. "How long was I out?". Kirsten held up four fingers, letting him know he had been out for four hours. Seth's jaw dropped, he couldn't believe one fall caused him unconciousness for four hours. "Can I go see her?" Sandy and Kirsten shot each other glances.
"Sure" They said in a unison. Seth smiled, thankful, before he threw back his covers and slowly got off of the bed. He followed his mom and dad down the hall and into an elevator. Seth didn't really pay much attention to what floor they were heading too, all he could think about was his girlfriend. Once the elevator stopped, the three headed out. The first person Seth's eyes laid on was his brother. He was sitting out side of a room, looking tired as ever. He gave the Cohens a weak smile.
Then the door swung open. Heather, Roger and Marissa came out. Marissa smiled at Seth, weakly, just like Ryan. Heather asked him how he was doing and all Seth could do was nod. Roger stepped aside and let the boy into Summer's room.
The room was quite and dark. Seth looked around for a clock, it was eight in the evening. Silence fell on his shoulder, well the only thing that was heard was the soft beeps of Summer's monitors. He pulled a chair next to her bed. He'd done that a lot these past few weeks. She looked so tired and worn out, yet still beautiful as ever. "Wake up, please. Wake up, for me"
Seth was snapped back to reality as he felt something thrown at his head. He turned his head to find Roberta sitting at the end of his bed. Seth and Roberta were getting to be good friends and just recently began hanging out with one another, not that they didn't hangout before. It was just Seth was very busy. Roberta was, also, finally clued in about Summer. She was even let known about their 'relationship'. Well Marissa had let her know. Roberta, kinda fell head over heels for Seth. So she was pretty stung by how much affection Seth had toward Summer. But it didn't stop her from trying to get Seth's attention or from trying to win his heart, either. "Ryan told me how you were moping around all day in your room, again. So I came to cheer you up! How's about we go skateboard or something. Now I know you can't turn down skateboarding."
"But, you don't skate," Seth said matter-of-factly. Roberta jokingly glared at him. Seth turned his head back. He could sense Roberta get up from the bed and walk toward him. "You know you can go skate with Ry and Rissa. They're the most awesome skaters, ever!" Seth chuckled at his own joke. Roberta just looked on, she didn't quite get all of Seth's jokes. Roberta moved closer to Seth. He sensed it and moved away a little. He also had a feeling at the pits of his stomach that the girl had a crush on him, he didn't let it get to him. He, actually, thought it was funny because well he was taken and wasn't at all interested. "I'm thinking about going up to New York. You know, to go visit Summer"
At this Roberta moved away. She felt bad for Summer, but she was getting a little annoyed whenever Seth brought her up. Every other sentence that came from his mouth, had something to do with the comatose girl. Roberta rolled her eyes and pushed Summer in the back of her mind. She moved closer to Seth, to the point where he could feel her breath up against him. "Seth, I have to tell you something" She moved her head in. Seth moved his head back. Disgusting, he thought.
"Summer, she loves lilies. Do you think I should buy her like a lot of them, when I go?" Seth asked changing the subject. Robert crossed her arms in front of her chest. She raised an eyebrow at Seth. "Or maybe I should.."
Roberta put her hand over Seth's mouth. "Quit talking about Summer". She scolded. "Summer this, Summer that" Roberta rolled her eyes. She had, had enough of Seth talking about Summer. Her mood suddenly changed. "Why do you always talk about some girl in a coma. I doubt she'll remember you if ever she wakes up"
"She will wake up" Seth spat back. "And I talk about her because she's my girlfriend and well I lo..". Roberta laughed into the air, her eyes bulging out. Seth gave her a strange look. What was this chick's problem? She was normal when she walked into his room.
"You love her?" She asked and he nodded. She was hurt, but wasn't willing to show it. "You're only what, 17 years old. You don't know what love is? So don't give me that bullshit, saying you love her" Roberta shouted. Seth got up and glared frustratingly at this crazy girl.
"Who the fuck do you think you are? Coming in here, trying to make a move on me and then have the fucking nerves to tell me I don't know what love is" Seth started stepping closer to her. Roberta winced as he got closer; his voice got louder. "I love Summer, so deal with it. Maybe it's you that don't know what love is". Seth had nothing else to say. He stepped around her and walked out of the room. Roberta watched him disappear. She sighed heavily.
"I do know what love is" She whispered. She fought back the tears. God what was she thinking blowing up at Seth like that. She sighed, once more. She let jealousy get the best of her. She would have to apologize to him, something she did rarely. Roberta swallowed her pride and chased after Seth. It didn't take her long to find him. He was sitting down on the front steps of his house, a white envelope in hand. She hovered over him and squinted her eyes. His name was written on it, in nice big cursive letters.
Seth moved to get up. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for acting the way I did earlier" Roberta said sincerely her eyes glued to her shoes. She would have to think up a lie. "I was just stressed out with everything that's been going on with school and home. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout at you. And I'm sorry for questioning your feelings for Summer". She cursed herself, she really wasn't sorry for questioning him. She was far from sorry.
"Apology accepted" Seth said sitting back down. "Next time, just don't ask stupid questions. Okay?" Seth looked at her waiting for a response. He only got a casual head nod. It was good enough for him. He was very forgiving. Seth played around with the envelope.
"What's that?" Roberta asked trying to sound happy. It would take a while to get over the fact that Seth was in love with someone else and not her. It didn't crush her hopes of trying to get him to change his mind. Since Summer was out cold and had no idea what was going around in the world today.
"A letter" Seth said rolling his eyes. Roberta hadn't seen him do it. He, may have accepted her sorry, but it didn't mean he wasn't irritated of her. He turned over the envelope and begun to tear it open. Upon pulling out the letter, a hundred dollar bill fell out. Seth caught it, just in time before it hit the ground, and looked at it weirdly. Who would send him a hundred dollar bill? He unfolded the letter and read it out loud. "YOU WIN"
Then it came flashing back to him. The bet. His and Summer's bet, back at the hospital. Seth's jaw was hanging as he folded the letter back up. He neatly tucked the envelope into the front pocket of his plaid button up tee. He jumped from his place, excitedly. Roberta was confused. What was he so happy about? "Seth, you okay?". Seth nodded his head like some crazed maniac. "Why are you so jumpy all of a sudden"
"She's awake" Seth shouted as he walked around his house toward the pool house. He passed it and rushed into the house, knowing Marissa and Ryan were probably sucking one another's face. Like they often did. He ran through out the whole house repeating himself. Kirsten, thought her son had lost his mind. Sandy, laughed the whole time. And Roberta. She was left up front to soak in her own sadness and anger. Her plans to make Seth change his mind wouldn't follow through. The love of Seth's life was awake. She glared at the driveway, for no reason.
Roberta was startled when the front door swung open. Seth came running out with his cell phone held up to his ears. He was smiling ear to ear, something Roberta really liked about him. Seth hadn't smiled that big in a while. The last time she saw him smile like that was when Heather had called. Roberta watched him as he paced back and forth in front of her.
After some minutes, Seth got off the phone and sat next to Roberta. He swung his arm around her shoulders and brought her close. Obviously, he had a change in mood. "She's fucking awake. Can you believe that?"
"Um.." She didn't finish with words. Instead she shrugged her shoulders. She didn't give a damn if Summer was awake or not. She moved away from Seth's grasp, even though she enjoyed it. Seth got up as did Roberta. "So, this Summer. Does she plan to visit?"
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Hope the chapter didn't suck and that I didn't disappoint you readers. Reviews would be great :). I'd like to hear what you thought of this chapter.