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The doctor comes in the room smiling. "Everything is fine with your baby. She's 17 inches long and weighs 4 lbs and . ." he looks at his clipboard, "No, 5 lbs and 6 ounces."
Theresa and Ryan smile at each other.
Back at Julie and Caleb's house, Sandy and Seth are getting ready to leave. Seth says goodbye to summer and leans in to hug her but she just shakes his hand. "I - I'll talk to you later," she says, then kisses him on the cheek. "Sorry," she wishes she could forgive him that easily, but still feels hurt. Seth looks disappointed as he walks toward the door with Sandy.
They leave and Marissa tells Julie she wants to go to the hospital to see Ryan. "Summer could go with me, right Sum?"
"I don't think that's a good idea, Marissa," Julie says, "You don't need anything that's going to upset you right now."
"Why would that upset me? Mom, I'm fine, I just want to go talk to Ryan."
"I can take her, Mrs. Cooper," Summer says.
"Well alright, but you girls be safe and Marissa - I love you, honey. I'm glad you're back."
"Thank you," Marissa hugs her mother and she and Summer head out.
On the way to the hospital, Summer and Marissa catch up. Summer tells Marissa about Carl and now Seth, and Marissa tells Summer about rehab. "It was like a resort, with rich kids talking about their feelings all the time."
"Hey, you're still a 'rich kid' too, Coop," Summer jokes.
"I know, it was just so, so ... self-indulgent. But I'm done drinking, I don't want to end up like those people."
"Good," Summer says, "I have to make a phone call, okay?"
"Yeah, that's fine," Marissa says.
Summer dials a number and waits for an answer. "Carl? . . . Hey, I need to talk to you . . . No, it's just that, I don't know . . . I don't think this is working . . . No, I do like you, but I like you because - because you like to sail and you're funny and you have big hair and, and when I met you, you reminded me of someone else I was still in love with."
Marissa looks at her and whispers, "Wow."
"Someone I am still in love with, actually," She continiues. "I'm really sorry Carl," she says, "but let's face it - we don't ever argue or joke together, and we don't have any chemistry. . . Okay, bye." She hangs up the phone.
"So are you and Seth getting back together? Marissa asks.
"No!" Summer says, "That jerk left me for a boat! He's going to have to do some serious butt-kissing before I ever let him touch me again." They laugh together as they pull into the hospital parking lot. They get out and head toward the labor and delivery unit.
Inside Theresa's hospital room, someone from hospital records is helping Theresa fill out her baby's birth certificate.
"Have you chosen a name for her yet?" she asks Theresa. Ryan looks at her and they smile. From the time they were 10 or 11 years old, they always hung out together at a diner called Sammie's and decided a long time ago that since that was their special place, they would name the baby Samuel if it was a boy, and Samantha if it was a girl.
"Samantha," Ryan and Theresa say in Unison, and then lean in toward each other to kiss just as Marissa and Summer are almost to the room.