A/N: My last one! This is so sad! I really hope you like how I end it, and I hope you read the sequel that should begin sometime in the coming week called Giving Thanks. Thanksgiving fic. It's sort of in the same universe but not all about Summer & Kirsten. I'd really like to thank every single person who reviewed, you kept me going this entire time. HOTTERTHNU/ally, Christy, Saxaphonebaby, greenglowchassis, BlueStarGirl, storymom, muchtvs, Nyasha 63, skinny5s, Darrel Doomvomit, Candy.07, miss-suga13, ctoan, tuesday, Melissa, benzbabidoll, Brittney, Wennie K. Hong, Claire, IluvRy, mikelucas1, Nels6354, OClover1, meg, Emma, adamismine69, Mrs.AdamBrody, kirstencohen, kay.note-- thank you guys so much. You may have only reviewed once, you may have left valuable feedback, and I may love your work. It's great to get reviews from TWoP-ers 'cause I know how good your taste in fanfic is. Thanks so much! I have no idea how long it would take to get to Hawaii, so I'm sorry about that part. Hope you've enjoyed the story and like the little twist and FYI in this fic, Anna's feelings for Seth are stricly still platonic...Onto the final chapter...

The next few days Summer and Kirsten only had a handful of time to spend together. Caleb had called and told Kirsten the entire truth, that the Newport Group was in trouble.

Summer and Sandy tried to help Kirsten out, Sandy offering her a job at the law firm and Summer saying something about her father having "connections". Kirsten thanked them but just continued to try her best in her work, thinking that maybe, somehow, she could save the company.

Summer spent a little time with Marissa, but mostly moped around her house and made the occasional mall visit. July was moving by slowly. It was a month until Summer's birthday. The jackass still isn't home!

It was a Saturday. Kirsten was in her office, working. Sandy was still sleeping. The doorbell rang. Kirsten figured it was probably UPS, or Summer, which wouldn't be so bad. She did need to get her mind off of work.

There he was. Her little boy.

His hair was a little longer. He had some stubble along his face. He had a look of innocence and a smile lighting up his whole face that said how sorry he was, and how happy he was to be home.

Kirsten flung her arms around him and tears slowly ran down her cheeks.

"Mom, you're gonna suffocate me!"

Seth was back.

"When did you get back?"

Seth walked inside his house, putting his black duffle bag at the front of the door. "Well, I stopped sailing about two weeks into my trip. I knew that if I kept going I'd die. At first, that wouldn't bother me, but I guess I realized how much I had at home. Called Anna. She told me how to get to Hawaii. I stayed there for the rest of the time," he explained as he streched on his couch. Tears were evident in his eyes.

Kirsten was upset. How could Anna not have called? Why didn't he call?

"Why didn't Anna call?" she asked angrily.

Seth shrugged and looked down nervously. "She said she called Summer...and, um, Summer told her that the Coast Guard was looking for me, and told Anna to tell them wherever I was," he said, holding back tears.

"So...Anna never told Summer, and Summer never told me,"

Seth swallowed. "I guess they wanted to be loyal, I don't know...I'm so sorry, Mom. I'm so sorry. It was so stupid and I didn't even care about living any more or anything...I just thought I could have the possibility of dying doing something I loved, and...I don't know. It was so stupid. I wanted to get to you before the Coast Guard did," he said as he evolved into tears.

Kirsten couldn't do anything but comfort her son. She was upset, sure. And it was stupid, sure. But he was healthy and here. It might take him a little while to completely heal. But it was important that he did.

"Go wake up your father, and then go see your girlfriend," she ordered.

Seth looked up, not wiping away any tears. He nodded obeyingly.

His mother was calmer then he had expected.

Knocking.

"What the fuck, Lauren?" Summer shouted. She rolled over in her bed, "It's like ten in the fucking morning, shit face!"

She sighed angrily and rolled out of bed. She opened her bedroom door. There he was. She slammed her bedroom door.

She bit her lip. It wasn't him. It couldn't be. It wasn't how she had thought about it. She wasn't supposed to be wearing a big gray t-shirt and boxer shorts and he wasn't supposed to show up at 10:00 in the morning.

Summer slowly opened the door again. She wanted to kiss him. She wanted to hug him. She wanted to jump into his arms and never let go. But all she could do was begin to cry and punch him the arm. Hard. Really hard. As if to let out all of her mixed emotions in one hit.

He closed the door behind them. Summer stood across from him. They stared at each other.

"What the hell were you thinking, Cohen?"

"Shh!"

"Shh my ass! Do you know how much I cried over you? Do you know how much I had to go through with you gone?"

Seth shook his head "No". He felt even more tears coming on then he had when he talked to his mother and father combined. They had both said something about his selfishness, but with Summer...He knew he could lose her. That's what was the worst part about all of it.

"Hawaii, Seth! Hawaii! Do you know what it's like to have your boyfriend's ex call and tell you where he is? And to know how worried your mother was and not tell her because I knew how you needed to get away or some shit like that? Why didn't you call me?" she asked. It hurt for her to say it, and it hurt when her eyes get blurry from the tears. But she could still see that he was crying. Sobbing. Bawling.

He was sitting on the floor, just letting his tears flow and flow. Like a little lost boy in the mall. And Summer saw that he knew how selfish and wrong what he did was. And that all seemed to fade away because she found this sympathy for him.

So she sat down next to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders and wiped away one of his tears. He winced, and she realized how sunburned he was. He turned to her and she whispered, "I think...I'm in love with you,"

Summer had never seen Seth smile so broadly ever. His entire face was overtaken with happiness and although he was still crying a little, it didn't even show. "I love you too," he said.

Summer pulled him into a deep kiss. He pulled away happily. It was if Summer's three words made everything different. And she knew how much he cared.

"What did you do all summer?"

Summer smiled and thought about her times with Kirsten. "I hung out with your mom," she answered.

Seth raised an eyebrow. "You hung out with my mom?"

"Well, it all started because of you..."

Complete.