(JULY 29th 2012)

It was six o' clock in the morning and of course, Ella was awake and crying.

"No, Summer go back to bed I got her," Seth assured Summer getting out of bed.

"Thanks, Cohen."

"No, problem." He said grinning at his nickname, and surprised it had stuck even after they had gotten married. He left the room, walking down the hall to Ella's room.

"Shh, sh, shh." Seth quieted Ella as he picked her up from her crib. He rocked her back and forth, and fed her, her bottle then put her back in crib and left the room. He walked down the hall to Ivy's room and checked too see if she was still sleeping soundly. He walked in and found her playing with her toys on the floor.

"Hey, sweets." He said sitting down next to Ivy.

"Morning daddy." She replied.

"What are you playing?"

"Nothing," She said climbing into his lap.

"You're up early,"

She shrugged her shoulders.

"You want breakfast?"

"Sure," She said getting up and walking towards the kitchen.

Seth got up following her, and shutting his and Summer's bedroom door on the way.

"What do you want?" Seth asked.

"Humpty dumpty!" Ivy exclaimed.

"Okay," Seth said taking leftover mashed potatoes, and eggs out of the fridge. Humpty dumpty was what Seth made Ivy for breakfast every time they had leftover mashed potatoes. He took the mashed potatoes and heated them up shaping them like a wall on her plate. Then he made two eggs; one hard-boiled egg that he placed on top and one fried egg that he placed at the bottom of the wall.

"Thanks daddy!" Ivy said.

"Your welcome," He said ruffling her hair.

Summer woke up and wondered where Seth was, Ella wasn't crying any more so he should be back. She got up and walked to Ella's room to find her sleeping peacefully in her crib. She went to Ivy's room and found toys on the floor but no Ivy or Seth. So she went to the kitchen and found Seth sitting across from Ivy at the table.

"You're up early," She said pointing at Ivy.

Ivy just shrugged and kept eating her humpty dumpty.

Summer sat down beside Seth and he put a comforting arm around her shoulder.

'Ring, ring'

"I'll get it," Seth said going to the phone.

"Hello?" He said picking up the phone.

"Hey Seth," Marrissa said.

"What do you want?" Seth asked angered that they would call here so early.

"I need to talk to Summer."

"Fine," Seth handed Summer the phone.

"Hello?" Summer said into the phone.

"Hi," Marrissa said.

"What do you want?"

"To talk to you,"

"Sorry, I'm busy."

"I can call back."

"No I think it's best if you don't,"

"But Summer."

"Marrissa no,"

"Fine."

"Bye."

"Bye."

Summer hung up the phone and went to her bedroom to get changed.

"Ivy?" Seth asked.

"Ya daddy?" Ivy asked back.

"I'll be right back okay?"

"Kay,"

Seth went to his and Summer's room not the least bit surprised to see Summer crying. He went over to her ad put his arm around her, pulling her half into his lap on the bed.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I don't want to talk about it." She said.

"Okay sweetie okay." He said rubbing her back as she continued crying into his lap.

"I was mean." Summer said looking up at Seth.

"When?' He asked.

"On the phone."

"It's okay sweetie, you're allowed to be mean to her."

"But I didn't want to be mean!"

"It's okay," he said as she collapsed again, gripping him tightly. Ella was crying you could hear her quietly through the baby monitor.

"I'll go get her," Summer said sitting up.

"No, I will." Seth said.

"Why?"

"You're still upset,"

"I'm fine."

"Summer, I can get her."

"Seth, she's my daughter I can get her." She called him Seth not Cohen so he knew she meant it.

"Okay," He said getting up and walking over to his dresser, pulling out some clothes and going into the en-suite bathroom.

Summer got up and walked down the hall to Ella's room, surprised to find that she had stopped crying. She looked into the room to see Ivy with her fingers in the crib tickling Ella, and Ella was giggling. She walked back to her and Seth's room. And entered the en-suite.

"Seth come see this!" Summer said excitedly.

"Woah Summer," Seth said, he was in just his boxers. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, come see this,"

"Okay," He said throwing on his shirt and some pants and following her out of the bathroom.

They walked down the hall and when they came to Ella's room Summer put a finger to her lips telling Seth to be quiet. They look in the room and Ivy's still there, but now she's making faces at Ella, Ella's still giggling.

"That's so cute." Summer said.

"Ya, Ivy's a great big sister." Seth agreed.

"Let's go in!"

The two walked in and Summer got Ella from her crib, while Seth started tickling Ivy.

"Thank you Ivy," Summer said when Seth stopped tickling her.

"What for?" Ivy asked looking up at her.

"For helping take care of your sister."

Ivy just put her shoulders up then down in the typical Ivy shrug.

(IN THE COHEN POOLHOUSE)

Marrissa hung up the phone and collapsed right there crying her heart out. Ryan, Kirsten, Sandy, and the kids were in the kitchen. It was around 8 o' clock and they were all having breakfast, Marrissa was supposed to be in there now having breakfast like someone with a normal life not her screwed up one.

(IN THE COHEN KITCHEN)

"I'm going to go get Marrissa," Ryan said leaving the kitchen.

(IN THE COHEN POOLHOUSE)

"What's wrong?" Ryan asked rushing to Marrissa's side, and wrapping his arms around her.

She just kept crying in to him, gripping him tightly.

"Marrissa?"

She shook her head, and kept crying.

"You need to tell me what's wrong,"

"She hates me!" Marrissa said starting to sob uncontrollably.

"Summer?"

Marrissa nodded and hugged him tightly. Crying on and on, she leaned on him. After about 10 minutes of crying the sobbing and gasps started to slow down so Ryan thought it would be okay to talk.

"Marrissa?"

"Ya?"

"Did Summer say something?"

"No,"

"Then why do you think she hates you?"

"Because she told me not to call!"

"She's just confused. She's upset you left."

"Then shouldn't she be happy to see me?"

"Yes,"

"Then why isn't she?"

"She is,"

"Then why does she not want me calling?"

"Marrissa, Summer's just confused you need to give her time okay?"

"Okay,"

"Come on let's go in for breakfast,"

"I don't want to."

"Okay I'll bring your breakfast out to you,"

She nodded and stood up going into the attached bathroom and washing her face. Ryan left to go get her breakfast, and returned a couple minutes later with a plate full of food to find her asleep on the bed. He decided to let her sleep and just left the plate beside the bed.

(MONDAY OF THE NEXT WEEK AT SUMMER'S STORE)

"That will be $200.27" Summer could hear her employee Heather say to the customer at the counter. It was a week after that disastrous phone call and Summer really needed a bestfriend again. Summer had called Ryan and Marrissa and asked them to come meet her here to talk.

"Hi, where can we find Summer?" Marrissa asked the girl at the counter.

"She should be in the back."

"Thank you," Marrissa said and her and Ryan headed to the back of the store.

"Hi guys," Summer said as they got to where she was sitting.

"Hey Sum," Marrissa said sitting down.

"How's it going Summer?" Ryan asked doing the same.

"Good you guys?"

"Fine," They said together.

"Marrissa, I'm so sorry," Summer started.

"It's fine really," Marrissa said.

"No it's not, I shouldn't have been like that I'm so sorry,"

"Really Summer it's okay,"

"No it's not I'm such a horrible person,"

"No you're not," Ryan said coming in to the conversation.

"Ya, Summer we shouldn't have just left like that, it was wrong," Marrissa apologized.

"You're right you shouldn't have left, but that doesn't excuse my behavior I'm sorry,"

"Stop saying sorry okay?" Ryan asked.

"Okay," Summer said grinning.

"I'm sorry I can't stay longer but I have to get to work, its, my first day." Ryan explained getting up.

"Okay, talk to you later?" Summer asked.

"For sure," Ryan answered hugging her.

"Bye Chino," Summer said grinning.

"Is the nick name sticking?" Ryan asked.

"Oh ya," Summer said.

"Not surprised." Ryan said leaving.

"OMIGOD COOP!" Summer said hugging her.

"Now this is the greeting I expected." Marrissa said laughing.

"Sorry it didn't come sooner,"

"No more apologizing."

"Deal," Summer said laughing.

"So want to go get some coffee?"

"Sure," Summer said standing.

The two of them walked down the street to the Starbucks, and grabbed some lattés.

"So what was Chicago like?" Summer asked Marrissa after they sat down.

"Pretty much the same as Newport without the gossiping." Marrissa said laughing.

"Bet that's the one thing you didn't miss eh?"

"Definitely."

"So what did you do down there?"

"I was a photographer for the Chicago times."

"What section?"

"Entertainment."

"What about Ryan?"

"He started out at a Starbucks,"

"Chino?"

"That was just until he got his degree online."

"Then what did he do?"

"He was a contractor, at a big company,"

"Awesome,"

"Ya, he was great at what he did,"

"That store we met at, whose is it?"

"Mine,"

"Really?"

"Ya, I went to UCLA for a major in Fashion merchandising, and a minor in business."

"Wow!"

"Ya, so the year I got out of University I had Ivy, and a year after that Seth bought me that store."

"You had Ivy right after university?"

"Ya, the day Seth proposed I told him I was pregnant."

"So you took a year off for Ivy and then Seth bought you that place?"

"Ya, he told me there was a job interview somewhere and took me to that store, and then we got there and it was an empty store."

"That's so cute!"

"Ya, he's a sweet guy."

"What's he been up to?"

"He's the owner of Cohen Comics."

"He owns his own comic company?"

"Ya, and his best sellers are the comics about Captain Oats, and Princess Sparkles."

"He made a comic about them?"

"Yep,"

"Are you serious?"

"Deadly,"

"That is so adorable."

"Don't tell Seth that."

"If I ever got the chance I wouldn't."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean he's never going to talk to us again,"

"Yes, he will."

"How do you know?"

"Because, he barely lasted eight years without Ryan, if he can have him back he will."

"But doesn't he blame me for making Ryan go?"

"Marrissa!"

"What?"

"No one blames you for Ryan leaving!"

"They don't?"

"No, how could you think that?"

"It's easy to believe."

"Only if you're you."

"I guess."

"I better get back." Summer sighed.

"Okay I should get home. The babysitter is probably waiting."

"So I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"Ya for sure."

"Marrissa?"

"Ya?"

"Don't mention this to Seth."

"Got ya."

"See ya"

"Toodles." And the two went their separate ways.