Chapter 10: Busy
Seth sat up all night with the baby. He was still amazed that he was a father. Sydney was very good. She had only cried at night when she needed a diaper change or needed to be fed. Everyone was still asleep, including Summer. It was now nine o'clock and Seth decided to make breakfast. He went in to the kitchen and put Sydney in her carrier. She was awake and seemed amused by her surroundings. When Seth was almost finished cooking, Stephanie and Katelyn walked into the kitchen.
"Why were you guys asleep on the floor last night?" Seth asked. "It's not like there isn't anywhere to sleep."
"We don't even remember falling asleep here," Stephanie answered.
"Are you guys drunk?" Seth asked.
"No, we never get drunk," Katelyn answered.
"Did she have the baby yet?" Stephanie asked eagerly. Seth turned around the carrier so they could see Sydney.
"Oh my god, she's so cute!" they both squealed.
"Can I hold her?" Stephanie asked.
"Go ahead." Stephanie and Katelyn took turns holding her until Marissa and Ryan walked into the kitchen.
"Did Summer have the baby yet?" Marissa asked.
"Ask them," Seth said pointing to Stephanie and Katelyn who were still squealing and cooing at the baby. Marissa walked over and saw the baby.
"She's so cute!" Marissa said as Katelyn handed Sydney to her.
"When was she born?" Ryan asked.
"11:53 pm. She weighs 7 pounds, 11 ounces and is 18 inches long."
"She's so tiny and perfect," Marissa said. Marissa was a little upset that Summer's new friend got to see her first, but she wasn't going to say anything.
"I forgot to call Anna yesterday, I'll call her now. She probably wants to come see Sydney."
"Why would she come all the way from Pittsburg to see Sydney?" Marissa asked.
"Anna only lives five minutes away. Summer didn't tell you that she is living here?" Seth asked.
"No, we haven't talked that much."
"Oh, well it was about two weeks ago."
"Do I get a turn to hold my niece?" Ryan asked.
"Of course, here," Marissa said placing the baby in Ryan's arms.
"She looks like you," he said to Seth.
"She's not even a day old, how can you tell who she looks like?"
"I've seen your baby pictures," Ryan answered.
"When I was born my parents thought I looked like my uncle Charlie and they were terrified," Stephanie said rejoining the conversation. "Knowing I looked like him makes me terrified."
"I don't know who I looked like," Marissa said. Kirsten and Sandy walked into the kitchen.
"It smells good in here," Sandy said.
"Where's my granddaughter?" Kirsten said excitedly. Seth pointed to Ryan.
"Here, you can hold her now," Ryan said handing her to Kirsten.
"Oh my god, she's adorable," Kirsten squealed.
"She looks just like you did, Seth," Sandy said looking at the baby.
"When was she born? What's her middle name? How big is she?" Kirsten asked.
"Sydney May Cohen was born at 11:53 pm on February 14, 2005, 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 18 inches long," Seth answered proudly.
"That's such a cute name," Kirsten said.
"How's Summer?" Sandy asked.
"She's doing great. I told her to sleep, and I took care of the baby so she didn't have to. She's was exhausted. She was up almost twenty-four hours."
"Did you cook breakfast?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah, it's ready so everyone can help themselves. I'm just going to go call Anna, and then go see Summer and bring her breakfast and the baby."
"Okay, you can take her," Sandy said giving the baby to Seth. He walked out of the room and called Anna. He had already made a plate of food for Summer and it was sitting by the stairs.
"Hello?" Anna answered.
"Hey Anna, its Seth."
"Oh, hey. What's up?"
"Summer had the baby, and I just made breakfast for everyone if you want to come over."
"Okay, I'll be over in a few minutes."
"Okay, see you then." Seth hung up the phone and grabbed Summer's plate. He walked into Summer's room and she looked half awake.
"Hey," she said realizing he was in the room.
"Hi, I brought you breakfast and I figured you would want the baby."
"Hi, sweetie. You're just the cutest little baby I have ever seen," Summer cooed at Sydney. "Is everyone awake?"
"Yeah, everyone is downstairs eating breakfast. I just called Anna and she is on her way over."
"Good. Has everyone seen the baby?"
"Yup, everyone has seen, held, and cooed to the baby."
"She looks like you when you were a baby."
"Everyone keeps saying that."
"It's true, was she okay last night? Did she cry a lot?"
"She's a little angel, she rarely cried and she didn't fuss when everyone was passing her around."
"You're a good little girl, aren't you?" Summer said to the gurgling baby.
"I found that you can get her to sleep easily by singing to her."
"I'm going to eat, you can take her," Summer said exchanging the baby for the breakfast.
"I'll be back in a few minutes; I'm going to go see if Anna is here yet."
"Okay, I'll just eat and take a shower then I'll be down." As Seth was walking down the stairs the doorbell rang. He opened it and Anna was on the other side.
"Hey, I haven't seen you in a while," she said.
"Yeah, not since March, come on in."
"Can I hold her?" Anna asked pointing to the baby in Seth's arms.
"Sure, she just fell asleep," Seth said handing her to Anna.
"She's so cute, she looks just like you."
"You're probably like the tenth person to say that," Seth said annoyed.
"Well she does. Are Stephanie and Katelyn here?"
"Yeah, them and a bunch of other people."
"Who?"
"Ryan, Marissa, Mom, dad, Summer's parents, and I think Caitlin just came in the back."
"Oh. So how have you been?"
"Good, you?"
"Pretty good, how long are you staying here?"
"I'm not going back until mine and Summer's wedding."
"Wow, are you going to our school?"
"Yeah, I start after vacation."
"Cool, I want to go say hi to everyone in the kitchen, are you coming?"
"Sure, Summer's going to be down in a few minutes," Seth said as they entered the kitchen. People passed the baby around a little more until Summer came downstairs.
"Good morning," She said to everyone, surprised at how many people were still there. Everyone went up to her to hug her and give congratulations, soon everyone was gone except Elizabeth, Jake, Sandy, Kirsten, Ryan, Marissa, Seth, Summer, and Sydney.
"So how long are you staying?" Summer asked Seth's parents.
"We figured we would stay until Wednesday so we could help with some wedding planning," Kirsten explained.
"Okay, that would be great," Summer said.
"Did you pick a date?" Sandy asked.
"June 18th is the date, and we already reserved the chapel," Seth answered.
"The chapel where Caleb and Julie were married, right, the wayfare (I don't how it's spelled, but that's how it sounded in "The Strip") chapel?" Kirsten asked.
"Yeah, that's the one. We thought it would be nice," Summer replied.
"It was nice," Kirsten said back. Summer heard Sydney start to cry through the baby monitor.
"I'll go get her, I'll be right back," Summer said.
"So, Seth, did you pick your groomsmen?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah, I thought I would have Ryan as my best man?" Seth asked Ryan.
"Sure," he answered.
"And the others will be PC, Pat, and Luke."
"Why Luke?" Marissa asked.
"Because I don't have many friends that are guys."
"Who is PC?" Kirsten asked.
"Summer's friend Chris and Pat is Katelyn's boyfriend."
"Oh, what about bridesmaids?" Marissa asked.
"Summer will tell that to everyone when she comes down, I think she finally decided."
"What did I hear about me and deciding?" Summer asked, walking into the room with Sydney and a bottle.
"We were wondering about bridesmaids," Marissa said.
"Oh, I want you to be my maid of honor, Marissa," Summer said.
"Of course I'll do it," Marissa said excitedly.
"I'm having Stephanie, Katelyn, and Anna as my other bridesmaids."
"That's nice," Kirsten said.
"I had trouble picking my bridesmaids because there are a lot of my friends to choose from. I wasn't sure whether to have Caitlin or Anna as a third, but I've known Anna longer."
"What about flower girl and ring bearer?" Summer's mom asked.
"Caroline will be the flower girl, and my cousin Jack will be ring bearer," Summer said.
"Did you pick out invitations yet?" Kirsten asked.
"No, but we have an appointment on Friday with a woman that sells them," Seth replied.
"Good, I know a great photographer that you can use; I could set it up when I get back," Kirsten said.
"That would be great," Summer replied. Seth yawned. "Cohen, you should go upstairs and sleep, you were up all night."
"Okay, do you want me to bring Sydney up?"
"No, she's still awake; I'll bring her up in a little while."
"I'll be back in a while," Seth said to everyone in the room, and then kissed Summer and went upstairs. Everyone talked a little bit more about the wedding until Summer excused herself to take the baby upstairs. She put Sydney in her crib and took the baby monitor with her into her room. She crawled into the bed and fell asleep with Seth.
This
could be so fun
I might just like it
I might just love it
I
might get busy
I might get lonely
I just don't know yet
Can't
wait to find out
This is so
This is familiar this is
so
This is so foreign
That's okay
Foreign's familiar to me
now
This could be so fun
I might just like it
I might
just love it
I might get busy
I might get lonely
I just
don't know yet
Can't wait to find out
I'm getting dizzy
I'm
pacing
Wearing the floor boards through. This is so
This is so
normal and yet so new
This could be so fun
I might just
like it
I might just love
I might get busy
I might get
lonely
I just dont know yet
Can't wait to find out
...This
isn't what I had in...
...this isn't what I had in mind
But you
know and I know
It's all I need to know and a little bit
more
This could be so fun
I might just like it
I might
just love it
I might get busy
I might lonely
I just don't
know yet
Can't wait to
Find ooooooooooooooout
I might just
love it
A/N: I hope you like the new chapter, please read and review. The song was "Busy" by Butterfly Boucher. Next chapter will be up soon, leave some ideas.
-Stephanie
