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Chapter 7: "I found out one lie just ain't enough"
Seth looked at the girl in front of him. Since Summer left it had been long since a person of the opposite sex had paid him any mind at all… Well if you don't count Marissa, but she wasn't a "ggggggiiiirrrrrlllll". Or at least Seth didn't think about her that way since she was dating his brother, and she was the girl next door.
"So where is her mother?" Noah asked
"Huh?" Seth said forgetting the child in his arms
"Ella, where is her mother?" Noah laughed
"Oh… her mother right-"
"Oh I'm so sorry. If it is a sensitive subject-"
"It's fine!" Seth said. "Her mother didn't want the responsibility that's all…" Seth said, half true seeing how Marissa's "friend", had left her.
"She looks just like you." Noah said gently caressing the sleeping infants head…
Seth looked down at the baby, three weeks old. She's not even mine! He thought.
"How do you figure?" He asked Noah
"Well look. When she smiles she has that sarcastic grin. And her hair, it's wavy like yours." She pointed out.
Seth looked down at the baby for the first time noticing these things.
"Yeah. I guess you have a point." Seth said smiling
"I know it's really not my place to say, but her mother had to be crazy to give up a beauty like her, and a catch like you." She said smiling…
"You have no idea."
~ Summer went back to her motel room and looked in the mirror.
Her hair was in a high pony-tail, and she was dressed in simple sweats and a T-shirt, no make-up added.
She sat down at the dresser and closely studied the picture of Ella.
"Soon baby… soon." She whispered.
~ Seth returned to the house that night with a little hop in his step. Marissa was frantically pacing, waiting for him…
"Where the hell were you! I tried your cell and you didn't pick up, and what about Ella is she okay!" Marissa said all in one breath.
"Chill out Coop. We just went on a walk!" Seth said smiling, and letting them into the house.
"Did you tell your dad about Ella?"
"No." Marissa said.
She had intended to at first but she realized that the more she revealed about Ella, the more her father would catch on. Luckily for her Ryan and Seth were not as bright.
"I was thinking… I mean, since Kirsten and Sandy won't be back for two more weeks…"
"You cannot be suggesting what I think you are!" Seth said.
"It is the only way."
"But what if your "friend", is gone longer than two weeks!" Seth said
"We will figure it out then!" Marissa said
Seth took a deep breath. Maybe this would be a way to get him closer to Noah… and that is a good thing…
"Alright. But you own me Cooper." Seth said
"Thank you!" Marissa said hugging Seth. "I told my dad that I was spending the night with Holly so I can stay here for the night and take care of Ella."
Seth nodded. Marissa unhooked the baby from the tummy carrier… Seth still had his skate board in hand, which left Marissa with a lot of questions about how they got around.
"I'll be right back, I have to go to the bathroom." Seth said taking leave of the room.
Marissa cradled the baby in her arms. She would love and protect he as though she were her own. Summer was like her sister, and she intended to do the best by she and
her daughter.
"I bought your mommy two more weeks." Marissa whispered to the infant. "Now the ball's in her court."