Alright, cool new story written by and awesome girl, it's the OC, angst but it's awesome, a little R/M it's by Converses Rolled Down, and titled "Just let my blood drip". Anyhow check it out and let her know what you think.
I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, I mean I like it, it's basically a filler tho. Anyhow, let me know what you think!
xoxo Jules
Chapter 31: "We sat on my back porch and watched it"
By the time that Summer arrived at Marissa's house to pick up Ella, the little girl was asleep.
"Oh my god Coop, I was so worried." Summer said as she hugged her best friend and entered the apartment.
"She's fine." Marissa said as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked at her hysterical best friend.
"I am so sorry about this Coop." Summer said picking up Bam from the couch
"It's no problem at all. I'm just glad that she came here." Marissa said smiling warmly as Summer went into mother mode. "So Noah split?"
"Apparently." Summer said "I don't blame Ella for coming here. You're the only one who's never left her."
Marissa gave her best friend a sad smile.
"How is Seth doing?"
Summer nodded
"Alright. He has to go to physical therapy everyday. You know Seth though, everything's a joke."
"Yeah."
"Well I better get Seth his little girl back before he has a heart attack." Summer said. "I love you Coop."
"I love you too Sum."
Marissa watched Summer and Ella leave her apartment, and although things were hard now, she truly felt that this was how it was supposed to be…
----- Summer walked into the Cohen house with Ella still asleep on her shoulder.
"Is she okay?" Seth yelled from the living room.
"Sush!" Summer warned
"Sorry. I would have rolled over to the door, but yanno, too much effort." Seth said winking
"How can you joke at a time like this? We just lost our daughter? She walked out of our house Seth, WHEN WE WERE RIGHT HERE!" Summer said nearly yelling the last part.
"Summer, kids are going to do stuff like that. We can just calm down now because she's safe."
Summer took a couple of deep breaths and laid Ella down on the couch.
"I am sorry for freaking out." Summer said slumping on the couch beside Ella. "How are you doing Cohen?" Summer asked
Seth's heart skipped a beat every time she called him Cohen. It took him back to the days when they were simply 17 year olds, not parent's, or job holders.
"I'm fine. My muscles will get stronger again, I am back around for Ella… so are you." Seth said giving a half smile. "Where were you Summer? Where were you all of that time?" Seth asked repeatedly for effect.
Seth looked at the girl in front of him. It seemed that Summer had aged backwards in the six plus years since he last saw her. She looked like a little girl, no fake tan, or piled on make-up. She was a vulnerable little girl again…
"I was trying to survive… I was nowhere and everywhere." Summer said speaking in fragments. "I did a lot of things that I wasn't proud of… things that I never want to do again."
"Summer you can tell me." Seth said his eyes morphing to that of a 17 year old boy
"No Seth, I can't you're going to think that I am a horrible person, and an even worse mother." Summer said nearly in tears.
"Nothing will make me think differently of you." Seth said
All of Ellas life he had wanted to know where she was born, how much did she weigh, what she had looked like… had Summer loved her?
"Your daughter was born in a hotel in Tucson Arizona… They wrapped her in an old towel… they made me go to the hospital, I didn't want to… She was seven pounds five ounces… She had the tiniest little fingers and toes… I counted them all over and over again." Summers voice shook. "I loved her from the first moment that I laid eyes on her Seth. I loved her because I knew that she was you." She confessed
Seth let out a light chuckle.
"I'm pouring my soul to you and all that you can do is laugh!" Summer said becoming angry
"No no!" Seth said not wanting her to get the wrong idea. "It's just that's one of the reasons that I love Ella too."
"Because she reminds you of you?" Summer asked not catching on
"No, because she reminds me of you." Seth said his eyes meeting Summers, they were locked into one anothers when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Summer said excusing herself before they did anything that either one of them would regret. "Noah…" Summer said in surprise as she backed out of the doorway to let the woman inside.
"Hey Summer." Noah said not bringing her eyes up from the floor.
"Hey…" Summer shifted to her other foot. "I'm so sorry about everything the other night. I had a lot of stuff to think about, but Bam shouldn't have to suffer because of our choices. I was away from her for two days and I couldn't stand it, I don't know how anyone cou-" She stopped short when she saw the flash of guilt in Summers eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that."
"It's okay." Summer said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Is she alright?" Noah asked, her concern for Ella evident.
Summer shrugged.
"She's asleep now, she ran away today."
"She did what!" Noah said, she remembered her constant conversations with Ella about telling them where she was going and how they would take her there… but she stressed never, never, going anywhere alone.
"She went to Marissa and Ryans place. Marissa called Seth and I and let us know. She's going to be okay." Summer assured the other worried mother.
Noah nodded regretfully.
"Do you mind if I go up?" Noah asked gesturing her head towards the stairs to Ellas room.
"Yeah, no problem. I'll be in the living room with Seth."
"Thanks Summer." Noah said smiling genuinely.
Noah quietly crept into Ella's room and crawled in bed beside her, and gently began to rub her tummy…
"Mama?" Ella said her eyes fluttering open.
Noah hesitated for a moment. Did she mean Summer? No, Summer was mom, Marissa was mumsy, but she, she was mama.
"Hey baby." Noah said pulling her into a tight hug.
"I thought you left!" Bam cried into her shoulder.
"Ssshhh." Noah said soothingly. "I'm back now." She said tears now coming to her own eyes.
"Are you going to leave me again?" Ella asked sitting up wiping her eyes.
"Nope Bam, I'm not going anywhere." Noah said sitting up holding her little hands.
"Are you still gonna be with Daddy now you're back too?" Ella asked looking hopefully to the woman who had been her surrogate mother next to Marissa since birth.
"Probably not sweetie." Noah said nuzzling Ellas nose with her own.
"Why not?" Ellas asked on the brink of tears again.
"Sometimes, sometimes people can't be together anymore. But that doesn't mean that I don't love your Daddy anymore. And I sure don't love my Elle Belle any less." Noah said using Ellas pet name, the one just a little softer than Bam
"Does that mean that Mom is going to be with Daddy?" Ella asked
Noah sighed
"I'm not sure baby." She said honestly
"I don't want Daddy to be alone." Ella said sadly
"He always has you. I don't want him to be alone either" Noah confessed tapping Bam on the tip of her nose.
"But if you're not with Daddy then when am I going to see you?"
"You can come visit me at my house, and I can pick you up from school, and we can go to the park, and still do all of the fun stuff that we did before." Noah explained. "It just won't be with your Daddy like boyfriend and girlfriend, but we will still be good friends."
Ella nodded as though she understood
"You promise that we will still play an' stuff?"
"Of course!" Noah said attacking her with tickles
"One more thing!" Ella yelled between giggles
"Yeah?" Noah asked pulling back
"Even though I got Summer now can I still call ya mama?" Ella asked with a worried expression on her face.
"Of course you can Bam." Noah said pulling her into her lap in a tight hug.
Now the stage has been set for the final four chapters or so. Let me know what you think!
xoxo Jules