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There you go, Not Coming After Me
Later that evening Seth found himself at his parent's house for dinner waiting for Marissa and Ryan to arrive.
"God Mom, are you cooking again?" Seth walked into the Cohen household and the first thing that hit him was the smell of burning food
Kirsten stuck her head out from the kitchen and walked towards Seth
"It's lovely to see you too Seth" Seth gave her a hug and continued into the kitchen
Kirsten followed picking up her wine glass and after sipping some continued speaking
"Your father never ordered the takeaways so I attempted to roast a chicken but that didn't go down so well so Sandy is outside grilling steak for everyone" She sipped more wine before turning to Seth "So have you been doing anything interesting that we should know about?"
"Well this morning I woke up, flew to Mexico where I traded drugs at the border then I drove back home and hired some hookers to satisfy my sexual Cohen needs"
"Cohen and hooker should never be used in the same sentence son" Sandy walked in with a slightly bewildered but happy face
"Hey father" Seth raised his hand into a small wave before suddenly getting distracted again
"Mother, is that pudding I see?" Kirsten rolled her eyes
"Seth don't touch it, you haven't had dinner yet"
"I'm twenty-four and look, your still mothering me"
Kirsten smiled at him and walked over to Sandy, they linked fingers and walked outside
"Dad, don't let her near the steak, I want dinner tonight" he called after them and got no answer
Seth threw his hands up "Great, I have been abandoned by my own parents"
"Dude your starting to freak me out, first plastic horses and now yourself?"
"Ryan my man wrong place, wrong time"
Ryan raised his eyebrows in disbelief and walked into the kitchen with Marissa
"God Marissa, that thing is blinding" Seth shielded his eyes from the ring on Marissa's finger
"I'll take it as a compliment Seth" Marissa grinned
Marissa gave Seth a quick hug and followed the laughs of Kirsten and Sandy from outside
"Nice going man, that's one hell of an engagement ring"
Seth heard shrieks from Kirsten outside
"My mother has seen the ring"
Ryan laughed and followed Seth outside to the others
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An hour later they had eaten the steaks and Kirsten and Sandy were cuddling on the couch watching re-runs of some TV program while Marissa, Ryan and Seth were sitting by the pool with their legs dangling in the water.
"I miss being a teenager" Marissa muttered and then swallowed some of her wine
"Ditto" Seth exclaimed "except we didn't have the alcohol privileges, although some of us did continue to drink anyway" Seth glanced in Marissa's direction
"Well I was stupid, I nearly got sent off to some institution somewhere"
Ryan laughed "I remember that day; you girls had to wear those candy striper uniforms"
"Dude I hope you didn't just call me a girl?"
Ryan realized his mistake "No I meant…Summer and Marissa…"
"I miss her so much; I haven't seen her in six years" Marissa's voice went quiet at the end of the sentence
"Well you won't have to wait any longer"
Seth froze; all the hairs in his body stood upright, Marissa and Ryan seemed equally motionless.
"Ryan, man, please tell me that was you or Marissa went high and squeaky?"
Marissa was the first to turn around, she cried out
"Summ, oh my god what are you doing here" She ran over to her although her legs were shaking and engulfed her friend in a hug. Summer was shaking and hugged Marissa back.
"Coop, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"
"Summ what's the matter?"
Summer began to cry
"Coop, he hits me" she said in barely a whisper
Marissa backed her into the kitchen in the light; the bruises on her face became evident
"Oh sum, I didn't know" She hugged her and they slowly sat down on the kitchen floor
"But you wouldn't, because I never visited you in those six years"
"Hun, don't worry about it, its fine you're here now right?"
Summer collapsed against her friend and began to sob uncontrollably
"Marissa? Marissa are you…" Sandy's voice called out as he approached the kitchen
"Oh my god, Sandy" Kirsten pointed to the two girls on the floor
"Summer? Is that you?" Sandy was confused; Summer Robert's was in their house after six years
Summer looked up and nodded
"Darling what are you doing here is everything all right?" Kirsten had a worried expression on her face.
Summer stuttered "I ca…came…to your house, to you becau…cause I didn't know where Coop and stuff lived…and I…I didn't want...to…go...ho...home, but then I heard their voices, and the door was open…so I…I went to the…them" She finished and rested her head back on Marissa's shoulder
About five minutes later, after a few tears and exchanged expressions Summer stood up and excused herself. She walked outside to where Seth and Ryan were frozen in the same spot.
"Ryan?" She said in barely a whisper
Ryan turned to Summer and offered a smile "Hey Summer"
"Can I talk to Seth?"
Ryan nodded and got up and quickly went inside.
Summer sat down next to Seth and hung her legs over the edge into the pool.
"No hi? No nothing? Have you decided to ignore me?"
Seth was slow to reply "No I…I'm just trying to grasp the fact that Summer Robert's is sitting next to me" Summer hesitated but lifted her hand and placed it on top of Seth's
"I haven't been totally honest with you"
Seth flinched when she first touched him but allowed her to keep her hand where it was
"Summer how can you just leave and not come back for six whole years?"
"Seth please don't be mad"
"I'm not mad I'm just, you have no idea how lonely I was"
"Cohen" She hadn't said those words to him in so long
"Why did you come home Sum?
Summer mumbled "I tried to remember the last time I felt safe, Cohen, I'm sorry"
Seth nodded remembering the conversation they had in his room, six years ago
"Summer, I never slept with Anna"
Summer paused and turned to him "Oh, my god, I was so bloody stupid"
"I mean, I know it looked like it but, she was just staying with us for a while"
"Cohen, I…"
"Summer you broke up with me because of your dad" '
"Cohen, there's something I have to tell you before I put it off any longer"
"God Summ, do I want to hear it?"
"Cohen you're going to need to hear this"
He turned towards her and looked at her face for the first time in so long suddenly he spoke
"Summer, what happened to your face?" He raised his hand to touch the bruise, to trace the cut with his finger "Summ, who did this to you?"
Tears began to slowly roll down her cheek again "It was him Cohen, I had to get away"
"Jack?"
Summer nodded "Jake'
"Cohen stop distracting me, and please don't hate me after I say this"
Seth nodded
"Okay, when I left Newport I was…I…I was pregnant"
Seth's whole body felt numb, he stopped breathing and began to shake slightly
"I…I had a girl"
Seth muttered "This can't be happening"
"Cohen, listen to me, this girl, you were the only guy I slept with Cohen"
"She's…she's mine?"
"She's ours"
Summer stood up and left Seth for a second, she walked through the house and heard the other four talking from another room, she walked through the house and opened the front door where Ava was waiting, she picked her up, resting her on her hip and hurried back outside.
"Ava baby, you're going to meet your daddy okay, remember the man I was telling you about on the plane?" Summer rested a hand on the small of her back and walked towards the pool
Ava tried to smile a bit but was worried all the same
When Summer got outside Seth was staring at the water he heard a small voice whispering to Summer.
This can't be happening, after six years she told him now.
"Cohen?"
"Cohen look at me"
Seth turned around, his face looked like a lost teenagers again, tears began to stream silently down his face as he saw the young girl, with his hair, with his eyes. The girl attempted to smile at him but Seth cried harder.
"Why are you sad?"
Seth stared at her again
"Can I call you daddy?"
Seth nodded "What's your name?"
"Ava, mommy said you chose the name when you were sixteen"
Seth smiled remembering the day when Summer and him had chosen their favorite boy and girl names.
Seth stared at Summer "How could you keep this from me for so long?"
"Cohen, our lives grew apart, it was too awkward to call, the more I thought about Newport the angrier I got"
"Too awkward? Too awkward to tell me I had a daughter? What the hell Summer"
"Cohen don't be mad, please, please, everyone in my life always turns against me I was scared and I was eighteen, I had to leave"
"Summer, I would've supported you, I missed out on the first six years of her life"
"I was scared Cohen, you can explain to the others about this I need to find somewhere to stay tonight and I have a Taxi waiting"
She took Ava's hand and turned to leave, before Ava turned around completely she lifted her hand a bit and gave him a small wave.
"There you go Summer, walking away when everything gets tough, just like you did six years ago just like you're doing now"
Summer walked a few paces before turning around and saying
"And there you go Cohen, not coming after me"
So what did you think?
The summer and seth relationship will develop later on, seth is just dealing with the fact that summer's kept this secret from him for so long.
Please review! What do you want to know more of? What should happen later? Any suggestion is welcome!
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