Authors note: Here's the chapter you asked for. The next few chapters
probably won't be out for a while 'cause I'm going to be busy working on a
play for school.
"A woman who'll wait for the third time around, head in the clouds, feet on the ground
She's girl he's glad he's found, she's his shipoopi."
---Shipoopi, The Music Man
******"Just one more push." The doctor said
"Here it is Summer." Meg whispered as she held onto her cousin's hand.
"Shut up! Everyone shut up! No one say a word. In fact no one breathe." Summer screamed.******
Summer stood out side of the n.i.c.u staring at all of the tiny babies struggling for life. They looked just as she felt, tiny and scared. It was hard to believe that her daughter was in with them. Samara Leigh Cohen, her daughter, just five hours old. She was now in the world, living and crying inside of a little plastic incubator with tubes helping her to breathe because she isn't strong enough to do it herself.
Summer though back to just ten hours ago when she and Ryan and Marissa were all hanging out at the fair and none of them had a care in the world. If only she knew then how that would never be true again. She now had this little life to take care of this little life.
"Hey." a familiar voice said from behind her.
"Hi Coop." Summer said.
Marissa took her best friend in her arms and gave her the biggest hug possible.
"So, how's my god-daughter doing?" she asked
"Better. I think. I'm not really sure." Summer could feel the tears coming on and she knew that she better change the topic before the flood gates were opened and she lost it, "So, um, where's Chino?"
Marissa laughed hearing Ryan's old nickname, "He's outside making a few calls."
"To who?"
"Your dad. I figured he'll want to know what's up."
"Ha, my dad wanting to know what's going on with me and his bastard grandchild, that's a laugh."
"You honestly don't think that your dad wants to know that he has a granddaughter?"
"No, I don't."
"But he's your father..." Summer shot her friend a deadly glare and Marissa knew that she should drop it. "Speaking of fathers."
"I'm not calling Cohen..."
"Summer..."
"Yet."
"You mean, you might?"
"It all depends on how Samara does these next few days."
"So, if she gets worse, then you'll call him?"
"Yes, I want him to get the chance to at least see her incase..."
"Hey, hey, hey. She'll be okay. I mean come on she's a Roberts and a Cohen, right?"
"Right." Summer took a deep breath, "You're right."
"Of course I am. Now why don't you and I head back to your room we don't want you to collapse of exhaustion do we? Come on."
Marissa put her arm around Summer and they slowly began to walk down the hall.
When they got back to the room, Summer was surprised to find it filled with her female friends, and Ryan.
"Ooh, who am I? "Anne Marie exclaimed taking the sunglasses Gwen had on top of her head, "Shay! Give me your clothes Shay."
"You look like you're from that one old cop show! You know the one with that Eric guy!" Becca said.
"No, you're totally wrong it's," Kristi stopped suddenly "Hey Summer!"
"Summer!" Gwen cried trying to pick up the streamers that were lying beside her without being noticed, but when she realized that it was useless she just decided to say, "Hi!"
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Well, Ryan called us and told us what was up and how could we not show up to check on you." Anne said.
"And really hospital parties are our specialty." Kristi told her, "Oh my god, like this one time Counterman fell off of the stage during the New Years Eve performance of The Music Man and we rang in the New Year in the ER while he was getting x-rays."
Summer took a seat in her bed and began listening to everyone tell different hospital stories.
That night Summer laid in her bed staring at the blank walls. She was all alone; Ryan and Marissa had both left for their plane, Kristi went to go meet up with Wasman, Becca and Gwen had to do other things and Anne Marie had to finish packing for college. 'This is how it's going to be from now on.' she thought 'Just me and Sam.' She had thought long and hard about whether or not she should give her daughter a nickname and finally she decided that it wouldn't hurt anything.
Her cell-phone's text message ring going off brought Summer back to reality. She picked her phone up from the table next to the bed. She laughed when she saw that it was from Counterman. 'How you doin'?' it read, 'Hope to see you and the kid soon. ::hugs:: Counterman.' Summer smiled and clutched her phone in her hand wondering whether or not she should break hospital rules and do what she knew she needed to do. Finally she decided that she needed to, so she dialed Seth's cell number and waited for him to answer.
"Hello." She heard him say. She smiled to herself and started to feel nervous. "This is Seth's voice mail and instead of having something that sounds really witty and funny the first time you hear it and then becomes really annoying the second time I'm just going to tell you what you know, I'm not here."
She sighed and then began to speak. "Hey Cohen." She said. "It's Summer. I just wanted to check in with you see how you're doing. I'm okay. I---" She stopped; this wasn't the way to do it. Seth should not learn that he's a father from his voice mail. "I---I loved your present. And I was just calling to tell you that and to see if you're okay. Well, I'm going to go. Bye." She hit end and threw the phone down on the bed. "That sucked!" she exclaimed.
A few days later Summer sat in her room at Meg's sorting through her photo albums trying to start a scrapbook for Samara with Gwen and Kristi.
"What about this one?" Gwen asked holding up a picture of Summer and Seth at Summer's sixth birthday party.
"That is so cute!" Kristi exclaimed, "Look at the two of you!"
"God, he was so annoying back then." Summer laughed reaching for it.
"It looks like the boy was already in love if you ask me." Gwen said releasing the picture.
"Speaking of love, how's it been going with you and Wasman, Kristi?" Summer asked taking the focus off of her and Seth.
"It's good." Kristi said blushing.
"I think it's going better than good. Look at her blush!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Ooh!" Summer teased.
"Shut up you guys!" Kristi said covering her face with her hands, "What happened to Seth and Summer gushing? I liked that better."
"We already know all about Seth and Summer, they're not interesting anymore. They're like Bennifer."
"Bennifer?" Summer asked, "Why do we have to be Bennifer?"
"Shhh. Anyways, as I was saying you and Wasman, you're fresh like--- like milk or something."
"Milk?" Summer and Kristi asked.
"I couldn't think of any thing else just go with it."
"We're milk." Kristi said speechless, "How about that."
Just as Gwen was about to say something Summer's cell-phone rang.
"Hello?" Summer asked answering it.
"Hey it's me." Seth said.
"Hi!"
"Is that Ben?" Gwen asked, "Ask him when Gigli two is coming out!"
"Shut up!" Summer exclaimed "Sorry 'bout that."
"No problem. What's been going on with you since we last talked?"
"Not much. I've been hanging out with people. That's pretty much it."
Kristi tapped Summer on the shoulder and pointed to her watch. Summer shook her head and waved goodbye as Gwen and Kristi picked up their purses and walked out of the door.
"How about you? What have you been up to?..."
"A woman who'll wait for the third time around, head in the clouds, feet on the ground
She's girl he's glad he's found, she's his shipoopi."
---Shipoopi, The Music Man
******"Just one more push." The doctor said
"Here it is Summer." Meg whispered as she held onto her cousin's hand.
"Shut up! Everyone shut up! No one say a word. In fact no one breathe." Summer screamed.******
Summer stood out side of the n.i.c.u staring at all of the tiny babies struggling for life. They looked just as she felt, tiny and scared. It was hard to believe that her daughter was in with them. Samara Leigh Cohen, her daughter, just five hours old. She was now in the world, living and crying inside of a little plastic incubator with tubes helping her to breathe because she isn't strong enough to do it herself.
Summer though back to just ten hours ago when she and Ryan and Marissa were all hanging out at the fair and none of them had a care in the world. If only she knew then how that would never be true again. She now had this little life to take care of this little life.
"Hey." a familiar voice said from behind her.
"Hi Coop." Summer said.
Marissa took her best friend in her arms and gave her the biggest hug possible.
"So, how's my god-daughter doing?" she asked
"Better. I think. I'm not really sure." Summer could feel the tears coming on and she knew that she better change the topic before the flood gates were opened and she lost it, "So, um, where's Chino?"
Marissa laughed hearing Ryan's old nickname, "He's outside making a few calls."
"To who?"
"Your dad. I figured he'll want to know what's up."
"Ha, my dad wanting to know what's going on with me and his bastard grandchild, that's a laugh."
"You honestly don't think that your dad wants to know that he has a granddaughter?"
"No, I don't."
"But he's your father..." Summer shot her friend a deadly glare and Marissa knew that she should drop it. "Speaking of fathers."
"I'm not calling Cohen..."
"Summer..."
"Yet."
"You mean, you might?"
"It all depends on how Samara does these next few days."
"So, if she gets worse, then you'll call him?"
"Yes, I want him to get the chance to at least see her incase..."
"Hey, hey, hey. She'll be okay. I mean come on she's a Roberts and a Cohen, right?"
"Right." Summer took a deep breath, "You're right."
"Of course I am. Now why don't you and I head back to your room we don't want you to collapse of exhaustion do we? Come on."
Marissa put her arm around Summer and they slowly began to walk down the hall.
When they got back to the room, Summer was surprised to find it filled with her female friends, and Ryan.
"Ooh, who am I? "Anne Marie exclaimed taking the sunglasses Gwen had on top of her head, "Shay! Give me your clothes Shay."
"You look like you're from that one old cop show! You know the one with that Eric guy!" Becca said.
"No, you're totally wrong it's," Kristi stopped suddenly "Hey Summer!"
"Summer!" Gwen cried trying to pick up the streamers that were lying beside her without being noticed, but when she realized that it was useless she just decided to say, "Hi!"
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Well, Ryan called us and told us what was up and how could we not show up to check on you." Anne said.
"And really hospital parties are our specialty." Kristi told her, "Oh my god, like this one time Counterman fell off of the stage during the New Years Eve performance of The Music Man and we rang in the New Year in the ER while he was getting x-rays."
Summer took a seat in her bed and began listening to everyone tell different hospital stories.
That night Summer laid in her bed staring at the blank walls. She was all alone; Ryan and Marissa had both left for their plane, Kristi went to go meet up with Wasman, Becca and Gwen had to do other things and Anne Marie had to finish packing for college. 'This is how it's going to be from now on.' she thought 'Just me and Sam.' She had thought long and hard about whether or not she should give her daughter a nickname and finally she decided that it wouldn't hurt anything.
Her cell-phone's text message ring going off brought Summer back to reality. She picked her phone up from the table next to the bed. She laughed when she saw that it was from Counterman. 'How you doin'?' it read, 'Hope to see you and the kid soon. ::hugs:: Counterman.' Summer smiled and clutched her phone in her hand wondering whether or not she should break hospital rules and do what she knew she needed to do. Finally she decided that she needed to, so she dialed Seth's cell number and waited for him to answer.
"Hello." She heard him say. She smiled to herself and started to feel nervous. "This is Seth's voice mail and instead of having something that sounds really witty and funny the first time you hear it and then becomes really annoying the second time I'm just going to tell you what you know, I'm not here."
She sighed and then began to speak. "Hey Cohen." She said. "It's Summer. I just wanted to check in with you see how you're doing. I'm okay. I---" She stopped; this wasn't the way to do it. Seth should not learn that he's a father from his voice mail. "I---I loved your present. And I was just calling to tell you that and to see if you're okay. Well, I'm going to go. Bye." She hit end and threw the phone down on the bed. "That sucked!" she exclaimed.
A few days later Summer sat in her room at Meg's sorting through her photo albums trying to start a scrapbook for Samara with Gwen and Kristi.
"What about this one?" Gwen asked holding up a picture of Summer and Seth at Summer's sixth birthday party.
"That is so cute!" Kristi exclaimed, "Look at the two of you!"
"God, he was so annoying back then." Summer laughed reaching for it.
"It looks like the boy was already in love if you ask me." Gwen said releasing the picture.
"Speaking of love, how's it been going with you and Wasman, Kristi?" Summer asked taking the focus off of her and Seth.
"It's good." Kristi said blushing.
"I think it's going better than good. Look at her blush!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Ooh!" Summer teased.
"Shut up you guys!" Kristi said covering her face with her hands, "What happened to Seth and Summer gushing? I liked that better."
"We already know all about Seth and Summer, they're not interesting anymore. They're like Bennifer."
"Bennifer?" Summer asked, "Why do we have to be Bennifer?"
"Shhh. Anyways, as I was saying you and Wasman, you're fresh like--- like milk or something."
"Milk?" Summer and Kristi asked.
"I couldn't think of any thing else just go with it."
"We're milk." Kristi said speechless, "How about that."
Just as Gwen was about to say something Summer's cell-phone rang.
"Hello?" Summer asked answering it.
"Hey it's me." Seth said.
"Hi!"
"Is that Ben?" Gwen asked, "Ask him when Gigli two is coming out!"
"Shut up!" Summer exclaimed "Sorry 'bout that."
"No problem. What's been going on with you since we last talked?"
"Not much. I've been hanging out with people. That's pretty much it."
Kristi tapped Summer on the shoulder and pointed to her watch. Summer shook her head and waved goodbye as Gwen and Kristi picked up their purses and walked out of the door.
"How about you? What have you been up to?..."
