Authors note: The 'F' word is used in this chapter, you have been warned.
BTW, did everyone notice the shirt that Seth was wearing on the last
episode? Shout out? I think so.
"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
Summer stood in her room staring at her closet. 'I have nothing.' she thought, 'Everything in here is so last season!'
"You ready to go yet?" Meg asked walking into the room.
"Do I look ready?" Summer asked raising her eyebrow.
"Can't find anything to wear?"
"You think I'm being stupid, don't you?"
"Not at all. This is an important day in your life and you should be well dressed."
"You really think so?"
"Of course I do Summer. Now come on you don't want to be late for your first day back at school."
"No, we wouldn't want that now would we."
Half an hour later Meg pulled up to the front of the school and stopped the car.
"Have a good day okay kiddo." Meg said smiling.
"Meg, come on, it's not like I'm Kellie or anything. I have been to school before."
"I know it's just, going back to school is hard, especially when you show up late."
"I'll do fine. Okay?"
"Okay."
"See you at three."
"See you."
Summer got out of the car, shut the door behind her and pushed her way through the masses as she tried to make her way to the front doors. It was weird to see Central so filled with people. Now she could understand why it was so big.
"Yeah, well you're wearing a stupid hat on---on your stupid face! Jerk!" She heard a girl shout at a guy wearing a ratty baseball cap.
"It's like it Aragon went into the cave to fight the dead army only to realize that he forgot his sword, and all he has is his wimpy knife in his boot. Do you think he'd be able to say, 'I'm sorry, I forgot my sword at home. Legalos, can you keep these guys here while I go get it?" A guy wearing an 'even hobbit's need loving shirt' said to his friends
"Did you catch the Valley last night?" she heard another girl ask. 'At least they have good taste in television shows' Summer thought
"How cute was Rachel when she was all like 'I like Adam'." Another girl said to her friend
"I liked when she mouthed 'You tell anyone and I'll kill you' to him." The first girl said
"How could she not like Adam? Especially after that kiss. I mean is that even possible that someone can't like Adam?" a familiar voice asked
Summer did a double take and was surprised and also happy to see Kristi walking alongside the two girls.
"Kristi!" Summer called out.
"What?" Kristi asked turning around, "Oh my god Summer?"
"Hey."
"You're back! Oh my god!"
"I'm back."
"This is great!" Kristi turned to the two other girls she that were walking with her, "Amy, Foxy, this is Summer. Summer, this is Amy and Foxy or Christina, whatever you want to call her. "
"Hi." Summer said
"Hi." the girls said back.
"So, you're back!" Kristi exclaimed jumping up and down, "This is so great. Who do you have first block?"
"Drama with Casey. Do you know who that is?"
"Oh yeah." The girls all said.
"We've got her first too." Kristi informed her friend.
"Come on now, we better start our trek across campus." Foxy said pulling on her backpack straps.
"How's Samara?"
"She's good. I brought pictures."
A few minutes later Summer was in the drama class room sitting on a couch in between Wasman and Kristi with Amy, Counterman, and Becca looking over her shoulder going through a tiny pink photo album.
"That's Sami." Summer said proudly
"I've known her since she was just a fetus." Counterman said, also with a proud tone in his voice
"Why didn't you just say since Summer was pregnant?" Amy asked
"Because then he wouldn't get to say fetus." Wasman said matter-of- factly.
"Now everyone give your fetus a massage. With oil and lotions. Fox get your fetus down." Counterman shouted rushing over to a chair and jumping up on it.
"Why do you keep saying fetus?" Ms. Casey asked walking in to the room
"Because it sounds dirty, even though it's not." Counterman told her, hoping down off the chair.
"Casey you have a new student." Kristi said.
"Hi." Ms. Casey said, "I'm Ms. Casey."
"Summer Roberts."
The tardy bell went off, and Gwen and two other students slid into the room.
"I'm not late!" Gwen said and then exclaimed, "Summer!"
"Gwen!"
"God I haven't seen you since school began. How are you?"
"I'm good."
"How's Sam?"
"She's good too."
"Summer brought pictures of her." Kristi said picking the album up off of Summer's lap.
"Let me see!" Gwen said jumping up and down.
"Catch." Kristi tossed the album to Gwen who caught it perfectly.
"Is she still in N.I.C.U.?" Gwen asked as she flipped looked through the pages
"Yep. Doctor's say she'll be able to come home around Thanksgiving."
"Well at least you'll have at least one thing to celebrate."
"So who is she?" Ms. Casey asked looking at the pictures over Gwen's shoulder
"Summer's daughter." Gwen said nonchalantly
"She is precious. How old is she?"
"Almost two months."
"All of this talk is great, but can't we do something else?" A guy wearing a Lyle Lovett shirt asked.
"Come on Jackson." Counterman said, "Everyone is getting to know Summer. You'd like her if you tried to get to know her."
"Okay." Jackson said, "Because I'm sure we have so much in common."
"Summer has almost every Kevin Smith movie on DVD." Wasman said
"He is my god!" Jackson exclaimed, "You are the coolest chick ever! What did you think of Jersey Girl?"
"It rocked. Although, I might be biased because I really enjoy the chemistry between Liv and Ben."
"That totally is making me change my opinion of you."
"Okay class. Jackson was right; we do need to do something." Ms. Casey said as she walked to the front of the room, "So, while Amy takes attendance, why don't we discuss something."
"Ooh I know!" Foxy exclaimed waving her hand around, "Last night's episode of The Valley. Did you watch it?"
"Yes! It was so awesome!" Ms. Casey said excitedly, "Rachel loves Adam!"
"I know!" A brunette said from a table up front, "But you totally know that Annie is going to try to come in between them."
"Sara's got a good point. How do we feel about Annie?" Ms. Casey asked, "Because Sean likes her, and I'm just like, 'What?'"
"I totally hate her!" Amy said looking up from the attendance sheet.
"If she would have stayed the way she was when she first came on the show then---" Gwen started but was cut off by Wasman putting his head into his hand and making a really loud noise.
"Oh my god, will everyone stop talking about that stupid show?" He asked, "Because I called Kristi last night and she proceeded to yell at me because it was eight-fifty and the show wasn't over yet and I was disrupting her viewing routine."
"I would have done the same thing." Foxy told him.
"Same here." Summer agreed
That afternoon Summer walked into the cafeteria and searched for a place to sit. It felt weird to have to actually find a place to sit and people to sit with. But fortunately she didn't have to search for very long because Kristi, Wasman, Anne Marie's little Sister Katherine, and Becca already had a table with a few extra seats left.
"Did you get that e-mail I sent to you yesterday?" Kristi asked Becca as she dipped a French fry into her ranch dressing.
"Yes, and can I just say that I love your e-mails! They're always 'Here's some news because I'm Kristi and I know everything about everything'. They're so cute!" Becca told her.
"Hi you guys." Summer said as she walked up to the table
"Summer!" Kristi exclaimed, "Hi!"
"Hey Summer. Pull up a seat, join us."
"Thanks. Katherine."
"Hi Summer."
"Hi Bec."
"So, how's your first day been?" Wasman asked
"It's been okay, so far."
"Who do you have third block?" Kristi asked.
"Elkins." Everyone at the table groaned.
"What are we talking about?" Gwen asked as she walked up to the table carrying a plate of nachos.
"Summer has Elkins next."
"I had Mr. Elkins last year and he still thinks that the 'G' in my name is silent so he calls me Wen. Like when he's taking attendance he's like 'Wen' and after maybe three months of correcting him I finally give up and be all like, 'Yeah, whatever Mr. Elkins I'm here.'" Gwen said
"He accepts late work forever though." Becca told her
"He could be dead and you could show up with late work at his funeral and he would come out from his grave and accept it." Wasman said.
"And give you full credit for it." Katherine joked.
"Well, aren't you guys just so great at helping a new student feel like this is the right place to be." Summer said partially joking
"When you've been here as long as we have you know all of the things to tell knew students."
"Is there anything else I need to be careful of?"
"Mr. Upton, the fucking gay hater that he is." Kristi said, "Oh my god, did I just say that last part out loud?"
That night Summer sat in N.I.C.U watching Samara sleep.
"Hi." A nurse said as she walked into the room.
"Hi Katie." Summer said
"Do you ever go home?"
"Not lately. I think I've seen you guys more than I've seen my cousin this last month."
"Well, you care about your daughter. Any parent would do the same."
"Right."
Later that night Summer sat in her room talking to Seth on the phone.
"School's okay, yeah. How about you, how's life treating you?" Seth asked
"It's okay. I'm thinking of getting a job."
"You are? The all high and mighty Summer Roberts is thinking of actually working for a living? Isn't this a sign of the apocalypse?"
"Shut up. And plus it's not like a real job that makes you get all sweaty or gross. It's just be working the cash register at my friend Ariel's mom's dry cleaning store."
"Okay, so it's not like you'll be working Springfield's version of the Crab shack then."
"God no."
"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
Summer stood in her room staring at her closet. 'I have nothing.' she thought, 'Everything in here is so last season!'
"You ready to go yet?" Meg asked walking into the room.
"Do I look ready?" Summer asked raising her eyebrow.
"Can't find anything to wear?"
"You think I'm being stupid, don't you?"
"Not at all. This is an important day in your life and you should be well dressed."
"You really think so?"
"Of course I do Summer. Now come on you don't want to be late for your first day back at school."
"No, we wouldn't want that now would we."
Half an hour later Meg pulled up to the front of the school and stopped the car.
"Have a good day okay kiddo." Meg said smiling.
"Meg, come on, it's not like I'm Kellie or anything. I have been to school before."
"I know it's just, going back to school is hard, especially when you show up late."
"I'll do fine. Okay?"
"Okay."
"See you at three."
"See you."
Summer got out of the car, shut the door behind her and pushed her way through the masses as she tried to make her way to the front doors. It was weird to see Central so filled with people. Now she could understand why it was so big.
"Yeah, well you're wearing a stupid hat on---on your stupid face! Jerk!" She heard a girl shout at a guy wearing a ratty baseball cap.
"It's like it Aragon went into the cave to fight the dead army only to realize that he forgot his sword, and all he has is his wimpy knife in his boot. Do you think he'd be able to say, 'I'm sorry, I forgot my sword at home. Legalos, can you keep these guys here while I go get it?" A guy wearing an 'even hobbit's need loving shirt' said to his friends
"Did you catch the Valley last night?" she heard another girl ask. 'At least they have good taste in television shows' Summer thought
"How cute was Rachel when she was all like 'I like Adam'." Another girl said to her friend
"I liked when she mouthed 'You tell anyone and I'll kill you' to him." The first girl said
"How could she not like Adam? Especially after that kiss. I mean is that even possible that someone can't like Adam?" a familiar voice asked
Summer did a double take and was surprised and also happy to see Kristi walking alongside the two girls.
"Kristi!" Summer called out.
"What?" Kristi asked turning around, "Oh my god Summer?"
"Hey."
"You're back! Oh my god!"
"I'm back."
"This is great!" Kristi turned to the two other girls she that were walking with her, "Amy, Foxy, this is Summer. Summer, this is Amy and Foxy or Christina, whatever you want to call her. "
"Hi." Summer said
"Hi." the girls said back.
"So, you're back!" Kristi exclaimed jumping up and down, "This is so great. Who do you have first block?"
"Drama with Casey. Do you know who that is?"
"Oh yeah." The girls all said.
"We've got her first too." Kristi informed her friend.
"Come on now, we better start our trek across campus." Foxy said pulling on her backpack straps.
"How's Samara?"
"She's good. I brought pictures."
A few minutes later Summer was in the drama class room sitting on a couch in between Wasman and Kristi with Amy, Counterman, and Becca looking over her shoulder going through a tiny pink photo album.
"That's Sami." Summer said proudly
"I've known her since she was just a fetus." Counterman said, also with a proud tone in his voice
"Why didn't you just say since Summer was pregnant?" Amy asked
"Because then he wouldn't get to say fetus." Wasman said matter-of- factly.
"Now everyone give your fetus a massage. With oil and lotions. Fox get your fetus down." Counterman shouted rushing over to a chair and jumping up on it.
"Why do you keep saying fetus?" Ms. Casey asked walking in to the room
"Because it sounds dirty, even though it's not." Counterman told her, hoping down off the chair.
"Casey you have a new student." Kristi said.
"Hi." Ms. Casey said, "I'm Ms. Casey."
"Summer Roberts."
The tardy bell went off, and Gwen and two other students slid into the room.
"I'm not late!" Gwen said and then exclaimed, "Summer!"
"Gwen!"
"God I haven't seen you since school began. How are you?"
"I'm good."
"How's Sam?"
"She's good too."
"Summer brought pictures of her." Kristi said picking the album up off of Summer's lap.
"Let me see!" Gwen said jumping up and down.
"Catch." Kristi tossed the album to Gwen who caught it perfectly.
"Is she still in N.I.C.U.?" Gwen asked as she flipped looked through the pages
"Yep. Doctor's say she'll be able to come home around Thanksgiving."
"Well at least you'll have at least one thing to celebrate."
"So who is she?" Ms. Casey asked looking at the pictures over Gwen's shoulder
"Summer's daughter." Gwen said nonchalantly
"She is precious. How old is she?"
"Almost two months."
"All of this talk is great, but can't we do something else?" A guy wearing a Lyle Lovett shirt asked.
"Come on Jackson." Counterman said, "Everyone is getting to know Summer. You'd like her if you tried to get to know her."
"Okay." Jackson said, "Because I'm sure we have so much in common."
"Summer has almost every Kevin Smith movie on DVD." Wasman said
"He is my god!" Jackson exclaimed, "You are the coolest chick ever! What did you think of Jersey Girl?"
"It rocked. Although, I might be biased because I really enjoy the chemistry between Liv and Ben."
"That totally is making me change my opinion of you."
"Okay class. Jackson was right; we do need to do something." Ms. Casey said as she walked to the front of the room, "So, while Amy takes attendance, why don't we discuss something."
"Ooh I know!" Foxy exclaimed waving her hand around, "Last night's episode of The Valley. Did you watch it?"
"Yes! It was so awesome!" Ms. Casey said excitedly, "Rachel loves Adam!"
"I know!" A brunette said from a table up front, "But you totally know that Annie is going to try to come in between them."
"Sara's got a good point. How do we feel about Annie?" Ms. Casey asked, "Because Sean likes her, and I'm just like, 'What?'"
"I totally hate her!" Amy said looking up from the attendance sheet.
"If she would have stayed the way she was when she first came on the show then---" Gwen started but was cut off by Wasman putting his head into his hand and making a really loud noise.
"Oh my god, will everyone stop talking about that stupid show?" He asked, "Because I called Kristi last night and she proceeded to yell at me because it was eight-fifty and the show wasn't over yet and I was disrupting her viewing routine."
"I would have done the same thing." Foxy told him.
"Same here." Summer agreed
That afternoon Summer walked into the cafeteria and searched for a place to sit. It felt weird to have to actually find a place to sit and people to sit with. But fortunately she didn't have to search for very long because Kristi, Wasman, Anne Marie's little Sister Katherine, and Becca already had a table with a few extra seats left.
"Did you get that e-mail I sent to you yesterday?" Kristi asked Becca as she dipped a French fry into her ranch dressing.
"Yes, and can I just say that I love your e-mails! They're always 'Here's some news because I'm Kristi and I know everything about everything'. They're so cute!" Becca told her.
"Hi you guys." Summer said as she walked up to the table
"Summer!" Kristi exclaimed, "Hi!"
"Hey Summer. Pull up a seat, join us."
"Thanks. Katherine."
"Hi Summer."
"Hi Bec."
"So, how's your first day been?" Wasman asked
"It's been okay, so far."
"Who do you have third block?" Kristi asked.
"Elkins." Everyone at the table groaned.
"What are we talking about?" Gwen asked as she walked up to the table carrying a plate of nachos.
"Summer has Elkins next."
"I had Mr. Elkins last year and he still thinks that the 'G' in my name is silent so he calls me Wen. Like when he's taking attendance he's like 'Wen' and after maybe three months of correcting him I finally give up and be all like, 'Yeah, whatever Mr. Elkins I'm here.'" Gwen said
"He accepts late work forever though." Becca told her
"He could be dead and you could show up with late work at his funeral and he would come out from his grave and accept it." Wasman said.
"And give you full credit for it." Katherine joked.
"Well, aren't you guys just so great at helping a new student feel like this is the right place to be." Summer said partially joking
"When you've been here as long as we have you know all of the things to tell knew students."
"Is there anything else I need to be careful of?"
"Mr. Upton, the fucking gay hater that he is." Kristi said, "Oh my god, did I just say that last part out loud?"
That night Summer sat in N.I.C.U watching Samara sleep.
"Hi." A nurse said as she walked into the room.
"Hi Katie." Summer said
"Do you ever go home?"
"Not lately. I think I've seen you guys more than I've seen my cousin this last month."
"Well, you care about your daughter. Any parent would do the same."
"Right."
Later that night Summer sat in her room talking to Seth on the phone.
"School's okay, yeah. How about you, how's life treating you?" Seth asked
"It's okay. I'm thinking of getting a job."
"You are? The all high and mighty Summer Roberts is thinking of actually working for a living? Isn't this a sign of the apocalypse?"
"Shut up. And plus it's not like a real job that makes you get all sweaty or gross. It's just be working the cash register at my friend Ariel's mom's dry cleaning store."
"Okay, so it's not like you'll be working Springfield's version of the Crab shack then."
"God no."
