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Chapter 2
Summer woke up in a room that she didn't recognise at first, she was so used to waking up in Seth's room that anything other than his room was weird. Then realised that someone must have put her to bed in the guest room and for that she was grateful. Although she was used to waking up in Seth's bed, she didn't think she could handle that right now.
She looked over at the clock and it read 7.37am
'Wow I slept all day?' Summer though, she hadn't slept like that in a long time, it was weird to her but she felt comfort in knowing that Seth was safe, even if he was with Anna.
Summer got up and walked down the stairs trying to flatten her hair down as it was stuck up from her tossing and turning in her sleep. When she got to the kitchen Ryan was sitting there with a coffee in one hand and the paper in another, there was no one else in the kitchen. She saw that he only had a vest top on and his muscles were exposed.
'Wow he really does have great muscles' she thought. "Hey" She finally said after looking him over.
Ryan looked up startled, he hadn't realised that someone had entered the kitchen.
"Oh hey finally up I see?" with a slight smirk, he never knew anyone to sleep that long, although she had tired herself out from crying so much.
"Yeah did you erm ... put me in the guest room?" She walked over to the fridge and got out some orange juice and went in search of a glass.
"Yeah you were pretty out of it, and I thought you would be more comfortable there than the couch. Kirsten made the guest room for you thinking that being in Seth's room would..." He stopped talking; he didn't know how she would feel talking about Seth yet. He figured that he would leave it until she mentioned it when she was ready.
"Yeah, well thanks" Ryan nodded "No problem"
Summer sat down and helped herself to her orange juice and she grabbed a bagel when Kirsten and Sandy came down. "Hey sweetie you're up" Kirsten always called Summer 'sweetie' now and oddly enough it comforted Summer; she always thought it would be great to have her as a mother-in-law. Not that she had thought about marrying Seth, she just would have loved to have someone like Kirsten to look to for advice. Although she already knew she could do that.
"Yeah thanks for setting up the room for me, it was really thoughtful of you" Kirsten nodded "No problem, we couldn't have you sleeping on the couch could we? So what are you going to do today?"
"I was going to go over to Marissa's and see how she is doing I haven't spoke to her in a while, I want to make sure that she is ok"
"Ok well we are going to work, see you two later… I hope Marissa is ok" Sandy and Kirsten waved goodbye.
"Yeah ok bye" came from Summer and Ryan at the same time, they both looked at each other and grinned.
But Sandy and Kirsten didn't leave, they walked around the corner then stopped and listened to Ryan and Summer, they knew that they would say something to each other but not them, they weren't upset about it, but they still want to know how they are feeling.
"They are great" Summer smiled as she reached for the paper that Ryan had just lay down.
"Yeah they are" Ryan nodded and picked up a new paper, the Cohen's had four papers delivered in the morning, so that everyone had something to read and wasn't waiting on others to finish the paper. "They are the best parents I could ever have hoped for.
Sandy and Kirsten stand there in shock that Ryan had thought of them as his parents. They were his legal guardians yes, but thinking them as parents was an entirely different thing. Kirsten started crying quietly and hugged Sandy. They both head out of the door for work, both feeling like they were on cloud 9.
Summer smiled "You think of them as your parents? That's great Ryan have you told them that?"
"Well ... yeah they are but I don't say it to their face I don't know how they would feel about it, it's all a bit weird, I mean they are my parents in every aspect that they need to be, the fact that they aren't biologically means nothing to me.
"Personally I think they would be happy that you think that way"
Ryan smiled and went back to drinking his coffee, Summer did the same
After about half an hour Summer got up and told Ryan that she was heading to Marissa's and left.
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At Marissa's
"Hey Coop" came Summer's voice as she made her way up the stairs to her best friend's room.
"Hey Sum, have they found Seth yet?"
Summer looked like she was about to cry so Marissa hugged her and sat her on the bed "Sum, what's happened is he…" Summer knew what Marissa was about to say so she cut her off. "No he is alive…" Summer spent the next half hour or so telling Marissa the story with great detail.
"So what are you going to do?" Marissa's voice didn't sound very concerned but distracted.
"There is nothing I can do; I'm staying at the Cohen's until daddy comes home" She shrugged. "Oh so I guess you will be seeing Ryan a lot then" Summer knew that this was the subject that Marissa was thinking about while she was talking about Seth, but she didn't care, Marissa was always the kind of person that thought of herself before others.
"Well he was there for me when Seth left even if you weren't, he's been really good to me, he told me when I first got there that if I ever needed to talk that he was there for me, I guess we just get along because we can tell each other things that we cant tell anyone else"
"So you and him have been getting very close huh? While I have been here, not knowing what to do with myself because he hasn't come to see me. I have been out of my mind with worry about the whole Theresa baby thing"
"OMG you are such a self absorbed bitch I can't believe I came here to see how you were. He deserves better that you, his brother had just run away and could have been dead and you were worried about yourself"
"Go then, no wonder Seth left you for Anna you are such a bitch" Marissa knew that she was out of line but she felt betrayed. Summer had gotten close to Ryan when she couldn't, and she couldn't accept that.
Summer slapped Marissa and ran out of the house crying.
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Back at the Cohen's
Summer ran into the house past Ryan who had looked up from the TV and straight into the guest bedroom. Ryan walked upstairs to find a crying Summer on the bed in the guest room.
"Summer, are you ok?" Ryan's voice was full of concern. "I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"
"You don't seem fine, what happened when you were at Marissa's?"
"Nothing, apart from calling me a bitch and saying that it's no wonder that Seth left me for Anna" Summer sniffled. Ryan hated it when Summer cried, he always felt so helpless.
"She was probably drunk, you know what she has been like she hasn't left the house unless to go the liquor store. She wouldn't have meant it, I'm sure" Ryan tried his best to comfort her, true he hadn't seen Marissa since he has been back but he thought that eventually she would forgive him and he would find the perfect, caring girl he was once in love with, not the bitter, hard and unemotional woman that he had talked to on the phone once.
"I know but... the thing is I will never know why Seth chose Anna over me, when he finally chose me I was so happy, but now, now that he has run back to her… I feel so… drained and I just need to know why he left, but now I will never know. Kirsten said that he doesn't want to come back… he wants to stay with Anna" Summer had been keeping this in since she had heard he went to Anna, she loved Seth, and she was so sure that he loved her, obviously not enough to explain to her though.
"I'm sorry Summer but there is nothing you can do, you will just have to wait for him to come back. That or follow him to Pittsburgh" Ryan meant it as a joke, he didn't think Summer would take it seriously. The she bolted up on the bed, she had never thought of going to see him in Pittsburgh.
"Will you come with me?" She asked a tone of seriousness he had never heard in her voice before.
"Where?" Ryan was a little confused. Where did she want him to go?
"Pittsburgh, duh" She said it as though it should have been obvious, to her it was. Well it was now that Ryan had just pointed it out. "I was only kidding Summer" Ryan was shocked at the thought of her taking his joke seriously.
"I know, but I need to find out, I can't… not know. Please we could fly there now and be back by tomorrow but I need to see him, to find out why, to hear his reasons. Please."
Ryan looked at her, he read her expression, and he could read her eyes. He could see the desperation in her eyes and how much it would hurt her to never know, why the love of her life left.
"Ok but we have to tell the parents first"
Kirsten and Sandy walked in and heard Ryan say that, and it made their hearts swell with pride. "Tell us what?" Sandy said with a huge grin.
Ryan was embarrassed that they had heard him call them his parents but decided to push the subject to the back of his mind now, he had worse problems at the moment, like trying to convince Summer that her idea was stupid, even though it was his idea to start with.
"Summer wants to go to Pittsburgh to see Seth" He said it while looking at Summer pointedly. He was hoping that Kirsten and Sandy would talk her out of it.
"I think that's a good idea, are you going too?" She asked looking at Ryan. He was shocked that she thought that the idea was a good one. He sighed knowing that there was no way he was going to get out it.
"If you say it's ok?" He looked at Sandy, hoping that he would object, but he knew it was wasted hope. "Kiddo we couldn't say no. We will set up the flight tickets." Sandy got out his cell to call the airport.
Summer ran upstairs immediately to get some clothes ready and Ryan headed for the pool house when Sandy and Kirsten stopped him.
"We just want you to know that we consider you as our son and that we couldn't be happier that you think of us as your parents" Kirsten nodded and added "We love you"
Ryan couldn't find the words to express how he was feeling. He was never good with expressing his emotions. So he did the best he could. He nodded "Thanks" and proceeded to the pool house, still completely speechless.
A/n: As I was re-writing this I realised how much my original writing sucks. It just goes to show that reading other peoples fan fiction and receiving reviews help immensely. I hope you all review.
Devon: Thanks I hope you continue to read
Stealth: I have always had problems with punctuation, but because I don't have a beta, there is no one to tell me of my mistakes.
Welcome To The O.C. Bitch: Yeah it got taken of because the style of the writing, and I'm so glad it was. I didn't realise until now that my old style of writing sucked. It didn't have any details or explanations in it. So yeah keep reading.