THE HOSPITAL

Kirsten Cohen kept pacing around the emergency waiting room as Ryan was having the bullet extracted from his shoulder.

"Mum, stop it you're making me dizzy" Seth said looking over his shoulder. Summer crossed her arms and hit him on the head.

"COHEN! Beg or I'm leaving" She told him and started hitting him till he was on his knees in pain.

"MUM? Do I have to?" A childish Seth asked. Kirsten stopped only to realise Seth had been talking to her. Not knowing what to say she nodded.

"Yes Seth, go ahead" she replied and smiled at him hugging Summer's legs while she tapped him hard repeatedly on the head.

Seth rubbed his head when she stopped and to said to himself

"I'm thinking I'M gonna need to go to the emergency room. Oh, yeah - Summer! How long to go?" Summer checked the countdown on her phone.

"36 hours" she told him then turned to Kirsten "Mrs. C? Shouldn't Ryan of been out by now?"

Before Kirsten could answer a nurse came out looking for the foster mother of Ryan Atwood. Kirsten talked to her and was asked if she would like to see Ryan. She was following the nurse down a corridor when she turned round to see Seth & Summer watching her.

"One moment guys. I'll let you see Ryan when he's fully conscious" She called back and waited for their approval before turning back and running over to the room Ryan was resting in.

When she entered, Ryan was lying down with a bandage on his shoulder leading to his hand and when she saw Summer's favourite scarf, now blood drenched on his wrist she couldn't help but smiling.

"Ryan honey, are you okay?" Kirsten sat down by his bed as she watched him shake his head. "Of course you aren't, you just got shot" she said quietly so only she could hear it.

She held his good hand as she watched the teen suffer from the pain but she was interrupted from her thoughts when she heard a loud knock on the door. Ryan jumped at the sound as it was as loud as Theresa's shot.

"Shh, it's only sandy." She told him as Sandy crouched down beside her.

"How is he?" Sandy asked as he put an arm around his wife.

"He has a bullet wound and major blood loss on his shoulder" she whispered back as Seth crawled in hugging Summer's legs. Summer walked over to the other side where there was a spare chair, dragging Seth along on the carpet.

Sandy observed what was happening and smiled at Kirsten.

"Now, what did we do this time?" Sandy Cohen asked his son.

Summer sat down and hit Seth so Seth new to take a break

"Seth was lying about Anna going to Pittsburgh when she actually moved into your cyclone shelter" Summer told her future Father-In-Law.

"Oh and this went for at least a month?" He replied and looked at his son as he slowly nodded. "Well Seth, you deserve 30 -something hours of begging, so I guess you might wanna finish the hours before the wedding day." Kirsten laughed at her husband's advice and heard a muffle from Ryan.

"SHH! Ryan's trying to say something. What is it honey?" She asked as the rest of the room fell silent.

"Marissa… here… Hospital… drunk… next… door" Sandy and Kirsten looked up and stared at each other in shock before running to the door and fighting over who could go through.

Kirsten won with a simple "Ladies First"

When they finally left, Ryan spoke properly. "God Seth, I thought you would have pssed summer off enough by now that she would of told you to stop."

Seth walked over to his friend "I did too, but she's learnt to cope. Haven't you my scrumptious sweetie pie. Cause I love you, that's why im begging for forgiveness." Summer stepped back as Seth turned to approach her and give her a hug.

"I see Ryan's point. OKAY OKAY, STOP!" she shouted and went and sat back down.

"So Ryan, when do you get out?" she asked him.

He looked thoughtful for a moment then quietly mumbled "2 days" before rolling over to look through a window revealing Marissa being fussed over by Kirsten and Sandy like she was their own daughter. At least she almost was, Ryan just had to propose.

It was about 15 minutes later that Kirsten re-entered the room followed by Sandy and a recovered Marissa.

"So" was her first word to him since being shot "We still on for tonight?"

Ryan stared at her in disbelief. "I was SHOT Marissa." He pointed out to her but she probably forgot that.

"Oh, honey, are you okay?" she asked as she sat on his good side and kissed his cheek. He shook his head, almost hitting Marissa with his limp blonde spikes hanging from his head.

"Hey coop" Summer spoke up "Wanna go to the café downstairs and get a coffee?" Marissa nodded and before exiting the room, blew Ryan a kiss. He lifted up his bandaged arm and caught it before being pulled over and off the side of the bed. Seth hit himself as he silently laughed but Kirsten was freaking out.

"Ryan? RYAN? RYAN!" she called to the other side of the bed. Sand y stood up and walked over to where Ryan lay.

"Seth, help me" He told his son as he held Ryan's shoulders and head up. Seth bent picked up Ryan's legs and heaved Ryan up onto the bed of the small hospital room. Kirsten held Ryan's hand again as the nurse came to reconnect the blood tube.

"Kirsten. Why don't you go and get something to eat." Sandy advised his wife to do so and she left the room. Sandy turned back to Ryan.

"Ryan" he said "If you can hear me, the Wedding for Seth & Summer is in 3 days. You are allowed to be released at 8 am that morning. Would you like to be there?" Ryan slowly nodded as Seth was still rocking forwards and back in his chair holding both his leg and his breath.