Summer dragged herself out of bed that morning. It was too early. Had it been a dream--scratch that- a nightmare?

Had Seth really left The O.C. What the hell was wrong with him?

She concluded that it wasn't a dream/nightmare, it had actually happened.

Summer leaned over towards her nightstand and took Princess Sparkles down.

"What am I going to do. My parents are gone and I'm pretty sure the Cohen's don't want to deal with me. Princess Sparkles help me out. Tell me what to do."

She looked at the toy and almost had the want to throw it across the room.

"Damn Captain Oats and Seth. They left us."

Again the pony didn't respond.

From her room upstairs, she could hear that someone was pounding on her front door.

They sounded very urgent. She looked at her clock nightstand. 6:29 AM.

"I'm coming!" She leaned over and picked up her pink and yellow ducky robe, put in on, and headed down her stairs.

"I SAID I'M COMING!" Summer said even louder as the pounding didn't cease but got louder.

She swung the door open and she faced Ryan and Kirsten. Ryan was the one who was knocking and Kirsten was sobering into her own robe. Apparently, they both hadn't bothered to get dressed before coming and visiting her.

"Can we come in?" Ryan asked, putting an arm around Kirsten.

"Sure." Summer said, without really caring.

"Sandy said you know about Seth." Kirsten began, searching through her purse looking for a tissue.

"About what?"

"That he left."

"Yeah." Summer was softening up a little.

"Do you have any clue where he might have gone?"

"No Mrs. Cohen. I know as much as you do."

"Ok." Kirsten thought about something then shook her head. "Ok."

"I'm sorry."

"No, no, It's not your fault. Do you think I could use your bathroom?"

"Sure." Summer said dismissing the thought.

"Thanks. I'll be right back."

Kirsten left and just Summer and Ryan was left in the large dark room.

"So…" Summer began.

"Yeah."

"Did he leave you a note too?" Summer asked quietly, hearing the bathroom door close.

"Yeah. He just said He left to go somewhere. But he did ask me to tell you that he loves you."

"Umm.:" Summer didn't really have anything to say to that.

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Kirsten flushed the toilet and then washed her hands. She quietly studied her pale complexion in the circular mirror.

Her Seth was gone and she didn't know where he was. He could be anywhere. He could be in major trouble and she didn't have a clue where to find him. Her last hope was to ask her son's girlfriend if she had any idea where he could have gone. They had such a great love, she thought she must have known.

She dabbed her eye with another tissue to try and get her eyes from becoming too red.

Kirsten went to go and throw away her tissue when a box fell out of the cabinet where the garbage was.

It was a pregnancy test. It had been used. Kirsten went and opened in and the test fell out. It was positive.

TBC