3 weeks later.

It was 4 days until the wedding of the century. The whole house was in panic mode. Everything that happened in the last weeks had gone through smoothly without any major offences. Seth and Summer had to continue getting measured and Summer was starting to show more and more everyday. She was finally wearing her maternity outfits.

Anna had stayed away for the most part which Summer thought was very odd and she knew to look out for something. The rift between Summer and Kirsten had smoothed over completely and it was if they had never had a fight. Summer still hadn't had any contact with her dad since her telling him and her refusing his offer. She really didn't say anything about him and no one asked.

Kirsten was quite angry at the upcoming wedding. She was left in charge of the bridal party for Julie and it quite upset her. But she had come through quite nicely making the event a huge success.

"Hey Ryan. Come here for a second." Seth called over to his buddy. Seth had his arm around Summer who in the family's opinion was glowing.
"What's up man?" He asked, wondering why he was ushered over there.

"Don't you see it? Summer starting to turn into a whale." Seth joked and in return Summer jabbed her elbow into his ribs.

"Hey. You are so not allowed to call me a whale. I'm hardly even showing."

"Summer, let's face it. You are really starting to show. People can almost tell just by looking at you if you wear your normal clothes."

"You are so sleeping on the couch tonight."

Summer vacation was ending in less than a week and Summer had a major decision to make. Was she going back to school? Sandy and Kirsten decided to let Summer decide what she wanted to do. She was old enough if she wanted to drop out and she didn't have to have her father's permission to do so.

"Yeah, but then you don't get to snuggle!" Seth said, his arms open wide.

"I can live with that." Summer returned sarcastically.

"Oww. That hurt." Seth mocked."

"Ok. I'm going to find Marissa." Ryan interrupted, knowing that they weren't really going to talk to him anymore.

"Sounds good buddy. Now don't jump her when you see her." Seth said and then proceeded to be slapped on the chest by Summer. "Haven't I suffered through enough pain?"

"We'll see. Be good. Julie's coming."

"You know I will Summer." Seth replied, mysteriously.

"Hi Seth. Hi Summer." Julie greeted kissing both of them on the cheek. "How's the party?"

"It's great Ms. Cooper. I love it. And congratulations on the wedding." Summer said, politely.

"Yep. Finally my old grandpa grabbed one. Sorry you're it. It bet you can still make a run for it. The border's not far from here" Seth said nicely. He felt Summer's heel slam into his toe but he just smiled it off.

Julie's face fell for a second then returned to a smile. "Well I hope you two are excited to be in the wedding?"

"We definally are. Thanks."

"Ok, I've got to mingle. Enjoy." And with that Julie went off into the crowd.

"How could you say that to her. Even though I hate her maybe even more than you, I would never say that in a million years."

"I even surprise myself sometimes." Seth said, pleased with himself.

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As the party winded to a close, Summer finally stumbled upon Marissa sitting in the parlor.

"Hey Coop." She said walking over to her. "Where's Ryan?"

"How the hell should I know?" Marissa answered meanly.

"Just asking, Coop. Don't go all crazy on me. What happened?" Summer said, sitting down next to her. Summer smelt alcohol on her breath and knew her best friend was drunk.

"Everything. Ryan broke up with me, and my mom is getting married to a 70-year-old man who she's only marrying for his money. Now tell me what's wrong with that?" Marissa spat out.

"Sorry Coop. Why'd Ryan break up with you?"

"He said he didn't think we belonged together."

"Ouch that must hurt."

"Yeah. Where's your other half?"

"I lost him somewhere. He's probably stealing all the cocktail weenies."

"You got a great boyfriend Sum. I wish I could find one as good as him."

"Don't worry Coop, you will. You definitely will. Trust me. I did and you are even better than me. I give it a month. You'll find your Prince Charming that will sweep you off you feet."

"But I thought I already had. Ryan was the best boyfriend I ever had. I mean what if I fall for another guy and I think he's it but it's not? What if Ryan was it all along?" Marissa explained, her eyes starting to water.

"Only time will tell, Coop. Time will tell."

"Thanks. I needed a little pep talk. Now you go find your awesome boy-toy and I'm going to get freshen up. If my mom finds me like this I'm going to get an earful. Bye Sum."

"Bye Coop." Summer sighed and decided to just stay and relax in the chair. Cohen would find her eventually. And that he did.

"Hey Sum, you've got to check out the little shiskabob things. They're really good." Seth said, sitting down next to her.

"Hey Cohen. How'd you figure out I was the one for you?" Summer said on a more serious note.

"Remember when I told you about the mermaid song and I told you that that was the first time I really had feelings for you. Well, I lied. The first time I ever knew we were meant to be together, was the first time I saw you. You were 5 and we were starting kindergarten. Even then, you wore the top clothes in the school. You had your little group and you would laugh at all of us that weren't cute enough to join. Well one time during our recess, this 2nd grader came up and started to pick a fight with me. He hit me on the face and I fell down. I really thought he was going to kill me until I heard your voice. You were telling him to pick on someone his own size and you made a couple other insults but he finally went away. You helped me up and then went back to your friends. You always acted as if that ever happened. But that was when I knew you were the one for me. I guess I'm glad I was a big dreamer. " Cohen finished, starting to kiss her neck.

"You remember that?" Summer asked surprised.

"Don't you?"

"Kind of. I just remember this little short—" She knew where she was headed and she stopped herself. "I love you Cohen."

"I love you too. But I have one question."

"Shoot."

"If another 2nd grader tried to attack me again, would you do the same thing?" Seth joked.

"Depends."

"What do you mean it depends?" Seth asked shocked.

"I'm joking. I would do it in a heartbeat." Summer announced.

TBC