I am officially home from camp. It was totally awesome! Ski Camp was the best! There were so many great people there I wish I didn't have to leave. But I did and now I am writing this. LOL

I was amazed, overjoyed, jubilant, astonished, and a thesaurus of other great words that describe how grateful I was at the moment I opened up my email inbox. 143 emails! WOW guys you really went out of your way to make me feel loved. I really didn't think I would get 100. You blew me away. Give yourself a round of applause! Thanks!

On with the story!

Summer sat down on the bed and gasped once again and shook her head furiously.

Seth Cohen was proposing to her. SETH COHEN!

"Cohen….." She drew out his name cautiously. Seth, on one knee, looked up at her smiling.

Summer's head was still spinning. For second she didn't know how to answer. It all seemed so unreal that she hesitated. Seth's smile started to falter but his hand still held out the small diamond ring in its box up to her.

"Cohen…" Summer repeated again.

"Yes. That is my name." Seth replied, his voice kind of shaky. He had just opened up his heart and now he had to find out what she was going to do with it.

He noticed Summer started to shake a little and she looked like she was being torn apart. A deadlock, sort of.

"I don't know." She finally vocalized, her tears starting to fall. She stepped back and continued to race out the door. "I'm sorry." Summer repeated, not even bothering to shut the door.

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3 hours later, the room was completely dark and Seth Cohen sat in the middle of the bed, his finger tracing the rock in the jewelry box. What had he done? He had been planning this forever and now his plans had gone horrible. Summer really didn't want to marry him?

Summer still wasn't back and he was getting worried. A thunderstorm had just started up in the last hour and the sound of rain beating against the pool house was undeniably loud. If she wasn't back in an hour he was going to go look for her. He just couldn't leave his 7 month pregnant girlfriend out in the rain, who knows where.

A knock on the pool house door made Seth jolt out of bed and head to the door. His mother stood with a black umbrella over her head and a worried look on her face.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" He asked confused. It was probably almost 3 or 4. Why on earth would she be there?

"Can I come in. Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt but I wondered if you still had electricity. Ours went out about 20 minutes ago and our huge ice-cream cake from Elizabeth's for our huge party tomorrow might melt. Do you still have power?" His mother went on quickly, stepping in.

"I don't know mom. I haven't checked." Seth walked over to the light switch and clicked it. Nothing happened.

"Darn." Kirsten replied. "Ok. I guess I have to figure out another way." She looked over to the bed and saw it was empty.

"Where is Summer?"

"Couldn't tell you." Seth was trying to be calm and in control and not let him crack under his mother but her sudden questioning almost made it impossible.

"What do you mean? She's not here?" A shocked look appeared on her small features.

"She left a couple hours ago. She hasn't come back yet." Seth said in a small voice. It was if someone had crushed him and didn't bother to do anything about it.

"Seth I need a little more information."

"You want more. Fine. I proposed to her after you guys left. Summer said no and rushed out. That's pretty much it." He exclaimed, falling onto his bed.

"Seth, I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"Whatever. It doesn't change anything. She said no." Kirsten sat next to him and rubbed his arm.

"Summer's just scared. She has a lot to deal with. She just turned 18 and she's 7 months pregnant. That a whole lot on her plate."

"Why are you siding with her? I'm 18 and has a 7 month pregnant girlfriend. Why does it matter so much more with her than me?" He asked madly.

"I know it doesn't seem like such a big difference. But to her there is. She's carrying this baby. She has to give birth to it and she just can't leave it. You on the other hand could. I think that's what she thinks." His mother said calmly.

"Doesn't she get it? I'm not going to leave her. I love her. I would never to that to her and our baby."

"I know. She's just scared. Summer was terrified when you left for the summer. She felt you abandoned her."

Seth sat on his bed and thrust his hand through his chocolate curls. "I wish I could take it back. I really do."

"I know honey." She leaned over and hugged him.

"I have to go and figure out what to do about the cake. But do me a favor and tell me when Summer comes home. If she not back soon, I guess we'll have to figure out what to do about that then. Love you." Kirsten got off the bed and walked out.

Now all Seth had to do was wait.

TBC.

This chapter had me going crazy. Honestly. It was awful. I wrote 3 complete chapters just for this. First one she said yes and they were so happy. Then I watched the Heartbreak, season one. And I realized that was totally not what would happen. Then I rewrote that so her answer was iffy but eventually said yes but a very long engagement. I watched the Heartbreak again and deleted that chapter. It wasn't right. I totally didn't know what to write so this chapter I wrote this over and over about her saying no and it didn't feel quite right but I'm going with it. I think Summer might say that. She's scared and everything.

I know everyone wanted me to say that she said yes. But remember my story isn't over and everything will fall into place. But I think you might be worried about when she'll come home.

Sorry for mumbling!

I'm leaving for Green Bay tomorrow and I'm not going to be writing my chapter for a while. Sorry. It takes me a while to get into the mood of writing again.

Thanks!