Holy crap-ola! CHAPTER 10! This is a milestone people! Lol. It's all very exciting. ! And just want to say thanks for all the reviews, the motivate me! Enjoy.

Broken Seatbelts

Chapter 10: The Lawyers and the Pools

"Six months probation and a $1500 fine." Zach's lawyer, David McGovern, offered.

They were in a large conference room, David McGovern and his client's father sat across from Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Sandy thought having the kids in during this meeting would be too stressful on them, his kids mostly he didn't give a shit about Zach's feelings.

"Six months! You must be insane, just like your son!" Kirsten gave only a small, miniscule fraction of what she actually wanted to say, and she was going to say more but the feel of Sandy's hand on her arm calmed her.

"Mr. McGovern, with all due respect," Sandy hesitated slightly as he heard Kirsten scoff beside him, "six months is not appropriate for the level of your clients actions."

"It was an accident, Mr. Cohen," Mr. Stevens started, "My son will be made to apologize."

"We don't want an apology, Mr. Stevens. We want him in jail." Kirsten was pissed; probation? That's all he's getting for almost killing her family? Kirsten shot right up out of her seat.

"Honey…"

"No, Sandy. He almost killed you and Seth and Ryan, not to mention Summer and Marissa! How can you just sit here and let them get away with it?"

"They aren't getting away with it, honey, please just sit down."

"Probation is getting away with it." With that Kirsten left the conference room.

"As you just saw, we don't accept your terms. We'll see you in court." Sandy gathered his things.

"Mr. Cohen, I plead with you to change your views on this." Sandy looked up at him. "I am a Senator, I have much more power than a freelance lawyer."

"Ooooh, you are not in the place to threaten me. I have been a lawyer for a long time, Mr. Stevens; I have much more respect than a slimy, lying Senator whose son tried to kill the prosecutor's family." He finishes gathering his things and walks out, stopping at the door. "I'll see you in court. Oh, and keep your son away from mine and their friends." With a cheery smile he left to find his wife.

Kirsten just got pissed, she knew she probably shouldn't have left Sandy on clean up duty, but staring at the man who proudly bore his mental son was just too much for her. She really wanted that bratty kid to rot in a jail cell with a lover named Bubba. Okay, maybe not the 'lover named Bubba' part; she wasn't that cruel, he was still a person. Just barely.

"If you pout too much your face will stay like that."

"Sandy, I'm sorry about what happened in there, I just…" She trailed off. Sandy walked over to her and pulled her into a comforting embrace.

"I know, Sweetie. I understand. And if it makes you feel any better, we're going to court!"

"Thanks, Sandy." She laughed and pulled away. "Come on, let's go home."

Seth Cohen smelled foul. He hadn't showered since the day before his and Summer's blow out, which was a week ago. He only ate jello; the orange kind, he was afraid of the red, it reminded him of bad, very bad movies. He hadn't left his place on the couch for three days except to secrete bodily fluids.

"Dude, take a shower."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"No. Ah, dammit! Seth you need to take a shower before I give you a sponge bath!"

"Ryan, I didn't know you felt that way about me, I don't think Marissa's going to take it too well, though." Seth said deadpanned, never taking his eyes off The Valley.

"Seth."

"Ryan."

"Seth, seriously, flies are starting to buzz around you!"

"Oh, stop being so dramatic, I'm not a pile of garbage!"

"I beg to differ."

"Look, I am not getting off this couch until Summer is sitting right next to me, ok?"

Ryan sighed. This was just not working.

"Okay."

"Thank you."

"Sponge bath it is, then." Ryan moved towards Seth and bent down to pick him up but quickly moved his head away taking a deep breath, holding it while he picked a light, but surprisingly strong skinny Jewish man.

"Ryan!" Seth yelled, trying his hardest to de-attach himself from his brother with no avail. "Put me down! What the hell are you…?" Ryan was carrying him out to the backyard. "Ryan, no! Don't you dare!" But Ryan, only thinking of his task and trying his hardest not to breath in threw him in the pool. "Ah!" Splash! "R-r-ryan, I-I'm g-g-g-going t-to ki-kill y-you!"

Ryan stood there laughing his ass off at Seth, who looked like a drowned freezing cat desperately trying to escape. But he kept slipping off the ladder, which only made him laugh harder.

"What's going on here?" Kirsten asked from the doorway with Sandy standing beside her, trying to contain his laughter at the sight of his son, but quickly regained himself when his wife elbowed him in the stomach. Getting no response from either boys just hysterical laughter she asked again.

"I-" Ryan attempted to answer but his response was quickly replaced by more laughter as he saw Sandy give in and crack up when Seth finally got out of the water but fell back in after slipping on some tile.

Kirsten glared at her husband.

"I'm," insert laugh here, "It's just…" He waved her off, doubling over himself.

"Can someone please help me?" Seth asked from the pool, no longer cold just pissed. Kirsten ignored the other two immature bozos in her yard and leaned over to help her son out but instead soon found out that walking on wet tile in stilettos would only result in the second Cohen family member in the pool. And now everyone, including Kirsten was laughing.

"What is going on here?" Caleb Nichol asked in the exact manner Kirsten had with Julie Cooper laughing her ass off.

"Ah, Cal, you missed some damn funny stuff!" Sandy asked still laughing.

"Oh, Kirsten! Are those Ralph's?" Julie asked as she saw one of Kirsten's shoes float by. Kirsten only nodded her head and proceeded to successfully, unlike her son, to get out of the pool and lent her boy a hand, only to realize he was much heavier than anticipated.

Seth was finally able to get out with the help of Ryan and his mother, but stood in sadness as he reached into his left rob pocket and removed a destroyed collector's issue of Bluntman and Chronics.

"Ryan! Look what you did! This cost me fifty bucks!"

"You spent fifty dollars for a comic?" Kirsten asked.

"It's a collector's issue!"

Ok, that's it for this chapter, I just wanted something cheesy . I know the girls weren't in this chapter, just wanted to relieve some stress for Seth; give him something to laugh about. I also just wanted to get some of the Zach stuff over with. There will be Summer in the next chapter, not sure about Marissa. It might take a little bit for the next chapter, I've got another test coming up and a gig to go to. Reviews are overly delicious.