Summary:

Summer got pregnant in college, and instead of telling Seth, she ran away to New York. 5 years later, she gets a call from her dad's lawyer, telling her that her father just died in a car accident and his will has left everything to her. Summer has to return to Newport and face everyone and everything she left behind years ago.

Disclaimer: I do not own the OC or any characters

Here's the third chapter, I hope you like it. Thank you to all the reviewers. I've tried working on the format, so hopefully it's a little better and for those of you who weren't sure about Zach and Maddie, they are twins. So hopefully that clears things up.

CHAPTER 3

Returning Home

Summer stepped out of the limo, followed by Zach and Maddie, and walked up to the front door of her old house. She rang the doorbell and waited nervously. "Mommy, is this your old house?" Maddie asked in awe.

Summer nodded, "This is where I used to live," she replied.

Both kids stared up at the huge house before the door was suddenly opened by a man wearing a business suit. "You must be Miss Roberts," he said, offering Summer his hand.

Summer gave a small smile and shook the man's hand. "Call me Summer," she said.

Mr. Samuel smiled and motioned for the three to step inside.

Once the three stepped inside and Summer's suitcase had been taken upstairs to her old room, Mr. Samuel was ready to start the meeting. "How about you kids go hang out in the living room and watch Blues Clues or something while your mother and I talk," he said to Zach and Maddie in a babyish voice.

Summer rolled her eyes at what the man had said to her children and waited to see what they would do.

Maddie wrinkled her nose, "Blues Clues?" she asked in a disapproving voice.

"We're too old to watch that," Zach said, adding to Maddie's comment.

Summer stifled her laughter when she saw Mr. Samuel's reaction and then took over the situation. "Zach, Maddie, I want you to stay in the living room until I come get you," she said.

"But mom…" Zach started to say but Summer held up her hand.

"If you're really good I'll get you ice cream," Summer added.

Zach and Maddie each grinned and ran to the living room, quietly shutting the door as they went in.

An hour later, Summer and Mr. Samuel were finishing up their meeting when Zach ran into the room. "Mommy, there's a woman at the door for you." Summer looked at her son before standing up and quickly walking to the front door.

As Summer approached the doorway she saw her daughter talking to a tall, blond woman. The woman looked up when she heard Summer's footsteps and smiled. "Coop?" Summer asked excitedly. The woman grinned and in two seconds Summer had her engulfed best friend in a hug.

"Hey Summer," Marissa said, after Summer had released her from the hug, "I was sorry to hear about your father."

Summer gave a sad smile and was about to speak when she felt a tug on her jeans. She looked down to find Maddie staring up at her. "What is it sweetie?" Summer asked. "You promised us ice cream," Maddie said, giving her best puppy dog face.

Summer laughed, "I did didn't I?"

Maddie nodded and Summer looked at Marissa. "Would you want to come get some ice cream with us?"

"Sure," Marissa said.

"Okay, let me just go say goodbye to Mr. Samuel and we'll be on our way," Summer said, heading back towards the dining room, where Mr. Samuel was still waiting.

30 minutes later, Marissa and Summer sat in the sand, watching Zach and Maddie play.

"So, are they the reason you left?" Marissa asked, tilting her heads towards the two children.

Summer nodded her head, " When I found out, I didn't want to tell anyone, so I just left. But I also thought I was only having one. When I found out that I was having twins, I almost packed up and came home. "

Marissa stayed quiet for awhile and it made Summer nervous. "So how is everyone?" Summer asked, trying to fill the silence.

"Everyone's good. I've been married to Ryan for a year…" Marissa was interrupted by Summer.

"I remember my dad telling me about that," Summer said. "He said it was the biggest wedding Newport has had in years."

Marissa laughed, "Just be lucky you weren't here."

Summer giggled, "It couldn't have been that bad," she said.

"That's where you're wrong," Marissa said. "My mom and Kirsten were making all the plans. The only thing I had a say in was my dress, and they even came to help me pick it out."

Summer laughed again, "How come you didn't stop them?"

Marissa looked out at the water, "I guess it was because it made my mom really happy and I didn't care. All I cared about was being married to Ryan."

Summer sighed and waited a few seconds before continuing, "So how's everyone else.

Marissa hesitated, knowing that Summer meant Seth. "Um, Seth's doing good. Actually, he's getting married in a week." Marissa said, quickly looking at her friend to see her reaction, but Summer just stared at the water. Sensing that Summer didn't want to talk about it, Marissa stayed quiet.

They remained in silence until Maddie and Zach came back up to them. "Mommy we're ready to go," Zach said.

Summer looked at her two children , "Okay, lets go."

As Summer and the twins were getting out of Marissa's black SUV, she stopped Summer.

"How about we hang out tomorrow," Marissa said. "We can go shopping and get you some decent stuff."

At first Summer was offended at Marissa's comment but quickly forgot it. "I don't know," she said, now reluctant.

"Come on, it'll be fun," Marissa said. "We can get a babysitter for the kids and just have a girls' day."

Summer was still a little reluctant. "I guess," she said after a few seconds.

"Great! I'll call a babysitter tonight and I'll be here at 10:00 tomorrow morning," Marissa said, excitedly.

Summer smiled at her friend, "See you tomorrow," she said, climbing out of the car and helping the kids out of the back seat.

"Bye," Marissa called as she was driving away.