Caught In Suspension: Chapter 7
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With the warm rays of sunlight beaming on her face, Summer breathed in deeply and stretched her arms. A smile quickly crept on her face as she realized what day it was. Today was the day where four years ago, she was acting like she was running around without a head. Her mind was spinning simultaneously in different directions with tasks that needed to be done that it was even sometimes difficult to coordinate her feet to walk. If it wasn't for Marissa, Summer probably would've made it to the alter late because it was her that kept her intact.
When Summer woke up that morning, she thought that Seth would be out of bed and making breakfast. That's what he usually did on any one of their anniversaries, but there he was, still sleeping. Summer smiled after having an idea. She quietly slipped out of the bed and headed out of the bedroom.
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Beep! Beep! Beep!
Seth frantically jumped straight out of bed after an alarm woke him up. It sounded like the smoke alarm and not seeing Summer in the room, he freaked out and ran downstairs. As he reached to the bottom, he noticed a trail of smoke coming from the direction of the kitchen. Remembering that Summer mentioned a fire extinguisher in the closet by the stairway, he grabbed it and quickly scrambled towards the kitchen.
Standing in the doorway, he chuckled and was relieved to see that nothing was on fire. Summer stood there in her pj's, sheepishly smiling.
Seth turned on the overhead vent and reached for the smoke alarm to reset it. Even though it was freaking cold, Seth opened all of the windows to get the smell out of the house quickly.
"Happy Anniversary." Summer greeted as she wrapped her arms around him and gave him a kiss.
Seth looked at the smoking platter. "Looks like we won't have a cake, will we?"
The cake was burned beyond recognition and that was the cause of the smoke detectors going off.
Summer chuckled and shook her head. "Sorry, but I did manage to not burn breakfast."
"What's for breakfast?"
Summer grabbed Seth's hand and lead him to the dinning table. There were waffles, eggs, bacon, or french toast to choose from and Seth couldn't decide what he wanted.
"These actually look edible, but what happened to the cake?" Seth curiously asked.
Summer scratched her head. "I was watching TV while waiting for the cake and I forgot to check up on it."
Seth chuckled. "Wow...You definitely pulled a Kirsten."
Summer laughed at his comment. Seth always called burning your food a "Kirsten" and his mother wasn't too amused with that label.
"You want juice or coffee?" Summer asked as she headed towards the kitchen to get their drinks.
"Coffee, definitely." Seth answered as she disappeared.
It was on rare occasions when the Cohen household would get a cooked breakfast and even more rare to have Summer cook for that meal. A typical workday breakfast usually consisted of anything that could be toasted. In most cases they would have bagels, toast, or waffles. If they were running late, they would resort to picking up something from the bakery.
Summer returned with two cups of coffee in hand and gave Seth his cup. He thanked her and she sat on the seat to the right of him.
"So what's the plan today?" Summer asked as she grabbed some pieces of french toast.
Seth scooped some eggs and placed them on his plate. "I was thinking of hitting the slopes. Maybe do a little snowboarding or something."
"All day?"
Seth shrugged. "We'll just play it by ear."
Summer nodded. They sat in silence while they continued to grab some food.
"You want your gift now?" Summer asked, breaking the silence.
Seth looked at her, wondering if she was serious. Whenever it came to presents, it was usually Seth asking if they could open them, especially during Chrismukkah.
"What's the catch?" Seth quizzically asked.
"Nothing." She simply answered.
Seth eyed her carefully and she kept her serious face. Seth gave up trying to decipher what her motive may be and used his legs to push his chair back so he could stand up.
"You want me to get yours?" Seth asked.
Summer smiled. "Sure, but don't go too far."
Seth questioningly looked at her as she continued to grin. He was sure that he stratigized well to hide Summer's present because she has been known to guess the gift correctly by just shaking it. Still not sure what was going on, Seth walked out of the dinning room. Passing through the kitchen, he looked at the top of the counter in the middle of the room and was surprised to see two items on that counter. He doesn't remember seeing anything on that counter when he was in the kitchen not too long ago. Seth grabbed the two gifts and returned to the dinning room to ask Summer about them.
"Hey Sum, how did the gifts get in the kitchen?"
Summer took a sip out of her coffee and shrugged. "I placed them there. I figure that you would've want to open them as soon as possible."
Seth smiled. His wife definitely knew him well. "So do you wanna open your gift first?"
Summer smiled at his generosity and shook her head. "Thanks for the pair of earrings, it's beautiful."
Seth's mouth dropped. "How did you know?"
"Seriously Cohen, you need to work on your skills for hiding things." She mischievously grinned.
Seth agreed. He picked up his gift and wondered what it could be. The rectangular object that he held in his had was a fairly small gift. It couldn't be a comic book or a DVD, so he ruled those out. Seth shook it a bit but no sound could be heard. The only distinguishable sound that was generated was when the paper would be rubbing against his hand as he shook his gift. He looked at Summer and noticed that she had an amused look on her face. Giving up on guesses, Seth ripped the wrapping paper off the gift and for a long period of time, just stared at it.
What?, Seth thought.
This was something that he didn't think that she would give him as a gift and he didn't know what to think. Seth placed his gift on the table and tried to put on his best smile to cover up what he was actually feeling at that moment. He didn't want to seem like he hated the gift, even though he was confused why she would give it to him in the first place.
"Thanks Sum, but you didn't need to get me a box of condoms."
"Well, aren't you going to open it?" Summer casually asked. She was fighting hard to fight off the smile that was creeping on her face. She was containing herself well and kept a straight face.
Seth raised one of his brows. Why would he need to open it when he knew what was in it. It wasn't like it was one of those gifts that made you open a box after another to get to the real gift in the end.
Following her request, Seth opened the box and faced the open side down to shake the contents out to show her that it was a typical box of condoms. As he started to shake, nothing came falling down on the table. Thinking that it somehow got stuck inside, he slipped his index and middle finger inside the box. Feeling inside, Seth couldn't feel anything but the smoothness of the box and looked inside to see that it was empty.
"Hey Sum, I think that you need to get a refund from wherever you got this because the box is empty."
Summer couldn't hold herself together anymore. She started to laugh and Seth was clueless with what the heck was going on.
"What's so funny?"
Summer continued to laugh. "Don't you get it?"
Seth confusedly scratched his head. "Get what?"
Summer stopped laughing and smiled. She caressed his cheek and sweetly looked into his eyes. "That I'm ready to have a baby, Doofus."
Seth smiled widely. "Really?"
Summer happily nodded. "Really."
Seth couldn't contain his excitement and passionately kissed her. They made out for a while and things were getting pretty hot and heavy pretty quickly. Seth stood up, pulling her up also and wanted to lead her towards their bedroom.
"Hey, what about the food? I spent some time making that and you haven't touched it yet." Summer pointed out.
Seth released her hand and went to his plate to take bite out of his plate. He swallowed his food and grabbed Summer's hand again to run up to their bedroom. Seth has to say that he definitely just received the best gift ever and don't think that anything can top that one.
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Yay, Summer's ready to have a baby! Wondering what changed her mind? Well if you stick around for the next chapter, you'll find out.
I'll tell you folks right now, I originally planned to finish this before I leave on the 19th of this month to go to school that starts up on the 22nd (season 2 comes out on DVD on the 23rd ;) ). I actually have written about ten chapters before posting the first one and have recently finished writing the last chapter. I originally planned to have twelve chapters in this story, the last chapter being an epilogue. Sorry to those who would like this to go on longer than that. It's going to be my first year at a university since transefering and I feel that once school startup, I will no longer have the leisure of time to work on this. I don't want you guys to wait forever for me to update this but if you guys don't mind the wait and possibly having some long breaks between chapters, then I would consider making this longer than I planned because you guys are the best. My parents are paying for my education, so that has to come first.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I hope this doesn't hinder your decision to leave a review. It's been a fun ride so far and I can't thank you guys enough for taking the time to give me your thoughts on this.