Caught In Suspension: Chapter 9

Disclaimer: The situation is still the same and no matter how hard I wish that the OC characters were mine, they aren't.

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Seth peered into their bedroom to check on Summer. She was still sleeping and Seth didn't want to wake her up, but he was asked to do so. Seth looked at the clock and noticed that it was passed eleven o'clock so she shouldn't get too pissed for being woken up. That's what he hoped for anyway.

Seth quietly walked towards the bed and sat at the edge, rubbing her back and arm.

"Summer, wake up."

Summer gave no response and kept her eyes closed. Seth kissed around her face a couple of times and she started to stir.

"Summer, get up."

Summer grunted and turned to lay on her back. She pulled the covers over her head and tried to get back to sleep. Seth pulled the covers away and Summer reluctantly opened her tired eyes.

"Seth, it's a Saturday and I'm allowed to sleep in on the weekends after a long week at work."

"But don't you have to meet Marissa at the mall today?"

Summer closed her eyes. "At eleven."

"It's eleven-fifteen." Seth pointed out.

That got Summer going and in a matter of seconds she was out of the bed.

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Digging through the cabinet designated for the snacks, Seth was sure that he still had a bag left. Confused, Seth scratched his head and tried to think where it could be.

"Hey Sum, what happened to my bag of chips." Seth yelled out.

Seth already made his sandwich for lunch and nothing went better with it than his salt and vinegar potato chips.

Summer entered the kitchen to dig into the refrigerator for a bottle of water and the container of mixed fruits.

"I wanted something to snack and that was out, so I ate it." She casually answered as she popped a piece of cantaloupe into her mouth.

Seth confusedly stared at her. "But I thought that you hated those chips. In fact if my memory serves me correctly, you said that you wouldn't be caught dead eating that crap."

"I didn't say that I hated it. I said that I preferred to not eat it." Summer clarified and twisted the cap of her bottle to take a sip out of.

"No, I'm pretty sure that you said hated."

"Look, I just wanted something to eat so I ate it. Get over it jackass!" A exasperated Summer exclaimed.

Seth wasn't expecting Summer to react the way she did at that moment. He took the hint and knew when to stop pushing the buttons.

Seth sighed. "But the whole bag?"

Summer rolled her eyes. "Yes, I ate the whole bag. Next subject, please."

"No can do. You were supposed to meet Marissa 45 minutes ago." Seth smirked.

Summer cursed and quickly walked out of the kitchen.

Seth laughed as she came back seconds later after realizing that she left her purse by the fruits. Seth said a sarcastic comment that Summer didn't appreciate hearing at the moment. With her back facing him, she flipped him off as she walked out.

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After four hours and countless number of stores visited at the mall, Summer satisfyingly sat in the front passenger seat of Marissa's car. Not only did Summer did a lot of spending but after a little persuasion on her part, Marissa joined in on the action. If she had to total up how much they spent that day, she would say that they blown an absurd amount of money. Oh well, Summer couldn't help it if all of her favorite stores to shop at had a sale going on. This was the type of day that Summer needed after the past week of grueling work.

She was glad that she didn't have to drive because she currently felt too lazy to do so, even if it was a short drive. It was a good thing that Seth picked up her car after it dawned on him that there was an appointment to get the windows tinted that day.

Summer yawned and she felt like she could sleep on the car ride back home. She still felt tired when she arrived at the mall to face a semi-pissed Marissa after showing up more than thirty minutes late. At least Marissa got a taste of what it was like to wait because it would usually be her to show up late for their weekly time at the mall together.

Marissa started up the car and turned on the air conditioning before pulling out of her parking spot. A familiar scent started to circulate in the car and Summer couldn't stand breathing it in anymore. It was starting to make her feel a bit funny and she rolled down the windows.

Marissa quickly glanced at her confused and wondered what was going on. It was a unusually warm spring day and Summer mostly preferred to keep the AC on when it was that type of day.

"Why did you roll the window down?" Marissa asked.

"I couldn't stand that smell anymore."

"What smell?" Marissa certainly couldn't smell what Summer was talking about.

"You don't smell it?" Summer incredulously asked. The smell was very strong and she could pick it up even if she covered her face.

"No, I can't. What does it smell like?"

Summer shrugged. "Something like the smell of fruits going bad."

Marissa continued to try to identify what Summer was smelling. She definitely didn't know what she was talking about because the only thing that she could smell was...oh no that can't be it, could it, Marissa thought. She questioned how can it be because it was a scent that she always wore and Summer never had a problem with it. In fact, it was Summer who told Marissa to get it when the product came out two years ago.

The tiredness, the unusual bitchiness attitude that Marissa received when she asked a question, and now the aversion to her body spray. It all added up in her head.

"Summer, are you pregnant?"

Summer stared at the box in her hands as she as she sat on the closed lid of the toilet seat. When she came home, Seth wasn't there and she felt a bit relieved to know that she could keep it to herself and think for a while without getting him suspicious for the reason why she was cooped up in the bathroom for a unusual long period of time. She was glad that Seth wasn't home because she could spare him from the disappointment if she wasn't pregnant. He wouldn't have to know that she took a test and the result was negative.

All the things that Marissa pointed out made Summer realize that she might be pregnant. After all, she did succumb to eating Seth's chips. He was absolutely right earlier, she never really liked that flavor because of the smell and she wondered how the hell he could eat that stuff sometimes. Summer never really thought that it could be a possibility even if she was a couple of days late. Maybe it was because she didn't have the obvious and most common pregnancy symptom. She didn't have a spell of feeling sick in the morning or any time during the day and she was thankful for that. She hoped that it will stay like that if she was indeed pregnant.

Summer started to open the box, pondering what the outcome may be. Reading the instructions again, she took the white stick out and took a deep breath.

When Seth opened the front door, he heard a noise from upstairs and he quickly ran towards the sound. He was picturing the worst case scenario and was petrified with what he would see when he got to his wife.

Please let her be okay, just let her be okay, Seth thought as he reached the top of the stairs.

As he entered their bedroom, he didn't see her around the room so he walked towards the bathroom. He stopped dead on the tracks at the doorway when he saw her crying. He quickly became worried and wrapped his arms around her, oblivious to the white plastic stick on the counter right next to him.

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