Caught In Suspension: Chapter 11

Disclaimer: Same disclaimer that claims that I don't own the characters from the OC.

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"Seth!" Summer called out.

Seth dropped the remote control on the couch and ran upstairs from the livingroom to see what his wife wanted. He looked down at his watch and he knew that they would have to leave soon to go to his parents' house. Seth entered their bedroom but didn't see her anywhere.

"Summer?"

"In the closet."

Seth walked to Summer's walk-in closet and noticed that she still wasn't dressed.

"What's wrong Sum?"

Summer turned around to reveal her seven months pregnant belly. She wasn't that big but she always claimed that she was fat. Seth always said that she wasn't but Summer would get pissed and accused him of lying. It was a lose/lose situation for him and he decided to not answer the question anymore.

"I can't find anything to wear." Summer pouted as she started to tear up.

Seth wanted to chuckle but if he was to let it slip, a rage blackout would most definitely be guaranteed to be unleashed upon him. He knew that the pregnancy hormones was running wild and his usual sarcastic remarks would not be greatly welcomed with open arms.

"We're just going to my parents house for the usual lunch together. Just put on anything that's comfortable."

Summer shrugged. "I guess."

Seth smiled. "You do that and I promise that on our way over, I can stop by the supermarket and get you ice cream."

Summer started to smile. "You promise."

Seth started to rub on her pregnant belly and sweetly looked into her eyes. "For you my beautiful wife, always."

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Seth was in no hurry driving to his parents house even though they were definitely late. After Seth's parents found out that their son was expecting a baby, Kirsten insisted that they start a tradition which the kids would come to the original Cohen household for a get together on Sunday after realizing how much she really missed having the boys around the house. She chose lunch because they had the time to just spend time together and not keep their eye on the clock. If they were to have dinner at seven, that would only give them two hours because mostly everyone had to get up early the next day. Kirsten didn't find that enough especially if she had her grandchildren over.

Summer sat in her seat, happily eating her pint of vanilla ice cream and cookies. Even though that would kind of spoil her lunch, she didn't care because Seth knew it was about that time when she would have the craving for it. There were two exact times when she would crave for it, around lunchtime and at two in the morning. When Seth said that he would be on her constant beck and call, he really was faithful to his promise. If they didn't have her desired snack and it was past midnight, Seth would go out to get her the ice cream and the cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies that she requested. Seth always teased her on why she couldn't just go for the Cookies N Cream flavored ice cream but to Summer for some unexplainable reason, it wasn't the same. Although it was the same type of cookie used to make the Cookies N Cream, it didn't taste the same to her.

Seth pulled up on the driveway and went around the car to help Summer out of the passenger seat. They entered through the front door and continued to walk towards the dining table by cutting through the kitchen. Everyone yelled surprise as they reached the kitchen and Summer was feeling a bit embarrassed to be caught eating her ice cream, but put on a smile anyway. Kirsten was the first to give her a hug and took her ice cream to put in the freezer so Summer could greet the rest of the guests.

She looked at Seth and he was grinning widely. It was obvious that he knew about it and she firmly slapped him on his arm. Seth was usually the last person you would want to tell if you wanted to keep it a secret. She can't believe that she didn't suspect anything and wondered how long he had to keep shut.

"What? I only knew about this last night. If you want to hit somebody for not telling you, then get Marissa. She's the one who planned this shindig." Seth explained after reading her thoughts. "Here's your chance."

Seth greeted Marissa before heading out the door towards the pool to mingle with some guests that were outside.

"Thanks for the party Coop." Summer said as she hugged her.

"No probs. How are you holding up?"

"Good so far. Still a little tired because this little one finds it fun to be doing somersaults all night."

Summer placed her right hand on her stomach and started to rub it. As her hand rubbed in circles, the baby started to kick and she smiled. Feeling the baby kick was the second thing that she enjoyed being pregnant. Eating was the number one.

Ryan called out for Marissa and she had to excuse herself. Summer nodded and watched Marissa disappear around the corner because her duty called.

Summer glanced outside the window and her eyes automatically found Seth. He was outside talking to her father and they were laughing about something. She smiled at the interaction between the two of the most important men in her life. Sometimes she doesn't believe it until she see it for herself that they actually can be civil towards each other. She doesn't know what Seth said or did to her father before they got engaged, but she's glad that he got the back bone to do it because there's nothing more than she like to see than having her husband and father being able to socialize with each other because they want to and not just because they had to for Summer's sake.

The baby started to constantly move around and she soothingly rubbed her stomach. She agreed with the kid, it was time for lunch.

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Most of the guests were flocking out after Summer opened up all of her presents. She was pleased to know that most of the gifts would definitely come in handy and surprisingly, there were no multiples of one particular present.

Summer took the last sip out of her bottle of water when her father approached her. He smiled at his daughter and hugged her.

"I'm so happy for you. You're going to make a great mother, you know."

Summer started to tear up a bit and kissed his cheek. "Thank you Daddy."

Neil smiled. "Where's that husband of yours?"

Summer looked around. If she thought about it, she hasn't seen him for a while. "I don't know."

"I have to go sweetie, but tell him to meet me at the Country Club tomorrow at noon."

Summer nodded. "Sure and thanks again for coming. I know that you had to cancel some appointments to make it."

Neil shook his head. "You should always be above work and I'm sorry that I wasn't always there for you when you were growing up." He paused and chuckled. "But I guess that worked well because a great man was able to step in."

Again, Summer's eyes became a bit misty. "Love you Daddy."

"Love you too."

Neil kissed her forehead and headed towards the front door. Summer wiped her eyes and started to look for Seth.

Seth laid down with his hands behind his head on a bed that used to be his and looked around the room. The walls were still the same color and the furniture was still in the same place he left it years ago. The only thing that was different was the covers on the bed and the fact that all of his stuff were gone. The CD player was still in the same spot but his CDs and posters hanging on the wall were gone.

"Hey Cohen, all of the guests are pretty much gone."

Seth looked to the right of him and noticed Summer staring at him with her arms crossed. Seth nodded and motioned for her to join him on the bed. She didn't complain and happily collapsed on the bed. Her feet were pretty sore from standing most of the time that day.

"So did you enjoy your party?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, I did. We really got some good stuff downstairs."

"Cool. Hey, did your dad leave yet?"

"Yeah, but he told you to meet him at the Country Club at noon tomorrow. What's that about?" She turned to look at Seth and he continued to stare at the ceiling.

"Beats me. I guess I'll find out when I see him."

Seth pulled out his left hand from under his head and turned his body on the right side, leading his hand to rub Summer's abdomen. Right when he touched her, the baby started to kick. Seth smiled. Even if he felt the baby kicked numerous times, he never got tired of the feeling. He looked at his beautiful wife and she was smiling as well. Life was definitely great and the best was yet to come.

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I have a quick question to ask you guys. The second to the last chapter is a pretty lengthy one for you to digest and according to my word processing software, it's about ten pages. There are nine complete pages and a third into the tenth. Do you guys want me to split this or do you want the whole lump sum? Tell me your thoughts on this because I just have to do some final proofreading and it'll be up in no time.

I have proofread the next chapter (chapter 12) and I plan on posting it in 24 hours or so.