A/N: This chapter is for: Alexis, Summer-Breeze171, britney123, Svocfanatic, PrincessSparkle09, piperleo4eva, Doves30, Seth Ezekiel, music4mysoul, ItalHunni28, Lucie Brody, bfan2good4u, auggy1984, goldenflower and Kursk. Thanks for replying guys, you are the best! Here's the next bit I hope you like it

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Seth grabbed Jacob's hand and together him, Summer, Ryan, Marissa and Bridget walked into the new Cohen house, which Seth had to laugh at. It was only a little bit smaller then their old house. In fact some would say there was no difference at all. They spotted Kirsten and all said their hellos but still no Sandy

" You look so hot tonight Summer" He whispered so know one could hear

She smiled " Patience Cohen" She whispered back before walking off to mingle with the other guests

" Where's Grandpa?" Jacob asked openly

" He's outside Jay, you can see him later" Kirsten answered

" Ok, hey Dad do you wanna meet my bestest friend?" Jacob questioned eagerly

" Sure where is he?" Seth asked

" Come on"

He pulled Seth along with him until they came across…

" Luke?" Seth was a tiny bit shocked

" Cohen, my man, I was wondering when I would see you, Hey Jacob, Dylan's over there" Luke told the little boy

" Can I go play Dad? Please?" Jacob begged

" Sure, but just stay where we can see you" He replied

He ran off and Luke smiled at Seth

" What?" Seth questioned as Luke stared at him

" Nothing, it's just strange isn't it, you know how easy it comes" Luke stated some what mysteriously

" What's that?" Seth was confused

" Worry" Luke provided

It was Seth's turn to smile " Yeah, I guess it does, anyway what's your story?" Seth asked

" Well I moved to Portland then like a couple of weeks later I ended up knocking up Kelly, who is now my wife by the way and well at the time I thought that my life was over but when Dylan was born and I saw him man I just knew that my life hadn't ended, it had only just begun. Seriously Dude, being a Dad is like the coolest thing ever" Luke laughed at his ending

" Yeah I know, so Jacob and Dylan hey?" Seth raised his eyebrow

Luke grinned " Yeah it's actually a funny story, when D was about 5, me and Kel decided to move back to Newport and well I went past the Cohen's old place to see Ryan, Maris and Sum and well Jacob was there and Dylan kinda just ran up to Jacob and they started talking and within minutes they were inseparable" Luke finished some what lamely

" That's awesome dude, but I don't see how that's funny" Seth acknowledged

" Well Bridget walked in and saw that Jay had a new friend and well she got kinda jealous cause she felt ignored and ahh she punched Dylan in the face" Luke said

" What? She was 5 at the time right?" Seth was shocked; Bridget didn't seem like the violent type

" Yeah I know, but I guess it's true what they say like father like son, only in this case its like father like daughter, but their all friends now so its cool"

" Geese, I'm sorry I missed that" Seth's expression turned to sadness

" Yeah, you missed a lot man" Luke responded

" Don't I know it, I don't think people actually realize how much I regret not being there, you know, I just wish that I had known I cant believe Summer had to go through everything alone"

" Well she wasn't alone man, she had Marissa, Ryan, Your folks and even Todd" Luke was quick to reply

" Yeah I know, hey you seen my old man anywhere" Seth inquired

" Nah sorry" Luke's answer was short and quick, making it sound suspicious to Seth, but he decided not to push it

" So I guess I'll cya around" Seth said

" Yeah cya dude" Was Luke's response

Seth walked off, Jacob trailing slowly behind. They walked back over to Kirsten who took Jacob outside. Seth went over to the bar and ordered a drink. He took a sip and turned around, banging into someone

" Sorry….Dad!" Seth was surprised, he didn't think that he would be talking to his Dad today, he thought that he was just gonna avoid him again. To Seth he looked exactly the same; expect maybe a couple of wrinkled here and there. Seth smiled seeing the eyebrows and remembering all the jokes, he, Ryan and his Dad had shared

" Seth, I was beginning to wonder when I would see you again" Sandy exclaimed

" You and me both" Seth replied

" Lets go outside and talk," Sandy suggested

" Ok"

They walked outside and sat on the pavement by the pool

" So I didn't see you at the light house yesterday" Seth began the conversation

" I was avoiding you" Sandy Cohen was never one to not be frank

" Why?" Seth questioned, although he thought he already knew the answer

" Why do you think son?" Sandy retorted

" Ok, so I may have a slight idea why, but can you just talk to me and tell me the problem" Seth was beginning to sound somewhat desperate

" There's no problem" Sandy replied, simply

" But everyone's been telling me to watch out because your pissed at me" Seth countered

" I was… but I've had some time to think and I talked to Ryan and he calmed me down"

" Oh, look Dad I'm sorry I know that I was stupid to run away, I know I should have been a man and faced Newport but you gotta understand how much life really sucked for me before Ryan came along and I wrongly assumed that once he left things would be the same as before and I was sick of being treated like crap, I mean how are you supposed to go back once you've experienced the other side?" Seth didn't mean for it to come out in a pleading sense but it did

" I understand, but if you ever and I mean ever run away again just understand that you will no longer have a place in this family, you are lucky that you even have one now" Sandy made his intentions clear

" Believe me Dad, I know that" Was all Seth could manage

" Good, lets get inside then"

They walked inside and up to where Ryan and the others were standing. Seth smiled as did Sandy, and together the 8 of them stood their, finally a real family.

xxCassiexx