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A/N: Don't have muuuuuch to say right now so read and COMMENT

Sandy sat in her empty hospital room shivering. She was in surgery. Emergency surgery never meant anything good. She had been gone for four hours and the boys were asleep in the corner, trying to get the horrible images of their mother, whose stitches had been pulled out for surgery, bleeding and moaning on a gurney.

Suddenly the door opened and two men set Kirsten on her bed. She looked better but was hooked up to two IVs and another machine that Sandy did not have any clue about.

"The doctor will be in to talk to you soon, sir," the men told him leaving the room.

"That gave you a scare didn't it?" Doctor Johnson walked into the room, startling Sandy.

"When do you think she will be discharged?" he asked.

"Hmmm…" he thought, "Probably in about two weeks, and about the surgery, her lung did something, but I think she will recover nicely."

"Thanks," Sandy nodded, "I hope she is OK."

A week later came a knock at the hospital door. Summer walked into the room with tears in her eyes.

"Can I talk to Kirsten alone?" she asked.

"Sure," Sandy, who was the only visitor, left the room.

"Hey sweetie," Kirsten patted her hand on the right side of the bed, motioning for Summer to sit down, "Are you alright?"

"I…I…I just found out that my mom…who I haven't seen for a really long time, since I was like five, died because she had cancer and my dad didn't…he didn't want me to go see her because…because…he doesn't want me to see her…he wants…he wants me all to…to…himself…and he's always hated…hated…me," Summer was in tears now.

"Oh sweetie," Kirsten gave her a hug.

"I…I lost her and now…I almost lost…the only real mother I know," Summer looked at Kirsten, "My dad hasn't been very nice to me lately…he…well…once…only once…he hit me."

"Oh God Summer, did you tell your stepmother, does he do it to her too, did it leave a mark?" Kirsten suddenly went into super mom mode.

"Nope but it…it got his message through…I…I don't miss my mom its…it's…just that I know that all of the letdowns now…there is no way to solve them," Summer cried into Kirsten, making sure not to get near any of her injuries. Kirsten had also lost her mom to cancer, and she knew how it felt.

"You know, I lost my mom to cancer when Seth was about two or three," Kirsten continued to stroke Summer's hair.

"You did?" she looked at Kirsten with a puzzled expression.

"I loved her so much, so did Hailey. She was my world. When I was a little girl, every morning she would tie a ribbon in my hair, kiss me on the cheek, and recite this short poem for me. Sometimes she would take me to the park at night when I didn't want to go to bed and push me on the swings and sing little songs to me. She started taking me shopping when I was old enough to go and got me to the point where I was a lead debutante," Kirsten had her own tears coming to her eyes now, "She was the best mom ever."

"I don't think that could be true," Summer smiled, "Unless you and her are the exact same person." Kirsten had never heard such a nice comment.

"Thanks Summer," she smiled, "I'm scared right now too, it's going to be such a long, hard road to recovery. Not to mention painful, but at least I have good friends." Summer cuddled up next to Kirsten, the only real mom she knew. Tears dripped out of the eyes of both girls.

She left the conversation at that, sitting with Summer for hours.

A knock on the door woke the two up as they both sat up to Jimmy and Hailey at the door.

"Oh my Gosh!" she cried, "Hey you two!" Hailey looked great with a genuine tan and a wonderful taste in fashion. Jimmy looked adorable with his new Hawaiian look and gruff mustache. Summer sat up from the edge of the bed with a tear stained face. She noticed Marissa and ran towards her as the adults began catching up.

"What's wrong?" Marissa noticed the pain on her best friends face.

"My mom died," Summer looked at her, "even though I haven't seen her in like forever, I still miss her, because now I know there is no chance for a relationship." Marissa hugged her best friend tight, secretly telling herself never to let go to her.

"I'm so sorry C," Marissa told her about an hour later.

"Haha," she let a giggle slip out of the sniffle, "I'm going to bunk at the Cohen's for a little while."

"Well you know where I live if you ever need anything," Marissa reassured her. Suddenly Summer noticed Seth and Ryan walking towards them. Seth noticed the tears in his girlfriend's eyes.

"Cohen, I need to talk to you," she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him into the corner.

"What's up?" he asked, looking concerned.

"My mom," she looked up at Cohen, "Despite the fact I haven't seen her in like, 10 years or so, she had cancer, I didn't know, it killed her." Seth didn't know what to do. He had almost lost his mom and now his girlfriend has.

"I'm so sorry Sum," he gave her a big hug.

"It's not the fact she's gone, it's the fact I know that now I know there is no chance of getting to know her," she explained, "Or getting away from my dad." Seth grabbed her by the waist and began making out with his girlfriend, who returned the gesture.

"Maybe we should go over there," Marissa pointed to a bench down the hall.

"Ok," Ryan smiled at her, he really wanted to ask her out but he had no clue how to.

"So," she asked him, "When does Kirsten get out of the hospital?"

"Well she seems to be doing really well," Ryan explained, "So I'm guessing like a week or two?"

"That's good," she told him, scooting closer, "So what is our relationship?" He couldn't believe that she had the ability to be so blunt about it.

"I don't know," he responded, suddenly getting the urge to be sexy, "Whatever you want it to be." Marissa started laughing, grabbing him around the waist. It reminded her of the first comment he had ever made to her.

"This is what I really want," she suddenly put her lips onto his and the two began making out on a bench in the hospital. Ryan couldn't stop smiling.

"You read my mind," he told her in between kisses. Summer was walking down the hall at this time and noticed the two lip locked.

"RyRissa is BACK!" she ran towards Seth, "Look down the hall." The two looked at each other and smiled. Summer had completely forgotten about the screw ups in her life.

A/N: I hope you found that to be an interesting twist? I'll do the next chapter right now I guess…I don't have anything else to do for now…what's better than music and just sitting around…NOTHING!