Clinic

Summer slid sunglasses over her eyes before entering the clinic. She wasn't about to risk somebody seeing her that would report back to her dad. Luckily, there was only one couple in there. They looked so happy. The woman's husband was rubbing her huge belly, and they were looking through a book of names, laughing at weird ones.

She felt a twinge of jealousy. They were so happy, and she was miserable; they were laughing; she felt like crying. They were married; she was alone.

"Ms. Roberts" the nurse asked, popping her head out the door. "Dr. Richardson is ready for you" she said smiling warmly. Summer stood up and smoothed her shirt out. She wasn't showing, but her stomach was expanding a little bit.

She felt the couple's eyes on her as she walked out of the waiting room and into the small white room. She waited a few minutes before the young doctor entered. Her blond curly hair bounced on her shoulders, and she smiled kindly at Summer.

"Good afternoon Summer" she said, sitting on her chair and glancing over her chart. "17? You must be scared" she said glancing at Summer who was sitting down. Summer nodded and looked at her feet.

"Well, believe it or not, I know what you're going through. I had my daughter when I was 17. So don't worry, I'm going to take good care of you. So if you could go to the bathroom and give me a urine sample I'll get you out of here sooner." She said, handing Summer a small, clear plastic container.

Summer smiled, took the cup, and headed out the door to the bathroom.

45 minutes later

Dr. Richardson entered the room, chart in hand. "Well Summer, you're definitely pregnant" she said with a little regression. "You're about 2 months along"

Summer sighed heavily.

"Why don't we do the ultrasound" Dr. Richardson said. Summer lay back on the bed and Dr. Richardson lifted her shirt, bearing her stomach. She squirted the liquid on, and Summer jumped from the coldness of it.

"Yeah I know this stuff is pretty cold" she laughed, taking the device and running it over Summer's belly. A "thud thud" sound entered the room, and Summer got an overwhelming feeling. That was her baby.

"There's the heartbeat" Dr. Richardson said smiling.

Summer stared at the screen in amazement. She hadn't expected to feel this way. She was thinking very serious about abortion, but now…she wanted this baby.

A tear streamed out of her chocolate brown eye. A smile lit up her face. "Wow…that is so amazing" she said, her voice cracking.

Dr. Richardson printed the ultra-sound pictures out and handed them to her. She also gave her a few pamphlets on abortion, adoption, and being a teenage parent. "I just want you to make an informed decision" she had said.

Summer got in her car and took the pictures out. She just stared. The 'blob' in the picture was a child that she and Seth made. She could NEVER have an abortion, but she also knew she could never give it to somebody else. Having the baby and keeping it made the most sense to her.

Her mind wandered to Seth. She knew that he was going through a hard time because of her leaving, or so Marissa had told her. But telling him she was pregnant? That would cause so many problems in Newport, and she wouldn't even be there. She came to a conclusion. She wasn't going to tell him. She was just going to have to do this by herself.

Newport

12 a.m.

"I can't believe we're at an 'End of the Summer' party" Seth yelled loudly over the blaring music. Ryan laughed. "I can't believe we're at any kind of party. They never seem to go well when we're at them."

Marissa stumbled over to them, beer in hand, and fell against Ryan. "I don't feel very good" she slurred.

Ryan guided Marissa to the bathroom and held her hair back as she emptied her stomach.

"Hey man" Seth said entering the bathroom. "I'm gonna go home" Ryan nodded and turned his attention back on his girlfriend.

Seth sighed and exited the house. Couples made out all around, and many were passed out. Parties just weren't the same without Summer. He didn't much like them even then, but now he absolutely hated them. He only came because Ryan made him. He'd actually been trying to hook him up with some girl, but Seth wasn't interested. He still wasn't over Summer. He still loved her.

Cohen Residence

Seth couldn't sleep. He tossed and he turned. He stared at the red numbers on his alarm clock.

12:45 a.m.

He couldn't get Summer out of his mind.

Roberts Residence

Summer couldn't sleep. She tossed and she turned. She stared at the red numbers on her alarm clock.

3:45 a.m.

She couldn't get Seth or this baby out of her mind. Lightening cracked outside. She hated storms.

There was a 3 hour difference between New York and California, so it was 12:45 back in her old home. She longed to be there so badly.

Summer came down with a sudden urge, and quietly slipped out of her room and into her father's dark room. The step monster was away at some rehab place.

"Daddy" she said slipping under the covers. "Daddy" she said shaking him. He turned over and opened his eyes. "Summer? Honey what are you doing?" For one, she was scared of storms, but she was also scared for her future. It was times like these when a girl needed her father.

"I just haven't seen you in awhile, and I don't like storms."

Her dad laughed and kissed her forehead. "When you were a little girl you would run in here and snuggle between me and your mom when it was storming."

Summer laughed. "Come on, how about we go downstairs and watch a movie and I'll make some popcorn?" he said. "Don't you have to work today?" she asked.

"Yeah, but I'll call in sick. We haven't spent time together in a very long time."

Summer smiled and hopped out of bed. They spent the whole morning eating popcorn, drinking cokes, looking through photo albums, and watching home videos. Finally, at 6 am, Summer went up to bed and her father did the same.

Cohen Residence

3:00 am

He still hadn't slept a wink. He took his cell phone off his nightstand and dialed Summer's number.

Roberts Residence

Summer awoke to her phone vibrating. She picked It up and saw Seth's picture on the screen. Excitement filled her.

"Hey!" she said. Her voice was scratchy from just waking up.

"Hey" God it felt good to hear her voice. They hadn't talked in so long. It just made everything so unbelievingly hard.

"What time is it over there?" she asked. She knew what time it was, but she was trying to start up a conversation.

"It's like 3 o'clock" he said, glancing at his clock to be sure. "I just couldn't sleep. I was thinking about…you" he hesitated. He didn't want to make things weird. They didn't break up when she left…still hadn't…but still…he didn't want to make things harder.

Summer smiled. "I think about you every night" she said sighing.

"Listen, school doesn't start for me for like another week" she said, an idea in her mind. "So I was thinking of coming down there for a few days"

Seth hesitated. He knew if she came back, It would be like losing her again once she left. But he had to see her. So he told her that she could stay at his house, and she said she'd fly down the next day.

They said their goodbyes, and both hung up the phone.

One thing Summer knew for sure, she was going to have to hide this pregnancy. She wasn't showing, so it wouldn't be hard. And as much as she wanted to tell Marissa, she knew she couldn't. Nobody could find out. Well, not in Newport anyway.