Summer had survived her first day of school. She'd actually made a friend, Katie, who was pregnant to. Summer didn't tell her she was yet, but she was going to.

"Summer, can you come down here please?" her fathers voice reverberated through the house.

Summer zipped down the stairs and saw her father on the couch, letter in hand. He was teary eyed, and she looked at her feet. She knew now what he wanted.

"Come sit down" His tone was strict, but shaky. She'd never had her dad mad at her before. She slowly walked to the couch and sat down.

"Summer, this is your senior year. Do you have any idea how hard it is? And now you throw a baby into the equation. You do realize you're going to have this baby at the very beginning of your second semester"

Summer sighed, and leaned back on the comfy cushions. "I know dad. I've thought everything through already"

"Were you thinking things through when you had sex and got pregnant?"

Summer bit her lip. She opened her mouth to speak but her dad did instead.

"How could you be so irresponsible? You've messed up your whole future!"

Her father was yelling at this point, sounding angry yet disappointed at the same time.

Tears welled in her eyes. "Dad, listen, I know I made a mistake. I realize that. But I'm keeping this baby."

Her dad closed his eyes momentarily and sighed. "You've got so much of your mother in you it's not even funny. We had you when she was 17, ya know?"

Summer didn't know, and she was surprised.

Her father continued with his story. "And she was so stubborn. We had to keep you. From the moment she had her first ultrasound she knew that she was keeping you. So she did, and eventually we got married. Then she died and…Listen honey, I want you to realize what you're giving up. No senior trip, you may have to wait a year before college. But I've got conditions if you're keeping this child. For one, you're finishing high school! And you're are going to college and your going to make something of your life.

Summer nodded at every bit he was saying. She couldn't believe how well he was taking all this. Would Seth take it this well?

"Who's the father?"

Summer glanced at her dad and gave him an awkward smile. "Remember Seth Cohen, who you met at lunch like two years ago?"

"That curly haired Jewish kid who reads comic books and makes up holidays?" he asked quizzically.

Summer nodded. Oh no, would her be angry now? He never liked Seth. He never approved of him. Would he make her get an abortion now? Or give it up for adoption?

"Well does he know?"

Well, he didn't sound angry. "Actually, dad, I'm not going to tell him. It's not fair to be stuck here in New York and him know I'm having his baby and he not be here for me when he wants to be. Besides, I don't want to cause a big commotion in Newport when I'm not there to take the heat. So…"

"Summer, eventually you have to tell him"

"I know- but not now."

She was stunned at how supportive her father was being. He wasn't ordering her to get an abortion, or forcing her to give it up for adoption. She could keep it if she met his conditions, and they were things she'd already committed herself to doing.

"Well, your clothes are looking a little tight. How about we go shopping"

Summer could cry. Her dad was being amazing!

The Mall

Summer pulled her dad into a store called Hip Moms and looked at the clothes lining the walls. Not so bad. Some made her want to puke, but they actually had some things she'd consider.

She pulled some flare jeans off the rack and looked at them. They had a waist that stretched so far she figured she could fit a family in there. But they would actually only fit woman 5 months pregnant or below. Was she really going to get that huge?

She looked at the other woman in the store, some with other children already, and they were glowing. Would she have that same glow?

She heard her cell phone ring, and slid the pants across her arm as she answered, not looking at who it was.

"Hello?"

"Hey"

"Hey Cohen"

"Hey beautiful…what's all the noise?"

"Oh I'm at the mall"

Summer's dad gave her a sideways glance, and she sighed.

"Listen, Cohen, I have something to tell you"

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I know, most pregnancy stories Summer's dad throws her out and she moves in with Seth and they live happily ever after. Well not in mine.

I've got a lot of free time, so you can except a few more chapters this week. None next week though, because I will be out of town all week!

But I promise a good and lengthy chapter when I get back.