Summer groggily waddled into her room and plopped down on the edge of her bed.
Her head was spinning from the very eventful night. She was scared, which was something she'd never admit to anyone.
She was scared to give birth, scared to tell Seth, but also scared that she'd have to raise this baby by herself if she didn't tell him.
She searched her mind for things to do, and finally decided to watch The Valley, even though it was 6:00 am. There was no way she was going to school today anyways.
She rose from the bed, slowly, and guided her way to the TV. Pulling the first season off the shelf, she studied it. She didn't really feel like watching the first season.
Hadn't she recorded some episodes from the second season? She looked down at a blank tape on the shelf, and decided that must be what was on it.
She walked into the bathroom, expecting to hear the theme song to her favorite show. But instead, shrieks, giggles, and the familiar voices she loved so much filled her room.
Narrowing her eyes, she backed out of the bathroom. The TV displayed Summer and Seth wrestling at the Cohen house.
A smile spread across her face as she watched the video.
"Welcome to the Cohen wrestling match" Marissa said, standing in front of the camera, curling iron in hand, acting as if it were a microphone.
The camera was steadily shaking, probably because Ryan was laughing.
Marissa laughed and stepped aside.
Summer giggled as she saw what was taking place behind the camera.
"Cohen get off me" she shrieked.
"No ma'am!" he shouted, tickling her more.
The wrestling continued until finally he crashed his lips against hers.
"Gosh guys get a room" Marissa said, grabbing a pillow and hitting the two. When they didn't stop, she jumped on their bodies that were lying in the floor that was once their wrestling spot.
The camera shook as Ryan set it on the table, forgetting to turn it off, and Summer watched as he ran in with the bunch. Pillows flew across the room, and laughter filled her ears.
A tear streamed down her face, curving around her nose and seeping into her lips.
A blue screen appeared, and Summer wiped the following tears away. But soon she was looking at another set of old memories.
"Cohen, give me the camera" Summer said, trying to grab it.
She saw Ryan and Marissa chasing each other with water guns in the background, and it appeared that they were at the beach.
Summer saw her hand fly in front of the camera, and heard a thud.
"Please Cohen"
"After you hit me?" he asked. "Back off bitch"
Summer zoned out of the video. She cleared her clogged throat, and wiped away the tears that wouldn't stop coming.
She looked at the TV again and saw water shoot on the lens.
"My moms going to kill you" was the last words Summer heard before the tape went blank again.
She weakly laughed and pushed the 'off' button.
She grabbed her cell phone and dialed Cohen's number.
No answer.
"What are we gonna do?" she asked, rubbing her belly, talking to Caden. "Should we tell your daddy about you?"
She felt the baby move, and she giggled. "We should, should we?" she asked, smiling.
Cohen Residence
Seth held his cell phone in hand, and read the screen.
'1 missed call'
He knew she'd called. He had listened to it ring, and had stared at the screen that displayed her name.
He was going to break up with her that night, he'd decided. It hurt him so bad to even think about doing that, but he didn't have a choice. She was probably in New York doing god knows what with god knows who.
"Ya know Captain Oats" he began. "I really hate to think she'd cheat on me. But why else would she avoid me. Of course she did just call me, which isn't exactly avoiding me. But that's not the point because you see, that's the first time she's called me in like a month" Seth rambled on to Captain Oats who listened intently, not daring to interrupt.
New York
"Summer, honey, what are you still doing in bed?" she heard her father ask. She wasn't sure if it was real or in a dream, so she ignored it.
"Summer?"
Ok, not a dream. Summer tiredly opened her eyes and fixated them on her dad. She squinted at the bright sunlight that flooded her room.
"Katie had her baby like at 2. I've been at the hospital all morning" she said, pulling the covers over her head.
Her dad pulled them away. "You can't start missing school though. Pretty soon you're going to have to take a week or two off so you can take care of your own baby. You can't afford to miss any extra days"
Summer sighed and, unwillingly, got ready for school.
Newport—School
"So, did you talk to Summer yet?" Ryan asked, walking with Seth to first period.
"Uh…well…uh…no. But I'm going to" he stuttered.
"So once you do, are you and Anna gonna…?"
"Maybe, I don't really know. I mean, some feelings are there. But I've never felt the way I feel for Summer for anyone else"
"I don't understand why you don't just ask her why she's avoiding you before you go and break up with her" Ryan said, entering the classroom.
"Um, maybe because I'm too scared to know the reason. I mean, right now I can just assume she's cheating on me. But if I were to know for sure, I think I'd be a whole lot more of a mess" Seth said, acting as if it were something Ryan should have already known.
Ryan rolled his eyes, and pulled a book out of his bag just as the bell sounded.
New York
Summer walked into the New York hospital and rode the elevator up to Katie's room.
Ok, so she was supposed to be at school. But seriously, smelly old school with weird guys who hit on her despite her huge tummy. Or clean smelling hospital with itty bitty baby all wrapped in blue that smelled like baby powder?
Hospital, definitely.
"Hey" she said, entering the small room.
Katie sat up a little straighter and smiled. "Hey" she whispered.
Summer noticed Ben in the tiny cart beside Katie's bed.
She walked over and watched him sleep, his chest rising up and down.
"He's so beautiful" Summer said, smiling at Katie.
"Yeah he is" she said, never ripping her eyes from her son.
"So guess what?" Katie asked.
"What?" Summer asked, looking at her intently.
"Jake came by earlier this morning" Katie said.
Summer's mouth dropped open. "Seriously? What happened?"
Katie looked so happy. She couldn't stop smiling. "Well he took one look at Ben and asked to hold him. He even fed him. And then he asked me if he could help me out, and be there for me"
Summer waddled over toward the bed a little more and gave Katie a brief hug. Her belly would only allow her to bend over so far.
"That's great. I'm so happy for you"
Katie and Summer chatted a little longer, and finally Summer decided to go home to sleep.
Cohen Residence
Seth dialed Summer's digits, and listened to the ring.
"Hello?" she asked, yawning.
Seth scrunched his face up. Was she asleep? He looked at the clock. It was only 6 o'clock in Newport, which meant it was like 9 in New York.
"Hey" he said, after realizing he hadn't said anything in about 10 seconds.
Her face lit up.
"Hey" she said.
"Listen, we really need to talk" he said, changing the tone in his voice.
"You've been gone for like 7 months now, and I've seen you once in all of that time. We don't even call each other as much anymore because it just makes it so much harder…it just doesn't seem to be wor-" he said.
Summer breathed heavily. Was he breaking up with her?
"Hey Seth, do you want to maybe-"
Summer racked her brain for the familiar voice she'd just heard in the background.
"Is that Anna?" Summer asked, finally placing the voice with a person.
Seth sighed.
"Oh I get it. You're going to dump me to get back together with her?" she asked. Tears threatened her eyes, finally breaking through after a few moments.
She clicked the off button and started sobbing. She couldn't believe it. He broke up with her! Or he was trying to anyways. And since when was Anna back in Newport?
Summer threw back her covers, and rushed to her closet. She grabbed a few outfits and crammed them in a suitcase, flying down the stairs as fast as her swollen feat would allow her.
"Dad" she said, locating him on the couch reading the newspaper. He didn't even glance up.
"I need your credit card" she said hurriedly.
"For what?" he asked, still not glancing up, figuring it was for some clothes or shoes.
Her dad dropped the newspaper and took his glasses off when she answered.
"I'm going to Newport. I'm telling Seth!"
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Alrighty, second chapter today! Kind of a lengthy chapter. It doesn't look to long on here but it was like 7 pages on word! lol
Anyways, please review, and thanks for the reviews I've got for previous chapters!