Sunlight flooded through the opened-curtain window. Her head was still pounding, and her body was sore.
She opened her glassy eyes and looked around the room. She was in the hospital.
Memories from the previous night replayed in her mind. They pulled her out of the car, and rolled her towards the ambulance. She was awake by then, and a mass of people were out of their cars, gathered around the wreckage site.
She looked to her side, and the last thing she saw was the Cohen family. Seth.
Summer rubbed her hands on her belly, but stopped halfway through. It was flat. Flat. There was nothing there. She tried to sit up, but pain seized her.
Where was Caden? Was he ok? Did Seth already know about the baby?
She took the wire resting by her side and clicked the button on the end of it. Moments later a nurse appeared.
"Well good morning Miss. Roberts" she smiled. "I didn't think you'd be awake for hours"
"Where's my baby?" Summer asked, interrupting her. The nurse's expression changed to a solemn one.
Summer saw the worry in her eyes.
"Where's my baby?" she asked again.
"Let me go get your doctor" she said, rushing out of the room. A tear sprang out of her eye. He was ok wasn't he?
Hospital—waiting room
Seth flipped through a comic book, not even reading it. Kirsten sat in the corner with Sandy, Marissa and Ryan not to far away.
Kirsten thought back to the night before. Seth had just gone up to bed, when the news flashed on saying there was a serious accident on the highway. A taxi driver was killed, and a young girl by the name of Summer Roberts was in the back seat. They were withholding the information on her condition.
She and Sandy stared at the screen as the newsman stood in front of the crash site. The car was in the ditch, smashed to bits. An 18-wheeler had hit them.
They woke Seth up immediately, and rushed out of the house to the site where the crash had happened.
The family watched as they wheeled the gurney over to the ambulance and lifted her up into it.
She was rushed into surgery, and the family decided to wait until she woke up.
Summer's Room
"NO!" Summer screamed. Tears were pouring out of her eyes like waterfalls.
"You lost the baby. We had to do an emergency c-section. But his lugs weren't developed enough, and the impact of the crash…he was to far gone. We did everything we could. We're sorry."
Her body shook frantically. "No no no no" she said over and over again, covering her face with her hands.
Summer's dad interrupted the conversation with the doctor, and asked them to please leave.
He sat on the edge of the bed and wrapped his arms around his weeping daughter. "I just got here baby" he said, rocking her back and worth.
"They said that I…that I…that I lost him"
She shook even harder.
"Shh" he said, rocking her still.
Summer buried her head into her dad's chest, sobbing uncontrollably. She'd lost her baby. Her baby boy was gone. The one thing that was going to save her from New York was gone. He was ripped away from her in a flash.
Waiting Room
Summer's dad walked into the waiting room and saw the Cohen's and Marissa.
Seth jumped out of his chair. "How is she?" he asked quickly.
He stared at Seth for a moment, trying to decide if he knew about the baby. From all appearance, he didn't.
"She's asleep, but she was awake. She's going through some-what of a tough time"
"Mr. Roberts" a shaken voice from behind him asked. He turned to see Katie, Summer's friend from New York.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, turning to face her. "You should be home with your baby"
"And you are?" Marissa asked, standing up.
"I'm Katie, Summer's friend from New York. So is she ok?" she asked, turning her attention back on Summer's dad.
"Can I talk to you in the hall?" he asked, pulling her out of the waiting room.
Curious eyes watched the two intently.
"She lost the baby in the accident" he whispered to Katie.
A stunned look overcame her face. She paused for what felt like hours before she finally said "Oh my gosh"
"But listen, none of them know she was pregnant. Summer's got to tell them on her own time. So please try and not let anything slip"
Katie nodded and walked back in the waiting room, sitting down in a burgundy cushioned chair.
Summer's Room—hour or so later
Summer stared out the window. The sun was shining brightly. But last night it wasn't. Coming back to Newport was the biggest mistake of her life, because if she hadn't, she would have never lost the baby.
It was her fault. She had nobody else to blame.
"Hey Summer"
Summer turned her head towards the entrance of the door.
"Hey dad" she said without any emotion. All of her words sounded dry.
He sighed.
"Are you up to visitors?
She thought for a moment. "Is Seth…is he still here?"
Her dad nodded, then left the room to retrieve him. So what was she going to say?
"Hey Seth, I was pregnant with your baby. But your ass broke up with me so I had to rush back to Newport, which was a mistake because I lost the baby"
I mean, that was the truth, as harsh as it did sound. It was a lot to digest. I mean, first she had to tell him she was pregnant. That was huge enough. But now she also had to tell him that she killed it.
There was a light knock on the door.
Better hurry up and figure out what you're going to say, Summer, she said to herself.
Seth entered the room following the knock on the door, and walked to the bed.
He winced just looking at her. She was bruised and scratched, and in pain. He wanted to kill the driver that caused the crash for hurting her.
He awkwardly looked at her. Could he hug her? I mean, would she let him? He had broken up with her. That just made this whole situation more awkward.
He kept staring, and finally they made eye contact. Tears were starting to brim.
"Seth…we really need to talk"
"No, let me go first. The only reason I broke up with you was because I thought you were like cheating on me or didn't want to be with me or whatever. My feelings for you have definitely not changed, and…"
"…and I know that. I came back to Newport because I wanted you back, and I was going to get you back. But also because I had to tell you something really important"
He looked at her curiously before pulling up a chair and sitting in it. "What do you have to tell me?"
Summer looked down at her fumbling hands that were resting in her lap.
"I'm going to be in the hospital for a few more days to heal from surgery"
"I know, and…"
"Seth, please just listen" she said, briefly shutting her eyes.
She reopened them, teary eyed, and looked at him. "Please" she whispered.
"I had to have an emergency c-section"
Seth sat straighter up in the chair. "For wh…for what?"
Summer felt like screaming. She couldn't even make eye contact with me. Why did this have to be so damn hard!
"I was…I was pregnant" she closed her eyes, expecting to hear yelling and screaming coming her way. But she didn't.
"So you did cheat on me?"
Instead, she heard a mixture of sadness and madness in Seth's tone.
"No, no never. Of course not!"
Seth looked at her confusingly. "Summer, we haven't had sex since you left so unless you've been pregnant this whole time and haven't told me…"
Summer looked up at him.
"You were pregnant and never told me?"
His voice sounded shaky.
"Listen, Cohen, I know what you're thinking. But I was just looking out for your future. I knew if I told you that you'd want to help me and I couldn't ruin your life like that. You wouldn't have been happy in New York and I was not about to rip you away from your family"
She panicked. She couldn't lose him over this. She knew she probably would, but she was trying everything she could to not.
"So where's…where's the baby?"
Summer fumbled with her hands even more. Tears started pouring out. That question had a lot of depth.
"I uh…I lost him in the crash"
She started to shake from holding the tears back. She didn't want to lose it in the middle of this conversation.
She sniffled, and then swiped the tears away.
Seth just stared at her, crying. How could she have kept this from him? A pregnancy was already a lot to process. But now he was also forced to swallow the fact that she had been pregnant, but it was killed in the crash?
Seth stood up and walked to the door.
"Seth please don't go" he heard a teary voice from behind him.
"Summer, I can't be here right now. I'm scared of what else you might tell me!"
He slammed the door closed.
Summer flinched from the loud sound, then started to sob violently. She had to make him understand.
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AH! Please don't kill me! I told ya'll it was going to get kind of dramatic, and this isn't even the beginning. So hang in there with me