The Hospital

Rain drops slid down the glass window. Lightening and thunder clapped outside, jarring Summer awake. Her head pounded and her body was sore. After a few moments she grabbed at her stomach.

It was flat! It wasn't a dream! Had she really lost her son?

Summer pushed a button requesting a nurse, and one came in a few minutes later. Tears were coming fiercely down Summer's face.

"Where's my baby? Is he ok? Is he alright?" she asked frantically.

The nurse smiled. "Calm down Miss. Roberts. He's in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He was premature so he's been having a lot of trouble. He's going to be here for awhile"

Her tears turned from worried, frantic ones to happy, frantic ones. It was just a dream. He was alive!

"Is there any way that I can see him?"

"Well sure you can" she said, smiling warmly.

Summer wiped the tears away as the nurse rolled her wheelchair to the NICU.

There were dozens of babies around, lying in clear boxes, connected to dozens of wires.

Tears strolled out of her eyes when she reached her own baby. There were wires everywhere, keeping him alive. But looking past them all, she saw her baby boy.

One of his little hands was resting on his bear tummy, and she smiled.

"Hey my precious boy" she whispered, as If it'd hurt him if she spoke loudly.

"You can hold him if you like" another nurse said, walking up to her. "I'm Leanna" she said, gesturing her hand towards Summer.

Summer shook her hand. "It's really ok? I mean, it won't hurt him"

Leanna laughed. "Of course not honey. But it can only be for a few minutes"

Summer smiled as the middle aged nurse handed Caden to her. He was so tiny, and weighed next to nothing. But she was just so happy that he was ok, and that he was alive.

She took his tiny hands in hers, and counted each little finger. His eyes were closed, and he looked so peaceful as he slept.

He had an intimation of brown hair on his head, and little freckles on his nose.

He looked a lot like her. She saw traces of Seth, though. He had Seth's lips, and his ears. She didn't know about the eyes yet, but she hoped they looked like Seth's.

Waiting Room

Seth, Ryan, Marissa, Sandy, Kirsten, Anna, and Neil sat quietly in the waiting room. The surgeon had come out the previous night to tell them that the caesarian section went well, and that it was a boy.

At first they thought it was a mistake, and that the surgeon had meant to tell another group of people. But then Summer's dad rushed into the waiting room, fresh from New York, begging to know about her condition.

Seth told him the mistake, without mentioning the fact that they thought it was a mistake, and Neil, her dad, had mumbled 'thank god'.

By this point no one was more confused than Seth. Neil didn't seem to be thinking clearly, and when Seth pushed the topic, telling him that the baby was a boy, Neil said he knew.

So there they were, all stunned at the fact that Summer was pregnant, and had just had Seth's son that he knew absolutely nothing about.

And Neil was angry at himself for telling them. But he was worried about his own daughter. He wasn't thinking.

Summer's Room

Summer held her son's birth certificate in her hand. After telling what she wanted her sons name to be, it was completed.

He weighed 4lb 1 1/2oz.

She looked it over once more, glad that she wasn't holding a birth certificate and a death certificate.

"Come in" Summer offered after someone tapped on her door. She looked at the entrance to her door to see Seth standing there, staring at her.

She flipped the birth certificate over on her lap, and sat up a little straighter. She finally made contact with his eyes, and they stared at each other for such a long time. She could tell he was upset. She could tell he hadn't slept. She could tell a million things just from looking into his hazel eyes.

"I don't bite" she said, breaking the contact and the silence.

He sighed and walked into the room a little further.

"I know about the baby"

Summer started fumbling with her fingers. It was a habit of hers. She only did it when she was nervous or scared.

She bit her bottom lip. "How did you find out?"

He grabbed a chair from across the room and set it beside her bed. "Well, the doctor wanted to let us know the c-section went well and that you had a boy…"

"…we. We had a boy" she said.

She felt as though he was burning holes through her. He wouldn't stop staring at her.

Never breaking his gaze, he said "I don't understand why you didn't just tell me"

Summer stopped fumbling with her hands. He didn't sound mad, or even look mad. He looked hurt, though, and she knew she was the cause of that.

"Because I didn't want to ruin your future. I didn't want you to feel like you had to move to New York to be there for me. I wanted you to finish high school in Newport and graduate and go to college and not sacrifice your whole future for me and Caden"

"Caden? What's his middle name?"

Summer smiled. "Matthew" she answered.

"Caden Matthew Roberts" Seth said out loud.

"Cohen" she corrected. "Caden Matthew Cohen"

Seth was trying really hard to be mad at her right now, but it wasn't working. She was cracking him.

"Cohen, huh?" he asked smiling.

Summer smiled. Did he actually understand why she didn't tell?

"Well, I mean his girlfriends can't exactly call him Roberts. That just sounds lame"

Seth stood up and walked toward the bed. He took her scratched up hand in his and rubbed this thumb over her finger.

"I'm not saying that I'm not upset you didn't tell me…but I can't stand to not be with you when you're around. I broke up with you because you kept making excuses to not see me, and I thought you were cheating on me. Now that I know the real reason…I want to work this out with you"

Summer was about as stunned as she was when she had told her father she was pregnant and he actually acted civil. Seth accepting it and wanting her back just seemed like to much to ask for.

NICU

Summer visited the NICU for the second time that day, but the second time was different than the first. This time she brought Caden's dad with her. The nurse handed the sleeping infant to Seth. His facial expression was priceless.

"Hey big guy" he whispered.

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Ya'll actually thought I'd kill that baby for real? I'm shocked! lol

Nope, baby Caden is not dead, he's very much alive.

Controversy-queen you guessed my secret! I was planning to make the death a dream the whole time.

Anyways I hope you all don't hate me anymore now that you know the truth! Chapter 15 will be up tomorrow!