2 Days Later

Summer blew a kiss to Caden, then turned and walked out of the NICU. She was discharged from the hospital. But Caden, of course, wasn't. The doctors said he'd be out in about 4 weeks, or longer.

The ride down the elevator was a long one. Well, actually, it only took about a minute. But leaving her baby behind at the hospital seemed weird. She felt like she was abandoning him why he was fighting for his life.

Seth had been to the hospital constantly the past two days. But he didn't talk to her a lot. He'd just come to see Caden, check up on her, and then he'd leave. And what really burned Summer was the fact that he brought Anna every time he came. She wasn't allowed in the NICU though. Only family was, which made Summer blissfully happy!

She'd thought that maybe Seth wanted to get back together. That didn't seem the case. Even though he had said he wanted to work through all of this, she jumped to conclusions. He doubtfully meant their relationship. He probably just meant that he wanted to work through this baby stuff, and when he'd get to see Caden.

Of course, seeing him wouldn't be a problem because Summer's dad had said they were moving back to Newport. Summer protested, asking what he would do about the clinic, but he wouldn't hear of it. He said they should have moved back as soon as they had found out she was pregnant.

Cohen Residence

"So you told her you wanted to work it out and that when you're around her you have to be with her, yet you avoid her?" Ryan asked, pushing a piece of dry cereal into his mouth.

Seth glanced at him. "It's just…imagine if Theresa had never told you she was pregnant. She just up and left and you find out 7 months later only because she got in a car accident. I mean, what if she never planned to tell me!"

Ryan thought for a moment. "Still man, you shouldn't have told her you wanted her back, and then ignored her. And you REALLY shouldn't have brought Anna to the hospital with you"

"Why not?" a clueless Seth asked.

Ryan looked at him in disbelief. "Because she came to Newport because you broke up with her. She clearly wanted you back"

Seth grabbed a bagel and smeared cream cheese on it, Cohen style. "Well I can't just act like everything's all peachy. She lied to me about my baby"

"And for that, I'm really sorry"

Seth spun around to see Summer. "Your mom let me in" she said, pointing behind her.

"I'll just leave you two to talk" Ryan said, grabbing the box of cereal and leaving the kitchen.

Seth watched him leave, then faced Summer again.

"We really need to talk" Summer said. "I know you've been avoiding me, and I don't blame you. But in the hospital you confused me and I thought that you…that you wanted to get back together" she said, looking at her feet.

Seth sighed. "I just don't know how to forgive you for this. I mean, I'm still in shock. One moment I'm this dorky teenager who reads comic books and mumbles so you say, and the next I'm supposed to change into some responsible person. You've had 7 months to adjust to that. I've had two days"

Summer walked closer to Seth, but he backed up a little. "Listen, I'm not asking you to become some responsible, stiff adult who doesn't have any dreams or passions or anything like that. I'm not even asking you to father Caden if you don't want to"

"Summer, I can't just act like I don't have a son. I can't just decide to not be a father to him"

"No Cohen, that's where you're wrong, because you can say just that, and I'll understand. And even if you do decide to be there for him, I don't want you to change. I want you to teach him about Wonder Woman and Spiderman and be the same person that you are"

Seth stared at her, softening his gaze.

"I have to think…because right now my head is just going a million different directions"

He grabbed the keys to his moms range rover, looked at Summer once more, and left the house.

Summer leaned against the island. So what happens now?

Sandy and Kirsten's bedroom

"I'm just so disappointed in the both of them" Kirsten said. "I mean, a few months ago we were talking about Holly and how she had gotten pregnant, and the whole time Summer was walking around New York just as pregnant as Holly"

Sandy straightened his tie up. "We can't blame just Summer though. I mean, Caden is Seth's son to"

"I'm not blaming Summer. I'm just saying that no one here knew she was pregnant. Marissa swears she had no idea. I mean, why keep it a secret?"

"Your guess is as good as mine" Sandy said.

"And our poor baby is going through hell right now. I mean, learning your a father one night when you think your girlfriend…or ex-girlfriend is dying. I mean, could you imagine?"

"It's a lot to swallow" Sandy said. "Plus we're grandparents now"

Kirsten's eyes grew wide. She hadn't even thought of that.

"Summer's downstairs talking to Seth"

Sandy turned around, eyeing his wife. "Are you sure? Because I don't hear any yelling"

Kirsten gave him a look. "When I answered the door I was trying my best to not interrogate her"

"So how's Caden doing?" Sandy asked, sitting on the edge of the bed beside Kirsten.

"Well Summer said at the hospital he would have to be there for about 4 weeks, maybe longer"

Sandy shook his head and sighed. "This week is just full of bad things"

Pool house

"I just can't believe she didn't tell me" Marissa said, lying on Ryan's bed, staring at the ceiling. Ryan did the same. "I mean she tells me everything"

"I can't believe she didn't tell Seth. He is not happy about it either"

Marissa turned her head to look at Ryan. "I bet he hates her now. Poor Sum…I'm sure she has her reasons. I haven't even got to talk to her. She's been in the NICU since they'd let her out of her room"

Ryan sighed. "He doesn't hate her. He just severely dislikes her. I can't say that I blame him though"

"Ryan" Marissa said. She was sticking up for her best friend. She knew Summer would never intentionally hurt Seth.

"Well, the only explanation she gave him was that she didn't want to screw up his future. That she wanted him to go to college and stuff without having to look after her while she was pregnant"

Marissa sighed. "Ok, so it's not really that good of an explanation, but her intentions were good"

"I guess…but he still had every right to know. I mean, it's his baby to"

They both sighed, again, and continued to stare at the ceiling. "Ya know, we sigh a lot" Ryan said.

Marissa sighed, and then broke into laughter.

The Hospital

Summer rode in the elevator up to the floor that had the NICU on it. She had just left, she knew. But she had to see her baby boy. She felt guilty enough leaving him for a second.

She saw Leanna in the hallway, who told her Caden was awake. Summer eye's lit up. Every time she'd gone to see him he was sleeping.

Summer practically ran to the main room with all the babies, but stopped once she reached it. There, sitting in the rocking chair in front of Caden's 'box' was Seth.

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lol ya'll are guessing everything coming up in my chapters.

kursk, I had just got done writing this chapter when I read your review! "Great chapter, Im glad that everything was a dream, hopefully SS will slowly rocover their footing.

It would be intersting to see ryrissa and kandy reactions too."

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