She watched as his converse covered foot hit the tiled floor, forcing the chair to go back and forth.

Leaning against the door frame, she didn't dare interrupt the two in their 'bonding' time.

After a few minutes of admiring her son and his daddy together, the nurse retrieved Caden from him.

Seth stood from the chair to find Summer watching him. How long had she been there?

"What are you doing here?" she asked him as he came closer.

"I really don't know. I got in the car and started driving, and wound up here"

Summer could see pain and hurt in his eyes. She had to search for it though, because he was trying to cover it up. He wouldn't make eye contact with her. He was doing everything possible to avoid doing that, and it was crushing her. But she had crushed him.

Did she deserve this treatment?

It's sort of funny. In your mind, when you get something in your head, you talk yourself into believing you were only doing what was best. But really, you're talking yourself into something extremely wrong; otherwise you wouldn't have to be talking yourself into it.

She had talked herself into believing that it was in Seth's best interest to not know about Caden until he was born. If she'd only known what it was going to cost her when he finally did find out. If she'd told him, they'd be together right now. Instead, he hated her, and she didn't blame him. She hated herself.

"Listen, I've got to go. I called Anna a few minutes ago and she said she'd meet me in the waiting room. Do you know if they allow people who aren't family members in here yet?"

Summer scoffed. Was he trying to get back at her? She spun around angrily and stepped out of the room.

Seth grabbed her arm, trying to stop her, but Summer flinched and backed away from him.

"You listen to me" she harshly said. "Anna is to come no where near my baby"

Seth gazed into her eyes for the first time since he'd seen her standing in the doorway. She had so much pain and hatred in them. But she had caused him the pain, so why was she upset?

"He's my son. I get to have a say-so in who sees him to"

Summer bit her lip aggravatingly. She stepped closer to him. He could feel her hot breath against his face. "That's where you're wrong. He is my son" she whispered sharply.

"He's mine to" Seth knew he was only doing this to upset her. He wanted her to feel as betrayed and upset as he did.

Summer gave him a bitter glare. If he didn't want anything to do with her, than he sure as hell wasn't going to have anything to do with her son. She knew he was trying to piss her off. She could see it in his mischievous looking eyes. Sadly enough, it was working.

"Stay away from my son" she snapped, shoving past his stiff body.

Seth stood there limply for minutes. They'd never fought like that. He could hear how mad she was in the uneasy tone of her voice. He also didn't understand why his viscous side came out. What was all that about Anna?

She wasn't in the waiting room. He hadn't talked to her all day.

Seth backed up and stood in the doorway. Summer's flip flop covered foot tapped the floor violently. She wasn't holding Caden because he could only be held so many times a day. But she was talking to him. He could hear her voice. Not well enough to make out her words, though.

He took in the site a few moments longer then left the hospital.

Cohen Residence

Seth slammed the front door and started to race up the stairs. "Honey, can we talk to you?" he heard his mother ask. Seth turned around, halfway up the stairs, and faced the two nosiest people in the world-his mom and dad.

"Come sit down" Sandy motioned toward the couch.

Seth eyed his parents curiously before sitting down on the couch opposite from them.

"We want you to know that we're not happy that you got Summer pregnant" Sandy started off.

"But, it happened, and there are no take-backs. We have a grandson now, and even though the timings off, we are still thrilled and love that little boy very much"

Seth leaned back on the couch.

"Now, how are you prepared to help Summer?" Sandy asked, after Kirsten's speech.

Seth sighed. "I was just at the hospital and we got in a fight. She told me to stay away from her son"

Sandy and Kirsten exchanged glances.

"She can't say that he's your son to"

"Yeah well tell that to Summer. She looked about ready to pummel my ass"

"Language" Kirsten remarked.

"Sorry. Anyways, I wasn't the nicest towards her either. So I'll just talk to her when both of us can cool off"

Seth rose from the couch and walked toward the staircase.

"Seth, we haven't finished talking" Kirsten said.

"Mom, please just let me go upstairs for awhile. I promise we can talk about it later. I'm in serious need of some comic book time"

Kirsten hesitated, but dismissed him from the conversation.

1 hour later

The doorbell echoed through the house, and Ryan skidded across the living room to get it.

"Hey" he said, stunned she had the guts to show up at their house. He wasn't very mad at her, but Kirsten and Seth were different stories entirely.

"Listen, I know you probably think I'm scum. But can I just talk to him?"

Ryan was ambivalent at first. But they needed to talk this through. He knew it really wasn't any of his business but…

"He's in his room"

He opened the door a little wider, gesturing her inside. Summer smiled gratefully and walked up the familiar staircase.

Seth was entranced in X-Men when he heard a knock on his door. "Mom, I said later. That doesn't mean in just an hour"

Summer rolled her eyes. Why did he always think it was his mom? Did she come to his room that often?

She turned the doorknob and stepped in the room, closing it behind her.

"Mom, seriously, I don't feel like talking" he hollered, not looking up from his comic.

"That's too bad, because I owe you an apology"

Seth looked over at the sound of her voice. He sighed and set his 'graphic novel' down.

"Listen, you have every right to see Caden. He's your son to, and I had no right to tell you that you couldn't. I was just…jealous of you and Anna. But I think I'm starting to accept that this is never going to happen anymore" she said, referring to the two of them.

"But whether we like it or not, we share a child, so we're going to have to be civil with each other. As hard as it is, I want to try and be friends"

Seth shook his head. "There's nothing going on between me and Anna. We're just friends. And today at the hospital when I said she was there I was lying. I guess I just wanted to make you feel as bad as I did" he said, apologizing himself.

"Do" he said, fixing his last statement. "I wanted to make you feel as bad as I do"

"Well, I think you got your wish"

They both sighed.

"Cohen" she said, breaking the silence that settled. "I have to know this. Is there any romantic future for us at all?"

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lol as you can tell I have no life to have written three chapters in one day. Just joking. Actually, some of the more recent ones were pre-written, just waiting to be posted. Please keep the reviews coming, and thanks to all the people who reviewed already!