Anna bounced over to Summer. They hadn't had a conversation since she'd been back.

"Hey Summer"

Summer pulled her chemistry book out of her locker and stuffed it in her bag. "Hey Anna" she said, closing her locker door.

"So, what's going on?"

Summer glanced questionably at the blonde beside her. "I was about to go to class. Why?"

"Well, I wanted to know if maybe you wanted to hang out after school. Go shopping or something. I know Seth has Caden for the rest of the week, and we haven't really talked since you've been back"

Summer pulled her bag onto her shoulder. "Sure…South Coast Plaza after school?"

Anna smiled. She really did want to be friends with Summer. She and Seth didn't really hang out anymore because he was either on a date with Summer or at her house playing with Caden.

And Seth wouldn't hang out with both girls at the same time because he said 'that would be kind of awkward.'

So, being friends with Summer was her last resort.

"Sure thing"

Summer smiled. The bell rang and they both walked different directions, heading to class.

That Night—Cohen Residence

Seth grabbed his vibrating phone and groggily answered it. "Hello?"

Summer crooked her eyebrow. "Were you asleep?" she asked. "It's like 6 o'clock"

Seth grunted. "Yeah, but see I have Caden this week. And apparently, his favorite thing to do is cry. I got no sleep last night at all. So I'm making up for it now while my mom is watching him"

Summer smirked. It was his plan and he was suffering because of it. She, of course, was having a great rest of the weak. She got to sleep the whole night through, and finally got to un-clutter the TiVo, catching up on the past months worth of The Valley.

"Sorry sweetie" she said sympathetically. "Anna and I went shopping this afternoon and I bought a cherry blossom Mark Jacobs's purse"

Seth's eyes grew saucer sized. "You and Anna went shopping? Together?" he asked, shocked. "Since when were you two friends?"

Summer rolled her eyes. "I don't know. She asked me to go shopping with her this afternoon. So I agreed. It's not like we talked about you the whole time"

"Well, I find that mildly comforting" he asked, relaxing.

"I didn't say we didn't talk about you at all. We just did half of the time" she teased.

"Great" he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I'm just kidding, Cohen. We didn't talk about you at all. Well, I might have said something about how wonderful you were at being a boyfriend and a father"

"Oh my gosh Summer that baby is like a freaking alarm clock that you don't set and it just goes off whenever it wants to"

Summer scrunched up her forehead. "You realize that made no sense, right?"

"I mean, he was never like this on the weekends" he said, dismissing her comment. "He wakes up every hour, and most of the time it's for no specific reason at all"

"Welcome to my world. Listen, I'm going to let you go back to sleep because I heard you fell asleep in school today…again" she said, laughing a little.

They exchanged their "I love you's" and both hung up, Seth going back to sleep, and Summer admiring her afternoon purchases.

She felt lonely though. She wasn't used to having so much free time anymore. She was used to feeding Caden about this time, then rocking him to sleep. She'd squeeze in a few hours of sleep, and then take care of him the rest of the night.

But now, she could sit down and relax. It felt weird. It didn't feel normal to her anymore.

Now, normal was changing diapers, wiping drool, and singing 'you are my sunshine' about a hundred times in a row.

But, at the same time, she was enjoying the amount of sleep she was getting.

School

Seth numbly walked through the school hallway, kicking flyers announcing the weekend's parties out of his way. His outfits never matched, but today, it definitely didn't.

He'd forgotten to brush his hair, so he wore it widely on his head. His eyelids were heavy from no sleep, and dark circles decorated the skin right beneath his hazel eyes that once sparkled.

Three girls stumbled out of the bathroom door he was about to pass, giggling.

It was…Summer, Anna, and Marissa? He blinked, and then re-opened his eyes. Since when did Anna, a girl who listened to indie and was not into fashion, hang out with Harbor schools glamour girls Summer Roberts and Marissa Cooper? I mean, he knew that Anna and Summer had gone to the mall together, but now they were suddenly best friends?

Summer smiled at Seth and kissed him on the cheek. "Hey Cohen"

He didn't really acknowledge the kiss. "Hello Summer, Anna, and Marissa, hanging out…together"

The three girls looked at him quizzically. "Well, we ran into each other in the bathroom, and just started talking. Deathcabs playing at The Bait Shop tonight, so we're all going together" Anna stated.

Seth groaned. "What?" he asked, his voice taking on a whiney tone. "Wait, Deathcabs playing tonight?"

Summer nodded. "And Caden can't come because it will be too loud. But hey, if you can find a babysitter that I approve of" she added, "then you can come with"

Seth sarcastically smiled at her. "It's Friday night. Nobody is going to pass up a party or Deathcab to baby-sit a screaming 3 month old"

"Well let me know" she said, kissing his cheek again. Seth watched the three walk off down the hall. He was not missing Deathcab tonight!

Cohen Residence

"Hey mom" Seth said, walking into the kitchen. Kirsten looked up from her magazine and smiled. "Hey sweetie"

"Is it just me, or do you get better looking every day?" he asked, sucking up.

"A huh. What do you want, Seth?" Kirsten asked, not buying the line he tried to feed her.

"Deathcabs playing tonight at The Bait Shop, and…" he began, but Kirsten soon cut him off.

"Absolutely not! You have a responsibility to take care of Caden, and you're not going to leave him with me so you can go to a concert. Don't get me wrong, I love to watch him. But Seth, things have got to change now. Your going to have to sacrifice a lot to be a father, and the things you want have to take the back seat from now on" she lectured.

"But mom, it's my favorite band! They only come like once a year"

His eyes pleaded her to let him go, but she refused. Hopping up from the table, she breezed past him and into the living room, shouting "No"

The baby monitor on the kitchen counter sounded and Seth drug his feet upstairs. Ashley, a woman who had her own day care, watched Caden throughout the day when Seth and Summer were at school.

She was pretty good at it to. Every day this week when he'd pick Caden up after school he'd be sound asleep. But as soon as Seth got home, he'd wake up. And not an 'I want to play' wake up. It was a screaming wake up.

"Only 3 nights left" he said under his breath.

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Not a long chapter, but I'd feel guilty leaving tomorrow and not giving you guys one more chapter to get through the week with—haha. So I'll write as soon as I get back! Please review!