So hey guys…I know I'm such a jerk! It's been a long time since my last update and although I had been planning to write this chapter a long time ago it just never happened I always got too busy…but I guess better late than never right? And to those of you who are waiting for me to update my Summer Cohen/Seth Roberts story I'll write a chapter after this one and I'll get it posted hopefully in the next week.
So in this chapter the gang is heading back to Newport to get ready for Ryan and Marissa wedding, also Sandy and Kirsten are going to find out about Lily! YAY! So just so you know Seth and Summer have been dating for about a little over a month and are a couple at the moment.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed: psparkle7189, June.Louise, Seth Ezekiel, Doves30, Carla, Riley313, Laugh-a-lot Bear, kursk, cdgeiger and dodgeviper this one's for you guys!
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The Runaway Returns
"I'm not going!" Summer said as she pulled the covers over her head, ignoring Marissa's attempts to get her out of bed. They needed to be at the airport in an hour but Summer was refusing to cooperate.
"Summer come on! Ryan and Seth already brought your bags downstairs, we need to go." Marissa said sitting on Summer and pulling the blankets off her head.
"Coop I can't, I thought I could but I can't go back there!" Summer said giving Marissa her puppy dog eyes.
"No way, those eyes may work on Seth but they're not going to work on me, now get your butt out of this bed!" Marissa said jumping off the bed and doing her best to pull Summer up, but she wouldn't budge.
Just then Seth and Lily walked in to find Summer back in her bed and Marissa struggling to get her up.
"What's going on? I thought I woke you up like an hour ago," Seth said looking at Summer as Marissa finally decided to give up and let go of her.
"Come on Lily let's go find your Uncle and Chrissy," Marissa said taking Lily by the hand and leading her out of the room.
"Summer what's wrong?" Seth said sitting down on the edge of Summer's bed.
"Cohen I don't think I can go back," Summer said sitting up and leaning her head of Seth's shoulder.
"Sum we've been through this, everything's going to be fine. We'll go see your dad, we'll tell my parents, and we'll get to spend some time together at the beach, just like the old days it'll be great."
"And if your parents get mad?" Summer said with fear in your voice.
"Sum, they'll understand, my parents have always liked you. Don't worry about it." Seth said rubbing Summer's back reassuringly.
"I still don't know," Summer said lying back down.
"Well you don't have a choice," Seth said as he picked Summer up and started carrying her towards the door.
"Cohen put me down right now!" Summer said kicking her feet in attempt to get Seth to let go of her.
"Sorry Sum I can't do that until I get u in that elevator," Seth said kissing Summer's forehead and making his way out of the apartment.
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"Your parents aren't meeting us here are they Cohen?" Summer asked after everyone got their bags and began to make their way out of the Los Angeles airport.
"No I told them we'd meet them at the house, we're gonna have to take cabs," Seth said as he struggled carrying his and Summer's bags.
"Marissa!" Julie Cooper called from across the airport as she ran to her daughter.
"Oh God," Marissa said under her breath as she let her mother embrace her in a hug, "Mom what are you doing here?"
"You think I'd let you take a cab," Julie said making her way over to greet Ryan, "Hello Ryan," Julie said giving Ryan a kiss on the cheek, she had warmed up to him quite a bit in the past four years.
"And hello there sweetheart," Julie said bending down to hug Chrissy.
"Hi Julie," Chrissy said reluctantly giving her a hug.
"Mommy who is that?" Lily said tugging on Summer's skirt. It was then that Julie finally noticed her daughter's best friend who she hadn't seen for four years.
"Summer! Is that you! It's been so long," Julie said crushing Summer in a huge hug.
"How are you Mrs. Cooper? I heard about Mr. Nichol I'm really sorry," Summer said trying to keep the attention off Lily, but Julie had already laid eyes on her.
"And who's this?" Julie said smiling down at the little girl.
"This is my daughter Lily, actually our daughter," Summer said taking Seth's hand, "Lily this is Mrs. Cooper, Marissa's mom."
"Hi," Lily said moving closer to her parents.
"Well hello," Julie said understanding where Summer had been all these years, "well we better get going I'm afraid I won't have enough room for all of you."
"Its fine we'll take a cab, we have some things to do," Seth said as they made their way outside.
"Don't worry I'll keep her away from Sandy and Kirsten until we get there, I'll pick Lily up at your dad's at six and meet you there," Marissa whispered to Summer, "good luck."
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When the cab pulled up in front of the Roberts' home Summer couldn't help but fill with old memories. Though her father had come to visit her and Lily in New York Summer hadn't seen her old house in four years.
"This is your old house?" Lily said looking up at the mansion in front of her as she got out of the cab after Seth.
"Yep, come on sweetie Grandpa's probably waiting," Summer said taking Lily's hand as she made her way back into her old home.
Summer walked into the house that looked exactly as she remembered right down to the familiar smell of her father's cologne.
"Daddy?" Summer called up the stair, "Daddy were here!"
Just then Neil Roberts came running down the stairs grabbing his little girl in a tight embrace, "Hey sweetie," Neil said holding on to his daughter for dear life.
"Hi daddy," Summer said finally feeling a little better about being back in Newport.
"Now where's that granddaughter of mine?" Neil said finally letting go of Summer.
"Grandpa!" Lily said jumping into his arms.
"Hey there princess," Neil said lifting his granddaughter just as he noticed Seth standing near the door, "hello Seth," Neil said making his way over to him and holding out his hand.
"Hi Mr. Roberts," Seth said taking his hand and shaking it uncomfortably.
"What no bags?" Neil asked looking around the empty entrance way.
"We're going to be staying at Seth's parent's house, but we'll be here visiting all the time," Summer answered.
"Well you better be here, I want to spend as much time with my girls as I can," Neil said putting Lily back on the ground and ruffling her hair.
"Well we better get going, the cabs waiting," Seth said motioning towards the door.
"Okay," Summer said bending down to talk to Lily, "okay babe be good for grandpa, and Auntie Coop will be here to get you at six okay?"
"Okay Mommy," Lily said hugging her mother and then running over to her dad to give him a kiss.
"See you later Daddy," Summer said hugging her father once again.
"Good luck princess," Neil said.
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When the cab pulled up in front of the Cohen residence five minutes later neither Seth nor Summer really wanted to get out of the car. They took their time unloading all the luggage, and as the cab pulled away the two just stood staring at the front door.
"Nervous?" Summer asked looking up at Seth.
"Little bit, but it's now or never," Seth said taking Summer's hand and making his way to the door.
They walked in the door to find the house rather quiet but just as Summer's house had it looked exactly how Summer remembered it.
"Hello? Mom? Dad? I'm home!" Seth called out.
"Seth, it's good to see you son," Sandy Cohen said as he greeted his son with a hug.
"Hey look who I found in New York," Seth said taking Summer's hand and pulling her out from behind him.
"Summer," Kirsten said a little shocked as she entered the room, "it's been so long," she said pulling Summer into a hug that made Summer feel even worse for what she was about to tell them.
"Oh sure hug her first, just ignore your own child!" Seth said as Kirsten let go of Summer and took Seth in a hug.
"Hello Seth," Kirsten said laughing.
"Well come on in kids, you must be hungry after your flight, we've got Chinese in the kitchen," Sandy said looking out the door and noticing the amount of luggage in front of the house, "well let me help you bring this in first."
Seth and Sandy made their way outside to bring in the bags while Summer followed Kirsten into the kitchen to get ready to eat.
"So you live in New York now?" Kirsten asked as she and Summer set the table.
"Ya actually I live in the same apartment building as Seth, just a floor above him. I was really surprised when I saw him, I mean talk about a small world," Summer said feeling a little anxious.
"And you and Seth?" Kirsten asked trying to get as much information as she could.
"Um, we've been dating for a little over a month," Summer said wishing Seth would hurry up.
"Well that's great," Kirsten said giving Summer a smile, "you know we've missed you around here,"
"I missed you too," Summer said as Seth and Sandy entered the room and the four sat down to eat.
They talked about living in New York and careers while they ate but the question Summer had been dreading didn't come until after everyone had finished eating.
"So Summer, it's been what four years? What happened to you? You just sort of disappeared," Sandy asked looking at Summer curiously.
"Well dad, that's actually what we wanted to talk to you about," Seth said taking Summer's hand under the table and giving her a reassuring smile urging her to explain.
"Well um, actually, you see when I left Newport it was because I, I um," Summer struggled afraid of what was coming, "it was because I found out I was pregnant," Summer said looking down at her empty plate as she heard Kirsten drop the fork she was holding.
The room fell silent and Summer could feel Sandy and Kirsten's eyes on her but she refused to look up, all she could do was hold on to Seth's hand and pray he said something soon.
"Summer and I have a daughter," Seth said finally breaking the silence, "And I know that might come as a shock to you, and we understand you might be mad, I mean I know I was when I found out. But I mean she's such a great kid and Summer did an amazing job raising her. And we would have told you sooner but we wanted to tell you in person." Seth said giving Summer's hand a squeeze when he noticed the tears slipping down her face.
"Please say something," Summer said finally looking up into Kirsten's eyes that like her were filled with tears.
"I just, I don't know what to say," Kirsten said looking completely speechless.
"But why run away?" Sandy asked looking Summer straight in the eyes.
"I found out just after Seth ran away, I didn't know if he was ever coming back and I panicked, I didn't know what else to do," Summer said looking back down at her plate.
"You could have come to us," Kirsten finally said, "We would have helped you."
"I couldn't stay here, I mean you know how Newport is, I mean people would be talking about me forever, and I didn't want my child growing up with that." Summer said trying to look Kirsten in the eyes but Kirsten wouldn't look at her.
"Mom, Dad I know what it's like to be on the receiving end of this conversation okay, but you have to understand Summer was just doing what she thought was best, and I managed to forgive her, so I'm sure you can find it in your heart to do the same thing." Seth said looking from his mother to his father.
"Well what's her name?" Sandy asked smiling at Summer, letting her know he wasn't going to hold a grudge.
"Liliana Elisabeth Cohen," Summer said, "She's four years old, and she's really excited about getting to meet you."
"Well when do we get to meet her? Where is she?" Sandy asked a little anxiously.
"She's at my dad's house, Ryan and Marissa are going to bring her over in a little bit.
"Ya and we're all going to be staying here until after the wedding so you'll have lots of time to get to know Lily," Seth said putting his arm around Summer who was still focused on Kirsten.
"Kirsten please don't be mad," Summer said as Kirsten began clearing the table.
"I'm not mad Summer, but I am disappointed," Kirsten said finally meeting Summer's eyes, "I mean you've kept my granddaughter away for four years, I mean I would have wanted to know that I was a grandmother, I could have visited you once in a while," Kirsten said letting her anger get to her she left the room leaving Summer in tears.
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It took Seth a while to calm Summer down and after she finally stopped crying they along with Sandy moved into the living room where Seth told Sandy a little about Lily.
Shortly after six o'clock the three heard the door open and heard Ryan calling from the entrance. They made their way to the door where they found Ryan, Marissa, Chrissy and Lily.
"Mommy!" Lily said jumping into Summer's arms, "I had so much fun at grandpa's!"
"Grandpa!" Chrissy said jumping into Sandy's arms.
"Hey kiddo," Sandy said hugging his granddaughter.
Summer took Lily by the hand and led her over to where Sandy was standing.
"Lily this is your Grandpa Cohen," Summer said as Lily let go of her mother to greet her grandfather, giving him a hug.
"Hi Grandpa!" Lily said happily, and as Sandy looked down at the little girl he instantly fell in love with her. The girl was the spitting image of Summer with Seth's big brown eyes and her smile could melt your heart in an instant.
Everyone sat in the living room talking and laughing, both Chrissy and Lily sitting on Sandy's lap talking a mile a minute about school and how they were best friends. After about an hour Kirsten finally walked into the room. She looked up at Summer who was sitting on the couch wrapped in Seth's arm and mouthed the words "I'm sorry" bringing tears once again to Summer's eyes as she got up and hugged the woman she had learned to love as a mother.
Summer picked up Lily from where she was sitting on Sandy's lap, "Lily this is your Grandma," Summer said.
"Hi grandma," Lily said with a big smile and just as Sandy had Kirsten instantly fell in love with the little girl taking her from Summer's arms and giving her a big hug. She then took Lily and sat down next to Sandy with Lily in her lap, and as Summer looked around the room at all the people she loved she was finally happy about being back in Newport.
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Okay so I really hoped everyone likes this chapter! Next chapter Sandy and Kirsten will get to spend some time with Lily and Seth and Summer will get to spend some time alone! Also we can't forget about wedding plans! The wedding will be in a few couple chapters but until then the gang will be hanging out in Newport just like the old days! Please review I love to hear what you think!