(A.N) Hiya! Ok, like I said before, i've left a pretty bigcliffhanger at the end of this chapter. Once you read it, you're not gonna like it. I originally knew what i was going to do but now i'm having some doubts. I've written two alternate follow up chapters but i really want to know how you think it should go so please please tell me your thoughts, i dont want to write something you wouldn't like! Just to give you an idea, in one chapter things go bad giving large repercussions and lots of drama. In the other, things dont go as bad and things turn out good, not as much drama and action though but another tragedy takes place.

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The Difference Counts

It was amazing how fast the time went by after the twins came home. Seth had took 6 months off work and Summer had quit her job.

Things were going great. Every day Seth and Summer spent time with their children and enjoyed every minute.

Some days Seth would just sit in the nursery and play with them for hours while Summer went out running or they'd spend a whole day together, walking on the beach or visiting Seth's parents.

This blissful way of life had been going on for nearly 3 months.

The twins were growing up fast, both had huge sparkly chocolate eyes that looked up at you longingly and both were starting to grow deep, cocoa coloured hair that grew into tiny springy ringlets.

They were perfect matches to their parents. The weather got cooler as November approached.

Summer had already bought a ton of Christmukkah presents for the twins.

"Cohen! I'm going shopping with Coop! Are you gonna be okay?" Summer called up the stairs, as she held the phone away from her ear. She heard a faint grunt and held the phone back to her ear.

"Kay Coop, see you in 10 minutes." She ran upstairs, her boots clunking on the marble.

Seth was sat in the nursery, the twins sat in their playpen on the floor and Seth was reading to them.

"God Cohen, the three little pigs again! I'm gonna buy some new books today," Summer sighed, bending down to scoop up Taylor.

"Hey I was thinking, remember Taylor Townsend, your arch nemesis in senior year? We've like named our kid after your enemy," Seth grinned as Summer frowned.

"Taylor? Oh yeah, what ever happened to her?"

"Don't you remember? After you revealed her fling with the Dean, she like spiralled into depression. Her Mom got locked up for possessing and supplying cocaine and heroin and Taylor left town. There was a huge scandal."

"Oh yeah, I remember now. But my Taylor is not like that psycho bitch, are you baby?"

She looked deeply into his dark eyes and was instantly reminded of Seth.

"Cohen he looks so like you, its scary," she smiled. He frowned and picked up Autumn.

"Yeah, but Autumn is like Mommy too. I'm betting a hundred dollars her first word is 'Ew'." Seth laughed as Summer glared.

"Yeah well I'll strangle you if Taylor comes out with anything 'Man' that wears a unitard!" Summer kissed Taylor and hugged him before swapping with Cohen.

"Bye bye sweetie. Don't listen to Daddy, I don't." She put her in the playpen and kissed Seth.

"Keep your eye on them and call me if anything happens," she said.

"I will, but I'm perfectly capable. Anne's just gone for more diapers, I'll send her home when she gets back, I don't think we need her again today."

Anne was the nanny that Kirsten had employed, under Summer's strict orders.

She was a tall middle aged woman with grey fuzzy hair and thick rimmed glasses. Anne was an extremely polite and caring woman but Seth was a little scared of her because she was very strict.

Summer waved at the babies and walked out of the room. Seth looked at their vacant expressions.

"So, what do you guys want to do? And Autumn remember what I said about alcohol. You can't have any, you can watch Daddy drink it instead!"

"So, we'll try to be back before eleven." Summer smiled at Anne and kissed the twins softly. They were sleeping peacefully in their cribs.

While out with Marissa, Summer and her had decided that they should all go out tonight so Anne had been drafted in to baby-sit. Seth stood by the door in the nursery.

"Come on Sum, we're gonna be late. You'll see them again in a couple of hours," Seth said quietly.

"Okay, okay. Bye Anne, call if anything's wrong." Summer waved at the cribs and Seth took her hand, leading her downstairs.

"Nice dress Sum," Seth said.

"Thanks, it's new." She smiled and twirled out of the house towards the car.

Summer had taken great enjoyment in chopping up all her hideous maternity clothes as soon as she'd lost a stone.

This had required her to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe, something she was comfortable with.

She glanced up at the house, where the nursery window was lit up.

"I hope they'll be okay…" she thought as Seth reversed the car out of the driveway.

"Tonight's been fun, we should do it again sometime." Marissa got out of her seat.

"Yeah we should do it like every month," Summer said, slipping on her faux fur shrug.

"Kay, so see you tomorrow Sum?"

"Yeah come to mine," Summer hugged Marissa and then hugged Ryan.

"Bye Ryan, come on Cohen." She tugged at his shirt playfully.

"Coming woman, night Atwood's." Seth and Summer waved and walked into the breezy darkness, heading for the car. Seth opened the door for Summer.

"You look a lot happier Summer if you don't mind me saying so," Seth said, climbing in the drivers side.

"I am, I just, after these past couple of crazy years, I think everything's come together finally." She laced her fingers through Seth's.

"Yeah, its been nothing but drama. Its good we can finally settle down and be, well, together." Seth's eyes sparkled like Taylor's. Summer leaned across and kissed him tenderly.

"Lets go home," she whispered.

"I'll check on the twins!" Summer cried as Seth said good bye to Anne. She leapt up the staircase eagerly.

"I'll be in bed," Seth yawned, closing the front door.

"How are my little cutie's?" Summer whispered as she entered the dark room. She shivered as a cold chill swept up her spine.

Frowning, she progressed forward to Autumn's pink crib. She was silently sleeping, her gorgeous chest moving up and down steadily.

Summer kissed her tiny head softly. As she looked over to Taylor's, the curtains blew violently. She walked over to close the window which was wide open. She turned back to her son.

He looked stiff and was in a very unnatural pose. Summer felt the pit of her stomach drop as she noticed how his chest didn't move like his sisters.

She touched his chubby cheeks tenderly.

Ice cold.

"Taylor…?" her voice shook.

What was happening?

"TAYLOR!" She screamed…