Title: Standing on the Edge of Me
Author: Karleen
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Warner Brothers. I do not own The OC or any song (if there were) used in this fanfic. This was just written for fun. Thanks again for the feedback, and much gratitude to those who continually review this fanfic.

Chapter 4 :: Just You And Me

They fell asleep in the living room and the TV was left on from the night before. She woke up the next morning with a smile on her face. He was still sleeping but just being around him comforted for her. She ran her fingers through his hair which caused him to shift so she stopped.

"Hey." He said still half asleep.

"Hey." She replied back

"What time is it?"

"Six thirty." She said and he held her hand.

"Still early and Sam's still sleeping." He grinned at her. "I can still do this." He kissed her on her cheek, on the nose and slowly made his way to her lips. He then trailed down to her neck and gave her mini kisses. She felt goose bumps forming. She hadn't felt like that from a kiss by anyone else but him. He was the only one who really sent shivers up her spine and she loved it. She broke the kiss slightly as it was getting more intense.

"Not that I'm not enjoying this, believe me I am. We have to be careful. Sam might see us." She held his face close to hers.

"She doesn't usually wake up for another hour." He kissed her again but she stopped him knowing where this was going. "Ok, ok. I'll stop. I'm sorry I just.."he took her hand. "I just missed you so much."

"I missed you too." She smiled at him. "But we have to be careful. I mean you know, what if this doesn't work. I don't want our daughter to get affected in any way."

"Come on we haven't even gone out yet and you're assuming that this already will go awry."

"I just don't want Sam to feel the way I felt when my parents broke up."

"She won't ok. I promise that I will never hurt either of you, Summer." He kissed her on the lips and broke off. "Just couldn't help but kiss your sweet lips." She smiled at him.

"After all these years, you're still the cute dork you've always been."

"Sensitivity is still not your strong point." She gave him a look. "But at least you still find me cute."

xxxxx

Their schedules conflicted so they couldn't go on a date like they wanted. However, after they let Sam sleep, they held hands on the couch and watched a movie every night they were home. They didn't care what it was, as long as they spent the time together. Seth would occasionally give her a quick kiss here and there. In the first few weeks, Summer would stop him but after a while she just let him kiss her. After a while she gave him quick kisses too which drove him up the wall. They were like teenagers again, giggling, teasing and they were just crazy for each other. Except this time they were much older and even have a beautiful daughter.

"We've been together for a month now and we still haven't gone out on a date." He said one night as they were sitting on the couch watching Garden State.

"I know." She said and looked at their hands intertwined with each others. He looked at her and an idea popped up.

"What if we go on a trip for a week?" He asked her. "Just you and me."

"Who's going to take care of Sam?"

"My parents. I mean if you want to go of course." He said hopeful that she would agree.

"Of course I do, but we'd have to tell them about..." He knew she was still a little bit afraid about them.

"Not if you don't want to tell them. I'll just say that I have a conference out of state and you're going to be busy. No big deal."

"Yeah but I don't want to lie to your parents." He looked a little frustrated and confused. "We'll tell them." From confusion a smile formed on his face. "Where are we going anyway?"

"It's a surprise." He said with a grin.

"It'd better be a good one Cohen, or my rage blackout will resurface again and I won't control it."

"That's why you're with me." He said and she playfully hit him.

to be continued...