A/N: Thank you for the reviews! I'm glad you all like how the story is coming along. I love drama, tragedy and angst so I will use it a lot. I will add humor in once and a while to try and lighten it up.

Chapter 4

Everyone was waiting in the waiting room for Summer for about two hours. They tried to talk like they normally would, but every time Ryan, Summer, Harbor or school was mentioned they hit a dead end.

The doctor came in and introduced herself. "Hi my name is Dr. McNamara and I will be working on Summer's and Ryan's cases."

"My name is Sandy Cohen and this is my wife Kirsten, our son Seth and Summer's friend Marissa."

"Sandy Cohen?"

"Yes that's me."

"It's me! Jean! You represented my son a few years ago. His name is Tom remember?"

"Yes I remember now." Sandy didn't seem too happy to remember.

"I am so happy you proved him innocent. He would never do anything like that."

"I know that's why I took the case."

"I'll take very good care of these two for you, as a thank you. If they ever need anything special I will get the best of the best on their cases no matter how busy they are."

"Thank you. That is very nice of you," Kirsten said.

"It is no problem at all. Anyway, about Summer and Ryan. I'm not their surgeon so I didn't do operating, but I was in there while they did Summer and right after this I am heading over to Ryan's room. Summer is going to be just fine. She had a bullet wound imbedded into her shoulder but they got it out. It was very close to penetrating a vain. When I say close, I mean about 3 centimeters. If it had hit the vain, she would have been dead by the time she got here. But she won't die and she is in recovery right now. As for Ryan, his status is still unknown. He is still in surgery right now and I keep hearing more doctors being called into his room, which isn't a good sign at all. I'm going to go in there and check on him. Summer is probably being bought up into her room now. She's in room 419. If she isn't there yet, you can wait inside."

"Thank you for all your help," Kirsten said.

"It's no problem at all. Thank your husband though; he saved the only thing I had left in life."

"It's my job," Sandy said.

They went down the elevator to floor 4. It was an awkward silence until Kirsten spoke up.

"What was her son accused of?" she asked.

"Stabbing a student at school. They found the kid with a knife in his hand hovered over the other student crying his eyes out. All he was saying is "T.M…T.M…T.M…T.M… and holding up the knife."

"How did you prove him innocent?"

"The kid was wearing gloves. He had just gotten in from arriving to school late due to a doctor appointment. We used fingerprints on the knife and compared them to his. They weren't the same. The fingerprints belonged to a kid named Tyler Michaels. He kept saying T.M. because the initials were on the knife."

"That's stupid. Why would the kid use his own initials?"

"Tom has the same initials also. That's why he was accused and that is why Tyler chose him to frame. After we showed Tyler the evidence, the kid cried and spilled everything."

"How old was he?"

"Eighteen."

"Oh I thought he was younger."

"Nope. We're here."

They stepped off the elevator and the nurse's desk was right in front of them.

"Who are you going to see?"

"Summer Roberts," Kirsten said.

"Are you family?"

"Her mother is away. She won't be home for days and is unreachable. She has been placed under our care."

The nurse started laughing. "Go ahead. I'm sorry I get bored easily. I was kind of hoping to start a conversation."

"If you are still here when we are done I'll talk to you."

"Sounds like a plan."

They walked away and Seth muttered "freak," under his breath.

Kirsten heard him and laughed. "Seth, do you want to go in first?"

"I would like that," he replied in the most dead and downbeat voice ever.

They got to the room and Seth just stared into the open room. It was private and he could see a television, couch and what looked to be a PS2 AND an Xbox.

"Go ahead kid, you can do it," Sandy reassured him.

Seth took a deep breath and walked in.

He saw Summer sitting up in her bed flipping through the channels. She looked up when she heard Seth come in.

"Cohen?"

"Hey Summer," he said trying to sound more cheery to her than he did to his mom.

"Oh my god Cohen come here."

Seth walked over to her and embraced her. He just held her tight and she started to sob.

"It hurt so much when they took it out. I felt it, I felt all of it. It was like, I don't know what it was like it just hurt so much."

Summer moved over as an invitation for Seth to sit down. He sat next to her and just held onto her tight.

"I'm sorry I'm bawling like a baby," she said.

"Don't be sorry. You are in a lot of pain you just went through something horrible and you're confused."

"How's Chino doing?"

"He's still in surgery. Your doctor, who is also Ryan's doctor, told us that she keeps hearing more and more doctors being called into his room. We still don't know anything about his status."

"Where was he shot?"

"Stomach and leg. He is suffering major blood loss."

"Oh my god that is so bad."

"Summer have the doctors told you anything?"

"Not really."

"You almost died. The bullet was three inches away from penetrating a major vain. If it had hit it, they don't know if they could have stopped the blood from pouring out."

Summer sat there in shock.

"You're ok now though; nothing is going to happen anymore. They believe the fact that you kept moving your arm stopped it from shifting."

Summer laughed. "So my dumbness by going after the shooter's saved my life?"

"Yeah pretty much. Summer, you are a hero in Newport. Everyone knows about you killing the shooters. You're a hero."

"Me? A hero?"

"Yes."

"That's…incredible. I didn't think anyone would know it was me. It's not like I told people."

"Summer, you were running down the hall with a gun screaming THE KILLERS ARE DEAD! COME OUT NOW!"

"How did you know?"

"I was hiding in the bathroom waiting for them to leave. If it wasn't for you, I would have never come out."

"So I saved your life?"

"I guess so. I would have rotted to death in the bathroom."

"What if the cops came?"

"I wouldn't believe it was them. I'd only believe your voice. Your voice saved me."

"Cohen that is so sweet."

"Yeah, I know."

Seth looked at Summer while she looked down. He grabbed her by the chin and met her eyes with his. He leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back. Even though they were in a hospital, it was the most romantic thing ever.

Seth pulled away first and just looked her in the eyes.

"Summer, ever since I saw you on the first day of third grade outside at recess. Right then and there, I knew I wanted to be with you. You were so pretty and now, you are gorgeous. I have fallen in love with you over these past few months. When you dated Chip that time, I wanted to cry. I knew I blew my chance. When he dumped you, I was there to comfort you. I wanted to tell you then, but I was scared to see your reaction since I could tell you had feelings for him. But now Summer, I'm not scared to tell you. I want to be with you. I want to be the reason you wake up in the morning and go to school. I sound very UK pop bandish here, but Summer, you're what I go to school for. You are what I live for. I want to be the first thing on your mind when you wake up and I want you to love me like I love you."

Summer felt tears forming in her eyes. "Seth, I already feel like that."

"You do?"

"I've always had this little thing for you, but since Chino came along and I got to know you, I started to fall for you. Chip didn't dump me, I dumped him. I came to you to for comfort, not Marissa or anyone else. The reason I was crying was because I thought you didn't feel the same way because you said nothing then. That was when I realized, you were different. You didn't take advantage of me and maybe you were waiting. The time never came along though and my hopes decreased. I knew you were waiting for the right time and I thought I gave you plenty of chances. I was going to invite you over after school today and tell you. When the shootings started and you grabbed my hand, I knew that you felt the same way."

"I didn't even mean to do that. It was out of instinct."

"It's the best one you have."

"So what do you say?" Seth asked.

"I say we're going out."

Seth grabbed Summer and just held her.

"Are we going to tell people right away?" Summer asked.

"Why wouldn't we?"

"Seth, did you forget we're in a hospital and your brother might die?"

"Oh right… I think we should tell. It will bring some light into the dark tunnel."

Seth got off the bed.

"Where are you going?"

"To get everyone else." Seth kissed her on the forehead and went into the waiting room.

He saw everyone sitting in chairs and called them over.

"What's going on?" Marissa asked.

"Come in here."

Seth went into the room first followed by Marissa then Sandy then Kirsten.

"Before you guys say anything," Seth said. "I just want to tell you that Summer and I are dating."

The room was dead silent.

"Are you serious?" Marissa asked.

"Yes Coop. This isn't a joke. I told you I liked him, and he likes me back." Summer looked at Kirsten and Sandy. "You raised an incredible son. He is one of the only people in this town that knows how to take care of a woman and be nice to them. It's obvious he gets this quality from his parents."

"Summer you are so sweet. Thank you for the compliment," Kirsten said.

"It really is no problem at all. You are great people and you have raised a great son."

"How are you feeling?" Marissa asked.

"I'm in a lot of pain right now. It's throbbing but it's getting better. They loaded me up on pain killers and I feel dandy."

"Is that sarcasm?"

"Major."

Dr. McNamara came into the room.

"Hello Summer how are you doing?"

"Shitty."

"Are the painkillers working?"

"Not at all."

"Give them a few more minutes. The real reason I'm here is because I have news on Ryan."

The entire room got silent. The only noise was the television and Summer turned it off.

"They kept calling in doctors, to revive him. We lost him three times. It's amazing they were able to get him to revive. They got the bullets out and they were able to stop the blood from pouring out. They are pumping blood into him by the pint."

"Is he going to survive?" Seth asked.

"We don't know. We'll know his status within the next half hour. I'll come to you and let you know." The doctor left the room and left everyone standing there.

"This isn't good," Summer said.

"I know," Kirsten replied. "If we lose Ryan, I don't know what I would do. Sandy and Marissa can you come with me?" She could sense Seth wanted to be alone with Summer for a little bit. She looked at her son and winked, signaling she knew what was on his mind. He faked a smile as they were leaving.

He heard the door close, and he broke down into sobs.

"Seth come here."

Seth sat down on the bed and Summer grabbed onto him. "I don't know what I would do if I lost him. He's my brother and he always has my back. It's because of him we are together. I owe him so much and if I lose him, I can't go on."

"He's going to make it. He's the strongest kid I know."

"I know."

They sat there just holding each other and watching television for twenty minutes. Everyone came back into the room again followed by the doctor.

"We are still putting blood into him. We moved him into a room now."

"He's going to live?" Seth asked.

She took a deep breath and looked at the teenager.

"Your brother is in a coma."