I want to clear out that this story is about Summer and Seth, not Marissa and Ryan. I'm not a big fan of them on the show. I think that they are stealing all the attention and it's a lot about them and not Summer and Seth. So in this story I don't think that I will let them take up a lot of space, because they're doing it in the show. I hope that you keep reading the story and accept that it's about the amazing couple Summer and Seth.

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Chapter eight - Tears

When the message had reached out to the people it couldn't take long till someone found Ava. Seth still had Casey, who had now stopped crying, in his arms. He was still sad though and clanged to Seth's neck. Seth was terrified that something might have happened to his little princess, but he didn't show it on the outside. He was the man and he had to hold Casey and comfort Summer. He couldn't just flip out.

Summer was looking around, desperately searching for Ava. But no Ava was to be seen. The tears finally ran down her cheeks and Seth leaned her into his chest. She knew that it wasn't a good idea to cry in front of Casey, but she couldn't hold it back any more.

"It will be okay. We'll find her." Seth whispered in her ear.

"What if we don't? What if she's lost and someone hurts her. She's just a little girl, she can't help herself." Summer sobbed and tried to keep her voice calm so that Casey wouldn't get more upset. "What if….."Seth stopped his wife.

"Ava!" Casey yelled and reached for her with his little arms. Ava came walking with the man who had talked in the speaker. Summer immediately ran towards her and lifted her up, hugging her hard. Seth and Casey joined the hug and they stood there all hugging and crying.

"I'm sorry, daddy." Ava cried as she climbed into her fathers arms, while he handed Casey to Summer.

"It's okay, my princess. You're here now and that's what's important." Seth sad while he stroked her hair and hugged her.

"Yes, do you want to go home now, sweetie?" Summer asked and tried to touch her cheek, but Ava turned away. Seth could see that Summer became upset and he touched her arm lightly.

"Come on, let's go home. Are you a little tired?" Seth said.

They all went to the car which wasn't far away and started their way home. Everyone was quiet during the ride home and you could see a single tear running down Summer's cheek. She was so happy that Ava was fine, but also a little hurt by Ava's rejection earlier. She was just a little sensitive right now and overreacted, but it seemed as Ava didn't want to hug her when Summer had lifted her up either.

Seth watched his wife with concern, she was crying quietly, careful not to show the children. He wondered if she just was happy or if it was something else. He grabbed her hand and stroked it gently as they drove up on their driveway.

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At eight o'clock the children were asleep and Seth had called the man to say thank you. Ava still hadn't told them about where she was, but Summer and Seth decided not to ask her about it tonight.

Summer and Seth laid in each others arms downstairs in the couch.

"Summer?" Seth asked.

"Yeah?"

"Why were you crying in the car?" He said with a concern in his voice. Summer sighed.

"I don't know why, but I have a feeling that Ava doesn't want me to touch her. I was so happy that she was alright and she… she didn't hug me back and I wasn't allowed to touch her later on. "Seth tightened his arms around her.

"She was probably just upset. Why wouldn't she want you to touch her? She loves you." Seth then leaned in for a kiss and they started to make out. Summer played with the curls in his hair while she kissed him passionately. Seth pulled her on top of him and stroked her lower back.

"MOMMY!" They heard a scream from upstairs and jumped up. "MOMMY!" It was Ava who screamed. Summer and Seth ran as fast as they could upstairs and found Ava screaming in her sleep.

"Sweetie, wake up! It's just a bad dream." Summer shock Ava when they heard a new cry, this time from Casey.

"He must have woken up by her screams. I'll go." Seth said and left Summer with Ava, who started to wake up.

"Hi, baby. Come here. You just had a bad dream." Summer said in a comforting tone and took Ava in her arms. Ava started to cry hard and hugged her mother tight. "It's okay, Ava." Summer kissed her forehead and rocked her.

"I don't want you to leave, mommy." She cried.

"What?" Summer said. "I'm not gonna leave you, I'm here." Where in the world had Ava got that idea from? Summer would never leave her.

"But I heard you. You said that you were leaving. Please mommy, don't leave." Ava said between the sobbing as she buried her head in Summer's shirt. Now it was clear to Summer. Ava had been listening to hers and Seth's conversation by the merry-go-round.

"Baby, I'm definitely not leaving you. Not ever. I love you and your dad and brother way too much to leave you. I'm always gonna be here."

"But you said that you were…"

"I didn't mean that I was leaving. I just have to go visit a friend who's very sick. Your father offered himself to come with me, but I said that he had to stay with you and Casey. Therefore I'm gonna see her alone. But I will come back; I won't be away for long." Summer felt terrible for making her daughter believe that she would leave them, she knew how it felt when a mother left and she would never do that to her children. Summer kissed her daughter everywhere in her face and wiped the tears away.

"Do you have to go?" Ava asked. She was no longer crying.

"Yes, she's very sick and I'm not sure that I will see her again if I don't go."

"Is she going to die, mommy?"

"Yes, sweetie." Summer said to her daughter, it now went real to Summer that her mother was gonna die.

"Then I think you should see her. I would like to see you if you were gonna die." Ava paused. "Mom, I don't want you to die, then I wouldn't have my mommy."

"Oh sweetie, I'm not gonna die for a long time." Summer went happy by her daughter's words, but also sad. Her mother was going to die; she was gonna loose her mother. "I love you." She said and hugged Ava once more.

"I love you too, mommy."

"Now, do you think that you can go back to sleep?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry that I went away today. I didn't mean to make you cry or get that worried."

"I know you didn't baby. But you're back and you're safe now."

"Night, mommy!"

"Good night, my darling. I love you."

Summer let the lamp on the drawer be turned on and closed the door. On her way to hers and Seth's bedroom she saw that Casey was back to sleep in his bed.

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In the bedroom Seth was making the bed ready. They were exhausted and needed to sleep early. Summer and Seth's bedroom was green and beige and they had a king sized bed. It was a beautiful room which had everything. There was the bathroom, the wardrobe, the fireplace, the TV, the family pictures and of course Captain Oats and Princess Sparkle.

"Hi." Summer said as she gave her husband a hug from behind.

"Hi. Is she okay?"

"Yes, she's sleeping now."

"Was it a nightmare?"

"Yeah, she heard us talk by the merry-go-round. She thought that I was gonna leave you." The last part Summer said in a very low voice. The fact that her daughter had thought that about her made Summer want to cry. Her lip started to quiver and she got tears in her eyes.

"You would never leave us, she knows that." Seth said as he embraced her. Summer felt so safe in his arms. Summer was a very tiny person and Seth loved that he could comfort her and hold her like a child sometimes. She was so small and precious and he always wanted to protect her.

"Now she does. I told her that I have to visit a friend and I said that she is very sick and is gonna die soon. Ava said that she didn't want me to die, cos' then she wouldn't have her mommy." Seth smiled at her words; he knew that when a small person said something like that it meant a lot. He could picture his daughter when she had told Summer. "I hate her for what she did, but I don't want her to die Seth." Summer sighed and rested her head on Seth's shoulder.

"It's alright Sum. Of course you don't want your mother to die, you're a good person. No one deserves to die and most people deserve a second chance. You're doing the right thing by going visiting her. You're so brave and strong Sum." Seth said and kissed the top of her head, he was really proud of his wife. He didn't know what Summer's mother had done, but no matter what a person with a big heart didn't wish for anyone to die. Summer was a person like that.

"You're not mad because I want you to stay here, are you?"

"No, of course not. I support your decision, but if you change your mind you know I'll come."

"I know, thanks. I think it's one of those things that you have to do alone, you know?"

"I know."

To be continued…

So now Ava's back. I never meant her to disappear and I didn't want it to be too dramatic. I just wanted her to be sad and not wanting Summer to leave. I hope you enjoyed.

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