A/N Sorry for the wait guys! I had serious writer's block with this post, I just couldn't write it or get it to flow so it doesn't start that well but I actually started to know what I was doing towards the end! So the second half is a lot better! I really hope you like it! Just to warn you, I am back at school next week so posting will probably be less frequent as I am starting my GCSEs and will have a ton of homework and coursework to do. Also this part is quite short so sorry if I disappoint you but the next one will hopefully be a lot longer! I found this really hard to write so please be nice and review! Thanks guys!

Ryan gritted his teeth against the fiery pain that throbbed in his wrist as he cradled his arm close to his chest, rolling away from Jake's unconscious form that lay next to him not moving. He was dimly aware of Seth kneeling next to him and asking him something but the words never reached him, all he was thinking about was Marissa. Frantically he looked around him, looking for any sign of her. Was she okay? He felt someone shaking his shoulder but he shrugged them off causing another bout of pain to lance through his arm and making his eyes water slightly. Then he saw her standing in the doorway, tears were pouring steadily down her cheeks and she was sobbing uncontrollably. She met his pain filled gaze and took a tentative step towards him.

Marissa felt sob after sob rack her body causing her chest to heave with each ragged breath. She looked down at Ryan who was sitting up, cradling his arm and staring at her whilst Sandy and Seth frantically asked him if he was okay. As she looked into his intense, blue eyes it felt like they were the only two people in the world. Jake wasn't lying unconscious a few feet away, Seth and Sandy weren't kneeling next to Ryan…it was just them. She shook herself out of her semi-catatonic state and immediately rushed over to Ryan her heart pounding.

"Ryan." She whispered tearfully as she knelt in front of him Seth and Sandy watching in hope that she could get Ryan to actually say something. Since they had been trying he had just been staring at her the whole time. Ryan looked up hearing Marissa's voice and smiled weakly before it faded from his face...

"I…I'm sorry." He stammered as she cast a brief look over to Jake's still figure. She fixed her large sapphire eyes back on his and looked at him despairingly.

"Don't you dare say you're sorry okay? You didn't do anything wrong, you saved me from that…that pig." She said casting a filthy look over to Jake. Ryan smiled slightly and fell silent. Seth looked towards his brother his hands shaking slightly. He couldn't get the sound of his arm snapping out of his head, he could just hear it over and over…

"Are you okay man?" He asked softly not taking his eyes off his brother's face, he could already see a nasty bruise forming under his eye. It had been a while since one…he was suddenly reminded of all the times in Newport. He smiled slightly and Ryan nodded but grimaced as the pain in his arm intensified. Seth raised an eyebrow challenging him and Ryan sighed.

"I guess not." He admitted with a weary smile. Sandy grinned and patted him on the back gently.

"Looks like you haven't lost your touch." Sandy said nodding his head towards Jake. Everyone smiled, in the distance sirens could be heard drawing gradually closer and getting louder as they went. Sandy stood up and looked out the window watching as a police car drew up outside the house. He looked back towards Ryan and Marissa who were hugging and smiled faintly.

"I'll go and deal with the cops okay?" He said giving Ryan a warm smile. They nodded and Sandy hurried down the stairs leaving Ryan, Marissa, Seth and an unconscious Jake upstairs.

"This is so screwed up." Ryan mumbled to himself.

"Well hey, it wouldn't be a Cohen family gathering without some kind of scandal!" Seth said with a grin as he helped Ryan up. Voices could be heard from downstairs and Ryan felt himself growing nervous…what if he was arrested? He couldn't do that to Ellie…it wouldn't be fair. Oh why did he have to screw things up all the time? Breathing heavily through the pain in his arm he looked across at Marissa who tried to shoot him a reassuring smile. He could hear footsteps growing closer as they edged up the stairs and Jake stirred slightly letting out a low groan. Ryan felt panic sear through him, it was going to be okay. He felt Marissa grip his good arm tightly as police officers arrived at the top of the stairway closely followed by Sandy. They surveyed the scene quickly before stepping over towards Ryan as the other officer quickly cuffed Jake as he began to wake up.

"Excuse me? Are you Ryan Atwood?" The officer asked quickly, Ryan looked up and nodded not able to find his voice.

"Okay well your father told us roughly what happened but we're going to have to ask you to write a formal statement, the same goes for the rest of you. I see no reason for you to come down to the station but it would be better if we had the statements now…then I think you should get that arm checked out." The officer said grimacing slightly as he looked at Ryan's now swollen arm.

Ryan nodded and the police officer started to talk into his walkie talkie. Marissa slipped her hands into Ryan's and gave it a small squeeze, he looked across at her his heart pounding and smiled weakly.

"Thanks" She whispered softly.

"For saving me"

"…Then I knocked him out and you came." Ryan finished as the cop quickly wrote down what he was saying. He finished his sentence and looked up at Ryan.

"Okay so that's it, um all you need to do now is sign it but…by the looks of your hand that might not be too easy." He said with a slight smile as he looked down at Ryan's arm. Ryan smiled and reached out for the pen with his left hand.

"I guess I'll just have to try left handed then…" He said carefully trying to scribble a messy signature. He handed the form back to the officer who nodded and made towards the door.

"You better get that checked out now…get someone to drive you." He said opening the door and leaving Ryan alone in his room. The door opened again and Marissa edged in nervously shooting him a small smile.

"Hey." She whispered before sitting down on the bed next to him, the mattress dipping slightly with her small weight.

"How's your hand?" She asked.

"Hurts like hell…um, would you mind taking me down to the hospital if that's okay?" He asked looking back at her, she smiled and brushed his hair from his eyes lovingly.

"Of course I'll take you, as long as you don't start checking out all the nurses." She teased as he feigned a look of indignation.

"Me? What on earth would give you that idea?...I'll just go check on Ellie first okay?" He said kissing her swiftly on the lips. She kissed him back lovingly before following him out of the room.

Summer looked up as Seth entered the room his hands in his pocket, she wiped her eyes and forced a weak smile as Seth drew slowly closer. He smiled and sat down next to Summer on the couch and wrapped his arms around her delicate shoulders. She relaxed into his arms and rested her head on his chest sniffing slightly.

"Is Ryan okay?" She asked softly keep her gaze fixed on the rug in front of her. Seth swallowed and nodded.

"Yeah, I think his arm might be broken but he's okay…what about you?" He asked rubbing her back gently. She sighed and forced back the tears that she could feel prickling at her eyes. She wasn't okay…

"No…I just can't help thinking that this whole thing is my fault! I shouldn't have let him come in! Now because of me Ryan's got a broken arm!" She cried starting to sob again. Seth's eyes widened slightly, how could she think this was her fault? He tightened his embrace and shushed her gently.

"Summer none of this is your fault…you wouldn't have stood a chance against Jake, if he wanted to come in he was going to get in one way or another. None of this is your fault okay? So I don't want you beating yourself up about it. It's just unlucky that you were the one to answer the door…if it was me then, he'd still be lying on the driveway right now." He said with a grin. Summer smiled and laughed slightly slipping her arms around Seth's waist.

"With your chicken arms?" She said laughing and wiping her eyes. Seth grinned and kissed the top of her head gently.

"I love you Cohen." She whispered softly. Seth shifted closer and looked into Summer's watery hazel eyes.

"I love you too Summer."

Suddenly Summer pulled away from Seth with a little shriek and looked down at her stomach.

"The baby kicked! Quick put your hand on my stomach!" She said happily grabbing Seth's hand and pressing it towards her stomach. Seth felt a small push against his hands and he felt his heart swell…that was his son in there. He felt a smile creep across his face and he looked across at Summer her eyes shining with happiness.

"Looks like he's gonna be a little soccer player." Seth said happily, Summer grinned tears sparkling in her eyes.

"Matthew Ezekiel Cohen." She whispered happily. Seth looked at her in surprise his eyes wide.

"Ezekiel? You're going to have his middle name as Ezekiel?" He asked incredulously and Summer nodded happily.

"Yeah, I figured we could have a name from my family and one from yours and…it's a good middle name to use when he's in trouble. I've heard your parents use it enough times." She said happily. Seth grinned and hugged Summer tightly before kissing her gently, she slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately, her heart thumping and the baby still kicking…

"…You'll have to take these twice a day, preferably with a meal. If they're not strong enough come back and we'll arrange some stronger medication. I've scheduled an appointment in about 6 weeks for you to have the cast removed. You may have to have some physio afterwards but I can't see it coming to that. It should heal well enough." The doctor finished handing Ryan the bag of medication and smiling. Ryan nodded and took the bag from him and shook his hand with his left hand.

"Thanks very much." He said edging towards the door, he couldn't wait to get out of here. He hated hospitals. The doctor held the door open for him and Ryan gave one last wave before walking out the room to join Marissa who was waiting outside reading an out of date cosmo magazine with her face on the front. She dropped the magazine and smiled at him.

"Oooh nice cast, can I sign it later?" She asked teasingly eyeing up Ryan's Blue cast. He grinned and slipped his good arm around her waist. They tried not to notice the stares they were receiving as they made their way down the corridor towards the exit.

"So I was thinking…since your going to be staying on a uh…um more permanent basis would you um…I was thinking maybe you could get the rest of your stuff from storage and move it into the house?" He stammered nervously looking across at her. He was so cute when he was nervous, she thought happily as a smile crept across her face.

"Really? I'd love to…but I have a better idea, how about I move it into your room." She said softly smiling slightly as she watched Ryan turn to face her a smile curling at the corner of his lips.

"That does sound like a good idea…then you'd be there to nurse me back to health." He said huskily with a wink. Marissa giggled and pressed herself closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder as they walked out of the automatic doors.

"I like the sound of that, how about a sponge bath when we get home?" She whispered into his ear, her breath tickling his ear. His grin widened as they walked towards the car.

"Definitely…nurse Cooper."

Seth sat on the corner of the bed his chin resting on the heels of his hand staring at the small box that sat on the windowsill in front of him. He sighed deeply shifting slightly on the bed as Summer slept soundly across from him. Her bump was beginning to show now. He looked back at the small black velvet box that had been in his nightstand drawer for about a year now and reached out for it. He blew the settling dust from the top and opened it slowly revealing a platinum ring with a large sparkling diamond fixed in the centre. He felt all the memories come flooding back…Memories of the time when he had bought the ring, the plans he had set up…everything.

Flashback

Seth lit the last candle and smiled at the room in front of him. Perfect, he thought as the candles flickered sending waves of golden light dancing across the walls. She would love it! He carefully stepped over the carefully laid rose petals…actually he had just thrown them randomly across the room but no one needed to know that…and made his way over to the door carefully checking in his pocket for the hundredth time to make sure the ring was there. This was going to be perfect, it would be him, Summer and the baby. He gently closed the door knowing there was a risk of the room catching on fire but it was a risk he was willing to take. As he slowly walked down the stairs whistling happily he stopped still as he heard a shriek and shattering glass. He quickened into a run and jumped the last two steps causing him to skid across the hallway. He could hear whimpering and moaning coming from the kitchen and sprinted towards the door throwing it open. He burst into the room panting and gasping for air when he saw Summer slumped on the floor clutching her stomach and moaning with pain, tears streaming steadily down her flushed face. He felt the air rush from his lungs as he knelt down next to her gripping her hand and looking into her pain filled eyes.

"Summer! What's wrong, is it the baby?" He asked hurriedly his stomach sinking as Summer nodded slowly gasping for breath. It broke his heart to see her in this much pain.

"It hurts Seth…it hurts, please make it stop." She begged desperately tears running down her cheeks and her whole body trembling as pain coursed through her stomach. Seth felt tears burn in his eyes as he watched her groan in agony…it was the baby, there was something wrong with the baby.

"Okay, there isn't enough time for an ambulance. I'll get you into the car and drive you to the hospital. It'll be okay." He assured her his voice shaking as he gently helped her up causing her to whimper in pain. She sobbed desperately her whole chest heaving with each sob.

"But Seth…the baby, something's wrong…what if I lose it!" She wailed pitifully breaking Seth's heart.

"It'll be okay I promise…" He whispered as he helped her towards the door praying to god that he could keep his promise to her. Praying that his son would be okay. Thoughts of the ring disappearing from his mind.

Three days later

Seth pulled into the driveway shutting the stereo off and killing the engine. He looked up at the house and sighed closing his eyes and fighting back the tears that threatened to fall. He had to be strong, for her. Slowly he turned to face Summer who sat silently in the passenger seat next to him staring blankly down at her hands which her resting in her lap…clutching the scan picture in her hand tightly, her knuckles turning white. Tears were welling in her empty brown eyes as she looked down at the picture tracing a finger delicately over the small figure pictured. Seth felt the tears spill from his eyes and fall softly down his cheeks as Summer began to sob softly at first, tears flowing steadily as she shook slightly. The sobs became louder and more frequent as the tears flowed faster and she trembled from head to foot chest heaving with each sob. His broken heart aching, Seth reached across pulling Summer into a hug. She resisted slightly at first before relaxing into his embrace and resting her head against his chest still sobbing uncontrollably. Seth could feel her shaking in his arms and held her tightly never wanting to let go, he couldn't lose her too. He let the tears flow freely as she cried in his arms over their baby. He could feel warm wetness steadily growing where her head was resting but he didn't care. All he cared about was her, he had to be there for her. He rested his head gently on top of hers feeling her soft hair against his face. He looked down at the scan in her hand and felt a shuddering sob escape his lips. Their baby…their son, he was gone. They had lost him. He could feel Summer's now flat stomach pressed against his as he ran his hand softly up and down her back as she shuddered in his arms still weeping. Words couldn't describe the grief he felt right now as he and Summer cried in eachother's arms over their dead son. A son they hadn't even got the chance to get to know yet. What kind of god did that? What kind of god killed a poor innocent child?

Summer felt Seth's arms encircle her as sob after desperate sob escaped her lips and racked her body, as the tears flowed faster and as she let the pent up grief escape in a burst of tragic emotion. She rested her head against his chest sobbing uncontrollably as she gripped the scan holding onto it for dear life, it was all she had left of her baby, their baby. She didn't know if she could carry on, if she could live normally after this. She had lost her baby…it was going to be so perfect, her, Seth and their son. Now all that had been taken from her and she didn't know how to think or feel normal again. How could anything be normal after this? How could she live a normal life after this? How could she wake up and go to work, eat lunch with friends, go to meetings, pretend to be happy each day when inside she was secretly dying. How could she survive after this? She felt the tears flowing, the warm salty tears leak from her eyes as the emotion was slowly drained from her. She could feel Seth shaking slightly and she knew he was crying too. She knew he was upset too but he didn't know what it was like for her. She had carried her son inside of her for 7 months, felt him kick and move inside of her, been to all the checkups, feel him grow gradually as her stomach got bigger and bigger. He didn't know what it was like for her to lose a part of herself…Her baby, their baby…their son was gone.

Seth closed the bedroom door softly behind him, he had left Summer sleeping on the sofa. The candles and rose petals were gone, he had got rid of them whilst she was sleeping at the hospital. He couldn't have her coming home to that. He leant against the closed door feeling the hard wood against his back. Sighing deeply and closing his eyes he titled his head up to the ceiling breathing heavily through his nose trying to calm the shaking that had overtaken him as he finally released the tears he had been holding back all day, holding back for Summer's sake. She didn't need him crying all the time, she needed him to be strong for her. For him to look after her when she needed him the most. He felt a single warm tear leak from the corner of his closed eyes and streak slowly down his face leaving a long wet track down his cheek. The first was followed by a second, then a third and a fourth and a fifth until he lost count and the tears were flowing freely. He banged his head softly against the wood, then again and again getting harder until a sharp pain pierced his skull and he stopped sinking down into a ball on the floor, hugging his knees closely to his chest and resting his head on top of them. He breathed in shakily his throat aching painfully due to the large lump forming there. He opened his eyes and looked at the room in front of him. He slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out the small black box that had been sitting there for three days. He held it in his hands as they shook and swallowed hard as he closed his fist around it and threw it against the wall with all the force he could muster in his tired, grief stricken state. He couldn't ask her…not now, not for a long time….He could wait for her, he had waited before and he could do it again. She would be worth the wait…

PRESENT

Seth closed his fist around the small black box and smiled slightly…he had waited long enough.

A/N So…what did you guys think? Okay I know it's short and started really badly but it got better towards the end didn't it? Please review and tell me what you thought and hopefully I will have time to post soon! Thanks guys!

Next Time: Ryan explains to Ellie that Marissa will be staying around for longer, Seth plans his proposal and Ryan receives a mystery phone call…