A/N: Thanks for all of your reviews, and I promise the lunch will be in the next chapter!

"No harder…tighter…"

"Like this?"

"Yeah…but less grinning, more gripping…"

"Seriously?…I don't want to cause actual pain…"

Kirsten stood perplexed at the bottom of the stairs as she listened to the voices emanating from her kitchen. She padded cautiously through the lounge and peered around the doorway.

Inside the kitchen, Seth was repeatedly striding up to his father, offering his hand and shaking it with varying degrees of vigour. His facial expression altered on instructions from Sandy, ranging from sombre to suave and, on one alarming occasion, almost sexy.

"What in the world are you doing?" Kirsten enquired, unable to keep the amusement from her voice.

Seth and Sandy paused mid-handshake to glance at Kirsten. "We're practising…"Seth muttered distractedly "And it takes a great deal of concentration, so if you could just…"

"Practising for what exactly?" Kirsten cut in, folding her arms across her chest and leaning against the door frame.

"Seth's worried about meeting Summer's dad" Sandy explained "So I said I'd give him a few pointers" he shrugged modestly.

"You?" Kirsten clarified, with a grin "You're giving him tips on how to impress Dr Roberts?"

"Yes…" Sandy began with a smile "I hope that's not sarcasm I detect in your voice honey" he finished, shooting her a wounded look.

Kirsten raised her eyebrows and smiled back at her husband "Well that depends…are you going to teach Seth to use the same magic that you worked on my Dad?"

Seth's face fell, his Dad's past history had not occurred to him before now "Oh great" he deadpanned, slumping on to the kitchen top "Grandpa hates you." He shot his father an accusing look

"Hey now come on…" Sandy defended himself "Hate is a pretty strong word…I mean, I would have thought…" he finally caught the sceptical expressions on his wife's and his son's face and sighed "Yeah ok, hate pretty much covers it." He conceded.

Kirsten couldn't help but smile as Seth gave a growl of frustration and slammed his head on to the counter. She walked over to his limp body and affectionately ruffled the top of his hair "Aww Sweetie don't worry…I'm sure there are plenty more girls out there for you…" she consoled him, trying to repress her laughter.

Seth lifted his head and narrowed his eyes at his mother's smiling face "I'm glad you find my pain so amusing mother…I'm really appreciating the support"

Kirsten laughed and rolled her eyes at her melo-dramatic son "I was kidding…" she assured him

"Well great…now everyone's a comedian." He shot back

"No wait…I've got it…" Sandy interrupted as a look of pure inspiration flashed across his face "All is not lost son…just make sure you do the exact opposite of everything I've just told you."

"What so… I shouldn't be polite, considerate and non sexual?" Seth asked confused

Kirsten exploded into laughter " Non-sexual? That's the advice you gave him…to try not to seduce Dr Roberts?"

"What? No I didn't mean…" Sandy interjected

"Is that what happened with my Dad?" Kirsten went on, her face wrinkled with laughter "You came on to him and he didn't know how to say no?" her eyes danced with mirth as outrage spread across her husband's face.

"Oh honey…that is wrong on so many levels" he chastised shaking his head "What I meant was, he shouldn't act as though he's there to deflower Neil's daughter…"

Seth looked up, mortified "Dad! Do not say 'deflower'…"

"Oh I'm sorry…how about 'devirginise'?" Sandy teased with a wicked grin

Seth buried his face momentarily in his hands "I genuinely don't believe we're having this conversation…can we please just get back to the crisis at hand." he begged

"I think…" Sandy began, sitting himself down on a chair and grabbing a bagel from the basket beside him "You just need to try and control some of your natural impulses."

"So you want me to try and not ramble for, like, a whole hour?" Seth asked, in disbelief.

His father frowned "No, you're right that'll never work….How about?...wait no you won't manage that either…" Sandy scratched his head in search of a plausible solution "Or you could…ohhh…actually no that won't work…" he sighed and thought for a moment "How about…yes I've got it…just don't mention that you're Jewish!" He finished triumphantly "I find it always gets you off to a better start."

Seth stared stony faced at his father "Yeah that'll work…because my hair doesn't give it away at all" he retorted sarcastically.

Their verbal sparring was cut short by the ringing of Seth's phone in his pocket, which he moved swiftly to answer.

"Hey Sum…"

"Hey Cohen. Listen I've spoken to my dad about us meeting up and…"

Seth cut her off before she could get any further "Yeah I've been thinking about it too actually Sum, and you know I'm not really sure that it's totally necessary for us t…"

"Cohen" she interrupted impatiently "Lunch….tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Seth gulped "So soon? I mean…" he trailed off and there was brief pause

"I think you're right, we need to do this Cohen…" she whispered "It's gonna be fine."

"You promise?" he asked sheepishly

A small giggle escaped Summer's mouth "I promise." She confirmed "I'm going to be there every step of the way…we're on the same side this time. A united front ok?"

"An unbeatable superteam…just like Batman and Robin" he grinned softly

"Cohen…" she warned

"Sorry…just getting all the comic book references out of my system now."

Summer sighed but couldn't help smiling "I'll see you tomorrow Sweetie. I love you."

"Yeah…I love you too." He murmured tenderly.

The dial tone sounded in Seth's ear as he hung up the phone and looked up to face his parents. Kirsten was perched on Sandy's knee at the table sharing his bagel and both had adoring smiles plastered over their faces having listened in to their Son's conversation and , in particular, his declaration of love at the end. It was moments like that which reminded them both how much he'd grown up, even just over the past few months.

He'd spent so long being an outsider that they'd started to worry that he'd never find a place to be himself in life but finally he seemed to fit, and more importantly…he was happy. Although they knew that Ryan's arrival had had a profound impression on Seth, they also realised that they had a lot to thank Summer for for the dramatic changes in their Son.

"So tomorrow then?" Sandy asked, breaking the comfortable silence.

"Tomorrow…." Seth nodded, swallowing hard and with a thinly veiled look of terror in his eyes "…I think I need to go and lie down."

A/N: Ok so kinda fluffy but fun to write! Thanks for reading, please review:)