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When you say nothing at all

Seth once again went into Summer's room, more scared than he'd been the last time. He'd really thought that she was dead and he just couldn't deal wit that. Summer had to always be there.

Seth carefully closed the door behind him and saw the doctor leave outside; he'd fallowed him there. No nurse was in the room, which felt a little weird. He was still afraid something would happen; he wasn't sure if he'd be able to go through with it once more.

"Hi Summer!" he said as he slowly walked to her bed; she looked exactly like she'd done before. There was no signs of that anything had happened.

"I'm so glad you're okay baby. I was so scared." He sat down in the chair and this time pushed it as close to her bed as possible. He then carefully bent over her to give her a hug, wanting to feel her in his arms, wanting her to give him comfort. It was amazing to smell her again. Even though she hadn't been able to take a shower for a long time; she still had her smell; the smell of flowers and summer. As he held his arms round her, she slowly began to stir.

Summer cleared her throat a little and wondered what was over her. She didn't need to wonder long though as she recognized the smell, the touch; everything about that person. A smile immediately spread across her face and she rested her head against him as she couldn't get her arms up to hug him back.

As Seth felt her move and felt her lean against him he only hugged her tighter, not hard; he didn't want to hurt her.

"Summer…" He whispered into her ear and kissed her temple. He then pulled away so he could look at her. Her brown eyes were more beautiful than ever; he'd missed them. He'd missed everything about her. She smiled widely at him and searched for his hand. Seth quickly squeezed hers and for a long time they just sat looking at each other.

Seth couldn't believe that he'd been without her for so long. It had only been a few days but because he didn't know where she'd been or if she was okay it felt like much longer. And just a while ago he had thought that she was dying. But she was waking up, and while he was in the room. Nothing felt as good as this, being with her again.

Though he felt sad too. He had no idea what Summer had been through or how she felt. Some guy had just hurt her, for absolutely no reason.

"Cohen…" Summer said with a weak voice. She tried to sit up but Seth kept her down.

"Just lay there, okay? I don't want you to hurt yourself."

"Cohen…"

"That was the word that brought me here." By her facial expression he understood that he'd have to explain some things to her, but not necessarily now.

"I'm so happy that you're okay baby. You're so strong." He paused and kissed her hand, each knuckle. "I've missed you Sum. But you're going to be just fine."

"Cohen, I've missed you too." Her lips quivered and he saw the tears water her eyes. As much as he hated to see her cry, she probably needed to right now. She'd been through so much, almost died. "I was so scared." Summer said and there her voice broke and she began to sob. Seth immediately wrapped his arms around her and rocked her gently while whispering words filled by love to her.

To be able to feel safe again, because that was how she felt in Seth's arms, was the best feeling in the world. Everything had started as a normal morning and she'd been in a normal mood. Everything had been perfect that Monday morning; she had a great outfit and had been really anxious to see Seth after their wonderful weekend together.

But then it all had got ruined; the perfect morning changed to the most horrible day ever. She still remembered the fear she'd felt, the helplessness, the pain. The man had hurt her pretty bad and she had believed for real that he was going to kill her. She got flashbacks of her feelings and shivered. She remembered the call to Seth; she'd been scared to death when she couldn't breath and Seth didn't know. He wasn't there.

"I love you Cohen." she mumbled weakly into his chest as he held her. As he was about to answer her, the doctor entered the room and told them that he wanted to check on Summer. Seth, unwillingly, let go of her and sat down in the chair.

"Hold my hand." Summer wasn't crying though her face was covered in tears that she tried to wipe away without success; she wasn't allowed to move her arms since the doctor did a blood-test on one and Seth held the other one. She didn't want to let go of it, she never wanted to let go of him ever again.

Seth saw how troubled she was to lay there, her face covered in tears as the doctor examined her. He knew that Summer was scared of hospitals. She'd been a candy striper but being the patient was an entirely different thing. So he helped her take the tears away as good as he could, giving her a smile. Summer kept her eyes focused on Seth, studying every detail of his face.

"There you go Summer; you're going to be fine. Do you want Mr. Cohen to stay or…"

"I want him to stay." Summer said very determined. The doctor nodded, smiling at the twosome.

"Okay then. I'll leave you alone. A nurse will come back in an hour." As the doctor left, Summer sat up with help from Seth.

"You okay? Do you hurt?" Seth asked worriedly as he fixed the pillows behind her back and tucked the sheets perfectly round her legs.

"I'm okay Cohen, now I'm okay." Her words forced them to think back, to remember. They would get the guy who did this.

"I love you. You know that, right?" And Summer knew. How could she not know when he'd liked her since he was ten and when he did all these amazing and romantically gestures towards her all the time? And when Seth gave her that look he did right now, there was no doubt; there couldn't be any doubt. He loved her. And she loved him.

"I know that you do Seth." Summer said and yawned.

"You tired?" she nodded and rested her head tighter into the pillow.

"You should get some sleep."

"No, it's okay. You can stay here and we'll talk." Summer quickly said, trying to hide her tiredness.

"Sum, I'll stay here even if you're asleep. I'm not leaving you any time soon." Seth had a feeling that she didn't want to be alone right now, that maybe she was scared. And it wasn't like he wanted to be alone either; he wanted to be with her as much as he could.

"But what are you supposed to do? Watch me sleep?"

"Yes."

"That's no fun. I'll stay awake and keep you company."

"No baby, you are going to sleep. And I will be sitting here the whole time okay. I'll be here when you wake up Sum." Seth decisively met her eyes. They were not filled with tears any more but the same sparkle that used to always be there was gone. And so was her confidence right now.

"You'll stay here the whole time?"

"Yes, I'll read a paper or sleep some myself. Don't worry about it." She nodded but didn't seem reassured. She kept her gaze at her hands, one which held Seth's.

"Is something wrong?" Seth asked and turned her head towards him with one hand. She had a hard time to watch him in the eyes and kept trying to look at something else.

"Are you afraid, baby? Because that's okay. And I'll be here; I won't leave." He rubbed her hand as he looked deep into her big eyes, which were so innocent right this moment. She was so small and vulnerable that it almost scared Seth; he wasn't used to this Summer at all.

After a while Summer just nodded and leaned her head towards him to rest it on his shoulder. He knew that Summer didn't often talk about feelings and he'd accepted that a long time ago. She opened up to him more and more, but he wouldn't push her. If he did, and he had, she would just push him away and by experience that wasn't fun. She had to feel that she could trust him, because she could.

"Summer, I promise to stay here the whole time okay? I'll sit right here and I'll hold your hand so that you know I'm here." They shared a sweet smile and slowly Summer lay down with help from Seth. He tucked her in and gave her forehead a gentle kiss.

"I love you Summer."

"I love you too Seth." She said and looked at him anxiously. "Do you think that you…never mind."

"Tell me Sum, do you need something? I'll do anything, you know that."

"I just…can you talk to me for a little while? I want to hear your voice." She seemed afraid, but that was to be expected. She even seemed afraid to ask him for things.

"Of course Sum, I'll do whatever you want." Seth gave her a smile which only spoke with truth; she knew that he would die for her.

"Just don't leave me, only talk. Tell me about what you've done the past days." Seth watched her close her eyes and relax. He kept a hold on her hand and began to stroke her hair and speak quietly to her.

To be continued…

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