Here you go…an update…please review and God Bless!
P.S. for anyone who didn't want Anna in this I'm sorry but I needed her o be in this for a good reason but she was only in the chapter before this one for explanation purposes.
DISCLAIMER: I DON"T OWN THEM!
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"She said that the only way she'll come down is if Summer faces her."
Everyone went silent. All of their heads turned to Summer. Their expressions said it all. They looked at her questioningly and they weren't surprised by Summer's decision when she started walking up the stairs.
While going up those stairs her insides turned upside down. She was nervous. The butterflies had got the best of her. To her, this seemed like the longest walk up a flight of stairs that she had ever taken. Her legs went numb and when she got to the top she paused for a moment and looked at the people at the bottom of the stairs. They all seemed so different yet the same. Marissa had matured into the "mom" figure but was still equally beautiful. Ryan had soften his rage down but could still kick any water-polo players ass, if he wanted too and Seth…well he still had the chicken arms, the Jew-fro, and the same dimples that made her go weak in the knees but, he was a dad and you could tell for he was always worrying about his little girl.
Summer walked towards the farthest door on the left and knocked gently. On the other side of the door, Summer could barely hear the soft yet grumpy voice that invited her in.
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Down at the bottom of the stairs, Ryan, Marissa, Seth, and Jenn were wondering what was going on.
POV's
Okay so she went upstairs to see Allie…not that big a deal. She's making progress. Okay so the only thing that's a problem here is Allie…I hope she's gonna be okay. We had a pretty big fight yesterday with the whole "she never had a mom" thing but I hope that she can forgive me…even though I don't deserve it. Good luck big cuz. JENN
She really went…I'm not surprised. It's very like Summer to be the brave one. Like when she defended me after Tijuana, it was then I realized how much of a friend she was. If things tonight go rough between her and Allie, then I'll be by her side. MARISSA
I knew that Summer would take any chance to talk or just to see Allie but what I wonder is if Allie is willing to do the same…I just hope that Summer didn't take this as a sign that Allie is ready to forgive and forget…because sure as my last name is "Atwood" Allie will not forget. RYAN
If someone told me when I was 15 that in 17 years that I dated Summer Roberts, had a child with her and then she left I would have laughed in their face…actually I wouldn't have I probably would've hoped that that last part wasn't true. But it is…as I see Summer walking timidly up those steps, I pray that no one ends up having a rage blackout because people would probably leave…oh well good luck to Summer…Allie's black outs are practically double. SETH
"So what do you think will happen to Allie?"
"Allie? You mean Summer…Allie can hold a grudge as long as anyone here…you know that Marissa. Remember when she stopped believeing in Santa Claus?"
"C'mon Seth she was 3. No one but Summer could've given her what she wanted."
"Yeah well if my brother over here hadn't taught her about the myth and telling that if she were a good girl that Santa would bring her anything she wanted, it wouldn't have happened."
"Hey don't put that on me…I just thought that Allie would like to believe in something magical alright?"
"Sorry man."
It was silent for about 5 seconds then Jenn broke it.
"Do you think Summer's gonna be alright?"
"No/Uh-uh/No way."
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Summer entered the room and saw a girl lying down on her bed with her arm over her eyes. Allie was wearing a very loose pair of faded blue jeans with a white top that said "YEAH RIGHT" in large pink uppercase letters. Summer gently closed the door behind her and stood timidly in front of it.
"Look, whoever it is just leave okay because I'm very tired and had a rough past 2 days."
Allie said this with seriousness in her tone. She didn't raise her voice and she was fairly calm. Summer looked at the floor and sighed.
"I was told that you wanted me to come to talk to you."
Her voice was barely audiable but Allie heard her and slowly sat up. Anyone could tell that she had been tearing…not crying for her face wasn't damp but her eyes were watery.
"Is that the only reason why you're up here? Cuz Jenn told you too?"
"No…I wanna talk."
"So talk…"
Summer could sense the anger and the sadness in Allie's voice. But the look on Allie's face was unreadable. She couldn't tell if she was happy or sad or angry but she knew that Allie was waiting for her to open her mouth and for sound that she could understand to come out of it.
"Okay…I'm sorry for leaving. I was stupid and afraid and 18. I felt like I hadn't lived my childhood for I didn't have one. I know that you don't want me here and to tell you the truth if I were you I wouldn't want me here either. But Marissa told me that every year you'd ask her if I was coming back…"
"…it was until I was 8…after that I never asked…I grew up."
"…and she told me that story and it broke my heart because I had finally realized that I let you down."
"Finally? You let me down either way. Whether it was the fact that you weren't coming back or that you left."
"I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I'm hoping that you will forgive me…some day and I'd really like to get to know you. There I said my part."
Allie still had the expressionless look on her face. She was silent for a good 10 seconds then spoke quietly…just above a whisper (kinda like Seth in the first episode that the Nana was in when he spoke to her after he found out that she had cancer).
"(sighs) I remember my third birthday. My family singing me happy birthday and my Dad says to me you know 'make a wish Allie.' The only problem was, was that I didn't know what a wish was. He explained it to me and every year until I was 11 I wished for the same thing but it never came true. And I'm pretty sure that you know what I wished for all those years. The next day I'd always wake up and play with my new toys or wear my new clothes but none of that stuff made me happy because in school when the teachers ask you, you know in Kindergarten, what your parents do for a living I could only say what my dad did. Then when they asked me what my mom did I didn't know what to say because I didn't have a mom. The only person I had even remotely close to a mom was Aunt Coop…she always took care of me."
"I thought Anna was more of a mother-figure towards you."
"She taught me what I know but if anyone comes close to it…definitely my aunt. Well I'm done…tell I'll be down in minute."
With that, Summer opened the door and lead herself downstairs. The ones who were there before were still there waiting.
"What did she say?"
"She's coming down."
The party was loud and there were so many people there. Summer talked to Marissa most of the time and if you were looking for someone it'd be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. However, this was no problem for Seth for when he was looking for Summer he found her in a heartbeat.
"Hey…can we talk? Outside or upstairs maybe?"
"Sure."
Seth led her to his bedroom and shut the door behind him. He led her to a window which led out to a balcony.
"I wanted to talk to you about you being here. Okay uh…why are you home?"
"What?"
Summer was caught off guard with his question.
"Why are you back? Give me a straight answer okay? Just hit me with the truth. What do you want?"
"I thought that you already knew. I'm back for you and Allie."
"You know that nothing can happen right? Because you're just gonna end up leaving again and I don't wanna get hurt again."
"Then why did you kiss me the other night?"
He gulped.
"I missed you. I just wanted to feel alive again."
Summer glared at him.
"Let me get one thing straight okay? You put me through hell and because of that I haven't been able to give Allie a 'Happy' birthday okay?"
"That's my fault? What about you Seth? Maybe if you took your head out of your own problems and paid attention to your daughter a little more, things wouldn't be so screwed up."
"OH DON'T GIVE THE GOOD PARENT TALK OKAY? BECAUSE UP UNTIL NOW YOU WERE NEVER HERE. (Sighs) You don't know what it's like to raise a kid and have to see her cry because she thinks that her mommy doesn't love her. She even asked me if she was the reason you left."
"I get it…I'll leave you alone but I'll let you know one thing Cohen…I'm not leaving, this kid needs me and I need the both of you because I'm lost without either of you…so unless you want me to leave Newport, I'm not going anywhere."
Summer turned on her heals and exited the bedroom. Seth looked at the view that he had from his balcony and shot down the rest of his drink.
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The next day Summer awoke and looked at her surroundings. She climbed out of her bed, pulled on her house coat and opened the bedroom door. It was 10:13 in the morning and all Summer could smell was coffee and eggs. She headed downstairs and heard a familiar tune coming from the TV.
Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true
You're a pal and a confidant.
And if you threw a party and invited
everyone you ever knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say...thank you for being a friend.
She found herself in the family room of Marissa's house. Her attention turned to the tall figure under a gray blanket looking sick…it was Allie.
"You know when Anna said that you liked the show I didn't expect you to watch it when you were sick from school."
"It's one of the reasons I like getting sick."
"I remember this episode, poor Blanche…she had finally fallen in love. I loved this episode."
"Yeah and let him go because she was afraid…let go of one of the only things that ever mattered to her…and why? Cuz they had differences. She had the chance to get married and settle down but she'd rather have the free life and when she decided that she wanted to be with him…it was too late because he had noticed their differences too."
Summer took Allie's words in and realized that she was similar. She was afraid when Allie was born and because of her fear she lost Seth and Allie when she had a chance with Seth and a chance to see Allie grow up but she'd rather not face it. Now it was probably too late. She decided to go see Seth and hoped for something good.
"Where's your father?"
"The studio…recording stuff for the album."
"Album? Which studio?"
"I dunno. Aunt Coop might know."
"Thanks."
Summer walked into the kitchen and found Marissa sitting with a coffee at the island.
"Morning Sum…coffee?"
"No thanks, do you think you could drop me off at the studio?"
"Studio?"
"Where Seth is."
"OH that studio…sure let me just go get some clothes on, hate driving around Newport in pajamas."
Summer could only think of one thing, how far will she go to get Seth to forgive her?
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Okay very short compared to my last chapter but it's all good, I got the fight in there and a couple of sad stories from Allie's past. Seth makes his debut when Summer walks in on him rehearsing a song that he wrote for her in the nextchap.Please review!
