Title: The Consequences
Author: In Fair Verona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Seth and Summer engender a 'rumor' which travels around Newport and learn the consequences of their actions when the unexpected happens.
Shipper: Seth x Summer
Disclaimer: It is all property of FOX, every last bit of it. I don't own anything in this story or related to it.
A/N: New chapter. Long. Kind of weird because it's the Christmas Day chapter. I know it's a bit late... but big deal! You get to see the weird things that the teens got for each other!
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Summer had never had a morning after before in her entire teenage life. She never woke up lying beside somebody, feeling their body heat radiating off of them and melting her cold heart. She had never woken to the familiar scent of a lover or gotten to peer over their form to find a gentle tired face with closed eyes, dreaming of dreams which had already come true. The guy usually left by the door in the morning. Sometimes they didn't even wait til morning and left right after the deed was done. Even the first time that Summer had made love to Seth, the both of them had drunkenly wandered to their own respective bedrooms to end the night and begin a new day with anyone but each other.
But not today. Summer's eyes had fluttered open due to the direct ray of sunlight through the glass walls of the poolhouse. The solar light created a dreamy atmosphere, almost making Summer believe that it really was still Summer, and not the middle of winter. The warm light of the sunshine shimmered down onto Seth Cohen's sleeping face, illuminating it with a precious and seemingly innocent glow. The linen bedsheets of Ryan Atwood's bed were wrapped around his upper body and underneath them his right hand lay gently on top of Summer's bare stomache. To the left of the bed, a Wonder Woman costume lay discarded. Regarding the evidence, one would quickly assume that the pair had made hot wild animal sex in the poolhouse last night. One wouldn't be too far off.
Except, it wasn't hot and wild nor animal. It probably wasn't really the dictionary definition of sex either. The wild animal had been unleashed the first time they had made love, drunk, at a party. That was what had initiated this entire situation. It didn't happen like that last night. Summer was 4 months pregnanct, after all. What had happened last night had been soft, gentle, sensual and very different. They had laid in Ryan's bed (completely ignoring the fact that it was RYAN's bed), exchanging simple and sweet kisses, until Summer decided that the stretched Wonder Woman costume really needed to come off (she was suffocating in it) and Seth had helped in it's removal, to help Summer breathe, of course. Then the heat in the Poolhouse (even though it was the middle of winter) was just a notch too high, and Seth's pajamas (as adorable as pajamas with Bob the Builder on them are) had to go too. Summer took care of that.
The rest of the night had been harmonious, like a melodious symphony crafted together by their every move. Seth's hands while they gentle caressed her in the softest movements. His kisses, each one slow and sweet, just like Seth (except the slow part). Summer had enjoyed every minute of it. The look in his eyes, how she saw her reflection in them and realized that she was still beautiful. And the adoring look on his face when he touched her bare and growing stomache, with all the joy and anticipation of the perfect father-to-be. Two months of being kept away from each other had led up to that night with increasing moment. Every touch, every kiss, made up for each minute that they were not with each other. Seth's hair this morning was still astrewn and sticking up at every which angle from having Summer's hands entwined in the curly mop. Her touch had lingered, lighting up every part of his skin. It happened again, in the morning, while Summer reached over to lightly touch his bare shoulder and Seth's eyes snapped open with a luminiscent gleam in his eyes and a soft smile.
"Morning." He yawned, stretching his arms out over his head and draping one around Summer's shoulder, drawing her closer to him. Summer laid her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and grinning as she noticed how it accelerated.
"Good Morning." Summer returned. She never thought that the greeting 'good morning' would ever be true. Usually Summer woke up with a hangover. Today, nothing could've been more perfect. Seth responded to her greeting by planting a trademark kiss on her forehead. "I've really missed those." Summer commented honestly, which only caused Seth to plant another kiss on her temple.
"I've missed you." Seth murmured, looking down at her with affection.
"Wow. You actually thought about me inbetween the pirate-ninja video game marathons and comic book readings?" Summer inquired with sarcasm. Seth leaned over, planting a kiss on her mouth.
"Of course." He completely missed the 'sarcasm' part and went on to prove his point. "I mean, Wonder Woman is hot on ink but she's nothing compared to the real thing."
"So... if I'm Wonder Woman. Who does that make you?" Summer asked, staring up at him. "Wolverine?" Seth laughed at that proposal, shaking his head.
"No. Wolverine is a part of the X-Men from Marvel comics. Wonder Woman is a part of the Justice League from DC comics. They'd never meet." Seth said, trying to surpress his chuckles but failing. Summer whacked him lightly in the arm.
"Don't laugh at me because I'm not a comic geek." She reprimanded, pouting at him.
"How can I do that when you make that face?" Seth wondered outloud, leaning over to kiss her again before pulling back and dropping his head back onto his fluffy pillow. "I can't believe this is happening."
"What do you mean?" Summer asked him, furrowing her brow and lifting her head off of him.
"I feel like everything has just been a part of one really long dream. Everything ever since that night... back in September." Seth glanced at his ceiling distractedly, not noticing Summer move her hand up to his shoulder, pinching it with her long and perfectly filed nails. "Ow!" Seth grabbed his shoulder, rubbing over a new now flushing red area of it and looking at Summer, waiting for an explanation.
"You felt that." Summer told him. "See? Not a dream. You're going to be a father, you better just accept it. I have."
"Hey, Summer?" Seth poked her lightly in the arm.
"What?"
"Do you remember when we went on that date? Before I got grounded... and I wanted to ask you something, but I never really got the chance to get it all out..."
"Nope. Don't remember. Remind me." Summer demanded.
"Well, I was going to mention how you've been living in my house, and how you've become a part of my family. And then I wanted to bring up our relationship. Sometimes you'll kiss me, and I'm not quite sure what you mean by it. What I'm wondering is what's going to happen after you give birth to the baby? Are you going to leave... and if that's the case, I wanted to ask you not to. But it's really confusing, I'm not even sure what our relationship is outside of us being parents to one child..." Seth trailed off, scratching his head. "But what I want is for us to be together. To raise our child together, and to be a family. I want us to be a couple, Summer. A real couple." He flicked his eyes up to her, looking at her earnestly, and yet there was something else in his expression. Anticipation. As if he was waiting for her to blow him off like she always did.
"Cohen," Summer began, looking at him like he had grown a third head. "Were you ASLEEP all of last night or something?" She asked, her voice getting higher by an octave. "I mean, did you not feel anything in the middle of the night when we were... and you know, the Wonder Woman thing, doesn't that say something? Wasn't it YOU who said that our connection was deeper than words?" Summer inquired, looking at him pointedly.
"Y-yes... I did say that." Seth nodded, looking up at the firey goddess hovering above him. "Um, is that a 'yes'?" He asked, his voice cracking.
"Yes, it's a yes!" Summer answered, hitting him in the arm. "I'm not even going to bother being subtle anymore." Summer muttered, laying her head down next to him. "I need you, I want you, oh baby, baby. Happy now?"
"I'm content." Seth replied with a cheesy grin plastered on his face. Suddenly, a late realization hit him and Seth jumped up into an upright sitting position on the bed. "Oh my God... Summer do you know what day it is today?"
"Um... Thursday?"
"No! Well, yes, but it's Christmas!" Seth sprang out of his bed like a little child who still believed in Santa Clause. Considering it was Seth, he probably still did. "Get up, get up!" He helped Summer stand up, picking up her discarded robe and tossing it to her and then grabbing his own pajamas and slipping them on. "It's the first part of Chrismukkah!" He told her in an excited voice.
"Cohen," Summer began, looking around the poolhouse nervously. "Your parents..." She trailed off, "What if they notice I'm not in my room?"
"Then I guess Wonder Woman will need to use her invisibility jet to get back inside." Seth told her with a grin, tossing her the costume. Summer caught it in her arms and then they approached each other and Summer pecked him on the lips before practically skipping out of the poolhouse.
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This year Christmas at the Cohens was considerably bigger than the year before. First there was the first addition to the family, Ryan Atwood. Then Summer. Of course where ever Ryan went Marissa was bound to come and she and Jimmy Cooper were inside of the Cohen's house as well as they opened their Christmas presents. Sandy and Kirsten occupied the love-seat next to the tree and Jimmy sat down on an ottoman. The four teenagers sat down at the foot of the tree, all seemingly like young children eager to rip open their presents.
"Coop, you have to open mine first! Then Chino's!" Summer told her best friend, her bossy attitude apparently having not left her just yet. Summer reached under the tree, pulling out a tiny little gift bag that had a red background and the print of many candy-canes across it. She handed the bag to Marissa and watched in anticipation as Marissa reached into the bag and pulled out a little box. Gently opening the box, her best friend's curious expression changed to one of delight.
"Summer, these are the earrings that match that necklace!" Marissa exclaimed, leaning forward to hug her best friend. "I love you, thank you so much."
"I know." Summer grinned, returning the hug. She reached over and elbowed Ryan in the side. "Your turn." Summer prodded him. Ryan rolled his eyes at the overly-enthusiastic Summer and stood up, walking over to Marissa and then kneeling down beside her.
"I didn't get it gift wrapped, because I wanted to save you the trouble. You should just open it." He told her.
"Whatev. How cheap." Summer muttered from over his shoulder. The 'perfect' couple ignored Summer, and Marissa instead just went ahead and opened the box. She dropped the lid onto the floor and raised her hand to her lips, looking at the present in shock.
"Oh my goodness. This is... this is... I can't believe this." Marissa uttered as she beheld the necklace. The one she had eyed in the mall everytime she went yet never could afford. She looked up at Ryan. "How did you know?" Summer just rolled her eyes. You'd think Marissa would be able to put two and two together, but... Marissa threw her arms around Ryan, hugging him closely. "Thank you. I love you." She told him, planting a kiss on his lips.
"Keep it PG-13, people." Seth told them, looking away.
"Seth, your gift is the blue one." Marissa told him before going back to kissing Ryan.
"Why thank you." Seth replied sarcastically, reaching forward and grabbing a blue package. "Let's see... oh." He looked up at Marissa, who was still busy with Ryan. "Thank you..." He replied awkwardly, looking at the Abercrombie sweater in his hands. "That was very... thoughtful. If I don't feel like getting beat up, I'll wear it. Which would be every day. And you're still not paying attention. Right then, I'm just going to open another present from... Ryan. Ackhmm. From... RYAN." Try as Seth might, all hope was lost. He would not be getting Ryan or Marissa's attention any time soon as they stared adoringly into each other's eyes. "Hey, Rooney concert tickets. Thanks, man." Seth opened his arms for a hug but of course was not returned by one.
"Summer, why don't you open your gifts?" Kirsten suggested. Summer nodded and clapped her hands together giddily like a little girl. Eyeing the presents under the tree with her name on them which are all bunched up together in a group, Summer chose one.
"This is from... Ryan." She looked up at Ryan with a surprised smile, but Ryan was still preoccupied so Summer chose to glower at him instead before opening his present. She only had to tear half-way through the wrapping paper to figure out what it was. The familiar pink packaging and Mattel label said it all. "A barbie doll!?" Summer asked Ryan, arching an eyebrow. She yanked the full package out of it's wrapping to find out that it wasn't just a barbie doll. "A pregnant mommy barbie doll!?" At this, everyone else in the room except for the preoccupied Ryan and Marissa burst out into chuckles and laughter. "Oh, so you all think this is funny?" Summer exclaimed. "Thank you, Ryan." Summer replied sarcastically. "And this one is from Coop, and it better not be a barbie doll." Summer added, grabbing a bag from her. She reached her hand inside and pulled out a... book. "Nine Months to Make a Miracle." Summer groaned. "Coop, you gave me a library book? You checked this out like 4 months ago." Finally Marissa turned away from Ryan to look at her best friend.
"I know. But I kept forgetting to return it and the late fees added up and you didn't read it when I checked it out, I went ahead and bought it from the library. I have enough money to do that." Marissa said with a genuine smile.
"Uh-huh. Well thank you, Coop. I'll read it later." More like never, in Summer's thoughts. "Moving on... this one is from The Cohens." She looked up at Seth's parents with a glowing smile. "You didn't have to."
"You are a part of the family now, of course we did." Sandy told her. "Go ahead, open it." Summer stared at the package and then began to tear off the wrapping paper. Under the paper was a box that resembled a clothing gift box. Summer instantly feared the thought of receiving clothes for Christmas, especially from older people like The Cohens. Cautiously, Summer opened the box and peered inside. No clothes. There wasn't really anything, except... a slip of paper. Summer took it out, looking at the paper in confusion.
"It's a house deed." Kirsten explained. "For one of my smaller properties right down the street from here."
"You've got be kidding... You gave me a house?" Summer asked them with wide eyes.
"A home. You don't have to live there if you don't want, but consider it also a source of income if you want to rent it out. It would make money for you. When you go to college and come home and if you don't want to stay at your own house, you could also go there." Kirsten suggested. "We just didn't want you sleeping in our office anymore. You could have a really bedroom, and one for the baby."
"I can't believe this..." Summer trailed off, staring at the deed. She read the address... 413 Suntree Drive. It sounded so perfect. "Thank you. Thank you so much." Summer said, and she truly meant it.
"It's nothing. Kirsten owns about a thousand of them." Sandy added in, earning himself a whack in the arm from his wife. "Erm... Ryan? Why don't you go now?" Ryan responded with a nod and reached under the tree, grabbing a red package and looking at it.
"Um... it's from me." Marissa told him shyly, looking over his shoulder. Ryan smiled back at her and proceeded to unwrap the present, revealing a colorful hawaiian print button up shirt. Ryan blinked twice, looking at the bright colors. "I thought you could use a little more color in your wardrobe."
"T-thank you. I love it. I'll wear it all the time." Ryan told her, exchanging an uncertain look with Seth.
"There's a matching pair of boxers waiting for you in Seth's room." Marissa whispered suggestively.
"My room? Oh god..." Seth groaned, dropping his head into his hands. "Before you go do that thing, here are my gifts to you two." He pushed a green box towards Marissa and another red package towards Ryan.
"Thank you, Seth." Marissa said sweetly, unwrapping the gift. It was a box set. A DVD box set. The Dawson's Creek Season 1 Box Set, to be exact. "Wow, gee, thank you, Seth!"
"Seemed like your kind of thing." Seth shrugged.
"And I got... " Ryan blinked and looked at all of the wrapped CDs in his hands.
"A Seth Cohen Starter Pack." Seth explained. "You see, I noticed that you always play heavy metal and occasionally rap, Ryan. You need to calm down, lower the criminal impulses, try something light. Now you've got Deathcab, Bright Eyes, Straylight Run, Juliana Theory, Dashboard... all personally selected by yours truly."
"Thank you." Ryan told him with a smile.
"Psst. Bright Eyes cd, track number 6, it'll get you in the mood." Seth added with a wink, earning himself a dark look from Jimmy Cooper and a whack on the head from his mother.
"Weren't you just preaching against that?" Sandy inquired.
"I'm a good friend." Seth told them.
"Wait, wait!" Summer protested as Ryan and Marissa began to get up. "Ryan hasn't opened my gift. Let me go get it." Summer slowly stood up and carefully made her way out of the living room and disappeared. She reappeared seconds later with a big blue box with a silver bow on it, carefully putting it down infront of Ryan."Hurry, hurry." She told him. Ryan eyed Summer strangely and then the box and proceeded to lift the lid- only to have the lid come off for him when a tiny canine puppy jumped out of the box and into his arms.
"What the-" Ryan didn't a chance to say more as the puppy jumped around him in circles, barking happily.
"Isn't it adorable?" Summer asked.
"Um, what is it!?" Ryan responded, picking up the dog to stop it from running around.
"It's a black lab, Chino. Duh." Summer told him. "Her name is Ryrissa. Isn't she special? I thought that a guy like you needed a dog, and now you can spend your time with Ryrissa and Marissa and I can actually do stuff again!" Summer said excitedly.
"Whoa. Thank you, Summer." Ryan replied as Ryrissa began to nuzzle his neck.
"See, she acts just like Marissa." Summer added.
"Well, Marissa and I are going to go... take Ryrissa for a walk upstairs in Seth's room." Ryan told everyone, standing up with the puppy in one arm and holding Marissa's hand in the other.
"Well, there's two presents left." Sandy announced, waving his arm at one purple box and one green box left under the tree.
"That's from me to Seth..." Summer trailed off.
"And from me to Summer." Seth told his parents. Kirsten and Sandy looked at each other for a moment and then back at the two teenagers.
"Well we've decided that since it is Christmas, and a time for the family, and because you two have done such an excellent job at well, keeping away from each other and you've proven your will power to us," At this was said Seth and Summer shared a secret look, "And Seth, you are no longer grounded." Kirsten finished.
"Thank you." Seth grinned.
"And that is your Christmas present from us." Sandy added. "Jimmy, would you come help Kirsten and I fix up a Christmas meal? We all know Kirsten can't do it alone." Sandy asked him, earning yet another whack from his wife. Jimmy nodded and the three adults walked away into the kitchen, leaving Summer and Seth alone.
"So... Merry Christmas." Seth told her quietly, reaching for his gift and handing it to her. Summer smiled in return and began to unwrap the gift. Another clothing box.
"Did you give me a house too, Seth?" Summer inquired in a sultry voice, looking up at him.
"No, but I think you'll like it anyway." He responded. Summer flicked her gaze up to him briefly and then opened the box. This time, there actually were clothes inside. Summer reached her hand inside, feeling the soft and silky material of what looked like a dress. Eagerly she lifted it out and stood up, letting the dress fall. It was a sleeveless golden silk dress adorned with black lace, and it was by one of her favourite designers, Gucci. Summer stared at it in awe and then looked at Seth. "Seth, this is beautiful. It's amazing, how did you...?"
"I got a little help from Marissa." Seth admitted, standing up and walking over to her.
"I can't wear it though." Summer said sadly, her gaze dropping from the beautiful dress to her stomache.
"Not right now." Seth told her. "But I was hoping that after the baby comes... that you would wear it on a date with me." He told her earnestly.
"I will." Summer responded with a smile. "That is... unless it goes out of season." She added quickly, watching as Seth's smile dropped. "Kidding, Cohen. But you know... I do kind of feel gulty now."
"THE Summer Roberts, feeling... guilty?" Seth asked, mocking shock. "Whatever for?"
"Seth, your parents just gave me a house and un-grounded you because they thought we kept our hands off of each other." Summer told him quietly.
"And we did, and it was pure torture, up until last night anyway." Seth said thoughtfully. "Well, you came in at like 11:30 or something like that. In New York, that would mean it was already the 25th today, which is when we got ungrounded. So, in New York time, it's all okay." Seth told her with a smile. Summer blinked twice and stared at him in confusion.
"What?"
"Nevermind. I'm going to open your gift." Seth said, picking up the last box from under the tree.
"Um, while you do that I'm going to go brush my hair." Summer excused, quickly taking her dress and making her way out of the room.
"But don't you want to watch me open it?" Seth asked as she retreated.
"Hair, Cohen!" Summer called back, leaving Seth alone in the empty room. Seth looked at the hallway Summer had just left through in confusion and then looked back down at the gift. He furrowed his brow and then began to rip open the wrapping paper. The box beneath was pink.
"A Daddy Ken Doll!?" Seth cried out, ripping off the rest of the wrapping paper and eyeing the Barbie product oddly. "How ever did you know?" He mumbled thoughtfully.
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During the middle of the day everybody in the Cohen house were off in different sections of the house, doing different things. Kirsten and Sandy were still in the kitchen cooking, and Julie Cooper had come over looking for Jimmy to sign a few papers so they had gone back next door. Marissa and Ryan were still in Seth's room, doing who knows what (and who wants to know what). As for Seth and Summer, they were now sitting by the tree eating fruitcake and playing with their barbies.
"Daddy thinks that Mommy should put the baby to sleep." Seth told the mommy doll in a deep voice, holding his Ken doll up and moving his little plastic arms.
"And why should Mommy do what Daddy says?" Summer asked in her snippy tone, holding up the girl doll.
"Because it will be more fun for Daddy and Mommy once the baby's asleep." Seth put in, making his doll take the little plastic baby from Summer's barbie doll.
"Hey!" Summer hit Seth in the arm. "You can't take the baby away!"
"Why not?" Seth asked innocently.
"Because it came with my doll. And Daddys just can't take babys away from Mommys."
"I didn't know there were rules to playing barbies."
"Not barbie dolls, Seth. This is a rule in life. The Daddy only gets the baby if you're either A.) Coop, or B.) If the Mommy leaves the baby." Summer told him, the last part coming out in a somewhat softer tone. "Anyway, I want my baby back."
"Yes ma'am." Seth made his Ken doll give the baby back to Summer's barbie.
"Now, Mommy gives the orders here and Mommy thinks that Daddy should put the baby to sleep while Mommy changes into something more comfortable." Summer said innocently.
"Daddy... thinks that is a good idea." Seth took the plastic baby and dropped it into the Ken dolls arms and then made the Ken doll drop it into one of the discarded Christmas boxes. "Maybe Daddy and Mommy should also go to bed?" Seth suggested, pulling up another Christmas box and looking at Summer suggestively.
"But Mommy has to change." Summer said, undoing the velcro on her barbie's shirt.
"Whoa. I cannot believe you're stripping your barbie." Seth told her.
"What? Have you never seen a naked barbie doll before?" Summer inquired, arching an eyebrow.
"No... Just my Wonder Woman action figure." Seth grinned.
"Well, here." Summer thrust the shirtless barbie into his face.
"Ah! Summer! That's so unproportional!" Seth told her, covering his eyes.
"Cohen, have you ever seen a Ken doll naked before?" Summer asked suggestively.
"No, and I really don't plan on doing that." Seth told her, holding his doll tightly to his chest. "And I think Ken would feel very violated if you tried to get his pants off."
"Well," Summer leaned over, whispering into his ear. "It's kind of funny, but... Ken dolls don't have a-"
The bell rang, and Summer jumped up after telling Seth what Ken dolls happened to be lacking. "I'll get it!" Summer said enthusiastically, leaving Seth there shaking his head and muttering about how he was scarred for life. Summer walked over to the front door, unlocking it and placing her hand on the knob and pulling it open slightly. The person standing on the otherside of the Cohen's threshold caught her completely off guard.
"Anna." Summer uttered out her name, blinking twice. Anna Stern looked back at Summer with equally surprise, or rather more at Summer's stomache which made Summer feel even more uncomfortable.
"Wow, Summer. You look..."
"Fat?" Summer suggested.
"No. I was going to say that you look good. For being pregnant, anyway." Anna said, shrugging nervously and looking around at anything but Summer.
"Seth's inside, I can go get him." Summer told Anna, turning away from the door.
"No, wait." Anna reached her hand out and Summer turned around cautiously. "I didn't come here to see Seth. I came here to talk to you."
"Um... okay." Summer looked at Anna expectantly, wondering what Tinkerbell came all the way here to say.
"I came to tell you that I am sorry." Anna said apologetically. "I'm sorry for everything from the past 4 months, and the thing with Donnie and helping Holly and making life a living hell for you."
"Believe me, it wasn't anything close to hell. I could do a lot worse." Summer told her with a devious smile. "But... I accept your apology." Since Anna didn't come here to be a bitch, Summer figured she shouldn't either. Anyway, Summer was going to be a mother and had no time to waste her energy on people who tried to bring her down. But if Anna was really through with that immature little game, then Summer had time for making peace. "So what about Holly?"
"What about Holly?" Anna responded with an eager smile. "She'll probably do something to get back at me for ditching her. I couldn't even stand her anyway." Anna rolled her eyes. "And it's so annoying being with her because she hits on everyone."
"I know." Summer nodded, "10 years from now I can totally see her as the next Anna Nicole Smith though."
"I had that exact same thought!" Anna giggled. The two girls stood there for a moment, getting out their laughs over Holly before Anna regained her composure. "Anyway..." She cleared her throat. "I'm going to leave you and Seth alone now. I've known for a long time that I had no chance... but I didn't think you'd keep the baby, and you did. Um. He'll make a good father."
"Definetly." Summer replied with a grin. "This is getting creepy... the fact that we keep agreeing." Summer pointed out.
"Hey, I got you a gift." Anna cut her off, picking up a gift bag at her feet and handing it to Summer.
"Anna, you really did not have to. I mean, I was pretty bitchy to you at first..."
"But that didn't make-up for what I did to you. I know this gift doesn't either, but I got it anyway. It's not really a gift for you anyway. More for the baby." Anna told her while Summer reaached inside of the bag, pulling out wrapping tissue. Her hands met soft denim fabric and she pulled out a pair of little blue overalls. Baby overalls.
"Anna, that's adorable..." Summer trailed off, looking at it. "Thank you."
"Don't worry about it." Anna shrugged. "Well, I'll catch up with you later, Summer." Anna told her, turning around to leave.
"Anna, wait." Summer walked outside after her. "We have to go shopping together sometime, okay?"
"Sure. Why?" Anna asked curiously.
"Because there's a really cool comic book store clerk who I have to introduce you to." Summer told her with a grin. Anna blushed at the comment.
"Allright. We'll do that sometime." She said with a laugh and then gave Summer a short wave and then turned to leave. Summer watched her go with a complacent expression. It kind of felt like a little bit of weight had been lifted off of her shoulders because of Anna's visit. There would be no more tormenting when she returned to school, and now she and Seth were allowed to be together. Summer felt like things were finally picking up and that everything would be okay after all. Summer walked back inside and closed the door behind her, leaning against it for a moment and set down Anna's gift by the door before walking back into the living room where Seth still sat with the dolls.
"Who was it?" Seth asked her curiously.
"Just a salesperson." Summer told him, moving to sit down when the bell rang again. Annoyed, Summer walked away back to the door. "I'll get that too." She wondered if Anna had come back briefly, but then she opened the door and when she saw the tall bearded man standing there she felt the world fall away beneath her. Something Anna was incapable of. Something that he was. Summer looked up at the man with as much surprise in her eyes as were in his when he stared at her, more specifically, her growing stomache. Finally Summer found the strength in her to utter one word.
"Daddy?"
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Author: In Fair Verona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Seth and Summer engender a 'rumor' which travels around Newport and learn the consequences of their actions when the unexpected happens.
Shipper: Seth x Summer
Disclaimer: It is all property of FOX, every last bit of it. I don't own anything in this story or related to it.
A/N: New chapter. Long. Kind of weird because it's the Christmas Day chapter. I know it's a bit late... but big deal! You get to see the weird things that the teens got for each other!
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Summer had never had a morning after before in her entire teenage life. She never woke up lying beside somebody, feeling their body heat radiating off of them and melting her cold heart. She had never woken to the familiar scent of a lover or gotten to peer over their form to find a gentle tired face with closed eyes, dreaming of dreams which had already come true. The guy usually left by the door in the morning. Sometimes they didn't even wait til morning and left right after the deed was done. Even the first time that Summer had made love to Seth, the both of them had drunkenly wandered to their own respective bedrooms to end the night and begin a new day with anyone but each other.
But not today. Summer's eyes had fluttered open due to the direct ray of sunlight through the glass walls of the poolhouse. The solar light created a dreamy atmosphere, almost making Summer believe that it really was still Summer, and not the middle of winter. The warm light of the sunshine shimmered down onto Seth Cohen's sleeping face, illuminating it with a precious and seemingly innocent glow. The linen bedsheets of Ryan Atwood's bed were wrapped around his upper body and underneath them his right hand lay gently on top of Summer's bare stomache. To the left of the bed, a Wonder Woman costume lay discarded. Regarding the evidence, one would quickly assume that the pair had made hot wild animal sex in the poolhouse last night. One wouldn't be too far off.
Except, it wasn't hot and wild nor animal. It probably wasn't really the dictionary definition of sex either. The wild animal had been unleashed the first time they had made love, drunk, at a party. That was what had initiated this entire situation. It didn't happen like that last night. Summer was 4 months pregnanct, after all. What had happened last night had been soft, gentle, sensual and very different. They had laid in Ryan's bed (completely ignoring the fact that it was RYAN's bed), exchanging simple and sweet kisses, until Summer decided that the stretched Wonder Woman costume really needed to come off (she was suffocating in it) and Seth had helped in it's removal, to help Summer breathe, of course. Then the heat in the Poolhouse (even though it was the middle of winter) was just a notch too high, and Seth's pajamas (as adorable as pajamas with Bob the Builder on them are) had to go too. Summer took care of that.
The rest of the night had been harmonious, like a melodious symphony crafted together by their every move. Seth's hands while they gentle caressed her in the softest movements. His kisses, each one slow and sweet, just like Seth (except the slow part). Summer had enjoyed every minute of it. The look in his eyes, how she saw her reflection in them and realized that she was still beautiful. And the adoring look on his face when he touched her bare and growing stomache, with all the joy and anticipation of the perfect father-to-be. Two months of being kept away from each other had led up to that night with increasing moment. Every touch, every kiss, made up for each minute that they were not with each other. Seth's hair this morning was still astrewn and sticking up at every which angle from having Summer's hands entwined in the curly mop. Her touch had lingered, lighting up every part of his skin. It happened again, in the morning, while Summer reached over to lightly touch his bare shoulder and Seth's eyes snapped open with a luminiscent gleam in his eyes and a soft smile.
"Morning." He yawned, stretching his arms out over his head and draping one around Summer's shoulder, drawing her closer to him. Summer laid her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat and grinning as she noticed how it accelerated.
"Good Morning." Summer returned. She never thought that the greeting 'good morning' would ever be true. Usually Summer woke up with a hangover. Today, nothing could've been more perfect. Seth responded to her greeting by planting a trademark kiss on her forehead. "I've really missed those." Summer commented honestly, which only caused Seth to plant another kiss on her temple.
"I've missed you." Seth murmured, looking down at her with affection.
"Wow. You actually thought about me inbetween the pirate-ninja video game marathons and comic book readings?" Summer inquired with sarcasm. Seth leaned over, planting a kiss on her mouth.
"Of course." He completely missed the 'sarcasm' part and went on to prove his point. "I mean, Wonder Woman is hot on ink but she's nothing compared to the real thing."
"So... if I'm Wonder Woman. Who does that make you?" Summer asked, staring up at him. "Wolverine?" Seth laughed at that proposal, shaking his head.
"No. Wolverine is a part of the X-Men from Marvel comics. Wonder Woman is a part of the Justice League from DC comics. They'd never meet." Seth said, trying to surpress his chuckles but failing. Summer whacked him lightly in the arm.
"Don't laugh at me because I'm not a comic geek." She reprimanded, pouting at him.
"How can I do that when you make that face?" Seth wondered outloud, leaning over to kiss her again before pulling back and dropping his head back onto his fluffy pillow. "I can't believe this is happening."
"What do you mean?" Summer asked him, furrowing her brow and lifting her head off of him.
"I feel like everything has just been a part of one really long dream. Everything ever since that night... back in September." Seth glanced at his ceiling distractedly, not noticing Summer move her hand up to his shoulder, pinching it with her long and perfectly filed nails. "Ow!" Seth grabbed his shoulder, rubbing over a new now flushing red area of it and looking at Summer, waiting for an explanation.
"You felt that." Summer told him. "See? Not a dream. You're going to be a father, you better just accept it. I have."
"Hey, Summer?" Seth poked her lightly in the arm.
"What?"
"Do you remember when we went on that date? Before I got grounded... and I wanted to ask you something, but I never really got the chance to get it all out..."
"Nope. Don't remember. Remind me." Summer demanded.
"Well, I was going to mention how you've been living in my house, and how you've become a part of my family. And then I wanted to bring up our relationship. Sometimes you'll kiss me, and I'm not quite sure what you mean by it. What I'm wondering is what's going to happen after you give birth to the baby? Are you going to leave... and if that's the case, I wanted to ask you not to. But it's really confusing, I'm not even sure what our relationship is outside of us being parents to one child..." Seth trailed off, scratching his head. "But what I want is for us to be together. To raise our child together, and to be a family. I want us to be a couple, Summer. A real couple." He flicked his eyes up to her, looking at her earnestly, and yet there was something else in his expression. Anticipation. As if he was waiting for her to blow him off like she always did.
"Cohen," Summer began, looking at him like he had grown a third head. "Were you ASLEEP all of last night or something?" She asked, her voice getting higher by an octave. "I mean, did you not feel anything in the middle of the night when we were... and you know, the Wonder Woman thing, doesn't that say something? Wasn't it YOU who said that our connection was deeper than words?" Summer inquired, looking at him pointedly.
"Y-yes... I did say that." Seth nodded, looking up at the firey goddess hovering above him. "Um, is that a 'yes'?" He asked, his voice cracking.
"Yes, it's a yes!" Summer answered, hitting him in the arm. "I'm not even going to bother being subtle anymore." Summer muttered, laying her head down next to him. "I need you, I want you, oh baby, baby. Happy now?"
"I'm content." Seth replied with a cheesy grin plastered on his face. Suddenly, a late realization hit him and Seth jumped up into an upright sitting position on the bed. "Oh my God... Summer do you know what day it is today?"
"Um... Thursday?"
"No! Well, yes, but it's Christmas!" Seth sprang out of his bed like a little child who still believed in Santa Clause. Considering it was Seth, he probably still did. "Get up, get up!" He helped Summer stand up, picking up her discarded robe and tossing it to her and then grabbing his own pajamas and slipping them on. "It's the first part of Chrismukkah!" He told her in an excited voice.
"Cohen," Summer began, looking around the poolhouse nervously. "Your parents..." She trailed off, "What if they notice I'm not in my room?"
"Then I guess Wonder Woman will need to use her invisibility jet to get back inside." Seth told her with a grin, tossing her the costume. Summer caught it in her arms and then they approached each other and Summer pecked him on the lips before practically skipping out of the poolhouse.
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This year Christmas at the Cohens was considerably bigger than the year before. First there was the first addition to the family, Ryan Atwood. Then Summer. Of course where ever Ryan went Marissa was bound to come and she and Jimmy Cooper were inside of the Cohen's house as well as they opened their Christmas presents. Sandy and Kirsten occupied the love-seat next to the tree and Jimmy sat down on an ottoman. The four teenagers sat down at the foot of the tree, all seemingly like young children eager to rip open their presents.
"Coop, you have to open mine first! Then Chino's!" Summer told her best friend, her bossy attitude apparently having not left her just yet. Summer reached under the tree, pulling out a tiny little gift bag that had a red background and the print of many candy-canes across it. She handed the bag to Marissa and watched in anticipation as Marissa reached into the bag and pulled out a little box. Gently opening the box, her best friend's curious expression changed to one of delight.
"Summer, these are the earrings that match that necklace!" Marissa exclaimed, leaning forward to hug her best friend. "I love you, thank you so much."
"I know." Summer grinned, returning the hug. She reached over and elbowed Ryan in the side. "Your turn." Summer prodded him. Ryan rolled his eyes at the overly-enthusiastic Summer and stood up, walking over to Marissa and then kneeling down beside her.
"I didn't get it gift wrapped, because I wanted to save you the trouble. You should just open it." He told her.
"Whatev. How cheap." Summer muttered from over his shoulder. The 'perfect' couple ignored Summer, and Marissa instead just went ahead and opened the box. She dropped the lid onto the floor and raised her hand to her lips, looking at the present in shock.
"Oh my goodness. This is... this is... I can't believe this." Marissa uttered as she beheld the necklace. The one she had eyed in the mall everytime she went yet never could afford. She looked up at Ryan. "How did you know?" Summer just rolled her eyes. You'd think Marissa would be able to put two and two together, but... Marissa threw her arms around Ryan, hugging him closely. "Thank you. I love you." She told him, planting a kiss on his lips.
"Keep it PG-13, people." Seth told them, looking away.
"Seth, your gift is the blue one." Marissa told him before going back to kissing Ryan.
"Why thank you." Seth replied sarcastically, reaching forward and grabbing a blue package. "Let's see... oh." He looked up at Marissa, who was still busy with Ryan. "Thank you..." He replied awkwardly, looking at the Abercrombie sweater in his hands. "That was very... thoughtful. If I don't feel like getting beat up, I'll wear it. Which would be every day. And you're still not paying attention. Right then, I'm just going to open another present from... Ryan. Ackhmm. From... RYAN." Try as Seth might, all hope was lost. He would not be getting Ryan or Marissa's attention any time soon as they stared adoringly into each other's eyes. "Hey, Rooney concert tickets. Thanks, man." Seth opened his arms for a hug but of course was not returned by one.
"Summer, why don't you open your gifts?" Kirsten suggested. Summer nodded and clapped her hands together giddily like a little girl. Eyeing the presents under the tree with her name on them which are all bunched up together in a group, Summer chose one.
"This is from... Ryan." She looked up at Ryan with a surprised smile, but Ryan was still preoccupied so Summer chose to glower at him instead before opening his present. She only had to tear half-way through the wrapping paper to figure out what it was. The familiar pink packaging and Mattel label said it all. "A barbie doll!?" Summer asked Ryan, arching an eyebrow. She yanked the full package out of it's wrapping to find out that it wasn't just a barbie doll. "A pregnant mommy barbie doll!?" At this, everyone else in the room except for the preoccupied Ryan and Marissa burst out into chuckles and laughter. "Oh, so you all think this is funny?" Summer exclaimed. "Thank you, Ryan." Summer replied sarcastically. "And this one is from Coop, and it better not be a barbie doll." Summer added, grabbing a bag from her. She reached her hand inside and pulled out a... book. "Nine Months to Make a Miracle." Summer groaned. "Coop, you gave me a library book? You checked this out like 4 months ago." Finally Marissa turned away from Ryan to look at her best friend.
"I know. But I kept forgetting to return it and the late fees added up and you didn't read it when I checked it out, I went ahead and bought it from the library. I have enough money to do that." Marissa said with a genuine smile.
"Uh-huh. Well thank you, Coop. I'll read it later." More like never, in Summer's thoughts. "Moving on... this one is from The Cohens." She looked up at Seth's parents with a glowing smile. "You didn't have to."
"You are a part of the family now, of course we did." Sandy told her. "Go ahead, open it." Summer stared at the package and then began to tear off the wrapping paper. Under the paper was a box that resembled a clothing gift box. Summer instantly feared the thought of receiving clothes for Christmas, especially from older people like The Cohens. Cautiously, Summer opened the box and peered inside. No clothes. There wasn't really anything, except... a slip of paper. Summer took it out, looking at the paper in confusion.
"It's a house deed." Kirsten explained. "For one of my smaller properties right down the street from here."
"You've got be kidding... You gave me a house?" Summer asked them with wide eyes.
"A home. You don't have to live there if you don't want, but consider it also a source of income if you want to rent it out. It would make money for you. When you go to college and come home and if you don't want to stay at your own house, you could also go there." Kirsten suggested. "We just didn't want you sleeping in our office anymore. You could have a really bedroom, and one for the baby."
"I can't believe this..." Summer trailed off, staring at the deed. She read the address... 413 Suntree Drive. It sounded so perfect. "Thank you. Thank you so much." Summer said, and she truly meant it.
"It's nothing. Kirsten owns about a thousand of them." Sandy added in, earning himself a whack in the arm from his wife. "Erm... Ryan? Why don't you go now?" Ryan responded with a nod and reached under the tree, grabbing a red package and looking at it.
"Um... it's from me." Marissa told him shyly, looking over his shoulder. Ryan smiled back at her and proceeded to unwrap the present, revealing a colorful hawaiian print button up shirt. Ryan blinked twice, looking at the bright colors. "I thought you could use a little more color in your wardrobe."
"T-thank you. I love it. I'll wear it all the time." Ryan told her, exchanging an uncertain look with Seth.
"There's a matching pair of boxers waiting for you in Seth's room." Marissa whispered suggestively.
"My room? Oh god..." Seth groaned, dropping his head into his hands. "Before you go do that thing, here are my gifts to you two." He pushed a green box towards Marissa and another red package towards Ryan.
"Thank you, Seth." Marissa said sweetly, unwrapping the gift. It was a box set. A DVD box set. The Dawson's Creek Season 1 Box Set, to be exact. "Wow, gee, thank you, Seth!"
"Seemed like your kind of thing." Seth shrugged.
"And I got... " Ryan blinked and looked at all of the wrapped CDs in his hands.
"A Seth Cohen Starter Pack." Seth explained. "You see, I noticed that you always play heavy metal and occasionally rap, Ryan. You need to calm down, lower the criminal impulses, try something light. Now you've got Deathcab, Bright Eyes, Straylight Run, Juliana Theory, Dashboard... all personally selected by yours truly."
"Thank you." Ryan told him with a smile.
"Psst. Bright Eyes cd, track number 6, it'll get you in the mood." Seth added with a wink, earning himself a dark look from Jimmy Cooper and a whack on the head from his mother.
"Weren't you just preaching against that?" Sandy inquired.
"I'm a good friend." Seth told them.
"Wait, wait!" Summer protested as Ryan and Marissa began to get up. "Ryan hasn't opened my gift. Let me go get it." Summer slowly stood up and carefully made her way out of the living room and disappeared. She reappeared seconds later with a big blue box with a silver bow on it, carefully putting it down infront of Ryan."Hurry, hurry." She told him. Ryan eyed Summer strangely and then the box and proceeded to lift the lid- only to have the lid come off for him when a tiny canine puppy jumped out of the box and into his arms.
"What the-" Ryan didn't a chance to say more as the puppy jumped around him in circles, barking happily.
"Isn't it adorable?" Summer asked.
"Um, what is it!?" Ryan responded, picking up the dog to stop it from running around.
"It's a black lab, Chino. Duh." Summer told him. "Her name is Ryrissa. Isn't she special? I thought that a guy like you needed a dog, and now you can spend your time with Ryrissa and Marissa and I can actually do stuff again!" Summer said excitedly.
"Whoa. Thank you, Summer." Ryan replied as Ryrissa began to nuzzle his neck.
"See, she acts just like Marissa." Summer added.
"Well, Marissa and I are going to go... take Ryrissa for a walk upstairs in Seth's room." Ryan told everyone, standing up with the puppy in one arm and holding Marissa's hand in the other.
"Well, there's two presents left." Sandy announced, waving his arm at one purple box and one green box left under the tree.
"That's from me to Seth..." Summer trailed off.
"And from me to Summer." Seth told his parents. Kirsten and Sandy looked at each other for a moment and then back at the two teenagers.
"Well we've decided that since it is Christmas, and a time for the family, and because you two have done such an excellent job at well, keeping away from each other and you've proven your will power to us," At this was said Seth and Summer shared a secret look, "And Seth, you are no longer grounded." Kirsten finished.
"Thank you." Seth grinned.
"And that is your Christmas present from us." Sandy added. "Jimmy, would you come help Kirsten and I fix up a Christmas meal? We all know Kirsten can't do it alone." Sandy asked him, earning yet another whack from his wife. Jimmy nodded and the three adults walked away into the kitchen, leaving Summer and Seth alone.
"So... Merry Christmas." Seth told her quietly, reaching for his gift and handing it to her. Summer smiled in return and began to unwrap the gift. Another clothing box.
"Did you give me a house too, Seth?" Summer inquired in a sultry voice, looking up at him.
"No, but I think you'll like it anyway." He responded. Summer flicked her gaze up to him briefly and then opened the box. This time, there actually were clothes inside. Summer reached her hand inside, feeling the soft and silky material of what looked like a dress. Eagerly she lifted it out and stood up, letting the dress fall. It was a sleeveless golden silk dress adorned with black lace, and it was by one of her favourite designers, Gucci. Summer stared at it in awe and then looked at Seth. "Seth, this is beautiful. It's amazing, how did you...?"
"I got a little help from Marissa." Seth admitted, standing up and walking over to her.
"I can't wear it though." Summer said sadly, her gaze dropping from the beautiful dress to her stomache.
"Not right now." Seth told her. "But I was hoping that after the baby comes... that you would wear it on a date with me." He told her earnestly.
"I will." Summer responded with a smile. "That is... unless it goes out of season." She added quickly, watching as Seth's smile dropped. "Kidding, Cohen. But you know... I do kind of feel gulty now."
"THE Summer Roberts, feeling... guilty?" Seth asked, mocking shock. "Whatever for?"
"Seth, your parents just gave me a house and un-grounded you because they thought we kept our hands off of each other." Summer told him quietly.
"And we did, and it was pure torture, up until last night anyway." Seth said thoughtfully. "Well, you came in at like 11:30 or something like that. In New York, that would mean it was already the 25th today, which is when we got ungrounded. So, in New York time, it's all okay." Seth told her with a smile. Summer blinked twice and stared at him in confusion.
"What?"
"Nevermind. I'm going to open your gift." Seth said, picking up the last box from under the tree.
"Um, while you do that I'm going to go brush my hair." Summer excused, quickly taking her dress and making her way out of the room.
"But don't you want to watch me open it?" Seth asked as she retreated.
"Hair, Cohen!" Summer called back, leaving Seth alone in the empty room. Seth looked at the hallway Summer had just left through in confusion and then looked back down at the gift. He furrowed his brow and then began to rip open the wrapping paper. The box beneath was pink.
"A Daddy Ken Doll!?" Seth cried out, ripping off the rest of the wrapping paper and eyeing the Barbie product oddly. "How ever did you know?" He mumbled thoughtfully.
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During the middle of the day everybody in the Cohen house were off in different sections of the house, doing different things. Kirsten and Sandy were still in the kitchen cooking, and Julie Cooper had come over looking for Jimmy to sign a few papers so they had gone back next door. Marissa and Ryan were still in Seth's room, doing who knows what (and who wants to know what). As for Seth and Summer, they were now sitting by the tree eating fruitcake and playing with their barbies.
"Daddy thinks that Mommy should put the baby to sleep." Seth told the mommy doll in a deep voice, holding his Ken doll up and moving his little plastic arms.
"And why should Mommy do what Daddy says?" Summer asked in her snippy tone, holding up the girl doll.
"Because it will be more fun for Daddy and Mommy once the baby's asleep." Seth put in, making his doll take the little plastic baby from Summer's barbie doll.
"Hey!" Summer hit Seth in the arm. "You can't take the baby away!"
"Why not?" Seth asked innocently.
"Because it came with my doll. And Daddys just can't take babys away from Mommys."
"I didn't know there were rules to playing barbies."
"Not barbie dolls, Seth. This is a rule in life. The Daddy only gets the baby if you're either A.) Coop, or B.) If the Mommy leaves the baby." Summer told him, the last part coming out in a somewhat softer tone. "Anyway, I want my baby back."
"Yes ma'am." Seth made his Ken doll give the baby back to Summer's barbie.
"Now, Mommy gives the orders here and Mommy thinks that Daddy should put the baby to sleep while Mommy changes into something more comfortable." Summer said innocently.
"Daddy... thinks that is a good idea." Seth took the plastic baby and dropped it into the Ken dolls arms and then made the Ken doll drop it into one of the discarded Christmas boxes. "Maybe Daddy and Mommy should also go to bed?" Seth suggested, pulling up another Christmas box and looking at Summer suggestively.
"But Mommy has to change." Summer said, undoing the velcro on her barbie's shirt.
"Whoa. I cannot believe you're stripping your barbie." Seth told her.
"What? Have you never seen a naked barbie doll before?" Summer inquired, arching an eyebrow.
"No... Just my Wonder Woman action figure." Seth grinned.
"Well, here." Summer thrust the shirtless barbie into his face.
"Ah! Summer! That's so unproportional!" Seth told her, covering his eyes.
"Cohen, have you ever seen a Ken doll naked before?" Summer asked suggestively.
"No, and I really don't plan on doing that." Seth told her, holding his doll tightly to his chest. "And I think Ken would feel very violated if you tried to get his pants off."
"Well," Summer leaned over, whispering into his ear. "It's kind of funny, but... Ken dolls don't have a-"
The bell rang, and Summer jumped up after telling Seth what Ken dolls happened to be lacking. "I'll get it!" Summer said enthusiastically, leaving Seth there shaking his head and muttering about how he was scarred for life. Summer walked over to the front door, unlocking it and placing her hand on the knob and pulling it open slightly. The person standing on the otherside of the Cohen's threshold caught her completely off guard.
"Anna." Summer uttered out her name, blinking twice. Anna Stern looked back at Summer with equally surprise, or rather more at Summer's stomache which made Summer feel even more uncomfortable.
"Wow, Summer. You look..."
"Fat?" Summer suggested.
"No. I was going to say that you look good. For being pregnant, anyway." Anna said, shrugging nervously and looking around at anything but Summer.
"Seth's inside, I can go get him." Summer told Anna, turning away from the door.
"No, wait." Anna reached her hand out and Summer turned around cautiously. "I didn't come here to see Seth. I came here to talk to you."
"Um... okay." Summer looked at Anna expectantly, wondering what Tinkerbell came all the way here to say.
"I came to tell you that I am sorry." Anna said apologetically. "I'm sorry for everything from the past 4 months, and the thing with Donnie and helping Holly and making life a living hell for you."
"Believe me, it wasn't anything close to hell. I could do a lot worse." Summer told her with a devious smile. "But... I accept your apology." Since Anna didn't come here to be a bitch, Summer figured she shouldn't either. Anyway, Summer was going to be a mother and had no time to waste her energy on people who tried to bring her down. But if Anna was really through with that immature little game, then Summer had time for making peace. "So what about Holly?"
"What about Holly?" Anna responded with an eager smile. "She'll probably do something to get back at me for ditching her. I couldn't even stand her anyway." Anna rolled her eyes. "And it's so annoying being with her because she hits on everyone."
"I know." Summer nodded, "10 years from now I can totally see her as the next Anna Nicole Smith though."
"I had that exact same thought!" Anna giggled. The two girls stood there for a moment, getting out their laughs over Holly before Anna regained her composure. "Anyway..." She cleared her throat. "I'm going to leave you and Seth alone now. I've known for a long time that I had no chance... but I didn't think you'd keep the baby, and you did. Um. He'll make a good father."
"Definetly." Summer replied with a grin. "This is getting creepy... the fact that we keep agreeing." Summer pointed out.
"Hey, I got you a gift." Anna cut her off, picking up a gift bag at her feet and handing it to Summer.
"Anna, you really did not have to. I mean, I was pretty bitchy to you at first..."
"But that didn't make-up for what I did to you. I know this gift doesn't either, but I got it anyway. It's not really a gift for you anyway. More for the baby." Anna told her while Summer reaached inside of the bag, pulling out wrapping tissue. Her hands met soft denim fabric and she pulled out a pair of little blue overalls. Baby overalls.
"Anna, that's adorable..." Summer trailed off, looking at it. "Thank you."
"Don't worry about it." Anna shrugged. "Well, I'll catch up with you later, Summer." Anna told her, turning around to leave.
"Anna, wait." Summer walked outside after her. "We have to go shopping together sometime, okay?"
"Sure. Why?" Anna asked curiously.
"Because there's a really cool comic book store clerk who I have to introduce you to." Summer told her with a grin. Anna blushed at the comment.
"Allright. We'll do that sometime." She said with a laugh and then gave Summer a short wave and then turned to leave. Summer watched her go with a complacent expression. It kind of felt like a little bit of weight had been lifted off of her shoulders because of Anna's visit. There would be no more tormenting when she returned to school, and now she and Seth were allowed to be together. Summer felt like things were finally picking up and that everything would be okay after all. Summer walked back inside and closed the door behind her, leaning against it for a moment and set down Anna's gift by the door before walking back into the living room where Seth still sat with the dolls.
"Who was it?" Seth asked her curiously.
"Just a salesperson." Summer told him, moving to sit down when the bell rang again. Annoyed, Summer walked away back to the door. "I'll get that too." She wondered if Anna had come back briefly, but then she opened the door and when she saw the tall bearded man standing there she felt the world fall away beneath her. Something Anna was incapable of. Something that he was. Summer looked up at the man with as much surprise in her eyes as were in his when he stared at her, more specifically, her growing stomache. Finally Summer found the strength in her to utter one word.
"Daddy?"
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A/N: Since it takes me forever to update you guys should all check out duadiddydiddy's fics, What He's Missing and Ancient History. Because she updates fast. :D