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Chapter eleven
"And then the doctor asked me which colour I wanted and I told him that I wanted it to be blue so it would match my new dress. And then I told him how it looked though he didn't seem that interested so he told me to tell the nurse instead. He said that he was busy though I think that he is like daddy; he's not interested in dresses and pretty things."
Isabelle was telling Seth and Summer, mostly Summer, about everything she'd seen in the hospital. And that was a lot.
"Sweetie, don't you think that you should rest a little bit? It's getting late." Summer said, trying not to sound uninterested. But the truth was that she was a little tired of hearing the same stories over and over again. At first it had been quite fun though now, one and a half hour later, she had to fight not yawning.
"But I'm not tired." Isabelle said stubbornly.
"Belle, why don't you let me tell you a story and we can let mommy go talk to your brother and sister. I bet they're pretty lonely out there. You've had mommy by your side for a long time now." Seth suggested and gave Summer a look. It was true. Summer and he had been in Isabelle's room the whole time and they both knew that Isabelle needed to sleep and they had to go take care of their other two children, even though Sandy and Kirsten were with them.
And of course there was Marissa.
"Will you be back later mommy?"
"Of course I will baby. But let daddy tell you a story, okay?"
"Kay. Bye mommy."
"Bye Belle." Summer rose and gave Isabelle a hug and Seth a kiss on his cheek. "See you later." She gave a wave before she headed out of the room she'd spent hours in. As she closed the door she managed to hear Isabelle starting to talk again. She figured that Seth and Belle could talk together, because no one talked more than the two of them.
"Mom!" Casey cried from his spot on a chair. He ran up to her and wrapped his arms round her waist.
"Hey Casey, you okay?" Summer said and stroked a few of his curls.
"Yeah, though there's nothing to do around here. I've read all kinds of things Grandpa bought me and I've eaten a lot of candy."
"Well, I guess you could go home soon. You don't need to stay here tonight though your father and I will. Where are the others?"
"They are sitting by a table and being all boring. There's nothing to do. I'm bored mom." Casey whined.
"Come on, let's go over there and your grandparents can take you and Ava home." Summer placed her arm round Casey's shoulders and they went to the table where Kirsten, Sandy and Ava sat.
"Hello everyone," Summer said and slid down beside Ava, letting go of her son, who placed himself next to Sandy.
"Hi sweetie," Summer hugged Ava and then turned to Sandy and Kirsten, keeping her arm safely wrapped around Ava.
"How's Belle?" Kirsten asked, holding a cop of coffee in her thin hands.
"She's good. Seth's trying to get her to sleep right now. You don't need to stay here anymore."
"Do you want us to take these two home?" Sandy said and pointed at Ava and ruffled Casey's hair.
"Yeah, that would be great. Do you guys wanna go home?" She turned to her kids, stroking Ava's hair.
"I want to." Casey said and took a smarty into his mouth. Summer smiled; he ate too much sweets.
"What about you Ava?"
"I guess. Though I could stay if you want me to." Ava offered.
"No honey, you go home. Isabelle's fine. And you're probably tired, aren't you?"
"Yeah, but what if something happens?" she looked at her mother uncertainly.
"We'll call if something happens though it won't. Don't worry."
"Fine, though you have to call me if something happens."
"I promise." Summer said reassuringly.
"We can leave now if you want to." Kirsten looked at them.
"Yeah, but go say bye to Isabelle and Seth first. I'm thinking of going to Marissa, I haven't been there yet." Summer told them.
"Okay. Is Belle awake?"
"I think so; she's too excited to sleep."
"She told you the story about when she woke up?" Casey asked standing up to let his grandparents by.
"No, she must have forgotten that one. Did she tell you?"
"Nope, though the nurse said that she had been very scared so that's probably why she doesn't talk about it." Ava explained, her too standing up.
"She's just six years old and she's easily frightened. I thought that she was unconscious but I guess I haven't thought that much about it." Summer thought out load.
"Summer, young kids are strong. They're stronger than you and me. She'll be okay." Kirsten gave her daughter-in-law a hug before letting the kids and Sandy through to say goodbye.
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"Ryan?" Summer said very quietly, checking if he was awake. He sat in a chair, looking very uncomfortable with his head resting in his hand. Summer figured that he was tired; they all were. And he didn't even have to be there. Though she was happy that he was.
She knew that her own worry for Isabelle kept her from worrying about Marissa. Julie and Jimmy were her parents and of course they were on place though it felt good to know that Ryan was with her too.
Summer doubted that two people that once had loved each other so deeply could just throw it all away. It had to be somewhere. It had to mean something.
Even though she probably shouldn't compare her love for Seth with Ryan and Marissa, she did. Back in high school Summer had loved Seth more than anything and even if they hadn't gotten married she would never had stopped loving him. He had been her world for too long. Fortunately he still was.
Marissa and Ryan had loved each other just as much, Summer assumed. Even though they've had some more drama and they didn't end up married, they couldn't just stop love each other. Summer figured.
After studying Ryan for a few moments, she understood that he was asleep. And who could blame him? He had been sitting in this room for several hours, alone.
"Summer," Jimmy and Julie came up to her, holding hands. They looked good together. Marissa hadn't had things easy with her parents though they really did love her. Their kids were a thing that kept them together. And now they were really worried, you could tell by looking at them.
"Hi, how are you two?" Summer asked sympathetically.
"We'll be okay. And you Summer? We heard about Isabelle."
"I'm fine. Isabelle is doing fine too; she only got a few bruises and a broken arm. She'll be back to normal in no time."
"That's good."
"How's Marissa?"
"She's stabile for the moment and the doctor said that she'll recover eventually. We just have to be patient." Jimmy explained as he rubbed his wife's back. "She's still unconscious."
"I'm sorry. But she'll probably wake up soon." Summer couldn't find the right words. Maybe she should be asking if she could see her but the truth was that Summer didn't know if she wanted to. She wasn't ready yet.
Her 'best' friend had just gotten her daughter into a hospital. Was it selfish to think like that? She knew that it had been an accident. But her little girl was still hurt.
"Yeah. Say hi to Belle from us, will ya?" Julie seemed to notice the sudden awkwardness. They knew, too, that Marissa had driven the car.
Marissa may have let Summer down, she may have left and she may be hard to deal with. Though it was their daughter who was seriously injured and not Summer's.
Knowing that now wasn't the time for the conversation; Julie closed her mouth and turned to leave.
"I'm going back to my daughter." She said and left with fast steps. Jimmy gave Summer an apologetically smile and then ran after his wife.
With a deep sigh, Summer turned to leave as well. She left Ryan sleeping in the chair.
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Seth watched Isabelle's chest rise and fall. Her soft, brown curls lay like silk on the pillow and she smiled. Maybe she was dreaming something nice.
Seth loved to watch people sleep. He could watch a person he loved and not being slapped because they thought that he was cheesy. Seth wasn't the calm and quiet man most of the times but by secret he loved moments like these.
A sudden knock on the door was heard and Ryan poked his head in.
"Hi," he said. "Can I come in?"
"Of course man." Seth said as Ryan took a seat in the chair Summer had placed with her jacket and purse. "How are you doing? You look tired."
"I'm fine; I guess I fell asleep over there. So I decided to do something you know."
"Like come over to see how your dear brother was doing?"
"My niece actually. You just happened to be here." Ryan said and smirked. "Where's the wife of yours?"
"She went to see Marissa. Didn't you see her?"
"No, but as I said I was taking a nap before."
"Well, she was going there anyway so…"
"Hey Ryan. Awake now, huh?" Summer said as she entered the room. She had a smile on her face and went to sit in Seth's lap since the chairs were occupied. She placed a big kiss on Seth's lips and then turned to Ryan again, not caring about the surprise and confusion on Seth's face.
"When we take Isabelle home tomorrow maybe we can start with the Christmas decorations. To cheer her up. You should bring Paige over. And Felicity is welcome too of course. It'll be really nice." Summer suggested.
"Sure. I'll let her know. But what about…" Ryan's voice died out.
"Marissa." Summer said, not being afraid to bring it up. Seth carefully studied Summer as she sat in his lap, his arms round her waist. She was acting weird.
"Marissa is still in the hospital. We have to continue with our lives. We'll visit her but its Christmas soon. It's nothing wrong with beginning to decorate." She said reassuringly though her voice was different from what it used to be. Her words were different. "Seth? It's nothing wrong with that."
"No honey, it's not. But we'll visit and help Marissa the best we can."
"I should get going. I promised Felicity to call, which I haven't so..." Ryan stood up and arranged Summer's things back to as it had been when he came.
"Yeah, man. Thanks for being here though. It meant a lot." Seth lifted Summer of himself and went to give Ryan a hug. Summer, also stood up and gave Ryan a kiss on his cheek. She didn't say anything though, but sat down in the chair Ryan just left turning her gaze towards the sleeping Isabelle.
"Bye bro." Ryan said, while giving a nod towards Summer.
"She'll be fine. Bye and thanks again."
Ryan left the room.
To be continued…
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