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Chapter thirteen
Seth and Summer walked into the room which Marissa lay in. They had the permission to go inside but it still felt forbidden in some way. It felt weird.
"Do you really think that we should do this?" Summer asked unsurely as Seth closed the door behind them.
It was too late to consider walking out again though. "Summer?" Seth and Summer quickly turned towards the bed and saw Marissa look back at them.
"Hey, sweetie." Summer softly said and walked closer, almost forgetting about her insurance. It felt naturally to just walk up to her friend and grab her hand.
"Hi Marissa!" Seth said and laid a hand on Marissa's shoulder, giving her a smile as well. "It's good to have you back."
"Thank you, Seth."
After receiving a tiny smile from his wife Seth excused himself and left Summer alone with Marissa. "I'm glad that you're okay, Coop." Summer said after a few moments of silence.
"Thanks, Sum. How's Isabelle?"
"She's fine. Just a broken arm, no big deal."
"I'm sorry."
"It was an accident. And she's just fine, back to her normal self." Summer explained not wanting her friend to feel guilty. She knew that Marissa had a lot of things to deal with and somehow things had just gotten from bad to worse. Marissa always managed to get things in her surroundings more complicated. Life had never been easy for her.
"I wish that it hadn't happen though. I only wanted to help you guys and take her shopping. She's wonderful Summer." Marissa's eyes let a few tears slide down her cheeks, still swollen from the accident.
"Marissa-" Summer started but trailed off. She placed both of her hands on top of Marissa's and continued. "It was an accident, okay? I'm not mad. No one's mad at you. We jut want you to be okay." She stroked some of Marissa's thick hair behind one ear, glad that the tears had stopped. "And speaking of that, we had actually planned a welcome back party for you this Friday." she continue, hoping to get the blonde in a better mood.
"You did?" Marissa asked in disbelief.
"Yeah. Although I don't think that the doctor's will let you out of here that soon." Summer explained sadly.
"I know."
"What do you think? Should we wait till you're better?"
"No, haven't you already paid for everything?"
"Well, yes. But the whole point was having you there." Summer said and stroked Marissa's hair, searching her friend's face.
"Summer?" Marissa asked after some time of just laying there while Summer played with her hair. The brunette made a 'hmm' sound and smiled, waiting for Marissa to start talking. "Thanks for everything. It means so much that we're still friends."
"Of course we're still friends, Coop. we'll always be." Summer smiled.
"You're a great friend. Letting me stay at your house and letting me spend time with your family." Marissa explained and paused. "I'm really sorry about this."
Summer almost started to cry as she saw the look on Marissa's face. She looked so young and confused. And it was so sad because Marissa could be this awesome person and she deserved the best life but somehow it never worked out for her. Somehow things always happened; the drama never seemed to stop.
"Coop," Summer started and fought to hold the tears back as a few slid down Marissa's cheeks. "I love you and things are gonna be okay. I'm gonna help you fix this, okay?" Marissa nodded a little as she kept crying. Summer leaned down and hugged her friend, trying her best to calm her down and show that no matter what she was right there.
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"Sweetie, can I come in?" Seth gently asked as he knocked on the door to Ava's room. This time he would make sure that he was welcomed and that she was fully clothed.
"Yeah, sure." Ava yelled from inside and Seth carefully opened the door and peaked his head in to see if it was okay. Ava was sitting on her bed with some papers in front of her. And she was fully dressed.
"Hi, what're you doing?"
Ava shrugged and made some room for her father to sit on her bed as well. "I'm just preparing for the Christmas concert. It's only a few days left."
Seth nodded and glanced at all the papers lying spread over the bed; it was mostly lyrics, he could tell. "It's going to be great, Ava." he told her and smiled.
"I hope so."
"So, how are you?" Seth carefully asked, mostly referring on the accident.
"I'm okay. I just hope that Marissa will be alright."
"She will. She seemed to be just fine before when I and your mother were at the hospital."
"Are you gonna cancel the party?"
"No, we're just gonna have it later once Marissa is out from the hospital. There's no point in having a party without the main guest."
"I guess not."
"So, you sure that you're okay? I mean, it must have been really scary when the doctor called and you were alone."
Ava uncomfortably shifted a little and forced to meet her father's gaze. "It was but it's over now."
"I know, but if you want to talk-" Seth started but was interrupted.
"I don't!" Ava said loudly, surprising Seth a bit.
"Okay then, sorry. But if you change your mind I'm always here and your mother is as well." Seth said and rose from the bed, knowing that Ava wanted him to leave. She didn't say a word and kept her eyes focused on the bed comforter.
Once Seth had closed the door the tears started to fall and she lay down, burying her face in the pillows. Her sobbing was muffled by all the pillows but her whole body shook uncontrollably.
After crying for a while, not knowing what the reason actually was, she fell asleep.
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"Did you see that, baby?" Summer asked as she sat with her back resting onto Seth's chest.
Seth replied while continuing with what they'd been doing the past minutes; kissing her. He wasn't allowed to touch her lips though so he placed soft kissed all over her neck. "Yeah, I did."
"Well, did you make a wish?"
"No." Seth told her in a calm voice, caressing her arms.
"Cohen, you're supposed to make a wish when you see a falling star. Don't you know that?"
Seth waited a few moments before he whispered in her ear "I'm busy." He then continued with the kissing and before Summer had the chance to say something, his lips were covering hers.
The careful brush against her lips made Summer all relaxed and she couldn't resist the kiss. Her husband was an excellent kisser. He was always being so gentle with her and Summer had no idea how he knew the ways into a woman's heart so well. He knew exactly how to treat her and make her forget that anything beside the two of them existed.
Having kissed for a few moments, Seth slowly pulled away and brushed her bottom lip with his thumb. He smiled and watched her intensely before leaning in to kiss her again.
It was as tenderly this time and Summer wanted nothing more than to just keep kissing him and stay in his arms under the stars all night.
"Summer," Seth said, his breathing heavy after a lingering kiss, resting his forehead against hers.
"Hmm," Summer said almost falling asleep. She was so comfortable and relaxed that she could fall asleep any second.
"What did you wish for?"
Summer smiled and lay her head down on his shoulder, bringing his hand up to her face. "I can't tell you. Then it won't come true." she whispered and brought his hand to her mouth kissing it all over.
"You're an angel, Summer Elizabeth Cohen."
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"Mommy?" Isabelle asked as she tipped on her toes into her parents' bedroom. "Daddy?"
Summer stirred a little in Seth's arms and buried her face further into the pillow. Seth seemed to be sleeping like a rock though.
"Mommy?" Isabelle called again and climbed into the bed and under the sheets. She easily got room as Summer and Seth lay so close that they took up about the same space a s a normal person would do.
"Sweetie?" Summer said and sat up with the sheet tightly pressed against her chest. Both she and Seth were still naked. "Is something wrong?" she said as her daughter made herself comfortable in the bed.
"I want to sleep in here." Isabelle said yawning and closed her eyes. Summer's lips formed into a smile as she watched her daughter fall back asleep.
"Seth," she pushed her husband carefully, trying to wake him up. They couldn't remain naked when they had their six year old daughter in their bed. "Seth!" she tried a little louder this time but he was still not moving. "Cohen, wake up!" This time Summer used her nails and it worked.
"Ow!" Seth yelled and sat up. "Summer, what are you doing?" he asked as he rubbed the place on his arms where she'd pinched him.
"Shhh!" Summer said, placing her hand over his mouth pointing at Isabelle on her right side. She released the grip over Seth's mouth as he seemed to understand. "We need to get dressed."
"She's supposed to sleep in her own bed."
"I know, but she's so cute. And she's been in an accident." Summer pleaded, not wanting Seth to carry her back to her own bedroom.
"Alright. But she's sleeping next to you."
"Thanks." Summer smiled and gave Seth a kiss. "Now, we have to get dressed."
"Yeah, we kind of do."
They both got up and as they were dressing themselves they noticed their clothes from the day before spread on the floor. "We better clean this up." Summer said as she grabbed Seth's shirt from the floor and tossed it to him.
Seth wearing a T-shirt and his boxers and Summer wearing one of Seth's T-shirt's and her boy shorts they both laid back in bed. Close together they fell asleep with Summer holding Isabelle's healthy hand in her own.
To be continued...
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