A/N: I should be in school. But I'm not. Haha, obviously. I'm sick! NOT THE GREATEST FEELING. BUT! I slept till, well, now (it's 3:03 PM now) and I'm restless. Still feeling like crap, but inspired:D I get some pretty awesome reviews, and I'll tell you now, it makes me want to update faster! It makes my sickness feel better too. I really love all of your feedback! Special thanks to kalexgurl! Your review (and those like it) make me want to give you (all) a new chapter. I'm also glad you liked my ending of the 6th chapter. I wanted to show you Seth is still so in love with the 'goddess'. Anyway, Don't hate me for this chapter. It HAS to happen, to make the story more interesting! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I WANT ADAM BRODY:(

"I love you." he whispered ever so softly that it was almost inaudible.

And she heard it.

Seth Cohen woke up with a big, huge, goofy smile on his face. He couldn't help it. He felt around the bed, looking for a very beautiful, and a very naked young lady. After he realized no one was there, he finally decided to open his eyes.

Yup. No one there.

Seth got up, pulled some boxers on, and went into the living room, searching for the said young lady. It was chilly in the room, the windows were open and he wasn't wearing a shirt. Brr. And then he saw her. Sitting there, legs crossed, on his chair with a cup of coffee, very deep into thought. She was even more beautiful than Seth was imagining earlier. Her natural wavy hair hung loose on her shoulders. She was wearing Seth's robe and looked very small in it as it covered her body. She looked so snug, and that fact made Seth smile.

"Now don't be thinking too hard, sugar." Seth finally said, making Summer break away from her daze.

She just looked at him in acknowledgement and went back to thinking.

Seth's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "uhh, you okay there?" he asked nervously.

Summer said nothing, just twirling her once hot coffee with her finger. She seemed to be pouting.

Seth moved from where he was standing over to her, placing his arm around her waist. He noticed her body tense up, but ignored it. He just sat there, watching Summer think. He had no idea Summer knew he told her he loved her. She also knew he didn't know she knew. Basically, the two just sat on the couch in silence, wondering what the other was thinking.

"You do know we have a kid, right?" Summer asked out of the blue. She turned to Seth and looked him right in his eyes.

"yeah.." Seth replied cautiously. "Why?"

Summer looked down to the floor, unable to look at him. "Well, I think what happened last night was.." she trailed off.

"A mistake." Seth said flatly.

"NO! Well, yes, but at the same time no. You know? I mean, it was amazing, seriously," Summer looked back up at Seth. She could see how hurt he looked. "It made me realize I'm not over you. I probably should already have known that, but I wanted to feign ignorance. You know me, Summer Roberts, girl who ignores the realities." Seth's eyes still bore into hers. Waiting for her to go on. "Though last night was…" she was looking for a better word than amazing. "magnificent… it was still a mistake." she finished slowly.

Seth just eyed her for a while before he finally spoke. "Why was it a mistake, Summer?" he asked in a whisper.

Summer felt her heart drop. He sounded like a lost puppy asking why his owners didn't want him anymore. Carefully, Summer reached over the coffee table to where the answering machine was and clicked 'play'.

"Friday, November 28, 10:30 PM" said the 'robot' voice. A very familiar voice came on. "Hello…? Hello? Anyone there…? Pick up, please! Okay, fine, you're gunna ignore the phone? Then I'll talk. Mom, if you're there, I called your cell phone before I realized you left an 'in case of emergency' number with me… so I'm guessing it's Seth's phone number? Where are you? Are you two…. No wait, ew. I mean. Ugh. WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU! MOM! Me and Natalie have a Soccer game tomorrow, remember? You're gunna pick us up, right? Because Natalie's mom and dad are going out of town. Please tell me you remember! Oh, and hi Seth. Anyway, call me when you get this message. Bye mom, love you!" The answering machine went click.

Seth realized something. "Sum—"

"—Wait," she cut him off. "There's more."

"Saturday, November 29, 6:15 AM" The same voice from before came on again. "Hello! MOM? YOU THERE? PICK UP! OR PICK UP YOUR CELL PHONE! Me and Nat are almost ready, you'll be here soon, right? Ugh, don't be late!" Click.

Seth looked at the clock. 12:47 PM. He opened his mouth to say something. Summer put her finger to her lips and pointed at the machine.

"Saturday, November 29, 7:25 AM" Michael Ann appeared on the phone the third time. "MOM! WHERE ARE YOU! THE SOCCER GAME STARTS IN 45 MINUTES! PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY! BYE!"

"Just one more.." Summer whispered to Seth.

"Saturday, November 29, 8:30 AM" This same voice from the last three messages came on, only this time it sounded bored and annoyed. "Hello mom. Seth. It's your daughter, Michael Ann. Remember me? Great. So, uh, mom, what's up with your cell phone? I called it so many different times, more than I called Seth's answering machine. It keeps going to voice mail. Did you turn it off? Well, me and Nat got a call from the coach, we've been suspended for 10 games. That's like, ALL THE GAMES. So, yeah, no more soccer. It's okay though, you won't have to take me to soccer practice anymore. Happy?" There was a moment of silence. "Are you ignoring me now?" you could hear some emotion in Michael Ann's voice. "Because some guy you once knew came back? I mean, I know he was part of 'the making of Michael Ann', but only by his damn sperm. I don't even know the guy, I mean, I know him. But I don't KNOW him, not really anyway." Michael Ann sighed. Her voice finally cracking. "Are you replacing me? Am I not a good daughter? Mom, I know these questions may sound stupid or crazy, but it's how you're making me feel. Mom I-" Beep. The machine cut her off. That was the last message Michael Ann left.

The two adults sat quietly on the couch. Just thinking of the last message Michael Ann left.

Seth realized why Summer thought it was a mistake. He slowly looked from the machine back to Summer. She had tears in her eyes, but she wasn't crying.

Summer looked up at Seth and saw he was staring at her. She closed her eyes and the tears finally came down. What was going to happen?

Seth couldn't stand seeing her cry. He cupped Summer's face and wiped the tears away. "What are you thinking Summer? Tell me what you're thinking, please?" he whispered to her.

"I think," she started in a hoarse voice, then cleared her throat and said a little more loudly, "I think we shouldn't be in a relationship right now." She said it sternly, as if she was not only telling Seth, but commanding herself as well.

Seth's face fell. "What? But Summer, I—" he began but was cut off by Summer.

"No, Cohen! Didn't you hear Michael Ann? She's right! I have a daughter, I have to take care of her first! I mean, I made her feel as if I didn't care for her anymore! When my mother left me, that was how I felt, and it hurts me that I'm making her feel the same way. I hated it, Cohen. I seriously hated it. I just… HATED IT!" she yelled, more tears were coming down. She began to weep, not sobbing, but just crying.

Seth held her. "Let it all out, honey" he said to her. He understood what Summer meant. He felt the same way, Michael Ann was his daughter too. He wouldn't tell Summer, but he disliked the fact Michael Ann didn't exactly see him as her father. More of a friend, maybe.

While in thought, Summer finally pulled her head away from Seth. "You better?" he asked softly.

Summer sniffed. "yeah.." she replied.

Seth nodded his head and stared out the window that was open.

"Cohen, I'm sorry.." Summer said after a while. "It just doesn't seem right, at the moment, I mean."

Seth looked back at Summer. "Summer," he began slowly. "I understand what you mean… but.. You can still take care of Michael Ann and be with me, can't you? I mean, we can take care of Mike together."

Summer stared at Seth, thinking of what say, or how to say what she was feeling. "Cohen.." she trailed off.

Seth went back in. "Summer, I've missed you. You know that. I'll admit, I've been angry with for the last 12 years, but it was all a misunderstanding. Not only that, after 12 years I'm still crazy about you. Doesn't that mean anything?" he asked her.

Summer pursed her lips before replying. "I know what you mean, Cohen. I feel the same way, but.."

Seth's eyes were piercing hers. 'Do you love me?' he asked silently. Hope the message would send through to her.

She didn't receive it. "but it's just… here's what I'm thinking." she paused and took a deep breath. "I just think before I can really be a girlfriend, I need to be a mother first. And you need to be a father first. Get to know her, you know?" she said.

Seth didn't respond and looked away back at the window. After a couple of minutes of silence, Seth nodded his head. "Yeah… Okay… I guess you're right… I need to be her father first." he repeated.

"Right." Summer replied.

Seth looked back at Summer. "So, then… we're sort of taking a break?" he asked.

Summer looked down. "Yeah.. I guess. I don't want to but.."

'Then don't' Seth said silently to himself.

"we have to. I think it's the best for now… we'll see what happens. I don't want my daughter disliking me.. Or you for that matter. I don't want two strangers. So, yeah, a break." Summer finished.

"Yeah.." Seth said softly.

The silence was awkward, too awkward for Seth and Summer. Summer decided to break it. "Well, I'm going to go." she said pointing to the door. "I need to find Michael Ann and brace myself for some yelling, crying, making up. You know?"

Seth smiled.

"The girl way." Summer added with a glare, knowing very well why Seth was smiling.

Seth put his hands up in defense. "Hey, I'm not thinking of that… okay well, I AM, but not with your daughter. THAT is just… 'ew'." he said using one of Summer's favorite words. He didn't know if she still used it as much or not.

Summer rolled her eyes and smiled. "So.. Are we good?" she asked him.

Seth again, for the 100th time that day, nodded his. "we're good." he replied.

"Good" Summer said with a smile. "Goodbye, Cohen.." and turned to leave.

"Wait, Summer!" Seth yelled before she left.

Summer turned around. "Yeah, Cohen?"

Seth took in a deep breath. "If we're gunna do this whole…. 'break up' thing" he said with air quotes. "Can you please not call me 'Cohen' for now?"

Summer's face fell and slightly teared up. "Oh.." sniff. "okay, I'm sorry, I just.." she looked down, feeling rejected.

Seth saw this and quickly added "Not that I don't like it, it's just…. It makes things harder, and… I don't even know how I'm gunna go through with it anyway.." he finished.

Summer looked back up at Seth with a sad smile. "You'll go through with it.. Just remember, if you do go through with it… I'll be there at the end, besides, I have to do the same thing."

Seth chuckled. "That's probably the most 'go through with it' that was exchanged between two people…. So, okay, uhm.. Bye then… oh wait!" he said again and she turned around again. "You're still wearing my robe… But if you want to keep it, you can. You do look good in it.." he said with a smile.

Summer blushed slightly. "I forgot.. Sorry.." and went into Seth's bedroom to get her clothes. She came out of the room after a couple of minutes. "Thank you for reminding me, that would have been embarrassing."

Seth laughed. "yeah, it would have. If I hated you, I wouldn't had said anything."

Summer laughed with him. "Oh, then, because you DID say something, you must looooove me." she joked.

Seth blinked twice. Ouch. Still too raw for that.

Awkward silence loomed over the two. "uhh, I'm sorry.." Summer said softly.

"It's okay… really. You've got nothing to apologize for.. I mean, it was just a joke, right?" Seth asked, hoping it was.

"Right." Summer stated.

Again, the silence came. They just stared at each other, not wanting to leave.

"Summer?" Seth finally said.

"Yeah?"

"Do you want me to come with you to find Michael Ann? I mean, she'll be angry, so I can help defend your honor." he answered with a slight smiled on his face.

Summer shook her head. "no, it's okay. Knowing Michael Ann, she'll blame someone, I mean she IS a Cohen." she looked at Seth for the full effect.

Seth mocked scoffed. "You're saying I blame everyone?"

"you know it." She replied.

"Yeah? Well…" he started thinking of a comeback. "…you're right. So ha! Beat that."

Summer raised an eyebrow. "Why should I? I already won. Don't try your reverse psychology crap on me."

Seth chuckled, then sighed. "You know me too well, Miss Roberts."

"I do, don't I?" she replied with a giggle. "Well, I'm gunna go now. For real this time…" she paused for a second. "so bye……Seth." she shot him a dazzling smile and walked out of the door.

"Goodbye Summer." he quietly said to himself.

The door slammed shut, and Seth just stood there.


A/N:A lot of silence in this chapter. In my head, it's early in the morning, so a sort of blue-ish hue on them. It's cold, too. The silence seems to go with them. :) okay, the chapter seems said, but really, It's not! You have to see the other chapters, it gets better! Also! If you didn't notice, the answering machine says, "November 29" which means it's closed to December, which means: dundundun! CHRISTMUKKAH! You'll be meeting the other characters shortly. NOT in the next chapter, but…. Hmm, you'll see :)Also,I think my writing in this one was very repetitive. Is it just me? I think I'm losing my touch :O Oy, nevermind that though. Now I'm thinking: the more reviews, the faster the update? Nah, I'm nice! I'll update whenever I finish a chapter. I'm not desperate… but I do enjoy the reviews.. A LOT... (hinthint..hahah) R&R!

Juliaaah.