In the last scene of the episode, Summer and Seth have just gotten home to the apartment. He is helping her along, holding her up as she walks because she is still in a great deal of pain.
Seth: Once we get you inside and make sure you're comfortable, I'll recruit Ryan and we'll go down to the car and bring up all the stuff. We were in the hospital for less than 48 hours but we managed to accumulate quite a few bags. Plus, there are all the flowers, my muffin baskets….I wonder if I could talk Marissa into packing me one every morning?
Summer: Cohen, I don't care about your dmn muffins, just unlock the door.
Seth: Right, sorry Summer. (He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his keys. After he unlocks the door and pushes it open, the apartment is dark so he turns on the entry light.) Where the hell are Ryan and Marissa? I don't hear any noises coming from the bedroom so they're not in there.
Summer: Ew Cohen, shut up. (Seth helps her into the apartment. When they reach the living room, Sandy, Kirsten, Ryan, Marissa, Zoe, and Dr. Roberts all yell surprise. Summer smiles and laughs while Seth screams out in fright. Dr. Roberts is the first to laugh at him, but soon everyone follows suit.)
Dr. Roberts: Were you startled there, Seth?
Seth: Just a little bit. (He turns to Ryan and Marissa.) It would have been nice to know this was going to happen. The point, I presume, was to surprise Summer not me.
Ryan: Yeah, it was, why do you think you weren't told?
Sandy: Secrecy is not exactly your strong suit son.
Marissa: If we had told you about this, Summer would have found out within fifteen minutes or less.
Summer: Yeah, you're right, I would've.
Seth: That's not true; I can keep a secret from you Summer.
Summer: Oh really?
Seth: Yeah. You never found out about the engagement until I wanted you to.
Kirsten: You mean when she found the saddle bag and the ring popped out when you two were fighting over Captain Oats.
Zoe: That's when I was in the hospital.
Dr. Roberts: You were? (He goes over to her and picks her up. They go over and sit down on a chair to have a conversation.) And what happened to you? (As they continue to talk, the camera leaves them and goes back to everyone else.)
Summer: I'm sorry to be a bummer, but Cohen, will you help me sit down on the couch please? (Seth rushes to her side and helps her sit down.)
Marissa: I have food, Seth. (Ryan sits down on the other chair in the room and pulls Marissa down to sit on his lap.)
Seth: Where?
Marissa: Over on the table. There are a bunch of appetizers. I thought we'd just have finger food tonight, keep this casual since it's just the family. You can eat anytime you want. (He gets up and goes to walk towards the food, but stops and turns around to talk to Summer.)
Seth: Do you want me to fix you a plate?
Summer: Thanks, Cohen.
Marissa: (Marissa stands up.) I'll go and get the drinks out of the fridge for everyone.
Kirsten: (She stands up and pulls Sandy up with her.) We'll get those for you, just sit back down and relax.
Marissa: Are you sure?
Kirsten: It's no problem, especially since you already did everything yourself.
Marissa: (Ryan pulls her back down and she turns to smile at him.) No, Ryan helped me.
Sandy: Well then, he should stay and relax, too. We'll be right back. (They walk into the kitchen together and the camera follows them.) I know you, Kirsten, why did you want to get away from them?
Kirsten: Did you hear what she said?
Sandy: Who?
Kirsten: Marissa. (He looks at her to show that he is waiting to hear.) She said 'just the family', and in it, implied that she's a part of it.
Sandy: She is a part of the family.
Kirsten: I know, but that's the first time she's said it.
Sandy: Oh, I get it. (He pulls her towards him.) So, I take it that made you happy?
Kirsten: Very. (She kisses him softly. Seth walks into the room, covers his eyes, and walks out. When he reaches the living room, he is talking. The camera stays with him, and Sandy and Kirsten soon follow him out and join everyone in the living room.) I figured out why those drinks were taking so long. I guess we'll be right back is code for let's make out in the kitchen, because when I went in there, they were macking it on each other.
Summer: Cohen, don't say macking it.
Seth: Sorry Summer. (Dr. Roberts laughs as he sees how Summer controls Seth.)
Sandy: We'll just sit these on the coffee table. (They put down eight bottles of water. Kirsten sits on the arm of the sofa and Sandy stands behind her and puts his hand on her shoulder.)
Seth: Water? What kind of celebration is this?
Marissa: Your fiancée just got out of the hospital, I really didn't think alcohol would be appropriate, Seth. Besides, your parents are driving home tonight, so they can't drink.
Seth: Fine, if you put it that way! (He says this in a huffy manner.)
Summer: God Cohen, don't get your tighty-whities in a bunch!
Sandy: Son, you wear tighty-whities?
Seth: (Pretending it isn't true.) No, what are you talking about Summer? (She gives him the eye as everyone watches.) Not all the time. (He hangs his head in shame, but then whips it up as he comes up with an idea.) I'm not wearing them now, right Ryan?
Ryan: Dude, why would I know what kind of underwear you're wearing?
Seth: You packed them for me didn't you when you and Marissa brought us clothes? (Ryan shakes his head. Slowly Seth realizes who packed them then.) You? (He says in horror as Marissa smiles shyly.)
Marissa: Yeah.
Seth: You packed my clothes; you were in my underwear drawer? (Ryan, Sandy, Kirsten, Summer, and Dr. Roberts start to laugh.)
Marissa: I swear I didn't snoop around and I didn't look at anything. All I did was put my hand in and I grabbed a pair. Then I tossed them in the bag and shut the drawer, but they were boxers, I can attest to that.
Seth: Thanks, I guess, but you validating my current style of underwear really doesn't make up for the fact that you were in my underwear drawer. (He is embarrassed and then he remembers what he keeps in there.) You didn't read them did you?
Marissa: Read what? (Everyone stops laughing, except Summer who just starts to laugh harder, and they stare at him wondering what Marissa may have found. Suddenly, Marissa realizes what he's talking about and starts to laugh, too.)
Seth: Oh my God, you did find them. (His face becomes beat red and he puts a pillow up over it.) Did you read them?
Marissa: I didn't even find them, like I said; I didn't look through the drawer.
Seth: (He talks into the pillow.) Then how do you know what….He realizes that Summer must have told her about their existence. He pulls the pillow down and turns to face Summer.) You told her about my love limericks! (Everyone immediately starts to laugh except for Seth.)
Ryan: Dude, you write her love limericks?
Seth: I just said that out loud didn't I? (Summer shakes her head yes.) I really need to stop doing that.
Sandy: I'd love to hear some of these poems, son. Your mother and I didn't know you were so talented. (Everyone starts to laugh again.)
Seth: (He stands up.) If you all would excuse me, I have to go drown myself in the toilet now. (This just makes everyone laugh even harder. He starts to walk away, but Summer grab his hand and pulls him down beside her again.)
Summer: You're not going anywhere Cohen. I love those poems, you're going to keep writing them to me, and no one else is going to say one more thing about them. Is that understood? (Everyone becomes silent as Summer rules everyone with her iron will.) That's better. Now, let's talk about something else. (There is a moment of silence.) Oh, you've got to be kidding me. Do I have to do everything? Dad, where's Gloria? I know she's not my biggest fan, but I never thought she'd pass up a trip to LA where she could spend all day wasting your money.
Dr. Roberts: Your step-mother is vacationing in Europe actually, and has been now for the last couple of weeks.
Kirsten: Oh, where did she go Neil?
Dr. Roberts: She started in London and then went to Paris. Now, she's in Milan. I guess she's hitting all the fashion capitals of Europe, at least that's what she says.
Kirsten: It has been so long since I've been to Europe; I miss it. We should go soon, Sandy?
Sandy: I never turn down a vacation with you, although they are never what you'd call relaxing. (Kirsten gives him a look.)
Kirsten: We should go next year for our 25th anniversary.
Summer: And we all can keep Zoe, can't we baby-doll? (She turns to Zoe and talks to her when she talks.)
Zoe: Yeah, and then you, me, and Marissa can go shopping and have tea parties, and go to the beach.
Seth: What about me, Zoe?
Zoe: You can't come Seth; you're not a girl. Besides, you'd talk the whole time and we wouldn't be able to have any fun. (Seth pretends to pout.)
Sandy: She's got your number son. (Everyone laughs. The camera pulls back from the happy scene as everyone continues to talk. The screen goes black and when it comes back on, Ryan and Marissa are walking back into the living room after seeing everyone off. They sit back on their chair, Ryan first and Marissa one his lap, but this time, they don't keep their hands off each other. Marissa leans back onto him and he holds her to him with one arm around her stomach which he puts up her shirt and the other on her upper thigh, softly rubbing it up and down. Seth and Summer are still sitting on the couch, but now she is lying down with her head in his lap.)
Marissa: I should really get up and clean up this mess. (There are plates of food lying around and the food is all out on the table still.)
Ryan: You're not going anywhere. We'll clean it up tomorrow.
Summer: Yeah Coop, go to sleep, enjoy the rest of your Sunday night. Cohen will clean it up tomorrow….afternoon. (Ryan and Marissa laugh.)
Ryan: Works for me.
Seth: Hey, who said I wanted to clean?
Summer: Me, do you have a problem with it?
Seth: (He gives up.) No, Summer. (Ryan and Marissa laugh. She then gets up out of his arms and grabs his hand to pull him up after her. He takes her hand and they move towards the hall and their bedroom.)
Ryan: Goodnight.
Summer and Seth (in unison): Night.
Marissa: We're really glad you're home Sum.
Summer: It's good to be home. (Ryan and Marissa go into their bedroom and shut the door.) Come on Cohen; let's go to bed, too. (He gently gets up and puts her back down on the couch because she was lying on him. He turns off the lights, comes back, and picks her up and carries her to the bedroom.) And your Dad said you couldn't do this. Guess you showed him, didn't you Cohen? (She laughs softly and puts his arms around his neck and kisses his lips gently as he walks into their room.)
Seth: Don't worry; I'll pay for it in the morning.
Summer: Way to ruin the moment, Cohen.
Seth: It's what I do. (She laughs as they go into the room and he kicks the door shut behind him. Music starts Beth's Orton's "Conceived" as the camera moves to Sandy, Kirsten, and Zoe in the car. The song is just starting on the radio, but will also play as the montage moves to the various couples. Zoe is already sleeping, Sandy is driving, and Kirsten is staring out the window in deep thought. She turns to him.)
Kirsten: Sandy, can we talk?
Sandy: Sure, what is it?
Kirsten: There's something I have to tell you.
Sandy: Okay.
Kirsten: And you might think that I should have told you this a long time ago, but I didn't and it's too late to go back and change things now. It's just with everything that's happened with Summer, it's been on my mind lately and I really need to talk to someone about it.
Sandy: Go on. (He sounds worried because of the tone of her voice and the obvious importance of the topic.)
Kirsten: Before I met you, back when I was dating Jimmy, I became pregnant and I had an abortion. (The scene leaves them and goes to Dr. Roberts. He is lying in his hotel bed looking at pictures in his wallet of Summer. Eventually he reaches a picture of her and Seth from prom.)
Dr. Roberts: Well Summer, maybe you could have, after all, done worse for yourself than Seth Cohen, but we won't let him know that yet. I like watching him squirm. (He smiles to himself as he moves on to other pictures and the camera goes to Seth and Summer. She is sitting up in their bed as Seth helps her change her clothes. He gets her pajamas out of her drawer and sits them down beside her. First he takes off her shirt and then unhooks her bra. The camera is to her back so that nothing is shown. She raises he arms and he slides the nightgown over her head. Then he lays her down and pulls off her pants which are track pants because of the surgery. Next, he takes off her socks and then pulls the blankets up over her. Before he gets into bed, he undresses and puts on a pair of pajama bottoms and a clean t-shirt. Once he is finished, he gets into bed and snuggles under the covers. He turns the light out, kisses Summer good night, and then wraps his arms around her gently and the camera leaves them and goes back to Sandy and Kirsten in the car.)
Kirsten: Are you going to say anything Sandy?
Sandy: What am I supposed to say? You were once pregnant with another man's baby, and you decided to tell me this now?
Kirsten: It's just after I saw Summer lose this baby, I couldn't help but remember the baby I didn't have and now with my time running out to have children, I just needed you to understand what I am feeling.
Sandy: Do you regret your decision.
Kirsten: I think about the child all the time; not a day goes by when I don't, but I don't regret what I did, how could I? If I had kept the child, I probably would have ended up with Jimmy and I'd never have met you, we would have never have had Seth, been given the gift of Ryan, or had Zoe, and I can't imagine my life without the four of you. You guys are my life.
Sandy: Does Jimmy know?
Kirsten: Of course, we made the decision together. (There is a prolonged silence. After a moment, Kirsten quits waiting for him to say anything.) Aren't you going to say something, tell me what you think?
Sandy: I can't right now, Kirsten, I'm sorry. You just can't spring this information on me and expect me to process it right away. I need to think.
Kirsten: Oh, okay. (She turns back towards her window and looks out of it. After a moment she turns to look at Sandy who is obviously deep in thought. His hand is resting on the gear shift. She places her hand on top of it, but he pulls it away from her and places it on the steering wheel. No words are said, but his emotions are expressed quite clearly by that simple action. She turns back towards the window, holds her hands together, and lets the tears run freely down her face silently. The camera leaves them and goes back to Ryan and Marissa. Ryan is lighting a couple of candles beside their bed. He is only wearing a pair of pajama pants. While his back is turned, Marissa walks out of the bathroom and goes up to him putting her hands around his chest and rubbing it. He turns around his neck and head to kiss her quickly, but when she deepens the kiss, he turns his whole body around to face her. The lights are out in the room as they are getting ready to go to bed. Marissa is only wearing a short, black, silk nightgown which does not leave much to the imagination. As the kiss becomes more passionate, she pulls back from him and puts her hands on his chest.)
Marissa: I've been doing a lot of thinking since our conversation yesterday, and I've realized something.
Ryan: Okay.
Marissa: I've changed my mind.
Ryan: About what?
Marissa: About waiting….for children. (He raises his eye brows in curiosity.) I'm not saying I want to plan for a child right away, but I also don't want to do anything to prevent us from having one. I just want to let things happen, naturally, let nature take its course. If I get pregnant, then great, and if I don't….for a while, that's great, too. What do you think? (When she finishes she is nervous that he'll disagree with her.)
Ryan: Do you think nature would care if we tempted it now? (She laughs and then pretends to consider it.)
Marissa: Hm….let me…. (She is cut off by Ryan's lips. As he begins to kiss her, he scoops her up in his arms and carries her over the bed laying her down gently and then laying down on top of her. He stops kissing her for a moment and then looks at her. She smiles back at him. Before he begins to kiss her again, he rubs her stomach and leans down and kisses it. She laughs, but once again is cut off by his lips seeking hers. As the camera fades away and the scene ends, the music becomes louder.)
End of Episode #5