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Summer nervously entered the front door of her house to find her dad sitting in the dining room, doing nothing, the ultrasound picture in front of him. She had drove as slowly as she could to give her more time to think. But she couldn't run from what she needed to do, which was to face her dad. She walked in so quietly that he never even turned around untill she let out a faint, "Hello."

"Summer," He said, acknowledging his daughter's presence and motioning for her to sit down in the chair opposite.

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Moments after Summer had left, Sandy and Kirsten had arrived, laughing and joking but stopped when they saw Seth standing in the living room. He had not moved from that spot until now.

"Are you alright Seth? Where's Summer?" Kirsten worriedly asked, putting down her bag.

"She left the ultrasound picture at her house, her dad called and he's home early so you can pretty much figure out the rest for yourself..." He answered.

"And you let her go alone?" She replied, knowing that Summer was trying to avoid having to tell her father anytime soon. She knew that Neil Roberts would not be very understanding and was very strict when it came to his daughter's welfare.

"She told me he wanted her to go alone!" He said, throwing his hands up in protest.

"And do you really think that's what she wants?" Sandy countered. A moment later he passed Seth his keys and said, "If Summer needs a place to stay tonight, you know she's welcome here."

"Thanks dad," He said walking towards the door. "And mom."

He liked that his parents were so understanding, he just hoped that he and Summer would be just like that too.

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"So..." She asked, looking at the ultrasound picture sitting in front of him and stopped whatever she was going to say. The date was clearly marked on thepaperit along with 'Roberts' and a blurry little picture of her baby. She didn't want to disappoint him but she knew she already had.

"Is this what I think it is?" He said, not even making eye contact with her.

"Yea, daddy." She admitted as there was no excuse she could give as to what else it could be. She wanted more than anything, for Cohen to be here.

"And when were you going to tell me about this?"

"When I felt I was ready to."

"So what? It wasn't going to make things any easier. I can't believe you would even try to hide this from me."

"I just didn't want to upset you."

"You haven't upset me Summer," He said in a nicer voice than usual making Summer glance up, with a glimmer of happiness in her eyes which soon faded. "You've pissed me off! I trusted you and now...this?"

"I'm sorry." She said, trying to fight back tears that were going to flood her face any minute.

"Sorry's not good enough. I will take care of this."

"What do you mean?" She asked searching for any hint of warmth of his face like there usually was, but tonight he was cold.

"I'll make an appointment with Dr Fields, he's an old friend of mine, he can sort this out right away."

"How?" She answered, not quite sure what he meant. Cohen, where are you?

"Well you are certainly not keeping this baby, princess." He said trying to act nice towards her, In an attempt for her to agree.

She pushed back her chair and got up, grabbing the ultrasound picture from in front of him. "It's my baby, my body and I can make my own decisions." She walked out into the front hall with her furious dadright behind her.

"I hope you don't think I want anything to do with you if you keep this...child." He said 'child' as though it was the most horrible word ever. "My reputation will be scarred. I'll be the man with the pregnant teenage daughter, I've worked to hard to let anything ruin it."

Summer couldn't believe what she was hearing. She had learned a short while ago that a reputation means nothing. If you live in a place like Newport then worrying about it takes over you. She had realised when she fell in love with Seth that if it made her happy, she didn't give a fuck what anyone else thought. She still hated all the rumors she would get though because to a certain extent, you can never really let go of the reputation you left behind.

"Well don't you worry because I don't want my baby having anything to do with you." She said in the nastiest voice she had, tears spilling out and shestormed upstairs to throw some of her belongings into a bag. She couldn't stay here after knowing what her dad thought. She just wanted Cohen.

When she was just outside the door, he asked out of spite, "Do you even know who the father is?"

She was about to answer when a voice behind her spoke. "I am." It was him! He had come after all!" "Mr Roberts." He said not even trying to be nice because with the state Summer was in, he couldn't have been nice to her. "I'm the father."

"Well, what do you know, Seth Cohen. I thought you two had broken up?" He said, looking at Summer.

"I just told what you wanted to hear! I love him, you wouldn't understand!" She snapped back, not caring anymorewhether she upset him or not.

With that, he looked at Seth, fixing his gaze. "And I don't suppose you want this baby. Now you're stuck because she's made it perfectly clear that's she does. I wonder how long you'll stay around for."

Seth felt the rage bubble up inside of him. He wanted to punch Neil Roberts so hard that he would never recover, but that was moreRyan's area of expertise."Well then you obviously don't know me." He angrily said back. "It wasn't until I met Summer that I realised what love really was. She's perfect in every way and I know she's the one for me. I intend to stay around forever with her and this baby. Which I do want for your information."

Mr Roberts stared back, open-mouthed and embarassed as he thought was just another one of those pointless boys which meant nothing. He actually meant something to her and he loved her too.

Seth took Summer's hands and continued looking at her dad. "I wan't to marry her, she's the greatest thing that could ever have happened to me and I love her so much. I know we're going to be very happy with this baby."

Once again tears filled her eyes as she realised that she wanted to be with him forever too. Not even her dad could take that away from her.

Neil Roberts looked at them both, utterly digusted. "I bet it won't even last the year. So don't come running back to me when he leaves you Summer."

And with that he slammed the door on a crying Summer and an angry Seth, not even looking back as he did so.

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Summer had been so shocked by her dad's actions, she couldn't even cry. She had clung to Seth as he guided her out to his car and helped her into the passenger seat. He promised that sometime during the week they could come back and get her car. She said nothing for the whole journey but Seth knew she just need some time to think so he let it be.

Sandy and Kirsten sat in the living room and the moment Seth and Summer entered they got up and walked to where they were standing. By the look on Summer's face they could tell the news was not good. Her face was streaked black from her running mascara and some of her hair clung to her forehead, stuck with the tears she had cried that night.

"Sweetie," Kirsten said, wrapping her in a hug. Summer was thankful for her. She was like the mother she never had, always there for her when she needed. She let Summer cry on her shoulder for a little while longer with everyone else just staring on.

"You alright?" She asked.

"M..my...my dad told me he wants n..nothing m..more to do with me," She stammered. "I h..have nowhere to go."

"You can stay here as long as you like. We can get your stuff set up in the guest bedroom until you and Seth figure something out."

"Really?"

"Yes, your like the daughter I never had Summer, I hate to see you like this."

"Thanks Kirsten." She said wiping her eyes with the back of her sleeve. She was already feeling much better. She didn't need her dad, she had Seth!

"Can I stay with Seth tonight?"

"I guess, since you do it anyway," Kirsten joked, making Summer smile. "But then we'll get the guest room ready for you."

"This means alot to me, really." She said sincerely.

"I know."

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Seth had thought about it very hard when Summer and Kirsten were talking that night. He had told Summer how he felt about her at her house and knew that now was as good a time as any. He raced up to his room to collect the ring from one of his drawers and led Summer out to his backyard. His parents had gone upstairs and Ryan was out, he had all the privacy he needed. He just hoped she would say yes.

"Cohen?" She asked, already having brightened up a lot, "Why are we in your backyard?"

"Do you remember where we had our first kiss?" Before she could answer he pulled her into one, wrapping his arms around her as she ran her hands through his hair. It was a beautiful kiss. They broke apart, Summer forgetting all about her dad.

"I really love you Cohen." She said, fixing one of his curls that had gone astray.

"And I love you Summer." He said, looking at her smiling face and he knew he was ready.

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Sorry for such a short ending. Hope it wasn't too sappy or cheesy, lol. Kandy to the rescue!So I'll have to think of a nice speech for Seth and something else for them to do.Then I might skip again to um..sometime! Haven't thought of when though. Any suggestions are welcome, I appreciate them as sometimes I find it hard to think of stuff to do!

Thanks to - kursk for inspiration writing that chapter.

Thanks - Summer-Breeze-171 :-)