The Summer of Kayleigh Cohen

Chapter 19

Marissa walked into Ryan's bedroom and saw him sleeping on his bed. Today was the day where Ryan had his big surprise for her and she simply couldn't wait.

She pounced on his bed and scrambled on top of him.

"What?" Ryan jumped as a small body was dropped onto him. "Where am I?" He looked around until he focused onto Marissa staring down at him.

"Marissa?"

"Hey!" She greeted happily, kissing him.

"What are you doing here so early?" He asked groggily.

She smiled. "I couldn't wait any longer for my surprise." She admitted.

"Well, you aren't getting it until later so I guess you can snuggle with me." He shifted her off him and she laid by his side and he put an arm around her.

"Please." Marissa pleaded. "Pretty please with whip cream and a pretty red cherry on top?" She looked at him and pouted. "I really can't wait any longer."

Ryan sighed. "You can have it now or you can wait until we are at the fancy restaurant I picked out. Your pick?"

She giggled with delight. "Now, now, now." She chanted happily.

"You sure?"

"Yep." She sat up as he got out of bed.

"Close your eyes while I get it." Marissa obediently shut her eyes and she heard a bunch of shuffles and drawers shutting.

"Can't find it?" She laughed.

"No." Ryan grunted and she heard him walk over to her. "Keep them shut." He directed as he saw her peek.

"Find." She chuckled.

Ryan took her hand and held it out. She shivered as she felt a small piece of metal slide onto her ring finger of her right hand.

"Open them." He instructed. Marissa opened them and gasped. A small purple stone surrounded by 2 small diamonds on each side was the cause for her gasp.

"I love it." She hugged him.

"This is a promise ring." He paused. "A promise that I love you and I will be with you forever." He added nervously.

"Thank you, Ryan." She kissed him. "I love you so much. It's beautiful."

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It was Sunday morning and chaos filled the house. The Cooper/Nichols were still living with the Cohen's, since their A/C system had to be completely taken out and re-done.

Julie really disliked everything that came with a baby. The smell, the work, and the baby itself. It all disgusted her and Kirsten and Summer helped most of the time.

"Summer! The baby's crying!" Julie shouted from tanning out in the sun.

"You left her inside?" Summer came out, freaking out with her own daughter on her hip.

"Yeah," Julie hesitated. "Is that bad?" She frowned.

Summer rolled her eyes and went to rescue Sierra.

"It's not my fault" She paused. "It's not my fault the nanny wouldn't come to work with the pay I offered." Julie huffed, squirting water from her squirt bottle onto her tanned legs.

"You offered her less then minimum pay." Summer called, in the living room picking up the newborn.

"So what? She wasn't from Newport. She wouldn't know."

Summer walked back out in the back with Sierra. "Julie, take your baby. Kirsten and I are not going to raise it for you." She settled the baby in Julie's arms.

"It probably will throw up on me or something." Julie cringed. Summer wondered how she ever lived through the first two.

"Then clean it up." Summer sighed. "When you have a kid you have to take care of it. Everything has consequences."

"When did you become the 'mature' person?" Julie retorted, holding the baby in a weird position, like she was afraid it would move or something.

Summer sighed again and grabbed the baby out of the manicured hands of Julie.

"Thank goodness." Julie announced, wiping all the pretend germs the baby gave her off.

Summer with a baby in one arm and Kayleigh on a hip walked back into the house, in a fit.

"Cohen," Summer called. "Take Kayleigh."

Seth was eating his morning cereal and reading his latest issue of the Sunday funnies.

"Why can't you take her?" He was obviously enjoying his comic and didn't want to be bothered.

"Okay, take Sierra then but I guarantee she will vomit." He spit his cereal back into the bowl and groaned.

"Kali, baby. Come here." He called and Summer dropped her in his arms.

"She just ate breakfast so don't feed her anymore." Summer announced.

"Okay honey buns." He laughed and Summer looked like she was going to kill him.

"Muffin?" He asked as he realized she hated the word.

"Cohen, I'm tired and irritated. No pet names. I'm stuck watching a newborn that I didn't enjoy making and I had to get up at 4 am this morning because Julie called my cell because her baby was crying. No PET NAMES." Summer explained bitterly.

Seth noted this and knew to keep his mouth shut. Summer was over-worked these past couple of days and he knew Julie was on her nerves.

"How about I go take Kali to the park and I bring Sierra in the stroller. You can take a nap or something." He got up of the chair and took the small infant from her tired hands.

Summer yawned and nodded appreciative. "Thanks, I knew I was going to marry you for something."

Seth grinned. "And now I thought you were just marrying me for my good looking legs."

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It was the end was September and the autumn trees were beginning to lose their crisp golden colored leaves. Three weeks had passed since the arrival of Sierra Morgan and Kirsten had passed her due date by 1 and a half weeks. She was miserable; with the heat of California lurking outside and Julie consistently complaining, everything was unbearable.

Kirsten looked like a blimp; honestly and literally. Any day could she so-called "burst". Seth couldn't wait to meet his new brother or sister and quite frankly neither could Kirsten. The baby was just still in her stomach and wouldn't move down which Kirsten thought was plain mean. All she did all day was waddle around the house looking or waiting for something to happen. Every time Kirsten came into a room, Summer and Sandy greeted her by the name of "Waddles." She waddled from side to side awkwardly and even at her best try not to, her walk was definitely a full-blown waddle.

Kirsten had tried every known way to make her baby come but nothing worked. Sandy and her went to the doctor to see if they could induce labor but he said it would be best to wait it out until the baby naturally comes. So there was Kirsten, pregnant and waiting.

"How about Samuel?" Kirsten called to Sandy who was shaving in the bathroom.

"Kirsten, as much as I love hearing baby names, we've already picked a boys name and we promised not to change it. Try some girls names." He hollered as he splashed the shaving cream off his face with a hand full of water from the sink.

Kirsten sat on the bed with the book of baby names propped up against her huge stomach.

"Fine. I just like it." She sighed and looked back at the book.

A knock on the door made Kirsten shush Sandy so she would hear who was there.

"Who is it?"

"Mom, its me, Seth." He answered.

"Hey, sweetie. Come in." The door opened and Seth stood at the threshold.

"Hey mom, me and Summer are going to go to the beach. Will you watch Kali for us?"

Little Kayleigh was crawling faster than ever before. Seth had to really jog because she was like a little fox. She had a full head of brown hair with little tiny bangs that almost fell into her face. Summer had a picture when she was that age and they looked almost

identical. The only noticeable feature Kayleigh had received from Seth was her dimples. They matched her father 100.

"Sure honey. Just bring her in here and I will watch her."

"Thanks." Summer appeared at the door in a small little bikini. "Summer you do know it is almost October, right?" He asked as he saw what she was wearing.

"Cohen, I didn't have one chance to go on the beach this summer. I am going to now." She announced boldly.

"Fine, I guess you just have to cuddle next to me when you start shivering."

"In your dreams, Cohen."

"Those too."

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Summer and Seth walked hand in hand along the shore of the water; the waves splashing at their feet. They hadn't had anytime to just be 18. Life wasn't the easiest but they made by well. They hardly complained and they lived life day by day.

"Cohen, we should do this more often. I haven't been on this beach since before I was pregnant." It seemed almost impossible but it was true.

"Our wedding will be on the beach." He reminded.

"Yeah, it will be gorgeous." Summer sighed. A beach wedding was going to be beautiful with the wind blowing at her veil and the waves crashing behind them as they said their vows.

"Have you ever thought of just eloping? Getting it over with and being married?" Seth asked, letting his feet sink into the wet sand.

"Yeah."

"Why don't we? Just get it over with? I'm tired of you being a Roberts." Seth blurted out, excitedly.

"Summer Cohen? Are you sure?" She giggled. Summer liked the idea of getting married now.

"Why not? I will be starting work at my moms company on the 15th so why not get it over?"

"I don't know. Your parents will want see the wedding. After all their only son is getting married."

"What about Ryan?" Seth asked feigning hurt.

"Biological." Summer giggled again. They were going to get married. Today.

"They will have the new baby to watch get married." He explained and hugged her.

"So you want to elope?" Summer asked again, just to make sure. They didn't want to make anymore mistakes.

"Summer, lets get married." He hugged her and gave her a kiss on the lips.

They stayed lip-locked for a while, just letting the waves pummel into their feet and the wind mess out their hair.

His cell rang and he ignored it. Summer broke the kiss. "Aren't you going to answer it?" She reached into his pocket and took the phone. "Hello?" She asked. "Oh, Ok. … WOW. Okay… Hold on…We are on our way." Summer shut the flip-phone and sighed as she looked at Seth.

"It looks like you are going to be a big brother really soon. We have to go to the hospital."

Seth eyes popped wide as the news of Kirsten going into labor was announced to him.

"Let's go." Summer called. Their elopement was put on hold, indefinitely.

TBC…

I'm so sorry for taking forever to update. Truly, everything has been hectic for me the last week. I tried to write but I got too distracted. I will write Summer in the City in a little bit so look forward to that.

Please review… The baby is coming.

If you don't review it might just be another week…. LOL.

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