The Summer of Kayleigh Cohen
Chapter 21
Thanks to you all who have helped me!
To AdamBrody10, One Summer chapter 18 is where Anna comes in.
Seth ran to his parent's bedroom door in a flash with Kayleigh on his hip and Sierra's car seat in his other hand. He looked confused and surprised at the same time.
"Anna." He stated flatly.
She looked from Summer's horrified looking face to Seth and finally to the two little babies attached to Seth.
"Wow. Two of them. You guys don't waste any time." Anna announced bitterly.
"What are you doing in my house?" Seth asked confused. He wasn't even going to explain Sierra to her.
"Not even a HI. You've changed." She sneered.
Summer's hands clenched until her knuckles turned white. Seth noticed this and walked over to her. He handed Kayleigh over to her and she finally unclenched her fists.
Summer took a deep breath.
"Anna, what are you doing here?" He repeated again in a calm voice. He didn't want to sound mean but he definitely was perplexed.
"I'm visiting Newport for a week. My mom had a conference so I decided to come with. College is boring." She spat. She had changed physically. Anna had shoulder length blond hair with brown streaks down the sides and she didn't look so punk anymore. She wore plain jeans and a gray t-shirt.
Summer let Kayleigh down on the floor and watched her cry over to the bed.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Summer blurted out. Sierra started to cry in the car seat and Summer reached down to grab her.
"She doesn't look like you." Anna acknowledged, purposely not answering the question.
"That's because she's not ours." Summer explained, rocking the small infant in her arms. Kayleigh sat on the floor playing with the bed skirt, not realizing the tension above her.
"Really? Whose?"
"I think you're avoiding the issue at hand." Summer frowned. "It's Julie's." She explained as Anna didn't make a move to talk.
"Wow. And now you're stuck with her. Figures." Anna mumbled under her breath.
Seth didn't say anything but watched the two, wordlessly. When he heard that Anna was back, he had expected the worst. Maybe a catfight or a showdown. Ever since their last encounter on Julie's wedding day, Summer and Anna had never been on good terms.
Anna looked up at the two of them holding hands and frowned slightly.
"You guys have created your own little family, huh?" She looked at the oldest child. "What's her name?"
"Kayleigh." Seth replied watching Kali crawling under and out of the bed.
"Cute name. It means ocean, right?" Anna asked, looking at the little girl with brown fluffs of hair and unforgettable chocolate swirls of her eyes. The little girl looked up and smiled at Seth. "Dadda." She cried out and held her hands apart to be picked up.
Summer gasped. Kayleigh had just spoken her first word. Seth walked over to her.
"I am your dada." He smiled and Kayleigh pressed a kiss to his cheek, giggling.
Anna stood back and watched their little family, so happy and content with each other.
"She's cute." Anna sighed and Summer looked up at her.
"Thanks. We try." Seth announced and Anna took in a deep breath of air. Summer's cell rang loudly and she fumbled in her purse to grab it.
"Hello?" She asked, "Sorry,… wow! Really. Sure…we will be right there…no we'll find it… Good luck…bye." Summer shut her flip-phone and gave Seth a knowing look.
"That was Sandy. Kirsten's just about ready. We have to get there now. Help me find the camera." Anna gave Summer a questionable glance.
"What's happening?" She asked as she watched the two rummage through dressers and drawers.
"We have to get to the hospital." Seth rambled.
"Why?"
Little Kayleigh looked at her parents confused and cried out "dada" once more. Seth looked down at her and smiled.
"Kirsten's is in labor and we can't find the video camera." Seth announced, pulling down the bedcover and looking behind the pillows.
"WOW. Wait! Kirsten's pregnant? As in having a baby?" Anna asked confused.
"Yeah, and she's about to pop." Seth nodded.
Summer looked at him and smacked him against his head. "Cohen, Eww! Don't ever say that about your mom again!"
"Ouch!" He rubbed his temple. "Sorry." Summer smiled at him and gave him a peck on the lips.
"Fine, as long as that never happens again."
Summer returned to looking for the camera and tried to ignore the presence of Anna. She just stood there looking at Seth and not saying a word. Seth stood watching Kayleigh try to climb up onto the bed and he kept trying to pull her down so she wouldn't topple over.
"I FOUND IT!" Summer exclaimed, holding up a silver Sony video camera. Seth nodded and grabbed Kayleigh.
"I got Kali and you get Sierra." He hollered, walking out the door. "Nice seeing you Anna." He called; Summer frowned and followed him.
"Don't steal anything!" She announced, half joking and half telling the truth.
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The four of them walked through the automatic doors for the hundredth time that year, it seemed. Ryan stood up and walked over to them.
"Hey, how's mom doing?" Seth asked, nervously.
"Good, the baby's almost here."
Summer smiled and held up the camera. "I'm going to give this to her." She interrupted and walked through the doors again to the hall where Kirsten's room was located.
She knocked on the door, just like she did a couple hours ago and opened the door.
There were a nurse and the doctor in with Sandy and Kirsten. Kirsten was breathing and grunting hard as she went through a contraction. Sandy looked up at Summer and smiled.
"Look Kirsten, we have a visitor." Kirsten looked up exhausted and tried to smile at her. She let out a small sigh as the contraction ended.
"Hey." Summer waved. "I finally found the camera. It was under the pile of magazines on the floor."
"Thanks Summer." Kirsten spoke gratefully. Sandy stood up, grabbed the camera, and started filming immediately.
"Say Hi to the camera, Summer." Sandy said in a corny voice, used only for when on film.
"Hey! Mom's going to have a baby soon and we're all so excited. The whole gang is outside waiting to meet the new addition to the family." Summer announced into the camera lens and waved.
"So do you think its going to be a girl or a boy?" Sandy asked. He held the camera up and walked over to Kirsten as she begun another awful contraction.
"A girl. But we'll all be happy with either one. Good luck." She smiled and left through the door.
As she walked back into the waiting room, she faced the whole slew of Cohen's, Nichol's and an Atwood/Cooper combination. Kayleigh was crawling over all the empty seats and Seth had probably dumped Sierra back on Julie since Caleb was now holding the infant as if it was a foreign object like an alien or something.
Marissa smiled at Summer and jumped up to hug her. "You ran into Kirsten's room so fast I didn't even see you." Marissa exclaimed and hugged her.
"Yeah Coop, sorry." She sighed. "Guess what happened today"? She groaned and tucked a piece of her dark brown hair behind her ear.
"What?" Marissa frowned and knew something bad had happened. Summer didn't get frustrated that often these days and she could tell Summer was definitely pissed at something or someone.
"We had a little visitor today when Cohen and me went to grab the camera." She announced vaguely.
"Really, who?" Marissa gasped.
"I will give you a hint. Blonde hair; lives in Pittsburgh." She nodded saying this. They were away from the boys and could basically talk about anything without the guys hearing them.
"ANNA!" She screeched. Summer moved her hand to cover Marissa's face.
"Coop! Shhh!"
"She's back? Cohen's first girlfriend? That Anna?"
"The one and only." She frowned and looked over to Seth who was grabbing Kayleigh off one of the chairs.
"Why is she back?"
"Some shitty story about her mom had a conference here and she just happened to come along." She shook her head. "I'm telling you she's up to no good."
"What are you going to do?" Marissa inquired to her best friend. She knew how much drama Summer had went through with Anna last year.
"I don't know but now I have a dilemma." She let out a great big sigh and gave her best friend a big stare.
"What?"
"The letter."
Sandy burst through the door that very moment and made Summer and Marissa jump.
"You guys! She had the baby!" Sandy exclaimed excitedly.
"Really! What is it?" Seth asked, getting up from the ground and carrying Kayleigh with him.
"You'll have to find out. Kirsten wants you all to be surprised."
"Can we see her?" Seth asked, ready to go through the door that exact minute.
"Nah son. Your mother and the baby are being cleaned up. I'll get you when their ready." He walked back through the door and Seth began baby-talking to Kayleigh about the new baby.
Marissa turned back to look at Summer but Summer was staring at the interaction between father and daughter.
10 minutes later, Sandy came back through the door announcing that everyone could see the new baby.
Julie kept complaining about the horrid smell in the waiting room and Caleb had handed Sierra over to Marissa who adored the little girl.
They all walked in the room, Summer and Seth leading the pack. Ryan was toting Kayleigh and was holding hands with Marissa.
"Knock, Knock! Can we come in." Seth asked; a mumbled reply was heard and they all walked in.
"7 pounds 10 ounces." Kirsten beamed, holding a small baby wrapped in a pink blanket against her chest. She looked radiant even though just minutes earlier she had given birth.
"Oh my god," Summer cooed, walking over to Kirsten's side and touching her finger against the side of the blanket. "She's so adorable. What's her name?"
Kirsten looked up at her and grinned. "This little one is Savanna Faith Cohen. "
All the girls in the room "Aww-ed" at this. This was the beginning of a new era.
"Mommy! Can I go play over at Sierra's house!" She pleaded with her chocolate eyes as she begged her dad.
"Why would you want to go over to Julie's house?" Seth asked. Sierra, Savanna Faith, and Kayleigh had become inseparable during their many years living next door to each other.
"Sierra just got the new Beach Baby from the American Girl Magazine and I want to bring mine over and play."
"Okay, just come home before Summer notices." He laughed and watched his little girl race out the door, her brown pigtails flying behind her as she did.
"I love you!" She shouted from outside just before the door slammed.
"I do too." He smiled.
Summer had gone to the store to get hamburger meat and buns to cook out on the grill tonight. All of Caleb Nichol's descendents were coming over for a Forth of July cookout and Summer was in charge of the food.
The door opened slowly and Summer came in with an arm full of paper grocery bags, up to her eyes.
He got up, grabbed all the bags from her, and placed them on the counter.
"Thanks." She smiled and leaned in for a kiss.
"WOW, are we feeding the entire Newport Beach?" He asked, eyeing all the food.
Summer sighed, "There's a whole lot more in the car." He groaned.
"You definitely don't want anyone to get hungry." He smiled and walked back out with her to grab some more bags.
"Very funny, Cohen. I want this to be great. Eat, laugh, and go swimming afterwards. I want the whole shindig." She laughed airily.
"Did you just say shindig?" Seth asked surprised.
"It was on my word of the day calendar. It means a festive party with dancing." She smiled back at him.
"Dancing, Summer? Have we completely gone crazy?"
"ha, ha Cohen. You owe me a dance so get your dancing shoes on because we are going to PARTY!" She giggled and walked back into the house with another load of bags.
"Did you take a happy pill today or something?" Seth asked, wondering why Summer was so cheerful. She usually got all frustrated and grumpy when she had to plan something for everyone.
"Watch it Cohen. Don't spoil my mood." She chimed. "Where is Kayleigh anyways? She's so quiet."
Seth smirked and didn't say a word.
TBC
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