The Summer Of Kayleigh Cohen
Chapter 24
Tomorrow was Kirsten and Julie's shower and Summer was freaking out because she still did not have their presents yet. Seth started working at the Newport Group in 2 weeks and the moving day was today. Kayleigh had a cough that also scared Summer. Plus Anna seemed to always have a trick up her sleeve. Nevertheless, the stress level was above manageable.
"Cohen, put that dresser in our bedroom. Next get the crib." Summer was in charge of the whole moving operation and she looked the part. Her hair was in a big ponytail on the top of the head with a pink bandana holding back the sweat. She was in a nice comfortable pair of overalls that made her look 10 again. Seth and Ryan were in charge of moving all the furniture into the house while Summer and Marissa were moving all the boxes and miscellaneous things in. The girls had finished their duties and were sipping ice-tea while the boys moved the big stuff in.
"Sum, why do you get a break and we can't." He pouted as he got done moving the dresser upstairs with the help of Ryan.
"Because we moved all our stuff already. You guys are the slow ones." Summer replied as she sipped her drink again. Kayleigh was down for a nap in Kirsten's room so she didn't have to worry about her.
"Minor details." Seth announced as he followed Ryan back out to the other house.
Summer chuckled.
"Should we go help them?" Marissa asked.
"Is it our fault that we stayed on task and finished early?" Summer asked her best friend.
She paused before she answered. "No, but…"
"But nothing. We did our job." Summer finished.
Marissa rolled her eyes at Summer. She knew in about 2 minutes they were going to be moving a bed frame or a sofa through the front door.
"What? Why are you rolling your eyes at me?" Summer stated to her best friend.
"Nothing." Marissa giggled.
"Coop. Fine. I will go help them." Summer concluded and huffed out the front door.
Marissa laughed and followed her.
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3 hours later, Summer and Marissa sat on the newly positioned bed folding clothes and putting them in the dressers that stood against the wall. Seth and Ryan were in Kayleigh's room trying to set up the changing table and having a difficult time at that.
"Coop? I wish I could just be…" Summer stopped talking as Seth appeared at the door.
"Hey Summer, where's the Phillip's screwdriver?"
Summer frowned. "You've been trying to put that thing together for 30 minutes and you've haven't had a screwdriver?"
"We just got it out of the box." Seth announced and the girls burst into giggles.
"What?" Ryan came into the room. "Find it?" He asked Seth.
"Nope. They're laughing at us." Seth told him.
"Why are you laughing at us?"
"30 minutes to get it out of the box?" Marissa asked, as she raised her eyebrows.
Ryan glared at Seth.
"What? So I blabbed." Seth finished.
"Sandy has a toolbox in the garage." Summer announced before it got ugly.
"Great." The boys left and the girls were left the clothes.
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It was three o'clock in the afternoon and Summer and Seth laid out on the bed with Kayleigh in the middle- exhausted and happy about finally getting their house a home.
Seth moved on his side and moaned. "Ouch."
Summer turned her head at him. "What?" She spoke without even opening her eyes.
"I just sat on something hard." He reached under his body and pulled out a nail.
Summer laughed.
"So what are we going to do the rest of the day?" He asked, throwing the nail into the trashcan by the door.
Summer sat up and smiled.
"What? Oh no. What?" He groaned. He didn't want to get up. He was comfortable right there already.
"We are getting a dog." Seth's girlfriend concluded as she got out of bed and slipped on her shoes.
"Well, aren't you going to take a shower and get dressed?" He asked, looking at her dirty-overalls and messy hair.
This was bad on his part because he got an awful glare. He had to remember to never tell a girl that she needs to change or take a shower.
"You look lovely." He quickly told her again.
"Whatever." She leaned over to pick up Kayleigh who was sleeping on the pillow in the middle of the bed.
Summer carefully removed her daughter's pajamas and put her in a pink sundress.
"Do we have to go? Today is hectic already. We don't even have anything for a dog."
Summer smiled at him. "That's why after we get the dog we go to Petco. Duh!" She rolled her eyes at him.
"Let's go." She put Kayleigh on her hip and walked out of her new bedroom. Seth groaned.
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20 minutes later, they were at the animal shelter looking at the dogs. Kayleigh loved giggling at all the dogs and Summer had a fun time laughing at this cute sight. Seth stayed against the wall not wanting to get too close to the barking dogs.
"Cohen, Look at this one. It's so cute!" She pointed towards a small dog with white fur and a wet nose. Three seconds later she was cooing about another dog. Kali could care less because she was excited about all the dogs.
"Summer, we can't get a girl dog." Seth announced and Summer turned around immediately.
"What?" She asked him.
"I wanna boy dog." He pouted.
"Why?"
"There are too many girls in this family. It's just me, Ryan, grandpa, and my dad. The girls outnumber the boys. See there's you and Kayleigh and my mom, Marissa, Julie, Savanna, Sierra, and I'm probably forgetting 20 other people."
"So?" She raised her eyebrows.
"I'm the only guy in our new house. We need a boy dog."
Summer rolled her eyes. That wasn't going to happen.
"Whatever."
Summer sat on her knees and talked to another dog that barked on the other side of the cage.
"Ohhhh! Cohen! Look at this one!" She announced happily. Inside one of the barred cages was a large dog with brown fur with little patches of black all over.
" I want it!" She cried and Kayleigh clapped her hands together excitedly.
"Summer, is that a boy?"
"No, it's a little girl." She replied. Summer got up and walked towards one of the workers.
"We'll take the dog in that bottom cage." She announced. Two seconds later, Seth came up to the same woman. "I'll take the boy dog with the wet nose."
Summer looked up at him and laughed.
Now they were in way over their heads and that wasn't even including the dogs.
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"What are you going to name your dog?" Summer asked as they walked down the aisles of Petco. Kayleigh happily gurgled in the child seat of the cart while Seth held the leashes of the two new additions of the family.
"How about The Hulk?" he suggested.
"Don't go into all those names that you were thinking of naming Kayleigh. It's disrespectful." She replied. "And no I don't like it."
"Okay, what are you going to know yours?" He asked.
Summer still could not believe Seth actually bought another dog. She thought he didn't even want one.
"Pixie." She announced happily.
"Pixie?" Seth asked, almost laughing at the girly name she had chosen.
"What's wrong with Pixie?"
"Nothing is wrong with Pixie." He shook his head.
"Fine. How about Lucky?" Summer suggested.
"Nah." He said as he tried to think of a good name. "uww! I got it. Twiggy!" He smiled radiantly.
"Twiggy?" Summer furrowed her eyebrows. "You are going to name a dog Twiggy?"
Seth looked down at the black dog. "Why not? He looks like a Twiggy."
Summer shook her head. "Well, I guess Twiggy's okay but now I'm going to get you two mixed up."
TBC
So sorry for the slow update. Please review. Next chapter will include more Anna.