Summer in the City

Chapter 12

Summer stood at the door of the Cohen Mansion and watched her boyfriend try to lug her suitcases up the steps. Coco barked at him as he did.

"Cohen, I can get them in a minute. Let's just go in." Summer pleaded. They had been standing there for 5 minutes while he tried to get her bags up the steps. But he insisted he would bring them up like a gentleman would.

"Summer, I am going to do this." He persisted. "How much did you pack in these bags?" Seth huffed.

"Please." She sighed. "Please. Let me help you." Summer begged.

"This weekend I told you I was going to take care of you and I'm not going to break my promise." He smiled up at her and she rolled her eyes.

"And I'm telling you that I would feel much better if we would go in your parents house and relax." She grinned slightly as she saw him think this over.

"Fine." He agreed and Summer walked down and grabbed two of her bags from Seth's grip and carried them up the steps and over the threshold.

"Come on Cohen." She smiled as she looked at Seth's shocked face. "I did box, remember." She told him as she walked into the house and Seth was left with one tiny carry-on bag to bring in.

Summer greeted Kirsten who was grabbing the linen for Summer and Seth's bed in the guest room.

"Hi Summer, did you finally get Seth in?" She asked, the sheets piled high over her eyes.

"Yeah, he should be coming in any second."

"Do you want some lunch before you go?" Kirsten asked before walking up the stairs.

"Nah. I just want to go see Coop." Summer explained softly. "Can you give me her address?"

"Sure. I think Sandy has it. But I'll get it from him, hold on." Kirsten walked over to the intercom and pressed the button. "Sandy, what's Ryan's address?"

A muffled sound was heard and then Sandy's voice came over. "Hold on." There was silence and then it came back on. After he gave her the address, he told Summer to say hi to Ryan and Marissa for him.

Kirsten smiled at Summer, "are you surprised that Marissa has a baby?"

"Yeah, I never expected her too. It will be different." Summer replied. She always imagined Cohen and her having a baby before Coop did. It never seemed like Marissa liked kids that much anyways.

"Well, I should make your bed. Once you find Cohen, ask him if he wants lunch." Kirsten instructed and walked out the door.

Summer sighed heavily and knew she had to talk to her estranged friend.

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Summer sat in the Cohen's expensive car at the curb of Marissa and Ryan's abode.

She fiddled with her fingers nervously as she looked out her window to their home. It was small and kind of trashy but Summer really didn't care. There was a small sofa on the porch and the door looked to be broken or something.

Summer lowered her sunglasses and sighed again. She had to talk to her.

They hadn't talked since senior year when everything went haywire.

Summer stepped out of the car and locked it. Slowly she stepped on the driveway and up the path.

Again she stopped and looked at the door. What the heck. Knock. She told herself. She did and almost immediately a slim tall woman appeared with a baby on her hip.

"Summer?" Marissa gasped quietly. Was that really her once best friend at her door after Marissa cussed her out those oh so many years ago.

"Hi Coop." Summer greeted, looking at her friend. "You look good." She smiled at her.

The baby started to cry and Marissa shifted her on her hip. "Catalina, baby. Shhh."

"You want to come in?" Marissa asked nervously.

"Sure, thanks." It was awkward but they had to get over their differences one time or another.

"So you came back to Newport." Summer commented, nodding her head as she did.

"Yeah, Ryan wanted to come back." Marissa sat down on a beat up couch and motioned for Summer to join her.

Summer smiled and sat.

"That's awesome."

"How's New York?" Her best friend during high school questioned, bouncing Catalina on her knee.

"Different from here. We like it." Summer grinned looking around Coop's place.

"Why are you back?" Marissa asked with a little edge to her voice. Maybe get straight to the point.

"I needed to get away. A week ago I was mugged in an alley and it frightened me. I thought I'd better take some time away from the Big Apple." Summer hesitated. "I also heard you were back."

Coop nodded embarrassed. "I'm sorry for chewing you out." She said with her head down.

"It's all the past Coop. It's time to move on from the bad and live life." Summer smiled at her friend.

"I missed you."

"Really?"

"I did. I got help after I left and I realized how much I missed having my best friend around." Summer felt like she was going to start sobbing. Everything was so hectic in her life that sometimes she just had to cry to get the emotion/stress out.

"Thanks Coop." Summer moved over to her friend and gave her a hug.

"Summer, have you met my daughter?" She looked up with tear-filled eyes and lifted her daughter out of her arms and into Summer's.

"Hey Catalina. You have a really pretty name." She giggled as the little blond haired baby giggled and smiled. "How old is she?"

"10 months."

"She's gorgeous. She looks just like you."

Summer settled back into the sofa and looked at the little baby. "I always wondered what you would look like with a baby."

"And how did that look?"

"Wonderful." Summer announced. Maybe Summer and Marissa were going to make it after all.

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Marissa and Summer spent the rest of the afternoon talking about everything that had happened while they were apart. Summer felt peaceful as she did. No stress, no pressure, no memories of bad. She just sat back and had a girl talk with her best friend.

The front door opened and Summer jumped.

"Marissa, I'm telling you we should do something with this door." Ryan groaned as he tried to shut it.

"Hey!" Marissa greeted. "We have company." He turned around and saw Summer holding his baby.

"Hey Summer!" He said happily, walking over to them. "I thought you lived in New York. Did I miss something." He actually smiled at her while Summer grinned.

"I do. Cohen and I are just visiting for a while.."

"Wow. Seth and Summer back in Newport." He shook his head as Summer tried to shove him.

"Cohen is really excited to see you."

"Who would have guessed?" He joked. After 6 years he was finally reuniting with his best friends.

"When did you become so talkative?" Summer laughed, bouncing Catalina.

"When we left we didn't have Seth doing all the talking and we found out we could actually talk."

Summer shook her head.

"So how is Seth?"

"He's good. He adores his comic book."

"I read them every month." Ryan announced and Summer didn't believe him.

"No sum, he does." Marissa added.

"Really? Someone else in this world likes to read about Atomic County?"

It was good to be back.

TBC

SHORT CHAPTER BUT I KNEW I SHOULD WRITE SOMETHING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW. I MIGHT BE REALLY BUSY SO MAYBE DON'T EXPECT AN UPDATE ON EITHER STORY FOR A WHILE. SORRY

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