A Heart's Desire Chapter 7: I'm shining like a candle in the dark, an o.c. fanfic

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A Heart's Desire

I'm shining like a candle in the dark

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Seth walked into the apartment. It felt so good to be home again. He had been away for much longer before but this really felt better than ever before. He placed his bags on the floor and went straight to the living room where he figured that Summer would be but as he heard some noises from the kitchen he jogged there instead.

"Mom?" he said in surprise. The person making all the noise was his mother doing the dishes. "What are you doing here?"

"Hello to you too Seth. I am cleaning things up." she said and continued with the dishes.

"I can see that, but why? Where's Summer?"

"I have been keeping her company today. We had dinner and then we watched a movie." Kirsten explained.

"So, where is she?" Seth asked impatiently.

"She's sleeping on the couch."

"Oh. How is she then?" Seth asked more gentle and sat down at one of the bar chairs.

"She's okay. And I promise I'll leave you two alone soon. I'm just gonna finish this."

"Mom, you don't have to."

"Seth, you have just come home. You don't want to take care of the dishes."

"I can just put them in the dish washer." Seth shrugged.

"No, you cannot. Not everything can be washed in there."

"Okay. I'll let you finish." Seth said and took of his jacket and was left with a light blue shirt and his tie, but he took it off too and unbuttoned the two first buttons of his shirt.

"Better?" Kirsten asked as she dried a bowl with a towel. Seth hadn't noticed his mother being done so quickly.

"That went quick."

"I told you it wouldn't take long." Seth nodded and Kirsten finished drying the bowl and put it onto a shelf. She then hung the towel on its right place and checked that there was nothing left.

"So, I guess I better be going now, huh?" she said and began to walk to the foyer.

"Mom," Seth started as she put on her jacket.

"I know." she smiled and gave him a hug.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now, make things right again."

"I will." Seth replied and Kirsten went out of the front door. Seth smiled and almost ran to the living room.

Summer was lying curled on the couch with her arms under a pillow. Her hair was pretty much a mess and was half covering her face. Seth noticed her shirt, or more specifically his shirt. He smiled. The fact that she was wearing his shirt must mean something. But, at this point, he wasn't expecting much.

He carefully sat down at the floor beside her and stroked the hair away from her face. She frowned a bit and scratched her nose. She was being so cute when she was sleeping but then again, she was always cute.

"God, I've missed you." he said in a low voice and caressed her face, trading lines over her cute little nose and around her perfect lips. Since he didn't want to wake her up, he just sat there looking at her overwhelmed of how much he really loved her. After some time he fell asleep as well with his head resting on the couch close to hers and with his hands holding hers.

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Summer woke up and knew at once that she had slept in a weird position because her back hurt and her arm was numb so she figured that she must have slept on it. It was also unusually hot so she figured that she had too much clothes on. She opened her eyes and was met by a sleeping Seth. He had his head so close to hers that she could feel his breathing.

"Cohen!" she yelled into his face and he immediately sat straight up, almost losing his balance as he did so.

"Ouch!" he moaned. Summer rose from the couch and helped him get up. She did it naturally, without thinking and he let her help him up to sit on the couch. It was first then they noticed where they were and who they were with.

"Sorry." Summer whispered as they stared at each other. It had only been a few days but they still seemed to be looking different. It seemed like more than a few days, it felt like weeks. Before Seth managed to reply or say anything at all, Summer flung her arms round his neck and climbed into his lap. She buried her head in the space between his shoulder and neck as Seth wrapped his arms as tight as he could around her and slowly rocked her, hearing her sniffling quietly.

Although he was glad that she was doing this, hugging him and being all loving, he had expected her to scream at him or have that cold act turned on when she pretended like he wasn't there. Summer never seemed to stop surprise him; he never really knew what she was thinking or what she was about to do. But that was one of the many things that he loved about her, that she was being a little mysterious. As long as he'd known her there were always new things to explore about her. There were so many things about her that he knew and that he loved and every day, something was added to the list of things to love about Summer.

After a while, when Seth thought that Summer might have fallen asleep, he pulled away a bit. Summer kept holding on to him though and Seth was forced to stay in their embrace. Not that he didn't want to, because he did. He just wanted to talk and see her face and kiss her lips again. "Summer," he started in a low voice, talking into her hair hoping for her to hear him.

"Shhh. Don't say anything." she replied quickly and kissed his neck softly. "Let's just stay like this."

Seth of course, didn't complain. As long as he got to hold her in his arms everything was fine; more than fine. Everything was great. He moved them though to a more comfortable position. He lay down on the couch and brought Summer with him so that she was laying partly on top of him and partly on the couch farthest in. Summer seemed to drift off again. She didn't seem to do anything else than sleep.

Before trying to sleep as well, Seth kissed Summer's temple and snuggled closer to her, if that was possible. "I love you, Summer." he whispered and fell asleep.

After about an hour Summer woke up and jumped up from the couch, rushing for the bathroom. She barely reached the toilet when she threw up. God, she hated to vomit; it was so disgusting. But right now she did not care. She just wanted to empty her stomach as quickly as possible so that it would be over.

As she was done she flushed the toilet and sat down on the floor, wiping her mouth with a towel. The she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder and noticed Seth sitting down next to her. He brought her close to him and stroked her hair. Summer was still feeling awful so she just leaned her head against him and closed her eyes.

"Come on, Sum." Seth said after a minute or too and helped her up. He led her to the kitchen and sat her down on one of the bar chairs. He then filled a glass with water and gave it to her. She grabbed it and drank some, immediately feeling better.

"You feeling better?" Seth asked gently as she put the glass down onto the counter.

"Yeah, thanks."

"You sure?" Seth asked, concerned.

"I'm sure." Summer replied and gave him a smile.

Seth smiled back and went to give her a hug from behind. "I'm glad." he said and kissed her cheek. He continued his way downwards, tracing kisses along her neckline and collarbone. Summer moaned slightly as his warm tongue made contact with her soft skin, his hands caressing her shoulders tenderly. They both had missed this, being together, and that made them want this more than anything else right now. Seth continued to place kisses all over her bare skin and after getting so into it he just wanted to touch her everywhere and decided that the shirt had to go. He carefully placed his both hands on the hem of it and pulled it over her head.

Summer suddenly stopped him as his hands went to unclasp her bra. She brought his hands up to her face and gently kissed them. Seth then leaned in to kiss her but Summer put her finger over his lips. "What's wrong?" Seth asked a little hurt. Maybe she didn't want to, maybe she was still angry.

"I have to brush my teeth first." Summer said referring to her puking before but Seth shook his head no.

"No, I don't care." Seth told her and smiled slightly, tucking some hair behind her ear and stroking her cheek.

"I know, but I want to."

"Okay." Seth said softly and let her slip down from the chair. As she begun to walk away Seth grabbed her arm and turned her around. "I love you." he said and let go of her arm.

"I know." Summer said and left the kitchen to go to the bathroom. Seth picked up the shirt and walked towards the bedroom. He hadn't been in there for a while but it still looked the same. It was very tidy except some of Summer's clothes hanging on an armchair. He sat down onto the bed and waited for Summer to come out of the bathroom.

"Hi," Summer said as she walked into the bedroom, still in her bra and jeans. Seth couldn't help but smile at her as she walked towards him. She stopped right in front of him and he placed his hands on either side of her waist and pulled her down into his lap. "Hi,"

Summer then kissed him, for real this time. The kiss was very soft yet filled with passion. As Summer was about to pull away Seth opened her mouth with his tongue and slipped it inside of her mouth, inviting hers to do the same. They lowered themselves so that they were lying on the bed, Summer on top of Seth. The making out session soon led to more and after a few minutes they were both naked, happy to be together again.

I wanna call the stars
Down from the sky
I wanna live a day
That never dies
I wanna change the world
Only for you
All the impossible
I wanna do

I wanna hold you close
Under the rain
I wanna kiss your smile
And feel the pain
I know what's beautiful
Looking at you
In a world of lies
You are the truth

And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe
No matter where you are
And bring you
Everything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me

I wanna make you see
Just what I was
Show you the loneliness
And what it does
You walked into my life
To stop my tears
Everything's easy now
I have you here

In a world without you
I would always hunger
All I need is your love to make me stronger

You love me
When you tell me that you love me

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So, he came home! I just couldn't have them apart any longer. The conflict about Seth's work though, might not be over just yet.

I have recieved lots of reviews and it seems like a lot of you want them to have a baby. Do you? I'll let you vote about it and we'll see.

So, baby or no baby?

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