Here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy. I can't take all the credit for this story so I would like to say thanks to ramsychick for helping me out with this chapter and if you like it I suggest you raed some of her stories, they're awesome. Read and Review, hope you enjoy.
Summer flipped through the photo album, looking over photos long forgotten. The tears stung her eyes; she couldn't believe she'd forgotten about him, when they lost contact she promised to never forget him. She closed her eyes and sighed. Opening her eyes and looking down at the photo in front of her she remembered when it was taken
A 5-year-old Seth stood next to his best friend, Summer, flashing a smile that showed off his chubby cheeks and dimples. He had his arms around Summer, the way that 5 year olds do, and her smile matching his.
"That's it kids, a little closer Seth," Sandy beamed at the sight in front of him "C'mon Summer smile for the camera."
Summer immeadiatly took notice of what the adult was saying and spread the corners of her mouth upwards. Sandy smiled and snapped the camera a few times.
"Sandy, are you still taking pictures?" Kirsten called, she was hanging out of the door into the garden where the photo shoot was taking place, "Come on the kids need some lunch" she said laughing at the site of Seth and Summer.
The kids quickly abandoned their poses and rushed, racing each other into the kitchen. Kirsten smiled and ruffled Seth's hair as he raced past. Sandy followed them in and smiled at his wife, leaving a peck on her lips and moving into the kitchen.
"Barbie totally beats Spiderman" Summer screeched at Seth.
"No, Spiderman. Beats. Barbie" Seth stated plainly. He already knew he wasn't going to win this one; you couldn't get girls to go against their Barbies.
"Whatevs" Summer said, in the only way Summer could. She continued brushing the hair of her Barbie, as Seth continued to play with his Spiderman.
Summer dropped her Barbie doll as she saw her dad enter the Cohen house, but then she quickly stopped, as she saw the look on her fathers face. She quickly rushed into the family room where Seth was, and watched as her dad was rushed into Sandy's office with Sandy and Kirsten.
Seth came up behind Summer wondering what she was looking at, he watched the scene unfold in front if his eyes and he looked to Summer "What's going on?" He asked her.
Summer turned to her friend and looked at him, worry in her eyes, "I duno," She said with a shrug before she looked back to the door of the office, the parents behind.
Summer and Seth waited for a full 10 minutes until Sandy and Kirsten came out. Summer looked behind Sandy and Kirsten into the office, in hope of a glance of her dad. Sandy and Kirsten shared a glance of sympathy and looking to the two 5 year olds.
"What's wrong with Daddy? And where's Mommy?" The little girl asked the adults, in hope to be told everything was all right.
Summer quickly slammed the photo album shut, she hated the memory, she blocked it from her mind, it was probably one of the reasons she didn't remember Seth. She opened the book and looked onto the next photo and closed her eyes as another memory came rushing back to her.
A 5-year-old tugged on her dad's suit sleeve, her dad didn't notice, but the little boy that stood to the little girl did, he quickly slipped his clammy hand into her hand.
Her dad fell to his knees as they lowered her mother into the ground, she didn't know why she was, she'd been told that her mommy had gone to sleep and gone to heaven and she wasn't coming back, so why were they putting her in the ground?
Now it all came back to Summer. Tears streamed down her face, she'd let herself forget about him, and given his hell these past years. And he was still there for her, no matter what, he would always be there for her. More tears. She flipped over the next page and saw the next photo, it was one before she had left, after her mothers death her father needed to get as far away as possible from Newport and all it reminded him of, so he moved back to Seattle where he was from, and Summer ended up moving in with her grandmother until she was 10, and her dad finally started to move on with his life, he took Summer out of her grandmothers house and moved her back to Newport.
When she arrived everything was the same as she left it, and her dad had enrolled her at Newport Elementary when this annoying geeky kid would annoy her, at the time she didn't know who he was and kept telling him to 'go away', so he did, go away, and now, 10 years since her mother had died, he tried again to grab her attention. But once again she had refused to let him in.
She looked to the last photo; it was one of her last day in Newport. Summer's face was full of confusion, everything around her was changing and all she wanted was to have her mommy back but now she was moving somewhere with her dad, away from everywhere and everyone she knew. And Seth just had sadness on his face, his best friend was leaving, forever, and there was nothing he could do.
In the picture Seth and Summer sat on a seat together, but not really, there minds where in other places, even for 5-year-olds they knew something bad was happening, and they didn't like it.
Summer's fingers fingered over the pictures, she outlined Seth's face and more tears trickled. Knock, knock. Someone knocked on her door, and her mind went from the pictures to the door, she stood up brushing her clothes down and wiping away any spare tears before she moved towards the door, one deep breath, and she opened it.
Her father stood on the opposite side of the door, noticing his daughters eyes were watery – but chose not to comment. He looked into the room and saw various pictures scattered around on her bed, obviously that's why she had been crying, for her mother. "Hey sweetie, you ok?" He asked her, he put a hand on her shoulder and she nodded.
"Yeah, fine, Dad, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure" He said, she moved so he could walk into her room, he obliged and moved to her bed, next to the photos, he leafed through a couple as Summer sat on her bed too.
"Do you remember Seth?" She asked, a bit hesitantly at first.
"Oh, of course, good kid, you two were attached at the hip, why?"
"'Cause I don't remember him, well I didn't, and I was just going through these photos that's all" Summer smiled sweetly
"Oh, you know, we should go to the Cohen's soon, I don't think I've really seen them since we've been back and that was like 5 years ago, and there so nice, helped me through loads" Neil commented. Summer nodded.
"So, why did you come up here?" Summer asked, biting her bottom lip.
"Oh, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go out to dinner tonight?" He asked.
"Sure, let me just get this stuff together" Summer said, towards the photos. Neil nodded and left the room.
Summer quickly stood up as her dad left and moved all the pictures and old memories together, she'd have a look at the rest of them later. She was about to put them back in her closet when something slipped out under a pile. She looked down to it and saw a note, the note looked scribbled, like it was from a child. She picked it up and looked at it.
'Der Summy, im gona mis you, but we wil be best fwends foreva. Sethy'
Summer bit her bottom lip, stopping herself from 'awwing' over it. He must've of written it before she was leaving, she couldn't remember him giving it to her though.
"Come on, Honey, we gotta go" Her dad called up the stairs. Summer quickly put the note down and grabbed her purse, moving out of her room and shut out the light.
There you go and don't forget without the help from ramsychick this wouldn't have been this greater chapter.
