Our New Journey Together

Chapter 5 -

"Hey Summer, how are you feeling?" Kirsten asked as she and Sandy walked into Summer's hospital room. It was very evident that Kirsten had been crying. Noticing this, Summer knew something was definitely wrong.

"Well," Summer said quietly, "I guess it sort of depends on what the doctor said." Summer's feelings were very mixed at the moment. She was very glad that the baby was okay, but she was miserable because of the fact that Seth might not be alive.

"Summer..." Sandy started.

"Please don't lie to me and say everything is going to be all right when you know it won't be."

"He's not doing so good Summer."

Summer inhaled deeply, trying to fight back tears. "What did the doctor say?"

"He's not waking up. He's in a coma." Kirsten said, crying, giving Summer a hug. By now Summer was hysterical crying. Seth was in a coma! What if he never wakes up???

"Do they know when he'll wake up? Is it only for a while?" Summer stuttered, trying to get the words out.

Sandy and Kirsten's teary eyes both met. Should they tell Summer the truth?

"Summer, he's not going to wake up for quite a while."

"No, no, no," She repeated, each time getting louder, "This isn't happening. This can't be happening."

This time all Sandy and Kirsten could possibly do is hug and comfort her and cry with her. Because they knew that everything won't be okay, it may never be again.

"Did they say anything else?" Summer asked, hoping maybe there was a slight chance that there was good news.

"Summer... we, um, need to talk to you about something."

"What? What is it?"

"The car accident really hurt Seth." Summer just nodded her head slowly. She didn't know where they were going with this. Yeah, it hurt Seth and know he was in a coma because of an asshole who hit their car. Hadn't they just gone through that?

"Well, he's on life support. The doctors said they'll give him a month and then we'll have to decide whether or not..." Kirsten said, but couldn't continue. She couldn't control her crying.

'Whether or not what?' Summer's mind was racing, that question going through her head though she knew exactly what they were talking about. 'Oh god, this is all my fault. If only stayed the night, then he wouldn't have been driving me home and we wouldn't of gotten in the accident.' Summer now started blaming herself.

"Whether or not what? Take him off the life support and watch him die?" Summer's voice started getting cold as she continued crying.

"Summer, shh..., shh..., calm down, we didn't say we were going to do that."

"You can't give up on him, you can't. He's going to wake up."

"I hope you're right, sweetie, I hope you are right."

"What am I going to do? I'm all alone now. My dad is in Seattle with the step monster and now Seth isn't here... I'm going to be all alone."

"Summer, you will never be alone, okay? You have us. We'll help you get through everything."

"Thanks. Do you think maybe, I'll be able to go and see Seth?"

"Yeah, of course. The doctor said people that are close to him can. Taylor brought over some clothes for you, so when you feel up to it you can go home."

"Actually, I think I'm going to get changed and go to Seth."

"Okay, well we'll give you your privacy, he's room is 224." Sandy and Kirsten said walking towards the door.

"Thanks, and guys," Summer said causing them to turn around, "Do you think everything will be okay?"

"Well, Summer, I know that you don't like it when people tell you everything will be okay even though it possibly won't be, but I truly think Seth will be okay. It might take a while, but I have confidence in him."

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"Room 224." Summer said as she opened the door to Seth's room.

"I'm sorry, this patient may only have family members visit him." A nurse said to Summer as she walked through the door.

"Oh, I'm Summer Roberts, his fiancé."

"Okay, well let me just finish hooking up these IVs and then I'll leave."

"Thanks, nurse, um..." Summer said realizing she didn't know the nurse's name.

"Sarah." The nurse said pointing to her name tag.

"Sarah," Summer then said, "Um, may I ask you a question?"

"Mhmm." Sarah said as she placed a bandage over Seth's arm where a needle was just placed.

"I know you're only a nurse and you might not know a lot about this but... , well let me ask you this first, you've seen a lot of people with these type of injuries, right?"

She nodded.

"Well, do you think he'll be okay?" Summer said looking at Seth's pale body that lay lifeless on the hospital bed.

"Summer, was it?," The nurse asked as Summer nodded, "Seth's condition is very bad, he's on life support. However, there still is a good chance that he'll wake up soon. I've seen hundreds of patients like this, and a good few of them have pulled through. Just give it time. Believe in him. Some people feel better when they talk to the patient. Even though he isn't alert, you might feel better, give it a try."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome, and I guess I will be seeing you around. And, I have a feeling that everything will turn out fine Summer." Sarah said while exiting the room.

"I hope so." Summer said quietly, she really didn't want to start crying again.

"Hey Cohen," She said as she made her way over to him, "Obviously you can't respond to me but I need to talk to you. I need you to walk up for me, for us," She said, placing his lifeless hand over her stomach, "I don't know how I can survive without you. Everyone keeps saying that they think you'll be okay, I really hope so. You have to pull through so you can come back to me, I'm a mess without you, we all are. Everything seemed so perfect earlier, it felt like nothing could have gone wrong, yet here we are. The doctors say that it could be a long time until you wake up, I really hope they are wrong, and they're already saying that in a month we should start thinking about taking you off the life support. I won't let them, even if you won't be alert this is better then having to go to a cemetery and talking to a tombstone. Oh my god, I miss you so much, why did this have to be us? I need you to come back."

Summer was then interrupted when a doctor walked through the door.

"Miss, I'm going to have to have you leave. Visiting hours are over, sorry."

"Oh, okay. Can I just say goodbye, please?"

The doctor could tell Summer was hurting bad and really wanted to say goodbye to Seth.

"Sure."

"Thanks," The doctor then left and Summer continued her conversation with Seth, "So, Cohen, I need to leave now. I'll be back tomorrow, I promise. I love you." She then kissed his cold lips, took one last glance at him, and then left.

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A/N - So there you have it. Like I had said, I would try to get all 3 of my OC stories updated and I did. Thanks for the reviews in previous chapters. PLEASE REVIEW, THANKS SO MUCH!!!