A/N: chapter name from boys like girls-On Top of The World. Not guna put any lyrics down tho

Chapter 5

On Top of The World

Summer woke up with jumpstart. She didn't quite remember why she was in such a hurry to wake up this morning. Her guess was that it couldn't have been anything too special, since she assumed she just had a hangover from last night. She tended to lose her memory every time she went out and got plastered. Well, lost her memory more then the average person. It had been a week since the accident with Seth, and every night, she'd been hitting the bottle hard.

She smoothly made her way over to the shower and turned it on. She got all undressed then hopped in. As the cold water rained down on her, she quickly remembered her reason for waking up...

"Cohen..."

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Seth's POV

Do you ever wonder what it's like to be trapped in deep thought and not being able to get out? Its freaking awesome! I know my parents are probably worried about me, and mom is probably locked inside the closet with a bottle of vodka again. She never did handle bad news well.

But I'm genuinely happy. That's never been an accomplishment for Seth Cohen might I add. Although, I'm starting to get a bit lonely and depressed. I haven't seen Summer's face in more than...7 days. That's a long time for me.

Even though she never acknowledges me, I still give her my full attention whenever she's within a 30 foot distance of me. And I can't exactly dream about her like I used to. Everything is black...complete and utter darkness...It's starting to freak me out...Where's Oats when you need em'?

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Kirsten was of course, drowning in self pity. With, you guessed it, a bottle of vodka and a locked closet door. Despite Sandy's best efforts, she refused to open up. As Seth would always put it, she's staying in the fortress of solitude.

Sandy knew the chances of his son waking up were slim, but yet he still had to have hope, because without hope there really was nothing else to live for.

Everyone had their fingers crossed that Seth would wake up soon, the entire community were supporting the Cohen's with their thoughts and prayers. Kirsten hated that they continued to drill with them with "heartfelt" wishes. Those so-called wishes weren't going to wake her son up.

"Kirsten, honey, we gotta go see Seth today, what if he wakes up and we're not there?" Sandy reasoned from the other side of the door.

"Oh please Sandy, he was beaten half to death by those no-good, water bozo players!" Kirsten whimpered back. She knew how juvenile she sounded, but she really didn't care. She felt the blame was entirely on her, since everyday Seth complained or either came home with bruises all over. Never once did she think to grant Seth's wishes and move away from Newport.

It was their Home after all. But what person deserves to be beaten up at their home?

" I believe they're Water polo players honey, and Seth needs us to be there for him" Sandy pleaded.

He let out a big sigh, then collected himself before continuing. "For better or for worse..." He muttered. But Kirsten could still sense the hurt in his voice.

He was trying to be strong for her and she was acting like a baby. No matter how much she was hurting, Sandy didn't deserve this.

She slowly opened the door, to a surprised Sandy. "Hellllo...so are you coming with me or no?" Sandy said rather stubbornly.

She slowly nodded her head. " Seth needs us." She said more to herself then to Sandy.

They locked all the doors, and took off toward the hospital.

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Seth's POV

"Bah-Bah-Bah-Bah!!This is the Sound of Settling...Bah-Bah! Bah Bah!" I love that I can sing Death Cab tunes as loud as I want, and no one will hear me. If this isn't heaven, I don't know what else is. I'm On Top Of The World!

Speaking of heaven, I thought there was supposed to be endless parties, trampoline clouds, and people flying around having the time of their life. I guess that was way to cliche, even for me to think of.

I'm either dead, or for some stupid reason, still hanging on to my old life. Why the hell would I want to do that? I hate it there. Sometimes I think my only real purpose in life was to boost the already booming ego's of the Newport Youth. They love looking down on me to help make themselves feel good. Those sun-obsessed bitches! Hah, I can still make myself laugh...Some things just never change...hahahaha.

"Cohen!" Huh? I could've sworn I heard my name.

"Cohen god damn it wake up!" Hey...That's twice! Nobodies ever paid that much attention to me besides mom and dad. I feel blessed.

OWWWW! Whoever the hell is calling my name must pack one hell of a punch. Jeez, I feel like my right arms been ripped out.

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Kirsten and Sandy entered the Seth's room, only to find a sobbing Summer punching the hell out of his arm. Sandy immediately jumped in and pulled Summer back. She just turned and cried into his shoulder. Sandy calmly rubbed her back and was doing his best to comfort her.

Kirsten however just rolled her eyes. She knew she was acting immature but it felt better on herself to blame Summer for all of this.

"She doesn't give a damn about the fact that he may never come back...Its probably all just an act. Eventually she'll be back to her life, forgetting Seth ever existed.." Kirsten thought while still staring at Summer coldly.

" Alright kiddo, I gotta sit down somewhere." Sandy paused while rubbing his back. " My backs been killing me" Sandy grimaced while he rubbed his lower back and took a seat.

"Oh I'm sorry..." Summer said sadly, wiping away tears. " I didn't mean for that to happen, I didn't mean to cause a problem." She apologetically looked over at Sandy. He seemingly understood her intentions and just shrugged it off.

" Cuz we all know you've already done enough as it is..." Kirsten ranted, not aware that they all had heard.

Sandy shot her a glare. " KIRSTEN!"

" What, if it wasn't for her, Seth wouldn't be in this damn situation." Kirsten yelled.

Summer looked down at the floor. She'd been accusing herself deep down ever since the accident, that this was her fault. Now with Kirsten blurting it all out, she KNEW it was her fault now.

"Why does Seth get punished for doing the right thing!" Kirsten screamed while throwing her hands in the air. " The only thing he ever did was love too much, and it all got thrown back in his face!"

Kirsten stormed out of the room and out the door. She could sense the on looking nurses and patients staring at her with their mouths opened. Everyone was shocked...Including Kirsten.

Sandy quickly rushed over to Summer, still in disbelief that his wife was capable of such harsh words. " Don't worry about her Summer, she's just..." He sighed then looked around the room. " She's just going through a rough time, that's all. I'm sure it meant nothing." he tried to look encouraging.

Summer knew she deserved every word Kirsten shot at her. It wasn't even worth crying anymore. She probably had run out of tears anyway. Her only reaction now was just looking down at her shoes and bowing her head in shame.

Sandy gave her one last attempt at a smile, then took off to find his wife. He was either really pissed or was going to comfort her. Summer assumed it would be the latter.

She looked around, noticing that no one else was in the room, besides Seth. So she rushed over to his bed and laid down next to him. Finally the tears began to flow out of her like a waterfall. She'd been holding it in so long, she knew it was a matter of time before she let it all out.

She leaned her head against Seth's shoulder and dozed off into a tear stained sleep.

During all of this fight, no one once looked over to the bed, where a very pale and fragile looking Seth Cohen was stirring. Was he possibly waking up.

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Seth's POV

I'm pretty sure I can pick out that voice. It's gotta be dad. Sanford Cohen. That guy could be picked out of a crowd easily. Either by his eyebrows or voice. It was just that easy. The other must be mom. Who else could it be anyway. It's not like anyone else cares.

Now, lets see if I can get a look at these two bickering people. This sounded priceless. It would be even better with a view.

(After about 10 minutes, Seth managed to open one of his eyes) What do you know? We have a view! Yay!

Ohh ohh there goes the second eye...Even better.

I hope they didn't leave the room yet- Oh My God!

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"Su-Su-Summer!" Seth had his eyes wide open. He hadn't blinked yet. He was scared if he closed his eyes, that he'd be dreaming what was next to him.

Summer quietly began to wake up, sticking both her arms in the air and yawned. After a very long yawn, she opened her eyes only to find Seth staring at her.

She choked on her words, she was speechless. She did the one thing that she could think of at that moment, so she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him like there was no tomorrow.

Seth was still froze. Mainly because he thought he still had no movement in his body. He still had no clue why Summer Roberts of all people was there in his room. Maybe she was on candy stripe duty and decided to pop in for a second? Yeah, that had to be it.

"SETH! OH MY GOD!" She finally gathered her thoughts to string that together. She still had her arms wrapped around him.

She felt all caught up in the moment, the blood was rushing to her head, her hands were getting all clammy. She turned to an awestruck Seth, and planted on of the most passionate kisses on his lips.

It only lasted a short while, as it was interrupted by Sandy and Kirsten sprinting into the room. They must've received the news from the doctor. Seth's consciousness must have alerted all of the machines hooked up to him.

Seth's POV

And I thought earlier I was on top of the world? Man was I ever wrong. This has got to be the greatest day ever. One of those days where all the star's and cosmos aligned. It was perfect.

I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Alrite I kno that was probably uber-cheesy but meh, oh well...hahaha...thinkin about introducing ryan into story soon...summers cheerful for now at least anyways...

Nxt chapt...seth/summer talk...kirsten/sandy/summer resolve issues...