Teresa's words were ringing in Ryan's head.

'The baby can't be yours. I was already a month pregnant when we had sex'

And then she had told him to leave. She was going to try and get together with Eddy and Ryan knew that there was nothing be could do about it.

"Dude cheer up. You don't have a baby holding you down anymore" Carl, one of the guys from work said.

Ryan snorted. He couldn't help but think that Teresa would still be having the baby without him.

"Some of the guys and I want to take you out tonight" Carl said.

"I don't think..." Ryan started to say, but Carl cut him off.

"You don't have a choice. Either you come willingly or we tie you up and carry you out" Carl said.

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"Here we are! Welcome to my favorite place" Carl said as he pulled his truck into the parking lot of the Gentlemen's Club.

"You drive for an hour and a half to come to a strip club" Ryan scoffed.

"First of all it's a gentlemen's club and second of all you haven't seen their leading lady yet" Carl replied.

When they walked into the club it was dark. Carl and the other guys went straight to the runway to watch the 'dancers'. Ryan stayed near the back, in the shadows, where maybe he could stay un-noticed until the rest of the guys decided to leave.

'And now, back by popular demande. CALYPSO!' the owner Mark announced.

Ryan watched as Marissa, Marissa Cooper! walked out onto the runway wearing a sluty maid outfit. What was she doing in a sleasy place like this?

Marissa grinded her hips and moved intimatly to the music. She paused and winked at one of the guys in the audience, then she unzipped her maid dress from the side and let it falls around her ancles.

There were whistles and cat calls from the audience. Marissa was left wearing only a black bra and thong. She made her way over to the pole and wrapped her leg around it, sliding up and down.

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"Great show tonight Cal" one of the other girls April said as Marissa walked off the stage into the dressing room. Everybody knew Marissa only as Calypso and some of the girls had shortened it to call her Cal.

"Erin you're up next" the stage manager called into the dressing room.

Erin slapped Marissa's ass as she walked passed her to the stage door.

"You look hott" Erin said.

"Knock them dead" Marissa called after Erin.

"Are you off for the night?" April asked.

"Yea, I wasn't even supposed to come in tonight, but Amber called in sick and Mark needed another act" Marissa replied.

"I heard that Amber might be pregnant" April said.

Marissa didn'tget the chance to reply because Sara, another one of the dancers came in the back door.

"My boyfriend freaked out again" Sara said.

"Why?" Erin asked.

"He doesn't want me 'stripping'. Argh I hate it when people call it stripping. Dancing sounds so much more tasteful" Sara said.

"What did you tell him?" Marissa asked.

"I told him that if he doesn't like my dancing he can move out, because it's my fucking dancing that's paying the rent on our appartment" Sara replied.

"Good for you" Marissa said.

"I know, dancing pays for my schooling" Erin said.

"What does it pay for for you?" Sara asked Marissa.

"Well...........I guess just everyday things" Marissa replied.

"It's good money too" Sara said.

"Hey didn't you say that you're off now?" Erin questioned.

"Yea" Marissa replied.

"Then get the hell out of this crap hole" Sara said.

"I'm going, I'm going" Marissa replied.

Marissa pulled on a pair of jeans and a tank top. She grabbed her purse and headed out the back door.

"See you tommorrow night Cal" Sean, the bouncer said.

"See ya" Marissa replied as she headed out to her car. She didn't realised that there was someone watching her from in the bushes.

Ryan Atwood couldn't believe what he had just seen. Marissa stripping?

Marissa was driving home when her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" she answered her phone.

"Hey Coop it's me" Summer replied.

"What's up?" Marissa questioned.

"Where are you?" Summer asked.

"Just out. I'll be home soon. Why?" Marissa replied.

"Cause you were supposed to meet me down town tonight" Summer said.

"Oh I'm so sorry. Something came up and I totally forgot. I'll meet you there now" Marissa said.

"No, just forget about it. I'm tired, so I'm just gonna go home" Summer replied.

"Okay, I'll see you tommorrow" Marissa said.

"Yea, tommorrow" Summer replied.

They both hung up their phones.

Summer knew that there was something going on with Marissa. Ever since Ryan had left she was always acting really wierd. Forgetting things, being secretive and disapearing for certain amounts of time. It was almost like she had a secret life.

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