Return to Newport
Summary: It's been four years since Marissa left, they have all just graduated college. Marissa went to Hawaii Pacific University, Summer and Seth went to Brown, and Ryan and Taylor went to USC. Summer and Seth are back in Newport, and Ryan and Taylor have recently started dating. Marissa is forced to come back to Newport.
Disclaimer: I don't own these people or places etc. You know how it goes.
It bad been a couple of weeks since Marissa had graduated from college, she had majored in interior design, and had a few job interviews coming up for two real estate agencies. She had been with her boyfriend Jason now for almost a year. They had both gone today to look for apartments, since living together seemed like the perfect idea. They weren't however having much luck. Most of the places they saw were either out of their price range, or below the standard in which they wanted to live.
"I swear, we have looked at like 15 places, and still not one is right," Marissa complained to Jason on the ride.
"Don't worry babe, there is no rush, we'll find something."
"Yeah, I know. I just never thought it would be this hard,"
He pulled into her driveway, and gave her a quick peck, "I'll pick you up for dinner tonight around 8. Don't be stressed out Mariss, everything will be fine."
She smiled, "Okay. Thanks for not being annoyed by all this."
When Marissa walked in she found her dad on the phone, and he looked really upset.
"Marissa's here, so I am going to talk to her, and we'll call you back," Jimmy was saying to whoever was on the phone.
Marissa sat down, and had a concerned look on her face, "Dad, what is going on? Is everything okay?"
He shook his head, "No. That was your mom, well you know her and Neil are getting a divorce, he's moved to Seattle."
"Yeah, but that was a few months ago, not the end of the world. I mean its not like this isn't the third time she has been divorced."
"My point is, she is all alone. With your sister off at college in Boston, and Neil. She has breast cancer, but its spread throughout her body. She is going to have to do chemo, radiation, they are going to try everything. She might not make it, but either way, she is going to be suffering, not feeling her best, and I just can't stand the thought of her being there all alone,"
Marissa sat in shock, "So I would go back to Newport and stay with her, and take care of her,"
"It's totally up to you Marissa, I just wanted to let you know exactly what was going on. I figured this would just be the right time, you don't have a job here, or a place, or anything official. You wouldn't have to work right away, the point of you being there is to take care of her but we happen to be great friends with the owners of the Newport Group, who I am sure could use an interior designer,"
Marissa knew he was meaning Sandy and Kirsten, and of course they would give her a job. It wouldn't be bad experience to have when looking for jobs later on. She knew her mom would really need her, so she decided she would go back.
"I would be happy to go live with mom, and help her through this. I will go online right now and see what I can find for flights as soon as possible,"
Marissa went on her laptop and found a flight that was only two days away. She got her credit card out of her pocket and entered it in, and bought the ticket. Though it seemed selfish at the time to be concerned about herself, she kept thinking of Newport. Summer and her still talked about once a week, Summer had just moved back to Newport, as had Seth. They never talked about Ryan though, and Marissa herself hadn't talked to him in at least a year. The thought of seeing him again almost made her want to throw up. It would be okay she assured herself, he may not even be living in Newport.
She got dressed, and at 8pm, as promised Jason showed up to pick her up for dinner. During dinner, she explained to him the situation, so she suggested he look for an apartment for himself, since she didn't know when she would be back.
"This doesn't mean we're broken up. I mean you'll be back eventually, maybe a couple months, maybe a year, but you will come back. You are the love of my life, I don't want to let you go,"
Marissa smiled, it really was so sweet, but it kind of phased her. They had never said "I love you" to each other. So the fact that he worded it "love of his life" was odd. Marissa really did like him, and they were such good friends, and moving in with him would have been great, but love? Love isn't how she felt. She simply replied with, "Aw!".
Even though Seth had just gotten out of college, his graphic novel has been published over a year ago. It had sold millions of copies, and they were working on a movie for it, which would come along with tons of other profits, (action figures, etc). On top of that, he was also working on the sequel. Now that he had more money, he was able to hire a whole team of editors, and everything else he needed. With all the money had, he was interested in buying a huge, over built, over priced, Newport mansion. He wanted him and Summer to both live in it together. They had been together over 5 years now, and he loved her just much as he had when he stalked her from a far. He knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Summer Roberts was the one and only girl for him. He felt the ring in his pocket, and smiled, knowing tonight (if everything went well) they would be engaged.
Summer worked for a fashion designer in LA, it had only been a month, and she loved it. Though she wished she had more freedom, and could design her own stuff, she appreciated having such a great job. She knew eventually, she would be able to start her own line, but it would take a couple of years, at least. Since coming back from Rhode Island, life had been pretty good. Cohen kept hinting to her about getting a house together, and she couldn't wait. Summer had been staying at the Cohen's since she got back a month ago, her dad lived in Seattle now, and living with Julie Cooper didn't sound like such a great idea, so Kirsten had invited her to stay. Summer just couldn't help but want to be able to live somewhere that she could call hers again.
She was just about to leave work when her cell phone rang, "Hey Cohen, I was just heading home,"
"Okay. You should go home, take a shower, get dressed, and get ready to have dinner with me tonight,"
"Really? Where are we eating?"
"It's a surprise, the limo will be waiting for you outside the house at 8pm,"
Seth hung up, leaving her to be confused.
The limo? Why was a limo picking her up? Why wouldn't Cohen be going with her? This was all so confusing.
Ryan and Taylor were both in the pool house watching a movie. She was cuddled up in his arms. Ryan and Taylor hadn't exactly been the most obvious couple. For years- many years, Ryan could barley even stand her. She was annoying, and whiny, and kind of crazy. They had gone to the same college, but Ryan barley even noticed until the last semester of school. They sat next to each other in class, and she asked him if he wanted to study with her sometime, for some reason, he agreed. That night they actually had a conversation, and he realized Taylor wasn't nearly as bad as she seemed. She was funny, really sweet, and Taylor was pretty good looking, he had to admit. They studied more often, and then they turned into more or less dates, and Ryan asked her to be his girlfriend. In school, Ryan hooked up with a lot of girls, but Taylor was only the second girlfriend he had since Marissa left. He felt really good about him and Taylor being together, but he still felt himself in disbelieve about it.
"I'm sorry Ryan, but this movie sucks,"
"Taylor, just because its not a carton, doesn't mean it sucks,"
"ANIME is so much more then a cartoon!"
"Fine, if this movie sucks, then lets do something else,"
"Sounds good to me," Taylor got on top of Ryan and started kissing him. Ryan and Taylor hadn't had sex yet, which was fine, it had been a month of them dating, which wasn't really long, and Ryan figured when Taylor wanted to, she would. He really hoped tonight it was going to get there, because Taylor was really turning him on. Then if he had any doubt in his mind that it was going to happen, it was gone. She broke his shirt apart in one pull all the buttons were gone, and then she was going for his pants. He took her shirt off, and began to undo he bra.
Summer got into her room to find a pink chanel dress,Wear this tonight. I love you. - Seth, is what then note read on it. . She went to go get ready, and put it on. At 8pm sharp, the limo pulled up at the driveway, and she got in it. Her hair was down and straight, and she wore the diamond neckless Seth had given her last year for her birthday. The limo pulled up at Harbor. The high school they went to.
"What's going on? Aren't you supposed to bring me to dinner?"
"Mr. Cohen has asked me to stop here, for you to meet him."
The driver got out, and lead her into the school, and to the hallway, at that point there were rose petals on the ground. The driver went back towards the limo, and Summer followed them into a room. There was the coffee stand. Summer flashed back to when she was 16 years old, and Seth got on top of the coffee cart, and professed his love for her. Now, here he stood, at 22 years old, wearing a tux, and holding a ring case.
"Summer Roberts, I love you. I've love you even more then I did when I stood on this coffee stand years ago, it grows everyday. You are the only girl for me, there is no one out there better then you. You are the most beautiful women alive, inside and out. There is nothing I would like more then to spend the rest of my life with you. So, will you marry me?"
Summer smiled, and tears started to fill her eyes, "Yes, of course I will!!!"
Seth took out the ring to put on her finger, it was a platinum band with a large pear shaped diamond with little ones surrounding it.
