This is my new story about Ryan and Taylor from The OC.
The story takes place 2 years after the end of the series finale.
Summer and Seth are married and have a 1 year old daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Cohen. Summer was a proud environmentalist for Greenpeace, but has now decided to stay at home to take care of her daughter and Seth has created a comic book company and is continuing to produce his comic book series, 'Atomic County'.
Sandy and Kirsten's daughter Sophie Rose Cohen, is 7 years old. They are living in Berkley, were Kirsten and Julie continue to run their business, 'New Match', and Sandy is a lecturer at Berkley College.
Julie and Frank's son Samuel (Sam) Michael Atwood is also 7 years old. They got married when Sam was 1 year old, and the three of them also live in Berkley. Kaitlin, who has been to college, lives Los Angeles, and is trying to make it as a fashion designer. Bullit is still good friends with Julie, Frank, Sam and Kaitlin.
And finally, Ryan and Taylor have been married for almost 2 years and Taylor is 6 months pregnant with their first child. Ryan has an architectural company, 'Atwood and Co.', and Taylor was working as a French teacher at a High School in Berkley, before she found out she was pregnant.
When Taylor and Ryan find out that their new baby is going to be a girl, they begin to fight over what they're going to call her and Taylor begins to have doubts about her relationship with Ryan, and her life in general. As usual, the whole Cohen-Atwood-Cooper family gets involved in this dispute.
Anyway, that's the basic plot, now on with the story!
Doctor's Office
Ryan and Taylor were at a doctor's appointment and were about to find out the sex of their baby. Taylor was laying on the examination table having an ultrasound, while Ryan sat next to her on a chair, watching eagerly.
As the image of the baby began to move around on the screen, Doctor Green carefully examined it.
"Is everything okay?" Ryan asked nervously.
"Everything is fine," she replied, with a smile. "You're going to have a baby girl."
Ryan and Taylor smiled.
"Oh my God, really?" Taylor asked, excitedly. She then turned to her husband, "Ryan, we're gonna have a little girl!"
Ryan grinned and gave Taylor a gentle kiss, "It looks like I'm going to have two beautiful girls to love now."
Taylor smiled at him, then turned back to Doctor Green, "So everything's okay, we can go? I can't wait to tell everyone about this!" She clasped her hands together, excitedly.
"Of course, just make another appointment with my secretary in the waiting room, for about 6 weeks from now," she replied, wiping the gel off of Taylor's stomach.
"Okay," Taylor replied, as Ryan helped her off the examination table.
"Thanks Doctor Green, we'll see you in another 6 weeks," said Ryan, as Taylor took his hand.
"Thank you," Taylor waved. "Bye!"
The two of them then went out to the waiting room.
Ryan and Taylor's Car
Ryan and Taylor were on their way to the Cohen's house to tell them the news.
"Oh my God Ryan! I still can't believe we're having a girl!" Taylor exclaimed from the passenger seat. Before Ryan could reply, she went on, "I can dress her up in all these pretty pink clothes, and do her hair, and when she's older we can go shopping together!"
Ryan just grinned at his wife's excitement, from the driver's seat, as she continued on about the baby. He too was excited, but didn't show it as openly as Taylor did. It had always been like that, Taylor, the, outspoken, bubbly, kind women, who would go as far as becoming Ryan's "sleep therapist" to get closer to him, and Ryan, the quiet, but sensitive, "kid from Chino", that rarely expressed his feelings to anyone but his wife and his unborn daughter. They were almost complete opposites, but somehow they just clicked. Ryan loved Taylor with all his heart, and she loved him back.
"Ryan?" Taylor called, bringing him out of his thoughts, "Are you listening?"
"Sorry, I was just thinking about her," he replied, placing one hand on Taylor's stomach, while keeping the other on the steering wheel, carefully.
"I can't stop thinking about her either. In fact, all I can think about is holding her," Taylor grinned. "I don't think I can wait 3 months!"
"Me either," Ryan agreed, moving his hand back on the steering wheel.
"You know, I've already decided that we're having like 5 more babies after this one," she went on. "I want at least 6 kids, maybe more."
"6!" Ryan exclaimed. "How about 3?"
"Only 3!" Taylor exclaimed. "We'll compromize, 4 kids."
Ryan laughed, "Why don't we just get through this one first?"
"Fine, but when she's six months old, we're having another one," she told her husband. "I can't wait to be a Mommy!"
"Speaking of the baby," Ryan started, "what are we going to call her?"
"I don't know," Taylor replied, her face scrunched up as she thought. "How about Holly?"
"Holly?" Ryan asked. "You mean like Holly Fischer? I don't really want our daughter to have the same name as her."
"I forgot about her, well let's just scrap that name. What about Sarah?" she asked.
Ryan pulled a face, "Definitely not!"
"Well do you have any ideas, mister?" Taylor poked him, playfully.
Ryan thought for a moment then replied, "Okay, don't get mad, this is just a suggestion."
"Okay..."
"How about Marissa?" Ryan asked, hesitantly.
"Marissa," Taylor repeated with a frown. "You want to name our child after your ex-girlfriend?"
"I just thought that it would be a good way to honour her memory, that's all," he explained.
Taylor glared at him in disbelief, "We are not naming this baby Marissa, Ryan. That's just weird."
"Why is it weird?"
"How would you feel if we were having a boy and I wanted to name him, Henri Michel?" Taylor exclaimed.
"That's different-" he replied.
"How? How is it different Ryan? Apart from the fact that I was married to him," she asked.
"Because Marissa...died. She meant a lot to me and I always thought that when you and I had kids, I'd want to name one of them after her," Ryan explained, as he drove the car down the Cohen's street.
"I know that Marissa meant a lot to you, and her death hit you very hard," Taylor replied, "but we are not naming our daughter after her, and that's final."
"Why not?" Ryan asked as he drove up to the Cohen's house and parked the car.
Taylor glared at him and replied, "You just don't get it do you?" then got out of the car and made her way up to the Cohen's house.
"Taylor!" Ryan called. He sighed, got out of the car and followed his wife up to the house.
Please review and tell me what you think!"
