Summary- Ryan and Marissa are just friends. Prom is coming up soon, will they be more than just friends. Crappy summary- I know- story is good though I hope. RM fans!
Disclaimer- I don't own anything, or the prom, or the original characters from the show. I, however do own 'sag 'n' nipples', he's my homie :P
A/N-- I know, I know! What the heck am I doing when I already have 3 other stories I'm working on. But I just couldn't let this story get away- and I keep getting ideas for it- so I just wanted to write it. It won't be really long, but not short either- RM- with slight SS. Just pretend that Ryan and Marissa never got back together in The Proposal (by the pier), and the thing with Theresa never happened; she never came back and Eddie never hit her so she got married to him. Ryan and Marissa are good friends, and Seth and Summer are still going out, the Julie/Luke thing happened, Caleb and Julie are married, they had the wedding, and Hailey/Jimmy are together; not really important. So I hope you guys like it and since I finished my last school project, I will probably be updating everyday. Have fun and I hope you like it.
On with the story...
Ryan and Seth walked through the halls of Harbor High. They were seniors; they owned this place. Well, they didn't, but the district did, but in school terms, jocks did, and Ryan played soccer, so he was considered a jock, and Seth was his brother; so they 'technically' owned the school.
Seth groaned as they walked past a few people hanging up a banner. Ryan looked over his shoulder to see what made Seth groan. He saw a banner being posted up;
PROM- ONLY 1 MONTH 1/2 AWAY! TICKETS FOR SALE UP NEXT WEEK!
Ryan looked at Seth and gave him a weird look. "Why are you complaining? You have a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, but then she's gonna make me go shopping with her so we can get matching shoes...or whatever, so my tie matches her dress," Seth told him logically from past experience, seeing as Summer made him do it this year for the previous dances.
A few girls walked by them and waved at Ryan seductively. He seemed confused; but smiled back and turned his attention to Seth.
"See man, you already have them looking at you, if they looked at me, Summer would rip their plastic boobs off them," Seth told him truthfully.
"Them? I don't wanna go with them, they're too..." "Plastic?" Seth filled in for him.
"Plus, I might not even go." Seth looked shocked. "Why?"
"Well, if I go with someone, I actually need to know her." Ryan was about to say something more but heard her sweet laugh coming down the hallway. Seth looked to where Ryan was looking and saw him looking at Marissa, with Summer right next to her.
Seth turned to face him, "Or you could ask the one you really want to go with." Ryan looked puzzled, "Marissa?" Seth nodded his head.
"Nah, we're just friends," Ryan replied.
"Friends who hang out every second they can together, and spend possibly every waking moment together; I mean the only thing you don't do is like...have sex or anything like that," Seth explained to Ryan.
"Okay, so we're really good friends," Ryan informed him.
"Whatever man, but don't wait too long or else..."
"Someone else is gonna ask her," Ryan filled in the blanks.
He hadn't really thought about it like that. She had only been out with a few guys; and they were just one date and then dumped the next day. He had been out with a few girls as well, but like Marissa, they were 'one night' as well. One time, they even triple dated, him and his date, Marissa and her date, and Summer and Seth. That was an awkward evening.
And whenever Seth and Summer didn't mind, they tagged along with them. But they pretty much hung out everyday, did school projects together, even went to a school dance together, and sometimes, Marissa even slept over. Summer bounced up to them, "Hey Cohen!" she said giving him a quick kiss, and Ryan a small wave. Marissa walked over to them and gave Ryan a pat on the shoulder and Seth a small wave.
"So? What did Jeff say? Summer asked.
Everyone looked Marissa. Marissa shrugged, "He said he wanted to see me after school, after water polo practice," Marissa told them. Seth couldn't help but laugh at 'water polo'. Summer smacked his arm, but she looked behind him and saw the banner that was lopsided, but squealed anyways.
"Ohmygod!" she shrieked, pointing to the banner, "We can finally go get our tickets, we're going shopping after school, we have to find a dress and then a tie that matches with it!" and started trailing off as she dragged Seth away towards her locker. Seth helplessly shrugged and followed Summer.
"Can you give me a ride after school since Summer is going shopping and I have to talk to Jeff?" Marissa asked.
Ryan nodded, "Sure, I have soccer practice so meet me by my car."
Marissa thanked and him and went off to her first class, as Ryan sighed and eventually went to his class as well.
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Summer set her tray down at the bench, joining Seth and Ryan. Marissa shortly followed, sitting down by Ryan.
"Hey," she said, causing him to look up from his book. "Hey," he greeted back. Marissa looked at what he was reading, "Oh, that was my first class, test is really easy, you just need to know the vocab and the essay questions," she told him.
Ryan closed his book, "Thanks," he said giving her a warm smile. Marissa felt her knees go a little weak until she heard her name being called, "Coop! Coop!" Summer called.
Marissa snapped out of her daze, and looked at Summer. "What?" she asked annoyed.
"Jeff's not gonna be able to make it. He got suspended. He called Mr. Sag 'n' Nipples, a man whore." Seth burst out laughing. They all gave him strange looks. "Sorry," Seth whined. "But have you seen his saggy nipples?" The three couldn't help but laugh along with him.
Marissa turned her attention to him, "I'll just wait for you at practice then." Ryan nodded and they went back to watching Seth make different impressions of Mr. Sag 'n' Nipples.
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"Hey man," Jeremy greeted Ryan. Ryan gave his signature nod, as if to say hey.
Ryan liked Jeremy better than the rest of his teammates, he was actually pretty cool. They ended up doing a school project and he ended up being nice to Seth as well and stuck up for Seth whenever he got picked on, which wasn't a lot, especially since Summer, but still, Seth had one more friend.
The coach yelled for them to get out there and they went out on the field and started practicing. After about an hour, Marissa came out of the building and happily waved at Ryan. Ryan gave her a small wave and smile in return.
"Alright, alright!" the couch shouted, "Hit the showers, I'll see you all on Sunday for the big game, don't be late, especially you Gibalski, I don't wanna hear no more of your excuses, break the speed limit if you have to!" the couch shouted. Ryan ran to Marissa. She put a hand over her eyes to get a better look at him. "Hey, you did good out there," she complimented him. "Thanks," he replied shyly.
"I'll be back soon, just go grab my stuff and you know...shower," he told her kind of embarrassed.
Marissa's face reddened and tried to cover it up with, "You better, you stink!" she told him jokingly as she playfully slapped his arm.
"Okay, I won't be long," Ryanoffered and ran to the locker room.
Marissa noticed someone sit next to her, she thought it was Ryan.
"Hey Marissa," Jeremy said.
"Hey Jeremy."
"What's up?" he asked.
"Nothing," she shrugged, "I'm just waiting for Ryan, and he's dropping me off at my house."
"I'll drop you off," he volunteered.
"That's okay," Marissa said quickly, "We're working on a school project together...so."
"So what's the deal, you two dating or something?"
Marissa shook her head, "We're friends, but we used to date."
"So are you going to prom?" Jeremy asked slyly.
Marissa saw where he was getting at, "Maybe. If the right person asks me."
"Well, than..." Jeremy started but was cut off when Ryan jogged up to them.
"Hey," he looked at them. Marissa got up right away. "Bye Jeremy," she said as she grabbed Ryan's free arm and dragged him to the car.
They got in, and started to drive off to her house. "So, big game against Pacific?" Marissa asked, Ryan nodded.
"Kirsten and Sandy aren't gonna be there though, they have to go to New York and sign a few papers regarding the Nana's chemo," he told her.
"I'll be there," Marissa said cheerfully.
"You don't have to," Ryan stareted, keeping his shy eyes on the road.
"I want to."
"Ok," he said simply.
The finally go to the Marissa's mansion, or home. "You wanna come in?" Marissa asked. Ryan shrugged and turned off the car and followed her throughout the house. He had been in it very times, so it was nothing new, he went over there a lot, especially when Caleb or Julie weren't home.
Sometimes he even helped baby-sit Caitlin, who was almost 11. He had really only slept over twice, first time, they just kind of lost track of time; and Julie found them the next morning and immediately assumed they were having sex and called the Cohen's. The Cohen's didn't make too big of a deal of it, just pretended to in front of Julie and Caleb.
The other time; Ryan was drunk as was Marissa after a party and Summer and Seth dropped them off at Marissa's, but Summer and Seth were sober and didn't really want to be around the smell, so they went home. Caitlin found them the next morning in Marissa's bed and they had to bribe her with $50.00 so she wouldn't tell Julie, or Caleb. Kid drove a hard bargain. And suddenly, Ryan didn't like babysitting Caitlin as much anymore, but still came over a lot...for Marissa, to keep her company.
Julie and Caleb were always at some fancy palace or gala and usually ended up taking Caitlin with them, or she ended up staying with Jimmy. Ryan would usually come over and they would end up going to his place and hanging out with Summer and Seth somewhere.
"So when do your parents come home?" Ryan asked nervously, fidgeting his fingers.
"Relax, they're at a gala, at a hotel, and Caitlin's at my dad's," Marissa said, chuckling at his nervousness. Ryan let out a huge sigh and walked over to her by the fridge.
"Hungry?" she asked, rummaging through it, looking for some sort of snack.
"No, that's ok, I promised," he paused for a second, and remembered he could call them Mom and Dad, "My mom and dad I'd be home for dinner."
Marissa smiled at how he thought of what to say. "Oh," she said, realizing she would be home all alone.
"You can come if you want to," Ryan told her with a smile.
"Well, if you insist," Marissa teased him, and brushed their shoulders together, as he followed her back into his car.
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"So you remember the phone numbers?" Kirsten asked.
"MOM!" Seth groaned, "I remember, it's number one on speed dial." Summer and Marissa giggled. Sandy and Kirsten were leaving for New York tomorrow so they were making sure they knew all their phone numbers; even quizzed them to see who could knew them better; Ryan ended up winning.
Sandy and Kirsten went up to their rooms early, to get a good night sleep; they were leaving in the middle of the night. They said their good byes and wished Ryan good luck with his game and promised to call.
Marissa followed Ryan into his room, which was still the pool house. The Cohen's...ahem....Mom and Dad offered the guest room, but he said he liked the pool house better. They shrugged and said it was always open if he changed his mind but he still hadn't.
Marissa noticed all the new pictures he had of buildings around his desk area. "Are those new?" she asked, already knowing the answer.
Ryan nodded and went over there, explaining everything, and using big architect words Marissa never heard of. She still nodded though and smiled. He looks so cute when he uses big words, Marissa thought.
Ryan noticed she was still had a dreamy look on her face when he stopped talking. He went over there and sat down next to her. "What?" he asked, curious to know what was on her mind.
"Nothing," Marissa shook her head, "It's just you're really passionate about this," she told him smiling.
"Well, I'm passionate about a lot of things," he said jokingly, but once he realized the awkwardness, he was too late to catch his words.
Marissa knew they had these once in a while, but it usually ended with them joking about it or someone walked in to break the tension. Ryan finally broke it. "You wanna play..."
"PS 2? Sure, and I'm gonna beat you this time," she told him getting out her favorite game from the cabinet.
"It's what you say every time," Ryan teased her, "but we all know who the real champion is." Marissa went over to the bed and chucked a pillow at him, "Me", she said proudly.
"Sure it is," Ryan said flinging one back at her. She scoffed shockingly and soon enough they were in some sort of pillow fight, which ended up with Marissa pinning Ryan to the bed and her slightly straddling his hips. Marissa was embarrassed, so she quickly got off of him, and tried to remain like nothing happened. Ryan did the same and handed one of the controllers to her. Since her hand was shaking, as was Ryan's, they slightly brushed hands, but pretended not to notice, and turned their attention back to the game.
The game finally ended. "You wanna spend the night?" Ryan asked. "So I won't get lonely, huh?" Marissa teased. "Right."
"Sure." Marissa said gratefully and grabbed one of his wifebeaters and boxers from the dresser and changed in the bathroom.
She came out, "There!" she said mockingly, doing a few poses.
"You look great," he told her truthfully, blushing slightly.
"Thanks," she said once she realized his seriousness.
Marissa settled on the pool house futon and pulled the covers up to her neck. Ryan stammered a little bit, but Marissa assured him and he sat down on the edge of the bed, back to her, and took of his long sleeved t-shirt which revealed his wife beater. Marissa stared a little at the white fabric that went up with it as he took his shirt. He was lean and muscular, from soccer and working out most likely. She saw his muscles flex as threw the shirt to a chair nearby, and her eyes widened with admiration. Marissa quickly turned her head, and Ryan got in bed and pulled the covers over himself.
"I'm glad we're friends," Marissa said out of the blue. Ryan gave her a look. She propped herself on her elbow to explain herself further. "I'm just glad we were able to stay really good friends." "Me too," Ryan said truthfully.
"And you're gonna kick Pacific's ass," Marissa added as a joke. Oliver used to go to Pacific, so whenever they played the rival high school, they made it a point to win; to show that Ryan was appreciated. It was a cool inside joke between Ryan and Marissa.
"Oh yeah," he said, smiling.
"Good night Ryan," Marissa said leaning her head back onto the soft pillows and turning her back to him.
"Night Marissa," Ryan responded and put his back to hers as well, pulling some of the covers with him. Marissa pulled them to her own side, and Ryan pulled them back to his, while she took them again. Ryan realized he wasn't going to win; so he let her have some of them. She smiled and gave a barely audible, "Thanks." But Ryan heard it, "Welcome," he said as he let his eyes drift off to sleep as did Marissa.
That was it. They were friends. Nothing more. They might've been at one time, but now, they were just friends. Really, really, really good friends. And if it meant being friends to make the other happy, that's what they were going to be; just friends, no matter how much they wanted to be more than just friends.
A/N-So what did you think? Did you like the relationship? If anything is confusing, let me know what is confusing and I'll tell you in the next chapter. I hope you guys like it, next chapter will be the game and they each get asked to the prom; what will they say? Any ideas will be appreciated- even though I already know where I'm going this, anything extra is always helpful. And Ryan is adopted by the Cohen's, so he calls them Mom and Dad from now on. I hope you guys liked it, a little fluffy, next one should be fluffy, but a little drama mixed into it as well. Enjoy! Review! Thanks. PS I have no idea what prom is like, so this is like my little prom world oh, and any themes would be appreciated as well. This prom is all of the prom movies I've seen on TV (Pretty In Pink, Whatever It Takes, She's All That-some others I can't name right off the top of my head)and make them my own- so if you have any ideas to make it realistic- let me know!
