Marissa Cooper woke up to the very obnoxious beeping of the heart monitor. She looked around the white hospital room and was confused instantly. What happened to her? What was going on? Where was Summer? Where was Alex, and Zach and Seth and Ryan? She kept looking around the room as if her friends were going to pop up from behind the equipment. The door opened and Seth quietly made his way in. "Seth?" Marissa called her voice raspy. Seth looked at her with shock.
"Hey your up, uh you want me to get Summer?" He asked. Marissa nodded,
"Yeah that'd be great and can you get Alex?" She asked. Seth gave her a weird look but walked back out of the room.
"How is she?" Summer asked worriedly.
"Well she's up and she asked for you and Alex." Seth said with an uneasy smile. Summer's face dropped.
"Wait what do you mean she asked for Alex?" Summer asked.
"I mean I walked in there saw she was awake and then asked her if she wanted me to get you and she said yeah and could I get Alex." Seth said slowly. Summer stood in silence for a few seconds. She sighed and walked in the room smiling as soon as she saw her best friend was ok.
"Hey Coop." She said in a whisper. Marissa smiled and said hi back. "So how are you?" Summer asked at Marissa's bedside. "I'm ok, my head is pounding but hey I've gone through worse right?" Marissa said in a hopeful voice. Summer smiled and sat on the edge of Marissa's bed. "So you have any interesting dreams?" Summer asked casually trying not to bring up the Alex situation. Marissa thought for a minute. "Um not really, I dreamt about shoes I know that much, but yeah that's pretty much it." Marissa smiled slightly.
"Same old Coop." Summer joked. "Yeah, so not that I don't love you being here but where's Alex?" Marissa asked.
"Coop I think we should talk." Summer said. Marissa sat quiet silently worrying. "Marissa, Alex isn't here. You two broke up a long time ago and since then you haven't even mentioned her name. You and Ryan dated again. A lot has happened." Summer said. Marissa's eyes were turning red. She was so confused. When did all this happen? Why couldn't she remember?
"Good morning Marissa, how are you today?" A doctor asked walking up to the bed both the girls were sitting on.
"Confused." Marissa said simply.
"Well I'm sorry about that. Maybe we can clear a few things up later but for now I think we need you're healthy." He said. Seconds later he asked Summer to leave so that he could check up on and do a few tests on Marissa making sure she would stay conscious.
Within a few days Marissa was filled in with the details. Alex and her broke up, She got back with Ryan. Broke up with Ryan, which didn't surprise her. And then The crash. Lately her dreams were memories of the car falling down the side of the hill. But her memories while she was awake were ones of Alex. Her lips, her hair, her eyes. She couldn't get the blonde out of her head. It was a useless attempt.
She sat on her bed just staring out into space. She hated remembering Alex because it brought the pain of knowing that she was gone, but it also held the happiness that she hadn't experienced in a very long time. She felt as if Ryan hadn't even made her this happy.
Sighing a shaky sigh she stood up and walked over to her dresser. On top lay the heart necklace that Alex had given her, after she had stolen it back from the girls ex Jodi.
"How did you?" Alex asked in disbelief as she stared at the silver heart in her hand.
"I'm sneaky like that. And now," Marissa said pulling out the second necklace. "You have both." Alex took it as Marissa just smiled at her.
"No," Alex said finally looking up at Marissa. "This one's yours." She leaned closer to her and put on the necklace for her.
"Coop?" Marissa quickly shoved the necklace into one of her dresser drawers as she turned to face Summer.
"Yeah?" She asked slightly flustered.
"You ready to go out for dinner?" Summer asked eyeing the dresser. Marissa smiled at her and grabbed her coat from the bed.
"Yeah come on." She said stepping past the dark haired girl. Summer watched Marissa rush out then snuck in her room, slowly opening the dresser drawer. Her face grew sad when she recognized the item. She remembered how Marissa would subconsciously toy with it whenever the two hung out without Alex. "Poor, Coop." She whispered, leaving the room.
"Well this is nice, reminds me of the old days." Julie said with a smile, taking a sip from her wine. The rest of the family smiled except for Marissa.
"Not me." Marissa mumbled. Dr. Neil Roberts looked down at his plate and looked down, while Marissa turned to Summer. "You're sure that Alex didn't leave me anyway of reaching her? At all?" Her voice was pleading. She needed some kind of shred, some chance of hope. Summer frowned even deeper at her.
"I'm sorry Marissa, but I don't think so." She said. It broke her heart to see her best friend now sister in this state. Marissa just nodded and stood up.
"I'll be in the bathroom." She said leaving the table. Kaitlin looked up at everyone. "Ok, now, whose Alex?" She asked.
"I'll explain later." Summer whispered.
Julie felt a little pang of guilt as she remembered what she had said to Alex, acusing Marissa of using Alex to get back at her. "Maybe someone should be with her." Neil said looking at Summer. Again summer only nodded and walked into the Restroom. She heard Marissa sobbing in one of the stalls and sighed to herself. She just wanted there to be a way to make this all easier for her. "Marissa?" Summer called out. Marissa didn't answer though, she just stopped her sobbing and sniffled a few times. "Coop, I know your hurting and…and I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do." Summer told her. She heard the click of the bathroom door and watched as Marissa walked out. "I just want her back." She whispered as she practically collapsed in her friends arms.
"I know sweetie. I know."