Summary: Several past characters (Luke, Alex, Jimmy and Anna) return for Marissa's funeral. Afterwards, Luke offers to help Ryan get justice
Disclaimer: I don't own The OC, Josh Schwartz does
Characters: All permanent Season 4 cast, plus returning characters mentioned above
A/N: If Season 4 had been longer, I think this would have been a great storyline
It was the day that everyone had been dreading, the day when they would say goodbye to Marissa. The lives of several people had fallen apart. Julie had become addicted to prescription drugs to help her deal with her grief. Meanwhile, her marriage to Neil was as close to breaking point as you can get. Ryan went a whole month without seeing anyone. He went back to Chino to try and deal with it, but he realised he needed to be back in Newport, at least for the funeral.
Seth and Summer had also been hit hard. They had both put off college as they couldn't face it at that point. Jimmy had left his boat after hearing the news. He was even considering moving back to Newport permanently to support Julie and Kaitlin.
There was a ring of the doorbell at the Cohen's. Ryan decided to answer the door and was pleased to see that it was Luke. "Hey man, I got here as soon as I could, I only heard a couple of days ago" said Luke, seemingly with tears in his eyes. Ryan, who was still in shock himself, replied: "Marissa would be pleased to see you, come in". Later that day Anna and Alex also returned.
At the funeral, Jimmy gave a moving eulogy to his daughter. In it he said: "You don't need me to tell you what a great girl Marissa was, because you all already know. It was a privilege to have her as my daughter. She always had a smile on her face and was always kind to everyone, except occasionally her parents. Rest in peace baby, we'll never forget you". As he sat down, Sandy patted him on the back and said: "Well said". The parents comment brought an ironic smile to Julie's face. After all, she hadn't exactly been the model mother.
The other person to speak was Ryan. He said: "I only knew Marissa for three years, but those were the best three years of my life. Before I met her I was a kid from Chino with no direction in life, but she gave me that. She gave me a reason to think something of myself. Marissa, if you're listening. I love you and I always will".
At the wake afterwards, Luke asked Ryan how Marissa died, so he explained it to him. I was driving her to the airport to see her dad. This guy named Volchok, her ex-boyfriend, rammed into the car repeatedly and eventually sent it off the road. I pulled her away but there was nothing I could do for her, she died in my arms".
After this, Luke said: "You want to nail this Volchok guy right?" "Yeah of course I do" Ryan replied. Luke then said back to Ryan: "Then I'm gonna help you. I want to help you nail this guy and make him pay for what he did to Marissa. After all, I did love her too". After getting assurance from Luke that he was sure he really wanted to do it, Ryan agreed. He was pretty sure the two of them together would be able to sort Volchok out. However, they weren't strictly speaking alone. After she heard there plan, Julie revealed she had hired a Private Investigator to figure out where Volchok went. They took the file and vowed to make Volchok pay for Marissa's death.
They told Seth and Summer what they were going to do. Summer tried to put them off, saying: "I know you want to get him but this guy is dangerous". Ryan then quipped: "Luke also has a great right hook, as I should know". At this remark, Luke said: "I seemed to remember Chino's right hook's pretty good too, after all we both have a lot of experience when it comes to beating the crap out of people".
It was pretty obvious that nothing anyone could say would change there minds. The information in the file suggested he was in Mexico. Therefore, the next day they would get a plane to Mexico and try to find him.
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