A/N: this story already has several chapters on Microsoft Word but I'll be updating little by little (well, it mostly depends on the number of reviews ) I hope you guys like it!!

Summary: Okay, so this starts off after college, Ryan graduated from Berkeley with a degree in architecture and is now working in the best companies that designs houses for celebrities and rich people, Seth graduated from RISD with a job offer from one of the best comic book companies to design for the best up-coming comic books where he works for now, Summer graduated from Brown and is now working as an editor in the number 1 fashion magazine.

Marissa didn't die in the car crash but she stayed in the hospital for a few months and recovered eventually and worked on her dad's boat as promised, it was painful for everyone to say goodbye, but she was able to keep in touch with everyone, although as time passed it became harder and harder and she eventually lost contact, she missed them so much but figured that they had moved on. After working with her dad for 1 year she decided to attend college in Greece and graduated with honors and just got a job offer from a prestigious fashion magazine in Newport which she is trying to decide whether or not to take the job.

After almost loosing Marissa, it was hard to say goodbye to her as she left for Greece without telling her how he really felt, after a few months he decided that it was time to move on. Ryan had met a lot of great girls and dated some but they were all failures, he has a good friend named Lauren who he really likes and is interested in being her potential boyfriend. After all, he had moved on…right?

Seth and Summer stayed together in college, they had their fair share of problems but they worked everything out together as a couple which made their relationship strong.

Note: This fic will be R/M and S/S.

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"Marissa!"

"I'm right here dad!" Marissa called out from her small room in her dad's boat. Although her room wasn't as big or as fancy as her room back in Newport she treated it like her home just like how she treated her dad's boat as her home for four years. Her and her dad had led a simple yet happy life in Greece and so far her dad's business was going great which means that they didn't have to worry about money that often anymore.

"You've got a phone call from Terri of that magazine again." Jimmy said. He was an extremely happy and proud father when he saw how much Marissa had developed and become stronger over the years. He was thrilled when she graduated and was even happier when she got the job offer from the best fashion magazine in the country. He just hoped if she did take the job she wouldn't loose contact with him since she would be moving back to Newport if she did.

"Chic?" Marissa asked.

"Yeah that one." Jimmy said still holding the phone. "You better answer it before she gets impatient with you."

"Alright." Marissa said picking up the phone in her room. She was ecstatic when she heard that she was offered to work in Chic magazine the newest and best magazine but she started to get second thoughts when she heard that it was in Newport. She couldn't possibly go back there, she would have to face the life that she used to have, the life filled with pain, suffering and nothing but a troubled life. She didn't want to feel like that anymore and she knew that going back to Newport would thrust her back to that knid of life just when she had a great life here with her dad.

"Hello?"

"Hello Ms. Cooper."

"Terri, I already told you, you can call me Marissa."

"Oh, alright Ms. Coope- I mean Marissa, I was just calling to get your answer about our offer." Terri said through the other line. Terri was the secretary and personal assistant of the editor-in-chief in Chic.

"Can I just get back to you on that? I need some time to think about it..." Marissa said.

"Umm..alright Marissa…but with all due respect, that's what you said last time and our editor-in-chief wants your answer by tonight." Terri said.

"I know, I'm sorry to keep you guys waiting but this is a really big decision for me…but I'll make sure that you'll have an answer by tonight." Marissa said biting her lip. Honestly, she didn't know if she could make a decision by then but she knew that she had to.

"Alright, thank you Marissa." Terri said. "I'll be expecting your call and hopefully we'll see you soon."

"Yeah, alright thanks Terri." Marissa said. "Bye."

"Bye." Terri said before they both hung up.

Marissa sighed as she put down the phone, she would have to make an impossible decision by tonight and she had no idea of what to do.

"Need to make the decision?" Jimmy said from her doorway.

"Have you been listening to me?" Marissa asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, sorry couldn't help it kiddo." Jimmy said. "I'm just as nervous as you are."

A momentary silence passed before Jimmy spoke again. "So, they want you to make your decision?"

"Yeah, they want my answer by tonight." Marissa said anxiously.

"Well then go for it." Jimmy said.

"Dad, I-I can't."

"Marissa, this is a huge opportunity, you can't just let it pass you by." Jimmy said sitting in one of the chairs.

"But I can't leave you or all of this." Marissa said sitting on her bed across from where Jimmy was sitting.

"Oh, I think you can, I mean we live in a boat." Jimmy said. "Far away from all the luxuries in Newport."

"And all the drama in Newport." Marissa countered.

"Newport has been your life kiddo."

"My life is here now, far away from all the gossip and drama and pain of Newport." Marissa said firmly.

"What about your mother? Your sister? Your friends? Aren't they a part of your life? Besides you promised them that you would come back." Jimmy said.

Marissa sighed, she knew that she would have to face them when she would get back, and that's what scared her the most, that they might not accept her like they used to.

"You can't just let your past affect your future kiddo." Jimmy said.

"What about you?" Marissa said looking at her dad.

"I'll be fine, besides I'm haven't exactly been the best father in the world." Jimmy hung his head low. "I mean, I-I almost lost you in that car accident and I-I never should have left you guys."

"Dad, it's not your fault, we understand why you had to do it and in the past few years you've already proven that you are the best father in the world." Marissa said.

"Thanks kiddo." Jimmy said smiling. "But I can't stand in the way of you and your career, you've gotta go after your dreams."

"But I'd be far away from you."

"That doesn't mean that we can't keep in touch and whenever you wanna visit, you know where to find me." Jimmy said.

"I don't know dad…"

"Marissa, you've become a stronger, more beautiful person, I think you can handle Orange County, besides like what I said it will always be part of your life so why let a thing like that stop you from getting in the way of you and your future career?" Jimmy said. He made his way to the telephone on Marissa's side table and handed it to her.

"It's time to make a decision."

A/N: I hope you guys liked that and please don't forget to review! And I promise this story gets more and more interesting as it progresses.

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