Alone with You

Disclaimer: I don't own the masterpiece that is The OC. I could try and persuade Fox, or whoever has the rights with my amazing savings. Which totals.. 15 bucks! Yeah, doesn't sound like much to me either.

Author's Note: So this is going to begin about April of "the gang"'s senior year. Most of them are waiting to hear about their college acceptances… Let's get this gravy train on the road!

m's the center of attention

"Feel free to say whatever you want. How you're feeling, with admission letters coming any day now." Seth Cohen focused his camcorder on Marissa's face, making sure her sweet little diamond studs were in the frame. Though their campus was crazed and tense with stress, the beach, like always, was seemingly peaceful. There was the calming sound of the waves crashing against the sand and rock. The bright sun beating down on girls who lay on the beach, wanting an early start on their summer tanning. There was the bunch of seniors playing volleyball to direct their angst and fear at a specific point. The slight warm breeze blew against her dirty blonde locks, and through his dark brown Jew-fro. "You can start whenever you want," he stated, pressing the record button.

Marissa Cooper licked her dry lips, then tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear with a perfectly manicured hand and shifted her weight on the light blue towel Seth had given her to sit on.

"I promised myself that if Ryan and I got into the same school, everything would be perfect," She began, pausing to bite her bottom lip. "But now, I might not even be going to college. I mean, technically, he and I are broken up. But when I'm with Ryan, like, nothing else matters. Just me and him." She looked at Seth's face, and tried to ignore its obvious discomfort. "And I tried to accept the fact that we were done. But I couldn't. See, I'm used to getting what I want. And the only thing I really want is him."

That wasn't exactly the truth. She wanted more than that. But except for wanting her dad to finally come back from Maui after his 15-month absence, that was the major thing.

"Ha! Nice try, losers!" one of the volleyball players exclaimed after winning a point. It reminded her of her ex-boyfriend, Luke. Luke, who had cheated on her numerous times, then slept with her mother after he and Marissa broke it off, left Newport Beach for Portland with his gay father about 2-years before.

She closed her sparkling blue eyes then opened them again. "And it feels like with all the stuff that's happened to me and my family since sophomore year, I deserve something I want. You know? And some of my friends – like Zach, for example – don't care. They know things are going to be ok. But I don't. I'm living with my slut of a mother, and her creepy husband. No offense, Seth."
"Nah, it's fine," Seth remarked casually, "keep going."

"It feels like Ryan's my one chance to get away from it all. My escape. Like he's my chance to be happy. And it seems like if I had Ryan," a tear began to stream down her face, "I'd know it'd all be alright."

Cue the applause.

Author's Note: Ok, that was a little shorter than it seemed like it was going to be. And I really don't know where my phrasing is coming from. Anyway, leave me a review if you like it. :)