My first OC fanfic and my second one in English.

Chapter 1

Ryan shut down the phone and stepped on the gas even more. Marissa was in trouble, he could tell that because of her whiny and weak voice he had listened to the last five minutes. Something was wrong and the young man got almost hysteric thinking about what could've happened. Had somebody hurt Marissa, the girl he first met here in New Port and loved since then? Or had she made another mistake that had terrible consequences? He didn't know and that made him go crazy. Faster and faster he drove, just thinking about being at Marissa's place as soon as possible.

Just some minutes afterwards he stopped in front of the house his girlfriend lived in, jumped out of the car to run into the house and opened the door of her room. His eyes scanned the whole room and finally he saw the young woman he loved laying on the floor beneath her bed. Her face was all colourless and sweaty and he could see that she had fainted. He kneeled down beside her and put his arms around her.

"Marissa? Wake up! Can you hear me?"

The pain she felt was overwhelming and she hardly could move. Everything around here was pulsating and the voice she heard seemed to be miles away. "Ryan?" she whispered. Her head was aching so much it was torture to speak but she knew she had to. She lay her hands on his arms and clinged to his shirt. When the young man from Chino stood up, she felt like someone would shake her massively. Nothing felt right, just the warmth that Ryan's body gave her.

It was hard to stay awake because she felt so tired and rather would have slept than force herself to keep her eyes open but she knew she had to. "Ryan, please don't leave me alone" she said with tears in her eyes. Everything she wanted now is being with him and feeling his hand touching her cheek. She felt terrible but the fact that Ryan was with her gave her a little bit more strength.

"Don't worry, I'll stay here with you"

He took the end of his shirt and wiped the sweat on her forehead away. Then he took out his mobile and dialled the number he had dialled so many times in the past years. With a sigh he listened to the melody that was playing until he heard a voice he knew very well.

"Hey, it's Ryan. Marissa's in trouble..."