Ryan hit his alarm for the fourth time that morning and groaned. He did not want to get up out of bed. The past week all he wanted to do was sleep. He didn't know what was wrong with him. Ever since he moved in with the Cohen's his life had become pretty busy, school, working at the Crab Shack, plus Soccer practices. Then he had to find time to hang out with Marissa and of course Seth and Sandy and Kirsten. But there was no way he could be that exhausted.

Realizing he only had a good twenty minutes before he had to leave for school, or risk being late and listening to the wrath of Dr. Kim, he hurriedly jumped in the shower and over to the main house to hopefully grab a cup of coffee and a bagel.

"Ah he rises." Sandy said laughing at his own joke as Ryan entered the kitchen. He was in the process of schmering a bagel, something that he had explained to Ryan numerous times, was an art. After spreading the cream cheese he handed it to Ryan.

"Overslept." He explained quickly as he took a bite. "I have a history test today, was up late studying."

Kirsten looked at Ryan skeptically then over at Seth who was eating a bowl of cereal. "Seth I didn't see you studying for a history test? Aren't you boys in the same class?"

Ryan quickly wracked his brain trying to think of an excuse, luckily Seth beat him too it. "Who knew the boy from Chino would have a better Academic Achievement then the kid who grew up at Harbor?"

Kirsten glared and Sandy sighed. "Seth if you do not do well on this test you our grounded. Now I think I just heard a car horn. Marissa must be here."

Ryan ignored Seth as much as possible. He didn't want the sarcastic Cohen to ask him fifty million questions about why Ryan lied about having a test. He was lucky Seth had had his back that morning but he did owe him one, or fifty. There was all the times he covered up so Seth could do God knows what with Summer. It wasn't like he liked lying to the Cohen's but he didn't need them to worry about him. They already did enough for him

"Ryan, if you want me to cover up for you and Marissa next time you have to give me a little warning." Seth said as he sat down next to Ryan on a couch in the lounge.

"Huh?" Ryan asked as he was woken up. He hadn't even realized he had fallen asleep.

"You were up late last night with Marissa?" Seth said in his sarcastic duh tone. "That's why you lied about the test. Thanks a lot by the way now mom thinks I'm some slacker or something."

"You are a slacker?"

"Yeah but mom doesn't need to know that." Standing up he slung his backpack over his shoulder. "Me and Summer are going to the beach after school so you can have the car to get home after soccer practice.

He hadn't been to soccer practice in a week. His days had consisted of going to school and coming home and sleeping. He even skipped dinner twice. Kirsten hadn't like the idea but he assured her that he would come and get a sandwich later on. If it wasn't for the fact that his reason for skipping was because he was studying he was pretty sure she would have dragged him to the dinner table herself.

"Ryan Atwood could I please speak with you?" Mrs. Say his English teacher asked just as the bell rang. While all the other students exited the class room Ryan stayed in his seat. He already knew what he was going to get in trouble for; he had fallen asleep in class, something Mrs. Say hated.

"Is my class boring to you Mr. Atwood?" She asked once the room was empty. Ryan shook his head. He actually enjoyed English class, and the book they were currently reading. "This is the second time I have caught you falling asleep in my class and your grades are begging to slip drastically."

"I'm sorry."

"Ryan sorry isn't going to cut it. In order for you to pass the class you are going to have to ace your midterm as well as your research paper. You're a bright student Ryan you had one of the highest grades in the class what is going on?"

"Nothing I've just been distracted." It wasn't necessarily a lie. He had been pretty distracted lately even if it was by sleep.

"Is everything alright at home with the Cohen's?"

Ryan automatically jumped to the Cohen's defense. "Of course it is. The Cohen's are great. There the best parents I've ever had."

Mrs. Say sighed. "Alright just please no more falling asleep in my class and remember you have to ace your midterm and your final paper if you want to pass."

When Ryan got home that afternoon he went to the pool house and got everything ready for an afternoon spend of studying. He had his English book open as well as his study guide all ready to go. However his mind had other ideas and the exhaustion he had been fighting all day won the battle.

"Ryan dinner is ready." Kirsten said as she knocked on the pool house door before slowly opening it. She sighed when she saw Ryan's English book resting on his chest his hands clasped over it and his eyes closed. This wasn't the first time she had found him like this that week. She was proud that he was taking his education seriously; something she wished Seth would due, but she knew he was a teenager. He needed to have some fun too.

Walking over to his bed she gently shook him to wake him up. "Hey sleepy head," She said with a smile when his eyes opened. "Dinner is here."

"I must have fallen asleep studying." Ryan said as he sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "I'll be there in just a second."

Kirsten looked at him with a concerned look on her face. "Are you feeling alright?" She asked as she placed her hand on his forehead. "You have been falling asleep an awful lot lately."

"Soccer is getting pretty tough. I'll be fine though." He said as he got up and headed to the bathroom to wash up.

Kirsten couldn't help but notice a green bruise that stuck out on his back where is t-shirt had ridden up as he walked to the bathroom.