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Title: California Dreaming
Summary: AU, Marissa makes up and makes out with Luke after he apologizes after soccer practice in the Heights. ML, RM, SS, LH
Rating: PG-13
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Chapter One: Back story
After "The Girlfriend"
Ryan walked up to the Cooper's house as he saw Marissa walk out of her Jeep holding back tears.
"I'm sorry" was all he could muster. He knew he was wrong and didn't deserve an apology.
"You're too late"
"Look, she came on to me, I didn't..."
Marissa cuts him off with a Ryan like look in here eyes
"I don't care Ryan; I don't care about why you were making out with Caleb's girlfriend. All I know is you made your choice"
"The only reason I was with her is because you clearly were with Luke"
"I was not with Luke! At least not yet anyways."
Ryan senses the hurt in her voice
"I really care about you and seeing you and Luke all over each other; it was just more then I could handle."
"Whatever besides it never would have worked out between us"
"Then, why ever bother telling me that you had to choose. You and I both knew you would choose Luke."
"If you feel that way then maybe we shouldn't speak again. Why don't you just leave? Go back home, go back to Chino see if I care! I thought you were different but you're just like everybody else! You're a fucking piece of trash, Ryan!"
Ryan could sense the bitter tone in her voice. The last part stung in his head as he remembered his childhood ** His mom was drunk again when they lived in Fresno and Trey just committed his first carjacking.
"Trey, go back to Chino, me and AJ want you out of this house!!" Dawn yelled, the slurred speech of the night's binge drinking on her tongue.
"Trey, you used to be smart. Now you're just like your father, stealing cars, doing drugs, you're just a fucking piece of trash! Go back to Chino see if we care!" **
Ryan woke up early, his head throbbing; he couldn't get her words out of his head, "You're a fucking piece of trash" They were background against his mom saying that to his brother. "Go Back to Chino, see if I care!"
Fine, whatever you want
*****
Sandy woke up and saw a note on the island
Dear Sandy, Kirsten, and Seth,
I couldn't sleep. Heard phone call on my cell. My mom's been in an accident and I hope it's okay that I took the Range Rover to Chino General. I should be back by the night.
Bye, Ryan
****
Ryan was driving home when he saw Theresa his old girlfriend being pushed against the wall in a dark alley. He rolls the car into the alley and steps out.
"Get off of her!"
Ryan ran toward the mid twenty year old man. He had a crew cut and a flannel shirt on over his jeans.
The man who he recognized as Trey's ex-friend, Billy Davis let go of her and he dropped to the ground, Ryan approached him until the man pulled a gun from his pants and pointed it sideways at Ryan.
"Hey Atwood, you finally got kicked out of Newport, huh? They got sick of you? Your little bitch finally dumped you?"
Auetero told him, Auetero was the only one he told about Marissa. He was just at Auetero's earlier that day!
Ryan breathed deep before he dove at Billy. He had to, nobody talks shit about the Cohens or Marissa around him. Nobody!
Ryan was lost in a rage and all he could see, hear, or feel was Billy's jaw connecting with his fist.
Ryan stood over him breathing heavily until he heard a shot
Ryan touched his chest and felt the unmistakable touch of fresh blood on his fingers. He fell to the hard concrete thinking of his new life before he blacked out.
****
Ryan opened his eyes thankful to see Seth, Kirsten, and Sandy standing over him.
"Thank god. I thought I was dead." Ryan says weakly walking the fine line between whispering and talking.
"They said you were almost dead but your ex-girlfriend called 911 when she regained consciousness. How are you feeling" asks Kirsten
"Like I got shot." Ryan replies making a vague attempt at humor.
"Well, we're gonna go and the doctors say you can come home in two days." Seth says, motioning his parents out of the room. When they leave he shuts the door
"When you get out we're going to Mexico. You know a little end of summer present."
Ryan smiles
"I can't wait" he says hoarsely.
Seth then leaves the room.
Ryan starts to lay his head down when Marissa comes in.
"Hey" Marissa says weakly, immediately drawn to the bandaging over Ryan's right side of the chest.
"What happened to you?"
"I went back home and I got shot." Ryan said coldly. He was thinking 'Why do you care? You said "Go back to Chino for all I care you fucking piece of trash"' Of course he couldn't say that out loud.
"why?"
"Well, an old rival was raping my brother's friend, Theresa." He decided that she didn't need to know the truth if she couldn't tell him why se came to the pool house that night. "Then he started talking smack about the Cohens and you so I just hit him. Next thing I know I hear a shot and I wake up at HOAG. So why are you here exactly?"
"I just wanted to apologize for the other night. I was just angry, that's all."
"Well, I knew you would be. I knew you would choose Luke. When I asked you to the party, I could tell I had already lost and it hurt. By that time, Gabby was totally hitting on me so why not do something to end both situations? You could finally just go be with Luke without feeling guilty and I could attempt to get over that with Gabby except for the weird fact that I was making out with someone who could be my grandma." Ryan chuckled at the last part while saying the rest of it very emotionally.
"I was not with Luke, I was going to that pool house to find you to tell you I choose you" Ryan has a look in his eyes that says 'can hit me for being so dumb'. "Luke and I then.we had sex." Tears are forming in both's eyes although Ryan has learned by now to hold them back. "Do ever think about something that you did that you'll always regret?"
"Everyday" Ryan replies slowly. They both know what he is talking about.
"So, are you going to Mexico?" Ryan asks, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, me, Luke, Summer, and Holly are going, why?"
"Well, when I get out me and Seth are going down to TJ." Ryan takes a deep breath. "This should be interesting
*****
So basically the events of the Escape go as planned with the overdose and all of its glory.
R&R please?
Title: California Dreaming
Summary: AU, Marissa makes up and makes out with Luke after he apologizes after soccer practice in the Heights. ML, RM, SS, LH
Rating: PG-13
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Chapter One: Back story
After "The Girlfriend"
Ryan walked up to the Cooper's house as he saw Marissa walk out of her Jeep holding back tears.
"I'm sorry" was all he could muster. He knew he was wrong and didn't deserve an apology.
"You're too late"
"Look, she came on to me, I didn't..."
Marissa cuts him off with a Ryan like look in here eyes
"I don't care Ryan; I don't care about why you were making out with Caleb's girlfriend. All I know is you made your choice"
"The only reason I was with her is because you clearly were with Luke"
"I was not with Luke! At least not yet anyways."
Ryan senses the hurt in her voice
"I really care about you and seeing you and Luke all over each other; it was just more then I could handle."
"Whatever besides it never would have worked out between us"
"Then, why ever bother telling me that you had to choose. You and I both knew you would choose Luke."
"If you feel that way then maybe we shouldn't speak again. Why don't you just leave? Go back home, go back to Chino see if I care! I thought you were different but you're just like everybody else! You're a fucking piece of trash, Ryan!"
Ryan could sense the bitter tone in her voice. The last part stung in his head as he remembered his childhood ** His mom was drunk again when they lived in Fresno and Trey just committed his first carjacking.
"Trey, go back to Chino, me and AJ want you out of this house!!" Dawn yelled, the slurred speech of the night's binge drinking on her tongue.
"Trey, you used to be smart. Now you're just like your father, stealing cars, doing drugs, you're just a fucking piece of trash! Go back to Chino see if we care!" **
Ryan woke up early, his head throbbing; he couldn't get her words out of his head, "You're a fucking piece of trash" They were background against his mom saying that to his brother. "Go Back to Chino, see if I care!"
Fine, whatever you want
*****
Sandy woke up and saw a note on the island
Dear Sandy, Kirsten, and Seth,
I couldn't sleep. Heard phone call on my cell. My mom's been in an accident and I hope it's okay that I took the Range Rover to Chino General. I should be back by the night.
Bye, Ryan
****
Ryan was driving home when he saw Theresa his old girlfriend being pushed against the wall in a dark alley. He rolls the car into the alley and steps out.
"Get off of her!"
Ryan ran toward the mid twenty year old man. He had a crew cut and a flannel shirt on over his jeans.
The man who he recognized as Trey's ex-friend, Billy Davis let go of her and he dropped to the ground, Ryan approached him until the man pulled a gun from his pants and pointed it sideways at Ryan.
"Hey Atwood, you finally got kicked out of Newport, huh? They got sick of you? Your little bitch finally dumped you?"
Auetero told him, Auetero was the only one he told about Marissa. He was just at Auetero's earlier that day!
Ryan breathed deep before he dove at Billy. He had to, nobody talks shit about the Cohens or Marissa around him. Nobody!
Ryan was lost in a rage and all he could see, hear, or feel was Billy's jaw connecting with his fist.
Ryan stood over him breathing heavily until he heard a shot
Ryan touched his chest and felt the unmistakable touch of fresh blood on his fingers. He fell to the hard concrete thinking of his new life before he blacked out.
****
Ryan opened his eyes thankful to see Seth, Kirsten, and Sandy standing over him.
"Thank god. I thought I was dead." Ryan says weakly walking the fine line between whispering and talking.
"They said you were almost dead but your ex-girlfriend called 911 when she regained consciousness. How are you feeling" asks Kirsten
"Like I got shot." Ryan replies making a vague attempt at humor.
"Well, we're gonna go and the doctors say you can come home in two days." Seth says, motioning his parents out of the room. When they leave he shuts the door
"When you get out we're going to Mexico. You know a little end of summer present."
Ryan smiles
"I can't wait" he says hoarsely.
Seth then leaves the room.
Ryan starts to lay his head down when Marissa comes in.
"Hey" Marissa says weakly, immediately drawn to the bandaging over Ryan's right side of the chest.
"What happened to you?"
"I went back home and I got shot." Ryan said coldly. He was thinking 'Why do you care? You said "Go back to Chino for all I care you fucking piece of trash"' Of course he couldn't say that out loud.
"why?"
"Well, an old rival was raping my brother's friend, Theresa." He decided that she didn't need to know the truth if she couldn't tell him why se came to the pool house that night. "Then he started talking smack about the Cohens and you so I just hit him. Next thing I know I hear a shot and I wake up at HOAG. So why are you here exactly?"
"I just wanted to apologize for the other night. I was just angry, that's all."
"Well, I knew you would be. I knew you would choose Luke. When I asked you to the party, I could tell I had already lost and it hurt. By that time, Gabby was totally hitting on me so why not do something to end both situations? You could finally just go be with Luke without feeling guilty and I could attempt to get over that with Gabby except for the weird fact that I was making out with someone who could be my grandma." Ryan chuckled at the last part while saying the rest of it very emotionally.
"I was not with Luke, I was going to that pool house to find you to tell you I choose you" Ryan has a look in his eyes that says 'can hit me for being so dumb'. "Luke and I then.we had sex." Tears are forming in both's eyes although Ryan has learned by now to hold them back. "Do ever think about something that you did that you'll always regret?"
"Everyday" Ryan replies slowly. They both know what he is talking about.
"So, are you going to Mexico?" Ryan asks, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, me, Luke, Summer, and Holly are going, why?"
"Well, when I get out me and Seth are going down to TJ." Ryan takes a deep breath. "This should be interesting
*****
So basically the events of the Escape go as planned with the overdose and all of its glory.
R&R please?