Disclaimer: Yeah I don't own the O.C. Fox does. but I wish I owned Adam Brody!!!!!!!

"Seth, are you home yet?" called Ryan as he walked in the door to the Cohen's house.

"Yeah, I'm in the kitchen," came the reply. As Ryan walked into the kitchen he came upon Seth and Anna kissing.

"Oh." mumbles Ryan. "I should go."

"It's alright," says Seth, hastily pulling away from Anna. "Do you need something?"

"No it's alright. I'll get you at a better time," Ryan says. He swallows hard. As Ryan walks away, he can't help but think to himself about the times in his life when he and Marissa had been making out like that. That was, until she broke up with him, and became Oliver's girlfriend. Ryan sighed. Oliver. It had been a month since the fateful day in Palm Beach when Oliver had "swallowed" some pills. He had called Marissa to come over and help him. When Ryan tried to tell Marissa that he didn't think that Oliver had swallowed the pills, Marissa had told him to go home. Now he had broken up with Marissa and she had become Oliver's girlfriend. Suddenly, Seth's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey man, you looked like the grim reaper or something in there," says Seth casually.

"It was nothing," mumbles Ryan. "I was just thinking."

"About you and Marissa, right?" reply's Seth. "Ask me how I know"

"How did you know?" says Ryan dutifully.

"Your always staring at her and Oliver in school, and you always seem to avoid them whenever we try to do something together," replies Seth.

"Is it that obvious?" asks Ryan.

"To me and most of the world, yeah, it's obvious," reply's Seth. "But don't get the wrong idea. you made a cute couple!"

"Wow, that cheered me right up. Thanks a lot. I'm going to my room," Ryan says angrily. He lets out a long sigh. That was just what he needed. Another sarcastic remark from Seth. He walks into his room and collapses on his bed. As he stares at a picture of Marissa and him, Ryan becomes lost in his thoughts. He is interrupted by the phone ringing.

"Hello?" says Ryan cautiously.

"Ryan?" Marissa asked.