The History
[AN: Ok, so this is the very put off beginning of the second installment of my Future Fic Series. It was put off because this is very hard for me to write, and the plot was hard to figure out. Right now, you see where the core four are at the beginning of the year Summer is at GEORGE, Seth at RISD, Ryan at Berkeley, and Marissa is, who knows where. This part of the story will probably not last that long, the is just the back story for part three, and you guys have got to review and say what you want to happen. Thanks to Georgia for helping me out so much with Ryan's plot. :D I do not own the OC, Fruits Basket, or Journey.
Summer hopped out of the GEORGE bus and surveyed her surroundings. She was in Oregon, going to speak to her first group of kids. She couldn't believe where she had ended up. She reflected on the events that had occurred on graduation, and had ended up triggering this whole thing. Her at GEORGE, Ryan at Berkeley, and Seth at RISD. All sans Marissa. They'd gone through more than a year without Marissa who had run away to Greece, causing everything to change. Marissa basically dropped off the face of the Earth, but not before getting in huge fights with Summer, Seth, and Ryan about the future. One day, they got news that Marissa had drowned. Summer rejected all things Orange County, Seth wasted his days away calling Summer and trying to get her to open up to him, and Ryan turned to cage fighting. [AN: This is when the events of season 4 start to take place, basically exactly the same way Ryan and Taylor started dating, Seth and Summer realized they were each other's destiny. Then, the Earthquake happened, and everything that had been built up for the past year came crashing down around them. [AN: The End's Not Near, It's Here, goes the same, except Ryan and Taylor decide they are actually better off apart. In the fast forward, Marissa and Taylor are both Summer's maids of honor.
So, here Summer was, at GEORGE, following her dreams. Or one of them. Across the country in Providence, Seth was learning how to be independent of Summer and Ryan. Just down the coast in Berkeley, Ryan was learning to be an older brother. Summer marched into the auditorium of Portland High School, ready to spread her message. Things seemed so right. Except that Marissa wasn't there to see it all unfold.
Seth was at RISD, walking the halls with Borris, his room mate. He'd already been here for the past year, so he was well acquainted with the campus. They had been having a really good time, talking about manga and anime, and how it relates to the real world. Borris was an intern at Tokyo Pop.
"And they're trying to sign with Natsuki Takaya, so they can publish her next manga, but really, we all know it will never be as successful as Fruits Basket." Borris explained. Definitely not Ryan.
"I read part of the manga, but it was way too girly for me. I am more of a Shonen fan." Seth stated as he swung his arms lazily at his sides.
"Now as far as girls go here, I'd say Brown girls are way hot man, so you should go over there looking for a date or whatever. They're all so into the environment and other liberal crap, all you have to do is say you're voting for Hilary in 08. Brown girls are so easy." Borris told Seth with a sly grin.
"Uh, dude, first of all, I have a serious girlfriend, who goes to Brown. And second, she's into that crap." Seth said, smiling, thinking about how Summer would totally hate this guy and want to kick his ass.
"Oh wow. I uh, I can't wait to meet her. That's great." Borris said nervously, running a hand through unkempt brown hair.
"She's sort of touring the country with GEORGE right now, but when she gets back, I'm sure she'd love to meet you too," Seth said, and then mumbled under his breath, "But she'll probably kill you when I tell her your theories about Brown girls."
Borris heard the last part, or got the gist of it, and nervously wrung his hands. "So, uh, what's her name?" Borris asked, trying to break the tension.
"Summer." Seth said sadly, wishing she were there with him to tell Borris herself. And maybe she would've been, if things had gone differently, but this was for the best for now.
Across the country, Ryan was hanging out with a bunch of other kids who were into the same kinds of things he was, including Journey, architecture, and not talking all that much. He had a lot of girls approach him and ask him stuff like "Where are you from," or "Walk me to my next class?" but none of them were Marissa.
Marissa, who was actually alive and living the sweet life in Greece. Marissa, who was almost ready to return to her life in Newport. She'll find that things are definitely not as she left them.
