"Welcome to Newport, Marissa!" Kirsten Cohen said as she enveloped the nervous blonde in front of her in a hug. "Hi, Mrs. Cohen," Marissa Cooper said shyly. "Oh call me Kirsten. Come in," Kirsten stepped aside for Marissa to pass. They went to the kitchen. "It's so good to see you! You've gotten so beautiful!" Kirsten said brightly. Marissa flushed "Thanks, Kirsten," she said. "Marissa is that you?" Sandy asked as he joined hi wife in the kitchen. "Hi, Sandy," she smiled. Sandy hugged her. "Mom, I can't find my-" Seth Cohen stopped at the sight of the gorgeous girl hugging his father. "Oh Seth! This is Marissa. She's the daughter of some friends of ours. She'll be staying with us for awhile. So she'll be going to Harbour," Kirsten explained to her son. "Not saying that I mind her staying here, but why isn't she with her parents?" Seth asked. "Because she got enrolled in a proffesional dance class," Sandy filled Seth in. "Oh so you're a dancer. That's cool," Seth complimented. "Yes, now, Seth get Ryan and you two can take Marissa's bags upstairs," Sandy said. "Ryan is out with Sadie," Seth said. "Oh Well, then just you can take Marissa's bags upstairs," Kisrten said. Seth groaned and picked up three bags and Marissa picked up the last two.
Seth and Marissa stayed in the guest room ( well Marissa's room now) and talked. "You know what Marissa, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship. You have to meet my girlfriend, Summer. And Ryan. Oh but not Saide. She's not cool," Seth rambled on. Marissa smiled. "Yes, I think it is. And as fun as this conversation is, I've been awake since four in the morning, and it is now... four in the morning. I've been awake for twenty four hours," She said sincerly. "Oh. Well, goodnight," Seth smiled as he left her room.
The next morning, Ryan walked into the kitchen to find Seth leaning groggily over the counter. "What's up?" Ryan asked. "Iwas up till four in the morning," Seth replied. Ryan stared at him, confused. "Why?" he asked. "Talking-" he was interupted by a yawn. Suddenly, Marissa walked into the kitchen nearly falling over. "Oh hey, Marissa," Seth said sleepily. Marissa gave a weak smile and then fell onto the floor. Ryan, although confused by the entire scene, went over to Marissa. "Hey. You OK?" he asked, helping her sit up. Marissa nodded. Ryan got a closer look at her. He nearly stopped breathing at how beautiful she was, even when she had no make up on and was half asleep. He helped her stand up. "Hi, I'm Ryan," he said. "Marissa," she yawned. "Oh damn! I need to get changed!" Marissa was upstairs in a flash. "Who was that?" Ryan asked. "Didn't you hear? It's Marissa," Seth replied. Ryan rolled his eyes. "Fine, she's Julie and Jimmy's daughter. She's staying with us for awhile," Seth explained. Before Ryan could ask why she was staying here, Marissa ran downstairs. "Hi," she said feeling more awake. Ryan looked at the clock. "OK, guys let's go," he announced. "Oh and Marissa, welcome to Newport," he smiled.
The three entered the school and approached Summer and Sadie. "Hello, my Summer," Seth said. "Hi Cohen," Summer said giving him a kiss on the cheek. Sadie smiled at Ryan, who smiled back. "Who's your friend?" asked Sadie, clearly intimidtated by Marissa. "This is Marissa. She's ummm...living with us..." Seth said nervously, afraid of what Summer would think. Summer smiled. "Hi, Marissa, I'm Summer," she said. Marissa smiled back. "Well, my first class is english," she said. "So's mine," Summer and Ryan said at the same time. Sadie glared. "Ry, I was hoping that you could maybe walk me to class," she said. Ryan was stuck. He wanted to get to know Marissa a little more, but Sadie was his girlfriend. "Yeah, sure, see you in class," he said to Marissa and Summer.
After english, Summer and Marissa had lunch together. Summer was already growing quite fond of this girl. "I think it's really cool that you dance. None of the girls I know are good at anything other than shopping," Marissa laughed. "Yeah well, I've never had any dance training before, and it's unbeleivable that I got accepted. It's basically one big contest. I have my first practice tonight, but I have no clue where, the Dance Studio is," Marissa admitted. "Well, call me tonight! I know where it is! I'll take you, only if you don't mind me watching," Summer laughed. Marissa smiled gratefully. "Thanks Sum, and of coarse you can watch," she said. Summer was really starting to liek this girl. Well Sadie was her best friend, but only because their boyfriends were brothers, so they were always hanging out. Marissa's arrival was going to change a lot of things, Summer was sure of it.
