Caught!

A/N: This is basically summing up what happened. Next chapter will be about Marissa running away—where she goes, who goes after her. There might be a third chapter, I'll see. And look for the final chapter of Torn today. Best Days will be updated soon; I've decided to write a few chapters before posting the next one.

I'm screwed over, and I know it.

A little confused? The short story goes like this:

I have sex with my long time girlfriend, Marissa Cooper.

We break up, and she gets with this new kid from Chino.

My dad comes out of the closet, and Chino, who has a name (imagine that!), befriends me after my friends ditch me.

Next, I hook up with Julie Cooper.

Who just happens to be Marissa's mother.

Don't stop reading now. There's more.

Chino, whose name is Ryan, catches me with Julie and tells me to end it. Well, actually, he kind of threatens me. Because if Marissa finds out, she'll be devastated. And we all know that Marissa doesn't deal well with situations like this one.

Okay, I say. I'll end it.

Before Marissa finds out.

Easy enough.

I head over to Julie's and we have a quickie, before she rushes off to some business dinner. When I finally catch her and tell her we need to break up, she's a little surprised. I guess it's not every day that a woman her age gets dumped by a guy young enough to be her son.

That was easy.

I should've known it wouldn't just end there. This is Newport, for crying out loud.

I head over to Ryan's poolhouse and announce that I'm done having sex with Julie Cooper.

Good for me, right? Marissa didn't find out and everything will go back to normal.

She'll never know.

Except...Marissa is there when I tell Ryan. I didn't see her because she was in the bathroom. Perfect timing, Luke.

Oops.

You've got that right.

Now, Marissa ran off, and she's mad at Ryan too.

I screwed up, big time.