Marissa's POV
I have been living in this dump for 1 year now, Marissa thought to herself.
She looked around her hotel room. She remembered how everything had happened so fast. How she had been in the car crash with Ryan. How her dad had transfered her to a different hospital and she had gotten better while Ryan and everyone else she loved thought she was dead. Before they had left her dad had asked her a very huge question. If she wanted to fake her own death. She remembered wanting to be rid of her problems and saying yes. After she had gotten better she ran away to Rhode Island. She was sick of herself and what she had done. All the people who ever loved her thought she was dead and she could never see them again. She had screwed up. She at the moment was trying to get up enough courage to call Ryan. She was tired of working at a diner and sleeping in a dumpy motel 8 hotel room. She wanted her old life back with all the perks. She picked up the phone and dialed his number.
"Hello" she heard Ryan say.
She realized how often she had gotten this far just to hear his name and chicken out.
"Hello? Who is this. Why do you keep calling me!" he said in frustration.
I quickly slammed the phone on the hook and felt hot tears pour down my face.
Ryan's POV
After I heard the phone slam I hung it up. I was so confused.
"Hey!" I heard my girlfriend Taylor say as she entered the pool house.
"Oh hey" I said giving her a peck on the lips.
"So are you ready to go to Rhode Island to see Summer and Seth?" she asked.
"Oh yeah" I said grabbing my duffle bag.
"Thats all you got?" she said giggling.
"You know me" I said smiling.
"All too well" she said grabbing my free hand and leading me out the door.
Julie's POV
"Thank you, Thank you so much" I said into the phone.
It had been the private investigator. I smiled thinking that finally Volchok would be caught. Sandy had had him in custody before he escaped. Nobody knew where he had run off to but I had been talking with the private investigator. It had taken him several months. But the moment was finally here. I had to tell Ryan. I picked up the phone and dialed his cell.
"Ryan" I said as he answered the phone.
"Julie?" he asked.
"Yeah. I found him again! Where are you?"
"Rhode Island"
"Thats great! Thats where he is"
"Volchok's here?"
"Yes"
"What hotel?"
"The Motel 8 on I-85, room 251"
"Ok I'm going" he said his voice hard as stone.
Ryan's POV
After I got Seth, Summer, and Taylor off my back I hurried to Motel 8. I thought I had gotten over Marissa and Volchok but hearing he was here brought it all back. I finally arrived and stormed in.
"Is Kevin Volchok staying here in room 251?"
"Ummm no"
"I know he is"
"No but there is a Marissa Cooper"
Her words hit me like a brick wall. Marissa? Did he just use her name. I now knew I would kill him!
"Thanks" I said as I ran to the elevator.
I got off on the 2nd floor and went to 251.
I knocked on the door.
"Volchok! I know your in there! Open up! I'm gonna kill you!" I screamed as I banged on the door.
"Ryan?" I heard a weak voice say as the door opened and I saw someone I thought I would never see again.
"Marissa?" I said with tears forming in my eyes.
"Ryan" she said more excited hugging me.
I wrapped my arms around her fearing I might lose her again.
We pulled apart and I saw Marissa Cooper with tears running down her face. I now realized that they were running down mine too.
"What?"
"I never died"
"You mean I spent a whole year looking for Volchok, cage fighting, and being miserable for no reason?" I asked still a little mad.
"Ryan I know your mad but I had to do this."
"What do you mean"
"I was sick of my life. Everything I ever loved was going down the drain. You, Johnny, Volchok, and college."
"I never knew you weren't over that" I said softening my voice.
"Well I wasn't. Johnny died and then you left me and then I got together with Volchok and he cheated on my and then I found out I wasn't right for college" she said letting tears pour down.
"I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to break up too." I said holding.
"NO! I loved you. And you snapped my heart in half" she said putting her head on my shoulder.
"I loved you too. We were just having a hard time and I made a mistake"
"Loved?"
"Love" I said kissing her.
As she ran her hands through my hair I thought about how I was betraying Taylor. But I loved Marissa so much and kissing her just felt so right.
