I have horrible tendancies to quit writing my stories half way through, but I'm going to try really super hard not to do that with this one! haha As always, if your reading, please review!

Its 18 years after graduation, which makes the gang 36 years old. Where has life taken our fantastic four?

"Pleaseeee?" She begged

"Alyssa I said no your father and I agreed on this" Marissa reminded her

"Mom its only like 10,000 you dress me and Chelsea in Gucci and Chanel how is it we can't afford for me to have a car?!" Alyssa complained.

"Lyss no and that is my final answer" Alyssa stopped in the driveway and folded her arms.

"Fine, if I don't get a car, I'll just...just die then!" She stated causing Marissa to laugh

"Alyssa, sweetheart I can assure no one has died from lack of car"

"Maybe so but with no car that means I'll have to walk everywhere therefore increasing my chances of getting hit by a car, how Ironic would that be??" Alyssa pushed.

"Go upstairs put your clothes away and I'll call you when dinner is ready" Marissa informed her as Alyssa walked away letting out a completely exaterated sigh. Mark walked in shortly after the young teen left.

"Hey uh any plans for dinner tonight?" He asked Marissa

"Uh yeah I was thinking Pizza and Salad from Anthony's if that works?"

"Yeah sounds great" He answered before he turned away to walk back into his office.

"Hey" Marissa said as she grabbed him by the waist.

"So I know you've been really caught up with work lately but it's been a while, any chance you'll get done early tonight...maybe a bath some candles just you and me?" She asked. He pulled out of her grip gently.

"I don't think so babe I'm working in overtime with this new case but we'll have our alone time soon I promise...call me for dinner love" He told her before he walked off. She then heard him mention something about Summer having called and to call her back.

Things had really done a 180 ever since the fantastic four graduated from Harbor. Marissa and Ryan decided to part ways before heading to Berkley. They remained as close as ever though. Seth and Summer traveled together to Brown and spent all four years together no break ups no major fights. Marissa met Mark while visiting Seth and Summer one weekend at Brown. She was a sophomore and he was a senior. It was love at first sight and within two years, Marissa found herself dropped out of college, married, and pregnant. Mark pretended to be happy, but Marissa knew deep down this is not how he had planned things. Ryan had graduated from Berkley and was quickly making a name for himself in the Architechture department. The last she heard, he had married a woman he'd met in college Christina was her name she thought, though they had yet to have any kids. Seth and Summer got married right out of college and had three kids Jake was now 11, Brandon 9, and Adrianna was 5. They currently reside in Newport all of which was Summer's idea and took a lot of encouraging and rage black outs to get Seth to agree to it. Marissa and Mark lived in Greenwich, Conneticut. He was a defense attorney and she a stay at home mom. He was against any more kids after Alyssa was born (quite frankly she wasn't even sure he was completely for just one baby) but nine years later, and along came Chelsea Lauren.

"Dinner's ready!" Marissa yelled as she set up the food in the dinning room. It didn't take long for Mark and Chelsea to get in and grab some food, but Alyssa was a different story.

"Where's Alyssa?" Mark asked

"Maybe she didn't hear me she might have her head phones on" Marissa explained just as Alyssa came down.

"Ugh you know I was just talking with Katie and she got a Camry from her parents for her birthday!"

"DAMNIT ALYSSA! Enough with the car talk your mother and I told you a million times you do not need a car now knock it off!" He yelled. Needless to say, dinner was awkwardly silent for the rest of the night. Marissa couldn't remember the last time they were a "happy family".

She tucked the girls into their beds, said their goodnights, and walked down into her bedroom to find Mark sitting in bed working on his laptop.

"So, you wanna tell me what that was all about?" She asked

"What what was about Marissa?"

"Gee I don't know the scene you happened to cause at dinner tonight?"

"Yeah...I'm sorry I just this damn car thing. The kid is a completely spoiled brat she just wants and wants and wants. It's rediculous."

"Well I think you should talk to her tomorrow. Maybe spend some time with her and get to know her, to tell you the truth, I think she's a little scared of you." Marissa admited

"Yeah I uh I'll have to try that" He said before shutting his laptop and turning the light off. Marissa turned to her side, she knew she was trapped in a loveless marriage. She didn't want to admit it, but she missed Ryan. She knew he was truely the only man she had ever really loved.