A/N: Okay so I had a really bad day today because I had my Gram's funeral but when I got back home in an attempt to cheer myself up I watched an O.C. Episode and it gave me an idea for a story... Now I loved t he O.C up until it went off air but I hated that they killed Marissa off... I always thought that her and Ryan made a cute couple... I never thought that I would write an O.C fic but here I am... I really have no clue where this story is going other than Marissa is not dead... My muse kind of ran off on its own with this story so I'm just kind of typing it up...
Disclaimer: I don't own O.C.
Ryan couldn't believe that she was gone. He couldn't believe that the girl he has been in love with since he first seen her was gone. He was never one to cry or show much emotion but he couldn't keep the tears at bay. He felt as if his life had just been sucked out of him all because Marissa Cooper the girl who made him fall in love after swearing he wouldn't was dead. He felt as if his life had just ended.
He bent his head and kissed Marissa on the head one last time and gently moved her over to the side of the road and said "I'm so sorry that I couldn't save you Marissa. I love you. I'll be back after I find someone to help."
With those words being spoken Ryan ran his hand gently over Marissa one last time before standing up and then running. He wasn't sure where he was going but all he could think about was finding someone with a phone. He needed someone to help him and to get Marissa to the hospital even though he felt the life drain out of her. He wanted to sink to his knees again and scream to the fates that it wasn't fair or right but he couldn't do that just yet. He had to do this one last thing and then he could give into his pain.
He wasn't sure how long he had been running for but finally he spotted lights. He came to a stop in the middle of the road and started waving his hands wildly in the air. He thanked God when the car slowed down and stopped as he ran to the drivers side of the car.
"I need help." Ryan gasped out. His chest was still on fire from running like he had and he knew that he probably injured himself even more but he didn't care. All he cared about was getting back to Marissa's body.
"What's wrong son?" an older man asked.
Ryan swallowed hard. "My friend and I were in an accident. She died in my arms but I need to call someone to come get her body. My cell phone didn't make it through the accident."
The older man gasped and said "I'm George son. Get in and I'll take you back and call the authorities on our way."
Ryan nodded relieved and jogged around the car and got in the passenger seat. As soon as he sat down on the seat all of his strength drained out of him. His body was in pain from the accident and then the running and his mind was in a fog but he continued to try to stay together because he knew that he couldn't give in just yet. He had to get back to Marissa even if she was dead.
"Where did you leave her son?" George asked.
Ryan opened his eyes and looked that they were at the spot and said "I left her over there on the shoulder."
George nodded and pulled his car over and turned on his flashers as he got out of his car and went around to help the young man out of the passenger seat. After helping him to stand up he opened the console and got out a flashlight and then followed the young man.
Ryan came to a complete stop and gasped when he saw that Marissa's body wasn't there any longer. "Oh my God! Where is she? I left her right here!"
George stepped up beside the young man and shined his flashlight down on the ground and he could see the clear imprint from where someone had been lying there unmoving but he was shocked that the body wasn't there. He looked over at the young man just in time to see him fall to the ground as he blacked out.
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Darren and Belinda Carlisle were heading back to Newport from a long weekend away when Belinda screamed "Oh my GOD Darren pull over!"
Darren looked at his wife in shock but did as she was told but before he could say anything his wife was already out of the car and running. He quickly undid his seat belt and opened his door and ran over to where his wife had come to a stop and had dropped to her knees. As he came up behind her he saw the girl lying on the side of the road and he swore.
"Is she alive Belinda?" Darren asked. He was a doctor and in his life he had seen a lot of difficult cases but there was something about this one that pulled at him more than the others.
Belinda let her Nurse's training kick in as she felt for a pulse before letting out a sigh of relief. "We need to get her to the hospital stat Darren. She has a very faint pulse. I would say since there was this jacket covering her that whoever was with her had thought she was dead and maybe went to get help or something. If we don't move her and get her to the hospital now she very well could die."
Darren nodded and bent down and gently lifted the young woman in his arms and walked back to the car as fast as he could. He gave his wife a slight sad smile as she rushed passed him and opened up the back door before climbing into the back seat and all the way over. He then gently laid the young woman on the back seat with her head resting on his wife's lap. After he shut the door he looked around to make sure there wasn't another hurt person and that was when he spotted the smoke coming from the ravine. He swore and ran over there and saw that the a car looked as if it had exploded. He wanted to go and check and see if anyone else was in the car but he knew that he needed to get the young woman in his back seat to the hospital or she would die.
He rushed back to his car and got in and then did a U turn and headed back the way he came. He knew that Newport had a hospital but he figured a bigger hospital would be better. He sped to the hospital that he worked at and prayed the whole way there that the young woman in the backseat lived. As soon as he pulled up into the ambulance bay he jumped out of his car and ran inside.
"Abby I need you to grab a gurney and the surgeon who is on call tonight. I have an accident victim in my car and she doesn't look good. Her pulse is weak and thready." Darren said.
Abby jumped up and said "Of course Dr. Carlisle. I'll have the surgeon on call paged and I'll grab a couple other nurses and Dr. Hanks."
Darren nodded and turned on his heel and ran back out to his car and pulled the back seat door open. "How is she doing Belinda?"
Belinda had tears in her eyes. "He pulse is even more week and thready and it sounds as if she's having trouble breathing."
Darren swore and looked up as he heard the doors open again and the sound of the running feet. He had never been so happy in his life to see a gurney as he was right then. As soon as his colleague Dr. Bryan Hanks got to his side he gave a slight smile to his wife before gently pulling the young lady towards him and into his arms as gently as he could and then he laid her on the gurney.
"What do we have?" Dr. Hanks asked.
Darren sighed. "I'm not exactly sure Bryan. Belinda saw her lying on the side of the road and yelled at me to stop. When I got over there Belinda said that she was barely alive and her pulse was barely there. I loaded her into the car and noticed smoke coming from somewhere and I rushed over there and saw a car on fire. My best guess would be that she was in some kind of car accident."
Dr. Hanks nodded. "Trauma one people. I want a full blood work up on her as well as X-Rays and a CT Scan."
The Nurse's nodded and helped to rush the gurney back inside and into Trauma one. Soon they had the blood drawn and sent to the lab for testing stat and then they were doing the x-rays and CT scan.
Dr. Hanks frowned as he felt the young woman's stomach and then he looked up at Abby. "Abby, I need for you to get me an Ultra Sound machine stat. I want to check her abdomen for internal bleeding. She has a fractured foot and hand and a couple of broken ribs as well as a punctured lung. I want the surgeon down here STAT. She has a grade three concussion. I just hope she wakes up after the surgery."
Abby nodded and ran off to do as she was told. After calling the surgeon she ran and got the Ultra Sound machine and took it to Trauma one. She wondered what had Dr. Hanks so worried but she knew that she was about to find out. She helped him prep the young woman for the Ultra Sound as Dr. Carlisle and his wife Belinda stood off to the side. As soon as Dr. Hanks had the wand on the young woman's stomach she gasped.
"Is that what I think it is?" Abby blurted out.
Dr. Hanks looked at Abby and then over at his colleague and friend and said "Good thing you two found her Darren. According to this Ultra Sound she's fourteen weeks pregnant. The baby's heartbeat seems to be doing well so that is a good sign. I just hope that the baby will survive the surgery that this young woman needs."
Darren nodded and wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulder as he heard her crying. He saw the surgeon come in and smiled as he realized that the young woman him and his wife brought in would be taken care of by the best and he was thankful that Dr. Chris Walker was on staff tonight. He listened as Bryan gave Chris the details and let out a sigh of relief that Chris was willing to rush her straight up to surgery. He led Belinda up to the waiting room on the surgical floor because he knew that Belinda wouldn't want to leave without knowing how the young woman faired.
Almost six hours later after being brought into the hospital and rushed into surgery the young woman woke up and blinked her eyes as she looked around and saw two men and one woman she didn't know she whispered "Who are you?"
Belinda gasped and rushed to the bed side of the young woman and she said "Hi, I'm Belinda Carlisle. My husband Darren and I found you. How are you doing honey? Is there anyone I can call for you?"
Marissa frowned and blinked and then started crying. "I don't know. I don't know my name."
