CHAPTER TWO- "A new beginning a new chapter of my life"

It had been Five years since Marissa Cooper left Newport and she hadn't returned since. After a month or so she stopped replying to Ryan's emails and pretty much appeared off the face of the earth. She called her Mom and Summer occasionally just to let them know she was doing fine and she was still alive but Marissa was too busy to come back home. They had to read about her in the magazines to find out what she was really doing that week.

After Marissa left Newport and went to Hawaii, she worked on the boat for 6 months. One day Jimmy took her to a Fashion Parade off the Coast Of L.A as he had a business deal with the man who ran the show. As it turned out they were looking for a new model and Marissa fitted the position perfectly. Her career blossomed from there. She was not only known around L.A but the whole of America new who Marissa Cooper was. She was finally living her own life, following her own rules not living under the name of "Julie Cooper Daughter."

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It was 10:32 at night and Marissa sat in her office overlooking the city lights and flipped through photo's from the shoot she had that day. She spun around in her chair flicking back and forward between two of the photos until she got fed up and threw the photos on the maybe pile. Marissa heard a knock at her door and turned her head to see her Secretary Joe waiting at the door.

"Sorry to interrupt Miss Cooper, but I have a call for you."

"No that's fine, who is it?"

"They didn't leave a name, shall I put you through?"

"Ahh yeah sure." said Marissa as she wondered who could be possibly calling her this late at night.

"Hello?"

"COOP!"

"Sum, omg what are you doing calling at this time!"


Marissa laughed as she smiled at the fact that it was summer Roberts that had called her.

"Well I have some news!"

"Shoot!"

"Umm… Cohen just asked me to marry him!"

"WHAT! No way congrats sum, omg you have no idea how happy I am for you!"

Marissa was overwhelmed, her best friend was getting married; she always thought that summer would be the first to marry since she had planned her wedding from when they were about 12!

"So have you set a wedding date?"

"Well not really, he literally just asked me half an hour ago and I wanted to call you first! But we want to get married soon so about three months or something so it will be a summer wedding."


"Sum, I can't believe it! You're finally getting married! So um, are you going to announce it to everyone else tonight or wait until the morning?"

"Um, were on our way over to the Cohen's house now, so I better go, but before I do I need to ask you a huge favor, Cooper Scooper will you be my maid of honor?"

Summer waited anxiously on the other end of the line hoping Marissa would say yes but the thought crossed her mind that she doesn't really know this Marissa, the Marissa that appeared in the magazines, the Marissa who was apart of all the scandalous magazines.

"Are you serious, Summer of course I will be your maid of honor! I am so grateful you have no idea!!"

Summer was relieved that her best friend agreed to be her maid of honor but then she thought of Ryan, Ryan was going to be the best man she hoped that this wouldn't change anything.

"So Sum when you would like me to come down?"

"Ohh, I totally forgot about your busy schedule, I can call you in a few weeks and let you know when the date is if you want."

"Umm, sum can I please put you on hold for like 2 seconds?"

"Um sure coop."

Summer was really confused now; she was in the car driving to the Cohen's with Seth when Marissa put her on hold.

"So what did she say hunny?" Seth asked

"She said yes but, she's put me on hold" summer said as she raised her left eyebrow wondering why on earth she was on hold.

Had one of Marissa's agents walked in the room and asked her when she was ready for her next shoot, Summer was frustrated, she hardly got to speak to Marissa and she thought the least she could do was talk to her for more than a minute!

Seth laughed at Summer's expression and removed one hand off the wheel of the car and placed it on her thigh showing her that everything was going to be okay.

At that moment Summer heard a voice at the other end of the phone.

"Sum, Sum are you there?"

"Yeah sorry, so um what did you do?"

"Well I just had to ask my boss something, so I have a question for you."

"What is it Riss?"

"How would you fell if I could come down to Newport, say Tuesday?"

All Marissa heard was a high pitched scream on the other end of phone, Marissa pulled the phone away from her and laughed, she hadn't heard that scream since they both watched the season finally of the valley.

"Coop, I am so excited are you sure, I mean Tuesday is in three days!"

"Yep im sure, I actually just convinced my boss that I need around four months off."

"WHAT! Marissa Cooper are you kidding me this is amazing, but what about the magazines and the press, aren't they going to miss there golden girl?"

Marissa laughed that the fact Summer had called her the "golden girl", she had never thought of her self as anything 'special' just a regular girl who just happened to fall into this path in life.
"Im sure they'll survive, besides I'll there are many places in Newport where I can get my photo taken anywhere! The question is do you want me down there?"

"Marissa Cooper back in town, how can I refuse?"

"Tuesday it is?"

"I'll meet you at the airport, this is so great coop I can't believe its been five whole years since I've seen you in person!"

"I know, it's horrible, but im going to make it up to you! I'll text you later on with the times that my plane arrives, I can't wait to see you, but I better let you go."

"Okay coop! Can't wait to see you! Love you heaps!"

"Love you too! Congrats again! Tell Seth I say 'hi' and that he better take care of my girl."

"Sure will, bye coop."

As Marissa was about to reply summer hung up. Marissa relaxed back into her chair and smiled at the thought that she would be seeing her best friend in just three days!
Marissa opened her top draw and shuffled through some papers until she came across what she was looking for, a photo of the Fab Four on there graduation. They all looked so happy, there smiles couldn't get any bigger, and a tear ran down Marissa's face. She looked at Ryan and herself, she had her arm around his shoulder and she looked so comfortable and happy which brought her to the day when she left all that behind that night at the airport. She licked her bottom lip and ran her thumb across it, clenched her fist, closed her eyes and took a massive breath and sobbed to herself letting all the pain out.

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