Wondering how I got here.
A/N: Sorry about the delay on updating but I was kind of stumped on what to write so here it is. Reviews are definitely appreciated!
Ryan and Marissa trudged around the crowded campus with boxes in their hands as they managed to find Marissa's dorm. They squeezed passed people who had already been going back and forth moving themselves in for the new semester. Marissa looked up at the numbers at the door and when they came to the end of the hall way she said
"This is it" as she turned looking at Ryan who held a thank god expression. She managed to turn the knob and went in Ryan following behind her. She dropped the box she was holding. It was so heavy she could barely feel her hands from the numbness. "Where do you want this?" he said. Marissa looked up. "Just leave it over there on the floor that's fine" she told him. "Okay" he said setting it down.
He looked up catching Marissa scanning her room. "So what do you think?" he said. "It's nice but not at all as I expected it to be" She said. "Well at least you don't have to room with anyone" he threw in. "Yeah which does mean more closet space. I guess I should be thankful that the person who I was going to be rooming with decided not to attend school after all" she said cutely. Which brought a smile to Ryan's face.
"How is that you always manage to look on the bright side?" She wondered. "I don't know" he said. "We should probably get the rest of it so that we can get you all settled next" She looked at him. "Right" he said. She dragged him by the hand. "Come on we got a lot of work to do" she said. Ryan groaned he hated having to move stuff.
Meanwhile Summer had grabbed keys opening the apartment door which was were her and Seth would be residing for the next four years. She flipped on the light and looked around. Her smile fell. As she checked over the small stuffy apartment. It definitely wasn't New Port she thought to herself. Seth kicked the door open wider with his foot as he set some bags down. "So what do you think?" Seth said.
"I think we should have actually looked at the apartment before taking it" Summer said venturing into the mini sized kitchen. "Come on it can't be that bad" Seth said. "Eww" Summer shrieked looking down and immediately running towards Seth. "It is that bad" She said. "Summer" he said. "Seth I'm fairly certain that if you go in that kitchen you're going to see a mouse staring back at you!" she yelled. "Mickey" Seth said. She glared.
"No Minnie mouse. No Seth like an actual mouse" she whined. "Relax Summer maybe you're just seeing things" As he went to check it out in the kitchen. "Do you see it?" she said. Seth looked around. "No but you probably scared him. Oh my god" Seth said turning towards the counter and seeing it there running back towards Summer. "So I'm just seeing things huh?" Summer said irritated.
"Okay so maybe you have a point" Seth said. "Why didn't we just live in the dorm like Ryan and Marissa had decided too" Summer said rethinking the situation. "Because Sum we've been together for awhile now and besides you wanted more closet space" he threw in.
"Oh like you didn't want room for your entire comic book collection" she said. "Okay so maybe I did. So let's just make the best of this besides the dorms are all booked by now" Seth pleaded. "Okay besides I guess a little fixing could spruce it up a bit but you have to go talk to the Super about getting an exterminator because I'm not living with Mice" Summer said. He kissed her forehead. "I'm on it" Seth said leaving. Summer looked around and thought of what to do first. Deciding to start with the bedroom.
After they had finished with Marissa's room. Marissa had headed towards Ryan's room with a few of his things as he dropped of the last bag to her room that they left behind. She opened the door dragging his stuff in and putting it on the empty side. The other side looked like it was already occupied and completely put together.
She thought the person had probably been here for awhile as the door opened. She looked up expecting Ryan only to find a strange guy coming in. She stared at him. "Hey so there must have been a mistake at the registers office huh?" he said awkwardly. "Excuse me?" She said totally confused.
"No it's just I was given this room and I guess they messed up with your name thinking you were a guy instead of you actually being a girl" he said. She laughed. It all made sense now. He thought she was Ryan. "No no mistake. You're actually rooming with my Boyfriend Ryan Atwood. He just went to the car to get some of his stuff" she explained. "For a minute there I thought we had a problem there" He joked.
He was obviously a joker so she wondered how Ryan would get along with him. "My name's Lucas Wyatt" he said putting his hand out. She smiled accepting. "Marissa Cooper. I actually live upstairs" she said. With that Ryan had made it to the room. "Hey Ryan" she said grabbing some of his things from him and placing it to the side as he did the same. Ryan looked up noticing another person in the room. "So you're Ryan then" Lucas said.
To which Ryan smiled. "Yeah man how's it going" Ryan said shaking his hand. "Well it's nice to finally meet you. Lucas Wyatt" he said. "Ryan Atwood and this is my Marissa interrupted. "We already met. It seems Lucas thought I was you and thought there was obviously a mistake at the register's office" She told him. Ryan laughed. "So you guys need any help? As you can see I'm pretty much all done with the moving thing" Lucas said.
Marissa looked at Ryan. Ryan looked back at him. "Sure man there's actually a few things left in the car" He said. "Great" he said being friendly. "You know Marissa you could go on ahead and get your self settled there's only a few things anyway" Ryan said her to her letting her know he would be fine conversing with Lucas. Truth was Ryan wasn't the most talkative person.
"Okay yeah so I guess I'll see you later" she said kissing him. She smiled Lucas's way. "And it was really nice meeting you" she responded politely. "Yeah like wise" he said smiling. As they walked out of the room going back to the car Marissa went towards her room deciding what to unpack first.
"Okay so the Super's totally on it and is going to come up later and put a few traps around" finally noticing he was talking to an empty room as he came in. "Sum?" he said confused. "In here" he heard her yell from the bed room. He went to find her and walked in looking around.
The bed that had been previously there now had a colorful spread on it with pillows and a matching throw at the end of the bed. She had even managed to hang a scarf over the window making the room seem homier. "I was gone this long?" he said noticing the change in the room. She smiled.
"So do you like it?" she wondered. "Summer it's awesome" He said kissing her. "Thanks so did you talk to the Super?" Summer questioned him. "Yeah he's on it and he's going to be stopping by a little while later" Seth informed her. "Great" she said. He noticed that she was working on the closet. Already having opened a few boxes marked with their clothes.
"So you think you got enough space?" Seth said. "Yeah the plus about this place is that it has extra closet space so you really can't complain" She said smiling. "Alright well I'm going to work on the living room" Seth said. "Oh no you don't because if you start hooking up the television to the cable box then you're going to be tempted to hook up the play station and we'll get no work done that way" Summer said.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Seth said. "You can start with the kitchen" She said. "Alright but if the mouse comes out again I'm gone" he said joking. "Cohen put a move on" she said pushing him from the room. "Alright" he said leaving Summer to finish what she had started.
Ryan had been walking back to the room with Lucas. "So you're from New Port?" Lucas said trying to make conversation as they walked. "Yeah we'll technically I've only lived there for three years" Ryan responded. He nodded. "So where are you from?" Ryan tried being polite. "Oh you probably never heard of it. It's a place called Brio" Lucas said.
"Really?" Ryan said sort of shocked. "Yeah you know it" Lucas said. "Yeah before New Port I basically grew up in Chino" Ryan said. "Chino wow. So what School did you go to?" Lucas said. "Chino Hills. What about you?" Ryan said. "I went to Arivista" he said. Ryan nodded having heard of it. "So it's definitely got to be different for you leaving Brio" Ryan said going in the room.
Lucas dropped the last of the stuff on the floor. "Well I guess it's a change for everyone. Although New Port wasn't much like this" He said. "You've been to New Port?" Ryan said. "A few times family functions that sort of thing. Although from the looks of your car I'm pretty sure you didn't live in the numbered streets" Lucas joked. Ryan laughed. "Yeah the Cohen's actually live in the gated part of the community and it's actually Marissa's car" Ryan said.
"The Cohen's?" Lucas said. "Yeah my Legal guardians" Ryan said. "Legal guardians huh? So what happened to you're Parents?" he said. Ryan thought about it. "It didn't really work out" he said rather quickly not really feeling like going further into it. "So I assume Marissa's from New Port as well" Lucas said helping him arrange his stuff. Ryan smiled thinking about her.
"Yeah born and raised" He said. He nodded. "So what about you? You got a girlfriend?" Ryan said. "Well I did but unfortunately Jen's studying in New York and we kind broke it off. Long distance just wasn't what we wanted." He said.
"Long way from California assuming she's from Brio" Ryan said. "Yeah she is but she just decided it was what she wanted so what can you do?" he said shrugging it off. "Right you know I actually couldn't think of what it would be like not having Marissa here" Ryan said thinking about.
"Well be glad you don't have to wonder" Lucas said joking. He laughed.
"Come on I think there's a few more things in the car" Lucas said Ryan followed him out.
