It's Crazy How Things Work Out For the Better.

Warning: This chapter contains exactly three swear words. . . unless you count the word 'bitch' as a swear word, then it is five. So be warned!!!!

Chapter 9

Marissa woke up the next morning to find herself alone. When the group had gone to bed, Ryan had given up the pool house for the three older Kelly sisters, Alex had given her room to Julie and Caleb, Ryan slept on the floor of Seth's room with Seth and Summer in the bed, while Alex and Marissa had slept on the couch together. It may not have been the most ideal place for the pair especially for Alex, but they wouldn't have had it any other way. They were on the road to being a couple again and they seemed to be much more ready for a relationship. This is why Marissa was a little concerned when she woke up alone, and therefore decided to go look for the blonde.

Marissa was nearing her panic mode when she couldn't find Alex in any part of the house that she looked in. Marissa was about to go wake Summer up when she heard something that made her stop short.

'Gotta get ya out of my mind

Gotta get ya into my life'

It wasn't the song that made her stop; no, Marissa had heard the song many times before. It was the fact that she heard Alex's voice singing along to it.

'I know that you're down by the way you're watching me

You take my words away and I can hardly speak

There's just room for two in my fantasy

So baby lose your crew and come away with me'

Marissa started walking towards the sound of the voice; it was like a Siren's song, so beautiful that she felt compelled to go to the source of the sound. And she found the source in the kitchen.

'Turn down the lights and light up the party

I got the ride and you got the naughty

Leave your boys with my girls tonight

Come home with me, a.s.a.p.

Turn down the lights and light up the party

I got the time and you got the body

Leave your boys with my girls tonight

Come home with me, a.s.a.p.'

Alex, Penelope, Samantha and Thea were moving around the Cohens' kitchen, singing, dancing and making pancakes all at the same time. Marissa was mesmerized as Alex swayed her hips perfectly in time with the music.

"Tonight's the night and it's only just begun

All the boys and the girls that wanna fuck tonight

Gotta turn the naughty on

Tonight's the night and it's only just begun

All the boys and the girls that wanna fuck tonight

Better turn the naughty on . . . oh, hey Marissa!"

Alex had turned around and saw the brunette standing in the doorway, and promptly brought Marissa out of her daydream with her exclamation. Before Marissa could react to what was going on, Alex grabbed her and started dancing with the lanky girl. The pair slowly started to sway together as Alex started singing again.

"I like what you say by the way you rock your shoes

And the way you wear your smile got me really digging you

All this bump and grind makes everyone a freak

Lets get out of sight baby run away with me"

The brunette stood behind Alex as they grinded to the song. Their movements were slow and sensual, making the temperature in the kitchen jump up a few degrees.

"Alright, that's enough! I do not want to see my baby sister start having sex right in front of me!" Penelope exclaimed as the horny couple started to make out, her British accent becoming very heavy.

"Pen, relax! They're kids; let them have some fun!" Thea said sticking up for the two.

After they had a significant amount of space between the teens, Marissa suddenly asked, " Okay, this may be a weird question but, how come Penelope, you have a British accent, and Thea, you have an Australian accent?"

The Kelly girls chuckled.

" That, Marissa, is because our parents shipped me and Pen off to Australia and England respectively, when we were sixteen. Penelope came back to America three years ago, while I just finished moving back two months ago. We lived there for so long, our accents adapted to those around us." Thea had been asked the question so many times that she waited for people to ask.

"Why did they ship you off?"

Samantha answered that question as she put another batch of pancakes into the oven to stay warm, "Because they never really wanted kids. They figured that, after they had us, they could ship us off somewhere and that'd be it."

"They sent Pen to England, Samantha to Canada, Helena went to boarding school, Thea went to Australia, and I was emancipated. Dorinda got to stay with them because they actually wanted her," Alex told Marissa.

"I'm sorry," Marissa was at a loss. How could parents do that to their kids? All this time she thought that she had it bad, when there were obviously people whose parent really DID hate them.

The group stayed lost in thought for a little while, each woman thinking about their perspective on the subject that was still present in their minds.

"Al, did you ever run into the bitch that you left Newport for?" Thea's voice broke through the silence.

"Who, Jodie?" Sam piped in.

"No, you know that stupid girl who Alex dated for awhile, then the girl dumped her for her ex-boyfriend. The one that Al was pining over for months. Did you run into her yet? If you didn't, I hope you beat the shit out her when you do; she deserves it!" Thea was talking so animatedly, that she didn't notice Alex, Penelope and Sam's silent glaring in the hopes of making her stop talking, until the sentence had left her mouth, "Why the hell are you all looking at me like that? What did I say?"

Alex didn't answer because she was too busy looking at Marissa. The taller girl had paled quite a bit, and was blatantly trying to fight off tears.

"Rissa, I . . . she didn't mean that . . . " Alex's voice was wavering.

"No, Alex, she's right. I was a bitch to you. You were so mature and levelheaded, and I was stupid. I rushed into an amazing relationship, and I screwed everything up when I chickened out! Ryan and I didn't even really date after that. All we did was fight; we realized that we are much better off as friends. When I finally figured that out, it was too late to tell you," Marissa stopped to wipe away some of the tears that were streaming down her face, " I should have never have done that to you! You didn't deserve it."

Alex tried to stop her, but Marissa ran out of the kitchen, then out the front door.

I decided I was gonna be nice and add this chapter tonight, since I've decided to add another chapter between this one and the next one I wrote. SO I hope this will sustain you til I upload the next part. . . .

And no, I couldn't just leave their relationship alone. They have quite a few issues that still need to be addressed, and that can't happen if Alex and Marissa were off in relationship La-La land.