Chapter Two: "Invitation"
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"Hey Ryan, come on get up, we need to get some breakfast in you."
Mrs. Cohen awoke me from the pool house and I slipped on my usual white tee and some blue jeans and headed out towards the main house. Sometimes I felt like I was a bother and honestly it seemed that way. I knew Kirsten was a little weary and apprehensive in taking me in, and I know she didn't have to, I just don't like people feeling sorry for me.
"Morning," she said with a bright smile on her face. "I thought since you didn't really have much to wear, we'd go shopping today."
"Yeah because that's always a perk." Seth added in his usual snarky tone. "I'm sure Ryan has nothing better to do than go shopping."
"Well, if he wants clothes to wear that don't have holes in them, I suggest he take my offer."
Mrs. Cohen always wins in the end. I had to chuckle for Seth's efforts of getting me out of it. Shopping was never really my thing. I could care less what others thought. Most of the time they weren't worth mentioning anyways. Being here it assures me even more why I tended to avoid people like this. Sure the Cohen's were great, Seth is awesome, it's the others that tend to crawl under my skin like parasites.
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As we entered the infamously large plaza building, Seth and I headed our own way, he had this thing with shopping with his mom. I couldn't really blame him, it was really uncomfortable, and just weird.
Seth tended to drift more towads the stores full of skateboarding material. So of course naturally I went with him. As I turned around to head out I bumped into her.
"Sor...Sorry."
Her smile was so exquisite and hypnotizing I seemed to lose concentration.
"It's ok, my fault really. Ryan?"
"Huh?"
"Is that your name? Ryan?"
"Oh yeah"
"I'm Marissa. Nice to meet you."
She extended her hand towards me and I embraced her skin into mine. It was soft and gentle.
"So, your staying with the Cohens?"
"Yeah, they kind of took me in for awhile." Great I sound like some charity case.
"Well, if your not doing anything later, there's this party. It's at my friend Holly's house, and well everyone's going to be there. You should come."
I noded a bit, "ok, cool"
And with that she was seemingly dragged away......
"Coop come on, we don't have all day to mingle with the beggars. I told you not to look at them, they always try to weasle some money from you. Plus they're just gross and dirty."
She glanced one last time towards me and shrugged her shoulders, "Sorry."
"So, you were talking to Marissa? Did your IQ fall dramatically?"
"She invited me....us to a party, but I don't think I'm going."
"Party? Did you say party? Is Summer going to be there?"
"She said everyone."
"Well my friend, that means us...so what time do we leave?"
"It's not really my style. I don't think I'm going."
"You cannot not go. I mean, I can't show up alone. Besides you do this for me and I'll owe you. Please?"
I looked at him, giving him a sort of half smile. He seemed to usually talk me into things.
"My first Newport Beach party. This'll be a blast."
Seth had later told me the one who was pulling on Marrisa was the infamous Summer. Of course he went into more detail about it, well he always did when it was about Summer. I still couldn't believe he actually liked her. To me she was nothing less of a bitch.
TBC
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"Hey Ryan, come on get up, we need to get some breakfast in you."
Mrs. Cohen awoke me from the pool house and I slipped on my usual white tee and some blue jeans and headed out towards the main house. Sometimes I felt like I was a bother and honestly it seemed that way. I knew Kirsten was a little weary and apprehensive in taking me in, and I know she didn't have to, I just don't like people feeling sorry for me.
"Morning," she said with a bright smile on her face. "I thought since you didn't really have much to wear, we'd go shopping today."
"Yeah because that's always a perk." Seth added in his usual snarky tone. "I'm sure Ryan has nothing better to do than go shopping."
"Well, if he wants clothes to wear that don't have holes in them, I suggest he take my offer."
Mrs. Cohen always wins in the end. I had to chuckle for Seth's efforts of getting me out of it. Shopping was never really my thing. I could care less what others thought. Most of the time they weren't worth mentioning anyways. Being here it assures me even more why I tended to avoid people like this. Sure the Cohen's were great, Seth is awesome, it's the others that tend to crawl under my skin like parasites.
********************************************************************
As we entered the infamously large plaza building, Seth and I headed our own way, he had this thing with shopping with his mom. I couldn't really blame him, it was really uncomfortable, and just weird.
Seth tended to drift more towads the stores full of skateboarding material. So of course naturally I went with him. As I turned around to head out I bumped into her.
"Sor...Sorry."
Her smile was so exquisite and hypnotizing I seemed to lose concentration.
"It's ok, my fault really. Ryan?"
"Huh?"
"Is that your name? Ryan?"
"Oh yeah"
"I'm Marissa. Nice to meet you."
She extended her hand towards me and I embraced her skin into mine. It was soft and gentle.
"So, your staying with the Cohens?"
"Yeah, they kind of took me in for awhile." Great I sound like some charity case.
"Well, if your not doing anything later, there's this party. It's at my friend Holly's house, and well everyone's going to be there. You should come."
I noded a bit, "ok, cool"
And with that she was seemingly dragged away......
"Coop come on, we don't have all day to mingle with the beggars. I told you not to look at them, they always try to weasle some money from you. Plus they're just gross and dirty."
She glanced one last time towards me and shrugged her shoulders, "Sorry."
"So, you were talking to Marissa? Did your IQ fall dramatically?"
"She invited me....us to a party, but I don't think I'm going."
"Party? Did you say party? Is Summer going to be there?"
"She said everyone."
"Well my friend, that means us...so what time do we leave?"
"It's not really my style. I don't think I'm going."
"You cannot not go. I mean, I can't show up alone. Besides you do this for me and I'll owe you. Please?"
I looked at him, giving him a sort of half smile. He seemed to usually talk me into things.
"My first Newport Beach party. This'll be a blast."
Seth had later told me the one who was pulling on Marrisa was the infamous Summer. Of course he went into more detail about it, well he always did when it was about Summer. I still couldn't believe he actually liked her. To me she was nothing less of a bitch.
TBC