Chapter Four

The four of them got there in about an hour due to traffic.

"Hello receptionist, my son Ryan Atwood is in here. He's been in a crash"

"Right this way miss"

They see the doctor

"In addition to his current injuries, he has a bruised sternum and a broken left elbow. He's lucky he didn't break his neck in the accident. The drugs will wear off in about fifteen minutes. You can see him then"

"Oh, I forgot to call Marissa" said Seth.

He called her and she was on his way when the Cohens came out of Ryan's room.

"How is he Seth?" summer asked

"He has a pulse but he's not talking and his eyes aren't open"

Summer goes in Ryan's room

"Ryan, please wake up"

No response

"Ryan, come on Ryan open your eyes"

Ryan opens his eyes and sees Summer standing above him

"Thank god you're okay. They said you almost broke your neck. Please promise me you'll never get in an accident again"

"I'll try" he says weakly

"I love you Ryan"

"I love you too Summer" They kiss as Marissa watches through the window in the door. Summer comes out and the Cohens go back in to talk to Ryan.

*****

Marissa and Summer are in the hall

"Summer, why did you kiss Ryan? You know I love him"

"Really? Maybe you should have thought of that before you cheated on him with Oliver! You were the only thing he ever loved and you threw that all away. I'm with Ryan now so you can just shut up!"

Summer walks off leaving Marissa dumbfounded. The Cohens have left and Ryan heard Marissa and Summer from his room

"That's my girl" he says to Summer when she walks back in

Meanwhile.

Marissa goes to Oliver's house

She finds him face down on the couch

"Oliver?"

She sees a bottle of Vodka, some sleeping pills, and some cocaine

"Oliver?"

No response

"OLIVER!!?"

No response again.

She calls the police after cleaning up the drugs.

They come and carry him away on a stretcher with a blanket over his body. She watches as they load him onto the truck with the label "Morgue"

*****