CHAPTER ONE: The One
Ryan had been laying in the Poolhouse. Seth was gone. Sandy and Kirsten were no doubt sleeping. He was all alone. He wanted Marissa, but knew he'd never get her back. He wanted Oliver dead too. But he needed to show he carried a tiny bit about the jack-ass.
He thought he could really be happy now if he had one of his old musical CDs. He could really go for "The Music Man" right now. Musicals were what kept him going in Chino until he got darker.
He checked his night-stand to see if he bought any with him from home. None. But he had one particular script in there. In LA there was gonna be a production of some show called "Urinetown." His school teacher badly wanted him to audition, knowing he had talent, because he wanted to keep Ryan out of trouble.
He read the first page of the script the night Trey and him stole the car.
He hadn't touched it since then.
"Hey Coop." Summer was on the phone with Marissa.
"Hey Sum."
"So, that Oliver nut's in a nuthouse."
"Don't talk about him"
"Sorry. Look. I'm home."
"I don't feel like coming over."
"No. You don't have to. Cohen called."
"Seth?"
"Yeah. He told me he broke up with Anna."
"Good God."
"And he's coming over to talk. He needs a conversation real bad. Ryan's in a bad mood and his parents are---"
"Wait! Ryan feels bad about Oliver?"
"I guess. Anyway, I'm thinking about doing it with him?"
"Having sex? Look, you've lost your…"
"No I haven't."
"Christ."
"I need your advice. How do you…"
"Start kissing him. Then slowly unbutton his shirt and rub his chest. And say 'I wanna.' Then see if he takes off your shirt. Unbutton the jeans and see if he pulls down his pants."
"Thanks Coop. Say, what are you doing?"
"I'm just thinking and…Ryan feels bad, right?"
"Yeah."
"Alright, well…have a good…time."
"Bye."
And they hung up.
Ryan read the second page of "Urinetown" and almost pissed in his pants. The line: "We, we never fail." Funny. But then, "The Urine Good Company will help us." Line cracked him up.
Marissa entered in the middle of hysteria.
"What's so funny?"
" 'Urinetown.' I was gonna audition for it before…you know."
"Isn't that kinda gross for a Broadway show?"
"It's boy humor. Anyway, why are you here?"
"I came to say…"She broke down and hugged him. "I'm sorry." She hugged her back. Then they kissed. Their first in a while.
"Can you forgive me?"
"I need you Marissa. I sure can." Then she told him the other reason why she was here.
"Look, Seth's about to loose his virginity."
"What?"
"He's driving over to Summer's and…" Ryan heard the tires of the truck fade.
"Sandy will kill him."
"Cover up for him. But I came to ask you…do you wanna?"
"Sandy and Kirsten will kill me."
"No, at my place. My dad's not home."
"Let me call them from your place, okay."
"Grab a condom."
Seth went into Summer's room. Summer was in her nightgown.
"Hey. Am I bothering you?"
"No."
"Look, Summer. As you know, Anna and me we…broke up and…Summer, I love you."
With that she told him her plan.
"Seth, I knew this was going to happen. And, the reason I'm in my nightgown is…"She threw him a piece of plastic. Seth knew what it was.
"Will your mom and dad care?"
"Yeah. But they'd never yell at me."
"But I thought you lost your virginity as soon as you turned 15."
"No way. I've kept clean. But you are…The one."
Ryan and Marissa were already getting started. He sucked on her breast and then kissed her neck.
"You're the one." Marissa said 100 times during the night. She tickled it and sucked on it. He was lying there, loving every second of it. He rubbed her ass. As it came out, she knew she was brightening someone's day, and he knew he was brightening her's.
