Ryan was on a ladder praying Seth would stop trembling and he would be safe. His head was barely on after last night but he could tell Seth was far worse than he was. Seth still looked green. Just then Kirsten passed the two of them and stopped to look at the banner they were hanging.
"Just a little higher Ryan, it's not even."
Ryan did his best to bit his tongue and keep the sarcastic comment from coming out. It had been a while since his last hang over and he was hoping it would be even longer till the next one. He had forgotten just how grouchy he could get.
It didn't help though that he knew there was a talk coming about Marissa. A talk he had successfully avoided until today. But Kirsten catching Marissa in his cloth and still looking sleepy was the end of it. She knew and the TALK was on its way. But almost worse than that he was still embarrassed from his debut this afternoon.
"Don't we have people that could do this." Seth said wearily but sounding bored. His head laid gently on the ladder not paying any attention to the still disoriented Ryan he was supposed to be steadying it for.
"Don't start Seth. I have already had about all I can stand form you today."
Kristen knew something was up. Seth was more tired than normal and had given her some stupid excuse when she found him sleeping on the couch. Not of a second did she believe he had fallen asleep in the pool house and tried to make it to his bed when he woke up in the middle of the night but had only made it to the couch. First off Marissa had fallen asleep in the pool house and if she believed Seth than she'd have to believe Ryan latter when he told her nothing had happened. Something had to happen, even if it was only sleeping Kirsten had caught them doing it was still unacceptable.
Ryan finally secured the Banner and got off the ladder happy to be on the ground and done with his indentured servitude for the day. He walked over to Kristen who was putting the finishing touches on the hor duerves table moving platters nervously.
"I'm gonna go get dressed and clean up a little.' Ryan said not really stopping just walking by. He hoped he could get away with this and not have to talk to Kirsten for to long but Kirsten wasn't about to let him slide.
"Ryan can you wait a minuet." Kirsten said not looking at him keeping her focus on the trays of food in front of her. She was embarrassed to have this talk, and angry that Sandy hadn't done it the many times she had pestered him to since Marissa stated become such a frequent visitor of the pool house.
"Sure" Ryan said walking back over to the table and standing next to her, looking down and around trying to find an escape. Unfortunately the one time Seth's persistent talking could be helpful of course he was no where to be found.
"I know your 16 and nearly an adult." Kirsten started not knowing how much she needed to cover. She really didn't trust Dawn to have had this talk but not really wanting to get to deep into sex with Ryan. She felt horribly uncomfortable talking to Seth about it and Ryan being new didn't make it any easier to talk to him. "But your not an adult, and Sandy and I are responsible for you so we are trusting you to be responsible." She looked at him pointedly. "Especially when it comes to decisions about Marissa, and any other girl in the future. You can always come to Sandy or I with anything, no matter what. I'm afraid of being a 38 year old grandmother but not unwilling. Just be responsible and safe."
Ryan was dumbfounded and horribly embarrassed. Did Kirsten really just say that or was this some weird dream. "I'm not do-"
"I trust you to be smart and safe. That's all I'm saying" Kirsten said than reached for Ryan's hand squeezing it reassuringly before walking off back towards the house. Just as Ryan turned to walk back he heard her shout across the deck "Oh and no more Co-ed slumber parties in the pool house. If for some reason she can't get back to Jimmy's we have a guest room and several couches she would be just as comfortable on."
Ryan didn't respond just nodded and walked back into his Pool house. Much to his surprise he found Seth laying in his bad passed out. Not wanting to wake up the poor hung over Seth he quickly grabbed his "party clothes" from his dresser and went off to the bathroom.
Seth heard Ryan come in and was glad when he realized Ryan wasn't gonna mess with him or bug him about not saving him from his mother. After Ryan was out of the room Seth slid further into the bed and crawled under the covers pulling the blanket up over his head and snuggling into the bed. Neither Seth nor Ryan heard when the pool door opened again. Ryan was busy washing the alcohol-tinged sweat from his face, and Seth, Seth was just dead to the world. Marissa snuck into the room and noticed the form lying bundled in the bed.
Little hands tugged at the strings of her heart. She had been sure Ryan was well on his way to recovery when she had left to go home and get dressed for the party three hours ago. A little mortified and embarrassed but feeling better. The last thing she suspected was to come back and find he had regressed back to sleeping it off. Deciding/ quickly that despite the sympathetic sentimental urge she had felt immediately that Ryan was definitely milking it. She playfully bounded toward the bed.
She jumped up on top of the form and stood over him not sure yet what she wanted to do. Kneeling down next to him she pinched his ass. Sending Seth shooting up
"God! Mom I'm-"
Seth was interrupted though when Marissa started to scream. Marissa screaming Ryan heard and quickly ran from the bathroom. All the wrong thoughts running through his head. When he got into the main room and found Marissa still screaming kneeling on the bed next to a dazed and scared Seth he started to laugh.
He quickly went to her and clamped a hand over her mouth. "Shhh Marissa God relax."
Kirsten heard the scream in the kitchen and went running toward the pool house. Just as she walked in he saw Ryan dressed in only his boxers holding a flailing Marissa and her son lying in bed red faced.
"I pinched Seth Cohen's ass! Marissa screamed sounding more like Summer than she ever thought she could.
All three teens looked at Kirsten then noticing she was in the room.
"I don't want to know!" She exclaimed loudly obviously sick of coming in at the worst moments. "Seth go get ready for the party, Ryan finish getting dressed. Marissa come with me I need help in the kitchen." She then turned on her heal and walked away!
Ryan kept his hold on Marissa waiting until both the Cohens had left before nuzzling into her neck. Marissa sighed tilting her head slightly to give him better access.
"I thought he was you." She said trying to explain something he really didn't need or want an explanation for. The last person in the worlds he thought he's lose Marissa to was Seth. Hell if Julie and Caleb kept it up it would be incest.
"He's almost your nephew! I'm not worried we are not in deliverance." Marissa elbowed Ryan then in his stomach and twirled around before he could re capture her. This time instead of Teasing her he kissed her deeply. Expressing how much he had missed her in her few hours of absence.
"Your lucky I have a sense of Humor today." Marissa said into the kiss. "normally I would of walked out by now,"
"Yeah like you could walk away from me." Ryan smirked punctuating every word with a kiss.
"Well I could always just fire you, Pool boy!"
At this Ryan shot her a mock intimidating glare and began tickling her. Marissa quickly escaped and ran out of the pool house though. Not wanting to be tickled or to have Kirsten come back looking for her.
Marissa saw Seth sitting at the kitchen table when she walked into the main house.
"So Seth it's normal for your Mom to wake you up like that!?! What kind of house is this!" She said mocking him, purposely reminding him of how Summer had teased him a few months ago about the same thing.
Seth just looked up at her with a questioning expression. "I think I've been spending to much time with Summer, I feel a rage blackout coming on."
