Chapter Four: "And now you're caught in the ruse of the World"
New Chapter ladies and gents! Um, yeah so enjoy!!
~ Haley
~ 4 weeks later, Ryan and Seth drove home from school.
"So she still has not come out of the room?" Seth asked Ryan
"No. She doesn't even talk. She just lays there."
They arrive at the Cohen house
"Up for a game of grand theft auto?" Seth asked Ryan.
"In a little bit man. I'm going to go check on her."
Ryan saw Marissa still curled up in the bed before he opened the door. But then he noticed something different, . she was crying.
"Marissa." Ryan said as he approached her.
Marissa jumped out of the bed and grabbed Ryan tightly, her whole body shaking from her harsh sobs. Ryan held her shaking body firmly against his. He pulled her to the bed and laid down beside her, and held her until she fell asleep, whispering in her ear, "I will help you if it's the last thing I do. You just have to let me in."
And with that he kissed her forehead and fell asleep as well.
Late that night Sandy and Kirsten sat in the living room.
"Has Marissa come out yet?" Sandy asked
"No. I was wondering though if you would do something for me."
"Anything honey?"
"Jimmy wants to file an appeal. Will you represent him?"
Sandys smile turned into an angry scowl."No, no, absolutely not!" Sandy said storming out of the room.
Ryan awoke the next morning to see Marissa up and dressed.
"Whats going on?"
"So what a girl can't get out of bed once in awhile?" Marissa said smiling.
"Well yeah but, . are you sure that you are okay?"
"Yeah. I'm great. Now get up. I've missed weeks of school and don't want to be late."
Ryan looked at Marissa quizzically as she skipped out of his room.
"Did that really happen?" Ryan asked himself as she left
Marissa held her head in her hands and leaned against the side of the pool house.
*I've taken up too much of their time, I have to show them that I am better. I have to show Ryan that I am better.*
Marissa knew that she as lying to herself but had no other choice. She had to show Ryan that he made a difference.
Suddenly her stomach lurched and she vomited in the bushes. Of course it was all water and juice because that is all that she didn't refuse to take in.
"Marissa honey are you okay?" Kirsten asked her coming over to her.
"Yeah fine. I just, I don't know, . have not moved around in so long and all."
Kirsten patted Marissa on the back.
"You hungry, I made breakfast."
"No, I can never eat in the morning." Marissa said in her usual cheery voice.
But something was different this time. Her eyes didn't dance like the usually did, they were cold, sad and distant.
"Are you sure, I mean I already made you a plate." Kirsten urged
"I'm fine, really." Marissa said turning away from her
"Alright. You know that I am here if you need to talk to me right?" Kirsten said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Marissa said giving her a smile.
As they headed out for school Marissa stopped dead in her tracks. Somebody was moving into her house! Seeing the people moving in both parents and two little girls, was like looking at a snapshot of her past. Of the hope that she had. What she would never have again..
Seth noticed Marissa staring.
"You ready Cooper?" He asked
"Yeah. I'm ready." Marissa said absent mindedly hopping into the SUV.
Marissa did remarkably well not paying attention to the stares that she received in the hallway. All was going well, until 6th period.
"Hey." Luke said sliding in the seat next to hers.
Marissa looked around for someone to save her but nobody was to be found.
"You got all that you wanted from me." Marissa said looking at the ground and lowering her voice so he didn't see the tears coming to her eyes.
"You know you liked it baby." Luke said looking like he was doing his best impersonation of Danny from Grease.
Marissa got up just before he touched her arm, and ran out of the room. Luke followed her out.
"Hey Marissa where are you going?"
Luke asked pulling her into the locker room.
"Luke please let go of me!" She pleaded as he shoved a rough uncaring hand up her skirt.
"Or what? Will you scream?"
Marissa didn't respond, she just looked away in tears.
"I didn't think so." Luke said.
Five minutes later Seth Cohen walked into the locker room.
"God, I wasn't even looking at them." He whined dobbing the blood stained on his bottom lip, after having gotten beaten up, . yet again. "Just because some people may happen to be-" Seth stopped talking to himself when he heard a sound.
He peeked around the stall to see Luke with Marissa up against the wall in the shower stall, with her legs wrapped around his waist, and his pants at his anckles. He could not believe what he was seeing. Should he go over there? . "Wait," he thought "what if they are just having sex?" But something on Marissas face told him other wise. But something in his head told him to get out of there, and confront Marissa about it later. Seth fled the bathroom, just missing Marissas cries for help.
The ride home was silent. Ryan didn't say anything because he never did, and Marissa just looked out the window. But it was out of character for Seth not to be talking. Even when he had nothing to say he found something to just roll off his tongue.
When they went inside of the house Ryan went to the bathroom which gave Seth the perfect opportunity to talk to Marissa.
"Hey." He said handing her a bowl of popcorn.
"No thanks."
"Marissa refusing food." Seth though to himself sarcastically "So I saw you and Luke today."
"What?" Marissa said her head popping up.
"You and Luke in the showers, Marissa, . was he like, forcing himself on you or something?"
"No of course not." Marissa got up. "I was out a long time. I have a lot of homework to catch up on." She said running out to the pool house.
Ryan returned
"Wheres Marissa?" Seth walked over to Ryan
"I saw something today and I'm not sure exactly what it means."
"What happened?" Ryan asked worry etched in his face.
"I. I mean, I think, well what I mean to say is I think I saw Luke raping Marissa."
"What!" Ryan almost yelled.
It took him awhile to collect himself, before he walked out to the pool house to find Marissa as always crying on his bed.
"We need to talk." Ryan said
Marissa looked up, eyes red and puffy
"I think so too."
New Chapter ladies and gents! Um, yeah so enjoy!!
~ Haley
~ 4 weeks later, Ryan and Seth drove home from school.
"So she still has not come out of the room?" Seth asked Ryan
"No. She doesn't even talk. She just lays there."
They arrive at the Cohen house
"Up for a game of grand theft auto?" Seth asked Ryan.
"In a little bit man. I'm going to go check on her."
Ryan saw Marissa still curled up in the bed before he opened the door. But then he noticed something different, . she was crying.
"Marissa." Ryan said as he approached her.
Marissa jumped out of the bed and grabbed Ryan tightly, her whole body shaking from her harsh sobs. Ryan held her shaking body firmly against his. He pulled her to the bed and laid down beside her, and held her until she fell asleep, whispering in her ear, "I will help you if it's the last thing I do. You just have to let me in."
And with that he kissed her forehead and fell asleep as well.
Late that night Sandy and Kirsten sat in the living room.
"Has Marissa come out yet?" Sandy asked
"No. I was wondering though if you would do something for me."
"Anything honey?"
"Jimmy wants to file an appeal. Will you represent him?"
Sandys smile turned into an angry scowl."No, no, absolutely not!" Sandy said storming out of the room.
Ryan awoke the next morning to see Marissa up and dressed.
"Whats going on?"
"So what a girl can't get out of bed once in awhile?" Marissa said smiling.
"Well yeah but, . are you sure that you are okay?"
"Yeah. I'm great. Now get up. I've missed weeks of school and don't want to be late."
Ryan looked at Marissa quizzically as she skipped out of his room.
"Did that really happen?" Ryan asked himself as she left
Marissa held her head in her hands and leaned against the side of the pool house.
*I've taken up too much of their time, I have to show them that I am better. I have to show Ryan that I am better.*
Marissa knew that she as lying to herself but had no other choice. She had to show Ryan that he made a difference.
Suddenly her stomach lurched and she vomited in the bushes. Of course it was all water and juice because that is all that she didn't refuse to take in.
"Marissa honey are you okay?" Kirsten asked her coming over to her.
"Yeah fine. I just, I don't know, . have not moved around in so long and all."
Kirsten patted Marissa on the back.
"You hungry, I made breakfast."
"No, I can never eat in the morning." Marissa said in her usual cheery voice.
But something was different this time. Her eyes didn't dance like the usually did, they were cold, sad and distant.
"Are you sure, I mean I already made you a plate." Kirsten urged
"I'm fine, really." Marissa said turning away from her
"Alright. You know that I am here if you need to talk to me right?" Kirsten said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Marissa said giving her a smile.
As they headed out for school Marissa stopped dead in her tracks. Somebody was moving into her house! Seeing the people moving in both parents and two little girls, was like looking at a snapshot of her past. Of the hope that she had. What she would never have again..
Seth noticed Marissa staring.
"You ready Cooper?" He asked
"Yeah. I'm ready." Marissa said absent mindedly hopping into the SUV.
Marissa did remarkably well not paying attention to the stares that she received in the hallway. All was going well, until 6th period.
"Hey." Luke said sliding in the seat next to hers.
Marissa looked around for someone to save her but nobody was to be found.
"You got all that you wanted from me." Marissa said looking at the ground and lowering her voice so he didn't see the tears coming to her eyes.
"You know you liked it baby." Luke said looking like he was doing his best impersonation of Danny from Grease.
Marissa got up just before he touched her arm, and ran out of the room. Luke followed her out.
"Hey Marissa where are you going?"
Luke asked pulling her into the locker room.
"Luke please let go of me!" She pleaded as he shoved a rough uncaring hand up her skirt.
"Or what? Will you scream?"
Marissa didn't respond, she just looked away in tears.
"I didn't think so." Luke said.
Five minutes later Seth Cohen walked into the locker room.
"God, I wasn't even looking at them." He whined dobbing the blood stained on his bottom lip, after having gotten beaten up, . yet again. "Just because some people may happen to be-" Seth stopped talking to himself when he heard a sound.
He peeked around the stall to see Luke with Marissa up against the wall in the shower stall, with her legs wrapped around his waist, and his pants at his anckles. He could not believe what he was seeing. Should he go over there? . "Wait," he thought "what if they are just having sex?" But something on Marissas face told him other wise. But something in his head told him to get out of there, and confront Marissa about it later. Seth fled the bathroom, just missing Marissas cries for help.
The ride home was silent. Ryan didn't say anything because he never did, and Marissa just looked out the window. But it was out of character for Seth not to be talking. Even when he had nothing to say he found something to just roll off his tongue.
When they went inside of the house Ryan went to the bathroom which gave Seth the perfect opportunity to talk to Marissa.
"Hey." He said handing her a bowl of popcorn.
"No thanks."
"Marissa refusing food." Seth though to himself sarcastically "So I saw you and Luke today."
"What?" Marissa said her head popping up.
"You and Luke in the showers, Marissa, . was he like, forcing himself on you or something?"
"No of course not." Marissa got up. "I was out a long time. I have a lot of homework to catch up on." She said running out to the pool house.
Ryan returned
"Wheres Marissa?" Seth walked over to Ryan
"I saw something today and I'm not sure exactly what it means."
"What happened?" Ryan asked worry etched in his face.
"I. I mean, I think, well what I mean to say is I think I saw Luke raping Marissa."
"What!" Ryan almost yelled.
It took him awhile to collect himself, before he walked out to the pool house to find Marissa as always crying on his bed.
"We need to talk." Ryan said
Marissa looked up, eyes red and puffy
"I think so too."
