Chapter 14: "Still you forget what you deny"
Hey hey hey. Read the chapter, enjoy the chapter, review the chapter. Woah dude, that should so be my new slogan. Wow I'm a dork. Let's see, there is the naming.
~Halsey
Ryan waited for Marissa to fall asleep until he joined the Cohens in the waiting room to update them on Marissa and the babies' condition.
"Hey honey." Kirsten said giving her adopted son a hug.
Ryan backed up and looked at the crowd.
"They are twin girls." Ryan said running his hands through his hands.
Seth came up to him and held out his hands.
"I guess congratulations are in order." Seth said giving Ryan a manly hug.
"Yeah." Sandy patted Ryan on the back. (Keep in mind he does not know that Ryan is not the father of the twins)
"How is Marissa doing?" Kirsten asked
"Fine. I mean I guess." Ryan said
"I think I am going to go back and sit with her." Kirsten said excusing herself
There was an awkward silence in the room. Dylan, Seth, and Summer for once said nothing.
~ Marissa woke up the next morning to the sunlight gently caressing her face.
"Hey hon." Kirsten said stroking the young girls hair.
"Ms. Cohen." Marissa said. She was not exactly sure how to react.
"So you ready Marissa?" Kirsten said becoming serious.
"Ready?"
"Marissa, you are 17 and the mother of two children." Kirsten said
Marissa took a long breather, choking back tears. Drama before she could even come to her senses.
"People, . people say that like I made a choice, . I, . I never, . I mean it's not like I went out and slept with, ." .She couldn't bring herself to say Lukes name. "Am I ready to be a mom? I don't know, but now they're here, now that I have seen them.. I don't think that I can give them up."
"Honey, I am sorry, I didn't mean to sound harsh." Kirsten said honestly.
"It's alright."
Kirsten leaned closer to Marissa.
"When you get out of the hospital you are going to go to a clinic in Newport, I am having Sandy look into it."
"A clinic?" Marissa asked "The doctors already told me I was going to go into some state one."
"Sandy is a lawyer, we will work something out."
". So, this clinic, . what's it for?"
"It is for girls like you Marissa, girls who have problems and need to get better." Kirsten said leaning back in her chair
"I don't have problems." Marissa said her eyes welling up with tears
"Marissa, you cannot lie to yourself any longer. Not just for your sake but for those two little girls in there fighting for their lives. For Ryan who loves you more than anyone in the world, and is going to be there for you no matter what. For your father who only wants the best for you. And for Sandy, and Summer, and Seth, and Dylan, and I who only want the best for you. Marissa, you have so many people in your court, . the ball is on your side, so what are you going to do.?"
Marissa paused and thought.
"I want to get better." She said breaking down into tears in Kirstens arms.
~ Seth, Summer, Sandy, and Dylan sat in the cafeteria.
"Do they have names yet?" Dylan asked
"I don't think so." Summer said
"I have always been a fan of Sandy." Sandy said
"What's that short for anyway Mr. Cohen. especially for a guy." Summer asked
"At least I am not named after a season." Mr. Cohen shot back
"It is a good one." Summer said, and Dylan smirked at the ridiculous argument going on.
"Guys come on. What are we, like in the third grade? Summer your seventeen, and dad you're forty something, just chill."
~ Ryan knocked on Marissas door, Kirsten let him in.
"I will leave you two alone." She said letting herself out, but not before rubbing her hand in Ryans hair, in true mom fashion.
"Hey." Ryan said to Marissa.
"Hey yourself. You seen them yet today?" Marissa asked
"Yeah, early this morning. I was outside of the window and the doctor said I could go in, and you were sleeping so-"
Marissa cut him off.
"It's okay. I just don't want them to be alone." She said honestly.
Ryan plopped down next to Marissa on the bed and laid back.
"Watch it bud, you're invading my bubble." She warned him. Ryan rolled his eyes. Marissa sighed. "They are going to need names you know." Marissa said adding a sigh to her sigh.
"Oh yeah." Ryan said because honestly he had forgotten. "Seth made some suggestions."
"Oh yeah, like what?" Marissa asked quite amused.
"I care not to comment because names like Zenon, and such are not up for debate." Ryan said laughing. "Have you thought of anything?"
"Well, I was thinking for a boy Jimmy, you know after my dad and all. But then I got a girl. two girls actually, which makes this task doubly difficult." She laughed.
"I have always liked the name Luca." Ryan said.
Marissa flinched at the name, so similar to Luke.
". I am so sorry." Ryan said realizing his mistake.
"It's cool. We are going to forget about . him." Marissa said trying the best that she could to shrug it off. "I love Piper, always have." Marissa fessed up.
"Piper. I have never heard of that before."
"Well you have now Chino."
"I like it. Piper... Piper..." Ryan repeated
"Wouldn't it be cool to like put a little piece of everyone in there though?"
"What do you mean? Like everyones names?"
"Yeah." Marissa said
"Dude, we are just setting these kids up to get made fun of in school."
They laughed
"Yeah, but at least it will be a tribute to these times."
"Are you sure we want to remember these times?" Ryan asked
"I will never forget these times." Marissas voice trailed off.
"Piper-Dylan." Ryan said. "I mean it's got a nice ring to it if you repeat it enough."
Marissa smiled.
"What about the other one?" Marissa asked. "I did the whole Piper deal, you choose."
"Madison." Ryan said quickly and confidently
Madison, Marissa was surprised that such a name would come out of Ryans mouth. It seemed so . un-Ryan-like.
"Madison was the name of one of my dog when I was little." Marissa commented
"You had a dog?"
"Yeah, got hit by a car but it was pretty, and I loved it for the two months we had it." Marissa grinned. "I like it. Madison - Seth." Marissa decided.
"But what about Summer?" Ryan asked, not wanting her to feel left out.
"Piper-Dylan Summer." Marissa said her, voice a little uneasy.
Ryan raised an eyebrow.
"Well we are going for meaning here, not . decency. Like, Piper-Dylan. as like one name. and Summer as a middle name."
"Well heres the deal. If we're gonna butcher one kids name we're gonna have to do it to the other." Marissa said. "Madison-Seth Kirsten, . sounds.." hesitates, "Nice.."
The two laugh.
"Be prepared to be punished for this from the time they can talk 'till you reach your death bed." Ryan warned.
"Hey Ryan." Marissa asked becoming serious. "What is their last name going to be?"
"I always figured Atwood right, because, . I mean in theory, they are mine right."
"Yes." Marissa agreed, "In theory." She reminded herself.
"On the birth certificates I will be, as soon as we decide the names anyway." Ryan stated.
"Piper-Dylan Summer Atwood. Piper-Dylan is her first name?" Marissa said for clarification. Ryan nodded.
"Madison-Seth Kirsten Atwood?" Ryan asked for clarification. Marissa nodded.
"Piper and Madison." Marissa asked, Ryan nodded.
"Madison-Seth, and Piper-Dylan?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah." Marissa said.
"Madis-"
Marissa cut him off.
"Um Ryan. How long are we going to keep doing this?"
They laughed.
"Hey Marissa, I got a question that's going to be really good right now. Which one is going to be which?"
Ryan and Marissa looked at each other with equally quizzical faces.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! So I get the names are very. special, but I like them, I mean it sets u up for a lot of fun in the future. I know it's not everybody taste but what is. Besides it means something. I have found that if you repeat it a lot it sounds cool, (ex. Madison , pause, Seth, pause, Kirsten, pause, Atwood) So if it takes you saying the names over and over in you sleep to keep reading this story I suggest you do so, because you have not read this far to turn back now. I am hyper. can you tell?
~ Haley
*~ Dude, I need some serious medication modification over this way! *~
j.k
Hey hey hey. Read the chapter, enjoy the chapter, review the chapter. Woah dude, that should so be my new slogan. Wow I'm a dork. Let's see, there is the naming.
~Halsey
Ryan waited for Marissa to fall asleep until he joined the Cohens in the waiting room to update them on Marissa and the babies' condition.
"Hey honey." Kirsten said giving her adopted son a hug.
Ryan backed up and looked at the crowd.
"They are twin girls." Ryan said running his hands through his hands.
Seth came up to him and held out his hands.
"I guess congratulations are in order." Seth said giving Ryan a manly hug.
"Yeah." Sandy patted Ryan on the back. (Keep in mind he does not know that Ryan is not the father of the twins)
"How is Marissa doing?" Kirsten asked
"Fine. I mean I guess." Ryan said
"I think I am going to go back and sit with her." Kirsten said excusing herself
There was an awkward silence in the room. Dylan, Seth, and Summer for once said nothing.
~ Marissa woke up the next morning to the sunlight gently caressing her face.
"Hey hon." Kirsten said stroking the young girls hair.
"Ms. Cohen." Marissa said. She was not exactly sure how to react.
"So you ready Marissa?" Kirsten said becoming serious.
"Ready?"
"Marissa, you are 17 and the mother of two children." Kirsten said
Marissa took a long breather, choking back tears. Drama before she could even come to her senses.
"People, . people say that like I made a choice, . I, . I never, . I mean it's not like I went out and slept with, ." .She couldn't bring herself to say Lukes name. "Am I ready to be a mom? I don't know, but now they're here, now that I have seen them.. I don't think that I can give them up."
"Honey, I am sorry, I didn't mean to sound harsh." Kirsten said honestly.
"It's alright."
Kirsten leaned closer to Marissa.
"When you get out of the hospital you are going to go to a clinic in Newport, I am having Sandy look into it."
"A clinic?" Marissa asked "The doctors already told me I was going to go into some state one."
"Sandy is a lawyer, we will work something out."
". So, this clinic, . what's it for?"
"It is for girls like you Marissa, girls who have problems and need to get better." Kirsten said leaning back in her chair
"I don't have problems." Marissa said her eyes welling up with tears
"Marissa, you cannot lie to yourself any longer. Not just for your sake but for those two little girls in there fighting for their lives. For Ryan who loves you more than anyone in the world, and is going to be there for you no matter what. For your father who only wants the best for you. And for Sandy, and Summer, and Seth, and Dylan, and I who only want the best for you. Marissa, you have so many people in your court, . the ball is on your side, so what are you going to do.?"
Marissa paused and thought.
"I want to get better." She said breaking down into tears in Kirstens arms.
~ Seth, Summer, Sandy, and Dylan sat in the cafeteria.
"Do they have names yet?" Dylan asked
"I don't think so." Summer said
"I have always been a fan of Sandy." Sandy said
"What's that short for anyway Mr. Cohen. especially for a guy." Summer asked
"At least I am not named after a season." Mr. Cohen shot back
"It is a good one." Summer said, and Dylan smirked at the ridiculous argument going on.
"Guys come on. What are we, like in the third grade? Summer your seventeen, and dad you're forty something, just chill."
~ Ryan knocked on Marissas door, Kirsten let him in.
"I will leave you two alone." She said letting herself out, but not before rubbing her hand in Ryans hair, in true mom fashion.
"Hey." Ryan said to Marissa.
"Hey yourself. You seen them yet today?" Marissa asked
"Yeah, early this morning. I was outside of the window and the doctor said I could go in, and you were sleeping so-"
Marissa cut him off.
"It's okay. I just don't want them to be alone." She said honestly.
Ryan plopped down next to Marissa on the bed and laid back.
"Watch it bud, you're invading my bubble." She warned him. Ryan rolled his eyes. Marissa sighed. "They are going to need names you know." Marissa said adding a sigh to her sigh.
"Oh yeah." Ryan said because honestly he had forgotten. "Seth made some suggestions."
"Oh yeah, like what?" Marissa asked quite amused.
"I care not to comment because names like Zenon, and such are not up for debate." Ryan said laughing. "Have you thought of anything?"
"Well, I was thinking for a boy Jimmy, you know after my dad and all. But then I got a girl. two girls actually, which makes this task doubly difficult." She laughed.
"I have always liked the name Luca." Ryan said.
Marissa flinched at the name, so similar to Luke.
". I am so sorry." Ryan said realizing his mistake.
"It's cool. We are going to forget about . him." Marissa said trying the best that she could to shrug it off. "I love Piper, always have." Marissa fessed up.
"Piper. I have never heard of that before."
"Well you have now Chino."
"I like it. Piper... Piper..." Ryan repeated
"Wouldn't it be cool to like put a little piece of everyone in there though?"
"What do you mean? Like everyones names?"
"Yeah." Marissa said
"Dude, we are just setting these kids up to get made fun of in school."
They laughed
"Yeah, but at least it will be a tribute to these times."
"Are you sure we want to remember these times?" Ryan asked
"I will never forget these times." Marissas voice trailed off.
"Piper-Dylan." Ryan said. "I mean it's got a nice ring to it if you repeat it enough."
Marissa smiled.
"What about the other one?" Marissa asked. "I did the whole Piper deal, you choose."
"Madison." Ryan said quickly and confidently
Madison, Marissa was surprised that such a name would come out of Ryans mouth. It seemed so . un-Ryan-like.
"Madison was the name of one of my dog when I was little." Marissa commented
"You had a dog?"
"Yeah, got hit by a car but it was pretty, and I loved it for the two months we had it." Marissa grinned. "I like it. Madison - Seth." Marissa decided.
"But what about Summer?" Ryan asked, not wanting her to feel left out.
"Piper-Dylan Summer." Marissa said her, voice a little uneasy.
Ryan raised an eyebrow.
"Well we are going for meaning here, not . decency. Like, Piper-Dylan. as like one name. and Summer as a middle name."
"Well heres the deal. If we're gonna butcher one kids name we're gonna have to do it to the other." Marissa said. "Madison-Seth Kirsten, . sounds.." hesitates, "Nice.."
The two laugh.
"Be prepared to be punished for this from the time they can talk 'till you reach your death bed." Ryan warned.
"Hey Ryan." Marissa asked becoming serious. "What is their last name going to be?"
"I always figured Atwood right, because, . I mean in theory, they are mine right."
"Yes." Marissa agreed, "In theory." She reminded herself.
"On the birth certificates I will be, as soon as we decide the names anyway." Ryan stated.
"Piper-Dylan Summer Atwood. Piper-Dylan is her first name?" Marissa said for clarification. Ryan nodded.
"Madison-Seth Kirsten Atwood?" Ryan asked for clarification. Marissa nodded.
"Piper and Madison." Marissa asked, Ryan nodded.
"Madison-Seth, and Piper-Dylan?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah." Marissa said.
"Madis-"
Marissa cut him off.
"Um Ryan. How long are we going to keep doing this?"
They laughed.
"Hey Marissa, I got a question that's going to be really good right now. Which one is going to be which?"
Ryan and Marissa looked at each other with equally quizzical faces.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! So I get the names are very. special, but I like them, I mean it sets u up for a lot of fun in the future. I know it's not everybody taste but what is. Besides it means something. I have found that if you repeat it a lot it sounds cool, (ex. Madison , pause, Seth, pause, Kirsten, pause, Atwood) So if it takes you saying the names over and over in you sleep to keep reading this story I suggest you do so, because you have not read this far to turn back now. I am hyper. can you tell?
~ Haley
*~ Dude, I need some serious medication modification over this way! *~
j.k
