Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters.

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Chapter 3: Together Again

"I'm hungry," She told him as she sat down at the end of the bed. He threw back the covers and worked his way to getting his clothes back on. A fully dressed Marissa, got up from the bed. "Come on, let's go eat"

"Hold on," Ryan said stepping in front of a mirror. He ran his fingers through his hair and smiled at himself. 'I look good,' he thought before heading out the door. Marissa rolled her eyes and followed him out the door. Ryan who stood patiently out in the hallway entwined his fingers with hers. They smiled at one another before heading to the kitchen.

Luke skimmed through a book while taking a sip from his coffee, he had prepared for himself. He's head jerked up at the sound of Marissa and Ryan's voice. Shortly after, his stomach dropped at the sight of them being in love. He resumed back to his book. Ryan and Marissa sat next to one another on the left of Luke. "Hey Luke"

"Hey Marissa," Luke said raising his eyebrows up and down. He glanced at Ryan and gave him a casual head nod. That was their way of saying 'hello'. Only a few minutes had passed, since Marissa and Ryan entered the kitchen, when Anna walked in. Ryan noticed that Luke's eyes were glued to her, he chuckled. Marissa, wondering what her boyfriend was chuckling about, faced him.

"What," Ryan only could point to Luke, who was in dream land. Marissa's eyes wondered to where Ryan's finger was pointing at and cocked her head back in confusion. She followed Luke's eyes. They were locked on Pittsburgh. Immediately, she knew Luke had a 'thing' for her. Gross, she thought shaking her head. The idea of a relationship between Anna and Luke made her want to puke.

Ryan, on the other hand, thought the pairing of Anna and Luke would be awesome. Luke was a good guy, he deserved to be happy and so did Anna. After all, it was Luke who got him and Marissa back together, after the whole Oliver and Theresa issue. Ryan grinned, an idea popped into his head. He would get Anna and Luke together.

Anna, after making her own coffee, left the kitchen. Ryan stood up. He pulled Marissa off of her chair, out the door and into the pouring rain. She was yelling at him through the rain, but he ignored them as he dragged her into the pool house. Once inside Ryan gently pushed Marissa onto the wall and passionately kissed her. The need for air kicked in and Ryan pulled away.

"Asshole, I can't believe you pulled me out into the rain," she shouted; her eyes glaring at him. He kissed her again, this time longer than the first kiss. Marissa relaxed and ran her fingers through his wet hair. Marissa pulled back and pushed him. She pushed him until he fell onto the bed. She threw her shirt over her head and undid her shirt. Ryan did the same with his clothing. Before they knew it, they were under the sheets naked and making love.

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Luke ran out into the livingroom and found Anna sitting on the long couch reading a comic book. This turned him off slightly, but it didn't stop him from going over to her. She looked up from her comic book and gave him a warm smile. He returned that smile and turned the TV on. "So, Anna how are you?"

"Good," she responded not taking her eyes off of the comic book. Luke shifted in his place awkwardly, before turning off the TV he had just moments ago turned on. He watched her carefully as she turned a page. She could feel his eyes on her. She was getting uncomfortable. Abruptly, she got up and ran up the stairs.

"Ugh," Luke let out frustratingly throwing the remote control on the couch Anna had been sitting on. He buried his face in the palm of his hand and cursed himself. Upstairs, Anna stood outside Seth's bedroom door and rolled her eyes. Summer was giggling as Seth went on about a skateboarding accident he had encountered a week before. Smiling evilly, Anna put her hands on the doorknob and barged into the room.

"Hi friends," She said with a wide smile. Summer rolled her eyes, has Anna ever heard of knocking? Anna sat in between the two and swung her arms around their necks and brought them close to her. Summer cursed Anna and herself, Anna was doing the same thing she did when Anna and Seth were together. Seth, uncomfortably, moved away from Anna. "What's up?"

"Nothing much," Seth and Summer said in unison both looking at Anna with questioning eyes. What does she want? , Seth asked himself getting off the bed before walking over to his computer chair. Summer played around with her hands nervously before getting up.

"Looks like I interrupted something, I'll just be heading out then," Anna said rushing out of the room. Obviously she needed to think up of a plan to keep Seth and Summer apart long enough for Seth to realize it's she he wants and not Summer. Seth smiled and walked back over to Summer. He took her hands in his and pulled her up. They walked out of the room hand in hand.

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"That was hot," Ryan said running his fingers through Marissa's damped hair. She nodded and kissed him on the cheek before getting up to put her clothing back on. As she did that, Ryan watched amusingly. "You're beautiful"

"I know," Marissa let out jokingly before heading out of the pool house into the rain. Ryan heard Marissa squealing as he put his articles of clothing back on. Once he stepped outside of the pool house, he immediately found Marissa in the pool. Ryan looked on as if she was one crazed maniac, he shouted for her to get out before she got sick. She shook her head and continued to play in the water, she was clearly having fun. Ryan did not want to intrude on her fun. He walked back into the house.

"Hey," he said grinning from ear to ear. Seth and Summer were standing side by side holding each other's hand. Summer smiled sincerely at him before letting go of Summers hand. She gave him the 'look'. Ryan knew what that look meant. "She's outside in the pool"

"What's she doing in the pool?," Summer asked wrinkling her nose. Ryan shrugged. Summer rolled her eyes and walked out into the rain. She put her hands on her hips as Marissa swam childishly in the Cohen pool. Summer shook her head before taking off her shoes. "I can't believe I'm going to do this"

Summer ran across the lawn and into the pool, making a big splash. Marissa surfaced from underneath and was delighted to see that her best friend was in the pool with her. They swam endlessly around the pool.

Meanwhile in the Cohen's kitchen, Seth and Ryan sat across from one another. "So you and Summer, you guys together.. again?"

"Yes," Seth said dreamily thinking back to what happened earlier in his room, before Tinkerbell barged in.

*Flashback*

"Do you have a boyfriend?," Seth cut in looking down at his heads nervously.

"Of all questions, that one had to pop up. May I ask why your asking?," Summer asked curiously. Did Seth want to hook up with her? Oh how Summer wished it was the case. Seth's head rose and he looked at her feeling jittery. He gulped down really hard. He looked at her hands, no ring.

"Well see I was.. Uh.. asking because um, you see," Seth was at lost of words. He had no idea what to say next. Summer watched amusingly as Seth's facial expression was priceless. Summer took his hands.

"I don't have a boyfriend," Summer asked rolling her eyes. "Was that the answer you were hoping for?"

Seth nodded feeling relieved. "So.. um do you want to go give a 'relationship' a try again?"

"There's nothing else I would want more," Summer replied bring him close to her. She planted a sweet and short kiss on him. He enjoyed it, he enjoyed every kiss from Summer. They stayed in each other's arms for several minutes before Summer notice a scab on Seth's arm. "Where'd you get this"

"Skateboarding," he said simply. Summer giggled, after all the years that have gone by, Seth was still into skateboarding. And he still wasn't very good at it. Seth went on into a full story about how he got it. Summer could only laugh. All things were going great, until Anna walked in.

*End of Flashback*

"God, I love my life,", Seth said smiling from ear to ear.

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Ugh, yeah that was the third chapter. Hopefully ya'll liked it. I hope there isn't too much grammar and spelling errors *crosses fingers*. REVIEW!