A/N- This is going to be the second to last chapter. I'm sorry L but there will be a sequel. Thanks to all who have given me feedback about the sequel. The more I get, the easier it will be for me to write. Thanks for reading my story! R&R!
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Summer Paradise in December
Ch. 20 – Making Up
Summer and Seth had eaten lunch at the Rubio's down the road and were just arriving back to the hotel when they noticed Ryan waiting outside their bungalow. The two walked up and gave Ryan a look saying "What are you doing here?" Seth still didn't know the details about what had happened at the club the previous night.
"Hey man", Seth said to Ryan.
Ryan didn't say anything. "Hey can I talk to you alone", he finally said.
"Sure", Seth said. He walked away with Ryan giving Summer and apologetic look for ditching her. She smiled so Seth knew he wouldn't be any trouble when he got back.
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"So then she tells me that she went to the bathroom with this guy and did 'stuff', then when she came out Summer was gone", Ryan explained. "That's practically the whole story."
Seth sat next to Ryan mouth agape. He had never imagined Marissa would do something like this to Ryan after what had happened with Luke. "Wow", Seth stated simply.
"Yep", Ryan said. "So we broke up. Actually I broke up with her. I can't get back together with her anytime soon either because then I would be living with the fear that every time she wasn't with me I'd be all paranoid thinking she was with some other guy. In short, I can't ever trust her again."
"Wow", Seth said again. "Well it's a good thing we are leaving tomorrow morning."
"Yah I guess but now we're ending the vacation on a bad note. And when we get back home, we'll never be able to work things out with friends and school and everything."
"True", Seth said. "But now you're free to date other girls", he added with a hint of sarcasm.
Ryan didn't find it funny.
"Okay then, let's go pack since we have to leave today", Seth suggested as he got up and walked away from Ryan.
Ryan silently agreed and he followed Seth back to the bungalows. Seth reached his room first and entered while Ryan went to his own room. When Ryan entered the spacious suite Marissa was already hard at work packing her own things. She was finding this to be incredibly hard due to the large amount of items she had bought with Summer on their shopping excursion. Ryan walked towards the closet he had stowed his belongings in without acknowledging Marissa. She looked over her shoulder at him after he had passed her and thought of all the things she used to have. She was feeling major guilt and regret. But she knew that no matter how much she tried to express that to Ryan he wouldn't ever forgive her.
Ryan started to unload things from his closet and pack them neatly in his duffle bag. Neither spoke while working. This uncomfortable silence went on for the next forty minutes when Marissa finally had all of her stuff packed into her two bags. She let out a long sigh then stood up. She grabbed the handle of her rolling Gucci suitcases and guided them over to the corner of the room. Finally Marissa spoke.
"Ryan", she began. His head shot up at the sound of his name and he turned to face her. "I know we can never be together again but can we at least try to be civil and acknowledge one another on our last night in Tahiti?"
Ryan nodded and Marissa, obviously content with this answer grabbed her purse and set off to the hotel gift shop to stock up on magazines for the long plane ride back home.
Ryan continued to pack while thinking of Marissa. He missed her and loved having her as his girlfriend but he couldn't forgive her this quickly or she might think that he was soft and she could get whatever she wanted. Ryan finished packing soon after Marissa left and exited the room and proceeded to join Seth and Summer in their packing marathon. He knocked on the door and Summer answered.
"Hey Ryan", she greeted in a friendly tone.
"Hey", Ryan returned. "Can I come in?"
"Sure", Summer said as she opened the door wider so he could enter.
Ryan entered the suite identical to his own and practically had a heart attack. Summer and Seth's room looked like a tornado had swept right through it. There were clothes everywhere. Mostly Summer's. He had to step over things just trying to make his way to the kitchen table to take a seat. He sat down and stared at the disaster that was his best friend's room.
"Seth, what the hell happened?" Ryan asked.
"We're just packing", Seth replied nonchalantly.
"Clothes from closet to suitcase. That's packing", Ryan stated. "Not clothes from closet to floor to suitcase."
"Okay", Seth began. "Two words, rage blackout."
Ryan looked confused. "What the hell is a rage blackout?"
"You don't want to know buddy. Believe me", Seth said. "You see Summer here has discovered that it is not good to do such heavy shopping on vacation because there might not be enough room for your newly purchased items in your suitcases. Though I don't know how this could be seeing as she has two huge suitcases, one large suitcase and a carry on tote to fit clothes in. Just goes to show there is such a thing as too many clothes."
Ryan chuckled.
"Whatev Cohen", Summer said bluntly. "I didn't know that my clothes weren't going to fit."
"Obviously", Seth stated.
"Well I guess that just means you'll have to make room in your suitcase cuz I have no other way to get this stuff back home."
"Hey, you could wear like fifty layers like the homeless people do", Seth stated sarcastically.
"Not funny Cohen", Summer stated. "Plus if I did that, I so wouldn't match."
Seth rolled his eyes. "Fine, you can put some of your stuff in my suitcase only if there's room and only if the clothes are clean. I don't want any of your grody germs on my clothes."
"It's not like I have cooties Seth", Summer stated.
"O, contraire Summer. You do have cooties. At least your dirty clothes do", Seth smiled as he taunted Summer and she threw a pile of her shirts at him.
"Whatever", Summer said as she went back to packing the clothes that would fit into her suitcase.
"So", Ryan said interrupting their amusing banter. "What do you guys want to do for dinner tonight? We have to be at the airport around midnight since the plane leaves at two. So I was think we should have an early dinner then hang out till we have to leave. There's no point in going to sleep for like two hours when we can just sleep on the plane", Ryan looked back and forth between the two of them looking for some sort of reaction.
"Sure", Seth and Summer said at the same time.
"Ooooo, yah know what?" Summer said. "Let's go to a buffet. I could so go for pigging out right now!"
"Fine by me", Seth said.
Ryan nodded his head in agreeal (A/N-how the hell do you spell agreeal? lol.J)
"I'll go talk to Marissa since neither of you are going to do it", Seth said as he left the bungalow. He tried the room but she wasn't there so he dialed her cell phone number. 1-565-257-6703. The phone rang a couple of times before Marissa answered it.
"Hello", Marissa said.
"Hey Marissa. It's Seth."
"Hey, what's up?" she asked.
"Nothing", Seth answered. "We were gonna go to a buffet for dinner. Do you want to come?"
"I dunno", Marissa answered. I mean two out of my three best friends hate me right now. I don't think it'd be such a great idea if I had to eat dinner with them. Food fights might ensue."
Seth smiled though Marissa couldn't see him. "Well one out of your three best friends isn't mad at you and he wants you to come. Just because Summer and Ryan are mad at you doesn't mean you can't have dinner with us. We're gonna have dinner around six. Then just hang till like eleven then drive to the airport."
"Okay", Marissa agreed. "What time do you guys want me to meet you? I'm down in the gift shop right now and I still need to get ready."
"Umm, hold on I'll ask Ryan", Seth told her.
Seth walked back to his bungalow with phone still pressed to his ear. He opened the door and was surprised to find that most of the clothes mess had been cleaned up and was now in either Seth or Summer's suitcase. "Ryan, what time should Marissa meet us for dinner?"
"I dunno, like 6:30", he answered. "Let's meet in the parking lot."
"He said like 6:30 in the parking lot by the car", Seth told Marissa. "Is that good for you?"
"Yah, that's great I'll see you guys then", Marissa said as she hung up the phone.
Marissa ambled over to the magazine rack and picked out Cosmopolitan Magazine, Seventeen Prom Edition and Vogue. She continued her search through the gift shop for gifts for Summer and Ryan. She finally found them, paid the cashier and hustled back to her room to get ready.
When she had taken a shower and applied her make up, she went to her suitcase and pulled out a knee length, blue and white flowered halter top dress and a pair of blue Marc Jacob's sandals. She checked her hair in the mirror and grabbed her white Prada bag off of the dresser and headed of to the parking lot. When she got to the car her 'friends' were all waiting for her. Summer and Ryan sat up front. Boy this was going to be a long night. Already her friends were ignoring her.
They traveled down the road about fifteen miles and then Ryan turned into the parking lot to the buffet. The four got out and walked into the restaurant. They got a table quickly and went to get their food even more quickly. Summer and Marissa were both in line to get the spaghetti when Marissa spoke.
"Sum, can I talk to you later?" Marissa asked.
"Sure, whatever Coop" Summer replied in an icy tone.
Marissa, though surprised Summer was being so rude, was satisfied with her response and got her food and went to sit back down at the table. The four friends ate their food quickly. Ryan and Summer not talking to Marissa at all. They paid the check and got up to leave. The all piled back into the car and headed back to the hotel. It was 8:00 when they got back to the hotel. Marissa pulled Summer aside as they were getting out of the car.
"Meet me by the pool in five minutes", Marissa said to Summer.
Summer nodded her head and walked back to her bungalow. Marissa headed back to her own room and grabbed the gift she had picked out and headed towards the pool to meet Summer. She got there about two minutes before Summer did. Summer walked up and took a seat on one of the pool chairs. She stared into the electric blue waters of the pool not speaking.
"Summer", Marissa began. "I'm so sorry for saying those things to you. I didn't mean them. I was just so frustrated about everything I needed someone to blame my problems on. It was so wrong of me to blame them on you and like I said I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you and I hope you can forgive. Cuz now that I don't have a boyfriend I'll have a lot more free time. You know what that means. Don't you?"
Summer finally turned to Marissa and at the exact same moment they both said, "Shopping sprees!"
Both girls giggled and Summer got up and gave her best friend a hug. "Sorry for being so mean. I just didn't know what to do when you said those things to me. You were right though, I should have had your back."
"Still, it was totally insensitive of me", Marissa said. "So are we cool?"
"The coolest", Summer replied then both girls erupted into giggles.
After getting them selves under control Marissa pulled out the gift she had bought Summer.
"Here, I got you this", Marissa said.
Summer opened the gifts and gasped. Inside was a pair of Gucci dangly earrings, lots of candy and a card. "Oh my god, where did you get these?"
"The day we were at the mall and you were looking at them in Bloomingdales. I got them when you went to the bathroom. Ya like?" Marissa asked.
"I love!" Summer replied enthusiastically. She hugged her friend again. "Great lots of candy to eat on the plane which will make sure I get no sleep. Thanks Coop."
"Your welcome, Sum", Marissa said.
Summer stuffed the stuff back into the bag and stood up and she and Marissa walked arm in arm back to the bungalows to hang with the guys for the rest of the night.
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The gang arrived at the airport at 11:56. They checked their bags and headed to the gate to wait for their plane to arrive. The girls went off in search of Starbucks as they had done the previous week. They ventured through all of the food court also deciding that they each deserved a warm, soft cinnamon roll from Cinnabon. They arrived back to the gate twenty minutes later and handed the guys their caffeine filled drinks which would keep them awake while they waited for their plane.
Marissa walked over to where Ryan was sitting and sat down next to him. "Hey", she greeted.
"Hey", he returned.
"I'm sorry for like the bajillionth time. And I know that sorry won't fix it but maybe this will", she said as she handed him the gift.
He opened it and smiled at the beautiful girl staring back at him. It was a picture of Marissa in a picture frame that said, "Sorry I can't be perfect".
"Thanks", Ryan said as he gave her a hug. He was still disappointed at what she had done, but it was easier to be nice to her than to stay mad forever.
Just then they heard a lady's voice come over the airport PA system,"Ladies and Gentleman, we are now boarding all 1st class passengers."
"That's us", Seth said.
The four got up and headed over to the desk where they were to present their tickets and board the plane. They walked down the catwalk that lead to the plane's door and entered. They found their seats got themselves situated. Fifteen minutes later, the plane was leaving the ground and Seth was looking out the window thinking back on all of the great times he had had on this vacation with his three best friends in the world.
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A/N- I hope you liked that chapter. The next chapter will be the last one. Kind of just a wrap up of what happens when they get back home. Thanks for reading my story and don't forget to leave a review. I still want ideas for the sequel. It's not too late. lol. Thanks!
-Nicole