"Do you guys like Ryan?" Seth asked. His parents looked at him. "Of course we do! Why wouldn't we?" Kirsten asked. Seth shrugged. He looked toward the living room and saw Marissa and Ryan come in. Seth could have sworn they were holding hands a second ago. "Hello Marissa. How are you?" Sandy asked. "I'm fine. My mother needs sugar. She's gonna try and cook herself. She's not making a maid or my father do it," Marissa said. Kirsten went over to the cabinet, but Sandy stopped her. "You can't touch anything that has to do with food," Sandy said. Kirsten put her hands up and back away. "How much do you need?" Sandy asked. Marissa shrugged. Sandy gave her 3 cups worth. "Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Cohen," she said. "Honey please. Call us Sandy and Kirsten," Kirsten said. "So Ryan, are you hungry?" Sandy asked.

Ryan and Seth had sandwiches. While they were eating, the doorbell rang. "I got it!" Seth said as he ran to the door. It was Marissa, again. "You're killing me Cooper!" he said. "Ha ha. Where's Ryan?" she asked. "RYAN!" Seth screamed. Ryan came in. "It's for you," Seth said. He went into the kitchen and left them alone.

"I have to tell you something," Marissa said. "What is it?" Ryan asked. "Well, I have or had a boyfriend. His name is Luke. I broke up with him about 5 minutes ago. Just, try and stay on his good side tomorrow," Marissa said. "No problem. I'll only talk to him if he talks to me. I learned that the hard way," Ryan said. "OK. Bye," Marissa said. They kissed and Marissa left.

Seth went back into the kitchen, puzzled. "What is it son?" Sandy asked. "I could have sworn that I just saw Ryan and Marissa kiss," he said. His parents looked at him. "Are you sure?" Kirsten asked. Seth nodded. "That was quick," Sandy said. Kirsten and Seth agreed.

Ryan came back into the kitchen. "Wanna go upstairs?" Seth asked. "Uh, sure," Ryan said. They went upstairs, leaving a very confused and puzzled Sandy and Kirsten behind.

Ryan stared in amazement. "Nice room." He said. "Yeah. I get bored a lot, so I'm redoing it often," he said. Seth went into his closet and pulled out a duffle bag. "Do you like comics?" he asked. Ryan shook his head. "I never read one," he replied. "Really? Well, you can read this," Seth said giving him SPIDERMAN.

They read comics and watched TV for a little while, and then Seth popped the question. "Are you dating Marissa?" Seth blurted. Ryan looked at him. "I think so. When you left, we were talking and she kissed me. Then she got her sugar and left. Then, she came back a second time and told me that she broke up with her boyfriend Luke," Ryan said. "Woah dude. Stay on Luke's good side and don't let him know that you're dating Marissa," Seth said. "Don't worry. I won't," Ryan said. They went back to watching TV.

At about 6:30, Ryan left. Seth asked if he could sleepover, but it was a school night, so it was a no. "Please!!??" Seth asked. "NO!" Sandy and Kirsten said. Seth went to the door and said bye to Ryan. Sandy came over as Ryan left. "We need to have a talk," Sandy said.

They went into the kitchen where Kirsten was. "Am I in trouble?" Seth asked. "Sit," Sandy said. Seth sat. "As you know, Ryan has a brother named Trey. Trey's in middle school. He is in HUGE trouble. He bought a gun to school and put it to a teacher's head as you know," Sandy said. "Now, I looked at Ryan's file. Ryan Benjamin Atwood was born on June 18th, 1987 in Chino California," Sandy said reading from Ryan's file. "His parents are Dawn and Dave Atwood, and both have a criminal record. Dave's currently in jail and Dawn was arrested a few times," Sandy continued. "Trey was in juvy a few times. But Ryan, I'm amazed. Ryan has a clean record, except for one incident," Sandy said. "What did he do?" Seth asked. "He was in juvy because he was accused of stealing, when Trey really did it, so he's clean," Sandy said. "OK... Why are you telling me this? Seth asked. "We are warning you. He's an Atwood. Atwoods are trouble," Kirsten said. "You can't stop me from being his friend and tutor. I will get him better in math and I will be his friend cause in case you haven't noticed, he's my only friend," Seth said.