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After lunch, Ryan and Marissa decided to catch a movie together. It was only one, so they could still have some time together at the beach after that. They both chose Starskey and Hutch. Ryan got the tickets, and Marissa got the coke slushy with a bag of gummy bears.

"You ready to go in?" Ryan asked.

"I'm ready when you are!" Marissa said happily.

They both watched the movie in silence, except for all the laughing. And of course the every-two-minute-kiss. Once out of the theater, Ryan asked if Marissa they should go get their bathing suits to go to the beach. Marissa of course said yes, so Ryan drove off to her apartment first.

When Marissa walked out, she had on a short, flowy white skirt with a tie on the side, and a pink tank-top. She, of course looked gorgeous, and it only took her about five minutes to change. They soon headed off to the pool house where Ryan came out in his swimming suit and a wife beater. Marissa couldn't stand how hot he looked!

At the beach, they booth laid out their towels, of course there wasn't really much need for two, because Marissa found herself laying on Ryan the whole time. Ryan became the most romantic person when he was with Marissa. He kissed her the whole time, and when they weren't making out, they would just lay there holding each other in their arms. She finally decided to get into the ocean and convinced Ryan to come in with her. He wasn't really a fan of the ocean, just the same as he didn't like heights, but if Marissa was with him, he could do it.

Marissa looked so hot when she was wet. Well, actually, she looked hot any time. But seeing her in a bathing suit just made him shiver.

As she jumped into the waves, she saw Ryan ease into the water. Marissa saw his tan, sexy abs go underwater, along with his beautiful biceps. He was so sexy she wanted to scream.

"So, what do you want to do after this?" Ryan asked, as he grabbed her waist.

"Well, I was thinking that we could go back to the pool house and talk or something?" She said slyly.

Ryan was very pleased with her answer. "That sounds great! I think Sandy is barbequing tonight. Do you want to eat over?"

"Yeah, I'd love to. Just as long as I get to spend as much time with you as possible!" She said, giggling.

When they got back to the house, Sandy had set out the steaks, and Seth and Kirsten were just sitting down at the table. Ryan told Sandy that Marissa would be staying for dinner if it was ok. Sandy agreed and they all sat down together.

"So Marissa," Seth said looking at her. "It's so nice of you to join us. I feel like I haven't seen you in ages. I think, yes, I might just be getting a little wrinkle! That's from all that stress Ryan's been causing around here without you."

Marissa laughed. She missed Seth, even though she saw him in the hallways, it was kind of awkward to talk to him because of everything going on with Ryan lately.

"Well Seth, I've missed you too," Marissa said, smiling. "And tell me, how has Captain Oats been?"

"Oh, it's been hard on him. I think things with the Princess aren't going very well. She's getting tired…you know." Seth said.

"Well tell him I sympathize." She said jokingly.

After dinner, Ryan and Marissa adjourned to the pool house for…dessert.

Marissa laid down on the bed with Ryan on top. Marissa thought back to the night of her mother's fundraiser, When they both came back to the pool house just like this. It was just like old times. She missed this so much, and Ryan did too. They kissed for a while, and Marissa started to take off his thin wife beater. He didn't mind, he liked it when she took control. He started to unbutton her cover-up when Marissa's phone rang.

"Hello?" She answered, a little frustrated that she was being disrupted.

"Hi honey, it's dad. I think you should come home, you have school tomorrow you know." Jimmy said.

"Yeah, ok. I'll be home soon." Marissa said, disappointed.

Jimmy noticed her tone. He didn't say anything. "See you at home. Bye."

Marissa kissed Ryan again, and told him she had to go. He didn't want her to leave, nor did she want to leave, but she knew she had to. Ryan drove Marissa home. When they got to the parking lot outside of the apartment building, Ryan kissed her again, never wanting to let go. When he finally did, Marissa said bye and got out.

The next day at school, Marissa caught up to Ryan who was walking with one of the new students. They said hi and kissed for a minute. When they let go, Ryan introduced her to the new student.

"This is Ben." Ryan said looking at him.

"Hey." Marissa said, looking at the two boys.

"Hey, nice to meet you. You must be Marissa." Ben said.

"Yeah. So did you just move here?" Marissa asked.

"Yep. I'm from Pittsburgh. It's really a change in weather from there." He said.

"Oh. I have- I had a friend from there. She just moved." Marissa said, forgetting that Anna had left a few weeks before.

"Well, Dr. Kim assigned you to be Ben's tutor." Ryan said cutting into their conversation.

"That's great. We can meet after school if you want." Marissa said.

"Ok. See you later." Ben smiled, and walked into the crowd of students.

"So, he seemed nice…" Marissa said, looking at Ryan cautiously to see if he was worried.

"Yeah, he's cool. Dr. Kim just asked me to introduce him to you. He said that he was pretty excited to be in California and stuff." Ryan said.

Marissa was relieved that Ryan wasn't jealous. Ben seemed like a cool guy. "Cool. Well, I gotta go to class, see you in World lit."

"Ok, love ya hun." Ryan said smiling.

They both walked off, happy to have made a new friend. Ryan was sure he was going to be a good one.

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