Chapter 4
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Ryan was pretty buzzed. Actually, he was really buzzed. After a couple of martinis and shots with Cindy, everything on the plane started to get really blurry.
"So . . . what do you want to do? I'm pretty bored." Cindy said with some sort of pink drink in her hand.
"I'm bored out of my mind. Hey! Since when did you have three heads?" Ryan stuttered. The alcohol was really getting to him.
Cindy sighed at this comment, obviously made by his alcohol-induced stupor. She had been to enough clubs and raves to be used to this. After all, everyone in the club was high, drunk, or both, which was certainly not a good mixture. She never had any of the club's pot because she thought it was contaminated. She only like pure, organic weed since she heard that it was more healthy and better for your karma and feng shui than regular pot.
"Beef dumpling?" a passing waiter asked?
"No thanks, I'm quite fine."
Cindy also believed in being vegetarian. She was deeply committed. She was totally into things that made her in touch with nature. She did yoga regularly, only ate organic foods like tofu, and had regular visits to Buddhist temples. Cindy felt like it cleansed her soul.
Ryan and Cindy sat around drinking more and more drinks. Conversation was a bust since all the drinks in Ryan and Cindy's system made them incoherent. Suddenly, Cindy sat up straight and opened her eyes wide.
"I just got an idea" Cindy said brightly, more like stammered.
"Really? What?"
Cindy dragged Ryan into the lavatory, and before Ryan knew it, he had become a member of the mile-high club.
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Marissa sat on her bed, staring out of her bedroom window. She couldn't wait to see Summer, her best friend since like . . . forever! She had moped around the house, trying to find something to do to pass the time to the greatly anticipated arrival of Summer. Instead, time seemed to punish her, and it seemed like each minute was dragging on. Finally, she heard the wrought iron gates creaking as they swung open. She waved at the black limo that was making its way uphill on to the circular driveway.
Marissa ran out of her room to the top of the stairs. The stairs were tremendously long, she just decided to take a plunge, and take the much faster route down the stairs by sliding down the silvery-steel banister.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Marissa had figured out that steel banisters weren't made for sliding down. "Never again." Marissa vowed to herself. With an extremely sore butt, she opened the white front door.
"Coop!"
"Summer!"
"It's been such a long time."
"I know, I haven't seen you since like. . . forever!"
"Oh my god! Let's look at all of my beautiful godchildren!"
Marissa hadn't seen them since Ethan was born. She had missed quite a bit.
Just to refresh her memory, Summer pointed out Ethan and the twins, who were hard to differentiate.
Even though the twins looked quite similar, Marissa noticed that Emma and Madison had involved into quite different personalities. Emma seemed like the sweet and innocent girl. She had a pink dress that was simple, but had flowers on it. It had some frills and ribbons, but not that much. Madison, on the other hand, looked like the ultimate party girl. She had a deep red dress that was very plain and simple, but very sophisticated for such a young girl. All of them had dark black hair that was very curly. Marissa could definitely see how this was Seth and Summer's children. There features were a complete blend of their parents' best features. There was something about them that struck her as strange.
Seth came up from the drive with a bunch of suitcases and the limo driver followed with an even bigger amount of suitcases. They dropped them off inside the house, right next to the door.
"Go out and play, act like your own age!" Summer said in a joking tone.
The three kids laughed and apparently found their mother's comment highly amusing. Summer looked a bit confused at their reaction, were they really laughing at the joke because they found it funny, or was it funny because it showed a bit of her unable capability to be a mother? Seth apparently knew exactly what she was thinking.
"Summer, they think the joke is funny. They aren't making of mommy and her funny ways."
The kids laughed again and followed their mother's orders.
Seth and Summer settled into the lawn chairs on the front lawn that was in front of a large canopy. Marissa brought out ice tea for the kids and bloody marys for the adults.
Marissa still found that one thing about Seth and Summer's kids highly interesting. She looked over at Summer and Seth, who watched their kids playing some sort of game. They looked highly content. Marissa thought they had a picture perfect life. But still, Marissa felt the urge to bring it up.
:"Sum, how is it that all three kids have blue eyes. I mean they aren't grayish blue. Ethan's eyes are a bit darker and fiery, but the twins eyes were a bit icy blue."
Summer and Seth laughed.
After an awkward silence, Seth piped up and said, "You know, Marissa, Summer and I wondered about that two. When the twins were born we found it strange, and when Ethan was born it just added to the irony. You know it is quite interesting considering that neither Summer nor I have blue eyes, we have brown eyes. I mean my dad has blue eyes but that's a bit far in the family tree."
Marisssa and Summer laughed at his ramblings. Seth never changed. Maybe he was taller and a bit more buff, but he was still the same old Seth.
"I don't know Coop, it's a bit strange, but I think it matches their hair."
Marissa agreed.
They continued to have idle conversation, gently avoiding Julie Cooper's death.
Seth was telling some old reminiscence, "Summer, remember when Julie Coop-, oh never mind." He sighed.
Marissa's eyes began to water.
Summer hit Seth, annoyed at him destroying the wonderful conversation they were having about shoes.
"You know, Summer, it was bound to come up it j-."
Summer gave him a death glare.
"Ok, I'll just shut up now."
"I think I might need to get away from here for a while." Marissa said, a bit teary-eyed. "Sorry for the inconvenience."
Actually, Seth and Summer had already anticipated this, which is why they booked the penthouse suite at the L.A. Four Seasons.
"Alright, let's go then, Marissa. Pack your bags, and we'll be off."
"But what about you guys"
"Coop, we haven't unpacked yet, it's fine."
"Well, ok, I'll pack, I'll be just a second." And with that, she ran off into the house.
"Kids come inside! Ethan, stop hitting your sister Madison! Let's go!"
Summer called the limo company and pretty soon another stretch came rolling up. They packed all of their suit cases in the trunk, it was a miracle it fit. They all climbed in, and were on the road. Time for Operation "Recovery Marissa."
***
You know the deal. You read my chapter, now it's time for you to review!
Hey everyone, this is my new and improved version. I hope it's better than the first chapter 4! Reviews are greatly appreciated, and by the way, I don't mind constructive criticism! ;).
Ryan was pretty buzzed. Actually, he was really buzzed. After a couple of martinis and shots with Cindy, everything on the plane started to get really blurry.
"So . . . what do you want to do? I'm pretty bored." Cindy said with some sort of pink drink in her hand.
"I'm bored out of my mind. Hey! Since when did you have three heads?" Ryan stuttered. The alcohol was really getting to him.
Cindy sighed at this comment, obviously made by his alcohol-induced stupor. She had been to enough clubs and raves to be used to this. After all, everyone in the club was high, drunk, or both, which was certainly not a good mixture. She never had any of the club's pot because she thought it was contaminated. She only like pure, organic weed since she heard that it was more healthy and better for your karma and feng shui than regular pot.
"Beef dumpling?" a passing waiter asked?
"No thanks, I'm quite fine."
Cindy also believed in being vegetarian. She was deeply committed. She was totally into things that made her in touch with nature. She did yoga regularly, only ate organic foods like tofu, and had regular visits to Buddhist temples. Cindy felt like it cleansed her soul.
Ryan and Cindy sat around drinking more and more drinks. Conversation was a bust since all the drinks in Ryan and Cindy's system made them incoherent. Suddenly, Cindy sat up straight and opened her eyes wide.
"I just got an idea" Cindy said brightly, more like stammered.
"Really? What?"
Cindy dragged Ryan into the lavatory, and before Ryan knew it, he had become a member of the mile-high club.
***
Marissa sat on her bed, staring out of her bedroom window. She couldn't wait to see Summer, her best friend since like . . . forever! She had moped around the house, trying to find something to do to pass the time to the greatly anticipated arrival of Summer. Instead, time seemed to punish her, and it seemed like each minute was dragging on. Finally, she heard the wrought iron gates creaking as they swung open. She waved at the black limo that was making its way uphill on to the circular driveway.
Marissa ran out of her room to the top of the stairs. The stairs were tremendously long, she just decided to take a plunge, and take the much faster route down the stairs by sliding down the silvery-steel banister.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!" Marissa had figured out that steel banisters weren't made for sliding down. "Never again." Marissa vowed to herself. With an extremely sore butt, she opened the white front door.
"Coop!"
"Summer!"
"It's been such a long time."
"I know, I haven't seen you since like. . . forever!"
"Oh my god! Let's look at all of my beautiful godchildren!"
Marissa hadn't seen them since Ethan was born. She had missed quite a bit.
Just to refresh her memory, Summer pointed out Ethan and the twins, who were hard to differentiate.
Even though the twins looked quite similar, Marissa noticed that Emma and Madison had involved into quite different personalities. Emma seemed like the sweet and innocent girl. She had a pink dress that was simple, but had flowers on it. It had some frills and ribbons, but not that much. Madison, on the other hand, looked like the ultimate party girl. She had a deep red dress that was very plain and simple, but very sophisticated for such a young girl. All of them had dark black hair that was very curly. Marissa could definitely see how this was Seth and Summer's children. There features were a complete blend of their parents' best features. There was something about them that struck her as strange.
Seth came up from the drive with a bunch of suitcases and the limo driver followed with an even bigger amount of suitcases. They dropped them off inside the house, right next to the door.
"Go out and play, act like your own age!" Summer said in a joking tone.
The three kids laughed and apparently found their mother's comment highly amusing. Summer looked a bit confused at their reaction, were they really laughing at the joke because they found it funny, or was it funny because it showed a bit of her unable capability to be a mother? Seth apparently knew exactly what she was thinking.
"Summer, they think the joke is funny. They aren't making of mommy and her funny ways."
The kids laughed again and followed their mother's orders.
Seth and Summer settled into the lawn chairs on the front lawn that was in front of a large canopy. Marissa brought out ice tea for the kids and bloody marys for the adults.
Marissa still found that one thing about Seth and Summer's kids highly interesting. She looked over at Summer and Seth, who watched their kids playing some sort of game. They looked highly content. Marissa thought they had a picture perfect life. But still, Marissa felt the urge to bring it up.
:"Sum, how is it that all three kids have blue eyes. I mean they aren't grayish blue. Ethan's eyes are a bit darker and fiery, but the twins eyes were a bit icy blue."
Summer and Seth laughed.
After an awkward silence, Seth piped up and said, "You know, Marissa, Summer and I wondered about that two. When the twins were born we found it strange, and when Ethan was born it just added to the irony. You know it is quite interesting considering that neither Summer nor I have blue eyes, we have brown eyes. I mean my dad has blue eyes but that's a bit far in the family tree."
Marisssa and Summer laughed at his ramblings. Seth never changed. Maybe he was taller and a bit more buff, but he was still the same old Seth.
"I don't know Coop, it's a bit strange, but I think it matches their hair."
Marissa agreed.
They continued to have idle conversation, gently avoiding Julie Cooper's death.
Seth was telling some old reminiscence, "Summer, remember when Julie Coop-, oh never mind." He sighed.
Marissa's eyes began to water.
Summer hit Seth, annoyed at him destroying the wonderful conversation they were having about shoes.
"You know, Summer, it was bound to come up it j-."
Summer gave him a death glare.
"Ok, I'll just shut up now."
"I think I might need to get away from here for a while." Marissa said, a bit teary-eyed. "Sorry for the inconvenience."
Actually, Seth and Summer had already anticipated this, which is why they booked the penthouse suite at the L.A. Four Seasons.
"Alright, let's go then, Marissa. Pack your bags, and we'll be off."
"But what about you guys"
"Coop, we haven't unpacked yet, it's fine."
"Well, ok, I'll pack, I'll be just a second." And with that, she ran off into the house.
"Kids come inside! Ethan, stop hitting your sister Madison! Let's go!"
Summer called the limo company and pretty soon another stretch came rolling up. They packed all of their suit cases in the trunk, it was a miracle it fit. They all climbed in, and were on the road. Time for Operation "Recovery Marissa."
***
You know the deal. You read my chapter, now it's time for you to review!