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Chapter 7
Ryan hadn't gotten any sleep by the time Theresa woke him up the next morning. He just kept replaying the events of last night. The ride home from the lobster shack was painful enough. Nobody said anything the entire ride, and Seth and Marissa refused to make eye contact with Ryan. It was even more painful for Ryan to think about his conversation with the Cohen's he had later that night. Nobody had ever been so upset about him leaving before. Kirsten cried and hugged him; she acted as if he were her own son. Sandy was the only person who understood why Ryan had to leave. Sandy was sad to see Ryan go, but he knew that Ryan had no choice. Seth hadn't said practically anything after they got home; he just said a quick goodbye to Ryan and went straight to his room. Ryan wanted to talk to Seth, but he wasn't going to push it if Seth didn't want to talk to him. The most painful thing that was burned in Ryan's head forever was his goodbye with Marissa. He walked her to her door, and when he leaned in to kiss her she pulled away sharply. "Don't" she had muttered bitterly, "You can't. You're leaving tomorrow and I don't know how to say goodbye to you, so I'm just going to do it." Marissa took a deep breath and fought away the tears forming in her eyes, "Goodbye Ryan, I'll never forget you." Ryan stared at Marissa unaware of what to do. He wanted to hold her, to comfort her, and to tell her that if he could he would stay with her forever. Instead he hugged her tightly and whispered, "Thank you for everything you have given me. I love you." Marissa turned her head away from him, and tried to hide her tears. She whispered, "You should go now Ryan." Ryan was pulled out of his reminiscing by Theresa's cheerful voice, "Hey Ryan, you ready to go??"
Ryan pulled himself up from his laying position and looked around his room for the last time. He sighed, "Yeah, I think I am." Ryan picked up his backpack and jacket; he was thrown back to how he had come into the Cohen's world.
Theresa smiled at him, "It'll be good to get home right?" Ryan silently nodded, knowing that he wasn't going home, he had just left home.
Marissa woke up early the next morning, and she realized that he had to say goodbye to Ryan. She was being selfish last night, and she knew that they both needed to say goodbye. She quickly put on a bathrobe and flip flops and ran next door. She breathlessly ran into the pool house and was crushed when she saw the empty room. She crumbled on the bed. How could she have missed her chance?! "No!" she told herself quietly, "Maybe he hadn't left yet! Maybe he was inside eating breakfast or saying goodbye!" She ran into the Cohen kitchen without knocking and frantically looked around. The Cohen's appeared to have already left for work and the kitchen was silent. She sat down at their kitchen table and put her head in her hands. She couldn't believe that he was gone!
"Marissa?!" Seth asked from the hallway.
Marissa looked up and Seth saw the tears running down her cheeks. "Oh, hey...you're crying." Seth observed. Marissa put her head in her hands once more and Seth heard her mumble, "I should have said goodbye." Seth sat down at the table beside her, "believe me, I know how you feel. I didn't say goodbye to Ryan either." Marissa looked up, she hadn't really thought about how much Ryan's absence would affect Seth as well.
"What are you going to do about it?" Marissa asked Seth.
Seth didn't say anything for a moment, "I guess I'll just have to say goodbye to you instead."
"What?" Marissa asked, "How will that make up for anything?"
"I'm leaving." Seth said blankly. "For the summer that is, I'm going to Tahiti."
"Seth, why?!"
"Ryan was my only real friend that isn't made of plastic. There isn't enough reason to stay now." Marissa actually understood why Seth had to leave. She knew that although there would be some people sad to see him go, he had to do this for himself. "Well then, goodbye Seth, is there anything you want before you go?"
"Actually," started Seth, "would you mind giving this letter to Summer the next time you see her? It explains everything that I can't say."
Marissa nodded and took the envelope from his hands. Seth looked at Marissa and said a quiet, "Thanks, I guess I'll see you before school." "Yeah," agreed Marissa. "If not sooner." Then she slipped out the kitchen door.
The scenery was beginning to look familiar to Ryan once again, which said that they were nearing "home." Theresa looked over at him excitedly, "Ryan, I promise things will be good again. We can have a family." Ryan took a deep breath, he wasn't ready to be a family, but he just slowly nodded. As they pulled up to Theresa's house she smiled broadly, "Were finally home." Ryan looked around his old neighborhood, disappointed that it was exactly how he had remembered it. "Ryan, I actually picked up a few hours today at the salon and then I have to run to the store. I mean, we need all the money we can get right?" asked Theresa hopefully. Ryan gave Theresa a half smile, "Yeah, that's fine. It's not like I can't find something to do here. I mean, I only lived here." Theresa smiled briefly, but then her smile disappeared and she said, "Ryan, please don't go talk to Eddy. I just want to forget about him. I know you and things would get heated, and violent. I don't want that. If you and Eddy got in a fight, it would just upset everyone, so please, stay here and out of trouble!" Theresa pleaded with Ryan with her eyes.
Ryan stared at Theresa before saying, "Fine I won't go talk to Eddy." "Thank you!" Theresa said, before giving Ryan a quick hug. "Now get out of the car so I can go make millions."
As soon as Theresa left Ryan started to walk to the auto shop where Eddy worked. He had to talk to Eddy no matter how Theresa felt about it. He had beaten her, possibly gotten her pregnant, and now basically told her to drop dead. He had a few things to say to Eddy.
Seth had packed his bags last night as soon as they got home from dinner. He picked them up and headed down to the dock. He slowly began to load up his ship. He hoped that Marissa would give that letter to Summer soon; he didn't want her to think he took off without saying anything. Once he had loaded his bags and some non perishable food in the cargo area he took a last look at Newport. "I think I have everything," Seth spoke quietly to himself. "No you don't." said a voice from behind him. Seth spun around to find Marissa standing there with a bag full of clothes. "Marissa! What are you doing here?!" "For someone so quick witted, I thought you would have figured it out. I'm going with you Seth. I have to." "I'm sorry, what??" asked Seth astonished that the teen queen of Harbor wanted to spend two months at sea with him. "I lost Ryan too, and I need to get away. I can't be around these people right now. I don't want to spend this summer drinking and partying." "What about Summer??" asked Seth, "We can't both leave her here!" "I wrote a second note for Summer, I told her why I had to go, and that I would miss her. But Summer has all of her other friends to turn to! She can have an awesome summer partying." Seth stared at Marissa knowing that what she said was true, part of the reason he was leaving was because he didn't want to prevent her from having a good time this summer. He quickly came up with other reasons why Marissa shouldn't go with him, "Well, um...the boat is really tiny, and there wouldn't be any privacy." "Seth, I don't really care! I want to get away, so if I have to change my top, then you can turn around for a minute!!" "Well...what about your parents?!" "My parents?! Please, my dad has Hailey and he wants all the privacy he can get, and excuse me for not wanting to be around my mom and new step dad." Seth tried to come up with another reason why Marissa shouldn't go with him, but he couldn't. He knew that Marissa needed this trip just as much as he did. If she were by herself this summer it would be so easy for her to fall into her bad habits of drinking and ODing. Seth glanced at Marissa one last time and sighed, "Do you get sea sick?" Marissa smiled broadly, "Of course not!" Seth shook his head, "Ok hurry up and get on the boat before that person over there that I've never met before asks to go too. You know, one of those, "popes in a Volkswagen" things." Marissa smiled at Seth and started to pack her things securely to the boat.
Ok, that's it for today. Hope you liked it, I'll update ASAP!
Chapter 7
Ryan hadn't gotten any sleep by the time Theresa woke him up the next morning. He just kept replaying the events of last night. The ride home from the lobster shack was painful enough. Nobody said anything the entire ride, and Seth and Marissa refused to make eye contact with Ryan. It was even more painful for Ryan to think about his conversation with the Cohen's he had later that night. Nobody had ever been so upset about him leaving before. Kirsten cried and hugged him; she acted as if he were her own son. Sandy was the only person who understood why Ryan had to leave. Sandy was sad to see Ryan go, but he knew that Ryan had no choice. Seth hadn't said practically anything after they got home; he just said a quick goodbye to Ryan and went straight to his room. Ryan wanted to talk to Seth, but he wasn't going to push it if Seth didn't want to talk to him. The most painful thing that was burned in Ryan's head forever was his goodbye with Marissa. He walked her to her door, and when he leaned in to kiss her she pulled away sharply. "Don't" she had muttered bitterly, "You can't. You're leaving tomorrow and I don't know how to say goodbye to you, so I'm just going to do it." Marissa took a deep breath and fought away the tears forming in her eyes, "Goodbye Ryan, I'll never forget you." Ryan stared at Marissa unaware of what to do. He wanted to hold her, to comfort her, and to tell her that if he could he would stay with her forever. Instead he hugged her tightly and whispered, "Thank you for everything you have given me. I love you." Marissa turned her head away from him, and tried to hide her tears. She whispered, "You should go now Ryan." Ryan was pulled out of his reminiscing by Theresa's cheerful voice, "Hey Ryan, you ready to go??"
Ryan pulled himself up from his laying position and looked around his room for the last time. He sighed, "Yeah, I think I am." Ryan picked up his backpack and jacket; he was thrown back to how he had come into the Cohen's world.
Theresa smiled at him, "It'll be good to get home right?" Ryan silently nodded, knowing that he wasn't going home, he had just left home.
Marissa woke up early the next morning, and she realized that he had to say goodbye to Ryan. She was being selfish last night, and she knew that they both needed to say goodbye. She quickly put on a bathrobe and flip flops and ran next door. She breathlessly ran into the pool house and was crushed when she saw the empty room. She crumbled on the bed. How could she have missed her chance?! "No!" she told herself quietly, "Maybe he hadn't left yet! Maybe he was inside eating breakfast or saying goodbye!" She ran into the Cohen kitchen without knocking and frantically looked around. The Cohen's appeared to have already left for work and the kitchen was silent. She sat down at their kitchen table and put her head in her hands. She couldn't believe that he was gone!
"Marissa?!" Seth asked from the hallway.
Marissa looked up and Seth saw the tears running down her cheeks. "Oh, hey...you're crying." Seth observed. Marissa put her head in her hands once more and Seth heard her mumble, "I should have said goodbye." Seth sat down at the table beside her, "believe me, I know how you feel. I didn't say goodbye to Ryan either." Marissa looked up, she hadn't really thought about how much Ryan's absence would affect Seth as well.
"What are you going to do about it?" Marissa asked Seth.
Seth didn't say anything for a moment, "I guess I'll just have to say goodbye to you instead."
"What?" Marissa asked, "How will that make up for anything?"
"I'm leaving." Seth said blankly. "For the summer that is, I'm going to Tahiti."
"Seth, why?!"
"Ryan was my only real friend that isn't made of plastic. There isn't enough reason to stay now." Marissa actually understood why Seth had to leave. She knew that although there would be some people sad to see him go, he had to do this for himself. "Well then, goodbye Seth, is there anything you want before you go?"
"Actually," started Seth, "would you mind giving this letter to Summer the next time you see her? It explains everything that I can't say."
Marissa nodded and took the envelope from his hands. Seth looked at Marissa and said a quiet, "Thanks, I guess I'll see you before school." "Yeah," agreed Marissa. "If not sooner." Then she slipped out the kitchen door.
The scenery was beginning to look familiar to Ryan once again, which said that they were nearing "home." Theresa looked over at him excitedly, "Ryan, I promise things will be good again. We can have a family." Ryan took a deep breath, he wasn't ready to be a family, but he just slowly nodded. As they pulled up to Theresa's house she smiled broadly, "Were finally home." Ryan looked around his old neighborhood, disappointed that it was exactly how he had remembered it. "Ryan, I actually picked up a few hours today at the salon and then I have to run to the store. I mean, we need all the money we can get right?" asked Theresa hopefully. Ryan gave Theresa a half smile, "Yeah, that's fine. It's not like I can't find something to do here. I mean, I only lived here." Theresa smiled briefly, but then her smile disappeared and she said, "Ryan, please don't go talk to Eddy. I just want to forget about him. I know you and things would get heated, and violent. I don't want that. If you and Eddy got in a fight, it would just upset everyone, so please, stay here and out of trouble!" Theresa pleaded with Ryan with her eyes.
Ryan stared at Theresa before saying, "Fine I won't go talk to Eddy." "Thank you!" Theresa said, before giving Ryan a quick hug. "Now get out of the car so I can go make millions."
As soon as Theresa left Ryan started to walk to the auto shop where Eddy worked. He had to talk to Eddy no matter how Theresa felt about it. He had beaten her, possibly gotten her pregnant, and now basically told her to drop dead. He had a few things to say to Eddy.
Seth had packed his bags last night as soon as they got home from dinner. He picked them up and headed down to the dock. He slowly began to load up his ship. He hoped that Marissa would give that letter to Summer soon; he didn't want her to think he took off without saying anything. Once he had loaded his bags and some non perishable food in the cargo area he took a last look at Newport. "I think I have everything," Seth spoke quietly to himself. "No you don't." said a voice from behind him. Seth spun around to find Marissa standing there with a bag full of clothes. "Marissa! What are you doing here?!" "For someone so quick witted, I thought you would have figured it out. I'm going with you Seth. I have to." "I'm sorry, what??" asked Seth astonished that the teen queen of Harbor wanted to spend two months at sea with him. "I lost Ryan too, and I need to get away. I can't be around these people right now. I don't want to spend this summer drinking and partying." "What about Summer??" asked Seth, "We can't both leave her here!" "I wrote a second note for Summer, I told her why I had to go, and that I would miss her. But Summer has all of her other friends to turn to! She can have an awesome summer partying." Seth stared at Marissa knowing that what she said was true, part of the reason he was leaving was because he didn't want to prevent her from having a good time this summer. He quickly came up with other reasons why Marissa shouldn't go with him, "Well, um...the boat is really tiny, and there wouldn't be any privacy." "Seth, I don't really care! I want to get away, so if I have to change my top, then you can turn around for a minute!!" "Well...what about your parents?!" "My parents?! Please, my dad has Hailey and he wants all the privacy he can get, and excuse me for not wanting to be around my mom and new step dad." Seth tried to come up with another reason why Marissa shouldn't go with him, but he couldn't. He knew that Marissa needed this trip just as much as he did. If she were by herself this summer it would be so easy for her to fall into her bad habits of drinking and ODing. Seth glanced at Marissa one last time and sighed, "Do you get sea sick?" Marissa smiled broadly, "Of course not!" Seth shook his head, "Ok hurry up and get on the boat before that person over there that I've never met before asks to go too. You know, one of those, "popes in a Volkswagen" things." Marissa smiled at Seth and started to pack her things securely to the boat.
Ok, that's it for today. Hope you liked it, I'll update ASAP!