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"So I'm guessing that you were lying when you said you didn't get sea sick?" asked Seth as he was holding Marissa's hair back for her.
Marissa didn't answer, just felt another wave of nausea and keeled over. When that had past, she gladly took a big sip of her water bottle and said, "Believe me Seth, I would rather be puking up my stomach on a boat with you rather than be in Newport with my mom and new step-dad." Seth put a hand over his heart and wiped away a fake tear, "I think that that is the most touching thing anybody has said to me!" Marissa gave Seth a "Shut up Seth, you're dumb" look. She sat back down on the boat and closed her eyes slowly. "What do you think Summer's doing right now? Do you think she already got our letters?"
Seth became quiet at the sudden mention of Summer. "Yeah, she probably got them this morning. Do you really think she's going to go back to all of her old Harbor friends? I mean, I think she's changed. I don't think she'll want them again."
Marissa looked at Seth hard for a moment, "You're in love with her aren't you?" she asked seriously.
At first, Seth didn't know if he wanted to have this conversation with Marissa. I mean, were they even friends? But the more he thought about it, the more Marissa seemed like the perfect person to talk to. She was the only other person who knew Summer like he did. They both knew that Summer wasn't as materialistic and shallow as she came across. "Yeah, I am in love with her." Seth finally answered. "I never expected to be, its weird because she used to be a goddess to me, I could never have her, but she was perfect. Now, I notice that she has flaws, she's not perfect, but I love her more everyday."
Marissa smiled at Seth, she was glad that he was with Summer. Summer had some how gotten the reputation of being a slut, and most guys just wanted to date her for that. She knew that Summer deserved the kind of relationship that Seth was giving her. "I'm not sure if she'll hang out with her old friends again. She definitely has changed."
Marissa and Seth sat in silence for a while, not uncomfortable silence, their minds were full, thinking about the people they loved. After a few minutes Seth broke the silence, "You know that he loves you even though he left right?" Marissa nodded slowly and softly spoke, "I don't think I want to love him anymore." Seth looked up at Marissa concerned by the pain in her voice. "I don't think I can keep being hurt by him. It's not like I can just get over him like I did Luke. If I can't be with him than I don't want to have to sit around thinking about him!" Marissa's sorrow turned into anger, "It's not fair! How could he do this to me?" Marissa was well aware of how selfish she sounded, but it wasn't fair! She knew that Ryan wasn't going to Chino to be with Theresa but she got to be with him anyways! She dropped her head low and tried to blink away tears. She was so tired of crying!
Seth stared at Marissa unsure of what he should do. He slowly moved towards her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Marissa he said softly, you can't just refuse to love Ryan. I know that you guys love each other. I don't know, call me a sucker because the good guy always wins in comic books, but I really think you guys are going to end up together."
Marissa sniffed, "Thanks Seth." She was surprised at Seth's ability to be serious. Maybe Seth could be a better friend than she had thought.
Seth and Marissa sat shoulder to shoulder watching the sunset on the horizon, both thinking about the people they loved.
Ryan continued to stare at Theresa. When she didn't answer he demanded, "Theresa, answer me right now. Are you pregnant?" Theresa hung her head and her shoulders began to shake. She let out huge raking sobs that shook her entire body. "I'm sorry Ryan! I should never have let it get this far!" Ryan was livid! He didn't even know what to say to Theresa! He instinctively hit the glass vase off the counter and watched it shatter. "Why would you do that Theresa?! Do you have any idea how much pain you caused everyone?!" "I'm sorry Ryan!" Theresa repeated, "I had to get you back here!! You can't just run away and forget everything that you came from! This is your home!! The first people with money who came into your life took you in and you completely wrote of your past! Marissa doesn't deserve you! I need you here with me! Please Ryan, I'm so sorry!" Theresa was holding herself up against the counter, crying hysterically.
Eddy backed into the background. "I think I'm going to get going" he said softly, aware that nobody heard him.
Ryan watched Theresa with a mixture of pity, confusion, and disgust. Ryan shook his head violently. "Theresa, I am not here for you! I thought you were pregnant! That is the only reason I came here! I want to be with Marissa! You don't even know what she's been through! I was in the best relationship I've ever had with anybody, and you tore me away from that! Do you even realize what you've done?!"
Theresa didn't answer Ryan, she just continued to cry and apologize.
Now all Ryan was thinking about was how he had to get back to Marissa. "I've gotta go," he said harshly to Theresa.
"Ryan no! You can't go! Please don't leave me here! I have nothing!" Theresa begged Ryan to stay, but Ryan couldn't even look at her. He had never felt such anger, and confusion, as he was feeling now. She had screwed up everything! Ryan pulled his arm away from Theresa. He had to get away from this place, but he had no idea how to get home. Theresa had driven him here and if he took her car, then she would have to come get it, and he didn't ever want to see her again. Ryan started to run down the street. He needed to find a pay phone! He ran a couple of blocks before reaching a 7-11. He raced to the sidewalk and thrust his hand into his pocket to find a quarter. Ryan searched his pocket frantically for some kind of coin. Instead, he found a crumpled envelope that somebody had slipped into his pocket. Ryan opened up the envelope and was surprised to see a fat wad of twenty dollar bills and a note.
Ryan, Good luck with everything in Chino. I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye. You were my first real friend and I didn't know how to say goodbye to that. Before you showed up, I couldn't survive in Newport. You'd better visit, like all the time. Thanks for everything, I hope you and Theresa are adjusting well.
Seth Ryan didn't even have time to think about the letter, instead he snatched one of the twenties and went inside to get change. He ran out a minute later and frantically dialed Marissa's number. "Come on Marissa, pick up!" Ryan muttered to himself. He waited until he got her machine. He then dialed the Cohen's number figuring he would talk to Marissa as soon as he got home. When nobody from the Cohen house answered either, Ryan slammed the phone down in frustration. He sighed and closed his eyes as he tried to remember one last number...
Summer was lying on her bed watching reruns of the Valley when her phone rang. She rolled over to answer it slowly, expecting it to be Holly or somebody telling her about a party. She finally answered, "Hello?" "Summer? It's Ryan." "Ryan?! What are you doing? How's Theresa?" Summer asked, curious as to why Ryan was calling her. Ryan laughed bitterly, "Theresa? Oh, she's fine...considering she's not pregnant!" "What?!" "Yeah, Theresa lied to me to get me back, she isn't pregnant and Eddy never hit her!" "Oh my God!" Summer exclaimed! "Yeah, but the reason I called is, I need somebody to pick me up! Marissa and the Cohen's are both not home. I'm actually a little surprised that you're home. I need to get back and apologize to Marissa!" Summer frowned to herself. She didn't want to drop the bad news on Ryan now, when he was all alone. Instead she said, "Yeah, no problem Ryan, I'll leave right now!"
Summer pulled up in her dad's convertible an hour and a half later. "how are you doing?" she asked gently. Ryan sighed, "I just can't believe it was all a lie, I mean, I've known Theresa my whole life! Now I just can't wait to get home, to the Cohens. I have to talk to Marissa. Summer shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Yeah, um, Ryan? There's actually something I've got to tell you." Ryan looked expectantly at Summer, knowing that it was not good news. Summer continued, "It's going to be hard to talk to Marissa, seeing as she's gone for the whole summer. Seth is too. They sailed to Tahiti together, I guess that was their way of coping with you leaving." Ryan looked stunned for a minute while he contemplated that. Marissa and Seth? Together on a boat for the entire summer? Ryan couldn't believe it! "How did you find out?" "They both wrote me letters, apparently, Seth was planning to go by himself, but then Marissa showed up and demanded to go with him. Something about clearing their heads and not being around Newport."
Ryan nodded his head slowly, understanding, yet becoming sick at the thought of being without his two best friends. Marissa and Seth are what made Newport a home for Ryan. "When did they leave?" "Well, I got the letter yesterday morning, so I think they left right before that." "So they couldn't have gotten that far?" Ryan said slowly looking at Summer. Summer began to smile, "No, they probably couldn't have gotten far at all. You know, nobody knows Marissa and Seth better than the two of us, if we worked together, we could probably figure out where they are and stop them! Its pointless for all four of us to have a terrible summer!"
Ryan grinned at Summer, "Absolutely! We can start mapping things out as soon as we get to the Cohens."
Summer put the pedal to the floor and the two sped away to try and find their friends.
"So I'm guessing that you were lying when you said you didn't get sea sick?" asked Seth as he was holding Marissa's hair back for her.
Marissa didn't answer, just felt another wave of nausea and keeled over. When that had past, she gladly took a big sip of her water bottle and said, "Believe me Seth, I would rather be puking up my stomach on a boat with you rather than be in Newport with my mom and new step-dad." Seth put a hand over his heart and wiped away a fake tear, "I think that that is the most touching thing anybody has said to me!" Marissa gave Seth a "Shut up Seth, you're dumb" look. She sat back down on the boat and closed her eyes slowly. "What do you think Summer's doing right now? Do you think she already got our letters?"
Seth became quiet at the sudden mention of Summer. "Yeah, she probably got them this morning. Do you really think she's going to go back to all of her old Harbor friends? I mean, I think she's changed. I don't think she'll want them again."
Marissa looked at Seth hard for a moment, "You're in love with her aren't you?" she asked seriously.
At first, Seth didn't know if he wanted to have this conversation with Marissa. I mean, were they even friends? But the more he thought about it, the more Marissa seemed like the perfect person to talk to. She was the only other person who knew Summer like he did. They both knew that Summer wasn't as materialistic and shallow as she came across. "Yeah, I am in love with her." Seth finally answered. "I never expected to be, its weird because she used to be a goddess to me, I could never have her, but she was perfect. Now, I notice that she has flaws, she's not perfect, but I love her more everyday."
Marissa smiled at Seth, she was glad that he was with Summer. Summer had some how gotten the reputation of being a slut, and most guys just wanted to date her for that. She knew that Summer deserved the kind of relationship that Seth was giving her. "I'm not sure if she'll hang out with her old friends again. She definitely has changed."
Marissa and Seth sat in silence for a while, not uncomfortable silence, their minds were full, thinking about the people they loved. After a few minutes Seth broke the silence, "You know that he loves you even though he left right?" Marissa nodded slowly and softly spoke, "I don't think I want to love him anymore." Seth looked up at Marissa concerned by the pain in her voice. "I don't think I can keep being hurt by him. It's not like I can just get over him like I did Luke. If I can't be with him than I don't want to have to sit around thinking about him!" Marissa's sorrow turned into anger, "It's not fair! How could he do this to me?" Marissa was well aware of how selfish she sounded, but it wasn't fair! She knew that Ryan wasn't going to Chino to be with Theresa but she got to be with him anyways! She dropped her head low and tried to blink away tears. She was so tired of crying!
Seth stared at Marissa unsure of what he should do. He slowly moved towards her and put his arm around her shoulders. "Marissa he said softly, you can't just refuse to love Ryan. I know that you guys love each other. I don't know, call me a sucker because the good guy always wins in comic books, but I really think you guys are going to end up together."
Marissa sniffed, "Thanks Seth." She was surprised at Seth's ability to be serious. Maybe Seth could be a better friend than she had thought.
Seth and Marissa sat shoulder to shoulder watching the sunset on the horizon, both thinking about the people they loved.
Ryan continued to stare at Theresa. When she didn't answer he demanded, "Theresa, answer me right now. Are you pregnant?" Theresa hung her head and her shoulders began to shake. She let out huge raking sobs that shook her entire body. "I'm sorry Ryan! I should never have let it get this far!" Ryan was livid! He didn't even know what to say to Theresa! He instinctively hit the glass vase off the counter and watched it shatter. "Why would you do that Theresa?! Do you have any idea how much pain you caused everyone?!" "I'm sorry Ryan!" Theresa repeated, "I had to get you back here!! You can't just run away and forget everything that you came from! This is your home!! The first people with money who came into your life took you in and you completely wrote of your past! Marissa doesn't deserve you! I need you here with me! Please Ryan, I'm so sorry!" Theresa was holding herself up against the counter, crying hysterically.
Eddy backed into the background. "I think I'm going to get going" he said softly, aware that nobody heard him.
Ryan watched Theresa with a mixture of pity, confusion, and disgust. Ryan shook his head violently. "Theresa, I am not here for you! I thought you were pregnant! That is the only reason I came here! I want to be with Marissa! You don't even know what she's been through! I was in the best relationship I've ever had with anybody, and you tore me away from that! Do you even realize what you've done?!"
Theresa didn't answer Ryan, she just continued to cry and apologize.
Now all Ryan was thinking about was how he had to get back to Marissa. "I've gotta go," he said harshly to Theresa.
"Ryan no! You can't go! Please don't leave me here! I have nothing!" Theresa begged Ryan to stay, but Ryan couldn't even look at her. He had never felt such anger, and confusion, as he was feeling now. She had screwed up everything! Ryan pulled his arm away from Theresa. He had to get away from this place, but he had no idea how to get home. Theresa had driven him here and if he took her car, then she would have to come get it, and he didn't ever want to see her again. Ryan started to run down the street. He needed to find a pay phone! He ran a couple of blocks before reaching a 7-11. He raced to the sidewalk and thrust his hand into his pocket to find a quarter. Ryan searched his pocket frantically for some kind of coin. Instead, he found a crumpled envelope that somebody had slipped into his pocket. Ryan opened up the envelope and was surprised to see a fat wad of twenty dollar bills and a note.
Ryan, Good luck with everything in Chino. I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye. You were my first real friend and I didn't know how to say goodbye to that. Before you showed up, I couldn't survive in Newport. You'd better visit, like all the time. Thanks for everything, I hope you and Theresa are adjusting well.
Seth Ryan didn't even have time to think about the letter, instead he snatched one of the twenties and went inside to get change. He ran out a minute later and frantically dialed Marissa's number. "Come on Marissa, pick up!" Ryan muttered to himself. He waited until he got her machine. He then dialed the Cohen's number figuring he would talk to Marissa as soon as he got home. When nobody from the Cohen house answered either, Ryan slammed the phone down in frustration. He sighed and closed his eyes as he tried to remember one last number...
Summer was lying on her bed watching reruns of the Valley when her phone rang. She rolled over to answer it slowly, expecting it to be Holly or somebody telling her about a party. She finally answered, "Hello?" "Summer? It's Ryan." "Ryan?! What are you doing? How's Theresa?" Summer asked, curious as to why Ryan was calling her. Ryan laughed bitterly, "Theresa? Oh, she's fine...considering she's not pregnant!" "What?!" "Yeah, Theresa lied to me to get me back, she isn't pregnant and Eddy never hit her!" "Oh my God!" Summer exclaimed! "Yeah, but the reason I called is, I need somebody to pick me up! Marissa and the Cohen's are both not home. I'm actually a little surprised that you're home. I need to get back and apologize to Marissa!" Summer frowned to herself. She didn't want to drop the bad news on Ryan now, when he was all alone. Instead she said, "Yeah, no problem Ryan, I'll leave right now!"
Summer pulled up in her dad's convertible an hour and a half later. "how are you doing?" she asked gently. Ryan sighed, "I just can't believe it was all a lie, I mean, I've known Theresa my whole life! Now I just can't wait to get home, to the Cohens. I have to talk to Marissa. Summer shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "Yeah, um, Ryan? There's actually something I've got to tell you." Ryan looked expectantly at Summer, knowing that it was not good news. Summer continued, "It's going to be hard to talk to Marissa, seeing as she's gone for the whole summer. Seth is too. They sailed to Tahiti together, I guess that was their way of coping with you leaving." Ryan looked stunned for a minute while he contemplated that. Marissa and Seth? Together on a boat for the entire summer? Ryan couldn't believe it! "How did you find out?" "They both wrote me letters, apparently, Seth was planning to go by himself, but then Marissa showed up and demanded to go with him. Something about clearing their heads and not being around Newport."
Ryan nodded his head slowly, understanding, yet becoming sick at the thought of being without his two best friends. Marissa and Seth are what made Newport a home for Ryan. "When did they leave?" "Well, I got the letter yesterday morning, so I think they left right before that." "So they couldn't have gotten that far?" Ryan said slowly looking at Summer. Summer began to smile, "No, they probably couldn't have gotten far at all. You know, nobody knows Marissa and Seth better than the two of us, if we worked together, we could probably figure out where they are and stop them! Its pointless for all four of us to have a terrible summer!"
Ryan grinned at Summer, "Absolutely! We can start mapping things out as soon as we get to the Cohens."
Summer put the pedal to the floor and the two sped away to try and find their friends.