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They Meet Again Chapter 3-Calling -

Ryan gets home and thinks about how he was such an idiot leaving saying he had to feed his dog. He thinks that Marissa probably hates him now. He decides to call Seth so he can tell him about the interesting day he had. He seemed to have forgotten to feed his black lab. Meanwhile, Marissa is cleaning up the kitchen table. She decides to turn on the radio. Then she hears this:

Without you where do I belong?

Without you how can I go on?

No love but yours will ever do

Tell me how am I supposed to live my life without you

Marissa thinks about how this song relates to her and Ryan. She starts crying softly. She thinks about that maybe Ryan doesn't love her anymore or she and Ryan were never meant to be.

Ryan is calling Seth. Its rings once. It rings twice. It rings- "Hello!"

"Hey Seth."

"Hey man, please I don't want another phone call about how much you love Marissa, or how much you miss Marissa or how much you want to find Mar-

"I found her."

"Oh. Ok. I'll have a conversation with you now. So tell me how did you find her?"

"Well you see it was an accident running into her."

"How did you run into her? Were you just in the grocery store or something and your cart just crashed into her cart? C'mon man, how did you find her?"

Ryan then tells him about how he brought Katie home and her mom is Marissa. "Well did you ask her out?"

"No, and not after what happened at dinner."

"What happened at dinner? C'mon buddy you leave out all the good stuff."

"Well, we almost kissed."

"What is so wrong with that? And why didn't you?"

"She's married!"

"Oh. Well you seemed to fail to mention that."

"She married Luke."

"Luke? After what he did with her mother? How did she end up marrying him?"

"I didn't ask and they're having relationship problems."

"Well I'm not surprised. But this is good."

"How is this good?"

"If they're having relationship problems then you could probably ask her out. So give her a call."

"I don't have her number."

"What is wrong with you? You run into a friend you haven't seen for 10 years and you don't get her phone number. I'm shocked!"

"Now what should I do."

"Ok. I have a plan. All you have to do is go by the school again and ask Katherine....no Kally... no Kelly no..."

"Katie!"

"That's it! So all you have to do is ask her what her phone number is."

"I'll think about it. I got to go Seth. Good Night!"

"All right. Bye bro."

Ryan woke up early the next morning. He couldn't sleep because he kept thinking about what happened at Marissa's. He spent the whole day thinking about it.

Meanwhile, Marissa was thinking about the same thing Ryan was thinking about. She decided to clean her attic to get her mind off of it.

It is now around 3:00PM Ryan made up his mind. He was going to ask Katie what her phone number is. So he drove to the school. He went to look for Katie. He finally found her.

"Don't worry Officer Atwood my mom is going to pick me up today."

"Good. Can I have your phone number?"

"Why?"

"I might have to speak to your mom about something."

"Oh. OK. It's 555-1499."

"Thanks! Bye!"

"Bye!"

Later 7:00PM

Ryan picked up the phone. He was debating whether to call Marissa or not. He started dialing the numbers and then hung up the phone. He couldn't do it. Then he heard a knock at the door. Ryan went and answered the door.

"Seth what are you doing here?"

"Well its good to see you too Ryan."

"Why are you here?"

"Well I decided to bring you some dinner which is Chinese Take-out and help you with what is going on in your life."

"I don't need help."

"Did you get her number?"

"Did you call her?"

"No."

"See you do need help."

"I don't need help calling Marissa."

"Then why haven't you called her yet?"

"I almost did."

"Well then why didn't you go through with it?"

"I don't know. I guess I'm afraid."

"Ryan Atwood afraid?"

"It's possible."

"Whatever. Let's just eat and then we'll call Marissa."

"Ok."

After dinner

"Well look at the time. It's time to call Marissa."

"I don't need your help."

"I'm not leaving until you call her."

"Fine let's get it over with."

Ryan dialed the number. It rang a couple times and finally someone answered.

"Hello. Marissa speaking."

"Hi Marissa this is Ryan.

"Hi Ryan!" She was so glad he called.

"I was just calling to apologize about last night."

"It's ok Ryan."

"I was also calling to see if you wanted to go out with me tomorrow night."

Well that's chapter 3! Now go review!

nicole