Summer Roberts and Marissa Cooper had just come back to Summer's house
after a day of shopping. Summer was still very upset about Seth's sudden
disappearance. Sandy had come over a couple days ago to give Summer the
note that Seth had wrote to her. She had basically memorized it due to
reading it every time she missed him.
Summer, This is very hard for me to tell you, but I'm leaving. I don't know when I'm coming back. I don't even know where I'm going yet. With Ryan gone, I feel like there is nothing here for me now. The only thing left in Newport that I love is you. I just need to take some time by myself to figure some things out. I love you, and I will miss you so much. I'm so sorry that I left you. I will be back as soon as I can.
Love, Seth
"Summer, Summer, SUMMER!" Marissa snapped her fingers in front of Summer's face to try and bring her friend back from reality.
"Oh, sorry Coop. I was thinking about"
"Seth," Marissa finished the sentence for her. "Sum, you just have to accept that he's gone for a little bit. He'll be back. He loves you. Trust me, I know how it feels to have your boyfriend be away from you."
"I'm so lucky to have a friend like you Coop," Summer hugged Marissa.
"Sum, your answering machine is flashing. Looks like you have a message."
Summer walked over to the machine and pushed the button. "You have one new message," the robotic voice said. Summer began to cry when she heard the comforting voice of Seth. Marissa came over and hugged her. Summer suddenly had a burst of energy. "He said he'd call back! I can't leave this room. I have to wait for him to call."
"Sum, you can't be locked up in your room all day waiting for a phone call. It's unhealthy," Marissa tried to tell her friend.
"Watch me," Summer said as she laid next to the phone.
"Well, I have to get back to my house anyway, as much as I hate it," Marissa said as she walked out the door. "I'll call you tomorrow."
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Ryan walked out of the apartment in a fury. "How could she say I was a deadbeat? How could she say I was just like my father?" Ryan thought to himself. The more and more he thought about it, the more and more it made him furious. Where was he going to go now? The Cohen's? Nah, they had done enough for him already, he didn't want to trouble them anymore. All he knew was that he wasn't going back to Theresa. Not for now anyway. Wait. He could go to Marissa's new house. Yeah, he decided, he'll go there.
Ryan saw a phone booth, and got in. He slid in three quarters and fidgeted in his pocket for the number Marissa had given to him before he left. He dialed it angrily.
"Hello, Nichol residence" a woman said with a heavy Puerto Rican accent.
"Hi, is Marissa there?" Ryan asked.
"Marissa? Oh, yes she just got home from her friend's house. I will get her for you," the woman said.
"Thanks," Ryan replied. After what seemed like forever, Marissa's beautiful voice came through the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Ryan."
"Ryan! Hey!" Marissa excitedly replied.
"Hey. Um, things here aren't really going too well. It's kind of a long story, but the thing is I need a place to go," Ryan explained, trying not to sound too mad.
"You're always welcomed here, well by me anyway, Caleb and my mother might be a different story. Where are you? I'll come pick you up."
"I'm at the corner of 5th and 23rd street. I'll be waiting here for you. Thanks."
"No problem, I'll be there soon." Marissa started out the door when a poisonous voice stopped her cold in her tracks.
"Marissa, where do you think you're going?" Julie Cooper snarled.
"I forgot my purse over at Summer's, I'm going to go get it." Marissa lied.
"You can get it tomorrow. Go to bed. Now." Marissa walked up the stairs to her bedroom. Nothing was going to stop her from getting to Ryan. She snuck out her window and drove off toward Chino.
Summer, This is very hard for me to tell you, but I'm leaving. I don't know when I'm coming back. I don't even know where I'm going yet. With Ryan gone, I feel like there is nothing here for me now. The only thing left in Newport that I love is you. I just need to take some time by myself to figure some things out. I love you, and I will miss you so much. I'm so sorry that I left you. I will be back as soon as I can.
Love, Seth
"Summer, Summer, SUMMER!" Marissa snapped her fingers in front of Summer's face to try and bring her friend back from reality.
"Oh, sorry Coop. I was thinking about"
"Seth," Marissa finished the sentence for her. "Sum, you just have to accept that he's gone for a little bit. He'll be back. He loves you. Trust me, I know how it feels to have your boyfriend be away from you."
"I'm so lucky to have a friend like you Coop," Summer hugged Marissa.
"Sum, your answering machine is flashing. Looks like you have a message."
Summer walked over to the machine and pushed the button. "You have one new message," the robotic voice said. Summer began to cry when she heard the comforting voice of Seth. Marissa came over and hugged her. Summer suddenly had a burst of energy. "He said he'd call back! I can't leave this room. I have to wait for him to call."
"Sum, you can't be locked up in your room all day waiting for a phone call. It's unhealthy," Marissa tried to tell her friend.
"Watch me," Summer said as she laid next to the phone.
"Well, I have to get back to my house anyway, as much as I hate it," Marissa said as she walked out the door. "I'll call you tomorrow."
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Ryan walked out of the apartment in a fury. "How could she say I was a deadbeat? How could she say I was just like my father?" Ryan thought to himself. The more and more he thought about it, the more and more it made him furious. Where was he going to go now? The Cohen's? Nah, they had done enough for him already, he didn't want to trouble them anymore. All he knew was that he wasn't going back to Theresa. Not for now anyway. Wait. He could go to Marissa's new house. Yeah, he decided, he'll go there.
Ryan saw a phone booth, and got in. He slid in three quarters and fidgeted in his pocket for the number Marissa had given to him before he left. He dialed it angrily.
"Hello, Nichol residence" a woman said with a heavy Puerto Rican accent.
"Hi, is Marissa there?" Ryan asked.
"Marissa? Oh, yes she just got home from her friend's house. I will get her for you," the woman said.
"Thanks," Ryan replied. After what seemed like forever, Marissa's beautiful voice came through the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Ryan."
"Ryan! Hey!" Marissa excitedly replied.
"Hey. Um, things here aren't really going too well. It's kind of a long story, but the thing is I need a place to go," Ryan explained, trying not to sound too mad.
"You're always welcomed here, well by me anyway, Caleb and my mother might be a different story. Where are you? I'll come pick you up."
"I'm at the corner of 5th and 23rd street. I'll be waiting here for you. Thanks."
"No problem, I'll be there soon." Marissa started out the door when a poisonous voice stopped her cold in her tracks.
"Marissa, where do you think you're going?" Julie Cooper snarled.
"I forgot my purse over at Summer's, I'm going to go get it." Marissa lied.
"You can get it tomorrow. Go to bed. Now." Marissa walked up the stairs to her bedroom. Nothing was going to stop her from getting to Ryan. She snuck out her window and drove off toward Chino.