Disclaimer: If I owned The OC. I would not be here writing about it. I would be living it. Tehehehe

Chapter 5: Telling the Girls

Ryan and Marissa both thought it best to tell Ally and Vanessa after a few dates so they wouldn't be so obvious.

One night at Dinner Ally asked her Dad." So, you and Vanessa's mom, are you guys like going to get married?"

"Why do you ask that sweetie.?"

"Cause I would think it would be sad if you were to marry someone besides mom."

"Sweetie, we need to talk." They cleaned up the dishes and went into the Living room.

"Now, you know that picture that was always in my study, which your mom didn't like."

"The one of the girl, with brown hair and green eyes?"

"Yeah. Well she is Vanessa's mom. We sort of loved each other."

"You loved her Dad? I thought you always loved mom."

"I did I do. I just have to let go."

"But, She's She's my mom." Ally started crying

"Did you know that Grandma Kirsten and Grandpa Sandy aren't my really parents?"

"What? No. I didn't. You were adopted?" She said sniffling

"Yes when I was 17."

"17. Wow Dad that's old." She said knowing that her friends who had been adopted had been adopted as baby's.

"Thanks. Well anyways I was adopted into the Cohen family by pure luck. I had tried to help my Brother Trey break into a car and steal it. We got caught. I got sent to Juvi and he got put in Prison. The Facility assigned me a lawyer, Sandford Cohen, who couldn't let a kid who had only done one thing wrong suffer, so he brought me home. Where I met Marissa she was the next door neighbor. I also burnt down a house and beat her up her boyfriend Luke. It was really messed up. Sandy took me back home to Chino and my house was empty my mom had left me. I was alone. So I went back to the Cohen's and became apart of the family." Ryan figured it best to leave out that Ally had a older sister living in Atlanta.

" Dad, I am only 12 I really didn't need to know all that.

"I think it was time I told you about Marissa."

Ally storms out of the room. Ryan gets up and walks into his study.

He looks at the picture of Maria she was going to be 16 next week. He sent her a card every year but, he wanted to do something more this year. 16. He was going to meet her. He wanted her a part of his life. He misses her more than life it's self.

Sorry bout that it just leads to later part in the story.

Marissa's house

"Mom, that's great your marrying Ally's dad will be like sisters."

"That's great that you are happy."

Vanessa went to her room to call Ally.

"No, she's not my mom." Ally was saying to herself as she paced her room.

The phone rang.

"Hello." Ryan's voice said from downstairs.

"Oh Hey Vanessa. Yea thanks at least you feel that way. Well no Ally is not in the mood to talk on the phone right now. I'll tell her to call you."

As soon as Ally heard the phone hang up and her dad walk back to his study. She picked up her Lime Green Cordless phone that sat next to her bed she went up to the attic which was where she had spent most of her time since her dad and her had moved to Newport it was the only thing that reminded her of home. All her old bedroom furniture from the old house was up there so she had sort of set up her own 2nd bedroom.

She dialed Vanessa.

"Hello." She heard Vanessa answer.

"You traitor."

"What?"

"You actually want are parents to get married."

"Yes I think it would be really cool."

"You know what maybe for you." She paused.

"Your no longer my friend." Ally hung up and started crying.

Later that night

Ally put her Stuffed Monkey her mom had gotten her for her 9th birthday, a extra pair of underwear a sweater,her Portable CD player, and the picture of her mom and her that was taken just weeks before she had died.

She left the note for her Dad at the bottom of the banister where she knew he would see it and she headed out the front door. She didn't know where she was going all she knew was that she was going away from here. Her Grandma and Grandpa in LA they would take her wouldn't they.

She got out her money 53$. It was just enough to get to LA. Crawfordville was 45 mins out of LA. So she would have a little left over.

She walked to the bus station it was New, nice, and Clean just like everything else in Newport. In fact next to the ticket counter was a picture of her Dad with her Grandma Kirsten sitting on digitally added home. Saying Build with Newport Homes We build Better.

She missed Grandma Kirsten. Grandma Karen was nothing like her she would make Ally go to bed by 9 on school nights she hated it when she babysat when she was little, but always loved it when Grandma Kirsten let her and Cousin Nicky stay up really late. It was always so fun. Kirsten was more like a grandma should be.

So Ally decided to go there.

She called he cab company.

It was late when Ally finally arrived at the Cohen residence. She saw that her Grandma and Grandpa were out so she found the spare key and went in. She turned on the light in the foyer. The House was so dark and spooky with just that light on. She made her way over to the stairs turned on the light that led up there and turned off the foyer light. She climbed into her Uncle Seth's bed. The Last person smell was still on these sheet she didn't care it was the smell of Uncle Seth and he always brightened her day up. The other Pillow Smelled of Aunt Summer. She missed them terrible and Cousin Nicky. She wished Nicky was there to talk to. She fell into a doze. .

Even Later that night.

Ally awoke from the sound of voices coming down the Hall.

"Remind me never to eat there again. The Service is terrible." Sandy Said

"Sandy, you say that every time we go there and we always go back."

"I know I know I guess I just have to say it."

She heard there foot steps get fainter as they walked to their bedroom.

"The light's blinking. Good thing we keep an answer machine in case we have our Cell's off." Sandy said.

Kirsten pushed the button.

"Hey Sandy and Kirsten. Ally's missing." Ally her heard her dad's voice she got out of bed and walked over to the half cracked door.

"She left a note saying stuff about she doesn't want a new mother so she was going to run away. If you hear from her please call me. I am out driving all over town looking for her."

"Poor Ally." Kirsten said. "She misses her mom I wish I could have talked to her." Kirsten started walking back down the hall to stairs when Ally hit captain oats he had been sitting on the desk and she hand bumped it getting up from sitting by the door.

"Hello." Kirsten said as she opened the door.

"Hi Grandma." Kirsten stood there looking at her Granddaughter.

"Oh Ally. Sandy she's here. Call her Dad."

"No Please." Sandy came running down the hall.

"I just wanted to come and get away from there. He's ruining my mother's memory."

Sandy and Kirsten gave Ally Concerned and also angry looks.

To be continued.