A/N- Hey ya'll. I know it might have sounded like that was the end of the story, but it's not! Lol. Hope you like the new chapter! And I'll tell you when it's the end, so until you see this............. END!!!......It's not the end. Lol, have fun! P.S.-Hi Margo! lol

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Marissa woke up the same way she had the morning before, with Ryan laying beside her, just like it was supposed to be, except this time he was still sleeping. She liked the way he looked when he was sleeping. He looked really peaceful. Marissa knew he had been through a lot. Even when he was happiest (this was when he was with Marissa, obviously) there was still a distant sadness in his eyes. When his dazzling blue eyes that could read anyone's soul were closed, she couldn't see that.

Marissa stared at his gorgeous face for a while, but then she got bored. "Ryan," she whispered in her 'sexy voice' that she saved especially for him. She got on top of him. She kissed him deeply. He kissed back, but still didn't wake up. Marissa suppressed a laugh, guessing he was probably dreaming about kissing her. Thinking this was extremely amusing, she started kissing him, shoving her tongue down his throat. He continued to kiss back, just as deeply, still without waking up. After a while if his sleep-kissing, she slapped him, with her mouth still on his.

The first thing he saw when he woke up was Marissa's eyes, staring into his, still kissing him. His eyes got big and round. She pulled away, laughing her head off.

"What's so funny?" he asked, confused.

After a minute or two, her giggle fit subsided. "What the hell were you dreaming about?"

Ryan thought this was a rather stupid question. What else would he be dreaming about? But he answered anyway. "I was dreaming about you, with me, when we're married, making little Joey..."

Marissa cracked up, "Well no wonder!" she said in between giggles.

Ryan gave her a confused look. "What do you mean 'no wonder?'"

"I started shoving my tongue down your throat, and you kissed back, but you were still sleeping, and you looked hilarious!" She started laughing again, recalling the memory..

Ryan blushed slightly upon hearing what he did. Trying to save his dignity, he asked "Well, do I kiss good when I'm sleeping?" he asked with a sly smile.

"Well.........I'll need something to compare it to," she smiled. He jumped on top of her, kissing harder than he'd ever kissed before.

"Whoa!" she breathed. "You need to kiss like that more often!"

"Whatever you say," he said, kissing her again.

That night, Marissa brought her clothes for tomorrow to Ryan's and stayed the night. She knew she should have stayed home so she could get used to not having someone next to her, but she couldn't help it. Plus, she had a big test tomorrow, and she knew she wouldn't get any sleep unless she stayed with Ryan, so she decided to give in to her body one more time. They didn't 'do' anything, but they both felt better knowing the other one was beside them.

They talked about life, love, guys, girls, friends, enemies, and their future.

"So Ryan," Marissa said, sitting up. "Who do you think is better for Seth, Summer or Anna?"

Ryan pondered this for a second. "Who is better for him, or who I think he'll pick, cause these two questions have two different answers.

"First who's better for him." she answered. "Then I'll know the other answer anyway."

"Promise you won't get mad? I know Summer is your best friend." Marissa nodded her head. "Okay, I think Anna is better for him. No offense, but Summers a pretty big bitch."

Marissa nodded. "Ya, she is." She said. There was a beat of silence, broken by Marissa saying "So you think he'll pick Summer? Did he tell you this?" she snooped.

"No, he's having a damn hard time deciding. That's just my guess, he's liked her since forever. Does Summer really like him? Like, a lot?

Marissa sighed. "As much as she doesn't like to admit it, yes. I actually agree with you about who's better for him, though. I think Summer cares to much about her reputation to pay any attention to Seth at school. Anna would."

It was Ryan's turn to sigh. "Well I just hope he's happy. He needs a girl," he kissed Marissa how she wanted to be kissed. "Lord knows it makes life worth living."

Despite what his reputation said about him, Ryan was one of the most romantic guys on the planet. With that thought, she fell asleep, next to Mr. Romantic himself.

The next day at school, Summer saw Marissa for the first time since the previous Friday when she Summer walked over to her locker.

"Hey Coop! Why weren't you-," but she stopped in mid-sentence. Marissa was absolutely glowing! "Oh my God, you slept with him!" Summer exclaimed a little too loudly. "And!" she grabbed Marissa's beaming face, examining it thoroughly. "And it was good!" she decided by the look on her face.

"Summer!" Marissa whispered excitedly. "Keep it down! And how can you tell?"

"Girl, you can only get a smile that big by sleeping with someone and it being really really good." Summer said matter-of-factly.

Marissa laughed. "I'll tell you about it later," she told her friend.

Summer got her trademark look on her face. "Okay, Coop, like, EW! You can tell me about it, but please leave out the details!" They laughed and walked down the hall together, arm in arm.

Later, towards the end of the day, Ryan and Marissa were waling together down the hall.

"So I was thinking that you could come over later and we can go swimming." Ryan offered.

"Sure, that'd be great," she smiled. She'd do anything to see Ryan with his shirt off..

They continued walking down the hall to the parking lot, until Ryan heard someone call his name.

"Ryan! Ryan! Hey Atwood!" Ryan only turned when he heard Atwood, thinking they must have been calling some other Ryan, as the only people who talk to him at school were Marissa, Seth, and Luke.

As soon as he turned, his stomach lurched. His ex-girlfriend Theresa was strolling over to him. What the hell is she doing here? He thought to himself.

Marissa remembered the Chino chick from Thanksgiving. What the hell is she doing here? She thought, just like her boyfriend had.

Theresa reached Ryan and his girlfriend. "Hey!" she squealed, leaning in for a kiss. Ryan swerved to miss her lips, and gave her a one-armed hug, still holding onto Marissa's hand. His mind was working very quickly. His eyes were capable of reading into people's minds, and he didn't like what he saw in Marissa's eyes. There was fear, anger, and a twinge of jealousy. "She thinks I'm gonna forget about her. Oh God, I feel like I'm on a soap opera." Of course, Ryan only had eyes for Marissa, so he knew he had to make a big point of giving her attention while Theresa was around, and getting the point across that she was his girlfriend.

Theresa seemed confused by Ryan's odd last-minute swerve, but she quickly recovered. "So, how've you been?" she asked in a perky voice, stealing a quick glance at his new, gorgeous girl.

"Just fine," Ryan replied, sliding his arm around Marissa's waist, putting his she's-my-girlfriend-and-that's-not-gonna-change plan in action. "Theresa, this is Marissa, my girlfriend." He said, putting an extra emphasis on the word. "You met last Thanksgiving."

"Ya! Hi!" Marissa said, trying to sound chipper. She was slightly worried that Ryan was going to get ideas about leaving her, even though he expressed his love for her in ways that she never would have expected from his mouth. Both of the girls noticed Ryan touching Marissa, not keeping his hands off of her. One of them liked it, the other one didn't.

"So what are you doing here?" he asked Theresa, sliding his hands into Marissa's back pockets, making her shiver and smile. Now Marissa knew what he was doing, and she liked it, and she felt safe.

"Um, I just wanted to see how you were doing with your new life," she answered, some or her perkiness slipping away at an alarming rate, seeing the way Ryan was touching the girl in such sensual ways.

"Well, as you can see," he said, gesturing around at the gleaming school, "I'm doing pretty well." He was thinking of a way to get out of the awkward situation, without hurting his friends feelings to much. "Um, I'm really sorry, but me and Marissa have plans, and we can't be late. I'll see you around!" As he said this, he picked Marissa up and through her over his shoulder, making her let out a shriek of laughter and surprise.

"What 'plans' so we have?" Marissa asked Ryan straight away.

"We, in case you've forgotten already, are going swimming." He told her matter-of-factly.

"Since when do we have to get there right now?" she asked, even though she knew why he had said that to his ex.

Ryan didn't need to think. "Cause every moment I'm not seeing you in your bikini is killing me." He said slyly. She punched him in the arm. He laughed and put the keys into the ignition. He didn't turn the keys, though. He sat and stared at the love of his life for a couple minutes. She stared back.

"What?" she said with a questioning look in her eyes.

"You do know that I'd never leave you, right?" he said, his face becoming serious. He saw the look in her eyes when Theresa walked up to then, and he wanted to make sure that she knew he loved her.

She sighed. "Now I do. I saw what you were doing out there. You're never that touchy-feely in public."

Ryan shrugged with a sheepish smile. "What can I say?" he healed his hands out in front of him. "These hands have a mind of their own!" He tickled her, and she laughed.

"Come on, I want to repay you for what you did today, lets get moving!" she said, turning the key and starting the car.

"What do you mean 'repay?' he said, getting slightly excited.

She kissed him deeply. "You'll see," she whispered into his mouth.

Turns out, Seth had invited Anna over to go swimming. She arrived, looking cute in a slinky but not slutty bikini.

I'd like to say the same about Marissa, but her suit was pretty slutty. She had never worn it before; she was saving it for Ryan. He didn't mind at all.

The boys were inside the house getting drinks, while the bikini-clad girls were sunbathing by the pool.

"Man, Ryan, your girl's not wearin' nuttin!" Seth exclaimed, becoming slightly jealous, but pushing the thought to the back of his mind. He knew Ryan loved him like a brother would, but if he got in-between him and Marissa (which would obviously never happen, but even if he knew Seth's thoughts) he was as good as dead.

Ryan smiled at Seth's comment, not knowing his thoughts. "Ya, I know. I've seen her in less, though," Ryan said, shooting a sideways glance at his brother, having not told him about having sex with her yet.

Seth didn't understand at first. He couldn't see how she could be wearing any less, unless... "Dude!" he exclaimed after he understood. He gave him a high-five. For once, Ryan returned the gesture. The boys strolled outside.

Both of the girls were wearing sunglasses, almost asleep. When the boys arrived outside, they both glanced at each other, knowing what the other one was thinking. They each snuck over to the girlfriend/would-be girlfriend, picked them up and through them into the pool. As soon as their warm bodies touched the cool water, they shrieked.

"Dumb ass!" Anna yelled at Seth, but she was laughing.

After he was done laughing, Ryan slowly pulled his wife beater over his head and threw it off to the side. His perfectly toned, sweaty, tan body gleamed in the sunlight. He looked like a god.

Both girls were transfixed. "Holy shit!" breathed Anna, gazing at the hottie, who was stretching in the sunlight, making him even hotter, if that was possible. "Marissa." Anna said, her eyes locked on Ryan.

"Uh huh?" whispered Marissa, her eyes glued to the boy, also.

"He is really hot!" she whispered. "I want him." she said. Marissa wasn't sure if she was joking or not. Upon hearing this, Marissa snapped back to reality. Anna was groaning with longing with each movement Ryan made.

Marissa elbowed her friend. "Sorry, he's mine!" she said, laughing slightly.

"Oh, right." Said Anna, slightly embarrassed. Soon after Ryan, Seth took off his shirt. Anna didn't understand how someone who lived in California his whole life could be so pale. Ryan eased himself into the water, while Seth did a cannon ball. Ryan looked even sexier when he was wet.

He waded over to Marissa, slipping his muscular, wet arms around the girl. She started breathing very fast. He had never looked as amazing as he did now. In fact, no guy had ever looked so amazing. She took in his chest, his neck, and his face. I can't believe he's mine! She thought to herself.

"Is that bathing suit my thank you?" he asked, so sensually that she wanted to rip her clothes off and get it on right then and there.

"Part of it," she forced out between breaths. She sounded as if she had run a 50 mile race.

Seth and Anna were horsing around, but Ryan and Marissa were oblivious to it all.

Ryan started at Marissa's stomach, bringing her eyes up to her breasts, then to her mouth, then her eyes. Her eyes were still gazing at his body. When she felt his eyes on her head she looked up, meeting his blue eyes with hers.

Marissa was frozen. She couldn't move. She wanted to, but she just couldn't. So Ryan was the one to move in, and kiss her so passionately that she thought she was going to faint.

Seth's and Anna's eyes were now staring at the lovebirds.

"Damn!" said Anna.

"They look like Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in the "Sweetest Sin" music video.

"They do!" said Anna, after she pictured the sensual video in her mind. "Wait a minute! When did you watch that video?" she asked, amused, putting her hands on her hips.

"On the internet," he replied simply. Anna gave him an amused look. "What can I say, she's a hottie!" Hearing this, Anna dunked the boy under water and held him there for a while.

Marissa wet hands were exploring Ryan's chest, as were Ryan's on hers. Their wet lips slid over each others, and they were ignoring the disbelieving looks on their friends' faces.

Seth was getting frustrated. "Okay, that's it." He walked over to the two lovers. "I think you guys better leave our site before we see something we really don't want to see."

"Good-*smooch* -idea," Agreed Marissa between licks. Somewhere along the way, she had been swept up in Ryan's arms like a baby. Ryan carried her like this out of the pool and into the hot tub.

Ryan pulled away for a moment, looking almost mad. "How come you have to be so damn sexy? I'm never gonna be able so sleep at night without you again!"

"Same to you!" She replied. "So are you ready for your thank you?"

Ryan looked puzzled. "You mean the kissing wasn't it?"

She laughed. "Nope." She stood up, still dripping wet, and wrung the excess water out of her hair. She leaned over, so her breasts were hanging right in Ryan's face, making him want more. "I'll be right back" she whispered. It was Ryan's turn to start hyperventilating.

Marissa walked over to the pool, where Seth and Anna were splashing each other, and jumped in. She swam over to Anna and whispered in her ear.

"Oh jeez, one of their little secretive whispers," he said, wiggling his fingers.

After Marissa pulled away from her ear, Anna smiled and nodded, then swam over to Seth. "Hey 'Cohen," said Anna, using Summer's trademark nickname for him. "I haven't seen Captain Oats in a while. Let's go up to your room."

Seth looked puzzled. "Ooookay," he said uncertainly. They exited the pool, grabbed towels, and headed into the house. Anna turned around and winked at Marissa. She mouthed thank you, and Anna gave her a smile.

But Marissa forgot to check something. "Hey Seth!" she yelled. "Where are your parents?"

"Working," he yelled over his shoulder. Marissa smiled. She had a feeling Ryan was going to be pleased.

"Oh Ryan?" she called in a sing-song voice. "Come over here!"

Ryan hopped out of the hot tub faster than he'd ever moved before. He walked over to the pool, trying not to look to anxious. It wasn't working very well.

Marissa was already in the pool. She beckoned him over with her finger. He eased himself into the pool for the second time today, and swam over to his girlfriend.

She kissed him deeply, while taking his hands and placing them around her neck, near where her bikini was tied around her neck. "Untie it," she said into his mouth.

His eyes became extremely round. "What?" he asked. He wanted to make sure he heard her right before he did something that she didn't really want him to do.

"Untie it," she repeated. She continued kissing him as he followed his command. After he untied the string, he let it fall; assuming it was what she wanted him to do. She pressed her partly-naked body against his, untying the string on the side of her bikini bottoms.

While they were pulling off the little clothes they had on, their lips never left each others. Ryan, naturally, looked down, then shivered. Feeling the shiver from Ryan's body, Marissa opened her eyes and saw him looking at her naked body. She squeezed his side, to let him know that she saw him looking. He smiled sheepishly.

"Well where are you expecting me to look?" he asked, and she laughed. He pulled her underwater, and they started making out. It was kind of odd. They didn't really need air, they were breathing each others. They stayed under for an amazingly long time. Finally, Ryan thought he heard a car, so he brought his head above water, and just his head, not wanting anyone to see his naked self.

He saw a beat up car pull into the driveway. He gasped when he saw who was in it.

Theresa!

A/N- Dun Dun Dun! Cliffhager! Hee hee *evil* I hope ya'll enjoyed this
very long chapter! That's why it took me so long to write. So will Theresa see an eyeful? If she does, will she like it? Lol you'll have to
keep reading to see! Review, pleze!