A/N- Hey! I haven't been getting very many reviews for the past chapters! I know some of you have, but I need to know what the rest of you think! So R&R!

Ryan couldn't have been more surprised at what he saw. Marissa was kneeling next to Theresa, whose wrists were covered in blood. Theresa was crying, and she was comforting her.

Marissa looked up when she heard Ryan speak. Her eyes were glazed with tears, and she was trying to hold them back. She stood up and tip-toed over to Ryan. "She really wants you to love her again, Ryan," she whispered, choking back a sob. "She got upset and did....this."

They heard the front door open, and paramedics and policemen came inside. Ryan remembered that Sandy had called 911.

They put the now unconscious Theresa on a stretcher and carried her into the ambulance. "Do you kids know where we can reach her guardian?" one cop asked the teens.

"Um, ya, let me write it down for you," Ryan said, following the officer into the kitchen.

Marissa sat down on Theresa's bed. She laid her head in her hands and started to cry. Seth, not sure of what to do, sat down next to her. He put his arms around her and she started to cry into his shoulder.

"It's all my fault!" she cried. "I took him away from her!"

Seth patted her back. "Marissa, shhhh, it is so not your fault. Ryan fell in love with you cause you are a wonderful person. It's fate, and neither of you could help it."

"Wow, did those words just come out of my mouth?" Seth thought to himself. He was pretty pround of those sentences.

Marissa wiped her eyes are relaxed into him. "Thanks, Seth. That means a lot to me." She had never realized how caring Seth was. "That's why Summer and Anna like him so much" she thought.

Ryan walked in. Seth noticed, Marissa didn't. She continued to cry into his shoulder. Seth looked up at him and shrugged, with eyes that said 'what do you want me to do?'

"Um, maybe you two should talk," Seth said, trying to get Marissa to notice Ryan's presence. She looked up and immediately saw his caring face, sandy blonde hair and shockingly blue eyes. She stood up and rested her head against his muscular chest.

"Let's go home first," Ryan said, looking at the blood stained carpet. "I wanna get out of here."

Marissa collapsed on to the bed again, having fainted. Ryan sighed and picked her up, just like that night in Tijuana. He carried her out to his car, and set her inside the passenger's seat. He then turned to Seth. "Drive her car back to our house," he ordered. Seth nodded and jogged over to Marissa's jeep.

Ryan plopped down in the driver's seat. "Love hurts," he whispered.

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Ryan carried Marissa into the pool house and laid her on the bed. He sat down next to her. "Marissa," he whispered, as he gently shook her arm. "Marissa, wake up, everything's fine. We're back in Newport. She won't hurt you anymore."

She turned slightly, and then opened her blue eyes. She squinted from the sunlight pouring through the windows. "Is she alright?" she asked, sitting up quickly.

He gently pushed her back down onto the bed. "I'm sure she'll be fine," he assured her. "The question is are you alright?"

She nodded her head. "She loves you bad, Ryan," she whispered, touching his face. "She wants you back."

"Well she isn't getting me. I can't make myself love her anymore than I can make myself stop loving you," he said, pressing her hand against his cheek. "And obviously, neither is going to happen." Marissa smiled weakly. "I'm gonna go call your dad. You try to sleep." She nodded as Ryan walked over to the phone.

"Hello, Jimmy here," Jimmy Cooper answered.

"Hi, Mr. Cooper, it's Ryan," he greeted, suddenly feeling out of breath.

"Hey Ryan, how are—wait a minute, why aren't you in school?"

"It's a long story," he sighed. "I have Marissa here at the Cohen's, and I was wondering if you could come pick her up."

"Oh my God, is she okay?" Jimmy asked, fearfully.

"She's fine, I'll explain when you get here. We're in the pool house."

"I'll be there in a flash," he said quickly, hanging up the phone.

Ryan walked back over to Marissa. He smiled at her, trying to make her feel better. "He'll be here in a sec," he reassured her. She nodded.

Suddenly, someone was knocking very hard on the door.

Ryan jogged over to the door and opened it. Seth was standing there with three police men standing behind him. He looked very pale.

An officer pushed Seth aside. "We need to ask you two some questions."

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A/N- Now that cliffhanger wasn't all that bad! Hope you liked it, pleased review! I'll write the next chapter soon. and the chocolates are yelling the loudest....I better go see what they wan