A/N: Okay, here's the next chapter... I hope you enjoy it! By the way, a few reviewers suggested that I fast forward through the summer and have them in college which I think is a great idea. Anyway, I hope that you like what I did with this chapter...And thanks so much for all the reviews, you guys rock! :)

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Recap of Chapter Six: Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer all got into Berkeley and are excited to begin their first year of college.

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Float On

Chapter Seven: A New Beginning

Ryan took one last glance at the pool house before zipping up his duffel bag and heading out the door. He walked through the back door of the Cohen's home and entered the kitchen to find Sandy and Kirsten eating breakfast and reading the paper.

"Hey," he said quietly as he set his luggage down next to him and took a seat at the kitchen table.

"Hey kiddo," Sandy said, looking up from his paper.

"Hey sweetie...Can we get you some breakfast?" Kirsten asked, offering him a warm smile.

"No thanks," Ryan replied. "I'm not that hungry."

"Okay, well if you change your mind I'll be happy to make you something... Oh and Seth is up in his room finishing packing if you want to go see him." Kirsten said.

"Yeah, I guess I'll go see if he needs any help with that," Ryan said, getting up from the table.

"Okay, son." Kirsten, replied as she went back to reading the paper.

Ryan smiled and walked out of the kitchen, heading towards Seth's room. 'Kirsten had just called Ryan her son and although both her and Sandy had done this many times it never really sunk in that he was actually very much like a son to them.'

As Ryan reached Seth's bedroom door he knocked once before going in. However, he immediately regretted his decision to just walk right in, because when he opened the door he didn't just see Seth... Summer who was laying right on top of Seth, had her hand up his shirt and was moaning heavily.

Ryan who was really grossed out decided it was best to speak up, "Ummmm..." was all he could manage.

Seth and Summer heard this and immediately broke away from each other, embarrassed. "Ryan! Hi, ummm... Summer here was just helping me finish packing." Seth mumbled.

"Yeah, it looks like you guys have been doing a lot of that." Ryan said, as he smiled slightly.

Summer sat up on the bed and replied, "Chino... If you had knocked before just barging in none of this would have happened!"

"Well, actually there's a lock on this door so, if you guys would have just locked it there would be no problem."

"What I have a lock for my door?" Seth asked, curiously.

"Yeah, dude." Ryan said as he pointed to the lock.

"Cool, I'll try that next time but in the mean time I could really use some pudding!" Seth said, getting up from the bed.

"Okay, Cohen well I'll sneak out the back door...Oh and you and Chino are coming to pick me up around 12' right?" Summer asked, as she too got up.

"Right." Seth, said sneaking her one last kiss.

"Okay bye...Bye Chino." Summer said, as she walked out the door.

"Bye."

Seth turned to Ryan after Summer left, "Are you okay, man? Sorry you had to see that."

"Yeah, I'm okay I just threw up a little in my mouth after seeing you guys making out..." Ryan replied.

"Yeah, I know the feeling." Seth said, as he patted him on the back, "Now, what do you say about some pudding?"

"Dude, you know I don't really like pudding that much, especially at 10:30' in the morning," Ryan said, as he followed Seth out the door.

"Well, your going to learn to like it." He commented.

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"Okay, well it's about 11:30' and Ryan and I have to pick up Summer and Marissa at 12, so we better get going," Seth said, as he got up from the kitchen table, throwing away the package of empty pudding.

"Alright, you guys are sure you don't want us to take you?" Kirsten asked, worriedly.

"Yes, mom I'm sure." Seth said, as Ryan nodded his head as well.

"Okay, well call me if you need anything and remember to come home often, okay?" Kirsten said, as she walked over to both Ryan and Seth, giving them a hug.

"Yeah we'll come back, and don't worry mom we'll be fine." Seth said.

"Okay."

"Well you guys stay out of trouble. But you can have fun too." Sandy said, as he patted the two of them on the back and offered them a manly hug.

"Yeah dad we will. But honestly I have to say I like it when the two of you aren't acting a whole lot like parents." Seth joked.

"Really? And when are we ever not acting like parents?" Sandy and Kirsten asked curiously.

"Pretty much all the time except for now."

"Uh huh. Well we'll have to work on that." they replied, smiling.

"See what you did, dude?" Ryan asked, turning towards Seth, "Now your parents are going to act more like parents. You know calling in to check on you...grounding you...oh and watching your every move." Ryan finished.

Seth frowned, "Well, man I'm sorry to say that they're not just my parents but your parents as well."

Sandy and Kirsten nodded, "Yeah, Ryan... Seth does have a point."

"Which might I add is very unusual." Ryan muttered.

At this comment Seth turned to Ryan and gave him an evil glare before saying, "Man, I am so not going to be nice to you anymore."

"Uh huh." Ryan said, knowing that this wasn't true.

"Okay, well we better get the two of you on the road." Sandy said, as he ushered Ryan and Seth towards the door.

"Yeah, we wouldn't want you guys to be late picking up Summer and Marissa." Kirsten added.

"So, now you want us out of the house and out of your lives." Seth said, wiping a fake tear away from his eye.

"Well, actually we are just trying to act less like parents." Sandy replied.

"Oh...Right." Seth said, confused.

"Okay, well call us when you get there." Kirsten told them as she opened the door. "And be safe."

"Yeah...And Ryan please try to do a little less brooding...Oh and Seth hopefully you'll be able to grow up a little bit..." Sandy said, somewhat sarcastically.

"Dad...Those were very hurtful things you said, I think I'm forever scared." Seth cried.

"Yeah, well I will no longer worry about your feelings, after all I'm not really a parent." Sandy exclaimed.

Seth gave him another one of his evil glares before saying, "Right...Well, we'll just go ahead and leave then...you know no hugs or any emotional crap..."

"No, absolutely...Bye." Sandy said.

"Yeah, bye you guys." Kirsten said, as she smiled warmly.

"Okay bye." Seth said, as he turned and walked towards the car, getting in.

"Well, we'll call as soon as we get there. Bye." Ryan said, as he turned around and followed Seth to the car.

Ryan got in the drivers seat since Seth was sitting on the passengers side. "So, dude you want me to drive?"

"Yeah, that'd be cool." Seth said, as he turned away from the window through which he was looking out at his house and his parents who were standing in front of it.

Just as Ryan was pulling out of the driveway Seth spoke up suddenly, "Man, you've got to stop the car!"

"Why?" Ryan asked, curiously.

"Don't worry about that. Now stop the car!"

"Okay, okay." Ryan said, as he stopped the car.

Seth immediately jumped out of the passengers side door and ran towards Kirsten and Sandy. They thought that Seth was running towards them, so they put out their arms ready to hug him. However, that wasn't exactly what Seth had in mind...

"I forgot Captain Oats!" Seth cried to them, as he ran towards the front door. He raced up the stairs and took a deep breath as he stepped into his room and picked up Captain Oats from his shelf. "I'm so sorry, Captain." Seth panted, as he clenched the plastic horse closer to him.

Seth took one more glance at his bedroom and then walked out the door, this time with Captain Oats in hand. He walked outside to where his parents along with Ryan were standing. "Oh hey guys...I forgot Captain Oats, so I had to go back and get him." Seth said.

"Oh." Ryan said.

"Well, I can't believe you almost left him." Sandy said, in disbelief.

"Yeah, I know! I can be pretty stupid sometimes." Seth replied.

"Tell me about it." Ryan muttered.

Seth gave Ryan a fake smile before walking over to where Kirsten and Sandy were standing and embracing them in a big hug. "I love you guys."

"We love you too, son." they replied happily.

Seth pulled away and looked in Ryan's direction, "Dude, come join the hug, you are part of the family."

Ryan smiled and walked over to them, joining the hugging session.

For anyone who was watching the four of them, they probably would have thought they were a crazy family. This was somewhat true, but mainly they were a family that was just saying goodbye from each other for a little while...And this required a group hug.

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Knock. Knock. Seth was standing in front of Summer's house waiting for her to come out. After a few seconds, the door opened and Summer walked out. "Hey, Cohen." Summer said, as she kissed his cheek, "Now help me with my things." she finished, pointing down at all the luggage she had with her.

"Okay...If I have to." Seth said, as he picked up the biggest of her suitcases.

He complained all the way to the car, which was a very short distance, "Summer, what did you pack in here? Like all of New Port?"

"No Cohen, those are just the essentials." Summer replied, frustrated.

"Uh huh." he said, as he set the suitcase in the trunk and piled in the car, followed by Summer.

"Oh, hey Chino...I guess you are driving, so Seth and I will share the back seat and Coop can sit up there with you." Summer said.

"Yeah, well I don't really want to see the two of you make out...again...but I guess I'm left with no choice." he said, as he headed towards Marissa's new mansion.

"Right." she replied.

When Ryan pulled into Marissa's driveway he got out of the car and headed toward the door. After ringing the doorbell once Marissa came to the door, opening it with a huge smile on her face. "Hey." she said, as she kissed him quickly on the lips.

"Hey." he sad, smiling at her in return. "Here let me get those for you." he said, as he picked up her suitcase.

"Thanks." Marissa said, as she followed him out to the car.

Once inside the car the four of them got situated and then began their journey.

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"Okay guys were here." Marissa said, as she turned to the back seat where Seth and Summer were making out. When they didn't respond she turned up the radio as loud as it could go which immediately caused Seth and Summer to break apart.

"Huh? What happened?" Seth asked confused.

"Umm... were here." Ryan replied.

"Really? That was fast." Summer said, in disbelief.

"Yeah, well you guys made out pretty much the whole way here, so........" Marissa added.

"We did not make out the whole way here!" Seth exclaimed.

"Right." Ryan said, sarcastically.

"Okay well, let's go ahead and go in." Marissa said, as she got out of the car.

"Okay." they all replied, as they too got out of the car and gathered their luggage from the trunk.

Once everyone had their suitcases ready to go, the four of them walked a little ways to the buildings that stood in front of them; Ryan and Marissa were holding hands and Seth and Summer were holding hands as well.

The four teens were ready to begin their freshman year of college and that's exactly what they had planned on doing....In between classes there would be some making out and partying and probably some boredom, but that was okay because they had each other and would make the best of their first year at Berkeley!

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A/N: Okay guys, that was Chapter Seven...I really hope you liked it! I'm sorry if you were confused throughout the chapter because you didn't know exactly where they wee going, but I thought it would add to the suspense. Also, I know I said I would include their summer trip in the story as well, but then I got reviews suggesting to just have them in college, so I think what I will do in the next few chapters is have the four of them in college, but have like flashbacks to what happened on their summer trip. So, I hope you like this idea. Also, I know there wasn't really any romance in this chapter but don't worry cause there will be a lot more in future chapters! Okay, well thanks so much and don't forget to review!! :)

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