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Recap of Chapter Seven: Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer left for Berkeley and are ready to begin their first year of college which will be filled with plenty of drama, romance, and partying!

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Float On

Chapter Eight: Flashbacks

"Hi!!" Summer said, as she walked up to a table that was set up right outside of her dorm. This was where Marissa and her could get there class schedule and all of the other information they need for their first year of college.

"Umm...Hi! Are the two of you girls new here?" The rather cute boy who was sitting at the table, asked.

"Yeah. I'm Summer Roberts and this is Marissa Cooper!" Summer said, as she gestured over to where Marissa was standing. Marissa gave the guy a small smile before saying, "Hi."

"So, where are the two of you from?"

"Well, we're from New Port." Summer replied, flirtily. "Where are you from? Heaven?" she asked, rather nervously.

The boy laughed as well and said, "No...I'm from New York. My name is Caleb Reid."

"Oh cool! Well, it's nice to meet you. Like maybe we can catch up with each other again sometime!" Summer replied with a wink.

"Yeah that'd be fun." he said, smiling.

Marissa was shocked at how much Summer was flirting with this guy Caleb who she barely knew. "Well, I guess we better go...Actually, we have to meet up with our boyfriends, so can I get my schedule...For Marissa Cooper."

"Yeah." he said, as he searched for Marissa's schedule.

"Oh and Summer Roberts..." he said, looking for Summer's schedule as well. "Here you guys go." he said, handing them the packet of information along with their schedule.

"Okay, thanks so much Caleb! Catch you later?!" Summer said, excitedly as she grabbed Marissa by the arm and turned to walk away.

Once the two girls were safe inside of their dorm Marissa spoke up, "Sum, what was that about? You were all over that guy."

"No I wasn't! I was just being nice!" Summer replied.

"Yeah, well when it comes to guys you might want to figure out how nice you can be because before you know it you'll have guys all over you...guys that aren't Seth." Marissa said.

"I guess you're right." Summer said, as she put her arm around Marissa, "You are such a great friend!"

"Yeah I know." Marissa said smiling. "And that's why I know you're glad that we are going to be roommates."

"I know, totally! I am like so excited!"

"Yeah, me too! Now, what room number do we have?" Marissa asked, glancing down at the package of information. "Oh okay, 302."

"Ohmigod!" Summer screamed excitedly, as she jumped up and down.

"What?" Marissa asked, confused.

"That's my lucky number!"

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"So dude, college." Seth said, trying to start a conversation.

"That's the idea." Ryan replied.

"Yeah, I guess it is."

Ryan and Seth were sitting in their dorm room, staring blankly at the wall. They had gotten their class schedule and packet just moments before, so know they were chilling in their room that they were sharing.

"Well...Marissa and Summer's dorm is like right next to ours." Seth said.

"Yeah."

"So.....This is fun!"

"Yeah." Ryan replied, blankly.

"Dude!" Seth said, getting up from the bed where he was sitting, "All you've said is like two words!"

"And?"

"And, you are annoying me." Seth said, frustration overcoming him.

"Sorry?" Ryan said, confused.

"That's it, I'm going to my side of the room." Seth said, as he walked over to his bed in the opposite corner. "And you stay on your side!"

"Okay. Whatever." Ryan replied, as he laid down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling.

After about two minutes, Seth broke the silence, "Man, I could really use some pudding."

"Yeah, Seth. The only problem is that we don't have any to think of it we have no food." Ryan said.

"No....Not that kind of pudding! Even though it does sound pretty good...But this time I was talking about Summer!"

"I'm lost." Ryan said, unaware of what Seth was talking about.

"I sometimes think of Summer as pudding...You know really good and satisfying that I could just eat her all up!" Seth replied, licking his lips.

"Dude, that is so gross! You have the sickest mind!" Ryan yelled.

"I don't think so....Actually, naming your girlfriend as a type of food is quite normal."

"Really?" Ryan asked, sarcastically.

"Yeah! So, now it's your turn. What do you think of Marissa as?" he asked, curiously.

"Seth, you know I'm not going to answer that."

"Yeah, you are." he replied.

"No, I'm not."

"Oh come on Ryan, were buds. We can talk about these things and right now I want to know what Marissa reminds you of."

"No." Ryan said, forcefully.

"Sorry, man but no is not an answer."

After Ryan realized that Seth was never going to give up, he decided to go ahead and answer his question, "Okay, okay....I guess Marissa reminds me of....Macaroni and Cheese." he said, sarcastically.

"Really?" Seth asked.

"Actually no. But that is what we had on our first date."

"Oh cool!"

"Yeah....But anyway....I guess Marissa is sort of like...chocolate."

"Chocolate?" Seth replied, thinking about this.

"Yeah, you know sweet and sort of melt in your mouth like."

"Nicely put." Seth said, admiring Ryan's idea of thinking of Marissa as chocolate. "So, you want to go get some chocolate...and I'll get some pudding?" Seth asked, as he got up from his bed.

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

"Dude...." Seth said, as he walked over to where Ryan was, "I didn't mean that kind...I meant Summer and Marissa...or technically for you, chocolate and for me pudding." Seth said, as he licked his lips, "Yes....some pudding right now would be good."

"Oh...that kind...yeah...umm...dude that's really gross....but I guess I'm up for some chocolate." Ryan said, as he got up.

"Okay cool, let's go." Seth said, as he headed towards the door, Ryan close behind.

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Seth and Ryan walked next door to Summer and Marissa's dorm, luckily they knew their room number. They sneaked into the dorm and made their way to room 302, knocking quietly.

After a minute or so, Marissa made her way over to the door, opening it to reveal Seth and Ryan standing there patiently. "Hey guys. What's up?" Marissa asked.

"Not much...Listen can we come in? I don't know if we are supposed to be up her...you know in the girls dorm." Seth said, nervously as he looked around.

"Oh right." Marissa said, as she moved to the side, letting them in, "Sorry."

Once they were safely inside the room, the three of them walked over to where Summer was sitting on her bed, reading a magazine.

"Hey pudding." Seth said, walking over to Summer and sitting next to her, grabbing the magazine and throwing it on the floor.

"Cohen!" Summer said, looking up at him angrily. "I was looking at that!"

"Oh sorry." he said.

Ryan and Marissa were watching the couple bicker and after a little while they got bored, "So....." Marissa said, wrapping her arms around Ryan. "Couldn't be without me for a couple of hours, huh?"

"Yeah, well I've got to have my chocolate." Ryan replied, slyly.

"What?" Marissa asked, the smile on her face fading.

"Oh...." Ryan said, realizing what he had just said, "Never mind." he added, shaking his head.

"Okay." Marissa said, shrugging her shoulders. She leaned in to kiss Ryan passionately on the lips.

After a minute or so, they pulled away from each other. "So?" Marissa asked, whispering into Ryan's ear, "What do you want to do?"

"This." Ryan replied, playfully.

"Sounds good to me." Marissa said, sitting down on the bed, so hat she was in Ryan's lap. "I wish we could stay like this forever."

"Yeah, I know." he replied.... "Believe me I know!"

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After about a few hours Ryan, Seth, Summer and Marissa decided to go to Starbucks to talk and get coffee, so that's exactly what they did.

Once everyone had gotten their drinks, they took a seat at a table. "So, I was just thinking about our Summer." Summer said, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Yeah, we had a pretty good time, didn't we." Seth replied.

"Yeah." Ryan and Marissa both agreed as they too thought of their great summer that had just come to an end...

Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer all had thought that a trip to Hawaii would be a big change from last summer's trip to New York, and that's exactly what they wanted. So, right after they had received their 'accepting letters' from Berkeley they began to plan a trip to Hawaii. However, they didn't have to do much planning because all of their parents got involved with paying for the trip and all of the arrangements. This was because the four of them had successfully graduated from Harbor High with pretty decent grades, so they needed some kind of reward.

So after about a week, Seth, Summer, Ryan and Marissa all had plane tickets to Hawaii... When the day came for their departure they said their goodbyes and boarded their plane to Hawaii which went by rather quickly, after all they all pretty much slept the whole way, despite a few conversations Marissa had with Ryan; reassuring him nothing bad was going to happen.

After the long plane ride there, the group finally arrived in Hawaii! And this is sort of how the beginning of their summer went...

"Ohmigod...I can't believe we are actually here!" Summer exclaimed, as they gathered their luggage and walked out the doors of the airport. "Coop, after we check in to our hotel we have to go tan on the beach!"

"Okay, Sum." Marissa replied, laughing. "But, Ryan's coming to." Marissa added, smiling at Ryan.

"Okay, okay. I you are coming to...I don't really want to watch Ryan and Marissa make out all day." Summer said.

"Yeah, I'll come. After all when you're in Hawaii isn't like the first thing you do chilling out on the beach?" Seth asked, curiously.

"Yeah. I think you're right." Summer replied.

"Cool! Did you hear that Ryan? Summer said I was right!" Seth exclaimed, as he jumped up and down.

"Yeah, man. That's cool. Congratulations." Ryan said, trying not to laugh.

The four of them walked out of the airport and signaled for a taxi to take them to their hotel on the beach....It was sort of odd that they had taxis in Hawaii, but since they were at such a big airport people needed some sort of transportation.

Once a taxi pulled over, they piled all of their stuff into the car and situated themselves inside. They looked around at the car which was decorated with a Hawaiian theme...not surprising!

"So, what brings you guys to the beautiful island of Hawaii?" the driver asked, as he pulled out of the airport.

"Were here for our summer vacation!" Summer said, excitedly. "We just graduated from a high school in New Port, California." she added.

"Oh, well congratulations." he replied. "I would love to come to California some day just hadn't had the time."

"Yeah." Seth said. "Well, this seems like a pretty nice life."

"Uh huh." the driver nodded, "It has its moments."

"Yeah." Seth said again.

"So, where am I taking the four of you?"

"Oh sorry." Marissa said, "We are staying at The Hawaiian Resort right on the beach." she finished, fighting back a huge smile.

"Oh...I know the place. It's beautiful...You will love it there!"

"I know!" Summer said, excitedly.

"Hawaii here we come!" Seth sang, in a high pitched voice.

"Dude, we are already in Hawaii." Ryan remarked.

"Oh." Seth said. "Well, I know that!" he added.

"Right...Okay." Ryan replied.

"Well, I guess I should have said...Hawaii Resort here we come!" Seth sang, once again.

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"Hi, we have reservations under 'Cohen'....Ummm....Sandy Cohen, I think." Seth said, as he checked in at the front desk of the hotel.

"Oh yes." the concierge said, as she checked her computer, "Your reservations have been already paid for."

"Yeah."

"Okay, well you have two rooms; 101 and 102. Here are the keys." she added, as she handed Seth the keys. "Enjoy your stay here and you can always call down to the front desk if you need anything."

"Okay, thanks a lot." Seth said, as he turned away and walked over to Summer, Ryan and Marissa. "Alright guys, we have rooms 101 and 102, so I guess Summer and I will stay in...101...and Ryan and Marissa can stay in 102, right?"

"Yeah, sounds good to me." they nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, why don't we go to our rooms and get our bathing suits on." Seth suggested.

"Okay, we can meet up on the beach." Summer added.

"Yeah okay." Ryan and Marissa said, as they turned and walked towards the elevator.

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Room 102:

"So, I guess we should get ready to go down to the beach." Marissa said, as she reached into her bag and pulled out one of her two piece bathing suits.

"Yeah, I guess we should." Ryan said, as he pulled Marissa closer and kissed her softly, "But I could just stay here all day."

"Me too." Marissa said smiling. "But for right now we have to meet Seth and Summer on the beach."

"Right." Ryan said, disappointedly.

At this, Ryan and Marissa both slipped on their bathing suits. When they had them on and were ready to go, they walked towards the door, but stopped suddenly.

Ryan leaned in and kissed Marissa's soft lips, Marissa responded by deepening the kiss. Ryan slid his hand around Marissa's slim waist and led her over to the bed where they laid down; Ryan on top.

"I guess...we could...do this...for a...little while..." Marissa said, in between kisses.

"Yeah..." Ryan responded, as he kissed Marissa's neck.

The couple went on like this for a couple of minutes, and just as Ryan was about to take off Marissa's bathing suit top, the phone rang.

"Shit." Ryan said, as he sat up. "This was the perfect time for the phone to ring." he said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I know." Marissa said, disappointedly.

Ryan slowly got up from where he was on top of Marissa and worked his way over to the phone, "Hello..." he said, unhappily. "Hey, Seth..." he said. "Yeah we'll be right there." he finished, hanging up the phone. "That was Seth...he wants us to stop making out and come down to the beach..." Ryan told Marissa, with a laugh.

She smiled, "Okay, I guess we have to..."

Ryan made his way over to Marissa giving her one last kiss, then he took her delicate hand, and led her out the door of their room.

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A/N: That's the end of Chapter Eight. I hope you liked it! Well, thanks so much for all the reviews and in this chapter I tried to add a lot more Ryan/Marissa...Don't worry their will be a lot more of them, after all Ryan and Marissa are the best couple ever!! :) lol. Okay, well thanks a lot and please don't forget to REVIEW!!

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