Author Notes: This chapter is finally about Ryan and Marissa. Sorry that
they haven't been mentioned too much, but I've been having a hard time of
coming up with much of a plot for them. Seth and Summer's plot has been a
lot easier to write. This chapter doesn't really have much of a plot for
Ryan and Marissa, but I am working on something right now that I think will
be a pretty good plot for Ryan and Marissa. Anyway, thank you to everyone
who reviewed and please keep reviewing!
Chapter Five
After a long day at work, Ryan was more than thrilled to be home. He had celebrity after celebrity in his office and calling him about suing their costars, writers, and producers. Ryan just couldn't take it anymore so he told his assistant, Lily, that he was going home early.
"Riss?" Ryan called after he closed their front door.
"In the living room!" Marissa called back.
Pregnant, but still beautiful Ryan thought to himself as he entered the living room and saw his wife. She was wearing a long, flowing, yellow sundress. She had on a pair of matching yellow flip-flops and her fingernails were painted the same shade of yellow. On most people, this would all be too much yellow, but somehow Marissa made it work.
Ryan came over to Marissa and kissed her forehead. "Hey, baby, how was work?" Marissa asked as she turned the TV off.
"Too many cases, too many problems. People need to get normal lives," Ryan answered. "All these stars go from best friends with costars to rivals and I just don't get it. How do they do that on a daily basis? Doesn't it get tiring?" Ryan asked as he shook his head in disbelief.
Marissa laughed. "Ask Summer, she'd probably know," Marissa joked. "Come here, and I'll rub your back for you. You'll feel all better then," Marissa offered.
Ryan sat down next to Marissa. "Shouldn't I be rubbing your back?" Ryan asked as he rubbed his forehead.
"I'll forget about that just this once, sweetie," Marissa teased. She motioned for him to turn around and he obeyed. As Marissa rubbed his back, she told him about the baby furniture she had looked at all day. "Ooh!" Marissa suddenly said. "Guess what? I was talking to this woman today and she gave me an idea for a girl baby name! Ooh, you're actually going to love it! It's perfect!" Marissa squealed.
"Let's hear it," Ryan said as he rolled his eyes at Marissa. Almost every single day since she learned she was pregnant, Marissa had come up with a new baby name for a boy and a girl. And every time, Marissa would say it was the perfect name and that Ryan was going to love it.
"Alright-Mallory! See, it's not really a new trendy name, but its not completely old fashioned either. Plus I came up with an adorable way of spelling it! M-A-L-E-R-I-E! Is that not the perfect name for a baby girl?" Marissa squealed excitedly. She stared at Ryan with hopeful eyes.
Ryan smiled at Marissa. "You are too cute when you get excited," Ryan told her.
Marissa just laughed and then said, "What do you think about the name? I have to know right now! I'm just too excited!" She put a huge smile on face and stared at him intently.
"Actually, for a change, I do like Malerie. I think that'd be cute. Malerie Atwood. Sounds good to me," Ryan said sincerely. "Alright, as of right now, that's what the agreed girl name is for the baby."
"Yes!" Marissa exclaimed excitedly. "And the agreed boy name is Conner?" Marissa added as she raised her thin eyebrows at Ryan hopefully.
"Not on your life, sweetie," Ryan answered promptly as he smirked at Marissa. Marissa pouted at him and stuck out her bottom lip. Ryan just shook his head at her and laughed. "Sorry. It's not happening," Ryan told her.
"What do you suggest we name a baby boy? Ryan Jr.?" Marissa asked.
"Well, now that you mention it, Ryan Jr. has a ring to it," Ryan said in a serious tone. He looked off in a different direction than Marissa and pretended to be contemplating the name.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Marissa said in a horrified voice. Ryan turned his attention back to her and laughed. Marissa could see that he was actually teasing her. "You're impossible!" Marissa giggled.
"Not too impossible-I'll let you pick whatever you want to do tonight and I will do whatever it is without any complaint at all...or hardly any complaint," Ryan told her.
"Alright, I can live with that," Marissa agreed. Marissa smiled to herself before adding, "You know, if I wasn't seven months pregnant and so darn fat, you'd probably be getting lucky right now with all the great things you've been saying to me," Marissa teased as she smirked at Ryan.
"Come on, Riss! Don't tease me like that," Ryan scolded. Marissa giggled at her helpless looking husband. Ryan shot her a pleading look. Marissa decided to stop teasing him then and there because Ryan rarely gave out pleading looks.
"Alright, alright, I give up. I'll be good," Marissa promised Ryan.
"Okay, well, then what do you want to do tonight?" Ryan asked her.
"I'm so tired...do you want to just order in some dinner and watch a movie?" Marissa asked.
"Sounds like a plan. A good one, too-you shouldn't be up and on your feet," Ryan told her. Marissa rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please, Ryan," Marissa replied as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"The doctors tell you that you need to rest and avoid stress for a reason, Riss," Ryan reminded her.
"Fine, fine, fine, have it your way. I'll sit down and rest and I'll avoid stress and become a petty housewife, whom pretends to accomplish things during the day, while secretly only watching Oprah and Golden Girls all day long," Marissa started to babble on and on.
"You're not petty...not most of the time, anyway," Ryan teased. Marissa picked up a throw pillow off the couch and aimed it at Ryan's head. Ryan tried to duck, but unfortunately, for him, he wasn't quick enough and Marissa had perfect aim. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Ryan surrendered as he threw his hands up in the air.
"How sorry?" Marissa asked with another pillow in hand.
"Sorry enough to let you name the baby Conner if it's a boy," Ryan said.
Marissa dropped the pillow. "Seriously?" she asked him. Her eyebrows were raised as she frowned at Ryan suspiciously.
Ryan, hands still in the air, nodded quickly. "Unfortunately for me, I love you too much to not say yes. So, yes, the agreed baby name can be Conner," Ryan said as he admitted to himself that he had finally given in to Marissa as usual.
Marissa's expression changed from suspicion to one of happiness and love. "Ooh, I love you, I love you, I absolutely love you!" Marissa exclaimed as she threw her arms around Ryan and gave him a tight hug. "You are the absolute best, Ry. Don't worry-Conner will grow on you and you'll come to love that name just as much as me. Maybe even more! And if not-hey! You can name the next kid!" Marissa was babbling in her excitement.
Now it was Ryan's turn to raise his eyebrows at Marissa. "The next baby?" he questioned.
"Yes, sweetie, we absolutely have to have more than one kid-I was thinking about five!" Marissa told Ryan in the same excited tone she had been using most of the evening.
Ryan laughed. "Well, I was expecting more than one, too, but five? You may change your mind after Malerie or Conner. Kids are a ton of work and five would make us have a very busy life," Ryan said seriously.
"Well, we'll just have to see how the first one works out," Marissa told Ryan. "We can work on it from there then."
"That sounds good to me, Riss," Ryan said as he leaned over and kissed Marissa's forehead. "What do you want me to order for dinner?" Ryan asked as he stood up.
"Ooh, pizza. No, wait! Chinese! No, wait! Pizza-that's it, I want pizza. Or maybe I want something fast food-y or something," Marissa looked up at Ryan as she stopped in the middle of her babbling. "Okay, pizza, that's my final decision," Marissa said with an affirmative nod.
"Okay," Ryan laughed.
"Extra cheesy!" Marissa called after Ryan as he left the room to go call the pizza place.
"Okay! Pick out a movie!" Ryan called back to her.
When Ryan entered the room again, Marissa was holding two DVDs in her hands. "What did you pick?" Ryan asked curiously.
"Both are classics-you get to pick which one we watch. It's either 'When Harry Met Sally' or 'Clueless'," Marissa told him.
Ryan raised his eyebrows at Marissa again. "Excuse me, classics? 'When Harry Met Sally'? 'Clueless'?" Ryan questioned.
"Yup, they are both total classics. No greater movie will ever be made than those two," Marissa informed Ryan in a serious tone. "Just pick one," Marissa added as she shrugged her shoulders at Ryan.
"Fine, fine, you win again tonight," Ryan told her.
"Must be my lucky night," Marissa replied.
Ryan got up and picked up 'When Harry Met Sally' out of Marissa's arms. "We can watch this, I guess," Ryan said as he put it in the DVD player and pressed play. Ryan came back and sat down on the couch.
Marissa moved closer to Ryan and made herself comfortable in his arms. Ryan wrapped his arms around Marissa as they watched the movie together. They both fell asleep half way through the movie and stayed that way the whole night.
Chapter Five
After a long day at work, Ryan was more than thrilled to be home. He had celebrity after celebrity in his office and calling him about suing their costars, writers, and producers. Ryan just couldn't take it anymore so he told his assistant, Lily, that he was going home early.
"Riss?" Ryan called after he closed their front door.
"In the living room!" Marissa called back.
Pregnant, but still beautiful Ryan thought to himself as he entered the living room and saw his wife. She was wearing a long, flowing, yellow sundress. She had on a pair of matching yellow flip-flops and her fingernails were painted the same shade of yellow. On most people, this would all be too much yellow, but somehow Marissa made it work.
Ryan came over to Marissa and kissed her forehead. "Hey, baby, how was work?" Marissa asked as she turned the TV off.
"Too many cases, too many problems. People need to get normal lives," Ryan answered. "All these stars go from best friends with costars to rivals and I just don't get it. How do they do that on a daily basis? Doesn't it get tiring?" Ryan asked as he shook his head in disbelief.
Marissa laughed. "Ask Summer, she'd probably know," Marissa joked. "Come here, and I'll rub your back for you. You'll feel all better then," Marissa offered.
Ryan sat down next to Marissa. "Shouldn't I be rubbing your back?" Ryan asked as he rubbed his forehead.
"I'll forget about that just this once, sweetie," Marissa teased. She motioned for him to turn around and he obeyed. As Marissa rubbed his back, she told him about the baby furniture she had looked at all day. "Ooh!" Marissa suddenly said. "Guess what? I was talking to this woman today and she gave me an idea for a girl baby name! Ooh, you're actually going to love it! It's perfect!" Marissa squealed.
"Let's hear it," Ryan said as he rolled his eyes at Marissa. Almost every single day since she learned she was pregnant, Marissa had come up with a new baby name for a boy and a girl. And every time, Marissa would say it was the perfect name and that Ryan was going to love it.
"Alright-Mallory! See, it's not really a new trendy name, but its not completely old fashioned either. Plus I came up with an adorable way of spelling it! M-A-L-E-R-I-E! Is that not the perfect name for a baby girl?" Marissa squealed excitedly. She stared at Ryan with hopeful eyes.
Ryan smiled at Marissa. "You are too cute when you get excited," Ryan told her.
Marissa just laughed and then said, "What do you think about the name? I have to know right now! I'm just too excited!" She put a huge smile on face and stared at him intently.
"Actually, for a change, I do like Malerie. I think that'd be cute. Malerie Atwood. Sounds good to me," Ryan said sincerely. "Alright, as of right now, that's what the agreed girl name is for the baby."
"Yes!" Marissa exclaimed excitedly. "And the agreed boy name is Conner?" Marissa added as she raised her thin eyebrows at Ryan hopefully.
"Not on your life, sweetie," Ryan answered promptly as he smirked at Marissa. Marissa pouted at him and stuck out her bottom lip. Ryan just shook his head at her and laughed. "Sorry. It's not happening," Ryan told her.
"What do you suggest we name a baby boy? Ryan Jr.?" Marissa asked.
"Well, now that you mention it, Ryan Jr. has a ring to it," Ryan said in a serious tone. He looked off in a different direction than Marissa and pretended to be contemplating the name.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Marissa said in a horrified voice. Ryan turned his attention back to her and laughed. Marissa could see that he was actually teasing her. "You're impossible!" Marissa giggled.
"Not too impossible-I'll let you pick whatever you want to do tonight and I will do whatever it is without any complaint at all...or hardly any complaint," Ryan told her.
"Alright, I can live with that," Marissa agreed. Marissa smiled to herself before adding, "You know, if I wasn't seven months pregnant and so darn fat, you'd probably be getting lucky right now with all the great things you've been saying to me," Marissa teased as she smirked at Ryan.
"Come on, Riss! Don't tease me like that," Ryan scolded. Marissa giggled at her helpless looking husband. Ryan shot her a pleading look. Marissa decided to stop teasing him then and there because Ryan rarely gave out pleading looks.
"Alright, alright, I give up. I'll be good," Marissa promised Ryan.
"Okay, well, then what do you want to do tonight?" Ryan asked her.
"I'm so tired...do you want to just order in some dinner and watch a movie?" Marissa asked.
"Sounds like a plan. A good one, too-you shouldn't be up and on your feet," Ryan told her. Marissa rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please, Ryan," Marissa replied as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"The doctors tell you that you need to rest and avoid stress for a reason, Riss," Ryan reminded her.
"Fine, fine, fine, have it your way. I'll sit down and rest and I'll avoid stress and become a petty housewife, whom pretends to accomplish things during the day, while secretly only watching Oprah and Golden Girls all day long," Marissa started to babble on and on.
"You're not petty...not most of the time, anyway," Ryan teased. Marissa picked up a throw pillow off the couch and aimed it at Ryan's head. Ryan tried to duck, but unfortunately, for him, he wasn't quick enough and Marissa had perfect aim. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Ryan surrendered as he threw his hands up in the air.
"How sorry?" Marissa asked with another pillow in hand.
"Sorry enough to let you name the baby Conner if it's a boy," Ryan said.
Marissa dropped the pillow. "Seriously?" she asked him. Her eyebrows were raised as she frowned at Ryan suspiciously.
Ryan, hands still in the air, nodded quickly. "Unfortunately for me, I love you too much to not say yes. So, yes, the agreed baby name can be Conner," Ryan said as he admitted to himself that he had finally given in to Marissa as usual.
Marissa's expression changed from suspicion to one of happiness and love. "Ooh, I love you, I love you, I absolutely love you!" Marissa exclaimed as she threw her arms around Ryan and gave him a tight hug. "You are the absolute best, Ry. Don't worry-Conner will grow on you and you'll come to love that name just as much as me. Maybe even more! And if not-hey! You can name the next kid!" Marissa was babbling in her excitement.
Now it was Ryan's turn to raise his eyebrows at Marissa. "The next baby?" he questioned.
"Yes, sweetie, we absolutely have to have more than one kid-I was thinking about five!" Marissa told Ryan in the same excited tone she had been using most of the evening.
Ryan laughed. "Well, I was expecting more than one, too, but five? You may change your mind after Malerie or Conner. Kids are a ton of work and five would make us have a very busy life," Ryan said seriously.
"Well, we'll just have to see how the first one works out," Marissa told Ryan. "We can work on it from there then."
"That sounds good to me, Riss," Ryan said as he leaned over and kissed Marissa's forehead. "What do you want me to order for dinner?" Ryan asked as he stood up.
"Ooh, pizza. No, wait! Chinese! No, wait! Pizza-that's it, I want pizza. Or maybe I want something fast food-y or something," Marissa looked up at Ryan as she stopped in the middle of her babbling. "Okay, pizza, that's my final decision," Marissa said with an affirmative nod.
"Okay," Ryan laughed.
"Extra cheesy!" Marissa called after Ryan as he left the room to go call the pizza place.
"Okay! Pick out a movie!" Ryan called back to her.
When Ryan entered the room again, Marissa was holding two DVDs in her hands. "What did you pick?" Ryan asked curiously.
"Both are classics-you get to pick which one we watch. It's either 'When Harry Met Sally' or 'Clueless'," Marissa told him.
Ryan raised his eyebrows at Marissa again. "Excuse me, classics? 'When Harry Met Sally'? 'Clueless'?" Ryan questioned.
"Yup, they are both total classics. No greater movie will ever be made than those two," Marissa informed Ryan in a serious tone. "Just pick one," Marissa added as she shrugged her shoulders at Ryan.
"Fine, fine, you win again tonight," Ryan told her.
"Must be my lucky night," Marissa replied.
Ryan got up and picked up 'When Harry Met Sally' out of Marissa's arms. "We can watch this, I guess," Ryan said as he put it in the DVD player and pressed play. Ryan came back and sat down on the couch.
Marissa moved closer to Ryan and made herself comfortable in his arms. Ryan wrapped his arms around Marissa as they watched the movie together. They both fell asleep half way through the movie and stayed that way the whole night.