Summary- This is at Megan's pool party. And it seems like Megan will do anything to win Ryan over; but then again, so will Marissa.
Disclaimer- Everything belongs to Josh, McG, Doug Liman...and some other people I don't care about, or care to mention, except for Ben and Mischa...
A/N- WOW! You guys are the best- seriously. Your reviews are fantastic- thank you so much. And I know people want 'action', so I hope this meets your standards. I won't say what kind of action so just read to find out. Have fun reading. Review! Thanks.
On with the story...
Ryan honked the horn, but found Marissa already waiting on the steps. She walked to the car gracefully, wearing a short, denim skirt, and a simple tank top and a pair of simple flip flops. Ryan's eyes widened at the sight of her, as he tried not to stare. Great! he thought, If I can barely see her like that, seeing her in a bathing suit is gonna kill me.
Marissa smiled at him; and he returned the sweet smile.
"You look great," he complemented.
"Thanks."
They talked as they drove over to Megan's, random things like, school, parents, and friends. But one thing that never came up was prom, or if they had dates, or if they were even going.
Once there, Ryan found a parking spot, they got out and headed towards the back. They were surprised at the sight, high schoolers just floating carelessly in the pool, or talking and tanning. No hard core swearing, sex on lounge chairs, or any type of alcoholic beverages. Ryan and Marissa gave each other a look of surprise.
Then the back door to the house opened, and there stood Megan's parents. They examined the area, saw everything was okay, and spoke to Megan. "See you Tuesday, peach," her dad called out. Megan gave them both fake smiles and air kisses, and they left.
Once everyone heard the tires fading, they jumped out of every direction, grabbing beer from every bush or corner they possibly could, jumping in the pool, and grabbing a guy or girl and shoving their tongue down their throats. In one word; chaos.
Summer and Seth came over to them. "Hey guys," Seth greeted. Ryan acknowledged them with a nod their heads. Summer and Marissa immediately started talking, rambling on and on, as Seth and Ryan gave each other a look.
When they all got seated comfortably, Seth took Summer from her conversation with Marissa, carried her and threw her in the pool. Summer started shrieking, as did the other girls, once some of the boys followed Seth's lead.
Ryan and Marissa looked around awkwardly, wondering when they should undress into their appropriate swim attire. When of all of a sudden, Megan bounced up to them. Marissa rolled her eyes.
"Ryan, I'm gonna go get something to drink," Marissa said as she went over the bar. Ryan nodded his head as he got up. "Are you gonna swim?" Megan asked.
Ryan shrugged, as Megan expectantly looked at him. She touched his chest slightly, "Let me know about yesterday," she told him. Ryan looked confused, and Megan was about to explain, when she heard her name being called. She let out a groan as she looked over to see her friends waving her over. She said she'd see Ryan later and left. Ryan sighed and looked around.
He slipped off his button down shirt, and then his wifebeater, only to reveal his tan, chiseled body. Marissa looked from the bar, just as she was about to open her beer. She walked over to him. "I'm back," she stated. Ryan looked at what she was holding. "Guess I'm the designated driver?" he asked. Marissa blushed slightly, "Oh, that's ok, I didn't open it, smell my breath if you have to," she joked.
"I trust you," he said with a smile.
There it was; that five letter word; trust. He still trusted her, after everything that had happened, he still trusted her. Marissa hated herself, she trusted him as well, but how could she let him know. She had always trusted him, even when she said she didn't. There was an awkward silence; yet again. They had been having these a lot lately; probably because in a few weeks; they would be leaving Newport; and it was now or never to let each other know their true feelings. But Megan interrupted again; as she called his name waved him over.
Ryan looked to Marissa for reassurance. "Go ahead," she said.
"Are you sure, 'cuz I..."?
"I'll be fine," she lied.
Ryan nodded lamely, and walked over to Megan and her friends. He snuck one look back at Marissa; and she smiled.
He went over to Megan and her friends as they started talking; he situated himself so he could get a better look at Marissa. She was shimming (?) out of her skirt, and her tank top was already off, to reveal her floral bikini. Ryan couldn't help but stare. Megan followed his stare, and saw Marissa. There was an evil glare in her eyes.
She hated Marissa. She had just recently started to hate her; ever since she saw her hanging out with Ryan each and every day; each and every second. Megan was jealous; jealous she didn't have Marissa's flawless features, perfect model body, perfect height; and the perfect way to Ryan's heart. She let out a small sigh. Megan usually got what or who she wanted, and this week she wanted Ryan; and she was going to Ryan. She was willing to put up a fight for him; even if it was for a one night stand. As always, she got what she wanted.
Ryan excused himself from their presence and walked over to Marissa; she was now in a quiet corner by herself lounging and sipping a diet coke. He quickly checked himself for drool and sat down next to her. He gave her a smile and she looked at him and also gave him a small smile.
"So what did Megan want?" she asked.
"I...uh...really wasn't paying attention," he replied slyly. Marissa gave him a confused smile, but let it go. She sat up, so they were face to face. They tried to think of something to say, but no words forced out of their mouths. They tried to laugh it off, "We've been having these a lot haven't we?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, we have," she replied, as they inched their faces closer and closer. "I wonder why," he whispered, his breath was on her lips. Megan noticed this, and ran up to them, interrupting their moment. "Marissa, can I talk to you?" she asked loudly, making sure to interrupt whatever was going on. Ryan and Marissa were startled to hear voices and jumped back, slightly embarrassed.
"Sure," Marissa responded as she got up and went over to Megan. Megan led her a little farther, and the fake smile disappeared. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked angrily.
"What?" Marissa asked, confused.
"You know I like Ryan, how could you do this, I thought we were friends!" she exclaimed in a loud whisper.
"Um...I...I don't...we're friends?"
"Look, just stay away, he's mine," she warned, standing on her tippy toes.
"You don't own him," Marissa told her, towering over her even more.
"Neither do you," she snapped back, as she slapped her arm.
"Ow, that hurt," she said, pinching her.
"OW!" Megan yelled, pushing Marissa. Marissa practically toppled over a bottle of sunscreen, and when she re-gained her composure, she pushed Megan back. Megan pushed back as did Marissa, and after a few seconds, Marissa finally caught one of Megan's blonde strands and accidentally pulled it.
"Bitch!" Megan exclaimed, pulling Marissa's hair as well, messing up the neat ponytail.
"Shut up!" Marissa yelled back, pulling Megan's hair. In a matter of seconds, they were scratching each other, kicking with full force, and punching forcefully. Everyone heard screams and they turned their attention to them; watching them in fascination.
Ryan saw who was fighting, and ran over there, as he tried to hold back Marissa, but it was too late, they had pushed each other into the pool. Everyone thought they would stop, but they didn't. Once Marissa came up for air, Megan dragged her by the legs and pulled her underwater. Since they were in the deep end of the pool, they couldn't come up for air soon enough, so they fought underwater. Ryan jumped in at the deep end, but they were had moved to the middle, still slapping and scratching.
They were now gasping for air, especially Megan, seeing as Marissa kept drowning her. They kept moving closer and closer to the shallow end, and when they could finally put both feet on the floor, Marissa pulled her hair, and in her hand, lay a few strands of the extensions Megan obviously had, seeing as there was pins and such glued to the real hair. They both started screaming in horror, and kept pulling each other's hair, Marissa even got in a few good punches. Megan got one in as well, right in the jaw. Marissa's mouth started bleeding a little, but she didn't care, she kept her guard up.
Ryan finally got to them and pulled Marissa from Megan's reach, but she wriggled free of his grip and met Megan halfway, and they went at it again, with the name calling and punching. Seth ran over to Megan, he kept trying to jump in while he witnessed it, but they kept moving. Once they stopped moving, he jumped over to Megan and dragged her away. With one good punch, Megan elbowed him and kicked him in the balls, leaving him crouching over.
"Sensitive spot!" he whispered weakly. Megan wasted not time and ran over to Marissa, pinching her.
"He's mine whore!"
"Shut up slut!" Marissa called out.
"Who are you calling a slut?" she screamed.
"You!" Marissa yelled at the top of her lungs, and punched her; hard. Before Megan could respond, Jeremy had just come and this was what he had witnessed when he first walked in, so he did the best thing he could; jumped in.
Before any more harassing could be done, Marissa and Megan were both pulled out of each other's reach, but Marissa snagged in one last hair pull, as Ryan held her back by the waist, before Ryan got in the middle, holding out his hands to separate them as much as he could.
"Stop it!" Ryan said. "What's going on?!" he demanded.
"Nothing!" they replied in unison, staring at each other threatingly. "Can we go?" Marissa asked, shooting a disgusted look Megan's way.
"Yes, go, right now!" Megan yelled. Ryan stared at her, giving her an annoyed look, then back at Marissa. "Sure," he said softly, looking at the little drip of blood running down her chin.
Everyone became uninterested that it had ended, and returned back to their conversations.
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"Here," Ryan said, placing a band aid on her lip, where the cut had been. Marissa shivered slightly and Ryan warmed her up by rubbing her arms up and down. "Thanks," she replied shyly, looking at the ground.
"Can we go?" Marissa asked, annoyed once she saw Megan's look of death. "Sure," Ryan told her. "Let me tell Seth and Summer, ok?" She nodded and went to the corner and put her clothes on. Ryan came back shortly, also fully dressed.
"Do you want to come back to my place?" he asked.
"Um...that's okay," she replied. Any other day, she would've accepted his offer, but knowing Ryan, he would ask questions, and right now, she didn't want to answer them. Ryan nodded and they headed out to the car.
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Ryan pulled up to the Nichol's driveway. He looked at her, impressed and confused. "So are you gonna tell me what that was about?"
Marissa shook her head, "Nothing serious," she replied.
"She had a black eye, nothing serious?" he asked jokingly.
"She'll live, and so will I; no harm done," she said pointing to her bloody lip.
"Are you sure you don't wanna tell me?" he asked again, smiling.
Marissa noticed this, "Why are you smiling?"
Ryan shrugged, "I've just never seen you, or any girl for that matter, fight that...hard."
Marissa smiled, "Impressed?"
"Kinda was," he responded, still with a smile.
"Well, I learned from the best," she teased, throwing a glance his way. Ryan laughed.
"So, then I'll pick you up tomorrow?" "Yeah," she confirmed.
"If you ever want to tell me--" Ryan started. "I know," Marisa cut him off. They bid their good byes as Marissa went inside, feeling the bruise on her side. She winced when she felt it. Her mom came out, looking shocked.
"Marissa! What happened? You're early, and I thought you were at a pool party, not in...an alley?" she said, noticing the scars and band aid.
"Mom, I'm fine, I just tripped, seriously, ok?" she said.
Julie smiled, "How's Megan, and her parents?"
Marissa couldn't care less about that slut; Megan, or her parents, so she shrugged, "They're outta town," Marissa told her, going up the stairs.
"Where?" Julie asked, obviously interested. Marissa shrugged once more and ran to her name being called once again. "I'm sleeping," she called out.
She plopped down on her bed, letting the heaviness release her. She had been carrying it out since her and Ryan almost kissed. Wait! We almost kissed! She thought. Now she hated Megan even more; for ruining their moment. She checked her phone for new messages; none, so she went to take a shower.
As she got in, she saw a few scrapes, from Megan's large fingernails, and a few new small bruises forming. She sighed and thought what this was about. Him. Ryan. They had actually fought over him. She wondered if he would ever fight for her; sure he had done in the past; but what about now? Does Ryan still have feelings for me? Does he know? Questions clouded her mind as she got out and slipped on her robe and fell asleep immediately as soon as she hit the pillow.
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Ryan laughed in his mind as he thought of the day's events. He had just gotten out of the shower. Whatever it was they were fighting about, it must've been important, he thought. He was just so curious to know what it was exactly it was they were fighting about. He knew Marissa would tell him when she was ready. What he couldn't stop thinking about was that they almost kissed, but Megan had interrupted that almost perfect moment. He sighed and grabbed the phone and dialed the number he dialed almost everyday.
After a few rings, Marissa woke up and groggily answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me," Ryan responded. She let out a yawn, and listened for his reason calling her.
"How are you doing, feeling better?" he asked.
"A few bruises, scratches, I'm ok," she replied.
"So...you wanna come over for dinner?" he asked.
Marissa perked up at the invite, "Sure, pick me up in...half an hour", she said checking the clock, and then hung the phone up.
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She walked over to the mirror and saw that her lip was swollen. She sighed, there was nothing she could do to hide it, she tried smiling, that made it go down a little. She smiled as she got dressed, and as Ryan picked her up. Ryan noticed the smile plasted on her face.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
She stopped smiling, "Yeah, it's just when I smile, you can't tell there's as much swelling."
"You like fine, great in fact," he complimented.
"Thanks," she said as she looked in the mirror, "But I still look better like this", she said, shooting a wide grin on her face. The grin was contagious and caught Ryan as well as they pulled up.
"Hey Kirsten," Marissa said, once they were inside.
"Hey sweetie," Kirsten greeted back, "We've got Chinese tonight," she added happily.
Marissa smiled, "That's great," and was led into the kitchen by Ryan. They all sat down, Seth and Summer were already there, as well as Sandy. Summer saw the swelling, "How are you feeling?" she asked. "Fine," Marissa replied. Seth noticed her as well. "How's the lip?" he asked.
Marissa's smile quickly turned into a frown, and Sandy and Kirsten noticed her swollen lip. "Sweetie, what happened?" Kirsten asked concerned.
Seth interrupted, "Oh, at the party, she and..." Summer smacked his stomach to shut him up. He let out a grumble of disapproval and covered up with, "She tripped."
"Are you okay?" Sandy asked. "Fine, just a small cut," she told them. "Well as long as you're fine, let's eat!" Seth exclaimed, gaining his voice again. They all laughed, and started passing each other food containers and conversing.
Ryan looked at Marissa, as she caught his eye. He started saying something to cover it up and she responded, boring into each other's deep blue eyes.
A/N-So, how was the 'action'? It was pretty funny; I had so much fun writing it. It might've not been the 'action' you were looking for, but it was something heh? lol. The next chapter might have some more 'action' as well. Of who, not telling you, what kind, just have to read and find out. I know, RM were about to kiss, but Megan ruined it- boo Megan. Yeah I know, boo Mega, but the cat fight was hilarious. Next chapter, they might let each other know how they feel, or not. Will the almost kiss be brought up? There are only a few chapters left- not sure how many yet, but it should be good. Yes, I have seen 'Never Been Kissed', so thanks for the idea; I know what you're talking about. hee. Thanks for all the theme ideas, if you still have more, share them with me, and I just might use it. Thanks again and I hope you liked reading it.