Summary- The best night of their lives.
Disclaimer- Um...nothing incorporated with the words The OC belongs to me since I am not Josh Schwartz, or some other people like Ben, Mischa...and others of the show.
A/N- Well...everyone...this is the last chapter, and like the rest of my chapters, this will be very long. It will go a little unexpected, at least in the beginning, but I think you'll like it. And it won't take place just at Prom, but others as well. I'll be sad to see you go my reviewers, but I have 3 other stories I'll start updating, since this one is over, and I'm glad I didn't let this idea go to waste, and I thank all my reviewers, I LOVE YOU ALL! I hope you like the theme, and just to let you know, this chapter starts off where the last one left off. ENJOY! (Special shout out to Sis2ACesarSalad for the dress ideas)
On with the story...
Ryan and Marissa were still on Marissa's bed; still making out. They had been in this position for a while; and neither was complaining. It felt good to feel the others lips on their own. Marissa slowly ran her hands from Ryan's neck to his waist; and under his shirt; feeling his lean, chiseled stomach. She ran her hands across his stomach a few more times, until she finally lifted the material up. Ryan noticed her actions; but continued to kiss her. With some help from Ryan, she finally managed to get him out of his long sleeved shirt; only to reveal a wifebeater; she laughed silently and kissed him again.
She pulled back for a second and looked into his eyes, "Do you have a...um, you know?"
Ryan immediately sat up, confused, but then caught on, "Um...a thing?" he asked surprised. Marissa nodded.
"Are you sure, because we don't have to," he told her. Marissa didn't nod; just looked at him in a loving way; and moved in to kiss him. The kiss lingered for a moment; as their lips hovered over each other. Ryan finally snapped back, "Uh, yeah, I have one in my wallet, for emergencies," he explained.
"Since when is having sex an emergency?" she asked with a grin on her face, teasing him.
Ryan continued to flip through the contents of his wallet, frantically looking for 'it'. He finally found it, and held it up to her, "Uh...for precaution"; he explained again, his face still blushing.
Marissa grinned, "Riiiiiight," and attacked him so she was on top; and kissed him passionately. Her hands made their way to his belt buckle and unlooped it; but then decided to take off his wifebeater.
Ryan easily took off her blouse; but was having trouble with her bra. Marissa noticed his struggle, "The clasp is in the front," she giggled.
"Right," Ryan said, blushing slightly, as he brought his hands to her chest and unclasped it. He quickly threw it to the floor; and now they were both topless. Ryan rolled over her, and looked into her eyes, "We don't have to do this you know," he told her.
Marissa grabbed his cheeks (again, face, not butt) and kissed him hard. "I love you and I want to," she told him. Ryan smiled his smug half smile, "Ok," and bent down for a kiss. "I love you too," he told her as he smiled into the kiss.
As quickly as those words were spoken was as quickly as a heap of clothes lay on the floor. Ryan laid in the mess of sheets with Marissa in his arms as they stared at each other lovingly. Both amazed; Marissa snuck a look at the clock; 3. She hoped no one would call, or come over; as she wanted this moment to last forever. Ryan pulled on the sheets a little, which made Marissa wrap her hands around him tighter. She smiled at him and leaned in to give him a soft kiss. He returned the soft kiss and pulled the covers up to their necks as they continued to kiss.
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Ryan and Marissa walked the halls of Harbor High hand in hand. People walking by didn't seem to mind, or really care for that matter. But they did whisper and glance at Ryan's lip, which was still swollen. He bit his lower lip; at which Marissa noticed.
"I see you're learning from me," she said jokingly.
Ryan nodded his head sarcastically and gently pinned her to the wall; one hand on the wall, the other holding her hand. Marissa laughed lightly before catching Ryan off guard and kissing him. She sucked on his lower lip; and since it was swollen; it filled up a good portion of her mouth. Ryan kissed back, and released his hand from the wall.
"Mr. Atwood! Miss. Cooper!" a teacher called out in the distance. But they didn't hear him. He walked up behind Ryan; which Marissa noticed.
"What?" Ryan asked.
Marissa pointed to the back of Ryan. Ryan turned around, and his eyes widened. Mr. Sag 'n' Nipples was there, eyes narrowed towards them. Ryan gulped, "Um, morning Mr. Sag 'n' n, ahem, Mr. Sagen."
Mr. Sagen's eyes moved from Marissa to Ryan, then to the both of them. "Mr. Atwood, Miss. Cooper, please keep your hands off each other, you have only a few days before school is over; are we going to have a repeat of last year?" he asked loudly. Ryan and Marissa shook their heads. "Good, I don't want to have to talk to you again, understand?" Ryan nodded his head. "Let's try to make these last few days enjoyable, shall we?" he stated as he clapped his hands together and walked away. Ryan grinned as he turned around to face Marissa who was just giggling. "What?" he asked. Marissa released his hand and brought to his lips.
"Your lips are glossy and red," she explained; still laughing as she wiped it off.
Ryan let Marissa wipe off the lip gloss before he spoke, "Make up just can't seem to stay away from me," he joked.
"Well, you look very pretty," Marissa joked.
With another sarcastic smile, Ryan leaned in for a kiss. Marissa laughed before putting an arm around his neck and returning the kiss. Mr. Sagen walked through the halls, clapping his hands. He saw Ryan and Marissa again, and walked up to them. "Mr. Atwood! Miss. Cooper! I thought you said we weren't going to have a repeat of last year?" he spoke sternly.
They both looked embarrassed and muttered 'sorry'. He stood there, arms crossed. Ryan raised his eyebrows and took Marissa away. The warning bell rang. "So, I'll see you after school?" Ryan asked. Marissa shook her head.
"Um, okay then?" He returned confused.
"I have to go to shopping with Summer, for prom," she explained.
Ryan nodded his head and leaned in for a quick kiss. "Call me than?" he suggested. Marissa nodded and with one last kiss; they went into their classrooms.
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"This one's pretty," Summer suggested as she flipped through a rack of dresses. Marissa yawned and nodded, "Yeah, it is."
Summer picked up a few more dresses and held them up to Marissa and examined them. "It makes you look too short," Summer said as she held up a pink poofy dress to Marissa. Marissa gave her a look. "Or shorter," she corrected.
Marissa and Summer had been in this store for a few hours and Marissa was easily getting bored. She told Summer she didn't want to shop here, but Summer was having one of her stubborn days. "What color is Chino's bow tie?" Summer asked. Marissa shrugged.
"Well, then call him girl!" Summer said with a smile, as she threw the dresses to the salesperson's direction; and ran out of the store, Marissa on her arm and went to the store across from this one. Marissa flipped her cell phone and lit up when Ryan answered.
"Hello?" his voice came through. "Hey, it's me, how are you?" Marissa asked.
"Hey. I miss you," he told her with a smile. Marissa smiled as well, but then realized he couldn't see her, "I miss you too," she told him. Summer came up to Marissa, hands on hips. "What color is his bow tie?" she asked. Marissa put up a one sec signal and walked away.
"Summer wants to know what color your bow tie is," Marissa stated as she sat down in one of the chairs. Summer came up to Marissa with three dresses in hand. "Red?" Marissa questioned as she shook her head. Ryan laughed through the phone, "Um, no, it's black, why?"
Marissa's eyes widened as Summer seemed satisfied with herself. "Oh my gosh! That's perfect!" she exclaimed. Ryan was confused, "What's perfect?"
"I gotta go, love you," she told Ryan.
"Love you too," he said quickly before she hung up.
"Sum, that's perfect!" Marissa told Summer as she took the dress from her hands and put it against her body. Summer seemed satisfied with herself, "I know," she teased.
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"Here man," Seth handed a soda over to Ryan and sat down next to him. Ryan opened the can and sipped it, and returned to flipping the channels aimlessly when he noticed a smirk on Seth's face.
"What?" Ryan asked.
"So are we gonna talk about it?" Seth asked, the adorable smirk still on his face.
"Um...talk about what exactly?"
"You and Marissa!" Seth clarified.
Ryan shrugged, "What's there to say?" he stated.
"Like how you asked her to prom."
"I said, Marissa, would you like to go to prom with me and she said yes."
Seth smiled and realized he wasn't going to get anything out of Ryan. He and Summer knew Ryan and Marissa had gotten back together when they saw them in the pool house, making out; but Ryan hadn't told Seth about what had happened at Marissa's house the day the skipped school. "So, prom? We're going with that guy from your calculus class, right? We'll pick up the girls from Marissa's house, then pick up that guy and his date; and his friends, then prom; then hotel, and we're done," Seth rambled and turned to Ryan who had tuned him out. "You got the corsages right?" he frantically asked.
Ryan nodded, "Yes, but I don't think that there was a need to get them a week before the actual date," he reasoned.
"But we have to be prepared, speaking of which, did you put them in the freezer?" Ryan nodded once again.
"And you go the right colors, right?" Seth buzzed him with questions. Ryan shrugged. Seth freaked out, "It was raspberry red right? That's what the color of Summer's dress is, as well as my bow tie?"
Ryan laughed, "Your bow tie is raspberry red?" he asked.
Seth seemed embarrassed at first, then gained confidence, "Yes, got a problem; take it up with Summer," he told Ryan and leaned back on the couch.
Ryan cleared his throat, "No, of course not."
"Good," Seth stated, and then smiled. "Now what else do we need? Ah, yes, condoms. Ryan, condoms?"
Ryan raised his eyebrows, "I already got mine," he explained.
"And none for me?" Seth feigned shock. Ryan gave him another look.
"Right, well I have to go pick up some things for the kit anyways", Seth explained.
"Kit?" Ryan asked, confused.
"Prom kit, condoms, and..." but was interrupted by Ryan.
"I don't need to know," Ryan cut in.
"Right! Well gotta go!" Seth called out halfway out the door.
Ryan chuckled to himself and continued to flip through the channels.
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......PROM NIGHT......
Summer fixed the last of her hair, it was down and slightly wavy and looked beautiful with her raspberry red dress which went down to her ankles, meeting her matching open toed sandals; and turned to Marissa who was examining her hair in a compact mirror as well. Summer went and sat down next to her. "Is Chino getting lucky tonight?" Summer asked as she nudged Marissa's side.
Marissa laughed.
Summer still didn't know about her and Ryan; and she hoped Seth didn't know either. Like she had said before, sex, or making love, whichever; is a sacred act between two people. So if everyone thought that tonight was the first time for Ryan and Marisa; then let them think it. She wasn't going to change their minds otherwise.
Downstairs, Jimmy, Hailey, Kirsten and Sandy were sitting down at the kitchen table, talking. Ryan and Seth saw that the door was open and went in. "Summer?" Seth called out, peeking his head in the dining room. "Mom, Dad? What are you doing here?" he questioned.
"Pictures," Kirsten explained, holding up the digital camera in the air. She was about to go back to her conversation when she saw Summer coming down the stairs and squealed. She ran over to her and kept complimenting her as Sandy followed and Jimmy went to get his camera while Hailey followed. Ryan watched the exchange between them as everyone kept yelling at Seth to keep his hands down or stop squirming. It was Seth against Summer, Kirsten, and Sandy.
All of a sudden, he felt smooth hand around his eyes and a sweet "Guess who?"
Marissa looked beautiful with a silky, black halter dress that went down to her ankles and met with her pointy black shoes. Her hair was done nicely at the top, not a single piece of hair out of place; and the rest was down; slightly wavy.
"You look...amazing..." he told her truthfully.
Marissa blushed. She still got those jittery feelings whenever he told her something small like that. "Thanks, so do, well, next to me of course," she joked.
Ryan put his arms around Marissa's waist, and leaned into kiss her. She sucked on his lower lip; it was still swollen; but not as much; but it still filled a small portion of Marissa's mouth. They broke away when they heard Jimmy coming downstairs. "Pictures!" Jimmy yelled as he turned the camera on and accidentally flashed himself. He stumbled over his feet and landed on Seth's lap who was sitting on the couch because he refused to take any pictures with his parents.
"Well howdy there Mr. Cooper," Seth said, waving a hand in front of Jimmy's face.
"Hi Seth, sorry about that," Jimmy apologized and got up. He went over to Ryan and Marissa but was still a little woozy, so Kirsten took the camera from him and told him to sit down as she started snapping pictures of Ryan and Marissa. The rest of them awwed as they posed sweetly.
One final group picture; the boys in the middle with the girls arms wrapped around them and then one with the fabulous four with their arms around each other; smiling widely.
"I like your bow tie," Marissa told Ryan once outside and parents safely outside; and twirled it.
"Thank you," Ryan smiled and adjusted his bow tie. Marissa smiled and playfully rolled her eyes and took his hand and they made their way to the limo.
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"Nice meeting you!" Seth called out to Jeremy and Megan. Seemed as though they were the other 'friends' of the guy in Ryan's calculus class. Let's just say it had been an awkward ride from their house to the school. "Nice theme," Ryan pointed out. The theme was "The Best Night of Your Life".(hence the title)
"Yeah, it truly will be for you buddy," Seth whispered as he did the one arm man hug thing and slipped something in Ryan's hand as he walked away with Summer tugging on his arm. Ryan looked at it before putting it into his pocket. Marissa caught a sight of the shiny object. She went inside Ryan's pocket and pulled it out, "Ryan Atwood? What is this?" a grin on her face.
"Its tradition," he explained with a smug smile.
"Well, I'd hate to break tradition," she said innocently and put the key back into his pocket and they made their way through the crowds.
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"Alright, alright! Listen up yo!" the dj shouted through the microphone. "This is the last dance of the evening, so grab that special someone and show them the best night of their life! Now, here's a classic," the dj finally finished and the song started to play through the speakers.
Marissa smiled as Ryan took her hand and led her to the one of the decorated corners. And they started to slow dance.
(When I first saw you, I saw love. And the
first time you touched me, I felt love. And
after all this time, you're still the one I love.)
Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
Bridge:
They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holing on
We're still together still going strong
Chorus:
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin' (Bridge)
(Chorus)
(Chorus) I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
"I love you," Ryan whispered just as the song was fading through.
"I love you too," Marissa whispered back before pulling him into a passionate kiss; as everyone else around them started to cheer and holler that they were done with high school.
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Ryan scooped Marissa into his arms and led her through the door after she opened it. She giggled as Ryan sat her down on the bed and locked the door. He went over to the bed and lay down as Marissa rolled over on top of him and laid her head on his chest. "I'm glad we're together again," she told him. "Me too," Ryan agreed as he rubbed her back and then added, "Who knows how long we could've lasted as friends," he joked.
"Now are we gonna do what we came here for?" Marissa asked with a sly grin as she started to untie his bow tie. "Have I mentioned how much I like you in a bow tie?" Ryan gave her a smile and pulled her off of him and got on top of her. "Have I mentioned how much I like you in..." he trailed off, "Nothing!"
Marissa laughed and soon unbuttoned his white collar dress shirt and the giggles started to fade away under the covers. They were finally together; it might've taken a while; but anything is better than never...
A/N-Okay, so that was it! I wasn't really planning on using a song, but I was watching TV and this song came on, and it seemed to fit their situation. The song by the way, I do not own as well, Shania Twain does and that Mutt Lange guy. This chapter was supposed to be up a while ago, but my computer kept losing the info, and had to type it again, and then I was either not allowed to use the computer or had to go somewhere; but it's up now and I hope you guys liked it. I just realized that this was my first fanfic that actually had chapters that I finished. Wahoo! For me! lol. Well, you know what to do, Review! Let me know how I did!