Note: I don't own The O.C.
This chapter has a little sexual content (but no actual sex lol) and you find out what's up with Summer's disappearing act for Christmas dinner. Hope you like it, please R&R!
After dinner, Seth, Ryan and Marissa went into the guest bedroom where Ryan had been staying. They talked for a little while, then Seth left to go try Summer's cell phone again.
Ryan and Marissa sat on the floor together, and Marissa noticed the framed picture of Ryan and herself.
"Where did that come from?" she asked, pointing to it.
"Uh, Theresa made it," he said. That reminded him of him his present for Marissa and he got up and got it from his dresser. He handed her the very small gift box in dark purple wrapping paper. "Oh, Ryan," she said taking it from him. She opened it with a big smile on her face, but smiled even bigger when she saw the beautiful necklace inside. It was a silver heart on a chain and Marissa loved it. "It's perfect," she said, and he helped her put it on. She kissed Ryan passionately and they held each other close as they continued to kiss. "I'll give you your present later," she said, but was interrupted when Seth burst back into the room.
"I'm going over there," Seth said, obviously upset. "I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to find out why she's blowing me off."
"Seth," Ryan said, "maybe she just wants to spend Christmas with her dad."
"No, there's something else going on, I can feel it in my . . something. I just know, okay?"
"I'm sure it's nothing," Marissa tried to comfort him, but Seth was already grabbing his jacket.
"Well," Seth said on his way out, "you two just stay here and continue making out, I'm going over to Summer's if my parents ask."
"Okay," Ryan and Marissa said in unison, then laughed at Seth's behavior.
When they were sure he was gone, Marissa got up and locked the door. "Now, for YOUR present," she said taking off her jacket walking toward him.
After Marissa locked the door to the guest bedroom Ryan was staying in and took off her jacket, Ryan stood up. He put his arms around her and they began to kiss.
"Merry Christmas," Marissa said as she peeled her shirt off and over her head. Ryan's eyes widened and he smiled his crooked half smile at her. They kissed again as Marissa unbuttoned Ryan's shirt.
"You don't have to -" he began, but she put her finger to her lips and whispered, "Shhh..." as she smiled at him.
After they were both topless, they sat on the bed and continued kissing each other gently. Marissa stood up and took off her skirt, revealing lacy pink panties with a black bow. She straddled Ryan and continued kissing him as she unbuttoned his pants.
Just as Ryan and Marissa were about to get into bed together, Marissa's cell phone rang. As an irritated sigh escaped her lips, Ryan stood up and put his shirt back on.
"No," Marissa said as she looked for her phone, "I'll get rid of whoever it is, wait for me." He left his shirt on but didn't button it back up, he would wait for her to get off the phone.
"Hello?" she asked, finally finding her phone in a pile of her clothes at the foot of the bed. "Seth? . . . What? . . ." She seemed upset and gave Ryan an apologetic look, and he buttoned his shirt back up and gathered her clothes from the floor.
"Okay, we'll come over," Marissa said rolling her eyes and hanging up the phone. "Ryan, I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Ryan said, handing Marissa her clothes, "What's wrong with Seth?"
"It's not Seth, he said something was wrong with Summer and she won't talk to him." Marissa finished putting her clothes back on, and grabbed her jacket.
"Okay, let's go," Ryan said as the two walked out the door.
When they got to Summer's house, Seth was waiting right outside the front door.
"What took you guys so long?" he sounded panicked, "Did I interrupt a little Christmas nookie or something?"
Marissa and Ryan looked at each other and said "No" at the same time.
Seth laughed nervously, "Okay . . . Anyway, something is wrong with Summer. When I got here, she was crying, she had makeup .. everywhere," he said as he motioned around his face.
"I'll take care of this," Marissa said, and knocked on the front door of the Roberts house. Her father answered the door.
"You kids shouldn't be here," he said sternly, glaring at Seth. "Summer's upset about something and won't even talk to her own father about it."
"Mr. Roberts," Marissa pleaded, "please let us talk to her, we won't be long and if she doesn't want to talk, we'll leave. . . I promise," she added and smiled sweetly at him.
"Okay," he said and stepped aside as the three visitors shuffled into the house.
They went upstairs and Marissa knocked again, on Summer's bedroom door this time.
"What?!" Summer yelled from the other side of the door.
"Summer, it's me, Marissa," she replied, leaning close to the door.
"Coop?" Summer asked as she flung open the door. "Ugh!" She said, upset at the sight of the boys. She grabbed Marissa's arm and pulled her into the room, then slammed the door shut on Ryan and Seth.
Seth threw his arms in the air. "I didn't do anything, dude, I swear." Ryan just shrugged his shoulders.
Inside the bedroom, there was tissue everywhere, and Summer's eyes were red and puffy.
"Summer, what is going on?" Marissa asked. She was scared; she had never seen Summer like this before.
But Summer didn't say anything, she just stared at Marissa, who put her arms around Summer and hugged her.
"I'm gonna miss you so much, Coop," she finally said in a shaky voice, barely above a whisper.
"What? What do you mean you're going to miss me?" Marissa pulled away and let out a nervous laugh, "Where are you going?"
"Baltimore," Summer said with a disgusted look on her face. "Ew," she added with a lot less enthusiasm than usual.
Marissa looked confused, but couldn't get any words out. Summer rolled her eyes and explained. "I found a letter from a clinic in Baltimore welcoming my dad to their practice. And lease papers for a house there, too." Summer started to cry again. "My dad didn't even tell me! He didn't talk to me about this at all, but the lease starts January 15th. What am I gonna do, Coop?"
"I don't know," Marissa replied slowly, trying to hold back her own tears. She put her arm around Summer again. "We'll figure something out, sweetie," said, but she wasn't sure that they would. Summer might be leaving their Newport Beach world for good, and Marissa had no idea what to do about it.