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Seth took the phone from Ryan and said the word yes every so often while rolling his eyes at the three of them. Summer was giggling at the weird faces Seth was making, actually she was alternating between smacking him lightly and giggling. Finally Seth said one last yes and then hung up.

"Parent's are the worst," he concluded.

"Agreed," Marissa said and Summer nodded. Ryan looked at them all in confusion. He didn't really know what Summer's parents were like, but Seth had said that she and her Dad were pretty close. What ever that meant. Ryan still didn't understand them. They had these parent's who even if they were a little bit messed up (hint hint Julie Cooper Nickel), totally loved them. Even if Julie wasn't really the best of Mom's at least in her weird very different way she cared for Marissa. Ryan had never had parents like that.

His Dad had pretty much beat him up until he got busted for armed robbery and went to jail, his Mom, well Dawn if she got even close to the bottle well you better stay clear of her and her boyfriends well even sober they were worse then a very drunk Dawn. Or a Dawn with a bad hangover when you made to much noise in the morning as a little boy. Ryan shuddered at the thought. He didn't get why Seth found his parent's constant need to check up on him so annoying, well he kind of did after he had lived with the Cohen's for a while, but it had never really bothered him. In fact it had made him feel like he was actually part of a family. He just would never understand how little his three best friends cherished their parents.

"Hey dude, earth to Ryan. Come back to the land of the living" Seth was saying waving his hands in front of Ryan's face as Ryan snapped out of it.

"Huh?" Ryan asked in confusion and everyone laughed. Ryan just shrugged and took Marissa's hand. She put her head on his shoulder and sighed happily. Ryan loved to make Marissa happy. She was so sweet and innocent and not like any girl he had ever met before. Which could be why he was so in love with her.

"Come on," Seth whined and grabbed Summer and Marissa's hands. Then he started running. Ryan saw the ride first. It wasn't really all that exciting. Just a couple of big elephants that you could ride in that were going up and down. He grinned.

"What is it, Chino?" Summer asked

"Nothing," Ryan said and then thought about it for a second. "Well it's just that when I was little Dumbo was my favorite movie,"

"Well I was more of a lion king man myself," Seth said "but I totally respected Dumbo,"

"Want to go on it?" Marissa asked

"Uh," Ryan looked at the line filled with little kids. He didn't want to re-live the whole merry-go-round experience. So he shook his head.

"Aww, Chino," Summer said and grinned. "You know I thought Coop was crazy to pick you over Luke but maybe you actually have a sentimental side. Now wouldn't that be a surprise!"

"Indeed it would Summer, indeed it would," Seth said and the two of them burst into laugher. Marissa giggled too but stopped when she saw Ryan's face. Ryan definitely was not too happy about being laughed at.

" "It's just a joke Ry," she whispered and Ryan nodded. But it reminded him of when he was this tiny boy in Chino and all Trey's friends had laughed at him. That was one of things that he hated, to be reminded of his old Chino life.

"Yeah dude lighten up, enjoy yourself," Seth said with a grin "Think of this as a celebration,"

"What are we celebrating?" Summer asked in confusion.

"Well for one, me being here in the most magical place with my four favorite people. Also Ryan did you tell them the big news?"

"What news?" Marissa asked and Ryan looked at Seth in confusion. Seth rolled his eyes.

"Since Ryan has had a memory loss, I'll take the liberty to tell you," Seth began. Suddenly Ryan's face lit up with recognition. He had finally figured out what Seth was talking about he cleared his throat to get Seth's attention. "Oh dude you finally remembered?" Ryan gave him a look. "Okay enough said. Actually you really didn't say anything so technically enough looked. Now that doesn't really sound right either. Oh I don't know. "Seth finally concluded

"Now you were going to tell us something big?" Marissa asked turning her attention to Ryan. Ryan nodded.

"Um I'm going back" he said quietly, so quietly it was practically under his breath. There was silence.

"Back to Chino?" Marissa asked in confusion. "I guess I kind of expected that so unless I'm wrong is that really big news?"

"Yeah I agree with Coop, I mean no offense Chino but we thought that you were going back. I mean isn't it your hope now?"

"No, no, and no," Seth said with a grin "You guys are wrong, wrong and even more wrong,"

"What?" Summer and Marissa asked whipping around to stare at Ryan. Ryan shrugged helplessly and glared at Seth. Ryan didn't get to finish telling them Seth's motor mouth was off and running. For the thousandth time just today.

"Well," Seth began clearing his throat importantly "as you all know Ryan here had to leave the" makes quotes around the next word, "wonderful world of Newport and head back to his old town of Chino with a pregnant ex-girlfriend."

"Yo! Cohen!" Summer interrupted

"Yes Summer?"

"Would you just get to the point? We were all there we know what happened!" Summer said rolling her eyes and Marissa nodded in agreement.

"I'll do it. I'm going back to Newport," Ryan said with a small grin.

"Oh my god! That's great Chino!" Summer cried giving him a hug. Marissa was grinning too as she leaned over and gave Ryan a light kiss on the lips and a hug after Summer had finished half squeezing Ryan to death. She was one heck of a strong girl that's for sure.

"Okay, okay, no sex in the champagne room," Seth said "and besides you might scar some of these poor kids for life," he said motioning with his hands to all the little kids that were around. "Now let's go before you really do scar them for life,"

They spent the rest of the morning rushing around trying to cram as many rides as possible into a couple of hours. They separated for a while and then they finally met up to decided on where they were going to go for lunch.

"I want a salad," Marissa said as they discussed it. Summer nodded in agreement.

"Okay I don't know why girls like salad because we can totally leave the lettuce for the bunnies. I want something manly," Seth said

"Cohen you couldn't be manly if you tried," Summer said and Marissa and her giggled. Ryan hid the smile that threatened to creep up on his face.

"I could too!" Seth said indignantly looking to Ryan for support. Ryan shrugged he wasn't sure which way he was should go, with his best friend/brother or the girl that he loved. They finally settled on pizza. It seemed like a good middle point although Seth grumbled the entire time about how un-manly pizza was. But well if you've known Seth for longer then an hour you really learn to just tune him out. But well even sometimes that's hard to do.

"Cohen!" Summer finally screamed as she clenched her fist. "Either you shut up or I'm going to give you a reason to shut up!"

"Hey, hey, hey," Seth said visibly shrinking in his seat. "No need to get physical,"

"Okay," Summer answered sweetly, "Now Cohen go get me a soda. Diet." She smiled sweetly at Seth and then added as an after thought "please,"

"Okay," Seth said shrugging

"I'm going to get one too," Marissa said starting to standing up. But Ryan was quicker on his feet.

"I'll get it," he said quickly and quietly. Marissa looked shocked but she sat back down.

"Damn Coop," Summer whispered as Seth and Ryan walked away. "How did you do it?"

"Do what?" Marissa asked wrinkling her nose in confusion

"Get Chino so whipped," Summer said and the two of them burst out laughing. By dinnertime, it was almost like nothing had changed. Like everything since spring had never happened. And they were just four friends hanging out, getting their last kicks before school started. It was a nice feeling as they headed back to their hotel, the feeling stuck with them. Like a break in the storm clouds because their lives were filled with dark storm clouds. Because let's face it in Newport nothing is ever simple.

They rode the elevator in silence enjoying each other's company.

"Okay I vote we go get changed to swim before dinner," Seth said

"Ok," Ryan said

"Sounds good," said Marissa and Summer nodded. "hey sum do you think I could borrow that bikini?"

"The pink one?"

"Yeah,"

"Sure," Summer said shrugging.

"I'll be right back," Marissa said giving Ryan a quick kiss and following Seth and Summer down the hall. Ryan slipped the key in the door and opened it slowly. A light was on in the bedroom. Ryan stared at it in puzzlement trying to remember if they had left it on. He walked into the bedroom and almost fainted in shock at who was sitting on the bed.

"Hey Ryan," Teresa said and got up to give him a hug. "Surprised to see me?" And maybe for one of the first times in his life, Ryan was speechless.

Author's Note: Ahhh! So the plot thickens! Tell me oh tell me, what do you think?