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Chapter 8

Summer screeched into Marissa's driveway. She had found it. It was interesting, the house was so huge, and it was absolutely gorgeous, but it didn't seem all that welcoming. Its like you could tell that nobody was happy in it. Summer laughed to herself, it was ironic, this was the time that they should be the happiest and closest, but they had never drifted so far apart. She actually felt nervous as she walked up to the front door. Summer rung the bell and waited for somebody to come to the door. She rang again and waited patiently. As she was waiting she glanced in the driveway, and noticed that only Marissa's car was there. Marissa was probably in her room listening to music or something. Was it ok to just walk in? It would have been...a month ago. Summer bit her lip trying to decide what to do. She had no idea how her 'best friend' was going to react if she just walked in, but the whole point of this visit was to become close again. Summer finally reached for the handle and pushed open the heavy door.

Summer was awed by the gigantic foyer. The first thing that surprised her was how dark the house was. Sure, the outside lights were on, but inside, not a single light was turned on that she could see. She began to climb the staircase and found it easy to find Marissa's room, because the light was pouring out from under the door. She knocked on Marissa's door lightly. Again, nobody answered and now Summer was very torn on whether she should just go in or not. As she stood quietly outside the door, she heard a faint whimpering from inside. She listened as a faint voice whimpered, "No!" but then the voice grew louder and soon Marissa was screaming the word "No" over and over again. Then Summer heard a loud crash on the wall, instantly, Summer was concerned about her friend, and she entered the room.

The first thing that Summer saw was the broken bottle and the water all over the wall. But it only took her a second to realize that it wasn't water, it was alcohol. Then Summer found Marissa, pounding the floor, screaming. Summer rushed over to Marissa and bent down.

"Marissa?!?"

Marissa was startled. She hadn't heard Summer come in, she covered her mouth, and didn't know what to say. What could she say to Summer? She did the only thing that she could think of, and she threw her arms around Summer's neck and hugged her tightly for a long time. Summer gripped Marissa tightly back and they hugged each other for a long time.

When the girls finally broke apart, Summer looked concerned, "Coop, how much did you drink? Are you ok?"

Marissa shook her head, "I didn't even have a sip! I'm not gonna drink anymore, I just can't. It's not what I want to do. But I don't if I'm ok or not. Are you ok?"

Now it was Summer's turn to shake her head, "No, I don't think I am. See the thing is, I miss Cohen. So much. So much that it is destroying me."

"I miss Ryan!" Marissa burst out.

The girls embraced each other once again, and they were both surprised when they noticed that they were soaked with each other's tears. As quickly as they had started to cry, they began to laugh. It was just a soft laugh at first, but as they let go of each other, and looked at each other again, they began to smile, and then giggle. Neither of them had laughed in at least three weeks. You never realize exactly how much you laugh, until the laughter stops.

Marissa wiped her eyes, "Hey, do you want to get out of here?"

Summer nodded.

"Come on, I know exactly where we can go."

The girls linked arms, their faces were stained with tears, and they were both sniffling, but they both felt the happiest they had in a month.