Disclaimer: If we owned the Real World, we'd be casting hot guys, and if we owned the OC, we'd be hanging out with the cast. We aren't doing either thing. So, we obviously don't own either concept.
Authors' Note: OMG! Thank all of you for the AWESOME reviews. Never seen so many reviews for a single chapter. It was like every time the e-mail account was opened up, there were three new reviews, waiting there. We're not going to give you any spoilers. You'll just have to keep reading. But we'll tell you this, to those of you who'd like to see a good brawl, but it is in the official Real World rules, that if you start a fight, you have to go home. So, sorry, but that's just the way it'll have to be. And besides, some of the best fights are verbal, and those will be a plenty. Also, we goofed in the bios, Holly's not going to be a Virgo, she's going to be a Scorpio/Sagittarius. The season will take place from November to April. Enough of our babble! Here's (the real) chapter one, Get reading!
Always, chinogirls
Always, L & R
Seth: This is the true story
Holly: of seven strangers
Oliver: picked to live in a house
Anna: and have their lives taped.
Ryan: To see what happens when
Marissa: people stop being polite
Summer: and start getting real!
All: The Real World: Orange County!
Seth
A brunette with a slight Jew-boy fro hugged his parents before getting into his new black Range Rover. "Bye, Mom, Dad! I'll call you when I get to Newport!" He yelled right before shutting the door of the driver's seat. "Let's get this show on the road." He said into the camera, laughed at his own joke, and then whipped out a large CD case, leafed through the pages, and picked out "Elephunk" by the Black Eyed Peas. He put the keys in the ignition and reversed out of the driveway.
------------Summer
A girl with very tan skin hugged an older man with balding hair. "Bye Daddy!"
"Bye Princess, call me when you get to California!"
"Of course Daddy! Bye!" In flip-flops and low-rise jeans, she ran towards the security checkpoint at Miami International Airport, her large Louis Vuitton carryon in tote.
-----------The girl walked off the plane into the Orange County Airport. She'd been told that one of her roommates would be waiting for her in Baggage Claim. So she followed the signs to the place where she'd be able to get her new Louis Vuitton luggage her dad bought her for her trip.
He saw a beautiful brunette with her hair pulled back by a scarf. She was wearing a purple top and jeans. He thought she was one of the most beautiful people he'd ever seen. She looked around for the hot guy that was going to be her roommate, no luck. Where the heck was her roommate? She spotted a guy walking towards her. She thought he looked kind of dorky in a blue striped polo shirt, jeans, and black Converse All-Stars. He walked up to her.
"You must be Summer."
"Yeah, and you are?"
"Seth, nice to meet you." The odd couple shook hands and he slightly smiled. Now, she got it, he was kind of cute, in his own way. "So, is that your only bag, or do you have more?" he asked, motioning to the oversized carry-on she was holding.
"No, I have like five more suitcases." Summer said truthfully.
"Really?" Seth asked, wondering how one person could have so much. He only brought two duffle bags and a backpack.
"Yeah, maybe you should go get a cart or something."
"Good idea. I'm going, now. I'll be back in a second."
True to his word, Seth brought back a cart and as soon as Summer's five suitcases had come around, they headed out to the parked 'Range'.
"This is it."
"Oh, is this your car?"
"Yeah, I drove."
"From where?"
"Berkeley."
"Why? You could've flown."
"Well, I thought it would be nice if between the seven of us, we had two cars as opposed to the usual one. Well, that and I really wanted to see all the windmills, and smell the cow crap."
Summer let out a quiet laugh, really quiet; Seth almost didn't catch it while he was loading the last of Summer's five suitcases into the trunk. He smiled to himself, opened the passenger's side door, and held out his hand. She, after all, was really short, and the gesture could be perceived two ways: gentlemanly or meanly. He hoped she'd take it as the first option.
"Thanks, what's your last name?"
"Cohen."
"Cute. Thanks, Cohen."
"Why'd you just call me by my last name?"
"It's just habit. I call everyone by their last name, so long as it sounds OK."
"Oh."
They talked in the car the rest of the way to the house.
------------Ryan
A Latina girl hugged a boy with dirty blonde hair and the most beautiful blue eyes she'd ever seen.
"Well, Theresa..."
"Ryan."
"I'll talk to you later."
"Yeah, I'll be waiting. Maybe."
He gave her a small smile and kissed her cheek before going to check in for his flights.
------------Marissa
A skinny, tall girl with honey blonde hair was kissing her fiancé, a guy with few shades darker hair and large biceps.
"Luke, I'll miss you."
"I know, I'll miss you too."
"I'll call you as soon as I touch down in California."
"I know, I can't wait."
With one last kiss, she was off.
------------Commercial Break
"Natalie Portman is effervescent." ... Garden State, Now Playing
------------As soon as Marissa landed in Houston, she went to the gate of her connecting flight to Orange County and waited for boarding. As soon as the flight attendant called for first-class boarding, Marissa got up and grabbed the small pink Chanel bag that she took with her everywhere.
Ryan ran as fast as he could to the gate for his next flight, his flight from Austin was delayed almost an hour, and he was left with no time between his two flights. He made the gate just in time and walked briskly to his seat. There was a girl sitting in it."Hi, I'm Marissa, your new roommate."
"Ryan. I think I'm supposed to be in the window seat."
"Oh, sorry, I just love the window. I'm just used to it."
"It's OK, I just hate flying. I'm afraid of heights." Ryan sat down and buckled up.
"Oh, really? That sucks. If you want, you can hold my hand while we take-off."
At that, Ryan grabbed her hand and squeezed. They laughed.
"You don't mind?"
"No, of course not. Don't worry, everything will be OK, I fly all the time."
He kept her hand in his.
------------Holly
A short blonde girl kissed a tall redhead boy on the lips passionately and then did the same to a short brunette girl.
"Bye! Melly, Johnny! I love ya!"
"Love you too! We'll miss you!" The brunette and redhead said in unison.
"You know I will too."
The car drove away and she walked off into the airport, rolling two suitcases behind her.
------------Anna
The girl was dressed in leggings, two tank tops, a mini-skirt, a pea coat of the same length and UGG boots. She carried her trusty Loop electric guitar bag and held her new Loop carry-on. She confidently boarded her plane.
-----------Oliver
The brunette kissed a girl with fiery red hair.
"Oli, go! Now! You're gonna be late."
"Fine... I love you Natalie. Call you when I get there."
"Love you, too. Talk to you later."
She walked one way, he the other.
-------------Two short girls met at Gate 47 of the Denver airport. One had natural shoulder length blonde hair, the other had a choppy pixie cut that was bleached and had dark brown roots.
"You must be Holly."
"Anna?"
"Yeah." The girls shook hands.
"Wait, aren't we supposed to meet someone else?"
"Not until we're in Orange County."
"Oh, right." Holly hated to admit it, but her memory was horrible and very often, she was a dumb blonde.
At the gate of their arrival, a brunette in a pink button-up shirt and khakis awaited them.
"Are you Oliver?" Anna asked the guy.
"Yeah, are you Anna or Holly?"
"I'm Anna..."
"And I'm Holly." Holly cut Anna off.
"Right, so, I'm guessing you have more stuff,"
"Yeah, how do you already have your bags?" Holly asked in all seriousness.
"I got here about 10 minutes ago."
They walked off to get their luggage while Anna took off her pea coat; it was way too hot in California for a pea coat.
------------Commercial Break
"Hey Brody!" It's a Coke Thing.
"Taste Test: Which do you like better, glass 1 or 2." "Yum... this one." "My friend, you've just picked Miller Lite." "Oh, really?"
------------Seth pulled into the driveway of the huge beachfront property. A blue SUV sat in there, next to the 'Range'. Seth opened the trunk and pulled out his duffel bags and backpack. Summer extracted her carry-on and her two smallest suitcases.
"You can help me with the other three after we get these in the house."
"Whatever you say, Summer." Seth remarked sarcastically. They walked up to the door. Summer knocked on the big glass door with no answer.
"Guess we're not home." Seth joked.
"Ha ha, very funny, do you have a key?"
"I do." Seth stuck the key into the hole and opened the door. It revealed a green foyer. Summer dropped her bags, and Seth did the same.
"Honey, we're home!" Seth, mockingly, called. Summer found a table next to the door with a set of six keys. She picked one up and put it in her pocket.
"Let's go get the rest of my bags, and then we can explore."
"Sounds like a plan!" The couple went out to the open trunk and Summer grabbed the smallest of the three remaining suitcases. Seth pulled out the other two with an "umph!"
They left their bags in the foyer; they didn't want to pick rooms without the other five, that'd be a little unfair.
------------Ryan and Marissa rolled their bags out to the waiting area. They found a chauffeur and a sign with their names on it.
"Ooh, look Ryan, we get a limo!"
"I've never ridden in one before."
"Well, they're loads of fun!"
The limo took off and shortly pulled up to the house that would be home to the seven strangers. They got their bags out of the trunk and thanked the driver.
Ryan knocked on the door.
Seth and Summer came bounding down the stairs into the foyer. They eagerly opened the door to new company.
"I'm Summer. This is Seth."
"Summer. I can introduce myself, I'm Seth,"
Marissa giggled and said "Marissa." She shook hands with her new roommates.
"Ryan." He introduced himself to the brunettes and also shook their hands.
"So, grab a key, drop your bags, and we'll show you around." Summer said eagerly. Marissa and Ryan did as Summer almost commanded.
------------Anna, Holly, and Oliver rode in a taxi for two miles, to the shore. They had no idea why, but knew they had to go to the shore. They stopped and pulled out all of their luggage from the trunk. They saw a boat waiting for them on the sand.
"Oh, My god!" Anna screamed and ran to the boat. All luggage in tote. She jumped in, Oliver and Holly following at a lesser speed.
The sun was setting.
"Woah, look at that!" Holly exclaimed at all of the pinks and oranges. All tree looked up in admiration.
The trio pulled up to the shore behind the house and saw Marissa, Ryan, Seth, and Summer sitting on the back deck with around a fire pit, each with a beer in hand.
"You guys! Look"
The roomies looked over to the shore and saw a boat pulling up.
They walked down the back stairs and greeted the new people.
"Ok, let's just go around in a circle, I'm Summer,"
"Marissa."
"Seth"
"Ryan"
"Holly"
"Anna"
"Oliver"
"So now that we're all introduced, let's go inside and figure out rooms."
The latest three to enter dropped their bags at the back door and walked into the kitchen where a University of Texas hat was lying on the counter. There were seven scraps of paper in the hat. Anna pulled the first scrap out, "Orange." That meant that she would be in the orange room.
Oliver pulled his out, "Blue"
Ryan pulled out another scrap, "Blue"
Marissa next, "Pink"
Holly after, "Orange"
Seth, "Blue"
Summer with only one possible pick got, "Pink"
Finally knowing where they'd each sleep, each person begun to haul their luggage upstairs to their respective room.
------------Marissa walked into the closet she and Summer were to share. She filed a large stack of clothes into her dresser. She took her first empty suitcase and put it on top of the rack. She walked out and saw Summer refolding a bunch of clothes out of her second suitcase. Marissa pulled her second suitcase on top of her full sized bed with light pink flowered bedding. This was the one with all of her pictures. She pulled out the first, a picture of her and Luke, kissing. She smiled and put it on the window ledge above her bed. The rest were: A picture of her dad, her dad's fiancé, and her; a picture of her, her sister, and their mom; and a picture of Marissa, and Luke on her last birthday, ten months ago, when he had proposed.
Seth walked into the room as Summer walked into the closet with her last suitcase, which was full of shoes.
"No wonder that one was so damn heavy." Seth joked when he saw her peek inside.
"Can it, Cohen." Summer said back, quickly. Seth did and walked over to Marissa's window, and briefly looked at her pictures. He thought it was funny, everyone used the ledge for the same thing. He stopped at one in particular.
"Marissa, why do you have a picture of you and my aunt, together?"
"That's my dad's fiancé, Hailey...Wait, did you just say your aunt?"
"Yeah, I did, that's Hailey Nichol, my aunt."
"What a small world! Seth, we're going to be cousins."
"Tell me about it."
The seven strangers all changed into their bathing suits and got into the bubbling hot tub with a bottle of champagne and seven flutes. The champagne was evenly distributed and each roomie got a flute.
"CHEERS!" They all toasted and took a large sip.
------------On this season of the Real World:
Shuffling under the blankets
Someone goes to jail.
A baby on the way?
Over 12 hook-ups.
Stay Tuned!
------------Authors' Note: We've decided to make this more like the shows, and have an episode chapter every week most likely on Saturdays, but who knows. You can have re-runs whenever you want, unlike TV. (Laugh at the dumb little joke)