Summary- Exactly what the title says, safe in your arms.
Disclaimer- I dont own Ben, Mischa, Ryan, Marissa (same people-different names)...and some other people that I don't really care to mention.
A/N- OMG! You gys, these reviews have been amazing! Thanks so much! And I'm so glad your liking the story. Everyone wants different things, so I hope this chapter has what everyone likes. This will be their little 'date', and there will be a few more stolen kisses, like the bathroom scene, and you have to read to see if everyone finds out about r/m's relationship and if Dawn will come back. Enjoy! And I might have a little 'surprise' at the end of chapter 10- just warning ya. We'll see what kind of surprises you guys like. Thanks again. REVIEW! PS Sorry if I confused you with the cherishing moments part, it meant that the memories that they had there would not just be there, but in their hearts as well. And the polls are in. Ryan is a virgin, before he lost it to Marissa in the hotel room, and Marissa is a virgin as well, before she lost it to Ryan in the hotel room. And I might incorporate it into the story somehow, not sure yet.
On with the story...
Ryan woke up with a certain emptiness embracing him. He immediately opened his eyes, and looked around the pool house, everything was there, except the one thing he wanted, her...Marissa. He let a smile tingle his lips as he thought of her. His thoughts were interupted when all of a sudden, the pool house door swung open.
Seth peeked in and let out a huge sigh of relief. Ryan heard him and sat up. "Morning!" Seth greeted, looking around the room suspicously.
Ryan got this, "Seth, man, I'm not going anywhere, okay." Seth nodded his head. "Yeah, I know, just making sure. Just stick around this time, for me, for my Mom and Dad, for Summer for..." he continued, trying to find someone else he could think of, "...for Marissa!" he exclaimed, obviously sarcastic on the last comment.
Ryan nodded his head, "I will," he replied truthfully.
"Okay, breakfast is ready if you wanna come inside and join us," Seth suggested. Ryan nodded and Seth left, leaving Ryan alone to his thoughts.
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"So Coop? Where were you?" Summer asked, sitting on the edge of her bed, painting her toenails. She was referring to the few days that Marissa had been gone with Ryan. Marissa played around with her hair nervously, "Oh, I just needed to get out."
"With Luke?" Summer asked with a sly smile.
"Oh, actually no," Marissa told her, totally forgetting about Luke, "by myself."
Summer seemed disappointed that she hadn't gotten any juicy gossip. "So, what do you wanna do today?" Marissa asked, hoping Summer would bring Seth up, so they could go over to the Cohen house.
Summer shrugged, "We can hang out with Cohen, if you want?"
Marissa nodded her head, trying to remain calm. "Okay, let me call him," Summer said, grabbing her cellphone as Marissa went and changed.
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"So Ryan, how would you like to hang out with Summer and Marissa today?" Seth asked.
Ryan's head shot up and perked up at the mention of her name. "Sure," he replied, trying to act cool.
"Okay, cool, they'll be here in about half an hour," Seth called out as he went into the den, setting out Summer's favorite playstation game.
Ryan thought for a second, and headed into the poolhouse.
"You guys are late!" Seth told them, checking his watch, seeing as they were an hour late.
Summer shrugged it off, "We're girls," she told him simply, grabbing a controller as they got into a heated game of Tony Hawk.
Marissa watched them carefully and spoke to them in a barely audiable voice, "I'm gonna go the pool house." Seth waved her off, and Marissa manuevered herself out of their sight. She walked into the pool house, not even bothering to knock; why did it matter; it wasn't like she hadn't seen him naked; so if she walked in on him naked, she would be more than happy.
But to her disappointment, his back was to the door, and he was fully clothed, and putting his belt on. She walked over to him and wrapped his arms around him. He was startled at first, but relaxed after he felt the familiar hands. He smiled and turned to face her, and leaned in for a kiss. Marissa smiled as well, and put her hands on his belt, halfway looped. "Having trouble?", she teased with a sly smile, leading them over to the bed. They fell back softly and she played with Ryan's belt, trying to get it out of the loops, as they passionately kissed.
They heard Seth and Summer's bickering and footsteps and Ryan frantically got off of Marissa, and finally put his belt on as Marissa smootehd her hair.
The door opened and Seth and Summer walked in. They looked at them, they didn't seem suspicious.
"Ready?" Seth asked.
Ryan and Marissa nodded their heads, and Summer and Seth started to walk off in the direction of the car. Marissa and Ryan held back and when the coast was clear, they leaned in for one more kiss.
"Later?" Marissa asked. Ryan nodded his head and kissed her once more and squeezed her hand as she squeezed back as they walked off to the car.
Luckily for them, Summer was sitting in the passengers seat, and Seth was driving, so they got in the backseat. They quickly dropped their hands, but Marissa picked his up again, since no one in the front noticed.
During the car ride, Seth kept asking questions, directing them to Ryan, but Summer always cut him off with, "Why do you care? Why is it any of your business?" or "Does it matter?"
But Ryan and Marissa didn't even notice, as Marissa was so close to him, she might've just as well sat on his lap, they smiled at each other.
Finally they were at the movies.
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During the movie, Ryan snuck his hand over to Marissa's thigh, slightly touching it, shooting sparks of arousal through her body, and his as well. Marissa let out a trembling breath, as Summer looked at her weirdly.
"I need some fresh air," she quickly recovered. She stood up as did Ryan, "Me too," he said, trailing after her. But Summer and Seth didn't hear anything, they were too engrossed in the movie.
Once safely out the movie, Marissa grabbed Ryan's hand and dragged him to the nearest door; which just happened to be the cleaning closet, and pinned him to the wall and madly shoved her tounge down his throat. Ryan was surprised by her straight forwardness, but gladly returned the gesture. His hands slipped to her waist and started going farther and farther up her shirt when all of a sudden, the door opened and there stood an usher. The light made both of them jump back as Ryan quicly pulled his hands out of her shirt, and they walked out with the usher just standing there; in disbelief.
"Can you come over, tonight?" Marissa asked, once they were near they were near their seats. Ryan smiled, "Sure."
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"Movie was fun huh guys?" Seth asked. They all nodded their heads, as an akward silence followed. "Cohen, can you drop me off?" Summer asked.
"Sure," Seth responded, as he got up from the couch and bid Ryan and Marissa a wave. "Oh and Ryan," Seth added, Ryan looked up, "Just be sure to tell my parents where I went, and don't go anywhere man," Seth warned and closed the front door.
"The Cohen's aren't home?" she asked, a sly smile overcoming her face. "I guess not," he replied, completely oblivious to Marissa's fantasies right now. Marissa stood up and grabbed his hand and dragged him to the pool house. Now Ryan was catching on, and they ran there.
Ryan plopped down on the bed, Marissa quickly followed on top of him. A smile caught their lips as they kissed. Ryan wasted no time and rolled himself on top of her, as she giggled. But soon enough, the giggles faded away and love overcame them.
They made love; again. And everytime they did it, it was just like the first time. Not akward, just peaceful and beautiful, and their heartbeats beating like crazy. It was their first time; and it was with each other. (I incorporated it into the story) They had only had their first kiss four years ago, surely they could wait for each other. If it was meant to be, it was meant to be, right? Seems as though it was meant to be, because right now, they were together, and happy.
They laid there together, Ryan held Marissa in his arms, as they stared off into the distance. Their heavy breathing was making it hard for them to concentrate on anything besides each other. Marissa cocked her head to the side and looked into Ryan's eyes as he stared back. "I love you," she said.
"I love you too," he replied. Ryan rubbed her arms soothingly as they leaned their heads against each other. Marissa looked at the clock, 8:52. She sighed, "I have to go, my mom's gonna freak out."
Ryan nodded knowingly, but was still disappointed. Marissa leaned in and gave him a kiss. "Promise me you'll come by later?" she asked.
"I promise," he stated.
He hated making promises; he knew he could never keep them; even if it was the smallest kind of promise. But he loved her and would do anything for her, and he would keep his small promise.
She smiled and got up and dressed, Ryan did the same. "So I'll see you tonight?" she asked when they were by the door. Ryan nodded and leaned in for a kiss and she kissed back.
Finally, after a few minutes, after a few kisses, Marissa left. Ryan sighed, and looked down to her house, and plopped down on the bed. He took another sigh as he looked at the clock. Only a few more hours, he thought.
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Ryan saw that all the lights were out inside the house and creeped up to Marissa's window. He climbed up the trellis and lightly knocked on the window. After a few taps, Marissa shot up from her bed, realizing who it was as a smile overcame her. She went to the window and opened it to let him in.
"Hey," he greeted her, as they both kissed. Marissa pulled back and went to the door and made sure it was locked and back over to him.
"Hey," she said back, as she got under the covers. Ryan looked unsure, but Marissa nodded her head frantically, saying it was okay. Ryan shot her a half smile and got in. She nestled herself in his arms once again.
"Much better?" he said, a combination of a question and a statement. She smiled as well, and reached over to turn off the lamp. He kissed the top of her head and they smiled once again as sleep overcame them.
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"Marissa? Marissa?!" Julie asked loudly, frantically pulling and pushing on the door. This woke up both of the teens. Marissa was startled, and seeing as she still sleeping and scared by the rude awakening, pushed Ryan off the bed, as he landed with a loud thud. "OW!" he exclaimed. Marissa tried hard not to laugh, put a finger over her lips, motioning that her mom was outside her door. Ryan frantically got up, scratching the spot on his butt where he had fallen. Marissa shoved him into her closet, and opened the door.
"Marissa, why did you lock the door?" Julie asked.
"What do you need Mom?" Marissa asked, quickly changing the subject.
"I need your lip gloss," Julie told her.
Marissa looked over to her dresser, trying to pick some lip gloss her mother wanted out, so her she would leave quickly. Julie walked inside the room and inspected it. "It smells funny in here," she finally said.
Shit, Marissa thought, The flower's still out. She looked over and saw it near Julie. "Here," Marissa said, handing the lip gloss tube to her mother.
"I'll try and get rid of the smell," Marissa lied. Julie nodded approvingly and left, but not before, "It's 7 now, Caitlin, your father and I are going to have brunch with the Stephens." Marissa nodded and closed the door. Phew!
She went over to the closet door and opened it, only to find Ryan looking in fascination at all her clothes. She was somewhat embarassed, she hasn't even worn of them. "Come on," she said, dragging him out of there.
"I should go," Ryan said with disappoinment, once they were both standing near the bed, "they're probably waking up right now."
Marissa nodded sadly. Ryan noticed this, "We'll hang out."
"Yeah, I'll make up some excuse. to see you," she said with a flirty voice, wrapping her arms around his neck, as he wrapped his around her waist. He leaned in to kiss her, and they lost balance, falling back onto the bed. "Okay," he smiled in between kisses.
After a few minutes, they finally pulled back, out of breath. Ryan was almost out the window when Marissa went over to him and bent down. "Feel better", she whispered in his ear, and slapped his ass. He smiled and shook his head, and climbed down the rest of the way. Marissa gave a small wave as he smiled sweetly at her and walked back to the pool house.
Marissa sighed and smiled. She grabbed the pillow he was sleeping on and sniffed it. Her knees went weak even when she thought of him, as she bounced on the bed happily and fianlly laid down, thinking of a way to see him. She defintely head over heels.
Ryan quickly got under the covers, drawing his knees to his chest, and letting out a yawn. Sandy opened the door and Ryan immediately closed his eyes. Sandy saw that he was still here, and sleeping; seeming satisfied, he left.
Ryan buried his face in the comforter, that still had the slightest smell of her perfume. He smiled and went back to sleep, trying hard not to think of her, but she still clouded his mind. Ryan smiled as he knew; once your in love, there's no turning back, and right now; he was in love.
A/N-So how was it? Sorry for the late update but school is almost over for me, 2 more days. SIGHS I cannot wait! But I'll update soon. And this chapter was going to be longer, but I decided to make that the next chapter, or add into it. I went back to the fluff, but next chapter, Dawn 'might' come back, or a week will be up and the social worker will make her decision, and this is a maybe, maybe, maybe, for some drama, RM might take their realtionship to the next level, even though it 'wasn't planned' HINT and 'happens only to women' HINT 'takes a few months' HINT. If you don't know what I'm talking about, sorry for the bad hints, but I'm still not telling you. It might not happen in the next chapter, but might be coming up...soon. How soon? I dont't know. Depends on what you guys like. Well, I hope you liked it, and as always, review! Thanks.