"Oh my god! Ryan!" Marissa cried as she ran up to Ryan and gave him a hug.

"I missed you so much" Marissa whispered into his ear.

"I missed you too" Ryan replied. He might have been upset with her for stripping, but he couldn't lie. He did miss her.

"Are you home for good?" Marissa asked.

"Looks like it" Ryan replied.

"That's great!" Marissa cried.

"So what have you been up to?" Ryan asked.

He knew what she had been up to, but he really wanted her to tell him herself. Rather than him having to come right out and tell her he knew.

"Nothing much" Marissa replied happily.

It looked like they were going to have to do this the hard way.

"Are you sure about that...Calypso?" Ryan questioned.

Marissa's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head.

"What did you say?" she questioned.

"I called you Calypso. You go by that name also don't you?" Ryan replied.

"You saw me?" Marissa questioned.

"At the Gentlemen's Club" Ryan replied.

Marissa sighed, she knew that she wouldn't be able to keep it a secret forever.

"What were you doing there?" Ryan asked.

"It's kind of obvious isn't it" Marissa replied.

"Why?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know" Marissa replied her eyes down cast.

"There has to be a reason. Believe it or not, I know you and the Marissa I know would never take herself down to that level" Ryan said.

"Caleb is going to jail. We're going to lose everything" Marissa replied.

"Why don't you go and live with your dad?" Ryan questioned.

"I don't know if you heard yet or not, but Haley was going to leave for Japan. A few days before she left she found out that she's pregnant. So she moved in with my dad and they changed my room into a room for the baby, when it comes" Marissa replied.

"You could live with me in the pool house" Ryan suggested.

"You know I can't do that" Marissa replied "I'm going to earn enough money to get a place of my own" she said.

"You can earn money in a different way. I'll get a job and help you out" Ryan said.

"Just stop okay! You don't think I realise that what I'm doing is not the most respectable job, but it pays really well" Marissa cried.

"I'll never agree with what you're doing" Ryan stated.

"But if it was anyone, but you would be okay with it" Marissa scoffed.

"No" Ryan replied.

"You were at the Gentlemen's Club. What were you expecting to see there?" Marissa asked.

"I didn't go there on purpose. Some guys from work wanted to take me out. I didn't know where we were going" Ryan replied.

"Whatever, I can't talk to you right now" Marissa said.

"Fine" Ryan replied.

Marissa started to walk away and then called back to him.

"I don't want this to be the reason that we're not together" she said.

"Me neither" Ryan replied.

"Come over tommorrow?" Marissa suggested.

"Okay" Ryan replied.

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"You don't know how happy I am to have you guys home" Kirsten said to Seth and Ryan that night at dinner.

"You aren't going to get all mussy are you?" Seth winned.

"I don't get all mussy" Kirsten scoffed.

"Okay mom" Seth replied sarcasticly.

"Is there something wrong with the fact that I missed my boys?" Kirsten questioned as she kissed them both on the top of the head.

"Mom stop" Seth said.

"Yes please do" Ryan agreed.

""You two........I'm.........Argh!" Kirsten huffed.

"Don't anger it" Sandy whispered to the guys.

"What did you just say to them?" Kirsten asked.

"Nothing" Sandy replied.

"You three are now on my hate list" Kirsten huffed as she left the room.

"You don't know how glad I am to have you two home" Sandy said.

"You're not going to act like Kirsten are you?" Ryan questioned.

"No, I'm not happy you're home because I missed you, well I did, but I'm happy you're home because I don't have to be alone with her anymore" Sandy replied.

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