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Thanks for those of you who reviewed my work, the positive feedback is good, it makes me want to get the story out to you guys way quicker. Ohhh and if your looking for a disclaimer or a summary they only come at the very beginning no use repeating myself right?? Well here is the next chapter...I hope you like it. Ohhh by the way there may be a few lines taken from the real OC cause I'm like replacing there episodes, and trying to keep to the basic plot line.
Chapter Two: The Conversation.
When Ryan woke up he saw Seth sitting in the chair in front of him. He sat up and Seth looked up at him.
"What time is it?" Ryan asked breaking the silence.
"Around 11, I think..." Seth said uneasily.
"Seth are you Ok?" Ryan said his hands running through his unkempt hair.
"I'm sorry man; since you have been here you've had my back...and the one time you needed me to get yours, I turned my back." Seth said trying to look at Ryan.
"Don't worry about it, no one else believed me, why should you?" Ryan said calmly.
"Because were like brothers now man, from now on I have your back..." Seth said.
"You really don't have to..." Ryan said hesitantly.
"I want to..." Seth said quickly, they sat there in an awkward silence.
"So...how are things with you and Anna?" Ryan asked slowly breaking the silence again.
"Non-existent, I think...we kinda broke up..." Seth said sadly.
"Why'd she break up with you?" Ryan asked.
"Why do you assume she broke up with me?" Seth said defensively.
"Seth come on..." Ryan said giving Seth a look.
"Fine, when dad got home and told us...about Oliver...I wanted to call Summer and tell her Marisa was ok...then Anna wanted to leave then I think she broke up with me." Seth explained.
"Ahh, not that I don't enjoy the whole Seth-Ryan time...but aren't we missing school?" Ryan asked getting out of bed.
"Ohhh yeah we can grab some lunch and then mm will drive us down..." Seth said. "That's why I was in here, I was about to wake you."
"Well, ill grab a shower and we'll go ok..." Ryan said walking towards the bathroom, silently Seth left.
Ryan trudged down to the kitchen in some clean clothes and his school bag. When he got in he saw Sandy Kirsten and Seth drinking coffee.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Kirsten asked, handing Ryan a cup of coffee.
"Better, but still shaken from the whole...incident." Ryan said taking a sip.
"You could take the day off, I'm sure Dr. Kim would understand." Sandy said.
"No, no it's fine." Ryan replied.
"Well to take your mind off recent events you should come to the Valentines Day singles gala tomorrow. Every one will be there it will be some much needed fun." Kirsten said a little over excited.
"Sure, I guess....can we go?" Ryan asked not looking up from his coffee.
"Sure, come on." Kirsten said. They left quickly and pulled up to Harbor twenty minuets before the next class was due to start.
"Thanks Kirsten..." Ryan said, shutting the car door.
"Don't worry about it. Call me if you guys want a lift back." Kirsten said.
"Sure thing mother." Seth said. Kirsten just shook her head and drove off.
Ryan and Seth walked silently to their lockers and got out their books, they walked to the lounge area, and Seth saw Summer playing a Pac Man game.
"Hey Summer..." Seth said uneasily.
"God Cohen you made me lose." She said as the game sounded her defeat.
"Hey, so tomorrows Valentines Day." Seth said with hope in his voice
"Don't remind me...what are you and Anna doing?" Summer asked annoyed.
"Anna is in Pittsburg..." Seth said with little sadness
"On valentines day, that's commitment for you." Summer said turning to Seth.
"We kinda broke up, so I was wondering if you would go with me to this gala..." Seth said quickly.
"Let me get this straight, Anna dumps you and you come running to me, thinking I will take you back." Summer summarized smugly.
"Yeah, well no, kinda, if you let me explain." Seth said desperately.
"No, I don't wanna end up like Coop, she's all crying over boys so not what I want." Summer said leaving quickly.
Ryan was walking to class when he bumped into Luke.
"Hey, I didn't think you'd come today after...everything" Luke said.
"No, well I needed something to do..." Ryan said.
"Yeah man, if you need anything..." Luke said.
"Yeah sure, I'm late soo." Ryan said
"Yeah sure, ill see you later..." Luke said, as Ryan pushed passed him.
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The next morning Ryan and Kirsten set out for the Valentine day gala. Ryan starts help setting up when he nearly collideds with a try of glasses.
"Whoa, whoa hey sorry..." Ryan said, as the waitress lowered her try he realized it was Theresa.
"Ryan..." Theresa says with a smile.
"Theresa uh what are- uh Hi" Ryan stuttered.
"You always had a way with words." She quipped.
"Are you uh you working here?" Ryan asked
"Yeah I figured what better way to celebrate Valentines Day then serve pâté to a bunch of rich people." Theresa joked. Ryan doesn't say anything, "oh, these are your friends an neighbors, sorry"
"It's good to see you..." Ryan said breaking the silence. They smile at each other and decided to go outside and talk. The topic changes to how Ryan is and he fills her in on the whole Oliver situation.
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Summer lay on her bed watching The Valley. Suddenly there was a knock at her door.
"I'm...studying...naked." Summer yells.
"Is that supposed to keep me away?" a voice yells from the other side.
"Cohen?" Summer asks getting up, she opens the door, "you're at my house, why?"
"Because we have to talk." Seth says walking into her room. "Who is this?" Seth asks holding up a plastic horse.
"Princess Sparkle, what do we have to talk about!?" Summer says snatching the horse from Seth's grasp.
"Before you kill me, or kick me out...I just want you to know that the reason me an Anna broke up is well, it's not like I'm picking you right now, I've always wanted you, and I have tried to deny it, but I cant anymore. We broke up because inside I did pick you." Seth said looking in her eyes. Summer is swept up in the confession that she pulls him into a large kiss. She proceeds to push him on the bed.
"Do you have..." Summer asks between kisses.
"My wallet..." says Seth.
"Your about to get lucky Cohen..." Summer says, she sits up and removes her top.
"Yes Summer what ever you say, yes, yes." Seth says star struck.
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Ryan and Theresa are talking on the steps when Marisa gets out of a car in front of them.
"Hey..." She says as she gets out. Ryan just looks down. Marisa quickly walks inside on the verge of tears.
"I should get back to work..." Theresa says walking inside. Ryan is left alone.
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Ryan steps out of the shower and raps a towel around his waist. Stepping out of the bathroom, he sees Marisa sitting in one of the wicker chairs.
"What are you doing here?" He asks her as he goes to get into his suite. Marisa runs to him and flings her arms around him and tries to kiss him. When he avoids the kiss she looks hurt.
"I'm so sorry I just want to take it all back, I should have believed you." Marisa says sadly.
"Yeah, but you didn't." Ryan says. Marisa pretends not to hear.
"I just love you so much," suddenly she forces a kiss to his lips, and her hands run down his nearly naked body. Ryan suddenly fells very naked and steps away.
"We can't..." he says.
"You don't want to?" She asks disappointed.
"No, well yeah, but its all too soon." Ryan said clutching his towel.
"Cant we go back to how it was?" Marisa asks.
"I donno..." Ryan says looking at the ground. "You should go.." Ryan says.
"Yeah, maybe I'll see you at the gala..." Marisa says leaving.
"Maybe..." Ryan whispers. He breaths deeply and puts on his suit.
Ryan is adjusting his tie when Seth comes in.
"Ryan man I have big news!" Seth said excitedly. Ryan looks at Seth waiting to hear what he has to say. "I had sex with a girl...Summer to be exact!"
"How was it?" Ryan asked impressed.
"I had sex..." Seth whispers excitedly.
"That bad huh?" Ryan says.
"Yeah, well it was like some sort pf weird, awkward fish sex. I had no clue what I was doing..."Seth explains.
"Firstly I wouldn't call it fish sex ever again." Ryan says.
"Good, give me some pointers man..." Seth says.
"Do it again..." Ryan says walking outside.
"Sure..." Seth says unconfidently to himself.
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Seth and Ryan stood alone at the party not talking to anyone. Suddenly a waitress came up to them.
"What would you like boys?" She asked very colloquially, offering them some hors d'oeuvres
"Seth this is Theresa." Ryan says introducing them.
"Hi" they both say shaking hands.
Marisa and Summer watch from above.
"That's her..." Marisa says.
"She's hot." Summer exclaims, Marisa just looks at her. "For Chino." She adds.
"No, no she's beautiful. God how can I compete with that, I mean they did musicals together..." Marisa says sadness in her voice.
"Don't worry Coop, I'm surprised you came, what with the whole Oliver thing. Wait Ryan did musicals." Summer said.
"Yeah, I only came too..." Marisa starts
"Spy." summer says finishing her sentence.
"Come on Coop lets get a drink..." Summer suggests.
Ryan sits alone at a table sipping some water. Marisa walks up to him.
"Hey, can't we just start over?" She says awkwardly.
"Start over?" Ryan asks skeptically.
"Hi, I'm Marisa, you go to Harbor right?" She says with little happiness in her voice.
"I get what you're trying to do, but we can't, I can't, sorry..." Ryan says getting up, he quickly leaves. Marisa sits down tears coming up again.
Ryan stands on the steps and sees Theresa.
"You're not working." Ryan asks.
"I'm done till they need me to clean up..." She explains.
"You wanna get out of here?" He asks.
As they drive off Summer and Marisa see them. Ryan and Theresa decide to go to the Pool house, they are talking about old times and catching up when Theresa decides she better be getting back. She leaves and Ryan changes into more comfortable clothing, he sits down and starts to read a book. Suddenly Marisa burst in.
"Where is she?!" She yells.
"What are you talking about?" Ryan asks puzzled.
"Theresa! If she's here I want her to know I'm not giving you up with out a fight." She says defiantly.
"Theresa left a while ago..." Ryan says standing.
"Ryan I'm so sorry, I just want to take the whole thing back, be like we were." Marisa says, "can you ever forgive me?" She asks.
"No." Ryan says, in one word he had gone against everything, he didn't know why he had said it so bluntly, but it was the truth. Marisa steps back and looks at him, he then looks at the floor.
"So it's over how can it be over?" Marisa asks
"Because look how easy it was for one person to rip us apart. We can't do this." Ryan says stepping away from her. She turns and leaves tears falling from her eyes. He just closes his door and then sits down on his bed head in his hands. Suddenly the door opens again.
"Hey, Ryan is everything ok? Marisa just left crying?" It was Sandy.
"Yeah, no it's fine." Ryan said sitting up.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Sandy asked sitting down. Ryan gives Sandy a look.
"Do we have to have this conversation now?" Ryan asks annoyed.
"When else are we going to have it? You don't talk to us, you have to lets us in, so we don't know what's going on. Ryan come on, you have to let us in." Sandy pleaded.
"I...can't not now..." Ryan said standing.
"Then when Ryan? You tell me, when are you ever going to be ready?" Sandy pushed.
"I donno, can't this wait?" Ryan asked.
"I think you should see a therapist." Sandy said, the words even surprised him as he said them. Ryan stared at him shock in his eyes.
"No, I don't want to see a shrink!" Ryan said
"It's not about what you want, as your legal guardian I could force you to go." Sandy said standing. "What else can we do, you don't talk to us, Oliver has just killed himself and you don't want to talk to us, you never have wanted to talk to us."
"Why should I bother..." Ryan said angrily.
"Because we love you god dam it!" Sandy said his voice rising.
"Why? I've caused nothing but pain since I got here! I burned down a house; I've got into fights, and everything else! Why love me, you don't trust me!" Ryan spat.
"Because you're our Son!" Sandy yelled.
"But I'm not your Son!" Ryan screamed back, as he did so Kirsten came in. Both men turned and looked at her, the hurt in her face. She turned and quickly ran back to the house. Ryan was on the verge of tears and Sandy ran after his wife.
Kirsten ran into her room, to find it filled with rose petals and candles.
"Happy Valentines day." Sandy said from behind her. She coughed back some tears and hugged her husband.
Ryan worked quickly he always did. He shoved his clothes into his bag, and quickly ran from the pool house; he jumped on his bike and road away from the Cohen's house.
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A/N
Sorry I know that was lot from the actual OC but I am now pushing away from it, every so often there will be a conversation from the OC but yeah. Ahh, well please review it the more you review the faster the chapters come out. I'm sorry for any spelling errors of grammar errors, I do these quickly because my mind is on over drive and I don't have that much time to re-read them.