About five minutes later, Ryan was on the road. Marissa let him take her jeep and he was heading back up the hill towards the party. Ryan had tried thinking about Caleb and what he could have possibly done to get himself arrested, but he couldn't stop thinking about Marissa…and it didn't help that Ryan was driving a car, which smelt exactly like her, and was filled with a bunch of her stuff. Ryan wondered if Marissa was thinking about the same things he was. Ryan didn't want to rush her, but he couldn't help thinking that if the phone hadn't rang he would have been having sex right now. As that thought settled in his head, he pulled up outside the ballroom, and found Seth, Summer and Kirsten eagerly awaiting his arrival. The three of them immediately jumped in the car.

Seth: Hey man, get us out of here.

Ryan turned the car around and drove away. Ryan looked over to his right and saw Kirsten sitting in the passenger seat.

Ryan: (To Kirsten) You okay?

Kirsten: Oh, Ryan…yes, of course…it's just…

Seth: Really freakin' weird.

Kirsten: Seth!

Seth: Come on mom, I'm just saying that maybe all the stories about the cocaine and the hook –

Kirsten: Seth!

Ryan: (To Kirsten) So what happened?

Kirsten: I don't really know. One second he was talking to me about a business meeting tomorrow morning, then he was gone and the cops were looking for him. Then he hotwired a car from the parking garage and tried to get away, but the cops shot all his tires and he was sent skidding around the street…I thought the van was going to flip over…and then, he was arrested.

Seth: So let's talk about the bright side for a second here. Ryan…I see you and a one Ms. Cooper have settled things nicely.

Ryan: (Quickly) Yeah.

Seth: So…details man…what happened?

Ryan could picture Marissa in his head. He couldn't stop thinking about her. Ryan felt bad for having to leave her there, but had to go pick everybody up.

Seth: Ryan!!

Ryan: Huh?

Seth: What happened to my details?

Ryan: We made up.

Summer: Duh!!!

Summer hadn't said anything the whole car ride, which although being extremely surprising also shocked everybody once she did open her mouth. Ryan wasn't opening up to share any information, and it seemed that the only person in the car who wanted to talk was Seth, but nobody was talking to him. About ten minutes later, the car pulled into the Cohen's driveway. Kirsten immediately got out and headed towards the front doors.

Kirsten: Thanks Ryan.

Ryan gave Kirsten a smile and a nod and Kirsten turned and walked into the house. Summer, Seth and Ryan were standing outside.

Ryan: Okay…I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Ryan quickly turned, but Seth stopped him.

Seth: What are you doing?

Summer: Is Coop back there?

Ryan: Um…yeah.

Seth: Well can we come hang out with you?

Ryan: (Reluctantly) Sure.

Ryan, Seth and Summer slowly made their way over to the pool house. Ryan got to the door first and slowly opened it, the three of them stepped inside a quiet and dimly lit pool house. Summer was the first one to walk over to Marissa, and she soon realized that she was asleep.

Summer: Well, that's a swing and a miss.

Seth: What did you just say?

Summer: Coop's asleep.

Seth: Oh…

Ryan looked over at Marissa and smiled to himself because she always looked so peaceful when she slept.

Seth: Ryan…earth to Ryan!

Suddenly Ryan snapped out of it and shifted his gaze from Marissa to Seth…and Summer, who were now standing in the threshold to the French Doors.

Ryan: What?

Seth: You want to play some playstation?

Ryan: Um…no, it's okay, I think I'm going to go to bed.

Seth: Right.

Seth and Summer turned out of the pool house and made their way into the house. Ryan watched the two of them go and then looked over at Marissa again. In an instant, Ryan had crawled into bed next to Marissa, and was laying right next to her. Ryan wrapped his arms around Marissa and buried his head in her neck. Marissa awoke slightly when she felt Ryan's arms grab hold of her, and she shifted slightly in bed.

Marissa: Ryan…

Ryan: Hey, you're up.

Marissa turned in bed so she was facing Ryan.

Marissa: Kinda.

Ryan smiled and leaned in and kissed Marissa softly.

Ryan: I'm sorry about…

Marissa: It's okay.

There was an awkward silence between the two as they just stared at each other, both of them replaying the events of earlier in the night in their heads. Ryan snapped out of it first and slowly leaned in and gave Marissa a kiss, then lay his head next to hers on the pillow.

Ryan: Goodnight.

Marissa didn't say anything, she just curled up as close to Ryan as she possibly could and slowly drifted to sleep.