Same ol' disclaimer still stands.

A/N: Ok, so no OC this week. No fair. But next week is the Chrismuka episode!! Hehehe!!! Well anyway… I hope everyone likes this chapter. I shall try to include a lot of drama that everyone loves the OC for, just remember that I am not an OC writer so don't be mad if it's not that dramatic.

The idea of walking down the catwalk with all the cameras flashing and everyone judging him freaked Ryan out; even as he listened to Summer introduce the fashion show. "We are glad to have everyone here tonight. This year's fashion show will be a bit different than last year's. This year we have males modeling clothing as well. So first let's welcome clothes by Prada." Everyone cheered. A few women models walked out before it was Ryan's turn. Finally he walked out and stared out into the crowd. He had been instructed to pick one focal point and stick to it so his eyes didn't wander. While he walked out he thought of the car ride with Lindsay. She looked so great. He thought of how much fun they were going to have. He also thought that he really didn't want to see Marissa with DJ but that he would have Lindsay to distract him. Before he knew it he was backstage again and changing clothes.

"Great job Ryan!"

"Yea, thanks Marissa. Good luck." Marissa walked out the catwalk and did her little pose. She really felt at home on the catwalk. She knew that everyone was watching her every move but didn't really care. She thought of how weird it was getting between her and Ryan. She also thought it was weird that he didn't ask her to the show but he probably thought it would mean that they were together again and maybe he wasn't ready for it. It wasn't until she saw Lindsay out in the crowd that she was slowly brought to the reality that he never planned to ask her, not because he wasn't ready, but because she was being replaced, she was being replaced by Lindsay. This angered her but she couldn't show it now. Not with Ryan around. She needed to put on her happy face and not let him know that she was upset. But what really made her mad is that they always seemed to have complications. Last summer when Teresa said she was going to have an abortion she really thought that she and Ryan were going to start over, especially after the whole Oliver thing. But then their whole world had to come crashing down again when he left. And when she saw him come back to her at school, she really believed that then they would be together, but once again she had to ruin it. It was her fault that Ryan didn't want to be with her. She was the one that hadn't waited for him. So she couldn't blame him for asking Lindsay, because if it were reversed, she knew that she would be doing the same thing. She came to the end and walked backstage and quickly went to change. Seth was having a fun time too. Summer congratulated him backstage on doing a job well done. He also looked very good in most of the clothes.

As the evening wore on the four friends had gone down the catwalk a bunch of times. The real party was going to start after. Summer still hadn't realized that Alex had come with Seth. She didn't even know that Alex was Seth's boss. All she knew was that some girl with a flashy dress was at the fashion show. It wasn't until she saw Alex on Seth's arm at the party that she realized they were together. This pissed off Summer more than Seth could know. She had broken up with a perfectly acceptable guy that her father had approved of for Seth, and now he was replacing her with some trashy girl in a knock off dress. She couldn't believe it. She had waited for Cohen again and he had abandoned her again. She figured that it was partly her fault too, but she didn't want to debate that at the moment. "Hey Summer. This is Alex."

"Hey Cohen, Alex" she said Alex in a really snooty tone.

"So this is Summer. Hey." 'So this is Summer?' where did that come from? How did 'Alex' know about her when Summer didn't know anything about her? This made no sense to.

"Cohen, I need to talk to you." she dragged him to the mini bar. "Cohen, why the hell is Alex here?"

"Because I brought her. What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, it's just I thought that you would of wanted to take me to this."

"And why would you have thought that?" Summer couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Umm, did you forget the concert? Ya know, kissing me and trying to get me back?"

"Well yea, but after seeing you and Zack together at school the other day, fully making out, I decided that I didn't want to watch you guys in jealousy anymore. Is that so wrong?"

"Well no, I guess not." Seth turned to walk away. Was Summer really going to let him walk away? No, she wouldn't. She wanted him back and she wouldn't just let him leave. She pulled him back, took a look at his confused face, and kissed him. She hoped he would get the message. He pulled back.

Seth managed to ask, "Summer what are you doing?" before she pulled him in again.

"Cohen, shut up." She pulled him closer and kissed him again and this time he kissed her back. Pretty soon they had people staring at them. Those people didn't stay staring at them for long, and Summer and Seth didn't stay kissing for long, because a big thump on the floor made them stop.

Ryan had punched DJ, and he was on the floor, unable to move. Marissa had started yelling at Lindsay and they were wrestling on the floor. Summer and Seth, after realizing what was going on, went to pull their friends apart from their rivals. "Ryan what are you doing?"

"Sorry Seth. I had to. I'll explain later." Ryan left the building and headed home. After Summer had pulled Lindsay and Marissa apart, Marissa left too, leaving DJ and Lindsay, the victims, on the floor. Seth followed Ryan and Summer followed Marissa.

Back at the pool house, Ryan and Seth sat in silence before Seth finally asked, "Ryan, why did you punch him?"

"I had to Seth. He called Marissa a slutty whore who didn't know what guy she wanted in life. He said that she didn't deserve anyone but him and that he should keep her. She screamed at him and told him to get out but he almost slapped her. That's when I got into it. He's not allowed to touch her. Even if me and her aren't together anymore, he's not allowed to do that. And then Lindsay kind of mumbled that DJ was sort of right. That's when Marissa started screaming at her and everything got out of control from there. I'm not sorry that I did it, that bastard deserved it."

"You're right. He did. Wow, we're really starting the year off with fresh shiners aren't we?"

"Well I am Ryan Atwood. What did everyone expect with me at a party?"

"That's very true. Well you'll be happy to know that some good did come out of tonight. Summer got so jealous of me bringing Alex that she just kissed me there on the spot. Seems like things are looking up for me dude."

"And Alex?"

"What about her? She was just my date."

"So you just used her?"

"No, we both agreed that this was just a friendly date. Nothing big."

"Well then great." Ryan didn't tell Seth this, but when Seth and Summer were making out at the bar, Alex looked pretty upset and she had stormed off.

"Well what about Lindsay?" Seth was right, in all the commotion, Ryan forgot about Lindsay. Even though she had insulted Marissa, this wasn't between Lindsay and Ryan. It was for Marissa and Lindsay to handle. Ryan had suspected that Marissa still wanted to be with him, but she didn't think that she would actually get into a catfight with his date over it.

"Oh my God, I forgot about Lindsay. She probably thinks I'm such a jerk. I have to apologize."

"Yea ya do, you just left her in Marissa Cooper's clutches on the floor." Ryan sped out the door. "Dude, where are you going?"

"I'm going to Lindsay's," Ryan replied as he walked out the door. The drive to Lindsay's house took longer than expected. When he finally arrived at her door and knocked, he was nervous. "Hey Lindsay."

"Ryan, what are you doing here?"

"I came to apologize for just leaving you on the floor like that. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it's just with everything that just happened…" She cut him off.

"It's ok. It's my fault that Marissa did that. I didn't know you two were together and I didn't think she heard me say what I did, if I was her I probably would've done the same thing, its just that its usually girls like her get everything, all the guys and clothes and that one guy that insulted her had a point, because girls like her usually are messed up and don't know who they want, but it wasn't my place to say what I was thinking. It's just that sometimes my mouth works faster than my brain. So I'm the one that should be apologizing. Sorry Ryan." 'Even with her hair messed up and the rhinestones sticking all over, she still looks great.' Ryan thought.

"Are you ok though?"

"Yea I'm fine. I was having a good time up until that point. Your right, the highlight of the evening was the fight. These things are pretty boring. Well except for you up there modeling. That was priceless." Ryan smiled. "And are you sure we have to go to these things?"

"Well I have to; you don't unless you want to."

"I think I'll check out the next one."

"Ok, great." She kissed him on the cheek.

"See ya in physics." She closed the door and Ryan left.

Back at the Cohen's Seth was waiting impatiently for Ryan to come back so he could tell him about the evening. Ryan walked back into the pool house and sat on the bed. "Ok Seth, your "me time" has officially stared. Tell me all about it." As Seth was filling Ryan in with the details of the kiss he had received and how Summer finally realized she needed him, Marissa and Summer were in Marissa's room, discussing the catfight of the night.

"Coop, what made you freak out at that girl… what's her name again?"

"Lindsay. She was with Ryan. And the whole night I couldn't stand it. But I couldn't let Ryan know that it bugged me so I put on a happy face. But then when DJ showed up I knew that he would mess everything up. First he called me a slutty whore and said that I didn't deserve anyone but him, and that sort of confused me, but I yelled at him anyway and then he almost slapped me, but Ryan punched him before he actually hit me. And then I heard Lindsay mumble that DJ was sort of right and that's when I screamed at her and we got into a fight. And then you and Seth broke it up. I mean normally if I wasn't that mad about everything, I wouldn't of freaked out like that, but the whole night tension was building up and I guess that was all I could take and I just went off. I know it was bad and my mom is probably going to kill me, but right now, I don't really care. My mom is the least of my worries."

"It's ok Coop. that little bitch deserved it if she called you that. She doesn't even know you. I just don't get why Chino was with her." Summer said the words but she knew as much as Marissa why Ryan asked Lindsay. Marissa was officially out of his life, or at least in a romantic way. She might as well move on.

"Now I don't know if I should give up on Ryan or not."

"Well, if it makes you feel better, me and Cohen patched things up, right in time for Chrismuka too." Summer was trying to be funny but Marissa wasn't in the mood.

"No, that doesn't really make me feel better."

"I know, sorry." They didn't really talk the rest of the night, or at least about the fight. Summer knew that when Marissa wanted to talk about it, she would and that it wasn't the time to push her now.

Well that's chapter 5. The fashion show finally happened. I hope you guys liked how I put SS back together. And I promise that RM will be back together soon, cuz this is an SS, RM fanfic. I know it's a bit shorter than what it usually is, but I had a lot more detail and less dialogue. Well I hope you guys liked it, if any suggestions, please share. And please review and be kind.