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A/N: I was just wondering if anyone has watched Laguna Beach: The real Orange County on MTV. Cuz they based it off the OC only in real life and I wanted to know what all you fellow OC fans thought about it. So this chapter well it's a perspective chapter. Not really chapter ten. I just wanted to inform everyone what the characters feel after Chrismukkah. Enjoy!

It was almost New Years. The four friends had been spending time together, at the pier, the beach, basically all their usual hang outs. Seth, although still confused over what had happened with Alex, was glad to have Summer around again. He loved her, he really did. It's just that it was always hard when someone else has made you question your relationship. Before, Summer made him question his relationship with Anna and in the end, he had ended up with Summer. Now, he was wondering if the same thing would happen with Alex. She was the one that had kissed him. He wasn't sure what it meant. Although he had not known Alex for a long time, he suspected that her way to tell a guy she liked him was to leave an impression, and boy did she leave one. He also knew that Summer had her suspicions, just like Anna had when they were together. Anna sensed that she would soon be replaced, and that's why she left. Summer had her suspicions about Alex, especially after she had kissed him, and he was wondering how long it would take until Summer left too. The problem was getting Summer, and himself, to really believe that he didn't have feelings for Alex. He was still confused and he knew that he better figure it out before someone got hurt. Somehow he felt that even if he did figure it out, someone would be hurt in the process, that's how it usually always was with Seth Cohen.

Summer couldn't believe that Alex had actually kissed her boyfriend under the mistletoe. She knew Seth was her boyfriend and she did it anyway. Summer could only think of two situations that she would actually do this. Either she was trying to make someone mad or jealous, or she really liked the guy. Summer guessed that it was the second one. Alex had known that the mistletoe was there. She had dragged Seth there on purpose for an excuse to kiss him. Summer knew how this game was played. After all, Summer used to be the queen of the school. And by having had that authority, she wasn't going to let some high school drop out who works at a club steal her man.

Ryan, after a lot of thinking about Chrismukkah and Lindsay had come up with this perspective on things. First, it was the asking out. Then it was showing up out of the blew with cookies; that was the excuse. Ryan still felt bad about mentioning the party. He only felt bad because of Marissa. If he didn't think about Marissa, he was thrilled that she had come. Talking to her on Chrismukkah was fun, more than he had expected it to be. He was used to talking to Lindsay about physics, but nothing casual. At the party, he had gotten to experience a whole new side to Lindsay. Now he knew that she could be mega smart as well as cute and quirky at the same time. He knew that Marissa wasn't happy about it. But what could he really do about it? He didn't ever think that him being friends with Lindsay or even lab partners with her would ever lead to anything more. Ryan was torn, much in the same situation that Seth was in. He had someone, someone he loved. But now there was a possibility for someone new. Someone that wasn't Teresa (who he had known all his life) and someone that wasn't Marissa (who usually made his life more of a rollercoaster than it already was.)

Marissa was happy and frustrated at the same time. Happy because she had Ryan again and because she knew he was hers and no one else's. Or did she? That was the part that was frustrating. Lindsay was making her question the relationship. She knew that Lindsay wanted Ryan, and apparently she would crash a party just to see him. She didn't find Marissa intimidating at all, which Marissa found a bit surprising. Usually the new girl wasn't this bold, but apparently she would fight for Ryan. And she didn't blame her, Ryan was worth it. She just hoped that Ryan didn't think Lindsay was worth not being with her. She couldn't bear to lose Ryan for a third time.

(Just felt like doing an intro so you guys knew how each character felt after Chrismukkah.)

It was the day before New Year's Eve. Seth walked into the kitchen in his PJs to get some breakfast. Ryan was already in the living room. He had set up the Playstation and was waiting for Seth to get his breakfast and come join him. They were both exhausted from hanging out with Summer and Marissa 24/7. That day, they had decided to just stay home, let the girls have a day to themselves and hopefully no one would want them to do anything. They only had a few days of Christmas or "Chrismukkah" break left.

"Dude, what should we do today?" Seth asked after finishing breakfast and taking a seat next to Ryan in front of the TV.

"Nothing. I just want to sit here, stare at the TV and do nothing. I don't want anyone to call, no study dates, no nothing. I want to be a lump."

"Umm… ok… dude, I didn't really need an analogy to a lump. Thanks though."

"No problem."

"So Chrismukkah eh? Fun." The two had avoided the subject of Chrismukkah since they had been with Summer and Marissa the days following the party.

"Oh yea. So much fun."

"I really did have fun though. It turned out better than I had hoped. I didn't think it could be saved, especially how everyone was acting at the beginning, but once again, food saved the day."

"I know. After dinner was so great." Ryan thought to the conversation him and Lindsay had had.

"Well of course for you. getting all snuggly with Lindsay."

"Well what about you," Ryan shot back. "Ya know… or did you forget about the kiss with Alex?"

"Ryan, Ryan, Ryan… me, it was different. I didn't put myself under the mistletoe. You put yourself in a conversation with Lindsay."

"Ok, if you want to get technical about it."

"I do."

"Fine. Now lets just play."

At the Cohen house Summer and Marissa were in a conversation about Chrismukkah.

"Can you believe that Alex girl?"

"No. but I guess she really likes him."

"Yea but I really love him."

"I know you do Sum." Marissa got a sad look on her face.

"Sorry Coop. I know you're bummed out too."

"It's ok Sum. I just hate this Lindsay girl."

"I know. I guess we both have to fight for our men. God how many times do we have to? But… they're worth it."

"Yea. They are."

Ok so that's the perspective thing. I just felt the need to explain how they all feel before going on. K till chapter 10. o and please review even though its just explanation.