Disclaimer: I do not own the OC.

A/N: Hey guys. Thanks for the feedback on the story so far. I'm glad that most of you are liking it and for those of you who aren't, I'm sorry, I can't make everyone happy. Well, here we go!

Ryan was standing in the parking lot hoping to catch Marissa on the way home. While in his calculus class he found his thoughts wandering to what she was doing. He knew she was doing something bad. He could see the fear and hurt in her eyes as he looked at her. He wanted to kill her pain or at least transfer it to himself. She didn't deserve it. Then he caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye. He was pleased so see that she was with Summer, talking and laughing. Seeing her cry and act in fury was starting to irritate as well as worry him. He ran to catch up with them before they drove away.

"Marissa, wait!" Summer took it as a cue to wait by the car.

"What do you want Ryan?" Marissa asked as though she had no clue who he was.

"Marissa, I'm sorry for earlier."

"There's nothing to be sorry about."

"You mean you're not mad?" Ryan was confused.

"Well…" Marissa awkwardly glanced at her arm while trying to decide what she really thought. After a few seconds she saw the worry go across Ryan's face again. "No, no I'm not," she finally declared.

"Ok, if you say so." He leaned in to kiss her but she moved away.

"I've got to meet Summer," she suddenly said.

"Oh, right." Ryan was even more confused. "But I'll see you tonight right?"

"Yea…I guess so. I've gotta go now ok?" He leaned in again one more time but this time she let him kiss her. She needed comfort, comfort she couldn't get right now since she was in public. She made the kiss more passionate before she could forget the feeling and pulled away leaving Ryan satisfied.

After his meeting with Marissa, Ryan went home. Walking into the pool house he was tired, tired of the days events. He had gone from worrying about Marissa to fighting with Marissa and then kissing her. Life with her was sure getting more interesting again. The only thing he couldn't figure out was why she was freaking out and being moody. He had heard of PMS of course but he didn't think it was that. He had started noticing the fear in her eyes long before she snapped. He just hoped he knew how much he loved her. Meanwhile, while Ryan was trying to sort out all his worries and thoughts, Marissa and Summer were shopping.

"Is this cute Sum?"

"Oh I love the hat Coop. You should totally buy it."

"I wish. My mom took away my credit card. My thought is that it's totally maxed out or she thinks I'll go psycho on it. I don't know."

"Well then Merry Christmas." Summer took the hat from Marissa, paid for it and gave it back to her.

"Sum I can't take this."

"Of course you can Coop. besides, that's just pay back for all the gifts you've given me over the years and the ones that have just disappeared that I should have given you." Marissa put the hat on.

"Ok, if you're sure."

"I am." With that she looped her arm through Marissa's and they kept on shopping.

When they were done they headed over to the Cohen house. They awkwardly knocked on the door waiting for a reply. Kirsten answered the door.

"Hey girls," she greeted them.

"Hey Mrs. Cohen," Summer replied. "Is Seth around?"

"Yea, he's just in the living room. Come in you two, we're just about to get dinner started. You can join us of course."

"Sure, that'd be great. Thanks." Summer led the way in and Marissa followed. She wasn't used to coming in through the front door, just sort of barging in through the pool house.

"Oh, and Marissa, Ryan's in the pool house if you want to go and get him." Marissa smiled.

"Thanks Mrs. Cohen." She found her way to the pool house and quietly knocked on the door. She heard Ryan's voice and opened the door.

"Hey," he greeted her, happy that she had come over. "Nice hat." She smirked at him.

"It's a cute hat!" she replied, teasing him.

"Didn't say it wasn't." he took it off and put it on his own head. "How about now? Still cute?"

"Of course." She smiled. Seeing him happy made her even happier, she was sick of seeing worry on his face. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her.

"So… was the rest of your day ok?"

"Yea… it was fine. Once I got into creative writing it got better."

"I'm glad. Listen, I'm sorry for earlier today, even though you said that there's nothing to be sorry about, I still am. I should of seen that you were upset and not given you the third degree, just understand, I only am that way because I love you."

"I know. And I love you too. I've just been stressed with school being back and to top it off I have to deal with Lindsay so…I guess I just snapped again. I'm sorry too." She kissed him, softly at first and then it became more passionate. They had missed each other and it was time to make up. She ran her fingers up his shirt and felt his muscular stomach. They became lost in the moment and Sandy suddenly walked in.

"Oh! I'm sorry…" he felt embarrassed and closed the door. 'I should really learn to knock' he thought to himself.

Marissa and Ryan smiled to themselves. "Now how many times has that happened?" Marissa teased.

"Oh I dunno, about every time we do this?"

"Yea tell me about it. I'm hungry though, can we continue after dinner?"

"You mean you're gonna make me wait?" Ryan whined.

"I'm sorry. But after dinner, I'm all yours." He smiled.

"Ok."

Meanwhile, while Ryan and Marissa were making up, Seth and Summer were having a bit of fun of their own. Summer had dragged Seth upstairs after finding him in the living room playing Halo 2. "Oh Cohen…" Seth looked up from his video game.

"Yea Summer?"

"Come here a sec."

"But I'm almost done with this part. Let me finish and save, please!!" she walked over to his game, took the controller, got him past his part and saved it. "How, how'd ya do that?" Seth asked in wonder.

"Not important right now. Come here!"

"But… but that was amazing!"

"Cohen!!!"

"Coming Summer…" she dragged him upstairs and suddenly started kissing him. "Well this is new," he said between breaths.

"I know. I've just missed you. With New Years and Christmukkah…well we've all been caught up in things and me and you haven't had time together so I thought—" He cut her off with his lips.

"Whatever you say Summer." They began kissing again and both realized that they missed each other more than they thought. Sandy walked in suddenly and realized he made the same mistake twice. He quickly shut the door but Seth and Summer were both so into each other that they didn't really notice. Summer slowly unbuttoned the collar of his sweater, ran her fingers under it and slipped if off leaving his undershirt on. He leaned his body against hers and felt the warmth of it. Then he kissed her neck and sort of buried his face in her silky hair. After a while they stopped, both needing to catch their breaths.

"Mmm… I smell Chinese food."

"Cohen! Are you thinking of food while we're making out?" Seth was taken away from his dreamy moment.

"Huh? What? No! No I wasn't. I just smelled Chinese food. I think my mom ordered some," Seth replied excited. "Can we go eat?"

"You'd rather eat now than be with me?"

"No." Seth replied, realizing his mistake. "I'm just hungry."

"Fine, as long as we can continue after you've had your break." Just then Summer heard her stomach rumble.

"So, someone else is hungry too I see." Summer rolled her eyes.

"Fine, I am… but you're so distracting sometimes."

"I try." She slapped his arm.

"Ow."

"O Cohen…" she kissed him again. "If I didn't love you so much I wouldn't let you go eat."

"My stomach thanks you. Wait, did you just say you loved me?"

"Cohen! You know I do."

"I know," Seth replied smiling. "You just don't say it that often." She smiled.

"Well I do, and that's all you have to remember. Now let's go! The faster you eat the faster we can continue…" Seth jumped off his bed and ran out the door.

"Cohen…" she whispered to herself and then followed him out the door.

In the kitchen, Marissa and Ryan were already half way through their egg rolls. They noticed Seth and Summer walk in. they pretty much looked the same way Marissa and Ryan did. Their hair was a bit messed up and they had a dreamy look on their faces.

"Hey Seth. Have fun up there?"

"Shut up Ryan," Seth replied. "You look like you had fun too."

"Oh I did," Ryan replied. He glanced at Marissa as he responded. Summer and Seth took seats across from their friends, grabbed some Chinese food and started eating. The four friends were alone in the kitchen, which was better because Ryan and Seth were both in their undershirts and the girls had sleepy looks on their faces. Seth and Ryan really didn't need the teasing or questioning from Kirsten and Sandy. So they sat, talking and laughing and after they were done, they went back to what they were doing, feeling completely happy and content, as were their stomachs.

So that's the end of that chapter. Complete fluff I know but I felt like calming everything down a bit before I rise it up again. Yes, there will be more drama coming up soon, don't worry; I can't have an OC fic without drama. Hope you RM and SS fans are satisfied with the way things happened. Please review, I want to know if you guys liked it, and by the way, (please answer this question in your review) do I write Summer and Seth ok? I've been wondering that lately. Anyway, review, I need to know what you thought.