A/N: YES, this is a Mar/Ry fic!!! Stop asking and don't worry. It will just take them a bit to realize how much they're meant to be together.

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A few weeks had gone by, but no word from Seth. Sandy and Kirsten were hysterical and Summer just sat in her room all day, staring out the window. It broke Marissa's heart to see Summer in so much pain. She waited and watched like a lonely puppy, and every time a kid with curly black hair would stroll down the sidewalk, or a white sailboat would dock Summer would jerk up, only to slowly and dissapointedly sit down again.

"You can't keep doing this to yourself," Marissa said, putting an arm around Summer's shoulders, "It's not healthy. Everything will be ok, and it's not your fault." It was no use, Summer's gaze didn't even flinch from the window. "I think you should get out there and try to go about life as much as normal. Let's go catch a movie, or go to the mall, like we used to when the boys were giving us trouble." Summer turned her vacant gaze towards Marissa and, after a pause, sighed.

"I know you're right, but... I just can't.... What if he comes back, and I'm not even here for him. He'll think I've moved on. What if he left again, thinking I didn't love him anymore. He'd be heartbroken, and so would I, all over again. So, thanks for trying to help, but until he does come home, I'm going to sit right here and wait for him." With that, she turned to the window.

Marissa sighed and stood up, stretching. "Well, I gotta get home. You call me later if you hear anything or need to talk...." She grabbed her coat and left.

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Ryan sat in his room with the T.V. blaring, but he wasn't watching it. He didn't even notice it was on. He was too busy staring at a photo – his favorite photo – of him and Marissa on the beach. He caressed her cheek with his thumb, but left streak marks on the glass. 'I wonder how life is back there in O.C.' he thought, placing the picture in front of him and leaning back in his chair, arms folded behind his head. 'Seth is probably reading a comic right now, and Summer is yelling at him to get off the couch and stop reading those silly comic books. Marissa is probably trotting around the streets in one of her matching skirt and shirt combos, picking up every guy on the main street stretch.' He smiled thinking about how normal everything must be for them, he wished he were home. Thereasa was starting the morning sickness phase of the pregnancy and had thrown up twice already.

He felt a slight tap on his shoulder, which startled him to reality. It was Thereasa, she raised an eyebrow, "Would you mind turning that down,it's nearly 11 and I'm trying to sleep?"

"Oh! Yeah, sure, sorry. Didn't realize I had it on that loud, or at all..." he went to the T.V. and shut it off.

She smiled and headed back for her room. "Thanks," she mumbled over her shoulder.

He watched her disappear around the corner, then settled himself onto his bed. He turned the light off and lay on his side. 'Things happen so fast...I wonder if they miss me...' he thought. 'I wonder if she misses me, or if she's found someone else.' His eyes drifted towards the picture on his dresser, and he fell asleep looking into her eyes.

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Marissa walked into her house and headed straight for her room. She shut the door and plopped onto her bed. "Today, was a bad day." She said to herself. "Why would Seth just run off like that? It makes no sense!" she said, trying to figure him out. "I hope Summer is okay."

She got herself ready for bed, slipped under the covers, and turned out the light. Moonlight bathed her dresser, and the picture of her and Ryan on the beach light up. She looked into his eyes and whispered, "What happened to you? How did everything get so screwed up? This never would have happened if you were still here, taking care of us...I miss you so much."

She hugged her pillow tightly to her and rolled over, so her back was to the picture, and cried herself to sleep.

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A/N: I'll make the next one longer, I PROMISE!!!