They all fell asleep before the movie was over. When Sandy and Kirsten walked in they found the boys curled up on the sofas with their girlfriends and the tv screen all blue from the movie finishing.
"Sandy they look so comfortable and content." Kirsten said smiling at kids lying together on the couch.
"Should we leave them alone, just wake them up in the morning?" Sandy asked.
"What about Mr. Roberts and Jimmy, won't they be worried about their daughters?" Kirsten replied still admiring the kids.
"I'll go give Summers dad a call and you can call Jimmy." Sandy said.
Kirsten nodded and turned for the kitchen where she called Jimmy.
"Hello?" Jimmy answered.
"Jimmy its Kirsten, how are you." Kirsten started.
"Good, is everything ok Kirsten?" Jimmy asked concerned.
"Yeah everything is fine. Sandy and I just got home and found the Seth, Ryan, Summer and Marissa asleep on the couch. It looks like they all fell asleep while watching a movie and they look so peaceful and Sandy and i didn't want to wake them up. Is it ok if we let her spend the night?" Kirsten finished.
Jimmy was skeptical, "Are you sure that is what happened."
"Yes definitely. We just walked in and all the kids are together asleep in the living room, the tv looks as if the kids were asleep before the movie ended because the screen is gone all blue." Kirsten replied.
"Ok, well just tell he to come home before school tomorrow." Jimmy said, "Thanks for calling me."
Kirsten hung the phone up and turned off the lights before heading upstairs to bed.
"Did you call Summer's dad?" Kirsten asked starting to take out her earrings.
"Yes it didn't seem to care very much. What did Jimmy say?" Sandy asked as he removed his cloths for bed.
"He was skeptical but he eventually understood. Remind me to tell Marissa to stop at home before school tomorrow." Kirsten said joining her husband in bed.
"I will try." Sandy said and they both reached out to turn off the lamps on the night tables.
At 6:30 the next morning Kirsten walked downstairs to wake the kids up. Everyone was still in the same positions as they were when Kirsten left them before she went to bed. She walked over to Summer and Seth and lightly shook the couple.
"Mom?" Seth moaned, "What time is it?"
"It's 6:30 and time for you two to get up." Kirsten said.
"Mrs. Cohen?" Summer said confused, "What am I doing here?"
"You fell asleep here before we got home last night so Sandy called your father just to let him know you were ok." Kirsten said.
Summer ans Seth sat up and yawned, "Mrs. Cohen do you mind if I get a shower?"
"Sure, the poolhouse has fresh towels and a toothbrush. Go ahead." Kirsten said.
Seth started upstairs to his room.
Kirsten started lightly shaking Marissa and Ryan, unfortuantely they weren't as easy to wake up as Summer and Seth.
"Marissa. Ryan. TIme to get up." Kirsten said quietly but didn't wake them up.
"Marissa. Ryan. Time to get up." Kirsten said a little louder this time with a light shake but again they didn't move.
"Marissa. Ryan. It's time to get up now." Kirsten said louder this time and a harder shake. Marissa started to stir this time and Kirsten shook her a little more.
"Marissa." Kirsten said.
"Kirsten, umm." Marissa said looking around trying to remember why she was in the Cohens living room, "I'm sorry we must have fallen asleep watching the movie. I'm so sorry."
Marissa was sincerely sorry, she was terrified that Kirsten was angry with her.
"No it's ok. When we got home last night we found the four of you in here asleep. We decided to let you stay, I called your dad and he wanted me to tell you to stop by the house before school today." Kirsten said.
"Oh." Marissa replied.
"I can't seem to wake Ryan up. Can you take care of that, I have to go get ready for an early meeting this morning." Kirsten said.
"Sure, go get ready." Marissa said and Kirsten left the room.
"Ryan. Ryan. Wake up Ryan." Marissa said with no such luck.
Marissa thought about how to wake him up and one thing popped into her mind. She slowly moved her hand down Ryan's body until he started to stir.
"I knew that would wake you up." Marissa laughed.
"Well I've never been woken up like that before." Ryan said now wide awake.
"Come on get up, we have to get ready for school." Marissa said, "We all must have fallen asleep before the movie was over last night."
After Summer got out of the shower, Marissa jumped in. Everyone was ready to go at 7:40, just enough time to stop by Marissa's and Summer's before school. Marissa ran inside to see her dad and get a change of cloths.
"Dad? Dad are you up?" Marissa called out as she hurried inside the house.
"In the kitchen." Jimmy replied.
Marissa ran into the kitchen and gave her father a quick kiss on the cheek, "Sorry about last night dad but we all fell asleep watching the movie."
"Just don't let it happen again honey." Jimmy warned. "Your mother called last night."
"Yeah so what." Marissa said.
"She wants you to go out for supper with her, Caleb and Caitlyn tonight. I promised her you would be there." Jimmy informed.
"Dad!" Marissa whinned, "I don't want to go out any where with her or him."
"Look its only for a couple of hours and you are in a public place. I already agreed to it and you have to go." Jimmy said.
"Fine." Marissa said unhappily, "What time?"
"6, make sure you're home by 5:45" Jimmy said.
"Fine. I have to go change my clothes." Marissa said and left for her room.
Marissa quickly changed, got her books and left. Summer ran into her house when the arrived and quickly changed her clothes, grabbed her books and jumped back into the jeep.
The gang arrived at school at 8:15 so they all parted ways for class.
Seth walked into class and noticed a seat beside Paige so he walked over and took the seat.
She didn't look at him and Seth was curious why.
"Hey Paige." Seth said as he unpacked his bag.
"Seth." Paige said flatly.
"Ok I sense there is something wrong." Seth said stopping what he was doing.
"You're very observant aren't you." Paige said.
"Ok, what is the matter. Did I do something. I never knew you to be like this." Seth said.
"Why didn't you tell me who you were dating?" Paige said coldly.
"Umm I didn't think it mattered." Seth responded.
"Well it does, this partner thing just isn't going to work." Paige replied.
"It isn't, why not?" Seth asked.
"Because its doomed already. I don't want to fail and I know you don't want to either. It's just not going to work out." Paige said packing up her stuff to switch seats.
Seth looked at her confused, "Wait just a minute you're making no sense."
Paige looked up at Seth, "Did you tell Summer I was your partner?"
"Summer knows." Seth replied.
"And she has a problem with it doesn't she?" Paige said.
"Not one like you're making it out to be." Seth stated.
"Really?" Paige said.
"Really." Seth replied.
"She's not going to attack me or anything like that?" Paige asked.
Seth laughed, "No I don't think so."
"Oh, she didn't say anything about you and me being partners." Paige asked.
"She didn't like it. She was a little insecure about it but she's fine with it. She knows she has nothing to worry about." Seth said.
"Oh ok." Paige replied.
"So are you ok now? Are we still partners?" Seth asked slightly laughing at her.
"Sorry, I don't know if know our history but its not good." Paige said.
The teacher came in and Seth looked over at Paige for confirmation that things were fine and she nodded.
Seth and paige walked out of class together talkuing about convienent times to meet for working on their project. They were standing next to seth's locker when Summer walked towards them. After noticing them, Summer was determined not to stop but Seth noticed her before she had a chance to walk past.
"Summer, hey." Seth called out forcing Summer to stop. As she got close Seth leaned in for a hug and kiss. He kept her close with his arm around her waist.
"Paige and I were just discussing the best times to meet for the project." Seth said filing Summer in on their conversation.
"Oh, don't forget your interview on Thursday." Summer reminded.
"Right. Cross Thursday off." Seth said squeezing Summer tightly.
"Where's your interview?" Paige asked trying to be as friendly as possible with Summer being around.
"The Bait Shop, its a new all ages club opening next week." Seth replied.
"Yeah I know cause I actually got, um, hired there." Paige replied.
"Really?" Summer said coldly like Paige had it all planned.
Paige ignored her tone, "My boyfriend will be working there too. He got hired before I did."
"Boyfriend? I didn't know you had one." Seth said surprised.
"Yeah. We've been together off and on for a while n ow." Paige replied quietly since it was a sore spot for Summer and herself.
Just then the five minute bell went off telling everyone to head to class.
"Well I have to go, see you in history class tomorrow." Paige said and glanced at Summer slightly before leaving.
"I got to go to Cohen." Summer said.
"Yeah, I'll meet you at the Jeep after school?" Seth asked giving Summer a quick kiss.
"I'll be there." Summer said and walked towards her class.
The days passed, Seth got hired on at the Bait Shop. His schedule varied from week to week and unforntunately he was scheduled to work for the night of kick off carnival.
Ryan picked up the phone to call Marissa.
"Hello?" Marissa answered in a really good mood.
"Hey." Ryan said, shocked at how happy she was at 7:30 in the morning.
"Happy Anniversary." Marissa said with a hint of flirtiness in her voice.
"Happy Anniversary." Ryan replied back.
"It's unlike you to call before school." Marissa said.
"Well its not everyday we have an anniversary." Ryan offered, "It's a very special spot in our relationship."
Marissa couldn't help but smile, "We're going to have more Ryan."
"It's the only first one we'll ever have." Ryan said, "Besides this is a pretty big accomplishment for me."
"I'm happy you accomplished it with me." Marissa laughed.
"So am I." Ryan replied.
"When do I get my present?" Marissa asked like a little child.
"Later." Ryan said, "I'm going to go grab some breakfast and we'll pick you up soon."
Marissa agreed and hung the phone up. She returned to the gift she had for Ryan which was laying on her bed, she looked at it, "Ryan's going to love this" Marissa said to herself and started wrapping the bow around it. She picked up the other stuff and started placing them in a box to wrap. Just as she finished she heard Seth and Ryan honking. She looked at it once more and left the house.
Marissa skipped along till she was in the Jeep.
"I see you're in a cheerful mood today Marissa." Seth said.
Marissa smiled, "I am and how are you today Seth?"
"It's kick off carnival tonight and I have to work." Seth whinned.
"Really? Does Summer know you're working?" Marissa asked.
"Yeah I told her last night, she's not to happy." Seth replied.
When they got to Summer's Ryan hopped into the back to give Marissa a proper Happy Anniversary hello kiss.
When they arrived at school everyone could tell Summer was upset about something.
"Coop I need to talk to you." Summer said pulling Marissa away from Ryan's arms.
"Sum!" Marissa yelled.
"Coop!" Summer said.
"Ryan, I'll talk to you later." Marissa called out as Summer dragged her towards the school.
Summer pulled Marissa into the washroom.
"Ok Sum, what's wrong?" Marissa asked.
"I don't have anyone to go to kick off carnival with me. Everyone whose anyone is going to be there and you just can't go by yourself it's like a rule or something." Summer freaked out.
"Summer its not that big of a deal." Marissa said sympathetically.
"Coop, how you spend kick off carnival is how you're going to spend the rest of the school year and I'm not spending it along watching Valley reruns all night." Summer said.
Marissa felt horrible for her friend, "Sum you can hang out with Ryan and me."
"Really Coop?" Summer said happily.
"Really." Marissa replied giving Summer a hug.
Summer and Marissa exited the bathroom to go to class.
Marissa found Ryan before he went to lunch.
"Hey, how is your day going?" Ryan smiled.
"Better now." Marissa replied, "But I have some not so great news."
Ryan gave her a look and waited for the news.
"Summer was upset earlier about tonight and not having anyone to go to kick off carnival with. So I told her she was welcome to go with us." Marissa said.
"Oh." Ryan replied, "That's fine as long as we are alone before. She's not going out for dinner with us is she?" Ryan asked.
"No she definitely won't be with us then." Marissa smiled, "I can't wait to see what you bought me."
Ryan kissed her, "You're going to love it...I hope."
"To be honest I can't wait to give you the gift I bought for you." Marissa said as her eyes lit up.
"Marissa! You didn't need to get me anything." Ryan said.
"Yes I did. It's not just my anniversary, its ours." Marissa said hugging him.
Marissa heard Ryan's stomach grumble of hunger, "You should go to lunch you sound hungry. Besides I have a class to get to. See you after school?"
Ryan nodded and kissed her again before the parted.
After school Marissa went home to get ready for her date with Ryan, Ryan did the same. Ryan made dinner arangements for 5 to give them enough time after dinner to have some time together before the kick off carnival started.
Ryan picked Marissa up at 4:30, Marissa left her gift at home because they made plans to go back to her place after dinner.