Ryan must have been out for a few seconds because when he awoke people were around the jeep, rushing to help. The jeep was hit by a large truck. The trucker must have not been paying attention because he was swerved out into Ryan's lane, that was when he hit the Jeep.

Ryan started panicing, he started trying to move and get out of the car and he remembered Marissa.

"Marissa." Ryan started screaming and looked frantically around for her.

"Sir, you're awake. Relax, we're working to get you out." A man said calmly to Ryan.

"Marissa, where is Marissa?" Ryan screamed again.

"We just go her out of the car, an ambulance is on its way. Stay still you don't want to hurt yourself." The man said still calm.

"Is she ok? Is Marissa going to be ok?" Ryan asked almost in tears now realizing how much damage was caused to the car.

"Don't worry." Was all he said.

Ryan passed out again. When he awoke he was in an ambulance on his way to the hospital. He couldn't move, his head was strapped in a brace and his arm was shooting with pain.

Ryan looked around and the paramedic noticed that he was awake.

"How are you feeling, do you know where you are?" The paramedic asked.

"In an ambulance?" Ryan replied.

"Yes, do you know what happened?" The paramedic asked.

"Car accident?" Ryan replied, "Where's my girlfriend?"

"She's at the hospital now." The paramedic replied.

"Is she ok?" Ryan asked.

"Let's just concentrate on you for now." The paramedic replied.

"Why won't anyone answer me, I want to know how Marissa is." Ryan said getting angry.

"Relax Ryan, we want you to stay as still as you can. We believe that you may have bruised your ribs and your arm is broken. You need to get tests done to make sure you didn't harm your spinal cord." The paramedic said.

"I don't care about me. Why won't you tell me about Marissa?" Ryan said crying now.

"We're here now Ryan." The paramedic said and people were coming from all directions, before Ryan knew it he was being looked at by a doctor.

Marissa was rushed to the hospital as soon as they got her out of the car. Marissa was unconcious and bleeding heavily from the head.

The doctor immediately ran tests to see exactly how damage was done to Marissa. She had a severe concusion and she had some internal bleeding, the doctor rushed her into OR.

Ryan had his arm casted and was told that he was bruised but everything else was fine. As soon as he could he called the Cohen's.

"Hello?" Sandy answered.

"Sandy its me Ryan, Marissa and I are at the hospital in Riverside." Ryan said softly.

"What? Why are you two there, are you guys ok? What happened?" Sandy asked.

"We were driving back from Chino and a truck hit us. I'm ok but Marissa, I don't know how she is." Ryan said and Sandy could tell he was crying.

"We're on our way." Sandy said and hung the phone up to get Kirsten and Seth.

As soon as Ryan got off the phone he was determined to find out how Marissa was. He went to the nurses desk.

"Can I help you sir?" One nurse asked.

"I'm looking for my girlfriend, she was brought in here after being in a car accident. I want to know how she is doing. Can someone please help me." Ryan asked, pleading almost.

"I'm sorry sir but we can only talk to family members about her condition." The nurse said.

"Listen, I was in the car accident too. I'm worried about her and I just want to know if she's ok. Please help me, her name is Marissa Cooper." Ryan said nearly in tears now.

"Hold on I'll see what I can do but I can't guarantee anything." The nurse said and left the station.

Ryan waited as patiently as possible until she came back.

"She just returned from surgery, she hasn't woken up yet but she is stable." The nurse said.

"Is there any way that I can see her, she needs someone to be with her." Ryan said, "She'll want me with her."

the nurse obviously felt sympathetic for him and nodded, "You're her brother right?"

Ryan understood and nodded, "She's in room 56."

Ryan nearly ran to her room, still feeling unstable from the car accident but he didn't care, he only cared about Marissa. He had to make sure she was ok, he couldn't live with himself if she wasn't.

Ryan entered the room slowly, it was dark and he got an asy feeling when he entered. He looked over at Marissa laying still in the bed, her face was cut up and bruised. She had stiches across her forhead. Tears came to Ryan's eyes as he sat next to her, taking her hand into his. He knew the accident wasn't his fault but he blamed himself for Marissa being in it. If he didn't ask her to go with him she wouldn't be lying in that hospital bed.

"I'm so sorry Marissa." Ryan whispered to her and put his head down next to where he was holding her hand.

Sandy, Kirsten, Seth and Summer entered the room about 45 minutes later.

"Coop!" Summer said with tears in her eyes and ran to Marissa's side.

"Ryan, we're so happy you're ok." Sandy said giving Ryan a hug.

"I'm ok, I just have some bumps and bruises and a broken arm." Ryan replied, "Unlike Marissa, she hasn't woken up yet."

"This is not you're fault sweetie. We just spoke to the cops outside and they told us exactly what happened." Kirsten said.

"If I hadn't invited her to come with me to Chino, she wouldn't be here right now." Ryan said looking down at her.

"Ryan, how did you know this was going to happen. You can't do this to yourself." Sandy said.

Kirsten went to call Julie and Jimmy, to inform them about Marissa.

"Julie is going to blame me." Ryan said.

"Don't you worry about Julie Cooper, Nichol, what ever her name is." Sandy said.

"What did the doctors say Ryan? Is she going to be ok?" Summer asked Ryan.

"They wouldn't tell me anything except that she had to have surgery because she had internal bleeding. Sandy can you try to see if you can find out about Marissa's condition?" Ryan said.

"I hope Coop's ok, she's had such a hard time this last year." Summer said.

Seth sat down on the arm of Summer's chair, "She's going to be ok guys."

Sandy returned back to the room just after Kirsten did.

"Did you find anything out dad?" Seth asked before Summer or Ryan could get anything out.

"They think she's going to be ok although they are affraid that she might had temprary memory loss. They are certain in won't last long but where she hit her head, there is a lot of swealing." Sandy said.

Ryan looked down at Marissa and burried his head next to her body. He started crying but didn't want anyone to know. Jimmy came in not to long after.

"Marissa baby." Jimmy said looking at his daughter. Ryan looked up and got up to let Jimmy sit down next to her.

"Ryan are you ok?" Jimmy asked giving Ryan a hug before he sat down.

"I'm fine, just really worried about Marissa." Ryan softly replied.

"I know. I'm happy you're ok." Jimmy said sitting down next to his daughter.

"I just talked to the doctor and he told me that they expect Marissa is going to be ok. Unfortunately where she hit her head is swollen and she may have temporary memory loss. The expect it be very temporary, maybe a week or so but once the swelling goes down it should come back." Sandy said.

"Oh sweetie." Jimmy said looking at her black and blue face.

"I'm sorry Jimmy." Ryan said.

"Ryan it's not your fault, please don't think it is." Jimmy offered.

"I can't help it." Ryan replied.

"Hey man, why don't we go down and grab something to eat?" Seth asked Ryan.

Ryan nodded and Summer, Seth and Ryan left the room.

While they were gone Julie arrived at the hospital furious.

She stormed into the hospital room, "Where is he?"

"Who?" Kirsten asked.

"That no good boy living with you." Julie said.

"This is not Ryan's fault Julie, not even a little bit." Kirsten replied.

"My daughter was in the car with him, was she not?" Julie asked.

"Yes Ryan was driving but the accident was not his fault." Sandy said.

Julie didn't believe a word and left the room looking for Ryan. Ryan, Seth and Summer were on their way back to the room when they ran into Julie.

"You'll never ever see my daughter again, you hear me." Julie said.

"Excuse me." Ryan replied.

"You're an irresponsible, no good, evil child who will never get his selfish hands on my daughter ever again." Julie said, "You almost took her life tonight and I will never let you do that again."

Ryan didn't have anything to say except, "I'm sorry."

"No bit of apology will right you from what you did." Julie said and stormed off.

"Ryan you didn't have to apologise to her." Summer said.

Ryan didn't say anything and left.

Ryan and Summer returned to Marissa's room expecting to find Ryan there but he wasn't.

"Did Ryan come back here?" Seth asked.

"No, why? Where is he?" Sandy asked.

"We just ran into Julie and she went off on him and he left. We thought he came here." Seth said.

"I wonder where he went." Kirsten said.

"Maybe he just needs some time alone." Sandy replied.

Ryan took a cab back to Newport, he couldn't stay at the hospital. Although he was worried about Marissa, he just couldn't stay there. He believed that Julie was right and he just needed to get away from everyone.

Sandy, Kirsten, Seth and Summer returned back to Newport. Summer went home and Seth immediately went to Ryan's room when they arrived home.

"Ryan." Seth said opening the door.

"What do you want Seth?" Ryan moaned.

"Ryan believe me, Julie doesn't have a clue about what she said." Seth informed.

"I was driving the car Seth and Marissa is in the hospital now." Ryan replied.

"Ryan she's going to be ok." Seth said.

Ryan didn't reply so Seth left.

Early the next morning Ryan took a cab back to the hospital knowing that Julie wouldn't be there yet. To his surprise Marissa was awake when he walked into her room.

"Hey." Ryan said when he realized her eyes were open.

Marissa looked at him confused.

Marissa didn't say anything and just looked at him with a confused look on her face.

"How are you feeling?" Ryan asked softly as he approached her.

"I'm sore and I have a headache." Marissa said just starring at Ryan.

Ryan leaned down to kiss her but Marissa didn't kiss him back.

"Why did you do that?" Marissa asked.

Ryan looked down at her and his heart sank.

"Do I know you?" Marissa asked.

"I'm Ryan, you don't remember me?" Ryan asked sitting down on the chair next to her bed.

"The doctor said that a Ryan was in the accident with me, is that you?" Marissa asked.

"Yeah." Ryan said looking down at his casted arm.

"Why was I with you?" Marissa asked.

"We were coming home from Chino, we were visiting someone in the hospital." Ryan replied.

"Who?" Marissa asked.

"Theresa's mom, my friend from Chino." Ryan replied.

"You're girlfriend?" Marissa asked.

"No, Theresa isn't my girlfriend." Ryan answered.

Just as Ryan finished saying that Jimmy walked in.

"Sweetie you're awake." Jimmy said smiling hard, "Ryan, how are you today?"

"I was doing better." Ryan said quietly.

Jimmy approached his daughter and kissed her forhead but Marissa still didn't know who he was.

"Kiddo, its me dad." Jimmy said.

"You're my dad?" Marissa asked.

"I knew she would forget some things but I didn't think she'd forget everything." Jimmy said hurt, "Honey do you remember Ryan?"

Marissa lightly shook her head.

"Sweetie Ryan is your boyfriend. He was in the accident with you and he was here yesterday sitting by your bed." Jimmy said.

Marissa met eyes with Ryan and she tried to remember but couldn't. She looked up at her father and could feel familiarity with him.

"I feel like I know you but I don't feel like I know you." Marissa said looking at her father first and then at Ryan.

The words stung Ryan and Marissa could see tears fill his eyes.

"I'm sorry." Marissa said.

"You'll remember honey, the doctor said once the swelling goes down you'll regain your memory again." Jimmy said.

Marissa nodded.

"Kiddo I'm going to go get a coffee and leave you and Ryan alone. Can I get anything for you two?" Jimmy asked.

"No thanks." Ryan replied.

"No." Marissa said. She hardly took her eyes away from Ryan, she could see the hurt in his eyes and she didn't know what to say.

"How did we meet?" Marissa asked.

Ryan smiled slightly, "We were neighbors, the first night I was at the Cohen's we met out by the road. You asked me for a smoke."

"I smoke?" Marissa asked.

"No." Ryan replied.

"Who are the Cohen's?" Marissa asked.

"Umm, they are my guardians. They took me in last year after my mom left." Ryan replied, "They are friends of your dad and mom, actually your mom is married to one of my guardians father."

"Would that make us related?" Marissa asked confused.

Ryan smiled, "We're not related."

"Good, I guess." Marissa said, "How long have we been dating?"

"Last weekend we had our 1 year anniversary." Ryan replied.

"We did? What did we do?" Marissa asked.

"We went out for dinner and then we went to the school carnival that you planned." Ryan replied.

"Oh." Marissa replied.

Summer and Seth came into the room.

"Coop! You're awake." Summer said happily and ran over to give her a hug. Summer looked over at Ryan and knew immediately that Marissa had lost her memory but was determined to help her out.

"Ok Coop, I'm Summer and like your best friend." Summer said cheerfully, "If you don't remember me I'm going to kill you when you do get your memory back."

Marissa couldn't help but laugh.

"Do you remember me?" Summer asked.

"Sorry." Marissa said.

"That's ok, we'll get you back. Coop is my nickname for you. This is my boyfriend, Seth Cohen." Summer informed.

"Cohen? You mentioned Cohen?" Marissa asked Ryan.

"Yeah, Seth's like my brother, I live with him and his family." Ryan replied.

"Oh." Marissa said.

"Ok Coop I brought pictures." Summer said pulling pictures from her purse.

Ryan was happy Summer did that and put a smile on his face.

"Ok Coop, this was your 3rd birthday party. Here you are, this is me, that is Holly who we don't talk to anymore but you don't need to know why right now, this is Sabrinna, Alex, Chris, Luke, and Nick." Summer said.

Marissa smiled and Summer showed her more. She went through the years and got up to the past year.

"This picture was taken not last summer but the summer before at the fashion show. I think it was like the first weekend that you met Ryan." Summer said and Marissa looked over at Ryan.

"Here is catilion, you're white night was none other than Ryan." Summer said, "Cohen dithed me for Anna."

Seth wrapped his arms around Summer, "At the time, you deserved it."

Summer kept going through the pictures and finally finished.

"Did the pictures bring anything back?" summer asked.

"No, you seem familiar though. Just like my dad did." Marissa said.

"Really!" Summer said giving her a hug, "That's cause we've known eachother for ever."

"I'm sorry everybody cause I don't know anyone." Marissa said.

Julie came into the room, "Honey you're awake."

Julie came in oblivious that Ryan was in the room.

"You're my mom?" Marissa asked remembering her from the picture.

"Yes, do you remember me?" Julie aske kissing her daughter.

"I just saw a picture and Summer pointed you out." Marissa said.

"Ryan? What are you doing here?" Julie said noticing him sitting beside her daughter.

"Visiting my girlfriend." Ryan replied.

"I told you you were not to see Marissa again. You've caused her enough pain. Get out and don't ever dare to come back to see her." Julie said.

"Hey, comeon Ryan is worried about Marissa. The accident was not his fault." Seth said.

"He's hurt her too many times. Leave Ryan before I call security." Julie said.

Marissa was looking confused she didn't know what to think.

Ryan got up to leave, "Bye Marissa, hope you feel better soon."

Seth and Summer left her room to speak to Ryan and left Julie alone with her daughter.

"Honey you don't need him here. He's caused you so much pain and its best if you never saw him again." Julie said.

"He seems like he isn't mean. Summer showed me pictures of us and I looked happy." Marissa said.

"Marissa sweetie, you overdosed because of him in Mexico, you began drinking heavily and had to go to counselling, he's extremely jealous over you and got expelled over it and to top it all off he got another girl pregnant while he was with you." Julie said not telling her the full stories.

Marissa's eyes began tearing up, "How could I have stayed with someone like that?"

"Honey he has had a pull on you. Maybe now you can finally get away from him." Julie said.

Ryan didn't return till later that day, when he knew Julie was gone.

When he entered Marissa's room, Marissa was gone. He went to the nurses station to find out where Marissa was.

"Hi, I was just in room 56 and there is nobody there. Can you tell me what happened to Marissa Cooper?" Ryan asked.

"She was released from the hospital today." The nurse informed.

Ryan called Sandy to pick him up.

The next day Summer picked the boys up for school.

"Ryan do you want to come with me to visit Coop today?" Summer asked.

"She got out yesterday, she's at her dad now." Ryan replied.

"Really that's great!" Summer said, "I'm sorry about Julie, I just hope she's not using Marissa's memory loss for her advantage."

Ryan's stomach turned hoping that Julie didn't do anything to jepordize Marissa and his relationship.

After school Ryan got dropped off at Jimmy's house to see Marissa. He knocked on the door and Jimmy answered.

"Ryan hi." Jimmy said letting him in.

"How is she doing?" Ryan asked.

"She's ok, she still doesn't remember much. She's up in her room, can you bring this up to her. She's hungry." Jimmy asked passing him a tray with some food on it.