Ryan was determined not to do anything that may make Marissa uncomfortable and he knew by making love to her with her bruises wouldn't be all that satisfying for her.
Ryan leaned over and kissed her, "I love you and that is why we're just going to sleep tonight."
Marissa looked at him with disappointment in her eyes, "I'm going to remember this, you better know that. Because when you want it, you're not going to get it."
Ryan laughed, "I understand."
Ryan made himself comfortable with Marissa in his arms and soon they were both asleep.
Ryan woke up around 9 the next morning, he looked over at Marissa who was sound asleep. He crawled out of bed as softly and quietly as possible and left the room, shutting the door behind him.
Seth was sitting at the table eating his cereal and reading one of his comic books.
"What are you doing up so early." Ryan asked as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.
"Work calls, 11 today, fun stuff Ryan." Seth said closing his book.
"Oh, how are you liking it?" Ryan asked.
"Good, real good. The people are cool. There a girl Alex, she's fun." Seth replied.
"Alex, really?" Ryan asked in a "Someone has a crush" voice.
"Yeah, she like this skater girl. Fun. Dropped out of school. Smart." Seth said not paying attention to Ryan's tone.
"Yeah." Ryan replied sitting next to Seth at the table taking one of his comics.
"She said she's going to teach me how to surf." Seth informed.
"Surf? Your dad can teach you to surf." Ryan said.
"Ryan that's not cool, pops teaching me how to surf. I need a cool chick to teach me, Alex." Seth said.
"And how do you think Summer would feel about that?" Ryan asked.
"Summer, right?" Seth said and stopped talking.
After a few moments of silence Seth looked up at Ryan.
"So you and Marissa are back to normal huh?" Seth asked.
"Yeah." Ryan said simply.
"Are you happy about that, cause you don't sound like it." Seth replied.
Ryan looked up at Seth with a confused look on his face, "Why would you say that?"
"Well you answered my question with a simple 'Yeah', no 'I missed her, happy to have her back'?" Seth said.
"Seth, we were great before the accident and of course it hurt me when she broke up with me, but she had temporary amnesia and her mom used it against her. I'm happy she's back, I'm happy to have her back." Ryan said.
"See that's what I was looking for." seth replied.
Ryan gave him a glare and Seth nodded.
"Is Marissa in bed or is she gone home?" Seth asked.
"She's still in bed, we were up late with your parents." Ryan replied, "I was thinking about making breakfast and bringing it up to her."
"Awww, Ryan you are such a sweet boyfriend." Seth joked and Ryan throw him another glare.
"Where are your parents?" Ryan asked.
"They went shopping, they'll be back after lunch some time." Seth answered and looked up at the clock, "I'm going to jump in the shower now."
Seth left the kitchen and Ryan grabbed some eggs and fruit from the fridge.
Ryan cooked the eggs just as she liked them, scrambled, and put toast in the toaster. He prepared a fruit salad for her using every piece of fruit he could find: strawberries, bananas, grapes, melon, kiwi, pears, peaches, apples; the salad was full of different types of fruit.
Ryan put the breakfast on a tray with juice and a flower he picked from Kirsten's garden and brought it upstairs to Marissa. When he entered the room, Marissa was just getting up out of the bed.
"Breakfast is served." Ryan said giving her his amazing smile.
"Ryan!" Marissa said sitting back down on the bed, "You didn't have to do this."
"I know I didn't have to but I wanted to." Ryan replied and walked around the bed and sat down beside her, laying the tray on the bottom of the bed.
"Wow!" Marissa smiled and gave him a kiss, "Good Morning."
"Good morning, hope you enjoy this." Ryan said popping a grape into his mouth.
Marissa finished her breakfast and put the tray on the floor and looked over at Ryan.
"Thank you that was delicious." Marissa said moving closer to Ryan.
"Excellent." Ryan replied and allowed her to cuddle into him, "How are you feeling today?"
Marissa cuddled into him more, "I feeling better than I have all week. I'm not feeling sore today."
Ryan looked down at her not knowing if she was trying to hint at something.
Marissa smiled at him, "What do you think?"
"About what?" Ryan asked.
"I'm feeling better today and that breakfast was perfect." Marissa said with that look he could hardly ignore. Ryan also melted when she gave him that look. He leaned in and kissed her but the kiss was more than just a kiss. They were both very much into it.
After only about 2 minutes Kirsten was calling out for Ryan. Ryan pulled away from Marissa.
"I'll be right back." Ryan replied and went to meet Kirsten downstairs.
Ryan was gone for while so Marissa got dressed and went downstairs to bring the tray down.
"Hi sweetie, how are you feeling today?" Kirsten asked when she noticed Marissa coming down the hall.
"Better, thanks for letting me sleep here." Marissa smiled.
"Did Ryan bring you breakfast?" Kirsten asked.
"Yeah, it was so delicious." Marissa replied entering the kitchen and found Jimmy leaning again the island.
"Daddy, hi." Marissa smiled and went over to give him a hug and kiss.
"Hey kiddo, I'm glad you're feeling better." Jimmy said putting his arms around her.
"I hope you're not mad that I stayed here last night daddy." Marissa said sucking up to him.
"No, not at all. I'm glad you and Ryan worked everything out." Jimmy said as Ryan came into the house carrying bags.
"You're up." Ryan said surprised.
"Yeah, I figured it was time." Marissa said.
Ryan smiled at her as he left the room again for more bags.
"You should have seen him this week without out you Marissa, well not just that but worrying about you." Kirsten started but realized that Marissa probably felt horrible about it already.
"I know, I wish my mom didn't feed me all those lies." Marissa said.
"I had a talk with your mother about that yesterday, she's denying it and saying that you misunderstood her." Jimmy said.
"What?" Marissa said getting angry, "How could she lie about that?"
"She's saything that you just misunderstood her when she was talking to you. She said it was probably the medication you were on." Jimmy informed.
"Dad, do you believe her?" Marissa asked.
Ryan walked in and heard the tone in Marissa's voice. He didn't know what was going on.
"Hey is everything ok?" Ryan asked.
"My mom is saying that I misunderstood what she was telling me. She's saying that she didn't make me believe that everything that happened over the last year was your fault." Marissa said angry.
"Hey it doesn't matter. You shouldn't be getting upset cause you're not fully better yet." Ryan replied.
"But Ryan it does matter." Marissa said, "My mom blammed everything she did on you, she blammed everything on you."
"I don't care what you're mother says, she could blame everything that happens in Newport on me and it wouldn't matter." Ryan replied.
"Listen!" Marissa said getting frustrated, "She almost drove you out of my life twice Ryan. And dad she nearly destroyed you. She's hurt everyone I love and now she's saying that she didn't and blaming the car accident."
Marissa was getting angry.
"I want to make her pay. I hate her! I hate her!" Marissa said and broke down crying. She fainted and Ryan quickly caught her before she hit the floor.
Ryan took her into the living room and laid her down on the couch.
"Should we take her to the hospital?" Ryan asked sitting next to her.
"I'll call and see what we should do, I don't think we will have to she probably just fainted because she started over stressing herself." Kirsten said and left to use the phone.
Ryan sat next to Marissa and covered her over with a blanket, he ran his hand down over her hair and moved it away from her face. Kirsten came back in.
"They said to just let her sleep it off, she'll be just fine." Kirsten said.
Ryan sighed of relief and looked at her once more before asking Kirsten for the keys to the range rover.
"Sure their out in the kitchen." Kirsten replied confused, "Where are you going?"
Ryan looked at her and she knew immediately, "Please don't ask until I get back, if you don't mind."
Kirsten nodded her head not sure about it but she knew that it was something he knew he had to do. Ryan left the room for the keys and was out the door.
"Where do you think he's going?" Jimmy asked.
"Believe me Jimmy, you don't want to know." Kirsten replied.
Not long after Ryan left Marissa began to wake up, she opened her eyes and looked around. She was confused for a minute but everything came back to her. She looked over at Kirsten and Jimmy, Jimmy was standing up and Kirsten was sitting across from her.
"Hey kiddo." Jimmy said moving to sit next to her on the couch.
"Dad, what happened?" Marissa asked.
"You just passed out for a few minutes but you're ok. I think you just worked yourself up to much." Jimmy replied.
Marissa starred at him acknowledging what he said to her, "Where's Ryan?"
"He left for a few minutes, he had to go somewhere." Kirsten replied softly.
"What? Where did he have to go?" Marissa asked.
"I don't know, he didn't want to tell us." Jimmy replied.
Marissa gave them both a nervous look and closed her eyes dreading what was about to happen.