Marissa sat on Ryan's bed, crying softly. After about five minutes, she heard the door slowly open. She looked up and when she managed to see through her tears, she was petrified. Oliver quickly shut the door behind him and went to Marissa's side, assuring her that everything was okay. "Marissa, I'm better now! That time in the hospital helped me to see what I need to do to change, and I'm doing it."

"That's good, but what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to see you and tell you I'm really sorry for what happened."

"You're sorry? Well that's great. I mean, you just manipulated me into breaking up with a guy who was the best thing that ever happened to me. But hey, as long as you're sorry..."

"You guys didn't get back together?" Oliver tried not to sound too happy about it. "I mean, he just seemed like you couldn't keep him away if you tried."

"Not exactly. But we did get back together. Unfortunately, before we did, he got back together with his ex-girlfriend from Chino and possibly got her pregnant, so he went to Chino with her to father the baby."

"He's back now, though," Oliver questioned.

Marissa laughed bitterly. "Yeah, well..." she started, looking at her feet before raising her eyes to meet Oliver's, "He found out I was with DJ." Wait, why am I telling him any of this?

"I'm so sorry, Marissa. I wish I could somehow make it up to you."

His feeble attempts at being nice were making her even angrier. "You really want to make it up to me?" she nearly shouted.

"Of course."

"Then leave. And don't ever come back here or try to contact me again."

"Riss, you don't mean that."

"Yes, I do. Please, just go."

He pulled the gun out of his pocket and examined it before putting it back. "I can't do that."

Julie stepped up behind Caleb where he was talking to Hailey, with Kirsten and Lindsay standing close by. "Cal, it must be nice to finally have all your daughters here together."

"Julie," Kirsten warned, not wanting to have another scene.

"What? I'm just saying it's about time that you, Hailey and Lindsay all got to have some 'sister bonding' time."

Hailey looked to Kirsten, who only averted her eyes sadly. Then she looked at Caleb. He looked like he wanted to fall off the face of the earth at that moment. "Sister?" She looked at Lindsay in confusion. "I thought you were Ryan's girlfriend."

"I am," she confirmed, causing both Kirsten and Caleb's heads to snap towards her. Her was voice shaking. "But..." She trailed off and looked at Caleb, deciding that he should be the one to say it.

Hailey turned to her father, searching his face for answers. "Dad?" He couldn't seem to form words. "Start talking, Dad!"

"Sixteen years ago, I did something I shouldn't have. It almost destroyed my relationship with your mother."

"You cheated on Mom!" she screamed.

"It was a mistake and-"

"Wait, did you say sixteen years ago?" Hailey did the math and looked at her father in complete disgust. "Isn't that when Mom started her first round of chemo?"

Caleb looked even more ashamed, if that was possible. "Hailey, I'm so-"

"Get away from me."

He stepped towards her, intending to beg for forgiveness, but she slapped him across the face before he could say anything. She walked away feeling quite numb before he had processed what happened.

Kirsten gave Lindsay a reassuring hug. "I'll go talk to her. We'll get through this. She'll come around."

"Kiki, tell her-"

"I was talking to Lindsay," Kirsten stated flatly. Her sisters were her only concern in this situation. She trudged up the stairs to console Hailey, and Lindsay left to find Ryan.

Lindsay snuck up behind Ryan, who seemed to be engrossed in a collage of pictures that Kirsten had put up in the living room. She intertwined her fingers with his. She rose up on her toes and kissed his neck. He turned in her arms and pulled her to him tightly.

"What happened back there?" she asked somewhat timidly.

"It was noth-"

"Ryan, come on," Lindsay demanded. "You don't have to tell me, but please don't lie to me."

He smiled at her, but his eyes were sad. "He fell in love with Marissa last year, before she and I broke up. It's a long story, but he's got some serious issues and he wound up holding her hostage in the penthouse."

Lindsay didn't know what she had been expecting, but that definitely wasn't it. He looked like he'd seen a ghost and she wanted to take that feeling away any way she could. "Hey, it's almost midnight. Do you want to ring in the new year here or should we go out to the-"

He grinned widely and took her hand. "Pool house."

Marissa prayed for a miracle. There were lots of people outside, but they were all oblivious to what was going on inside the pool house. She desperately hoped that someone would barge in. Sure, when I was in here alone with I wanted to spend time with boyfriend, it never failed that someone would walk in, but now that I'm here with Oliver…He toyed with the lock on the door, and assuming it was locked he stepped back towards Marissa. What he didn't know was that the lock didn't work.

The door swung open and Lindsay appeared in the doorway, nearly stumbling backwards as Ryan kissed her. Both were so lost in each other that at first they didn't see Marissa and Oliver. "I think...you're even better...at chemistry...than you are...at physics," Ryan whispered to her between kisses.

After what seemed like an eternity to Marissa, Ryan's eyelids fluttered open and he noticed the pair. Lindsay had her back to them and when she saw Ryan's expression she turned around meeting Oliver's gaze. "Ryan, I see you have a new lady friend." His eyes traveled up and down her body and she suddenly felt extremely nauseous and nervous. Ryan stepped in front of her, whispering to Lindsay to leave, go get Luke and/or Sandy, and not come back. She hesitated for a moment, but followed his instructions.

Great, here we go again. "Sandy told you to leave." Ryan's eyes darted over to Marissa, trying to read her face.

"Didn't he tell you to leave too, after he found out you knocked up that skank from Chino?"

Ryan glared at Marissa, who only looked at him with pleading eyes. Putting aside every instinct that was telling him to beat the shit out of Oliver, he tried to reason with him. As much as you can reason with someone who's completely insane. "What are you doing here?"

Oliver's mouth twisted into that creepy grin that Ryan loathed. "I just wanted to see how Marissa was doing. I mean, she says you left her when you got your ex pregnant. That must have been pretty hard on her."

Subconsciously, he cracked his knuckles. "It was hard for both of us, but we moved on."

"Then why are you still here? Does your girlfriend know you're still in love with Marissa?"

Ryan decided not to dignify that statement with a response, and Marissa took this as her cue to jump in. "Oliver, please," she pleaded. "Just leave."

"Riss, baby, you don't mean that." He kneeled beside her and she backed away, dreading what would happen if he decided to pull out his gun.

The door opened again, causing Oliver to jump. He pulled out the gun and pointed it at the unsuspecting boy in the doorway. Ryan's eyes widened and he kicked himself for not having thought of that before. "Put the gun down, man."

Luke boldly stepped into the room and Oliver cocked the gun. "Why would I want to do that?"

Ryan and Luke communicated with their eyes as Marissa looked on fearfully. Considering the potential consequences of the situation, she made a decision. She reached out and gently touched Oliver's arm. "Don't. I'll go with you."

"Marissa!" Luke objected, but after Marissa shot him a look, he backed off.

"Come on," she said, taking his hand and heading to the door. "But you don't have a permit for this gun, do you? These guys will probably call the cops as soon as we leave, so you better leave it here."

Oliver laughed. "You must think I'm a complete idiot, Marissa."

I don't think you're an idiot, I was just hoping you were deranged enough to believe that. "No, I don't..." She didn't really know what to say that he would believe. Before she could think about what she was doing, she leaned forward and kissed him.

He went to wrap his arms around her, but when the barrel of the gun tapped against her back, he was pulled back to reality. Just before he became aware of his situation, Luke tackled him to the floor and the force of the blow caused the gun to fly out of Oliver's hand. Luke grabbed the gun and quickly walked to the house to call 911. He knew that if Oliver didn't have a weapon, Ryan could easily handle him.

Knowing he was defeated, Oliver turned to leave. "Oh, so now you're suddenly so eager to leave."

"Do you want to hit me again? Just get it over with."

"Nah, I'm not going to hit you. I think that knowing that your own brother was the one to fix the mess you caused in Marissa's life probably hits you in the face every day."

Oliver's face turned white as a sheet at the idea of Marissa being with someone else, even if it wasn't really his brother. A long silence passed and Ryan just continued to stare at Oliver like he wanted to break his neck. Nervously, Oliver spoke up. "I'm gonna go."

Ryan smiled in such a way that Oliver couldn't tell if it was a threat or a peace offering. "Good idea."

He dashed to the door, only to run into a police officer. "Oliver Trask, you're under arrest."

Marissa watched as the cops pushed Oliver into the back seat of the car and drove away. Two strong arms wrapped around her from behind. "You okay?"

His familiar scent brought a smile to her face. "Yeah. Thanks, Luke."

"After everything I've put you through, it was the least I could do."

The moment Oliver was taken from the pool house, Lindsay ran inside, hugging Ryan tightly. "Are you okay? What happened in here?"

"Pretty much the same thing that happened last year." Lindsay didn't know how to respond, so Ryan took it upon himself. "How about we pick up where we left off?" He suggested, leaning into kiss her.

"Mmm," she moaned against his lips. "Sounds good to me."

"Hailey?"

Kirsten wasn't surprised when she was met with a hostile response. "What?"

"Can I come in?"

"It's your house."

Kirsten opened the door and walked over to where Hailey was sitting in the corner of the room. "I'm so sorry."

"Why? You aren't the one that cheated on Mom while she was sick."

"I know, but I'm sorry that you have to go through this, and I'm sorry you found out like that."

"Well, I can thank Julie Cooper for the last part. Dad deserves that bitch."

Kirsten nodded, her eyes tearing up as Hailey's did.

"How long have you known?"

"A week. It was on Chrismukkah."

"Wow, could he have picked a worse time?"

Kirsten laughed, shaking her head sadly. "I don't think so." Hailey just sat and continued to cry, and Kirsten sat beside her, leaning her head on her shoulder. "But on the up side, I got to spend Christmas with our sister this year."

"Sister? That's so weird."

"Yeah, I had a really hard time with it at first too, but I hope you'll give Lindsay a chance."

For a moment, Hailey looked offended at the mere suggestion, but then she sighed and nodded. "Yeah. Just...not yet."

Kirsten smiled and hugged Hailey tighter. "Okay."

Note: He's gone and I promise he won't be coming back. I've just always wanted to see Ryan mess with his mind a little. Now it's out of my system.