Okay I know I kept you all waiting for ages but I was on vacation and this is the first chance I've had to get this posted. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for all the great reviews.

Chapter 4

"You're kidding?" Kirsten exclaimed, shocked.

"Nope."

"Why? How could...?"

"I think it was a trick." Sandy explained

"What?"

"Well he looked just as surprised to see me as I was to see him."

"So who tricked... oh Marissa?"

"I think it's a pretty safe bet."

Ryan sat up in amazement, "How?" he asked bewildered. Seth could barely contain himself. He sat on the edge of the bed and began to explain, "Well since Jimmy got that money from the restaurant he decided to take the girls away on vacation you know last minute."

"Girls?"

"Marissa and Kaitlin."

"Oh yeah. I forgot about her."

"Yeah you never see her around do you? It's weird I mean I think the last time I saw her was..."

"Skip ahead Seth. Remember when we talked about get to the important points and not rambling about..." Ryan tried to search for the words, "Crap?" Seth suggested.

"Exactly."

"Right okay so Marissa convinced her Dad to bring her here so that she could spend some time with us. You following?"

"So far."

"When Jimmy questioned her about where we were she assured her Dad that we were in Bermuda and not the Bahamas. So the vacation is all booked up and yesterday Jimmy gets a call from Julie telling him that Kaitlin can't go with him because she has this big horse show jumping thing coming up so what's a guy to do?"

"I don't know Seth but I'm sure you're about to tell me."

"Marissa asked him to bring Summer along! They're staying in the apartments down the road. How amazing is that? I mean they're only gonna be here for a week cause it's all Jimmy could get last minute but man think about it. We are on a tropical island with our girlfriends. Does it get any better than that?"

"Do your parents know?"

"Well Dad was with me when we saw them in the supermarket. They were stocking food and stuff since they just got here."

"What did your Dad say?"

"Well he was shocked at first and then I could sense that he was pretty pissed off when he tapped Jimmy on the shoulder but when Dad saw his shocked expression he knew that Jimmy had been had."

"Wow," was all Ryan could say. Just then Kirsten burst into the room, "Did you two know about this!?!"

"What? Mom no. Of course not. Dad you saw my face when I saw Summer right?"

"He did look pretty shocked," Sandy admitted. But Kirsten wasn't finished, "What the hell are they doing here?" she yelled.

Seth explained the story to his mom and he saw her expression softened when she realised that Jimmy hadn't planned this. "So he was duped?" she asked.

"Pretty much." Ryan said.

Kirsten stood up from the bed and went into the kitchen, "Coffee?" she asked loudly. They all answered yes and went into their dining room. "So I take it you guys are gonna be with the girls for the next week?" Kirsten asked annoyed. Ryan realised that she was more upset that her family vacation away had been invaded than at the fact she would be sharing her getaway with Jimmy, "Well we'll all be together. I mean we'll all be on the same beach so we can all sit together and we'll probably only go out with them a couple of nights," Ryan reasoned."

"Yeah they're only here for a week so we have plenty of family Cohen/Atwood time in the latter part if our magical vacation," Seth tried to convince.

"Well you guys go, have fun. Leave your mother and me for a little alone time."

"Dad stop please. It's just too much after all the sun today." Sandy turned to Kirsten, "You gonna be okay for dinner tonight?"

"I should be but lets not stray too far in case I vomit or something."

"Deal."

Ryan knocked on the green door of room 209, Marissa, Summer and Jimmy's new apartment. Jimmy swung the door open, "Were you two in on this too?" he asked sternly. "No Mr Cooper. We were just as shocked as you," Seth raised his eyebrows as if to convince him of his innocence and pointed to Summer and Marissa who were on the couch, "It all down to those to criminal masterminds over there," Jimmy went into his bedroom and Summer explained, "We can't see you tonight. We feel kinda bad for lying to Mr Cooper and if we ditch him then he'll be all alone on vacation so..."

"So you're doing the noble thing and sticking by the old timer," Jimmy yelled from the room. He emerged wearing a straw hat and large sunglasses. He had a blob of white sun cream smeared on his nose, "Too much?" he asked while turning on the spot. "A little." Ryan answered frowning. Jimmy turned to the girls, "Listen if you wanna hang out with the guys tonight you can. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."

"Uh no we actually can't either. We promised Sandy and Kirsten that we'd squeeze in as much family time as possible so tonight's out..." Ryan explained.

"Oh well girls, looks like you're stuck with me after all."

When Ryan and Seth left the girls and Jimmy the pair made their way down the road to their own apartments stopping at a few shops Seth wanted to take a look at. As they approached their apartments Seth turned to Ryan, "So how are we liking the Bahamas?"

"It's pretty cool. Kinda laid back. I just hope I can get out of the apartment tomorrow. I think I bored your Mom playing cards and talking about school."

"Whoa hold on a second there mister. You took on the Kirsten at cards? Are you crazy?"

"What?"

"Did you win?"

"Some of the games."

"You're a bigger man than me my friend. Just don't play her at pool or air hockey. She'll whoop your ass I'm telling you."

"I think I could take her. I'm pretty good at pool."

"Not as good as the Kirsten I can promise you that."

When they got back into their apartment Kirsten and Sandy were both dressed and laughing in the kitchen, "So how are the girls?" Kirsten asked brightly.

"I see you've changed your tune." Seth said cautiously. Sandy whispered to Ryan, "I slipped something in her coffee when she wasn't looking." Seth sat down at the table and stared at his mother, "So Ryan tells me he whooped your ass at poker." Kirsten stared over at the sandy haired boy open mouthed, "He said what? I think someone has bee... hey wait. We didn't even play poker."

"No but I thrashed you at go fish right?"

"We played one game and I let you win." Kirsten defended as she played with the pencil in her hand. Ryan sat down and grabbed the box of opened cereal box on the kitchen table. He plunged his hand inside and began to pop small pieces of cereal into his mouth. Kirsten stared over at him thoughtfully, "Why do you always eat your cereal dry? I mean we have milk." Ryan stopped and placed the box back onto the table, "Sorry I didn't know it bugged you."

"It doesn't. Why would it? I'm just curious. Are you just to lazy to get a bowl and spoon? Or does it taste better or something?"

"Why don't you tell me?" Ryan held the box out to Kirsten and waited her to take a handful. Instead she reached in and took a single out of the box, "Okay no you gotta take more than that. Come on mom could you just try and be a slob?" Kirsten gave Seth a determined look and thrust her hand back into the box. Sandy disguised his snigger with a cough and Kirsten glared at him. She took a mouthful and they went silent, other than Kirsten's crunching, and waited for her verdict. "It's disgusting!" she laughed and covered her mouth trying to prevent spraying the cereal all over the table. Ryan closed the box and explained, "I guess after not having fresh milk in your refrigerator every day for sixteen years you start to get used to it."

"As much as I enjoy these little family moments I think I'm gonna get ready. I'm starving and want my dinner." Seth moaned. Sandy held up the box of Cap N Crunch, "Cereal?"

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