Marissa found herself at the pier, she was so lonely these days. Julie and Caleb were in France, her only sister was away at some boarding school, she had no idea where Summer or Ryan where and she'd turned down Seth's offer to hang out that arvo. She walked towards the Bait Shop, hoping to grab a drink or a bite to eat. Who know's Seth might be working or she might see a friend from school in there. Marissa walked to the bar, noting the blonde 'tough' chick behind the bar.

Marissa: Alex right, you're the girl who's with Seth.

Alex: You must be thinking about someone else, I mean my names Anna but I'm definatly not with Seth Cohen.

Marissa: Oh, sorry. I didn't know that you guys had broken up.

Alex: Well it's not hard to see that he's still in love with Summer. And anyway, Seth wasn't really my kind of guy. He's sweet, but I think he's too innocent to be hanging out with someone like me.

Marissa: Someone like you ?

Alex: I dropped out of school, I work in a bar, I'm not going to College and I'll probably spend the rest of my life in this bar or another one like this.

Marissa: What's so bad about that ?

Alex: Well nothing, but that's not what Seth's looking for. He's looking for..

Marissa: Summer ?

Alex: I don't know, I guess. Just not me.

Marissa: Well, if it makes you feel any better. The guy I love, Ryan, whom I think you've met. He left me when he got his ex girlfriend pregnant and then when he returned told me that he just wanted to be friends after finding out I had a boyfriend, who broke up with me and I haven't spoken to in like 2 weeks.

Alex: That doesn't make me feel better.

Marissa (laughing): Well sometimes it's good to talk about your feelings.

Alex: Hey, I get off in like 5 minutes. If you're not doing anything tonight..

Marissa: I'd love to hang out.

Alex: Alright, well just give me a sec alright.

Marissa: Can I get a coke ?

Alex started to smile in Marissa's direction, 'this chick could turn out to be alright' she thought. She hadn't thought she'd make any friends when she came Newport, but here she was about to spend her night with a Habour richkid. 'hey' she thought 'don't be too quick to judge'. She grabbed Marissa's coke and brought it over to her.

Alex: This one's on the house.

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Seth and Anna were lying on Seth's bed. They had spent the evening playing Playstation 2, catching up, playing some jenga and Seth was just starting to introduce Anna to Magic: The Gathering.

Seth: Okay, so this is Chromescale Drake. When Chromescale Drake comes into play, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all artifact cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Anna: Um, what?

Seth (laughing): Oh come on Anna, you're not even trying. I though you wanted to learn how to play magic !

Anna: Oh sorry Seth, I'm just finding it hard to concentrate on Magic.

Seth: Why, what else is there to possibly concentrate on ?

Anna: Well, you of course.

Seth: Me?

Anna: Oh stop being so dumb Seth, surely you didn't think I came back here to just be friends.

Seth: I, I didn't really think I guess.

Anna slowly leaned in closer to Seth, looking deep into his eyes. She licked her lips, letting him know what she intended to do. Seth quickly responded by jumping up off the ground where they were playing.

Seth: So! You haven't said hello to Captain Oats, you've been gone a long time and he's missed those Jenga matches.

Anna: Seth. You didn't invite me over and take me into your bedroom to reintroduce me to Captain Oats.

Seth: Deja' vu.

Anna leaned in and the two met in a kiss. It was awkward at first, Anna hadn't been with anyone since the last time she was in Newport. And Seth had forgotten what it was like to kiss Anna, soon the paired remembered and they were returned to old days. Falling onto the bed laughing the two continued to kiss...

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Ryan: So I guess this is goodnight.

Summer: It's been good Cohen, I really enjoyed tonight.

Ryan: Yeah, me too Summer. I guess we should do something like this again sometime.

Summer: Ryan... I..

Ryan moved forward putting his face right infront of Summer's.

Ryan: Don't speak.

Ryan kissed her lightly, not wanting to be too forward and put pressure onto Summer. She didn't mind, she had been thinking about this all day. Ryan was the first guy to ever really take her mind off Seth, even with Zach it had still been Seth. But tonight, she hadn't thought about him at all, Ryan deserved this at least, a little kiss just to say goodnight.. Yet before they knew it, the little kiss was turning into a full on makeout session, arm's around one another the kissing became harder. So lost in the moment where they, that they didn't notice Anna and Seth walking down the stairs to the house. Didn't notice the pair walking over to the Range Rover to say hi to Ryan. What they did notice was Seth and Anna's reaction when she opened the door...