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A/N: Hey everuone! Thanks for the reviews! Had so much free time to write this Chapter sense I stayed home from school today! Yay! Well, R&R...I hope you like it!


Chapter 9

Summer took a step back; she didn't know what to do. Once she saw the gun rise she couldn't move, every inch of her body completely froze. She tried to say something…But she could barely form the words. "Z...Zach." Her voice was shaky and full of fear.

Zach nodded. "Its okay, Summer. Everything's gonna be okay now." He explained trying to console her. He took a step toward her.

Summer wanted to take another step back but she found her bed was in the way of that. "What…Do you want…?" Summer asked him biting her lip trying to calm herself down.

Zach smiled. "I want to be with you, Summer. Seth isn't good enough for you…Can't you see that?" He asked, his voice rising a little in anger that she loved Seth more then him.

Summer stared a little confused, she took another step and found herself falling onto her bed. So, she began slowly reaching into her purse that lay on the bed for her cell phone. "Zach…I love Seth, I'm sorry…" she explained as she pulled her cell phone from her purse. She stood up quickly, what the fuck am I doing? She asked herself in her mind, she pushed Zach out of her way, the gun going off. It missed her and hit a lamp. She ran down stairs as fast as she could. She ran into a bathroom, locking the door and dialing Seth's number.

Zach fell back into the wall, he pulled the trigger by accident and hit a lamp. He felt anger build up and he chased after her he was close behind her, he didn't have the strength to shoot at her though he saw her run into the bathroom and shut the door. He banged on the door. "SUMMER! Open the door!" He yelled.

Summer dialed the number quickly she put the phone to her ear. "Please pick up…Please pick up…" She whispered as tears of fear and worry began to run down her cheeks, suddenly her phone made a loud beeping noise. She took it from her ear and stared at her. The battery went dead. "Shit!" she whispered. The threw the phone to the ground. She didn't know what to do…

Zach began picking things up and throwing them at the door, trying to break it down. He then heard the door knob jingle, he turned his head and saw it was the front door, the front door thrust open. Leaving him no time to think of something to do. He was surprised to see….


Marissa drove in silence down the road, it had been silent pretty much the whole time…She had no idea where she was going. At this point she didn't even think there was a point of running from her mother. Her mother would find her, she always did. She sighed, giving a quick glance toward Ryan, then she glanced back at the road ahead of her.

Ryan leaned back in his seat. He was trying to think of somewhere where he and Marissa could go. That was safe and Julie would never find them. He figured maybe they could go back to the Cohen's house. Maybe Kirsten and Sandy could help? They always knew what to do. "Turn here." He spoke pretty softly.

Marissa turned like ordered. "So, are you gonna tell me where were going?" She asked as she glanced toward him, then directed her attention back on the road.

Ryan looked toward her. "We're going to the Cohen's house." He told her as he looked toward the road ahead of them.

Marissa nodded. She wanted to protest and say 'they wont help me…they'll probably just tell my mom exactly where I am.' Or 'cant we go somewhere else? Without any parents?'. But she didn't. She knew Ryan was trying to help her and she respected that. Ryan was always trying to help her…That's what she loved about him.

A little while later Marissa finally turned into the driveway. She stopped the car, turning it off. She looked toward Ryan and gave him a small smile and then opened the door of her jeep stepping out of it and shutting it behind her.

Ryan sat up and opened the door, he stepped out and shut the door after him. He walked toward the door with Marissa at his side. He knocked on the door, waiting for an answer.

Kirsten heard the door and walked over answering it. "Marissa…Ryan? Ryan, shouldn't you be in the hospital..?" She asked a little confused.

"Well…" Ryan started…

"He got led out early." Marissa quickly jumped in saying. "So, we figured we'd come here…Sense we kind of need your help." She explained.

Ryan looked toward Marissa smiling, showing his thanks. Then he looked toward Kirsten to see what her answer would be.

Kirsten nodded. "Well, come in." She said. "Anyway Ryan. It's good that you're here. Someone came by to see you." She said. "Why don't you go out to the pool house while…I talk to Marissa." She said.

Ryan nodded a little uneasily. He looked toward Marissa. "I'll be right back, okay?" He said as he kissed her on the cheek. He started into the kitchen opening up the glass doors. He walked out toward the pool house and opened the door. "What the hell do you want?"


Zach aimed the gun toward the boy who had just entered the house. "Back off! Summer's mine! So just get out of her Cohen!" He yelled ready to pull the trigger.

Seth walked into the house. "Sum-" He stopped when he saw Zach. "Oh, Zach hey Bud-" He froze when he saw the gun. "Whoa…Okay." He said putting his hands up. "Okay, I surrender…Just out the gun down...Okay Zach? There's no need for violence…" He tried explaining.

Zach kept the gun up, aiming at Seth. "Yes there is! You stole Summer from me! That's why I punched you at the mall in the comic book store! You asshole!" He yelled.

Seth stared confused for a second. "That was you? Wow…You got a strong arm on you. Do you work out?" He asked, Good job Seth...Ask the psycho with a gun dumb questions like 'do you work out' good going… He thought. "Forget I asked that…Where's Summer. Did you hurt her?" He asked more serious.

Zach shook his head. "No, she locked herself in the bathroom." He said, he actually stared to cry a little, tears began forming in his eyes and running freely down his cheeks.

Summer heard Seth's voice and opened the bathroom door. "Cohen!" She walked out and saw Zach. "Okay…Your defiantly not Cohen…" She said biting her lip.

Zach grabbed Summer's arm. "You belong with me!" He told her. Shaking her slightly.

Summer stared at him, her eyes widening with fear. "Cohen…! Help me…" She said, her eyes never leaving Zach's. She was to afraid to look at Seth…

Seth ran toward them, sense Zach wasn't looking. "Okay, Zach…Just leave her alone, okay? If you love Summer so much...You wouldn't want to hurt her right? So, why don't we just solve this…Me and you…" He told him.

Zach looked toward a frightened Summer then back toward a less frightened Seth. "Fine." He said letting go of Summer.

Seth smirked. "Good…" He turned running off as fast as he could. He ran toward the stairs, hearing the gun go off, luckily Zach had bad aim so nothing hit him. He ran up the stairs and into one of the many rooms Summer had upstairs in her house. He shut the door and ran into the closet, pulling his cell phone out and calling the police.

Zach shot off the gun as he saw Seth running off, he missed. He looked toward Summer. "Stay there! Don't move!" He commanded her, shaking the gun in front of her face. He looked away and started up the stairs. "Cohen! Come out here! Now!" He said as he began looking through rooms.

Summer backed up into the wall, managing a nod. She watched as Zach walked off. "SETH! BE CAREFUL!" She screamed worriedly…

Zach had checked a' lot of rooms already, he walked into another one. Looking under the bed, behind the curtains, then finally he checked the closet seeing Seth. "There you are. He said grabbing Seth by the shit yanking him out of the closet,

Seth smiled slightly when he saw Zach. "Hey you so you found me…" He then felt Zach yank at him. "So, I go count and you hide? Hey, and how about this time you give me the gun. So it's only fair."

Zach threw Seth into the wall, aiming the gun at him. "Time's up Seth. Now, finally me and Summer will get t be together." He said with a small smile. "Any last words?"

Seth felt his side collide with the wall, he looked toward Zach. He looked down for a minute then back up at him. "911." He said seriously.

Zach stared confused, then he walked toward the window looking outside and seeing the police cars. "Shit." He muttered.

Seth stood up jumping on Zach's back, causing him to loose control of the gun. "I'm winning!" He yelled proudly.

Zach dropped the gun as he tried to get Seth off of him, finally he just punched him in the eye. "You'll never win!" He yelled as he watched Seth fall to the ground. He ran out of the room looking back, then he looked in front of him.

"FREEZE!" A cop yelled pointing a gun at him.

Zach did as told and put his hands up. The cop walked toward him and read him his rights as she handcuffed him.

Seth walked out of the room, his hand over his eye. He walked by Zach. "I told you I was winning." He said as he walked down the stairs, he saw Summer talking to a cop. He watched as the cop finished, walking off.

Summer sat in a chair telling one of the cops everything she had seen. She watched as finally left, she looked around and saw Seth, she immediately got out of her seat and collapsed into his arms. "Cohen! Your okay." She yelled as she kissed him.

Seth pulled Summer into a hug. He was so happy she was okay. He kissed her back. "Your okay too, right?" He asked her.

Summer nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." She said. "Thanks…For everything you just did. It meant a lot to me." She said with a smile.

Seth smiled back at her. "Well, you mean a lot to me. It was no problem. I'd do anything for you." He told her.

Summer pulled him into a hug. "I love you." She told him.

Seth smiled as held her in his arms. "I love you too."

A cop walked toward them. "Umm…I'm sorry to interrupt but we're going to have to ask you guys a few questions if that's alright." The female cop said.


Ryan crossed his arms. "Well, what the hell are you doing here?" He asked again when he had gotten no answer.

Theresa took a step toward him. "Ryan…I need your help. Eddie left me, again. And I didn't mean to kick you out. I was drunk…Because Eddie and I'm sorry. I need you." She tried explain

Ryan looked down then back up at her. "You expect me to believe that? Theresa, it's over. Everything. I'm through helping you. This is my home now." He told her.

"But, Ryan! I'm sorry! I told you that already…You know I am. Please, help me." Theresa spat, tears streaming down her dark cheeks.

Ryan shook his head. "No. Get out of here, go back to Chino. Ask anyone to help you but me. This is where I live now…And I'm not going back to Chino. Ever again."

"Then…We can stay here! I'm sure the Cohen's wont mind. They were willing to help us before! I need your help." She said with pleading eyes. "I need your help so bad…" She told him

Kirsten sat down on the couch next to Marissa. "So, what's going on?" She asked confused. "What do you need help with, sweetie?" Kirsten asked, putting her motherly act on.

Marissa looked toward Kirsten. "It's my mom. As you could probably guess. I just, need her to back off…She found something out about me and now she's all about helping. But her way of helping me will be to get me as far away from here as possible." She explained to Kirsten.

Kirsten was about to answer until she heard a knock at the door. "Hold on one minute." She told her. She stood up and walked toward the door, opening it. "Oh, umm…Come in…" She told the woman at the door. "I'll leave you." She said as she walked into the kitchen.

Julie smiled. "Thanks." She said as she walked into the family room. "Marissa…Hunny. We need to talk." She said, a small smile on her face.


A/N: Soo...Yeah! I made Zach pull an Oliver. Lol. I had to make some more S/S and thats all I could think of! Well, I hope you liked it..Soo now that you've read it...Review! ... I'll try to have Chapter 10 out soon!