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Chapter 4
Unfortunately for Marissa, Summer wasn't in school the next day, she was ill in bed suffering from a flu type virus, so after school Marissa drove to Summer's house to visit her. She wanted to make sure she was ok and keep her company.
As she drove up the driveway to the Roberts' house, however, she saw that someone had already beaten her to it. The Cohen's Range Rover was parked in the driveway. Seth. Marissa sighed. She had, rather selfishly wanted Summer all to herself so she could ask for advice about the Scott/Ryan scenario, not that there was a scenario. Yet.
As she entered Summer's room, she saw Seth and Ryan sat either side of Summer on her bed, playing playstation. Summer looked at her friend and wailed, "Coop, save me. They've only been here ten minutes and they've taken over." Marissa giggled.
"How are you feeling?" she asked Summer.
"I'm good" Seth replied not looking away from the game he and Ryan were playing.
"I was asking Summer." Marissa glared at Seth who grinned.
"Oh, I'm fine, I'll be back at school tomorrow, it was probably just food poisoning from Cohen's awful cooking last night."
"Oi!" Seth protested swatting Summer with the playstation control, then quickly resuming his game.
"I didn't know you had a playstation Sum?" Marissa commented.
"I don't" Summer crossed her arms over her chest and pretended to be annoyed, Marissa could tell she was secretly loving it. "Cohen bought it over, he thought it would cheer me up. But I know he only bought it so he could entertain himself while he was looking after me." Seth grinned at Marissa
"Sometimes I'm so crafty I surprise myself."
"Coop, come sit." Summer motioned toward her already overflowing bed.
"It's ok, I'll just sit over here." Marissa sat down on a large beanbag chair next to the window.
"No," Ryan spoke for the first time since Marissa had come in. "We'll squash up, come on." He smiled reassuringly at her. Seth started to protest that there wasn't enough room but one glare from Summer quickly silenced him.
"Yeah, you're kinda small, we'll fit, come on. Well I mean you're not, but you know what I mean." He rambled.
The four friends sat squashed on Summer's bed talking about nothing in particular until six when Ryan and Seth announced that they had to go home. Seth began to unplug his playstation from Summer's flat screen TV and kissed his girlfriend goodbye. Ryan followed him, but before he had made it through the door, he was summoned back by Summer.
"Don't you think you're forgetting something?" She called cheerily. Ryan was puzzled but went back and kissed her on the cheek. "No, ass, not that. Although that was nice." She motioned toward Marissa with her eyes. Ryan looked at her blankly. What did she want him to do? "Alright, sit." Summer demanded.
"I can't, Kirsten will kill us, we were meant to be home ages ago."
"I don't care. Sit." He sat.
It suddenly dawned on Marissa what Summer was about to do. Seth had told Summer about Scott, and Summer who was determined that they return to the 'awesome foursome' days of early '04 was about to give them a lecture. Marissa gave Ryan the look.
"Summer, don't even-" Ryan started.
"Yeah, come on, I'm a big girl-" Marissa protested.
"Shut up!" This must be one of those rage blackouts Ryan had heard so much about, he thought. "I don't care about any of that" Summer continued. "When are you two gonna get you act together?"
"What act?" Marissa feigned ignorance.
"Don't pull that one, Coop. You know exactly what I mean." Summer was indignant and even though she was trying to be strict, she was desperately trying not to laugh. She gave up, she obviously needed to try a different tack. She needed to get Marissa alone.
"Anyway, off you go Ryan. Think about it." she dismissed him.
"Ok, I'm gone" He turned towards Marissa. "You still coming over for a little playstation after dinner?" Ryan asked Marissa. She nodded.
"Now, go!" Summer repeated. "Coop, and I have girl stuff to talk about."
"You mean me?" Ryan asked grinning.
"Maybe, shoo!" She waved her hand and he was gone.
"Sum!" Marissa groaned "What'd you do that for?"
"Well someone needs to knock your heads together" Marissa looked startled "Metaphorically of course" Summer continued hastily. "Anyway how's Scott" She said changing the subject.
"Summer!"
"What?"
"You can't do that," Summer was puzzled "Go from talking about Ryan to Scott in one breath."
"Why not?"
"Cos, that's what my head does 24/7. When I'm with Ryan, it's so easy, we talk about everything and it's nice, you know?" Summer nodded encouragingly "Then, when I'm with Scott, and it's awkward cos we don't know each other that well, I wish he was Ryan, not cos I want to go out with Ryan but I want someone exactly like him, y'know?" Summer shook her head.
"Coop, you don't want someone like Ryan, you want Ryan."
"That's it though. I'm not attracted to him, at all" Summer raised her eyebrows. "Ok, maybe I am, a bit. But I love being his friend. It's better than when we were going out." Summer raised her eyebrows again. "Ok, so maybe it's not. What should I do Sum?" Marissa pleaded.
"You want my advice Coop?" Marissa nodded "Stay away from him."
"Who? Ryan? Or Scott?"
"Ryan. They say that if you like someone you should stay away from them." Summer said wisely.
"Who says that?"
"Me."
"Like you stayed away from Seth when you liked him?" Marissa teased.
"Exactly." Marissa looked at her "Or not. Listen, just do it. You'll see."
"See what?"
"That you can't possibly live without Ryan and that you want to go out with him again." Summer said triumphantly.
"That's the worst plan ever."
"Oi! It took Cohen hours to come up with that."
"Seth came up with it? I'm officially doomed then." Summer whacked her with Princess Sparkle. "Ok," she admitted defeat "I'll give it a try." Marissa made a mental note not to follow the plan, at all. But getting whacked by Princess hurts, so she wasn't about to tell Summer that.
"Good, now do you wanna order a pizza?"
"I was go over to the Cohen's after dinn- Right, no, the plan, ok. I'll just call him."
"I'll call him." Summer grabbed Marissa's cell.
"Alright." Marissa was disappointed, she wanted to tell him herself, that it was part of Summer's stupid plan, and that she did actually want to see him. She would tell him tomorrow, behind some bush so Summer or Scott wouldn't catch them. Now, what type of pizza do you want?"
"I'll let you choose."
"You're too kind." Marissa remarked sarcastically.
"I know" Summer grinned.
As the two girls sat on Summer's bed eating pizza Marissa tried to put all thoughts of Scott and Ryan out of her head. Maybe she should follow Summer's awful plan, just for a while. Maybe time away from Ryan would be the best thing? Who was she kidding, certainly not herself that was for sure.
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