Summary- What if Trey came out of jail and surprised Ryan at the pool house? What would Marissa think of Ryan's brother? Summer is dealing with the Zach/Seth/Reed/graphic novel situation. What will happen when she won't be able to cope? Julie gets a little surprise at her front door. Carter and Kirsten share some time together. All the usual couplings. REVIEWS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! (only good ones though).

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Chapter 1

Things in the last two years had been something that the residents in Newport Beach, California were not used to. It all started when Ryan Atwood from Chino moved into the Cohen's pool house after he was thrown out of Juvie. Ryan wasn't your typical 18 year old boy. He lived in Chino half his life and on one faithful night, he and his brother Trey got caught stealing a car. Ryan was let out of Juvie, although Trey had to do 6 months of jail time. Ryan got thrown out of his house and had nowhere to go, so Sandy Cohen, Ryan's attorney took him in.

Sandy's wife Kirsten was a little nervous at first about letting Ryan stay in the pool house, but after Seth and Ryan became friends, it was kind of hard not to let him stay. Ryan befriended Marissa Cooper, the then girl next door. They instantly were drawn to each other and before they knew it, they were a couple.

Things had been blown out of proportion though. Encounters with a physco, a previous girlfriend led Ryan to leave Newport. He impregnated Theresa, his ex-girlfriend from Chino and had to go back to help look after the baby. When he came back to Newport, his brother Seth had just come back from Portland where he spent the whole summer, leaving behind his girlfriend Summer Roberts. Ryan and Seth were both surprised when they came back to find that both girls had moved on. Summer was dating a water polo player and congressman's son Zach and Marissa was dating her gardener DJ.

At first it was hard to get back into the swing of Newport. Seth got together with the bar tender of the Bait Shop, Alex and Ryan got together with Lindsay who turned out to be Caleb's unknown daughter. When Alex broke up with Seth, he returned to his old obsessive ways over Summer and her new beau, Zach. Soon Marissa and Alex had a fling of their own, only leading to a dramatic break up. Ryan also wasn't very happy when Lindsay decided to leave him and go back to Chicago.

It was even harder after all this when Summer broke up with Zach and shared that oh-so-passionate Spiderman kiss with Seth on a rainy afternoon back in January. Ryan and Marissa started hanging out even more and old feelings resurfaced. It wasn't until that faithful time the four of them got stuck in the mall that Ryan realized that Marissa still thought about him everyday. The words still echoed through his head:

Do you still think about him?

Everyday.

Now that all the drama had passed, Marissa and Ryan had finally sorted out their feelings for each other and were in the pool house doing what they do best…making out. They had gotten back together at the party that had taken place earlier that night. Marissa was feeling alone and she was drinking. Ryan was also feeling alone. So they kept each other company. And before they knew it, their feelings were out in the open and they were kissing like there was no tomorrow. Ryan had brought Marissa back to the pool house and they instantly began kissing, making up for lost time.

"I missed this," Marissa said in between kisses.

"Yeah, I missed this too," Ryan whispered in her ear, trailing kisses down to her neck. Marissa tried to keep herself from shivering. She remembered his kisses…she had been longing for them ever since he left for Chino last summer. As Ryan's hand slipped up Marissa's silk camisole, there was a knock at the pool house door. Ryan stopped kissing Marissa. He tossed her jacket to her. He hoped it wasn't Sandy or Kirsten. As he opened the door, he came face to face with someone he didn't expect to see in a long time.

"Trey?" Ryan asked, stunned. The face on the other side of the door grinned.

"Nice to see you, little bro," Trey said, bringing his brother in for a hug.