This is set in Season 1, right after The Perfect Couple, before Thanksgiving. Just a little bit of fun, because we all need some sometimes. 4's equal breaks in the story…so y'know, well whatever. This is my first attempt at humor…so humor me and give me an awesome review. This is going to be a short fic. Maybe 3 chapters, I don't know. We'll just see how everyone likes this…Jamie (or J).

Disclaimer: I only own the ideas and what not. No characters. Like I said, my name is Jamie, not Josh.

"C'mon Ryan…look, it's ONE party. And I've only been drunk, like, maybe one time…and it didn't even really count. I mean, the Water Polo Players ruined it for me. Plus, Summer said that she wanted to go. I'm not sure about Anna. Marissa more than likely will go, I mean, you know how Marissa is."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ryan asked, glaring at Seth.

"It means…she wants to be wherever you are." Seth said, trying to cover up his mistaken use of words.

"And if she doesn't want to go?"

"Then…you can stay here."

"Fine. What about your parents?" Ryan asked, trying to persuade Seth that a party full of drunken teenagers was a bad idea.

"Well, damn…haven't thought about that." Seth paused, putting his pointer finger on his chin as if he was thinking of some great master plan. "Doesn't an IMAX movie sound good to you Ryan? A little bit of shark fun, maybe?"

"No Seth. I'm not lying to your parents."

"Who said YOU had to?" Seth smiled slyly.

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"Hello Mother. Father. Have any plans on this wondrous Friday night?" Seth asked, leaning up against the couch that Kirsten and Sandy were sitting on.

"We kind of wanted to go out to dinner. Why? What do you have planned?" Kirsten asked.

"Me and Ryan…Marissa, Summer and maybe Anna were going to go see that shark movie at the IMAX." Seth's lie was full-proof. His parents trusted him…right?

"I thought you already saw that one." Sandy said, he knew his son had other plans.

"Well…um…I did…I mean, me and Ryan did…but the girls wanted to see it too. And they won't go see it by themselves…I mean, cause they'd have nightmares or something." Ha ha. Seth could tell a lie in a matter of seconds.

Kirsten looked at Sandy with her 'I know he's up to something' look but shrugged it off. It was the weekend. He couldn't get into too much trouble. And she'd always find out later anyway. Ryan was a bad liar, and she could get him to tell her…or at least she could trick him into telling her.

"Okay Seth. Just don't stay out too late. Your father and I will be out til about 2 probably."

Sandy looked at Kirsten like 'What are you doing?' but he figured she'd tell him later. Maybe she wanted the boys gone. Sandy liked it when she wanted them gone. It meant that she wanted some time alone with him.

Seth smiled fully. His plan had totally worked! He couldn't wait to tell Ryan.

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"Hello." Marissa answered her phone.

"Hello Marissa. This is Seth. Seth Cohen."

"I know who you are Seth." She rolled her eyes. "What's up?"

"Well. Me and Ryan are going to this party tonight. And I lied and told him that you said that you wanted to go already so he'd go and so you'll go right?" Seth blurted it all out in one sentence.

"Okay…" Marissa said, not fully understanding what he had just said. "A party? Where?" She prayed that he didn't say Holly's.

"At the beach. But don't worry. No 'Jackass Water Polo Players' or 'Little Slut Whores' as Summer likes to call them, will be there. I made sure of it."

"I suppose a party would be a fun way to start off our Thanksgiving break. So sure, why not."

"Exactly my thoughts. Be over here at like 6:30."

"Seth…isn't that a little early?"

"Yeah, it is…but I'm afraid that Ryan's going to back down and you'll have to convince him in your own little ways."

"My own little ways huh?" She asked, smiling to herself.

"You know he can't resist you. Oh yeah! Bring Summer along. Okay?" Seth sounded so anxious.

"Okay, I'll do my best. See you later."

"Thank you! Later."

With that, they both hung up their phones.

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"Ryan?…Ryan? Are you in here buddy?" Seth asked stepping into the pool house. "Cause Marissa will be here shortly."

Ryan stepped out of the bathroom. His hair was dripping water off of the tips and he had a towel over his shoulder. "I can't get privacy can I?" He asked, sitting on the bed, preparing to put his shoes on.

"Well, no. Not while I'm around…so what's on the agenda tonight? You going to get wasted? I've never seen you drunk. Are you all emotional? Or do you get angry…broody? Oh wait, you're always angry and broody."

"I'll show you angry."

Seth was silent.

"I'm kidding Seth. Yeah, getting wasted sounds fun. But I'm sure Marissa will want to have fun, and I'll have to keep an eye on her."

"Okay…well…what if you get a little tipsy now? Beat her to the…drunkeness?"

"Yeah, uh huh…because I can go into the kitchen, pull out some vodka, and drink it right in front of your parents without them noticing. Sounds like a plan."

"Are you being sarcastic? Because you know that I'm the one who is sarcastic. I'm the funny one Ryan. And anyway…you don't have to sneak into the kitchen."

Ryan looked at him quizzically. "What do you mean?"

Seth pulled out the bottle of vodka he was hiding behind his back. "This, my friend." He tossed the bottle at Ryan, who caught it with one hand.

"Why not." He never got to be a reckless teenager anymore. Ryan popped off the top and took a big drink. A little too big, actually.

"Okay, give it to me." Seth said, reaching for the bottle.

"Nope. Get your own." Ryan said, pulling the vodka farther away from Seth and taking another giant drink. "Mine." He smiled.

"Do you know how hard it was for me to snatch that one?"

"Don't know. Don't care." He took another drink, then another one. "You said for ME to get tipsy. You can get drunk on beer. You're the one who wanted to go to the party to drink in the first place."

"That's not FAIR!" Seth pouted.

"What's not fair?" Marissa asked stepping into the pool house.

She distracted Seth's attention and Ryan finished off the bottle of vodka.

"Um…" Seth looked over at Ryan, who had obviously hidden the bottle. "That…Ryan, that Ryan gets to…"

Silence filled the pool house.

"Have M&M's in my room. I mean, pool house." Ryan finished for him…which was very uncharacteristic of him.

Marissa had a confused smile on her face. "Okay."

Seth looked at Ryan and mouthed 'M&M's?' to him. Ryan just shrugged his shoulders.

"Summer's in the kitchen, Seth. Anna didn't want to come. I think she had some family members visiting this weekend or something. Which made Summer quite happy to be honest." Marissa said, sitting down on the bed next to Ryan.

He moved farther away from her. If she smelled his breath, his and Seth's fun would be over before it really had begun.

She looked at him. "What? Do you not want to be around me or something?"

"I'm just…" He looked at Seth for help.

"He forgot that…"

"Are you guys ready or what?" Summer barged into the pool house. Pissed looking, or just really annoyed.

Saved by the bell.

"Yes, Summer…we are. Now if Ryan would just finish up tying his boots, we can get a move on." He glanced at the clock. It was 7:00. "I thought I told you guys to be here by 6:30 anyway."

"We're girls. What do you expect dumb ass." Summer said. She saw Ryan fidgeting with his shoe laces. "Does Chino not know how to tie or something?" She asked, making everyone look at Ryan.

Ryan's face turned red. It wasn't his fault that he couldn't get the bunny ears to loop around each other…well, maybe it kind of was.

"It's fine. I like them like this better anyway." Ryan said, standing up and walking out of the pool house. Barely missing the glass window on his way out.

"What's with him? Is he mad at me?" Marissa asked. Sadness in her voice.

"No. Not at all. Actually, I think he'll be quite happy tonight. Maybe even merry." Seth said smiling. "Okay. Well, let's go. Maybe I can convince him to let me tie his shoes in the car. If he trips in front of anyone, he'd be embarrassed and not to mention pissed."

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Finally they all arrived at the party. Ryan was acting very strange from his usual self. He even let Seth tie his shoes. Seth knew he was quite tipsy…but Marissa and Summer just thought he was a little 'off' today.

Seth was already headed towards the beer. Beer Heaven.

"C'mon Coop. Let's go, it looks like there's a keg." Summer said, pulling Marissa's arm.

"Wait, Summer! Ryan's not even out of the car yet." Marissa pulled her arm back. She walked up to where Ryan was sitting in the car. "C'mon Ryan. If you really didn't want to come to this party, you didn't have to. I just thought you might want to have some fun."

"I am having fun." Ryan smiled widely. "You look pretty." He leaned in to kiss Marissa and he bumped into her forehead instead.

"Ow!" Marissa said. "What is with you tonight?" She asked grabbing his head in her hands. His eyes wandered everywhere. "Sethhhh! Come here!"

Seth heard his name being called and quickly rushed over, scared that Ryan had blown their plan. "What? What is it?" He asked, seeing Ryan's head being held up by Marissa's hands and the look of worry on Ryan's face gave it all away.

"Is he drunk?" Marissa asked.

"Um…well, he kind of, drank a whole bottle of vodka before we got here."

Marissa glared.

"C'mon Marissa. He told me he wanted to have fun and he said that…he was worried that instead of having fun, he'd have to keep an eye out for you….well, not that that isn't fun for him…he just wanted to…I'm sorry. I thought it would just make him tipsy." Seth lowered his head.

"Why are you talking about me when I'm right here and you're talking about me like I'm not." Ryan said, stepping out of the car. Clearly, he was more than tipsy.

"Fine. I'll take over." Seth said defeated. "Go have fun."

"No. I can do it. Plus Ryan's a big boy. He's been drunk before. I won't drink anything tonight though. Go have fun. You deserve it." Marissa replied. She looked at Ryan who had a goofy smile on his face. "So does he." She couldn't help but smile. Seeing Ryan drunk could be a new kind of fun, after all.

Okay, so that was chapter one. Hope you liked it. There is more to come, if you want it. You guys Rock!