Title: It All Comes Together In The End

Rating: R

Disclaimer: Unfortunalty no.. I do not own anything.

Ch. 2--->Settling In? ---

AN: To answer some review questions…. Yes this will be a longer story, not just a quickie;P!, and I will be putting DJ, Zack, Lindsey, and Alex… but it won't work out… all I've settled on for now is that DJ will be a huge ass! Plus I've switched around how everyone meets everyone.

'So this is home' Ryan Atwood thought.

No, it wasn't right. He knew this would never be home. Home was back at Newport with the Cohen's. Home was lying in the pool house with Marissa. Home was the four of them spending the night together under the stars. No, Chino was not home.

But he knew it was the right thing to do. Since it might be his baby he couldn't let Theresa do this alone. As they pulled into the driveway of the small house they had gotten, Theresa turned to Ryan.

"I'm going to get some groceries, make yourself at home"

He knew that would be near impossible, but he could at least try. He gave her a tight smile and headed inside. Sandy had gotten them the house and Marissa and Summer had driven down about a week before to fix it up. Theresa had said she didn't care for the decorating but he loved it. It was totally Cooper and Roberts's style and he loved his best friends more than anything. The living room had a T.V/DVD system, a couch and a chair (recliner), and the walls were red with yellow mix, like a sunset. It reminded him of Newport. He sat down on the couch and closed his eyes willing himself to sleep and forget this ever happened.

He woke up about an hour later to the T.V on and someone curled up at his side. 'Marissa' he thought, as he pulled her closer and sank deeper into her. He opened his eyes to see Theresa with a smile on her face. He instinctly jumped away, and a frown settled on her face. He smiled weakly and got up to see the groceries sitting on the counter. He started moving through them to try and find something yummy.

"I got you blueberry bagels and apple juice" Theresa told him.

"O, so.. umm.. no sesame or orange juice?"

"O, I thought these were your favorites" Theresa questioned.

"Yah back at home I got hooked on sesame and orange juice.. they are the best!" He didn't even realize that he had let the 'home' slip out.

Theresa looked at him sadly and then headed for her bedroom.

Ryan sighed and took off his jacket. A piece of paper slid to the floor. He picked it up and looked at it. It was the photo of the four of them on the Ferris wheel. He had put it in his jacket when he had left. They had all gotten a copy of it. It was his favorite. He would never let Theresa know this but he regretted ever sleeping with her with her. The whole thing with Oliver had been hell to say the least, and his breakup with Marissa had hit him hard. He loved Theresa deeply as a friend, but he knew that the only reason he had hooked up with her that night was to get back a t Marissa. And now it had come to bite him in the ass. He moved towards his bedroom and pocketed the picture.

"Ryan?" Theresa called.

"Yeah"

"I have that OBGYN appointment tomorrow, are you coming?"

"O I completely forgot about that, I'm so sorry. I was going job hunting then."

"O.. I see.. I'll let you know how it goes then."

"Alright" Ryan pulled the covers over his head and closed his eyes.

Finally after everything that had happened he had gotten back together with Marissa. Only to have it all fucked up because of the baby. About two hours later he had just fallen asleep when he felt his phone vibrating in his pants. Pulling it out, he checked the caller id and saw that it was Marissa.

"Hey!" Ryan said happily.

"H. hey Ryan" her voice was shaky and he could tell that she had been crying.

"Sssh Baby don't cry" he pleaded. He hated seeing her cry.

"I'm sorry but its all so fucked up right now. With you gone and Seth.. me and Summer are in hell right now"

"I know it's killing me too, not being able to touch you or talk to you… what do you mean with 'Seth gone'?"

"He left to sail to Tahiti..said he couldn't deal with it all now.. and he didn't even say goodbye, just left us all notes. This was supposed to be an amazing Summer and now two of us have left"

"Seth just left?? And not even saying goodbye?" Ryan couldn't believe it. He loved Summer more than anything and Seth and Marissa had been best friends since they were born.

"Yah but Sum wants to say hi"

Ryan waited. He couldn't wait to talk to Summer. They had become very close when he had started dating Marissa.

"Chino..?"

"Sum.. God I miss you girl.. I cant believe this is happening just when we got close."

"I know I cant deal with you and Seth gone. Cuz God knows I love him."

"I know I know.. whenever I see him I'll give him an ass kicking"

"Good."

"Well I gotta head out Sum… tell Marissa I love her and I miss you both. Call me later"

"I'll tell Coop.. but Chino.. part of the reason we're calling is to start a screening process. This is hell to say, but…….. I don't think we should contact anymore, at least for now.. It just hurts too much"

Ryan felt like a thousand knives were with each word he said, but he knew what she meant. Every time they would talk it would be too painful.

"I understand Sum. I love you guys soo much and we'll see each other someday. Take care and have a nice life."

"You too Chino.. you too"

And with that the line went dead and Ryan lay down and let the tears finally come.

AN: Hope it's all good and as i said b4 these chapters for a bit are some background... then we'll put them all together. Please Review!!:D