The Dinner Ends and Alone Time Begins

Summary- Ryan and Marissa finally get their alone time, but so do another couple.

Disclaimer- I still own nothing...FOX obviously doesn't appreciate bribing. Oh well.

A/N- I'm so glad you guys are enjoying the story, it's been fun for me to write. The corn joke was just something I threw in there, for some strange reason, and if you got it- cool, if you didn't, that's okay. This chapter is mostly with RyanMarissa, but has two other charaters that play an important role as well. Enjoy reading.

On with the story...

The dinner had ended the same way it started. People were still fighting and would occasionally turn around and fight with someone else. You saw Jimmy fighting with Julie than next thing you know, he and Caleb were at each other's throats. Hailey and Caleb would be fighting and then Hailey would take Caleb's side. Sandy and Bob were still talking loudly and Rich joined in once a while when Susan wasn't spraying him with questions about how the market is doing. Seth and Summer were still in their daze, but occasionally turned and talked to Ryan or Marissa when they had to blink. Cindy and Riley were still at it, and Kayla and Jake were still at it. The twins were the only ones being civil, they were eating quietly.

Food was being sprayed across the table and Marissa let out a huge sigh. She looked across at the other end and saw Ryan staring at her. She apologetically shrugged her shoulders and he gave her a 'It's okay' look and they spent the whole dinner mouthing things to each other. After what seemed like an eternity, but was really an hour, the food was gone and everyone realized they had overstayed their welcome. They all got up and put on their coats and jackets as they gave Ryan and Marissa hugs. All the kids came downstairs with a backpack each.

Ryan and Marissa were surprised, but Kirsten and Sandy explained that they needed some alone time and plus, they wanted to spend some time with their grandchildren. Marissa and Ryan gave them an ok and the kids plus Sandy and Kirsten, left.

Bob came over to Ryan, but Ryan stepped back and gave him his hand. Bob didn't understand this so he just started pummeling him. After about a minute, Marissa stopped the giggling and took Bob away from Ryan. Summer had magically disappeared and Seth was getting worried.

"Where's Summer?" he asked.

"Bathroom," Rich replied cooly. "I need to go, I have an important business meeting and I can't wait for her forever," he continued.

Seth gave him glare and said, "Why don't you go, she won't be out for a while." Rich obendiently left but Cindy called after him, "Wait!"

Seth gave her a look, but Cindy continued, "Sethy, you don't mind do you, pwease, pwertty pwease?" she asked Seth. Seth gave her the 'thumbs-up' ans she left with a Rich.

Susan came over to Marissa. "So nice meeting you," she said. "Yes, likewise," Marissa lied. "We should do it again, it was fun." Marissa gave her a smile, while muttering, 'Don't count on it'. Kayla, Susan and Bob left and Julie shot Ryan and Marissa a quick wave and left, trailing after the Smiths. Marissa went to the kitchen and started to load the dishwasher, while Caleb and Ryan were left all alone at the door.

"Thanks for coming," Ryan lied, shifting unesily foot to foot.

"You do a good job at these dinners, you should have more," Caleb told him.

"Yeah, thanks," Ryan said shaking an uncomfortable hand with him. Caleb gave him a nod of the head and left. Ryan let out of a huge sigh of relief and headed to the kitchen.

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"God damn it, it won't open!" Sethexclaimed, pulling on the door knob firecly.

"Yeah, I think we've established that," Summer said from the toilet.

Seth finally let go and slid to the floor. "What are we gonna do? I can't be stuck in the same bathroom as my ex-husband," Summer said, cupping her face in her hands.

"Ex-fiance," Seth corrected her, "remember? We never went through with it."

"Well now I know why," Summer added sarcastically while Seth fakely laughed. They started bickering until they heard voices.

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Marissa continued to load the dishwasher but stopped when she felt Ryan's arms wrapped around her waist and his lips on her neck. Eventually, she turned around and kissed him as well. Ryan started to push them back to their room which was on the way to the bathroom. But before they got there,he pushed Marissa against the wall and passionately kissed her. Marissa let out a moan of satisfaction as Ryan kissed from her neck to her shoulders and tried to take her apron off.

Marissa helped him and parted their lips for a moment. "Having trouble Ward?" she said jokingly. He broke out in a grin and kissed her again.

Summer and Seth heard Ryan and Marissa since they were right across the hall. Summer ran to the door and threw Seth against one of the walls to get him away from the door and madly started pounding on the door.

Ryan heard this and looked at Marissa, "Well I never knew I made your heart beat that fast," and continued to kiss her. Marissa pushed him away, "That wasn't me," she said looking around, concerned. They heard the bathroom door being pounded at a very fast paced. Marissa shrugged and went over there and opened the door, and Summer came stumbling into her arms.

"What are you doing in there?" Marissa asked excitedly once she saw Seth in the bathroom as well.

Summer gained composure and smoothed out her knee-length skirt and started to speak. "Dumbass Cohen got us locked us in here." Seth finally came out of the bathroom, "Hey, you were almost a Cohen, so I wouldn't be calling myself a dumbass."

An awkward silence filled the air.

"Where's Rich?" Summer finally asked.

"He took Cindy home," Seth told her.

"Ugh!" Summer groaned, "So, who's taking me home?"

Ryan and Marissa backed away.

"I will," Seth volunteered.

"Thanks," Summer offered him a small smile.

Seth started to lead Summer to his car, but turned around to Ryan and Marissa. "Oh, and you guys, very believable 'dirty' talk," he told them. Marissa turned a bright red, while Ryan looked at the floor shyly. After they left, Ryan turned to Marissa.

"Come on," she said leading him to their room. She ran to the stairs but Ryan chased after her and threw her over his shoulder while Marissa giggled uncontrollably.

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"Thanks," Summer said, getting out of the passengers seat.

"No problem," Seth waved a hand.

"Well, bye."

And with that, Summer ran up to her small apartment. She dropped her bag on the small wooden coffee table and ran to her room. She plopped herself on the bed, burying herself in the comfort of the cream colored pillows that surroundered her bed. She let her cries run freely, letting the black mascara drip from her eyes to the pillows, and let her smooth, straightned hair, turn into tangley webs but she knew no one would be there to take them and smooth it out, just like Seth used to do, Seth wouldn't be able to do it, she didn't give him the chance, so he couldn't do it at least not anymore.

She knew it was all her fault that they weren't together. But he couldn't let him know the real reason, no one knew, just Summer and god, and of course those at the hospital, not even Marissa. Summer knew Marissa would probably blab it to Ryan and Ryan would let Seth know and Summer would have to explain everything.

Sometimes, she wanted to tell Marissa so she would blab it to Ryan and then Ryan would tell Seth and maybe he would comfort her. No, no I could never let anyone know, she thought, it would hurt too much to bring it up. And with that she cried herself to sleep, like she did almost everynight.

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Ryan gently placed Marissa on the bed and eased himself on top of her and they started kissing. All of a sudden Marissa got agressive and pushed Ryan so she was on top. She continued to kiss him while she took off his dress shirt, and saw his stomach was still a little red from Bob's pummeling. "Did Bobby hurt my baby?" she asked with a smile.

Ryan replied, "Ha-ha, very funny. But yes, Bob did hurt me. Will you make it all better?" he asked, trying to pout, but couldn't stop from smiling.

"Of course I will," she replied slyly, bending down and giving it a light kiss, but then started to kiss up to his chest until she got to his lips. "I love you," she breathed on his lips, looking deep into his eyes.

"I love you too," Ryan said before their lips crashed. She took her hands from his face and slid them down to his pants, and quickly unbuckled his belt. Ryan then released his hands from her shoulders and slid them down to the bottom of her dress, and slid his hands up to her smooth legs and thighs, bringing up the dress as he did this.

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Ryan lay awake up against the propped pillows with Marissa in his arms. He had enjoyed watching her sleep, until he fell asleep himself, but had gotten up again, and it was now morning. After a few minutes, Marissa woke up and smiled once she saw Ryan. She lifted her head and gave him a kiss.

"Morning," he said into the kiss.

"Morning," she repeated back to him. "I missed this," Marissa said, burying herself in Ryan's chest.

"You have no idea," he said leaning down and giving the the top of her head a kiss.

"You're gonna have the talk soon, right?" Marissa questioned. Ryan gave her a puzzled look.

"The sex talk; Jake?" She clarified.

Ryan raised an eyebrow, but saw Marissa's urgency, so he nodded.

"Thank you," she told him sweetly as she drew the covers over them and then started laughing as limbs flew all over the place.

A/N-So...there's chapter 3 for you. I hope you guys liked it, I know it was a little shorter than the rest of my other chapters, but it's gonna get more interesting...I hope. Also the Summer and Seth issue will probably be in the next or fifth chapter, but if you haven't guessed it, Summer and Seth were engaged, but Summer broke it off, and it will become more clearer when they have their talk, which is coming up real soon. So I hope you guys really liked it, and if you have any ideas or anything else you want mentioned, leave me a review.