This chapter is for kursk and i-believe-in-the-butterflies for being loyal readers: )
Summer woke up wrapped safe in Seth's arms. She smiled, looking lovingly at his sleeping figure, thinking of how innocent he looked while he was sleeping. "How could he be such a jerk sometimes?" She thought.

"Sum?" Seth asked sleepily, opening one eye "How's Marissa?"

The smile was immediately wiped off her face as she remembered her best friend's condition. "ohmygod" she moaned, all coming out as one long drawn out word

Summer broke down in tears, for probably the hundredth time in the past few days.

"Baby, don't cry" Seth comforted "We'll get dressed and then we can go visit her, ok sweetie? I'm gonna go call Ry."

She nodded, going to look for two pieces of clothing that at least somewhat matched.

"Ryan?" Seth asked, on the phone "How is she?"


"Sleeping" Ryan answered, gazing down at Marissa "She remembers you and Sum but not me."

Ryan had sat with her all night, holding her hand because it comforted her. He was getting anxious for her to wakeup now, so he could ask if she remembered anything else today.

While Ryan was still on the phone with Seth, Marissa had woken, but kept her eyes closed. She was listening to Ryan's half of the conversation.

"I'll tell her that you're coming to see her when she wakes up, I dunno if she remembers me yet or not."

Ryan sighed, looking down again at the "sleeping" Marissa

"Hey, Seth do you think you could find some pictures of us? Marissa and I, the four of us, you know? It hurts so bad that she has no idea who I am…I mean I love her so much and who knows if she'll ever love me back...thanks man."

He hung up the phone and went back to Marissa's bedside. She pretended to wake up as he was stroking her hair.

"hey" he whispered, and smiled down at her

"hi" she responded in a small voice

"Seth and Summer are coming to visit in a little while, Sum's gonna bring you some real food, so you can stop eating this hospital stuff that I know you don't like."

"Oh"

"What's wrong, Riss?"

"Nothing, really, just still a little bit tired" She smiled at him as best she could, in an effort to get him to believe her. She was feeling guilty about not being able to remember him, she could tell by his voice just then that they really had something, and that he loved her very much. Hopefully the pictures would jog her memory

"Ry, Rissa?" Summer popped her head in the door.

"SUM!" Marissa cried out, holding her arms up to hug her.

While the girls were chatting, Ryan went out in the hall for a little SethRyan time.


"Hey man" Seth greeted him when he saw him standing there. "I've got your pictures, Summer, of course, had a ton."

"Thanks Seth, really."

They sat on the floor, looking through the pictures, recalling memories, good and bad.

"Wasn't that your first night in Newport?" and "Look at ya'll making out on the ferris wheel!"

They found pictures of cotillion and Ryan gasped, again, at Marissa's beauty, wondering how in hell she was on his arm. There were plenty of pictures of the four of them doing random things at harbor, and on Seth's boat. Pictures of the girls at the crab shack and picture of Marissa and Ryan on stage at Senior prom, as queen and king. There were also pictures of them with the Cohens and the Coopers. A picture of Seth and Marissa play-fighting at the beach, pictures of Ryan with Marissa on his shoulder, and then a picture of Ryan and Summer teasing Seth.

"we sure do have a lot of memories" Ryan said, staring at the hard and cold floor

"Don't worry buddy, she'll be ok, and we'll have more."

"yeah…"


Meanwhile, in the girls room, Marissa was bawling into Summer's arms.

"Sum, I wanna remember him so bad! I can tell that he loves me, and I think I know that I love him too, but I just don't know, because I can't remember!" she wailed.

Summer, of course, was already going over plans to get her to remember in her head

"Don't worry Coop, everything will be ok, I promise"

Seth and Ryan walked back in shortly, and Summer grabbed Seth, knowing that Ryan had something for Marissa.

"Coop, we're gonna go get that food out of the car and we'll be back up in a few, Ok?"

Marissa nodded, and turned to face Ryan who was carrying a box.

"What's in there?" she asked

"Pictures"

"Oh, of what?"

"Of you and me" He said as he started to show her some of them, ones of them holding hands at school, kissing at some gala, dancing at Julie's wedding, sleeping on the beach. "And of Summer and Seth" he added, as he showed her another one which had the four of them having a picnic in some park. "See here's some of just you and Seth, and me and Seth and Summer, you and Sum, me and Seth, the four of us again, and here's a bunch more of me and you." He explained every picture to her, until she stopped him.

"When was this?" she asked, looking at a picture of her and Ryan by the Cohen's pool eating Mac n' Cheese and grilled cheese. Ryan smiled at the memory and told her "this was before we were going out, we flirted like crazy, but you were still kinda with Luke so we weren't really together yet, but it was kinda like our first date."

"I remember, you fell in the pool and took me with you and ruined my brand new dress" she said smiling. "And I remember the ferris wheel kiss too, you were such a baby about getting stuck up there."

She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck, causing his head to fall down to her level. She reached up and kissed him, and he knew that she remembered. She might not remember it all, but she remembered enough to know that she loved him and that was all that mattered to him.

"hey guys!" Summer said, walking back in the door "Uh, did I miss something?"

"I remember Sum! I remember Ry!"


So this chapter was a lot longer than all my other ones, but I just had to get to where Marissa remembered Ryan, because it was just so depressing! Anyways, if you're reading please please PLEASE review, because right now I think only 2 people are reading and I might stop writing, since I'm not doing this for my health! So if you want me to continue, you gotta let me know!