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A couple of days had past since Marissa first began to remember Ryan. They had let her out of the hospital, and since then Ryan had been spending all his time with her, devoting himself to getting her to remember their relationship in its entirety.

They had flown home to Newport, they had decided that it was worth missing a week of classes. Sandy and Kirsten had been excited when they showed up on the doorstep, after all they cared a lot for Marissa, and were worried when Ryan told them about her condition.

They slept in the pool house, and Marissa said that as soon as she walked in the smell of the room made her remember many nights they had spent together there. Ryan pointed things out and told her stories of them and what they and Seth and Summer had done here. Marissa was really excited, now she was remembering enough to stop Ryan midway through a sentence and finish telling the story for herself.

Ryan knew that bringing Marissa back to Newport was a good idea, but he didn't think the effect on her would be this great. He was ecstatic at the progress she had made in the past few days. They were having lunch at the Crab Shack when Marissa first mentioned Luke.


"Ry?" She asked

"Hmmmm?"

"Do you remember Luke?"

"Yeah, why?" He sounded confused

"You fought him here, like your first week here, all because of me."

"Yeah, well, I've gotten in a lot of fights for you. Love can make you do some crazy things."

"Yeah-what about Luke and my Mom?"

'shit' he thought, 'I was hoping that maybe she wouldn't remember everything'

"What about them sweetie?" He asked, trying to play it off.

"Nothing, I just wondered if they got along, since my Mom hates you so much."

"Oh" He responded, shrugging it off "that was a relief" he thought.

Ryan didn't want to lie to Marissa, but that had hurt her so badly. He didn't think he could watch her live through all that pain again.


Seth and Summer had remained in NC, they weren't quite as smart as Ryan and Marissa, and couldn't afford missing a whole week of classes. Everything had almost gone back to normal, and Seth decided that this was a good time to talk to Summer about what he had been wanting to do.

He had bought the ring a couple weeks ago, but didn't want to ask during all the complicated stuff with Marissa. He wasn't even positive that she would say yes, but he had to know, once and for all, if she really loved him.

Seth and Ryan had gone out about a month ago, one night when the girls were at some girls only party, looking for rings. They found a jewelry store that made custom engagement rings, and they spent hours designing rings for the girls, asking each other questions about color and cut that neither of them really knew the answer to.

Ryan had walked out with a gorgeous ring, there was a princess cut, one karat diamond in the middle, and tow half-karat square cut diamonds on either side, set in platinum. It was really stunning. Seth had chosen all circular diamonds for Summer's, only it was set in gold also with a one carat diamond in the center, with 3 diamonds on each side that got progressively smaller. Both of the girls' rings added up to 2 karats, and cost about the same, so they couldn't compare them. The boys had planned it that way, otherwise they knew that one of them would never hear the end of it.

Seth knew that with Ryan and Marissa gone, that this would be the perfect time to do it, and decided to take Summer out to dinner that night.


Back in Newport, Ryan was thinking the same things as Seth. He had completely forgiven Marissa for her cheating, he knew that she would probably never remember it. He was completely confident that she loved him more than anything, and was almost certain that she would say yes. He just wasn't sure if he wanted to spring such a big thing on her so soon.

He put the ring in his pocket as they walked down to the beach, thinking that he would just decide later.

They walked down to the water and sat, and as Marissa leaned herself on Ryan's chest and he wrapped his arms around her, he knew that asking her was right.

"Riss?" he asked, his voice somewhat shaky?

"Yeah?" She answered as he let go of her and moved to get down on one day. She noticed this immediately "Oh my god!" she exclaimed.

"Marissa Cooper, will you marry me?"


Seth wasn't very calm as he was waiting for Summer. She told him that she wasn't feeling well and that she was just going to go shower before their date. He didn't know that she was really in the bathroom throwing up and peeing on a strip.

"Sum, Summer hunny, we have reservations" he called through the door

She came out, still in her juicy sweats and t-shirt. Seth could tell she had been crying.

"Sweetie, what's wrong?" he asked, leading her to the bed.

She held something up for Seth to look at. "Seth, I'm Pregnant."

He didn't know why, but he whipped out the ring and got down on one knee. "Sum, everything will be ok. I promise I will always take care of both of you. I love you. Will you marry me?"

"No Seth, and this baby isn't yours."


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