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Seth, Ryan, Marissa, and Summer went to the ocean. Marissa felt like she hadn't been there in forever. Summer and Marissa ran through the shallow end and splashed each other as Seth and Ryan sat in the sand and watched them.

"I'm ready for lunch Summer…are you?" Seth called out. He wasn't all that hungry, but he wanted to let Ryan and Marissa get their 'alone time' together. Summer got the hint. She knew what he was doing. It was Ryan's turn to be with Marissa.

"Yeah, let's go Cohen." She yelled back. "Coop, if you want you can come…we just figured that you and Ryan would want some time together, y'know, alone?"

"Yeah, that would be nice. How about you and Seth pick us back up here after you eat?"

"Okay Coop." Summer ran to Seth and they went to the Range Rover and drove away.

Ryan looked at Marissa as she walked towards him. She looked so beautiful to him. He stood up and walked over to her.

"Just us." He whispered into her ear. "I like it better this way…"

Marissa just smiled, she loved the way he held her in his arms and whispered into her ears. "Me too." She replied.

"So, what do you wanna do? It's your day, so you decide." Ryan smiled. He was so happy to be next to her again.

"Hmm my choice? I think we should go swimming…no, no, let's just go hang out…y'know 'talk'. Does that sound good to you?"

"Y'know, it really does."


"No, Summer, I don't want to eat there. I'm sick of eating everywhere that you wanna eat at. It's my turn to pick." Seth argued with Summer.

"Cohen, why do you have to be such a baby? Let's just go to the Crab Shack. You like it there don't you?"

"Hey, yeah let's eat at the Crab Shack. I can't believe I'm such a genius. You like it there don't you?"

"Yeah."

"Good." Summer and Seth finally stopped arguing. Summer realized that even though she was stubborn, Seth was even more stubborn and she had to give up eventually.

"Or, Seth, we could just hang out here and 'talk' if you wanted."

"Well, I do like that idea better." Seth said leaning over to kiss Summer.


Ryan and Marissa sat in the sand under the bright sun.

"I wonder where Seth and Summer are…hasn't it been like two hours?" Ryan asked curious.

"I don't know Ry. I thought you wanted it to be only us?"

"I do. Just a little worried. They're probably just giving us some time alone though huh?"

Marissa stared at the water…she couldn't help but feel happy, but she still felt horrible. "Yeah. Ryan?"

"What?"

"I'm really sorry. Y'know this summer…it wasn't supposed to be like this…it was supposed to be…"

"Marissa, hey, I'd rather this summer be like this, than you be like you were, so unhappy…okay? It's okay."

"But it's not okay Ryan, I messed it up…I messed up everything." Marissa couldn't take all the pain that was building up inside of her and she started to cry.

"Mariss…it's okay…it really is baby. I promise, everything's fine."

"It's not okay Ryan. I'm in a recovery center! Every other girl in there is addicted to heroin, but I'm in there because of alcohol! I want to go home. I want to be home with you." Marissa started to cry more.

"I want you to be with me too…but mostly I want you to get better, then come home. I love you and I don't like seeing you drink. I've been around it my whole life. I don't want alcohol to ruin you. It'll ruin us. Do you want that?"

Marissa calms down a little. Ryan was right. If she got better now, their future together would be better. "No, I don't want us to be pulled apart…ever."

Ryan smiles and kisses her cheek. "Good."

Seth and Summer pull up in the Range Rover.

Summer walked up to them with Seth. "So, what are you guys up to? Cohen here, just drank a ton of Mountain Dew and he's all hyped up."

"Nice, thanks Summer. The beach is boring. Let's make if fun. You guys up for a little game I like to call Hide and Seek?"

Marissa laughs. "You're kidding right?"

Ryan thought that the idea was a little childish, but had to agree with Seth. The beach was getting kind of boring. "C'mon Marissa. We can be in teams. Seth and Summer can count first."

Marissa had to give in to him. "Alright."

"Awesome…1. 2. 3..." Seth started counting with Summer.


"How's this huh? They won't find us here." Ryan was pleased with his new found hiding place. It was an old abandoned light house.

Marissa wasn't so pleased. "Besides the fact that it's kind of creepy. It's alright." Ryan sat down on the floor of the light house, then Marissa gave in and sat next to him.

"I like Hide and Seek." Ryan was so happy. Plus he actually did think Seth had a good idea.

"Me too. But, I like this better." Marissa starts kissing Ryan. Their kisses get more passionate.

"Ha Ha! Found you!" Seth yelled as the door flew open. Then he realized what he interrupted as Ryan and Marissa pulled away from each other abruptly."Ahh. Now I see why you wanted to play Hide and Seek my Chino friend. If you wanted to play spin the bottle we could've…"

"Hey Cohen, how about we go look for sea shells." Summer stepped in, trying to make the moment less awkward.

"Alright." Seth looks at Ryan and Marissa one last time. "Have fun." The Summer pulls him out of the light house.

Ryan and Marissa can't help but start laughing.

"Ryan, what time is it?"

"Not too late. We still have a lot of time."

"That's good. How do you want to spend our time?" Marissa looks at Ryan. "Cause I was thinking we could spend it like this…" Marissa leans over and kisses Ryan.

"Good idea."


"Summer, looking for sea shells isn't all that bad. We should bring Captain Oats and Princess Sparkle out here some day." Seth said picking up another sea shell from the sand.

Summer smiles. "Yeah. We should." She pauses and thinks for a little while. "Cohen. I really hate how Marissa isn't gonna be with us all summer. I mean, what about Ryan? Is he gonna be alone all summer?"

Seth looks at Summer sympathetically. "No, he has us. Plus he gets weekends. Ryan's gonna be fine. We are gonna be fine and have an awesome summer, I promise. And Marissa will get better and come home, so everything will be better. Okay?"

"I hope so."

Seth leans over to kiss Summer.

"I know so."