Sorry it took me so long...and sorry this chapter is so short! I'll try to make the next one longer...I'm so glad that lindsay/zach/rebecca are gone! Yay!...okay, now with the story...

Marissa looked out the car window. Everything was going to be okay now. Her dad had rescued her…again. Since he was her father, the Recovery Center couldn't keep her without his consent. She was free finally…on one condition…if she drank anymore, she would be sent back…and there wouldn't be any weekends.

Jimmy didn't know what he was going to tell Julie. She was going to be pissed and he knew it. But Ryan had called and told him everything. Jimmy had no idea that Marissa was sent to a Recovery Center. He had decided that she needed him more than he needed to be in Hawaii. He was over Julie. And Marissa was more important anyways.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Marissa asked, wondering if Jimmy was going to leave or stay with her in Newport.

"Well, Kiddo…I figured that we could find a place to live, cause I don't think my boat is big enough for both of us…"

Marissa laughed. "It's not. What's mom going to do though?" She asked getting serious again.

"She can't do much. Well she could, but she can't take you back there. Now that they know I'm around, they have to get both parents agree to have you committed. Which isn't going to happen."

"She wasn't around much after you left. I was thankful for it, but I hated having to be around Caleb all the time. Maybe things will go back to norm…well the way they were."

"I hope so Kiddo." Jimmy replied with a smile on his face.


Seth walked into the living room after saying goodbye to Summer and saw Ryan sitting on the couch. "Ryan, you're back! Where ya been man?"

"Out."

"Humm…well that's nice. It makes me feel so good to know exactly what you were doing." Seth said sarcastically.

"I was calling Jimmy…to go get Marissa."

"You were…what?" Seth asked. "I don't get it man…didn't he go to Hawaii?"

"Yeah. But I talked to him. He didn't even know. I told him everything."

"Well is Marissa coming back?" Seth asked sitting on the couch next to Ryan.

"He said he was going to leave. But I don't know if they'll let her out. I mean, she wasn't better yet. She was getting there, but she wasn't."

"I bet everything's cool now. I mean, they can't keep her locked up there when her dad's telling them to let her leave."

"I hope you're right." Ryan said. He really did hope Seth was right. He missed Marissa…and he'd just seen her yesterday.


She walked into the Pool House but he wasn't in there. It was too late to go into the main house. Where was he? Then she heard the water running. He must've wanted to take a really late shower or something. She decided to go out by the pool and wait. Wait for his lights to turn out…cause it would be fun to scare him…just a little.

A few minutes later, he did just as she suspected. The lights went out. She walked up to the glass door and opened it slowly.

"Seth, it's late…I don't want to play video games…or…talk about Summer." Ryan groaned. Figuring it was Seth. He always woke Ryan up in the middle of the night because he couldn't sleep.

He felt someone sit on the bed. Why would Seth sit on his bed? He opened his eyes to see Marissa. He jumped a little. He hadn't expected this at all.

"Marissa! You're….you're…here!"

She leaned over and kissed him. "Of course I am…thank you Ryan." He hugged her as she held on to him.

He smoothed out her hair. Was this happening? He had dreamed this so many times he wasn't sure. He opened his eyes again and turned on his lamp. She was still there. This wasn't a dream.

"I missed you Ryan."

"I missed you too. I didn't know you were getting out, your dad never told me. I'm glad you're here."

"Me too." She breathed in his scent. He smelled like soap. She liked it. His hair was still wet and she pushed it up with her fingers. He looked so cute. He was always cute to her though.

"Wanna spend the night…sleeping, of course." Ryan asked with a half smile.

"Do we have to sleep?" Marissa replied.