Chapter 6
A
few days had past, and Marissa still hadn't been able to go to the
Cohen's home, afraid of an awkward meeting with Seth. Ryan had no
idea of what had happened and didn't understand Marissa hesitation.
"What's going on Marissa?" a confused Ryan asked. "Why
are we only hanging out in your house and the poolhouse?"
"Nothing's going on. It's just we always hang out at the
Cohen's and I just wanted to hang out with you, on you own."
Marissa defended.
"OK. It's just I feel kinda bad leaving
Seth on his own."
Marissa sqirmed. "Well, if you want,
there's a party at Holly's tonight if you want to come. Invite Seth
if you want. Tell him Summer will be there."
"Yeah ok."
Ryan replied. Ryan leaned forward to kiss Marissa's forehead and
started to stand up.
"Where are you going?" Marissa
asked.
"To tell Seth about the party and get ready."
Ryan told her.
"Oh. Well, I'll see you later then. Meet you
at Holly's about 7:30?"
"OK. Bye." With that Ryan
left.
Back
at the Cohen's, Seth was playing Pro Skater in the living room.
"Hey
Seth." Ryan appeared at the door.
"Hey man. Where have
you been?"
"With Marissa." replied Ryan. "Oh,
and she asked me to invite you to Holly's party. She said to say that
Summer's gonna be there."
"Great." Seth said with
forced enthusiasm.
"Are you OK, man?" Ryan asked. "I'd
thought you'd be more stoked than that?"
Seth didn't know
what to say. He couldn't tell Ryan what had happened the other day.
"No, I am stoked. What time are we going?"
"Marissa
said to meet her there at 7:30." Ryan informed Seth. "It's
already 5:15. I'm going to have a shower."
When Ryan left
the room, Seth's face change from smily to depressed. He was dreading
the thought of having to see Marissa, especially with Ryan.
"I'm
not even gonna think about it." He thought to himself. "It
didn't happen." But Seth knew in his mind that it was going be
harder than that to forget about it.