A/N- Here is finally the R/M encounter you have all been waiting for. Also, some S/S action. Btw, do any of you know the song that was played in the Dearly Beloved after Trey was shot? I only know the first line..."What you said..." and then I don't know anymore. If you do know what its called, please let me know! Don't forget to review!

Chapter 3

Summer and Marissa had gotten to College of Los Angeles at 11:00 the next morning. They were finally happy to be away from their parents. Summer hoped that Seth and Ryan were already there…so that Seth and her plan would be able to go into action. Once they had gotten their room number (they were sharing a room), Marissa dropped her bags on the floor by her bed.

"I'm going to get my schedule. I'll be back later," Marissa let her friend know, taking her purse and walking out the door. Once Summer was sure she was gone, she flipped open her cell phone and called a number she knew too well.

"Cohen?" Summer asked when he answered.

"Hey," Seth said, his voice getting somewhat excited.

"Are you guys here?" Summer questioned impatiently.

"Yeah, Ryan just went out to get his schedule," Seth reported.

"Great! So did Coop," Summer replied, excitedly. There was silence for a while. "You wanna meet up?" she asked suddenly. She really missed Seth, no matter how weird it was that just a few days ago, they had decided to go on a break.

"Sure," Seth said. "I'll see you outside the coffee lounge in 10," Seth answered and hung up.

Marissa approached the many tables set outside, looking for where she would be able to get her schedule. Finally she found the table marked with last names A-M.

"Cooper, Marissa," Marissa said, stating her name.

"One minute please," the girl behind the table said. Marissa looked around at the crowd of people. She was really excited to be at college with Summer, her best friend. However, she couldn't help but feel that something, or someone was missing. Soon enough, her gaze landed on someone who looked freakishly like Ryan. But it couldn't be. Or could it? She decided to find out.

"Ryan?" Marissa said with question and hope in her voice. The man turned around. It was Ryan!

"Oh my god!" Marissa said excitedly.

"Marissa?" Ryan asked, sounding just as surprised as she was.

"Yeah! I had no idea you went here!" Marissa said. She hugged him. It was pretty awkward considering that last time they had seen each other, Marissa had shot Trey. When they leaned back from their hug, Marissa was smiling widely.

"Yeah, well I got in here, so. I would have called you but I just…wanted to spend some alone time," Ryan said, a little shyly.

"No, I totally understand," Marissa said sincerely. "Hey, you wanna get some coffee?" Ryan nodded. Maybe things were looking up after all.

Meanwhile, Summer and Seth were sitting at a booth at the college's local coffee lounge. It was pretty awkward since they also hadn't seen each other since that day a few months ago. Finally, after not saying so much as a "hey, how are you?" Seth couldn't take it anymore.

"So…do you still have Princess Sparkles?" Seth said out of the blue. Summer waited a while before answering this.

"Yeah," Summer replied, blushing a little. It was kind of weird, having a plastic pony when she was a freshman at college. "What about you? Do you still have Captain Oats?" Seth nodded. There was silence again. Summer took a sip of her coffee. She wondered where this conversation was leading to.

"Look, Summer, I don't think Oats can live without Sparkles," Seth said finally. Summer opened her mouth to speak, but Seth continued what he was saying. "And I can't live without you." Summer felt her heart melt. This was why she loved Seth so much.

"But Seth…everything that's happened…" she tried to select the right words.

"Summer, I don't care about what's happened in the past. That's behind us now. Zach, Reed, the comic book, my grandpa dying, my mom being in rehab, that's all behind us. All I want is to be with you," Seth explained.

"Oh, Seth, that's soo sweet," Summer cooed. "Of course I want to be with you. Going on a break was terrible." She leaned across the table and kissed Seth, long and passionate. It was the first kiss they had had in a while. When they broke apart, they were smiling goofily.

"So, do you think Ryan and Coop have met up yet?" Summer asked, drinking some more of her coffee.

"I think so. Do you think they still haven't figured out we set them up?" Seth questioned.

"Who knows?" Summer replied. "Now, tell me all about your vacation in Canada…"

Ryan and Marissa were walking to the campus's coffee place where Seth and Summer were (but they didn't know they were there). They had been filling each other in about their summers, however leaving out every topic that involved going into the Trey shooting.

"It's so weird that we got into the same college and we never knew about it," Marissa said suddenly.

"I know. Seth's here too and so is Summer. I remember telling her I was going here too," Ryan said, sounding confused.

"Wait, Summer knew you got accepted here?" Marissa asked. Things were starting to make sense.

"Yeah, I told her 2 days ago," Ryan replied.

"I told Seth I was going here like…I don't know, a week ago. I was sure he would have told you," Marissa added. "Unless…"

"Yes, unless they deliberately decided not to tell us!" Ryan said, finally getting it.

"So you think they're setting us up?" Marissa replied a bit happy that they were getting set up, but a little confused.

"Well, why else wouldn't they have told us we were going to be attending the same college?" Ryan said. Marissa and Ryan looked across the way. They saw Seth and Summer walking out of the coffee shop, hand in hand. When they spotted Ryan and Marissa, their faces froze.

"Hey guys," Seth said, a little uneasy.

"Hello matchmakers," Marissa replied, smiling.

"What are you going on about Coop?" Summer asked, pretending to play dumb.

"Come on Summer. We know you guys are setting us up," Ryan included.

"Ryan, man, we have no idea what your talking about," Seth said, shaking his head.

"Whatever. Hey, I thought you guys were on a break?" Ryan asked, motioning to the couple who's hands were still intertwined.

"We decided that breaks don't work for us," Seth interjected.

"Well then you'll understand that me and Marissa are on one and thinking that we wouldn't have found out about you guys setting us up was probably far from your minds," Ryan stated a little sternly. Marissa felt hurt. Ryan had just declared that they were on a break. This meant that he really wanted some time apart.

"Okay, Chino, chill," Summer said. "We're going to um…look around a bit. See you guys later." And off they walked back to Seth's room to do God knows what. Marissa turned to Ryan.

"Well, I'm gonna go back to my room. I'm not so thirsty anymore," Marissa said, making up some lame excuse so she could sort out what Ryan had really meant.

"Okay," Ryan said. "I'll call you later."