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Chapter 7

Summer awoke the next morning and looked at her watch: 7:30. Classes would be starting in half an hour. She stood up and realized that Marissa wasn't in the room, however someone else was beside her.

"COHEN!" she screamed. Seth mumbled something in his sleep.

"No, you can't take Oats! No!" he yelled, suddenly waking up. Summer looked at him and burst out laughing.

"It wasn't funny," he said, turning bright red.

"Sure," Summer replied. "So Cohen, how long have you been sleeping here for?"

"I came in early this morning. Marissa was just going out actually," Seth explained.

"I wonder where she went," Summer wondered.

"Look who I brought," Seth brought up, reaching into his school bag and bringing out Captain Oats.

"Yay! Sparkles will be so happy," Summer joked.

"So, what happened with Marissa's date last night?" Seth asked his girlfriend, curling up to her.

"She had fun…surprisingly. But she still loves Ryan," Summer said, sighing.

"Ryan still loves her," Seth replied. "It's funny they both don't see that they're perfect for each other."

"I know. Anyways, we got invited to another party this coming weekend," Summer included.

"Who invited us?" Seth wanted to know.

"Josh technically. Marissa just passed on the news," Summer said. She crawled over Seth's body and walked towards the bathroom. "I have to get ready for school…you can stay if you want…"

"Okay, I'll just watch TV," Seth said, starting to look for the remote. Summer whirled around.

"Or you could just join me in the shower," Summer pointed out. Seth grinned. He got up and followed Summer into the bathroom.

Soon enough, the night of the party arrived. Josh had picked Marissa up at 8:00 the following Saturday.

"You look nice," he said, leaning in and kissing her.

"Thanks," she replied. She was wearing a jean mini skirt, a polo shirt and flats. As they walked into the bar, Marissa looked around to see who was there. She didn't spot Ryan…yet.

However, in the middle of the dance floor Ryan was sitting at one of the tables with Liv. He had seen Marissa come in and he had seen her with Josh. Who is he? He wondered to himself. Suddenly, Ryan saw Josh drape his arm around Marissa's waist. Ryan was getting jealous; he had to do something fast. He looked at Liv who was putting down her margarita. Ryan leaned in towards Liv and kissed her on the mouth, right when Marissa had spotted him as well. Marissa felt a pang of jealousy. Sure she was with Josh but Ryan was with some trailer trash! He had no idea what he was doing. Marissa tugged on Josh's arm.

"Hey, I want you to meet someone," she said. Josh said goodbye to his friends and let Marissa lead him over to where Ryan and Liv were still kissing. Marissa cleared her throat.

"Ryan?" she asked, pretending like she didn't know it was him. Ryan stopped kissing Liv. He looked up.

"Hey Marissa," he said coolly.

"Hi. Um, this is Josh," she said, motioning in his direction. Josh and Ryan exchanged glances. Then, Josh held out his hand politely and shook Ryan's.

"I'm Rissa's boyfriend," Josh said. Ouch! So they are together, Ryan thought to himself.

"And I'm Liv," Liv said, jumping into the conversation. "I'm Ryan's new girlfriend."

"Glad to see you moved on," Marissa snapped.

"Same with you," Ryan replied.

"Well, we're gonna go dance," Marissa said. "Bye Ryan." She walked away, Josh following her.

After the party, Josh offered to take Marissa home. Marissa had felt really bad about the conversation she had had with Ryan earlier. So Ryan really was with trailer trash girl. And she really was with Josh. Hopefully Ryan wouldn't hate her forever. When Josh parked in front of Marissa and Summer's dorm, he turned to her.

"Rissa, I don't want you interacting with that Ryan guy anymore," Josh stated firmly. Marissa looked at him. This was weird.

"But why?" she asked, trying to sound like she didn't really care.

"He was your ex right?" Josh asked.

"Yeah…but we're still…friends," Marissa said.

"I just don't want you hanging out with him, okay?" Josh stated again.

"Sure, whatever," Marissa said, turning to leave. Josh held her back and pulled her in for a kiss. Marissa was too delirious in her own thoughts to think about anything else. After the kiss, she ran inside her dorm and collapsed onto the bed, crying her eyes out.