A/N- Thanks for me reviews. I'm not quite sure why I'm adding some of Caitlin in here, I guess just because I think that she and Marissa should have a great sister relationship and all. Plus, I think it makes this story even better. Please keep the reviews coming!

Chapter 12

After Jimmy and Julie had left the Cohen's, Ryan and Marissa went to the pool house and Seth and Summer went to Seth's old room. Ryan found Marissa unpacking her things when he came out of the bathroom after putting his toothbrush on the sink.

"We're only staying here for two days. You do know that right?" he asked, smirking.

"Yes, Ryan, I do know. I can't stand living out of a suitcase though. That's why I'm unpacking," Marissa replied. She opened another drawer to find one of Ryan's wife beaters. "Look familiar?" she asked, holding it up.

"Hah, I remember those," Ryan said, taking the wife beater from her.

"Why don't you wear them anymore?" Marissa wondered aloud. "I thought they made you look brooding bad boy sexy."

"Oh, really?" Ryan asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Really," Marissa replied, moving closer to Ryan.

"Well if it makes you happy, I'll wear them again on the occasion," Ryan joked. "Happy now?"

"Yes, very happy," Marissa smiled and leaned in. Her lips met Ryan's in a passionate, teasing kiss. Suddenly, someone opened the pool house doors. Marissa and Ryan broke apart. It was Caitlin who was at the door.

"Sorry for…you know, interrupting," she apologized, blushing.

"It's okay, Cate," Marissa said, placing a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Hey Caitlin," Ryan greeted.

"Hey Ryan," Caitlin replied happily.

"Glad to see you don't hate me anymore," Ryan said.

"I never really hated you. I just didn't really get how great you were for my sister," Caitlin said.

"I thought you went home with Mom and Dad?" Marissa added.

"I offered to help Kirsten and Sandy with the dishes," Caitlin explained.

"Since when do you do dishes?" Marissa laughed.

"Since I came back," Caitlin shot back, laughing herself.

"You guys are totally related," Ryan said stating the obvious. "So, Caitlin, how did you like boarding school?" he asked walking over to the fridge and grabbing three sodas for them. He handed one to Marissa and Caitlin and opened his own.

"Boarding school was okay I guess. There were some pretty snobby bitches there though. But I did make some friends and I did have a boyfriend, but we had to break up since I was moving back here," Caitlin explained. Marissa just stared.

"You really are getting older," Marissa said.

"Well, I am 15," Caitlin stated. "Anyways, enough about me. Tell me how you guys got back together. Rissa, is it true you SHOT someone?" Marissa looked at Ryan as if to ask if it was okay to talk about the situation.

"It's okay," Ryan assured her.

"Well, Ryan's brother got out of jail and he moved into my friend Alex's old apartment. You remember Alex, right?" Marissa asked.

"Yup…" Caitlin replied.

"So he hooked up with Jess Sanders at his 21st birthday party. Turns out she overdosed and passed out in our pool, and Trey took the blame for giving her the drugs," Marissa explained.

"Wait, Jess Sanders…your ex-best friend?" Caitlin questioned.

"Yeah, her," Marissa nodded. Ryan sat beside her on the bed.

"I never liked her. Skank," Caitlin spat. "Anyhoo, keep going."

"So Ry and I knew that Trey didn't give her the drugs. He just took the blame otherwise I would go to jail. So we cleared his name and then afterwards Ry and I kinda just put our pasts behind us and got back together," Marissa said, kissing him on the cheek.

"You guys are so meant for each other," Caitlin said dreamily.

"Yeah, so then things started going downhill so to speak. Ryan went down to Miami with Seth and Sandy to visit Nana Cohen. I offered to help Trey find a job and to hang out with him," Marissa continued. She looked at Ryan. It seemed like he was still okay with her talking about this, so she continued. "Well, we got kind of drunk together and I guess he got high on something because he tried to come onto me."

"He raped you?" Caitlin asked in rage.

"No. He didn't get that far. I hit him on the head with a stick. Anyways, I didn't want to tell Ry because I knew that he would go absolutely ballistic and I didn't want their relationship to get ruined. Well, eventually Summer put the pieces together about me hating Trey so much that I told her about what happened. She obviously told Seth who told Ry and then Ry went to beat the crap out of Trey. I got a phone call from Seth that evening after Mom and Dad announced they were getting back together saying that Ryan knew. I drove as fast as I could to Trey's apartment. I ran in to find Trey strangling Ryan…basically killing him. I yelled at him to stop, but he slapped me and continued strangling Ryan. Trey pulled out the telephone as if he was going to smack Ryan over the head with it when I saw Trey's gun on the ground. I didn't exactly know what was happening, all I knew was that Ryan was dying and that I didn't want to loose him. So I picked up the gun and pulled the trigger. Trey looked back at me with a look that said 'how could you have done this?' and fell to the floor," Marissa concluded. "I didn't mean to kill him." She was close to tears now. It was an emotional subject for her and Ryan. "I just didn't want Ryan to die." Ryan took her in his arms. Caitlin was shocked.

"Well, I say that you did the right thing by shooting Trey. He sounds really dangerous," she finally said. Marissa dried her tears.

"You can see why I love your sister, Caitlin. She saved my life," Ryan whispered. Just then, Summer walked into the pool house followed by Seth.

"You guys! I've got major news!" Summer cried. She noticed Caitlin sitting on one of the chairs. "Hey Cate."

"Hey Summer," Caitlin replied.

"Sum, are you gonna tell them yet?" Seth asked.

"Cohen, I was going to!" Summer replied.

"Can you guys stop bickering and just tell us already?" Ryan asked, his arms still around Marissa.

"See anything different?" Summer asked holding out her hand. Marissa noticed it immediately.

"You guys are ENGAGED?" she screamed.

"Yeah!" Summer replied.

"OH MY GOD!" Marissa cried happily. She embraced Summer in a huge hug.

"When did this happen?" Ryan asked, obviously confused.

"Just now," Seth answered.

"And you don't tell me before?" Ryan asked. "I'm hurt!" he joked.

"Seth, you're engaged?" Caitlin asked. She never saw it coming. Sure Summer and him were like, made for each other, but she still liked him.

"Yup! Sorry Cate. You're still one of my favorite girls though," he assured her, ruffling her hair.

"Oh my god, I cannot believe you are engaged," Marissa said.

"I know! Neither can I! When Cohen asked me, I was so speechless it was actually pretty funny. Of course you're my maid of honor. Cate, you're one of my bridesmaids. I was thinking of getting Anna to come back from the wedding because well, she was basically the only other one of my closest friends," Summer said. She, Marissa and Caitlin went off into a discussion of the wedding. Ryan cornered Seth.

"Listen, when do you think I should do it?" he whispered.

"Sometime this weekend," Seth whispered back.

"Do you think she'll say yes?" Ryan asked.

"Of course she will. She loves you. You love her. It works," Seth replied. "I just can't believe that by the time we get back to college we'll both be engaged to the women of our lives."

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