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Chapter 19

The next morning, Marissa and Ryan woke to a knocking at the door. Ryan had spent the night at Marissa's. Today she was going to move into his place and Summer and Seth were moving into hers. Marissa groaned.

"I'm gonna kill however it is at the door," she said groggily.

"It's like, 7:30," Ryan noted, glancing at the clock on the beside table. Marissa hoisted herself out of bed and opened the door. It was Summer and Seth.

"You guys are up way way early," Marissa said, yawning.

"You guys like to sleep in too much," Summer shot back.

"Sum, it's like 7:30 in the morning!" Marissa exclaimed.

"Cohen and I are moving his stuff in here today. If I'm not mistaken your moving into Ryan's place. We have to go shopping for furniture and stuff," Summer explained.

"The stores aren't open until 10," Ryan said, coming to the door, rubbing his eyes.

"Morning Chino," Summer greeted, using his old nickname.

"Ugh, Summer, that name is so old!" Ryan said his voice barely above a whisper. He turned to Seth. "Don't you guys ever sleep in?"

"Summer seemed very excited about moving in this morning. I couldn't get her to go back to sleep," Seth replied, smirking.

"Shut it Cohen," Summer warned him. "Who's up for breakfast?"

"Ugh," Marissa, Ryan and Seth complained in unison.

After Marissa and Ryan had reluctantly made it to breakfast with Seth and Summer, they went to the nearest Bed Bath and Beyond to buy the things they headed for their new living arrangements.

"Cohen, you're puny bed won't do. I'm cramped enough having to share it with you," Summer said. She was pushing a huge cart, Seth, Marissa and Ryan following her.

"Why are you so excited about shopping for homey stuff?" Seth asked her.

"It's shopping," Summer said in a duh tone. "But about the bed…we need something bigger."

"I like my bed the way it is, thank you very much," Seth shot back.

"Cohen, we don't fit on it together," Summer pointed out.

"Fine, but we're not getting anything feminine," Seth agreed. Marissa and Ryan went off on their own towards the sheets for the bed.

"Summer seems really excited about moving in with Seth," Ryan brought up.

"She's only been talking about the opportunity for ever," Marissa responded, giving him a smile. "And what about you Mr. Atwood? You looking forward to having your fiancée move in with you?"

"Hell yeah," Ryan replied, kissing her on the lips fiercely. It started to get pretty heated and soon Marissa had to stop him. "Why are you stopping? I never got my morning kiss yet." He pretended to sound hurt.

"We're going to cause uproar," Marissa replied, giggling.

"I have no problem with that," Ryan said, leaning in and kissing her again.

After leaving Bed Bath and Beyond, Marissa headed over to her old dorm which she shared with Summer and collected her things. She packed her clothes in suitcases and took down the bulletin board she had over her bed that had pictures of her favorite celebrities, fashion icons and pictures of her with Ryan, Seth, Summer and her parents and Caitlin. She checked around her room one more time, opening the drawer of her bedside table, she found the photo album that used to cause her to tear up. She opened the book to the page where there was a picture of her with Ryan, Seth, Summer and Trey. She felt tears come to her eyes, but instead of crying about it, she shut the book. That was in the past. Even though she had accidentally killed Trey, Ryan still loved her. Summer came into the room and seeing that Marissa had tears in her eyes asked what was wrong.

"Nothing really," Marissa explained. Summer took the book from her grasp and opened it. She knew why Marissa was teary.

"It's okay you know," Summer assured her.

"I know. I'm not upset. I just found it while I was packing. It's in the past right?" She tried looking happier.

"Yeah it is. Don't worry about it anymore. It didn't change the way Ryan felt about you," Summer said.

"I know," Marissa responded. They hugged. Summer helped her friend bring the boxes over to Ryan's place. Seth's stuff was already where it was supposed to be. Seth and Summer decided to go back to their new dorm together to start unpacking Seth's things.

"I can't believe we're living together…" Marissa murmured after a while.

"Believe it," Ryan said, kissing her. She pulled back.

"I love you, you know," she whispered.

"I love you too," Ryan answered.

"And I'm sorry still. About….everything…" she trailed off.

"Hey, its okay. We're still together…that's all that matters," Ryan said. Marissa smiled. That's what counted…the fact that they were still together. She laughed, thinking about when she first met.

"What's so funny?" Ryan wondered.

"Just thinking…" Marissa said.

"About…." Ryan prompted.

"When we first met," Marissa answered. "You were the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. I fell for you instantly."

"Right back at ya," Ryan responded.

"That was some corny pick up line you used on me though," she said after a while. " 'Who are you? Whoever you want me to be.' Really corny." She said making fun of him.

"Well, it seems that it worked," Ryan replied.

"That it did," Marissa said, leaning in and kissing him again.

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