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Chapter 20

A few weeks had passed and Marissa and Ryan as well as Seth and Summer had adapted to their new living arrangements. Marissa loved living with Ryan…she couldn't wish for anything more. It was a Saturday and Marissa and Summer had decided to spend some quality time together, shopping on Melrose Avenue. They left their fiancées to have manly bonding time. As they were walking on Melrose, Marissa spotted someone she wanted to forget about. She came to an abrupt halt in her tracks.

"Coop, what is it?" Summer asked, looking at her friend. Marissa pointed in front of her. Josh was looking at a display in a window of a nearby shop. "Oh, shit! I'm sorry that you had to see him."

"I don't want him to see me," Marissa managed to get out.

"Well we do have to get by him…I mean, B-Cool is on the other side of him," Summer pointed out. B-Cool was one of their favorite stores that had only opened last month. They sold the trendiest clothes.

"Fine, but try to walk in front of me so he doesn't see me," Marissa pleaded. Summer sighed and nodded. They started walking. Closer they came, passing Josh. Marissa thought that they had made, when she heard her name.

"Marissa, wow, long time no see." Damn! He saw her. She whirled around.

"Oh, hey Josh," she replied, flashing a fake smile.

"Hey Josh, Summer Roberts. Marissa's best friend," Summer said, quickly introducing herself. "I don't think I ever met you."

"No I don't think we did either," Josh replied. He turned back to Marissa though, totally ignoring Summer. "So what have you been up to?" Marissa thought for a while. This guy had banished her from seeing Ryan. She had to figure out some way to get revenge on him. Finally, she had an idea.

"Josh, I'd love so stay and chat, but I'm meeting my fiancée," she said, trying to keep herself from laughing.

"You're uh, what?" Josh sounded completely confused.

"My fiancée. You know, Ryan?" Marissa informed him.

"Oh, well, uh, see you around," Josh said and walked away, looking more confused than ever before. Marissa turned to Summer and burst out laughing.

"Sweet way to gain revenge, Coop," Summer congratulated her. "I didn't know you had it in you."

"Hey, I took my mom that time she wanted me to go to therapy after TJ, remember?" Marissa reminded her friend.

"Oh, right!" Summer said, recalling it. "I think I hear B-Cool calling our names."

"Yeah, I do too," Marissa agreed.

Meanwhile, Ryan and Seth were bored out of their minds. They had played many games on PS2, all of them in which Seth won. They were running out of things to talk about.

"I'm hungry," Seth said suddenly.

"Come to think of it, I am too. Wanna head down to the Hard Rock Café or something?" Ryan suggested.

"Sure," Seth replied. They got their coats on and started walking to the café. On the way their, they couldn't think of anything to talk about. "What's wrong with us? We never get to talk anymore. There are always these huge gaps of silence. I miss Seth Ryan pool house time," Seth complained.

"We don't always have huge gaps of silence. Its just we don't have all the time we used to have to hang out since we're both engaged," Ryan explained.

"Well I think we should hang out at least once every two weeks to spend some manly quality time together," Seth suggested.

"Sure," Ryan agreed. "I bet Marissa and Summer wouldn't mind…they'd get to do their regular shopping sprees." There was silence again for a while. "So how is it, living with Summer?" he asked after a while.

"Tough at times…she can be very high maintenance, but I love her, so I learn to deal with it," Seth said. "You will not believe what bed she picked out for us. It has purple sheets with a mosquito netting hanging from the ceiling. I told her not to get something feminine and she totally didn't listen to me. How's living with Marissa?"

"Great. I love waking up every morning, seeing her beside me," Ryan said.

"Wow, Ryan, I had no idea you were so sappy," Seth joked. Ryan laughed.

"Shut up Seth," he said. That's when he heard someone call his name.

"Ryan, is that you?" He and Seth turned to face the noise. It was Liv dressed in a short skirt and halter top. She still looked like trailer trash.

"Uh, hey Liv," Ryan said, uneasily.

"I haven't seen you in like, forever," Liv commented. That's because Ryan had been avoiding her like the plague…something he should have done from the beginning.

"I've been busy…" Ryan trailed off. Liv turned to Seth. "Who's this?" she smiled coyly at him.

"I'm Seth Cohen, Ryan's brother," Seth informed her.

"Well aren't you cute," Liv cooed.

"Liv, I wouldn't go there if I were you," Ryan warned her.

"Oh, come on, Ry. Can't a girl have a little fun? Are you jealous or something?" Liv asked.

"Why would he be jealous when he's engaged to the woman of his life?" Seth interjected. Liv looked shocked.

"What is he talking about Ryan?" Liv sounded confused.

"I'm engaged," Ryan stated.

"Don't tell me. To that Cooper girl right?" Liv guessed. "Whatever. You're missing out. What about you Seth? You wanna go out some time?" This girl didn't know when to give up.

"Actually, he's engaged too," Ryan said.

"You guys don't know what you're missing," Liv said and stormed off. Seth turned to Ryan.

"She really is trailer trash, dude. How could you have gone out with her?"

"I don't have the faintest idea," Ryan replied. Just then, Seth's cell phone started ringing. He flipped it open.

"Yello?" he greeted.

"Hey baby," It was Summer.

"Hey right back to ya," Seth replied, his voice getting mushy.

"You will never guess what Coop did today. I am sooo proud of her. She totally messed with Josh's mind," Summer said.

"Haha…funny you should say that. Ryan totally messed with Liv's," Seth responded. "Where are you guys?"

"We're at the Hard Rock Café. We just finished shopping," Summer informed him.

"Funny, we're heading there now. Save us a couple of seats," Seth said.

"Kay. Love ya," Summer said.

"Love ya too," Seth replied and hung up the phone. "Our fiancées are waiting for us at the café."

Ryan and Seth arrived at the café not so long afterwards. Seth kissed Summer while Marissa kissed Ryan hello. Seth noticed how many bags they each had.

"You guys are like shopping machines," he noted. "Don't you ever get bored of shopping?" Both girls looked at him like he was crazy.

"Seth, we're girls. We have to shop…it's like, not right if we don't," Marissa explained.

"It's something you'll never understand, Cohen," Summer added. She turned to Ryan. "So, Ryan, guess what Coop did today."

"What?" Ryan asked.

"She totally got revenge on the sleaze ex-boyfriend of hers. I wouldn't even call him an ex. Let's see screw up," Summer said.

"You ran into Josh?" he asked Marissa.

"Yeah. I totally gave him a taste of his own medicine," Marissa said, smiling deviously.

"Yeah, he looked so confused, I sort of felt bad for him. But then I thought, he hurt Coop so much and he kept you guys apart so screw him," Summer said.

"Funny thing that you ran into Josh. Because Ryan ran into his trailer trash," Seth told Marissa.

"Oh, really?" Marissa asked.

"Yeah. She tried coming onto me and Seth but then we told her we were engaged to the women of our lives and she walked away, clearly pissed off," Ryan said, laughing.

"Revenge is definitely sweet, isn't it?" Marissa said.

"Definitely," Ryan agreed, nodding his head in agreement.

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