A/N- YAY! I got over 100 reviews! Thanks so much for reviewing and keeping me writing. Who is the familiar face? You'll find out in this chapter.

Chapter 25

"Oh my god! Hey Anna!" Seth said happily. The blonde haired girl a huge grin.

"Hey guys! Wow, fancy meeting you here," Anna replied.

"Anna, what are you doing here?" Seth wanted to know. "I thought you went back to Pittsburgh."

"Well, we're in town visiting some relatives," Anna explained. "Hey Summer."

"Hey Anna," Summer replied, flashing her a smile.

"I see you guys are still going strong," Anna mentioned about the two couples.

"Yeah, we're both getting married," Summer filled her in, showing Anna the ring that Seth gave her.

"Congrats! I knew you guys would wind up together," Anna said. She was happy to see some familiar faces. Ryan suddenly remembered how Kirsten and Sandy had said that they could invite some friends. Seeing as Anna was a friend, why not invite her?

"Hey, Anna…this might come as short notice, but there's a party at the house on New Years Eve and Sandy and Kirsten said we could invite some friends…" Ryan trialed off, leaving Marissa to continue.

"And since all of our friends have gone abroad for college, we want you to come," Marissa finished.

"Yeah, sure! I'd love to come," Anna said. "So, what's been going on around here? I've sort of missed Newport."

"A lot has been going on," Seth said. "So much I don't think my head can take it anymore." Summer nudged him.

"Well after you left things got kind of crazy. Ryan's ex came to town and they slept together and he got her pregnant. He had to go back to Chino to care for her and the baby. Uh, Cohen sailed away on his little sail boat, but then took a BUS to Portland and crashed with Luke and his dad. When Ryan's ex lost the baby, he convinced Ryan to come back to Newport. I had gotten together with Zach and Marissa was with the yard guy so Seth and Ryan got new girls. Seth got together with gay Alex and Ryan got together with Caleb's illegitimate daughter Lindsay. I ditched Zach at the airport before going to Italy for his sisters wedding and Cohen and I had a kiss worthy of Spiderman. Meanwhile, Coop had gotten together with Alex until they both realized she still had feelings for Ryan. Lindsay went back to Chicago with her mom. Ryan's felon of a brother Trey came out of jail and shook things up in Newport," Summer explained.

"Oh, I never knew you had a brother Ryan," Anna said.

"I don't. Not anymore," Ryan said. Marissa stared down and her shoes. Although they had all promised not to hide from their pasts, it still caused some guts to talk about what happened that night.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Anna asked, obviously confused.

"Seth and I went to Miami to see the Nana. While we were gone, Marissa helped Trey to find a job. She went over to his house to celebrate, but got a little drunk. Rissa suggested they take a breath of fresh air. While they were walking on the beach Trey forced himself onto her. He was obviously high," Ryan said bitterly.

"Oh my god. He raped you?" Anna asked, shocked.

"No, I hit his head with a stick before he could get away with anything," Marissa added.

"So anyway, I knew something was wrong, because Rissa wasn't herself. So I asked Trey if anything happened while I was away. He said that she came onto him. I didn't know who to believe, so I got clued in by a familiar face. When Seth told me that Trey had tried to hurt my girlfriend, I knew that he hadn't changed a bit," Ryan said, getting more bitter as he went on.

"Uh, we don't have to talk about this if you don't want to," Anna suggested seeing that Ryan was getting a little upset.

"No. We promised we wouldn't hide from our pasts. Plus, we have to fill you in. So I went over to Trey's. I told him I knew what he did and he threatened me with a gun. We started fighting. I guess Seth called Marissa because soon enough she was there, yelling at Trey for him to stop choking me. He wouldn't listen, and when she saw the gun lying on the floor, she didn't think twice," Ryan finished.

"She shot your brother?" Anna asked bewildered.

"I didn't mean too. He was killing Ryan…what else could I do?" Marissa asked, promising herself she wouldn't cry. She had cried so much that night and so much earlier this year that she promised she wouldn't cry anymore.

"Of course you didn't mean to!" Anna said sympathetically.

"So anyways, we all ended up going to the same college. Seth and Summer tried to get Marissa and I back together since we were on a break. She got together with the schools star quarter back and I got together with a piece of trailer trash. Eventually we both dumped them knowing we were supposed to be together," Ryan said. He was starting to sound a bit better…obviously he really wanted to keep the promise they had made about not wanting to hide from their pasts.

"Cohen proposed to me," Summer added. "Ryan proposed to Coop."

"Ryan stood up to Julie Cooper," Seth included.

"Really? I bet that took courage," Anna said, smiling.

"That it did," Ryan agreed.

"My mom got sent to rehab but she's back now," Seth continued to explain. They really had to fill Anna in…she had been gone a while.

"How come?" Anna wanted to know.

"Alcoholism," Seth answered.

"Caleb died," Marissa said. "And my parents got back together."

"Cohen got me pregnant," Summer said finally. Anna didn't seem bothered by it.

"Congrats on the baby!" she said happily.

"That's it really," Ryan wrapped up.

"Wow, I really have missed a lot," Anna murmured.

"You have no idea," Seth replied. "Oh, and Captain Oats says hi." Anna smiled. She missed everyone- Ryan because he was a great friend, same with Marissa, Summer because even though they didn't like each other at first they wound up bonding over the Golden Girls and Seth with his witty comebacks and loveable charm.

"What's new with you Anna?" Marissa asked politely.

"Well, I'm going to Rutgers and I'm engaged," Anna exclaimed, holding out her hand. Marissa and Summer peered at the sapphire diamond rock that was on the ring. It looked expensive.

"Well, we have more in common than we think," Seth said.

"What's his name?" Summer asked.

"Evan. We've been dating since a little while after I went back to Pittsburgh," Anna informed them.

"We're happy for you," Marissa said smiling at her. "And Ryan and I definitely want you at our wedding. We don't have a date yet, but it will probably be sometime this coming fall."

"And Cohen and I want you to come to our wedding too!" Summer added. "I mean, since I'm Blanche I know she wouldn't exclude Rose from such an occasion." She smiled at Anna, remembering the time at the Rooney concert back in 2004 when they had discovered they both loved Golden Girls. Summer was Blanche and Anna was Rose.

"Well by all means, you guys are definitely on the guest list for my wedding," Anna replied. Just then, Seth's cell phone rang and he walked farther away to talk.

"Is Evan here in Newport?" Marissa asked. Anna nodded.

"Bring him along to the party," Ryan suggested. "I'm sure Kirsten and Sandy won't mind."

"They did say we could invite our friends," Summer added.

"Yeah, I'll make sure he comes," Anna replied. "Thanks guys." Seth walked back to the group.

"Guys, my dad is having some trouble keeping my mom away from the kitchen. I know we have caterers for the party, but apparently she keeps insisting to cook something. We have to get her out of the kitchen!" Seth exclaimed. He turned to Anna. "Sorry, Anna. But you should definitely come to the party. I know Captain Oats will be very happy to see you."

"I'll definitely come. Thanks for the invite," Anna said. "See you New Year's Eve!" Everyone waved goodbye as Anna walked into a store and the fab four walked to the range rover.

"That was nice," Summer commented.

"Yeah…it was definitely nice," Seth agreed. Marissa turned to Ryan.

"Are you okay? You seemed…tense, when we were with Anna. I'm sorry we had to go through everything…" Marissa apologized.

"It's okay. I stayed true to our promise," Ryan said. He kissed Marissa on the lips, enough to assure her he was okay. "I'm okay…trust me."

"I trust you," Marissa said.

"Guys! Come on! Enough with the mushy stuff. My mother could be ruining important food right now," Seth said. Marissa and Ryan sighed and laughed and got into the car. Seth drove back to the Cohen house as fast as he possibly could…without going over the speed limit.

So, I brought back Anna. It was either her or Luke. Not that I dont like Luke, I just find Anna easier to write! Review please