A/N- Hey, thanks guys for the reviews. This is my first fanfic but I'm going to try to add some drama to it. Just not sure how. This chapter is kind of fluffy, so sorry, but maybe it'll let out a little inner feelings and laughter. Enjoy, or try to..
"Where shall we start?" Marissa flopped down by Ryan onto the couch, putting her feet onto the stacked newspapers on the coffee table. Ryan leans back and looks at her. "Friend." She caught his glance and they both blushed. "The kitchen?"
"As long as you make me one of your famous grilled cheese," Marissa hits him with a pillow as he started to get up off the couch.
Ryan have her a 'mock hurt' look and gave her his hand to help her off the couch, "You think you're getting a free meal out of this too?"
"Yep," She leads him into the kitchen.
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"I am your master. You listen to me. I kill you, then eat you. Arrrr," Summer talks to the T.V. and she moves the controller widely in the air, hitting buttons and shaking her head.
"Summer?" Seth drops his controller and looks at her with concern.
"Huh? What? Video games get to me… Those damn pirates."
"Ninjas," Seth corrected.
"Yeah, ok Super-Dork. What time is it?"
"Time for me to kick your ass again at this game," Seth took his controller in his hand again and watched as Summer stood up.
"I gotta go, Step Monster will be back from her annual botox injection soon," Summer gives Seth a quick kiss and heads out the door. Seth looks around the house, trying to see what there is to do. He never was good about being alone. Ever since Ryan moved in with the Cohen's Seth always had someone to hang out with, but now Ryan was at Marissa's.
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"Just as good as it was the night of our first date," Marissa polished off her grilled cheese and put her hand on her stomach, slouching back in the wooden chair in the cramped dinning room.
"Well your dish washing skills impressed me. I didn't know you knew how to turn the water on. Now we just have to work on the rinsing and putting them into the dishwasher," Ryan smirked.
"Maybe if I wasn't being sprayed with the little spray-y thingy I would have had the chance to get to it."
"Faucet. It's a faucet."
"Ha, you're funny," Marissa slapped his shoulder and walked into the living room, hearing a knock at the door, "Hang on!" She made her way through the messy room.
"Marissa.. " She wasn't all that surprised to see who was on the other side, her mom. Ever since she moved out her mom had been trying to get her to move back home, "Oh honey, what happened here? I mean I know the girl never graduated high school, but she doesn't even have the decency to clean up?" Julie Cooper-Nichol peered her head around Marissa to inspect the apartment.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Marissa lowered her voice, making sure Ryan wouldn't hear and come out.
"Bringing you home. This is just unsanitary, and we both know you're doing this to piss me off," Julie eyed Marissa up and down, looking from her bare feet, drawstring pants, and plain tank top, "I don't like this Alex girl."
"The only reason you don't like me being with Alex is because you can't sleep with her," Marissa slammed the door in Julie's face and turned around to see Ryan standing in the archway to the kitchen, leaning against the pole, smiling, "I learned from the best," she stated simply.
"No doubt she's my daughter," Julie sighed and left the doorstep.
"Still the bitch," Ryan's voice had a hint of sarcasm.
Marissa laughed and looked closely at Ryan, circling around him, "Still not the beauty," She played with the hem of his wife beater, Ryan's blues met hers and the whole world stopped for a moment. Whenever she looked into his eyes she felt like she was looking right into his soul. They told everything, his feelings, the past, future. She knew it all. She could feel his breath on her nose as they inched closer, the slow rhythm she longed to share again. His heartbeat, the thing so many nights ago she could rely on falling asleep to. But those days were over. "Alex," she thought.
Ryan tried to divert his eyes, checking the clock, looking out the window, to the door. Nothing could work, their noses grazed and she closed her eyes. Ryan quickly pulled back and turned away, "Friends," he thought, "We should.. Work on the living room," he tried to quickly end their moment.
"Yes, we should…" Marissa nodded awkwardly and they got back to work.
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Seth lays on his bed, looking up at his surroundings. The bright blues all crashing in on him. He loved his room, it was the one thing that represented him, that people couldn't look at and tell he had been an outcast for most of his life. It was unique, it was Seth Cohen.
"Hey buddy, how's life?" Seth gently placed Captain Oats, who was sitting beside him on his stomach, running his fingers around the horse's figured, "Not much of a talker, are you? You should meet Ryan…" Seth laughed to himself, "I really messed things up this time Oats. What? No, Portland was amazing, Yeah. Tons of great horses. The hay? Amazing," he sits up, the toy horse now on his lap, "The thing is I really do love Summer, and I-I can't think of why I left anymore. I was scared, but there was nothing to be afraid of.. Ryan might have been gone, but he'll never leave for good. I guess I doubted myself, figured this all happened so quickly, just with him coming, it could all go away that fast too. Summer wasn't going anywhere, and now I have her back. I'll leave let her go again either. I'm not going to do anything stupid."
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Summer sighed and fell onto her bed, looking up at the many magazine photos on her wall, "Since when did life get so complicated, Sparkles?" She reached onto her nightstand and grabbed her toy horse, setting her next to her on the pillow, "I know I've missed Seth the whole time, but Zach was special to me.. And I doubt if he'll ever forgive me for what I did to him. This whole time he's suspected about me and Seth, and he was right. Was I just wasting his time, thinking maybe I could replace Cohen? I had a great time with Zach, but damn Sparkles, does it feel good to be back with Cohen. Captain Oats says 'hey', or 'nay' whatever you horses choose as a proper greeting," She flipped onto her stomach and made the small horse gallop.
I'm going to add more Alex/Marissa in the next chapter, or some "Fabulous Four" bonding. And also maybe a little surprise from the past, with a letter that could shake things up. Please read and review, your comments are always appreciated.