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Ryan: "Where are we going?"

Marissa: "We're going to do something… We can't let them broke up can we?"

Ryan: "Well…"

Marissa: "Do not "well" me! We can't! Do you imagine how miserable we will be if they broke up? And yes, I do realize how selfish that sounds..."

Ryan: "You're right! Seth would be a pain! We can't let that happen! And thank God!"

Marissa: "I know! Just hold Seth!" – She opened the door for them to get in.

Ryan: "What?" – He followed her.

Marissa: "What isgoing onhere? What's up with all the screaming?"

Seth: "Good! Let the door open!"

Marissa: "Hold him!"

Ryan: "What? Hum?" – But he held Seth, while Marissa closed the door behind them, locking it.

Summer: "What are you doing?"

Marissa: "Dealing with it!" – She went at the back door and locked that one too.

Seth: "Hey! Let go!"

Ryan: "Are you crazy? If I let you go, she will kick my ass!"

Seth: "So you're afraid of girls now?"

Ryan: "Yeah! And this is for your own safe…"

Seth: "How you holding me back from go away is for my safe. And by the way: hurting here!"

Ryan: "Better hurt a little now than a lot later!"

Seth: "Hum?"

Marissa: "Let him go… It's all safe!"

Summer: "Does anyone care to explain me what is going on?"

Seth: "Yeah, I wanna know too…"

Ryan: "Marissa?"

Marissa: "We're locking you guys up, 'till everything between you two is solved."

Summer: "What!"

Marissa: "When we heard the screaming, we had to do something, right Ry?" – Everyone looked at him.

Ryan: "Humm, yeah! Sure…" – Marissa stared at him. 'What is his problem? I need his help!' – She thought.

Marissa: "Anyway, you're dealing with what is bugging you two, are we understood?"

Summer: "No!"

Seth: "We already dealt with it! We decide that doesn't have a solution!"

Summer: "WE didn't decide anything!"

Seth: "What?"

Summer: "You decided!"

Seth: "But you were the one fighting!"

Summer: "Yeah! Fighting for an answer, not for the end!"

Marissa: "See? You would broke up without even agree or really know why! And we would be the one that would hear about it!"

Ryan: "Yeah! Do you know how sad that is?"

Seth: "Oh, shut up!"

There was a silence. It was true. They would broke up without agree or really know why. And they wouldn't stand be around each other. They would break up the entire group. Marissa and Ryan would hangout either with Summer or with Seth. They would have to do a schedule or something. That was sad.

Seth: "That is crazy!" – 'Or isn't it?' – He thought.

Summer: "Yeah!" – 'Is so not!' – She thought.

Marissa: "Is it?" – 'Of course is not!' – She thought

Ryan: "Yeah, is it? – 'How long will this take? I want to go home…' – He thought.

Marissa: "I don't know!"

Summer: "What you don't know?

Marissa: "If it will take long!"

Ryan: "Did I say that out loud?"

Seth: "What?"

Ryan: "How long will this take? I want to go home…" – He repeated.

Seth and Summer: "No…"

Marissa: "Hum! You see… But I heard it!"

Summer: "You guys are spending way too mach time together…"

Ryan: "Yeah… But, anyway, your thing, would you work it out already?"

Summer: "This is the deal… I don't think that we can work it out…"

Summer looked at Seth. She wanted so much to say that they COULD work it out. But he didn't want to – 'What am I suppose to do?' – She wondered thoughtfully.

When Summer said that she thought that they couldn't work it out, Seth's world fell down – 'She doesn't want us to work it out.' – He thought.

They stared at each other for a very long time. She started crying in silence, just of looking at him. He couldn't stand her crying. He wanted to go over there, hug her, kiss her, and bring the joy in to her face again. Still staring at her, he sat down on the couch. He broke the eye contact to put his hand on his face and cry. He was devastated. When they broke the eye contact Summer got back to the harsh reality and ran away to her room.

Ryan and Marissa just stood there. Marissa was crying as well – 'Oh My God! Is this the end of a love story? I can't believe! I can't be! Oh! I'm crying… I can't cry! I have to be strong! For Summer! Stop! Stop crying Marissa! What a hell? STOP!' – She stopped crying – 'Nice girl! What? Seth is crying too? Where is Summer going? Go get Summer! Ok, move now! MOVE!' – She was struggling to find the power and what to say to Summer. She needed something good. When she turned to Ryan she saw a single tear roll down his face, that he quickly cleaned it off.

Marissa: "Are you crying?" – She said in a really low voice so that only he could hear.

Ryan: "Yeah! I can get emotional!" – He smiled at her.

Marissa: "I'm going after her…"

Ryan: "Ok… I'm going to talk to him… Maybe this locking them up wasn't such a good idea after all…"

Marissa: "I can't tell yet…"

Ryan: "How came you can't tell? He's crying, she's crying, you're crying, even I'm crying! You sensed the end, right?"

Marissa: "Yeah, but maybe this is what they needed… Have everything settle… Even if for the worse… But anyway, let's try another shot… Be aware that this is the last one. Your mission is to figure it out if he said everything that he wanted. I'll do the same. If one thinks one thing and the other, other thing, we're putting them together again. Other ways, they will stay miserable for much long. Do you understand?"

Ryan: "Yes, ma'am!"

Ok chapter 8 is done! Hope you liked… I hope, also, to hear from you, reviews and stuff… So… That's it! See ya soon… Bye!