Hope you like it although it may suck because I rewrote it a lot lol. It was hard to write but I think it's better now. The ending was a little accident but I liked it so anyway Read and then Review!

Marissa walked down the trashy streets of Chino to her new home. Staring at her rundown house, most of the windows broken, part of the white paint had been stripped, and some of the roof was caving in. Lost in her thoughts of her house she never saw him until he spoke. "It doesn't get any prettier."

She turned around almost bumping into him. "What?" There he was.

Seeing her up close for the first time made his heart stop. Her beautiful blue eyes, her wavy dirty blonde hair shaping her angular face. She was truly the most beautiful girl Ryan Atwood ever saw. "The house it doesn't get any prettier no matter how much you stare at it."

"Yeah I was just." Marissa stammered as her hands became clammy and her heartbeat went faster as she paced her breath.

He backed up giving her room and to restrain from kissing her. "I'm sure you're not used to coming home to a place like this right."

Knowing he was right. It would take some adjusting,butshe didn't need him thinking of her as some rich snob. "Why wouldn't I?"

"You're probably used to a mansion and maids." He didn't mean it the way it sounded, all he wanted was to learn as much as possible about her. To figure out what was making him feel drawn to her.

Too late he already did "How do you know? You just met me."

"No I was at lunch with Summer. Ryan Atwood, you're Marissa Cooper right?" He remembered everything about her from the first time he saw her. He couldn't explain it there was some sort of attraction pulling him to her. This feeling was all very new to him.

"Oh yeah you're the guy who does everything you're girlfriend tells you to." She remembered Theresa getting upset at lunch and leaving right away, with Ryan following.

He was stunned yet pleased, was she jealous? "What? Theresa, she's not my girlfriend." Liar. Why did I say that of course she's my girlfriend or is she? Just because some pretty girl moves in next door doesn't mean you should dump your girlfriend, besides she's from Newport she'd never go out with a guy like you.

Her smile widened, could he really be single? "Ok whatever I gotta go I'll see you tomorrow." She started up toward her house.

He couldn't let her just leave. "Wait are you gonna hang with us later?"

"Sure where at?"

"My house."

"Ok I'll be over later." Not showing her ecstatic emotions she walked in finding her dad on the couch.

"Hey kiddo. How was school?" He hoped she had better luck then he did, he couldn't even find a legal job. He had considered working at a mechanic shop but he learned they were stolen cars.

"It was ok." She didn't feel like explaining everything, especially Ryan.

"Who were you talking to outside?" Jimmy and Marissa were always close and he could tell when she was withholding information.

"Some guy I met today. I'm gonna go do some unpacking ok."

Jimmy knew there was more to this boy Ryan than she was telling. "Ok." but he didn't push. She'd tell him in her own time.

Plopping down on her bed she looked at all the full boxes. She never got around to unpacking anything; she usually ended up in tears over a life that never existed. Opening one she found tons of old pictures. It brought up a lot of good memories. The first one was the last family portrait they had taken. Remembering the day like yesterday, she was wearing a lilac dress, which she hated but her mother insisted on, saying it showed her great figure. She wore it because her dad told her he loved the color on her. Ripping it up and moving to the next one, a picture of her and Luke. The night she lost her innocence and thinking it was the night Luke lost his. What a fool she was he lost gis in the 8th grade with some slut. Ripping it up as well she decided it was time to move on and make new memories.

Immediately her mind went straight to Ryan. She couldn't explain it but there was something about him that attracted her to him. Getting up she decided to leave the boxes for later and start right away. Retouching her makeup and combing her hair she headed out to her new memories.

"Dad I'm gonna meet some friends ok. I'll be back later."

"Ok."

Theresa had called with an excuse of having to work. He wasn't sure why but he was glad it was just going to be him, Marissa, Seth and Summer. Well mainly he and Marissa, Seth and Summer would probably be making out as usual. Deep down he knew why but he had not admitted his feelings to himself yet. He kept telling hmiself he couldn't betray Theresa, but that failed when he lied. Although he wasn't sure if he actually did because lately him and Theresa were having problems and they had broken up a few times. Truth was the only reason he was still with Theresa was he had promised to take of her and protect her he couldn't go back now, even if he didn't feel the same anymore.

With Theresa they had been friends since they were two and hadn't formed an actual relationship before they were ten. It wasn't that he didn't love Theresa it was just a different kind of love. He respected Theresa for growing up in Chino and being brave and strong with an abusive father. Theresa was real and Marissa wasn't, was she? Theresa worked and earned everything she had which wasn't much where as Marissa probably had everything give to her but was everything ever enough?

Knocking, she walked in. "Hey Seth told me you were up here."

Marissa. His analyzing of his heart would have to wait. "Hey. Is Summer already here?"

"Yeah her and Seth are uh-" She walked toward his bed where he was laying. She wanted to feel close to him, that gave her comfort and a sense that she was safe. A feeling she never felt before.

He laughed "Making out." His heart skipped a beat when she sat beside him. How could he feel so strong about a girl he met four hours ago?

Seeing him laugh as his smile overcame his face made her heart flutter. "Hey he laughs." She lay back gazing into his big blue eyes. He was single right?

"Yes there is laughter in Chino. Even though people think we are all hard criminals." Feeling her hot breath on him and hearing his heart pound in his head.

They leaned in, neither able to fight the attraction anymore, allowing their lips to brush each other. Both feeling a charge shoot up their spine, a charge they never felt with anyone else.

This was truly a very hard chapter to write because I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with it and the kiss happened by accident but Theresa is still a major factor. Tell me if it sucked or if u have ideas to make it better just Review!