After Olivia left, Seth made his way to the couch and began to watch reruns of The Valley, while he waited for Ryan to come home. He needed to find out why Marissa's phone was at the apartment, she hadn't been over there recently, at least didn't think she had. The only girl that Seth knew came over regularly was Olivia, she would often stay late into the night talking with Ryan, and left something there more often than not . Shoes, scarves, jackets and jewelry were often found hiding between the couch cushions, on the counters, and even in the closet; it was almost as though she lived there.

The more Seth thought about it the more sense it made, Olivia and Ryan? He wondered why he had never thought of it before. They both came from . . . not so nice neighborhoods, they both loved Journey, and they both fell prey to the wit of Seth Cohen. It didn't bother Seth in the least, the prospect of his two bestest friends getting together was a great idea, it would make it much easier for them to clean, bake cookies, and plan surprise parties for his birthday Seth mused.

Only one problem lay between them and nirvana, and that problem was named Marissa Cooper. Seth loved his kinda aunt/ friend like no other, she was great for planning parties, having fun, and overall mischief. The more he thought about it the more he realized that Marissa was not only caring, sweet and prone to trouble, but she and Ryan had a past together, they had memories together. Seth let out a low whistle, boy was Ryan in over his head, he thought to himself.

Almost on cue Ryan came back from his run, he looked sweaty and tired and Seth figured it was as good a time as any to drill him on his love life.

"Hey buddy," He was greeted with a grunt as Ryan gulped down a bottle of Gatorade.

"Hey. . . was Marissa over here the other day?" Seth asked nonchalantly as he continued to channel surf.

"Ummm. . . no I don't think so," Ryan replied, taking a sudden interest in the stack of old magazines on the table.

"Well then how did her phone just appear here this morning?" Seth shot back.

"Fine she was here." Ryan plopped down on the couch next to Seth looking somewhat defeated.

"What did you guys do?" somehow Seth managed to keep his voice light, as though this was just an ordinary conversation, Ryan had no idea that he was about to pounce, well figuratively not literally.

Ryan shrugged, "Hang out . ."

"Hang out?"

"Yeah. . . hang out." He had somehow had managed to keep up his farce, so Seth just broke down and asked him.

"Are you having sex with Marissa?"

Ryan looked at him for a moment before replying. "Yeah."

Seth hadn't expected it to be that easy, he thought Ryan would fight him a little more, but the guy was full of surprises now wasn't he. "Do you love her?"

"I'm not sure yet. . " Ryan answered honestly, looking at his brother. He had done a lot of thinking on his run, he knew that he couldn't just lead Marissa on; he needed to make a decision, Olivia or Marissa.

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Meanwhile thousands of miles away at a summer house in a large city in Maine, Sandra Marsden walked down their quiet private drive to check the mail. Sure she could have the maid do it, but why have a country estate if you can't check your own mail, Sandra always said. She and her husband William had been coming here since the early 1980's, but the house had been in the Marsden family for generations. She and William used to bring their children here before they moved away, Will Jr, Marie, and Robert had loved every minute of it.

Finally arriving at the end of the driveway Sandra unlocked their mailbox and retrieved the mail. Along with bills, and catalogues she found a letter with her youngest son Robert's seal on it. Pleased, she decided to open it with William and quickly made her way back to the dock where her husband sat with a fishing pole, pretending like that he knew what he was doing.

"William, Robert has sent us a letter," Sandra stated loudly, her poor husband had begun to grow hard of hearing in his old age. She excitedly ripped open the envelope to find a picture of her son. . with lipstick on. Sandra gasped and dropped the picture. At that moment their butler Kirk appeared.

"Ms. Marsden, your mother has called something about Robert, also someone from The Enquirer called wanting to interview you about some pictures . ."

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Summer stood in front of the mirror, nervously smoothing down her dress, it was a beautiful dress, she had bought it when she was with Marissa. It was a very light pink, with an empire waist, in the front it was a tasteful scoop neck, but in the back it dipped low, exposing most of Summer's back. Paired with a beautiful diamond necklace, and killer stilettos, Summer looked fabulous. She was especially nervous, tonight was the night that she would talk to Seth, she had to let him know how she really felt.

"Wow Summ, you look gorgeous." Summer turned and smiled at Marissa, who was also dressed up, in a simple yet elegant black satin dress.

"You don't look too shabby yourself, where are you off to?"

"Ryan had something important to talk to me about he made reservations at some restaurant, I actually have to leave now but I just wanted to see how you looked before I left."

"Well have fun, I won't expect you to come back tonight but we should do brunch tomorrow morning." Summer said as she gave Marissa a quick hug.

"For sure, but remember that no matter what happens that you and Seth will end up together, it's fate, but don't let yourself try and stop it. He loves you so much and he would never do anything to hurt you, just follow your heart Summ, I love you." Marissa said, a sad look on her face.

"Aww Coop such a Hallmark moment, I love you too." Summer replied, giving Marissa one last smile before she headed back into the bathroom to fix her lipstick.

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Seth was surrounded by strange people, who kept asking him questions, about his taste in film, and why he preferred black and white to color, the meaningless questions just went on and on. Then time seemed to freeze, the music died down, and Seth looked up to see Summer enter the ballroom that Margarite was holding the premier in. She looked gorgeous in that pink dress, and her eyes found his almost immediately, as if they were drawn to each other. Summer gave him a small smile, unsure what his reaction may be. Seth raised his glass slightly and winked, she took that as a good sign.

Margarite watched this little interaction with great amusement, in her day when she wanted a man she went for him, and for the life of her she couldn't figure out what was taking Seth and Summer so long. Margarite made her way over to Seth, the people around him silenced at the sight of Margarite Lee in all her glory. She was wearing a simple black evening gown; appropriate for her age, yet still very sexy, her black and white hair hung around her shoulders, diamonds practically falling off her fingers.

"Do you mind if I steal him away?" she asked to the awed crowd. Her hand on Seth's elbow guided him away towards the bar, where she ordered a Gin and Tonic.

"You know Seth, I was married once,"

Seth was unsure whether or not he should respond but decided to stay quiet.

"His name was John, we met in Paris, I was 18 and had just come out of my finishing school. He was a lieutenant in the army during the war, he had told me that he had fallen in love with the city, the culture, and couldn't bear to leave, even after the war was over. It was an unlikely match, the rich heiress and the lone American who spent hours on his own, exploring the countryside, listening to his strange music, but I loved him so it didn't matter." Margarite paused as she took a sip from her glass.

"We were married and he helped run my family's diamond empire. He won the respect of my father, my friends. We had children and we were very happy together, and married for 60 years before he passed away last spring."

"That sounds amazing." Seth softly replied, in awe of such a wonderful life they had.

"Yes, and to think how it would have turned out if he hadn't ever gotten over his own silly pride and asked me to dance," she said smartly, raising her eyebrow at Seth before making her way back to the dance floor.

Seth stayed where he was for a moment, before making his way over to Summer, she was sitting by herself at one of the tables. He wasn't ready to dance just yet, first some things needed to be cleared up.

"So Summer. . we need to talk."

Okay kids- Sorry for the delay, but we have some good stuff coming up no worries, be prepared is all I have to say, some of you won't be happy about stuff thats coming up- but i will be very happy with the drama, remember tho that for a good story with good drama it isn't always a happy ending. I've warned you.

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Kenzie: BOTH! Lol im excite for all the new boys hooray! And besides Adam Brody I am my favortie person. . . lol jk jk I'm not that cocky!