OKAY! So I know it's been like a really long time since my last update and I'm so so so so so so sorry about that…I've been thinking about what to do in the next chapter and I'm finally deciding to just go with the flow and do whatever comes to mind HAHA…I don't really have any solid ideas of where I'm going with this story so please send suggestions I need all the help I can get!

Okay so I'm going to focus on Marissa and Ryan a little more in this chapter because it's their first date and I think it's important! Also I want to build on Summer and Marissa's relationship.

Thanks to all who reviewed: psparkle7189, Seth Ezekiel, angelwings, rockstarhobbit, DeuCe628, kursk and dodgeviper! You guys are truly the best!

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Saturdays Can be Great

"So what is there to do in Newport on a date?" Ryan asked looking up at Summer and once again bringing up the topic that had been in their conversations all week.

It was Friday night and Ryan still had no idea what he was going to do on his date with Marissa the next day. He had told her he had everything planned but in reality he had no clue what to do on a date.

"You're really asking the wrong person here Ry," Summer said slightly annoyed, all this talk about their date was really starting to annoy her.

"It's just I mean I've never really gone out on an actual date, that's not how we did things in Chino. I just don't want to mess this up," Ryan said giving Summer pleading eyes, "Can't you help me? You're a girl I mean what would you want to do?"

"Okay fine, I'll try and help you," Summer said getting Ryan's full attention as he put down the book he had been reading, "Girls like romance, flowers, and candy stuff like that. But don't go too overboard, I mean it's only your first date."

"Flowers, candy got it," Ryan said making a mental list in his head.

"I would say dinner and a movie would be appropriate for a first date, take her to a little restaurant nothing to fancy, then to the movies there's always a show around eight so you can make it after dinner. The movie has to be something romantic, no action and comedy would be weird. The Notebook is out in the theatre you should take her to that, I'm sure you can manage to sit through one chick flick."

"I don't know I mean a chick flick?" Ryan said but when he saw the look on Summer's face he decided not to argue, "The Notebook it is then."

"Good," Summer said with a satisfied smile, "Okay so then after the movies ask her if she wants to go for a walk along the beach or something, she'll think its sweet, oh and make sure you bring a jacket." Summer said.

"Why do I need a jacket?" Ryan asked slightly confused.

"You'll figure it out," Summer said getting up from her chair, "Now I have to go my mom's dragging me to the mall with her, see ya later Romeo."

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Kirsten and Summer walked around South Coast Plaza hands full of shopping bags with all their new purchases. Although Summer got along with her mother great they very rarely got moments together like this due to the fact that Kirsten was constantly working and even though Summer usually complained about having to go out in public with her mom she really did love it.

"So how are things sweetie?" Kirsten asked as the two made their way out of some store Summer had never heard of.

"What do you mean?" Summer asked a little confused.

"I mean with school? Friends? Boys?" Kirsten asked with a laugh at the look on Summer's face at the boys.

"Well schools pretty good except for French," Summer said choosing to ignore the other two questions, her mother knew how things were on that front, "oh and I guess this is a good time to tell you my French teacher is making me get a tutor, she said someone would come to the house tomorrow afternoon," Summer said as quickly as she could afraid of the reaction she was going to get.

"Summer! Why didn't you tell me you were doing that bad?" Kirsten asked getting ready to give Summer a lecture until she noticed Marissa Cooper walking towards them, "Oh hello Marissa," Kirsten said giving Summer a look that said we'll finish this later.

"Hi Mrs. Cohen, hey Summer," Marissa said. She was completely alone today, not exactly having any girlfriends to go shopping with anymore.

"Hey Marissa, getting ready for the big date tomorrow?" Summer asked knowing Ryan would hate her for asking. Marissa just nodded but the smile on her face was evident.

"Are you here alone?" Kirsten asked feeling sorry for the poor girl.

"Um ya," Marissa said taking interest in her shoes, "And I'm having the hardest time trying to find something to wear tomorrow."

"Well I'm all done here, but Summer why don't you stay and help Marissa find something?" Kirsten asked despite Summer shaking her head no violently behind Marissa.

"That'd be really great!" Marissa said and as her smile got bigger and bigger Summer couldn't say no.

"Okay lets go," Summer said following Marissa who was already leading her towards some store, "see ya later mom," Summer called back behind her.

"Have fun, and we'll talk about your French mark later young lady."

Marissa and Summer walked around the mall for what seemed like hours until they finally found a cute skirt and top for Marissa to wear on her date with Ryan. The two talked a lot while walking around and to Summer's surprise they had a lot more in common than she thought.

"You know I know Seth can be a jerk sometimes, but he's not that bad of a guy," Marissa said bringing up the topic Summer hoped would not come into conversation.

"What?" Summer asked trying to seem confused.

"You like Seth, I mean it's not that hard to tell, I see the way you look at him," Marissa said knowing by the look on Summer's face that she was right.

"That obvious huh?" Summer asked with a laugh as Marissa just nodded, "You know I don't know what it is about this guy but I just can't seem to get over him. I mean even when he's a complete ass to me I seem to forget it with one smile," Summer said finding it hard to believe she was pouring her heart out to one of Seth's best friends.

"Seth can have that affect on girls. But don't give up on him too soon, I mean sometimes Seth has this way of ignoring the girls he really likes, just give him some time he'll notice you." Marissa said as the two headed towards the mall exit.

"You know it's nice to have a girl to talk to," Summer said, "I mean it's kinda hard to talk to Ryan about guys."

"Well you can talk to me anytime," Marissa said with a laugh, "and we should do this more often, God knows I could use a girl to talk to sometimes too."

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Summer woke the next morning just before noon which only left her an hour before her new tutor was supposed to be at her house. She had stayed out with Marissa until late last night talking at her house, so Summer had successfully avoided having to talk to her mom about her French mark but she knew there was no escaping her today.

Summer walked downstairs and into the kitchen to find her mother sitting alone at the table, Sandy was golfing with Jimmy Cooper and Ryan was without a doubt already preparing himself for his date.

"Good morning mother," Summer said sucking up while she still had the chance, "you look ravishing today you really do," she said kissing Kirsten on the cheek.

"That's not gonna work with me Summer, sit," she said pulling out the chair beside her.

"Listen before you say anything, I want you to know I'm really sorry okay, I should have told you I was doing poorly," Summer said looking down at the table.

"Honey, you graduate from Harbor and you can get into almost any college you want, it's important that you work hard to keep your grades up," Kirsten said giving Summer the very familiar lecture.

"I know mom, that's why I agreed on this tutor so early in the semester. I mean I only failed the first test, my teacher said I could just use a little extra help. I'm going to do better I promise." Summer said giving her mother a hug, knowing she had said enough.

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It was one thirty and Summer's tutor still hadn't shown up and Summer was getting a little anxious. She wondered who her teacher would send and she really wanted to get it over with. She had decided against trying to look good for whoever was coming choosing to wear one of her Juicy sweat suits and leaving her hair in a bun on the top of her head.

By quarter to two there was finally a knock on the door and Summer took her time going to answer it, if this person was going to make her wait she would make them wait too. When Summer opened the door she came face to face with Seth Roberts.

"What are you doing here?" Summer said moving her hand over the bun on the top of her head slightly embarrassed.

"Well it looks like I'm your tutor," Seth said handing Summer a notice from their teacher, "Now are you going to invite me in?" Seth asked walking past Summer who seemed to be frozen to the spot.

"There's gotta be some mistake," Summer said disbelievingly.

"Nope, no mistake," Seth said looking around the house, "She said you needed help, and I need the extra credit, so from now until the end of the semester I'm your tutor. So where do you want to get started?"

"I guess we can work in the kitchen," Summer said grabbing her books from the couch and making her way into the kitchen, Seth at her heals.

"So let's see your test," Seth said as Summer rummaged through her notebook, taking out the test covered in red ink, "Well looks like we've got some work to do," Seth said as he took out his own notebook.

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Ryan stayed out in the pool house until later that night, he had told Marissa he would pick her up that night at six and as five thirty rolled around he was beginning to get anxious. So he got ready and by 5:45 he finally made his way into the house to grab the car keys and pick up Marissa. When Ryan walked into the kitchen though he was surprised to find Summer and Seth at the table.

"Hey," Ryan said giving Summer a strange look.

"Hey Ryan," Summer said giving Ryan a we'll talk about it later look.

"Hey there Ryan." Seth said, "I'm just tutoring Summer here in French."

"Oh that's cool, well I gotta go pick up Marissa. I'll see ya later," Ryan said smiling at Summer, "See ya later Seth."

Ryan headed to the car knowing that Summer would have a lot to talk about tonight when he got home. The drive to Marissa's dad's house seemed to take forever but when he finally got there Ryan began to get really nervous. He headed to the door where he stood waiting after he knocked.

"Hey Ryan, Marissa will be down in a sec," Jimmy Cooper said moving aside to let Ryan in.

Jimmy decided against interrogating Marissa's date and instead went upstairs to get Marissa. A few minutes later Marissa came down.

"Hey," Marissa said greeting Ryan with a hug.

"Hey, you look great," Ryan said smiling at the outfit Summer said he would love, "Oh and these are for you," Ryan said pulling flowers out from behind his back.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself," Marissa said grabbing her purse and heading for the door, "Bye Dad," she called upstairs as the two headed for the car.

The two drove in silence until they pulled up in front of the small restaurant Sandy had recommended. They walked inside where the hostess showed them to their seats by the window where they had a great view of the ocean.

"This place is great," Marissa said looking around happily.

"I'm glad you like it," Ryan said reaching across the table and taking Marissa's hand in his.

The two sat talking about anything and everything and enjoyed a great meal, both having ordered the chicken.

"So what do you have planned next?" Marissa asked curiously.

"Well I was thinking we could catch a movie?" Ryan asked having taken Summer's advice, "I've heard The Notebook's pretty good."

"You want to see The Notebook?" Marissa said laughing as the two made their way out of the restaurant, "You do realize it's a total chick flick right?"

"It's a romance, I thought it'd be appropriate," Ryan said opening the car door for Marissa to get in.

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Back at the Cohen house it was almost eight and Seth and Summer were still sitting at the kitchen table now surrounded by Chinese food containers. They had given up on French work about an hour ago and were now just talking about anything in general, causing Summer to forget she was ever even angry at Seth.

"So what do you do in your spare time?" Seth asked as he grabbed the fortune cookie Summer had just broken and ate it.

"Hey!" Summer said giving him a playful hit on the arm, "Well I like to shop, draw, play video games, read, go to the beach…"

"Wait! You play video games?" Seth asked amazed, "But you're a girl."

"You catch on fast," Summer said laughing, "Ya well I'm not like all the other girls around here, plus video games can be fun."

"So what do you got? XBOX? Game Cube?"

"PS2" Summer responded laughing at the look on Seth's face, "You wanna play?"

"Hell yes!" Seth said following Summer into the living room where the two took places on the couch.

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Two hours later Ryan and Marissa came out of the movie theatre, Marissa with tears still in her eyes, and Ryan looking slightly bored. It was a sad movie and although he wouldn't admit it he did kind of like it, but he was trying his best to act like he thought it was a complete bore.

"That was so sad, it was such a good movie though," Marissa said wiping the tears out of her eyes, "So what now?"

"Well I was thinking we could take a walk on the beach?" Ryan said knowing how lame that really sounded but by the look on Marissa's face she was totally loving it.

The two walked hand in hand down the beach, it was dark so there weren't many people there just the occasional couples walking along the shore. Ryan felt Marissa shiver beside him and he suddenly realized why Summer had told him to bring a jacket. Letting go of Marissa's hand he took off his coat and put it over Marissa's shoulders placing his arm around her and continuing to walk.

"Thanks," She said getting as close to him as she could, "Not just for the coat, for everything, tonight's been great."

"Well I'm glad you had fun," Ryan said deciding to sit in the sand, Marissa following his lead.

"I really like spending time with you," Marissa said putting her head on Ryan should, his arm still wrapped around her.

"I like spending time with you two, you're really great," Ryan said as he took Marissa's chin in his hand and looked into her eyes before he leaned in to kiss her.

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Wow I'm really getting cheesy! Haha! O well I really hope you guys liked that… I'm really just trying to build on certain relationships. I want Marissa and Summer to become good friends but I also want to focus on Seth and Summer. So Seth is now Summer's tutor so they will be spending more time together...there won't be anything huge happening immediately because I want them to become friends first but don't worry I love them too much as a couple to not put them together eventually. Please review and I'm open to any suggestions! Thanks! XOXO!