Everything That Rises Must Converge
Chapter 2
Okay,
"I can't believe we are in a Wal-Mart!" Summer giggled as they walked past the make-up aisles.
"It's open 24/7. It's not my fault that the mall isn't open at 2 AM." Marissa replied, speed-walking to keep us with Summer's quick pace. "Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Marissa asked, looking around the store.
"Of course, we just have to get the essentials. You know the stuff the guys would never think of."
"No, I meant about the whole model home-having Ryan live there thing."
"Well, we can't back out now." Summer responded and looked down the shoe aisle. "Coop! Look at these heels! $8.99? For these!" She finished happily, throwing off her Jimmy Choo's and trying on the Wal-mart shoe. "I think we are going to be shopping here more often, Coop."
"Sum, we have to get Ryan's stuff." She urged as Summer plucked 4 more pairs of shoes off the shelf.
"We have time. Here Coop, this would look sooooo cute on you." She tossed her a box of heels with little rainbow bows on it.
Marissa shrugged and sat down to take off her shoes. The guys could wait.
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Ryan sat on the step of the empty pool and watched Seth skate up and down the sides of it.
"This is going to be awesome!" Seth rambled incessantly. "it will be the four of ours little secret."
"Seth, how are you going to tell your parents when they find out I'm gone?" He asked, trying to get to the more important details.
"I'll say you said something about going to Nevada. That you decided to run away because you didn't want to live in a group home." He shrugged and stopped his board in the middle of the pool. "I guess we have to drill the girls on what to say." Seth said, thinking.
"Good idea." Ryan shook his head.
"I know." Seth agreed and started on his skateboard again.
"I am pretty sure they won't ask Summer about it because why would they but Marissa is another story."
"Yep, I'll handle it."
"You're going to handle it? How?"
"Ryan, my man, I've got it covered." He grinned as he made a jump on his board.
"Should I be worried?"
"Ha." Seth rolled his eyes and paid no attention. "So what's up with you and Marissa?"
Ryan turned to glare at him.
"It's just a question, buddy. But I feel the heat. She likes you." Seth smiled at him; he was going to play Mr. Matchmaker.
"Drop it, Seth. She has Luke. She doesn't want to be with a ex-convict instead of a water polo player." He stuffed a fry into his mouth and thought over what he just said.
"I'm just saying dude. There's a connection. You can't ignore it." Seth rambled and skated over towards the food.
"Whatever." He paused. "Where do you think the girls went anyways? There's nothing open at this time."
"Who knows. My bet is on Wal-mart." Seth joked, chuckling at the thought the girls would ever think of stepping foot into that place.
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Summer and Marissa stood in line of the checkout at Wal-mart waiting for the annoying man ahead of them to finish picking what type of cigarettes he wanted to buy.
"COME ON BUDDY!" Summer finally exclaimed, her fists on her hips in an irritated pose.
"Someone is a hurry huh, honey." The man replied sickenly to her.
Summer felt a grossed out feeling run through her body as he spoke.
"Someone want to come home with me and let out all her tension?" The man announced as he stepped a foot over to her. "Come on baby."
Summer cringed. "Ewww. You and me. Like not happening. Eww." She ended with effect.
Marissa gave the man a mean glare. "Come on Summer, let's go to a different cash register." She gave her best friend a look but Summer refused.
"We've been in this line for 20 minutes and I'm not going to let some dirt make me spend another 20 minutes in another line." She finished proudly and stared coldly at the man who was giving her body the once-over.
"Ewww." She groaned.
The man finally settled on not getting a pack and Summer let out a huff. The man waved at her but she turned the other way and shoved her stuff on the conveyor belt.
"Hello ladies. Did you find everything you wanted today?" the woman at the register asked.
"Yeah." Summer sighed.
"I'm sorry about that man ahead of you. Some people can be real jerks"
Marissa and Summer both smiled.
"Yeah, Assholes." Summer nodded.
The woman agreed and scanned all the items. "Wow, you sure have a lot of random items." She gestured to the bags of chips, curtains, designer trashcan, flower rug, the 4 pairs of shoes and makeup.
"Yeah, I'm having a birthday party tonight and I had to grab random junk. It's for a game." Summer covered as they couldn't reveal the real reason.
"Cool." The lady said and bagged them. "The total comes out to 52.94."
Summer pulled out her purse and took out a fifty and a 5.
"Keep the change." She said and Marissa grabbed the bags.
"Thanks. Have a good birthday."
Summer grabbed the remaining bags off the belt and followed Marissa out to the car.
She smacked her head with her hand. "Oh my god, Coop! I forgot about my birthday! Where do they think I am?"
Marissa looked over to her with big eyes. Summer reached into her purse and plucked out her cell. "It's off."
She turned it on and it beeped saying she had new messages.
"Coop! It says I have 7 new messages and 12 texts." Summer whined and pushed for the new messages and stuck the phone to her ear.
"It's from Sam. He's wondering where the hell I am." She told Marissa as she listened to all the messages.
"And Holly."
"And Steven."
"And Luke." Summer sighed. "I better call them. I bet they are going to kill me."
"Sum, remember don't give Ryan away. Tell them we are still getting ready."
"For 4 hours?" Summer gave her an obvious look.
"And then we got drunk." Marissa put in trying to come up with a plausible story.
"Okay." Summer dialed Holly's number. "Hey Hol…Yeah…sorry about that…me and Coop got majorly wasted right before we were supposed to come over and we passed out. We'll be right there."
Summer shut her flip-phone and eyed Marissa sadly. "Drop me off at Holly's and you go give Ryan the goods. Then come back." Marissa nodded.
"We are totally going to get busted huh?" She asked and Summer nodded.
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Seth sneakily opened and closed the front door without making a peep. Marissa and Summer still hadn't arrived at Ryan's yet but he knew he had to get home before the parents noticed he was gone.
Easily, he made it upstairs and into his room without making a sound. He let out a deep sigh and he knew he had made it home safe.
Now all he had to do was wait until the morning when chaos would happen once Sandy found out Ryan had run away.
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Summer waved to Marissa as she sped away in her Jeep so no one would know anything.
She walked confidently into the beach house where her friends were all drinking and doing coke.
"Hey! The birthday girl has finally arrived!" She shouted into the room and everyone shouted happy birthday to her.
"Hey Sum, what took you so long?" Amanda asked as she hugged her friend.
"We got plastered and passed out."
"Who did?" The girl asked with a puzzled look on her face.
"Coop and me." Summer clarified. "So who's ready to party?" She addressed the crowd and they all cheered.
"That's what I thought!" She yelled as a guy tossed her a bottle of vodka.
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Ryan sat in the middle of the empty room staring at a blank spot on the wall.
A soft noise from the front of the huge house made him jump.
Marissa came in carrying bags full of stuff and gave a bright smile towards Ryan.
"Want to help carry the rest in?" She asked as she tossed the bags over to the corner.
"Summer went a little shopping crazy and bought wacky stuff. She bought 4 pairs of shoes; I hope you wear a size 8 in womens." She laughed and went back out to her car for more stuff. He followed her.
"Where'd you go?" Ryan asked, as he grabbed an armful of the paper bags.
"Wal-Mart." She laughed. "It was the only thing open this late."
"Awww." He nodded and chuckled. "Never would have figured you as a Wal-mart gal."
She smiled at him. "Never judge a girl by her t-shirt."
"Obviously."
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The next morning, Seth got up bright and early before anyone was up and snuck away to see Ryan. He threw on a navy novelty- tee and some slacks and opened up his bedroom door. He had seen Marissa come home early this morning after going over to Summer's birthday party. He had drilled her about Ryan running away to Nevada and she now was a pro about lying.
He tip-toed into the hallway as quiet as a mouse being careful the floor boards underneath him wouldn't squeak.
"Seth, where are you going?" His mother asked him sternly as she walked over from her bedroom still clad in her pink bathrobe. He froze in his tracks; looking as guilty as possibility could.
"Hey mom!" He waved at her. "I was going to the store to get some bagels. We're all out." He told her as he looked at her displeased face.
"I just bought some yesterday. We can't be all out yet." Kirsten gave him an unconvinced look.
"Well, you know dad eats at least 4 every morning and Ryan eats 2 and I just ate the last one."
"I bought a dozen. Where are you really going?" Mothers could tell when their child was lying.
"Out?" He asked in a weak voice.
"Nope. Go back to bed." She replied as she yawned. "And no more nonsense."
She walked back over to the kitchen
"But I can't sleep." He whined.
"Then go see Ryan. Better say goodbye now before he leaves." Kirsten suggested as she reached the cupboards.
"Nah, I don't want to wake him." He announced and walked back upstairs. Now he had to find another way to see Ryan.
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Summer woke up in Holly's beach house with a major hangover and feeling like she was going to die any second. She looked around the room and wondered how long they had partied late last night. The room was spinning but she made out three of her friends collapsed on the floor and another friend sleeping in a hard wooden chair.
She had had a good time last night but her thoughts kept going back to Ryan and Seth at the model home. This was there little secret that no one was to find out.
She slowly got up off the bed and rubbed her aching forehead. First, she decided she would get some grub and then get Marissa and go see Ryan.
Summer stood up and walked out of the musty smelling room and out into the long hallway. Holly and her latest boyfriend stood talking at the top of the stairs.
"Hey hol. I think I'm heading out. Thanks for the awesome party." Summer announced and Holly hugged her.
"Thanks, I'm glad. Talk later, sweetie!" She blew a kiss at Summer and went back to chatting to her boyfriend.
Summer scrambled through her purse for her phone and dialed Marissa's cell.
"Hey Coop, yeah. Can you pick me up? I don't have a car here. Thanks." She shut her phone and waited for her friend to come.
20 minutes later, a sleepy looking Coop drove up to Summer and waited for her to get in.
"Where to?" Marissa asked. Summer originally was going to get something to eat but maybe they should go see Ryan first.
"To Ryan's." She announced happily and Marissa nodded and turned back onto the road.
A few minutes later they reached the model home and they both jumped out.
"I wonder if Seth is here." Summer pondered as they walked up the front steps of the house.
"We'll see." Marissa responded. They stepped into the house and found Ryan sleeping in a big tent with half a towel wrapped around him like a blanket. Marissa cooed at this cute sight and Summer went and unloaded the bags from Walmart and stacked all the stuff in an orderly pattern.
"RISE AND SHINE!" Summer exploded next to Ryan's ear after she had finished putting everything away. Ryan jumped at the loud noise and opened his eyes to stare at Marissa and Summer both staring at him.
"What?" He asked confused. "Why are you guys here?"
"We are here to make your house a home. Did you forget about that?" Marissa smiled and threw a small snack bar at him. "Now eat up because we have a lot to do today." She laughed lightly as she also grabbed a bar and popped a piece in her mouth.
Marissa's cell went off and she answered it immediately.
"Hello?"
"Hey Marissa, it's Seth. Pack up and go to the dinner by the pier ASAP. I'll meet you there." Seth rambled hurriedly.
"Wait, Seth, what happened?" Marissa asked nervously.
"He knows. He knows everything." He hung up the phone and Marissa was left with a dial tone.
TBC.
Okay, it's Sunday night and I haven't updated my other stories yet. I spent 3 days writing this and I know it ain't much. I wrote 2/3 of Summer in the City and I might post it tonight.