Thanks for the reviews. Keep them coming after this one too. Ch 7.

Ultimately

Ch. 7-The Encounter with the Devil

Alex's Place

1:45pm

'RING, RING! RING, RING!' was the retched sound Parker woke up to. She cursed the phone. It was the fourth time that damn phone rang. Yesterday and the early morning was the longest time of Parker's short 15 years of life. All she wanted to do was sleep until the end of time. But some asshole wouldn't let that happen. Alex was at work so she was left to answer the phone. She managed to ignore it three times, but just had to get up for this one. Parker dragged herself out of bed and to the phone.

Half way through the hall, the answering machine picked up the phone. "Opps. I miss the phone. Darn." Parker mumbled to herself still half asleep. While turning around to go back to the bedroom, the person leaving the message caught her ear.

"Allie, please pick up the phone. I know you hate me but I also know that you can be a little over dramatic. We still have something between us. Just call me back and we can work this out. I miss you. Ever since you came down from Newport, I haven't been able to forget about you. Just call me. You know my number."

That voice! It always made Parker flinch. She clenched her fists, and started to turn bright red in the face. If it was possible, she swore her head would have burst. She told herself that if she ever saw her again, she would punch her. But she knew that would never go down go with Alex. She took Alex away from her. She hated Jodie with a passion. But this grudge really needed to be settled. That was the only reason she hated her. Now, Parker was temporarily living with Alex and Jodie was kind of like another sister with that exception of that grudge. And that was before they started dating. But the way she was talking made it sound like she wanted to get back together with Alex and that was the reason she didn't like Jodie. That part of her killed Parker a little inside. She hated that feeling.

All of a sudden, Parker couldn't breathe. The room was getting dizzy, and everything was getting blurry. Her head was pounding and she wanted to scream. But before she had a chance to let out a whimper, she collapsed and everything went black.

Cohen Residence

June 2; 10:30am

Marissa dashed out of the pool house never looking back when Summer called after her. She couldn't believe what was going on. She knew things with her and Ryan were bad but she thought she could fix it. She thought he would understand. Out of all people, she thought he had to understand because of all the shit he went through with Teresa. But he completely exploded on her. She never thought that her life could fall apart anymore than it did already, but her heart was breaking all over again. Ryan was going to hit her. That was one of the scariest incidents Marissa has ever experienced; besides Trey.

She sped out of the driveway and onto the main road. With no destination, she just drove.

Tears forcefully ran down her cheeks with no way of stopping them. She had no where to go and no one to see. She was all alone. She pulled over after this realization came to her. Her cell kept ringing non stop. But she ignored it. Then something caught her eye. In between the driver's seat and the arm rest was something white. She pulled it out and just stared at the folded piece of paper with her name on it.

An hour later, she had the courage to unfold it and read it. It was dated March 18th 2005. That was the day they broke up. After that, lyrics to a song were scrolled messily.

Friends in Fall River

Your life lives half a nation away, my heart hurts so. I believe that letting you go was the biggest mistake of my life. What did I do? Alone and confused. What can I say? What can I do? I'm heading the wrong way home. Knowing alone is alone. It's just too difficult to be just me instead of we. What did I do? Alone and confused. What can I say? Nothing. I don't know where to begin 'cause you left me for him. I don't know where to begin since you left me for him. I don't want to start again, and I can't be your friend. I don't know where to begin now you left me for him.

AK

After reading it, she started her car, and was back on her way to nowhere now feeling even more like shit. She felt like driving off a cliff and when she spotted one, she almost did. 3 hours later, she was so out of her mind that she pulled over when she saw a phone booth, and she dialed the number of the one person that kept her from going insane completely. A few rings later, they picked up.

"Hello?" What was Marissa doing? How was she supposed to explain this? 'Oh I found this piece of paper that had your heart spilt all over it so I thought I'd give you a call.' Yeah right. "Hello?" She panicked. She didn't know what to say so she said nothing. Her heart sank and she just hung up.

She walked across the road to the other side. She stood in front of the railing looking down the steep ledge. The drop must have been at least 80 feet. Plus, the hard pavement down below would take anyone's life. The thought played over and over in her mind. She imagined the fall. All it would have to take is for her to hop the railing and jump.

There was no emotion in her at all in the moment. She just stood there not moving. If you looked into her eyes, you would probably see nothing; absolute blackness. She didn't know why this time was different from all the other times she contemplated it. It was because she lost all hope in everything this time. She lost hope in her parents, in her friends, in her. She just couldn't find a way to trust herself.

The pain was deep in the pit of her soul eating at her heart and the rest of her insides. She couldn't live with this anymore and she had to do it. But something kept pulling her back. One thought always stuck with her and now for the time being it was keeping her from killing herself. Alex. But she lost her because of her selfishness. Her decision was made. She had to.

But suddenly, her cell phone rang. "Marissa, where are you? Please come home." Summer pleaded to her. Her life was saved again. But not her head.

"Sum, I'm losing my mind."

This heart; it beats

Beats for only you

My heart is yours

Robert's Residence

4:00pm

Summer laid on her bed with her best friend finally sleeping without crying. That was it. She stole Marissa's phone out of her purse and began searching for Alex's name. She quickly found it, put the number into her phone and put back Marissa's phone. If Marissa couldn't talk to Alex, then she had to.

She then called Seth. She couldn't do this by herself. She hardly knew Alex. But Seth knew her. It rang a couple times and Seth picked up. "Hello?"

"Hey Hon. How's your jaw?"

"It's been better. Did you find Marissa?"

"Yeah. Right now, she's sleeping. She's a mess Cohen."

"What are we going to do?"

"First of all, keep Ryan the fuck away from her. Second, we're gonna find Alex and get them back together."

"And what if she's over Marissa?"

"Way to be optimistic Seth. It won't hurt to find out now would it? Where's Ryan?"

"He ran off after Marissa did. Why do you think he did it?"

"I don't know. But I'm sure Marissa does." Summer replied with a sad tone to her voice. She had two ideas. The first one was talk to Alex directly. If that didn't work, they would have to take farther measures.

Later That Evening

"I'm going to call her." Summer was contemplating on whether she should call Alex or not. What if Seth was right? What if she was over Marissa. That would kill any hope of making her best friend happy again. "Just call her Roberts. Damn it!" She couldn't. She was too pessimistic. "Ugh!" This was so frustrating. "That's it!"

She finally found the courage to press the call button on her phone. It rang a few times and just when Summer was about to give up anyone answering her call, someone finally picked up.

"Hello? Alex Kelly's phone. She is unable to answer her phone at this time for she is preoccupied. I'm Hayden. Can I take a message?"

"Are you a friend of Alex's?...Is she right next to you?...Well the thing is that I have to convince her to come back to Newport and I need someone's help that lives down there…Will you help me?...My name's Summer and my number's 8330915…Just call and I can explain everything. Don't tell Alex…Thank you." This was going to be more complicated then she thought. But at least she had someone in L.A. to help her. And just then, her plan changed.

The bright light beams

From her eyes,

Like broken glass.

Or a broken heart,

Who would have guessed?

You'd leave me here.

Beneath my eyes

I feel the tears,

I hold back

Songs: Silverstein;

Friends in Fall River

Last Days of Summer

Okay. It might not be the longest chapter, but it's not the shortest. Anyway, I wanted to get this out because I hate keeping you guys waiting. I guess.whatever. So read, review and enjoy. Be patient. I promise it will get better. I'm still building it up. I finally found where this thing is going. So go with me here.

-Ej