Hey. Shorter chapters then the other ones. Yes, I will help with the Spanish. Hehe. There is hardly any in this chapter. I hope you like it. It was kind of a muse after Kirsten talked about having an abortion. What if she hadn't? This chapter is shorter than the others but I think u will like it. READ, REVIEW, AND REQUEST!

XOXO Jules

Chapter 2: "Just trying to keep my head together"

Rodrigo, Raul, Marissa, and Ryan were only an hour away from Chino and the still did not have a plan.

"You can't just walk into some womans house and say I'm your daughter, can I have some money for my foster mother." Raul said as he steered the truck down the road.

"We have who this woman is first." Marissa said.

"How do you plan to do that?" Ryan asked much to everyones surprise. He had not said anything the entire car ride.

"I donno." Marissa asked gnawing on a piece of her fingernail. "I mean, I guess we could just ask around."

They all stared as they drove past the sing that said "Welcome to Newport." Someone had tagged the word bitch under it.

"Welcome to Newport bitch." Rodrigo read.

"How welcoming." Ryan said, the group of teens laughed.

A half hour later they stopped at a pier where a lot of kids their age were swimming in designer bathing suits, or lying in the sun like they didn't have tanning beds in their houses. They climbed out of the old pick up truck moist with sweat. The air conditioning in the car had broken down.

"Let's go." Rodrigo said grabbing Marissas hand. They ran and jumped into the Pacific together as Ryan and Raul followed behind. They more than Marissa and Rodrigo were aware of their surroundings.

"Man, you'd think they'd never seen a Mexican before." Raul said

"Probably in their kitchens." Ryan said seriously earning a warning look from Raul

A blonde girl walked past them with her nose up.

"Ugh, I guess border patrol was asleep on the job!" She said looking at Rodrigo. Her friends all chuckled at her immature comment.

"I will not hit a girl, I will not hit a girl" Raul said holding his fists at his sides.

Ryan laughed.

"Come on man." He said heading down to the tip of the beach where the water met the sand. "DAMNIT!" Ryan yelled when he got hit in the head by a big round plate, which he turned around to discover was a Frisbee.

"I am so sorry man!" A curly haired boy said running over to him. "SUMMER I TOLD YOU, AIM!" He yelled across the beach to a girl blocking the sun with her hand standing on her tip-toes to see where the Frisbee had gone.

"It's alright." Ryan said rubbing his head as Marissa and Rodrigo ran over to them.

"Are you sure?" They boy continued "'cause you have a really nasty bump on your head."

"Yeah, I'm fine."

The girl that threw the Frisbee came over to the group.

"Cohen!" She said yanking his arm.

"WAIT!" Marissa said before they left. "I'm looking for someone." She continued. "I'm Marissa De los Santos." She introduced herself, "That is Rodrigo Sanchez, Raul de los Santos, and … Ryan." Sher realized then that she didn't know his last name.

"I'm Seth Cohen." He said holding out his hand, "and that is Summer Roberts."

"Hi." The girl named Summer said looking Marissa in the eye and then quickly looking around.

"You said you were looking for someone?" Seth reminded her.

"Yeah." Marissa said. "But um, I don't know her name." She said fishing around her back pack for the picture. "But I have this." She said pulling out a picture, brushing sand off of it before she handed it to Seth.

Seth took the picture. It was of a woman, late teens looking, holding a little girl. It appeared that they were in the hospital. The little girl was wearing a hospital gown smiling on the womans lap as she kissed her neck… Now that Seth looked at the picture it looked really familiar. The woman in the picture was his mother. Shocked he dropped the picture in the sand.

"What?" Marissa asked picking up the only link to her past from the sand before it blew away.

"I know her." Seth said.

"Really?" Marissa said trying to pretend that she was not too happy. "Who is she?" Marissa asked

"My mother." Seth said meeting Marissa in the eye. At the same time their hearts skipped a beat…

"Marissa maybe we should-" Rodrigo said grabbing her arm

"No!" She insisted. "I have to do this. For Abuela."

Rodrigo released hold of her arm

"Are you the girl in the picture?" Seth asked.

Marissa nodded.

"And the girl is my mother." She said flipping over the picture that was initialed KC and MC.

Seth put his hand over his mouth.

"I really need to talk to her. Someone in my family is in trouble and I need help."

This was worse than any dilemma Seth could have imagined ever facing. Was this girl really his sister? Did his mother keep a huge secret from him his entire life?

"You got a car?" Seth asked

"Yeah." Raul said stepping up. Rodrigo and Ryan watched from the background, along with the Summer girl.

"I've got a skate board. Give me a lift and I'll show you where to go." Seth said with his head down, he was digging his foot in the sand.

The ride to the house was quiet. Only Seth who was giving directions to Raul, who was driving spoke. Summer sat next to Seth, Rodrigo sat in the back seat rubbing Marissas back in the back seat with Ryan.

Marissa gasps when they pulled up to the house. All of the trailers in her neighborhood put together were not as big as the mansion on the hill that sat in front of her.

"This is it." Seth said, solely he and Marissa got out of the truck. "We'll be back." Seth said.

It was an awkward walk to the front door. Seth rang the bell.

"You ring your own doorbell?" Marissa asked raising an eyebrow

"It's formal." Seth said smiling uncomfortably, still unsure whether he was doing the right thing...

Marissa just nodded as a blonde woman opened up the front door. Her blue eyes sparkled, as she gave Marissa a warm smile.

"Seth and company." She said smiling. Her mood changed when she saw the look on her son's face. "What's going on."

"This is Marissa mom." Seth said walking past her hands on his head. "Your daughter."

Marissa and Kirstens eyes locked, Kirstens jaw was slightly opened.

"I am Marissa De los Santos." Marissa said holding her hand out to Kirsten.

"It can't be…" Kirsten said tears slipping down her face.

Cliffhanger, I know. I will update soon. You guys just all REVIEW