Hey! Here is the newest chapter. Now for anyone who doesn't think that this is "romantic" enough, it's not supposed to be overly romantic. The lovey dovey bubble gum stuff you will probably not find much of in this fic. I think that there is more to romance than kissing, flowers, and everything being perfect. Tragedy is romance as well. Anyway, that is not to say that R/M will not happen and it will not turn out alright, because as this is going it will, but I'm just saying. Anyway, read, review, and request! Thanks for the reviews!
XOXO Jules
Chapter 7: "We're running, Through a world that lost it's meaning"
Marissa awoke early the next morning, to find Raul getting dressed.
" Que hubo? (What's going on?)" She asked him
"I gotta go back to Chino for a minute." Raul informed her tossing his gun from under the bed into his bag.
"Is it Rigo? Did he call you?" Marissa asked
"We've got some business to take care of." Raul said
"Listen Raul, you're smarter than that. You don't need to get mixed up in anything."
"'Rissa, if Rigo does this one last job then he's out. It'll all be over."
"You mean Luis and all of them are going to let him out?" Marissa asked skeptically
"Yeah. It's what you've always wanted kid." Raul said tossing his bag on him shoulder. "Te amo." Raul said kissing his sisters cheek.
"Te amo." Marissa responded. "Raul?" She said as he began to walk out.
"Yeah." He asked turning back to face her
"Cuidado. (Be careful)" Marissa said
Raul nodded and then left the pool house. Marissa looked around. Now it was just she and Ryan left. Something about the situation just felt off. Something was not right.
Ryan awoke to hear soft sobs coming from beside him on the bed. It took him a second to remember where he was. Then he saw Marissa and it all came flooding back to him. Newport, the shooting, Juan Miguels death. That weird Seth kid.
"Marissa?" He asked touching her shoulder
Marissa quickly sat up and wiped her eyes.
"Oh, hi. I didn't know that you were awake." She said slipping off of the bed
"Are you alright?" Ryan asked from where he laid.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Where's Raul?" He asked now moving so that he could sit up.
"Back in Chino." Marissa told him, her voice quivering as she spoke
"Why?" Ryan asked
"The less you know the safer you are." Marissa said turning to Ryan
He decided not to question further, right then at least.
"You hungry?" He asked
Marissa shrugged as she followed him into the kitchen.
"Good morning kids!" Sandy said with a smile. "I made breakfast!"
"Where's Raul?" Kirsten asked from the table where she sat with Seth
"He went back to help my mother." Marissa lied. She could tell that Kirsten was a little weirded out that she had called another woman her mother. But Abuela had raised her.
"Oh." She said nodding
"And so four becomes two." Seth said his mouth full of Captain Crunch.
"Well if you don't want eggs and bacon there are bagels on the counter as well." Kirsten offered them.
"Thanks." Marissa and Ryan said in unison.
Ryan grabbed a plate full of eggs and bacon. Marissa just got a cup of juice.
"Are you sure that's all that you want?" Sandy turned to Marissa asking her
"Yeah." She said. "I'm fine."
"Why not a bagel?" Kirsten pressed. Now everyones eye's were on Marissa.
"Um yeah, sure." She said taking a plain bagel off of the tray.
Back at her place in Chino nobody really minded that she didn't eat much. It was more food for them.
Kirsten watched out of the corner of her eye as Marissa picked little pieces off of her bagel and then sat them individually in her mouth.
Marissa knew that Kirsten was watching her as she ate. She hoped that she didn't realize what she was doing. It was a trick that she had picked up long ago. She would take little sips of the juice, and as she did she would spit whatever food that was in her mouth into the cup of orange juice. It seemed like Kirsten didn't pick up on it. Maybe she was all clear.
"So, what are the plans for today?" Sandy asked trying to make pleasant conversation.
"I am going to go see my father." Kirsten said, earning a look from everyone around the table. Marissa in particular.
"I can't wait to find out what that whack job is up to now." Sandy muttered "What about you kids?"
"Um, I don't know, we're probably just going to go hit the beach… again." Seth said.
"You can wear the bathing suit that I got for you Marissa." Kirsten said smiling at the girl who gave an unsure smile back.
"Yeah." She said.
"What about you dad?"
"I've just got to get some work done around the house." He said "I'll be here all day."
Seth, Summer, Ryan and Marissa walked along the beach.
"Right here!" Summer said lying out her towel. "It looks like the perfect tanning spot." She said with a smile. "What do you think Marissa?"
Marissa smiled at the girl.
"Looks okay to me." She said, taking off their clothes revealing their bathing suits.
Ryan tried to look away from the bones that were Marissa. Sure to the average eye she would just look extremely skinny, but everyone knew the truth with that…
"Ryan, come on, I'll show you how to surf." Seth said
Ryan squinted at the curly haired boy and lowered his eyebrow.
"Or you can just come and watch." Seth said as Ryan followed him down the beach.
Marissa and Summer sat in silence
"So do you like it here?" Summer asked Marissa
"It sure is different from Chino." Marissa confessed.
"I can imagine." Summer said
"How long have you and Seth been seeing each other?" Marissa asked
"Um, I don't know, about four months." Summer said. "God he's such a geek. He has this like ridiculous plastic horse thing that he talks to like it's a person."
"Strange." Marissa said.
"How long have you and Ryan been… whatever you are?" Summer asked
"Oh no, Ryan and I aren't… I mean it's not like that with us. I am going out with Rodrigo." Marissa concluded finally.
"Oh please, I see you guys out at the pool talking at night."
"What are you doing at the Cohens house at night?" Marissa asked
"It doesn't matter." Summer said blushing. "All I'm saying is that I wouldn't blame you for liking him. He's a hottie." She winked at Marissa who laughed.
Marissa turned and watched Seth and Ryan in the water. Ryan looked like a baby learning how to walk, the way he wobbled on his surf board. He fell into the water. Marissa laughed. When he got up their eyes met, maybe there was something with the two of them…
Sandy was clearing off the plates in the kitchen when he heard the doorbell ring.
"Coming!" He said heading towards the door. "Julie." He said when he opened the door.
"Hi Sandy." She said with a fake smile.
"What brings you over?"
"I just wanted to congratulate you on the newest addition to your family." She said
"What are you talking about?" Sandy asked
"Well Kirsten's daughter of course." Julie said
"What daughter?" Sandy asked
"Oh!" Julie said putting her hand over her mouth as if she didn't know that he didn't know. "You don't know? Jimmy and Kirstens daughter Marissa." Julie said
"What the hell!" Sandy said. "No, I don't know." He said
"Well then Sanford, let me give you a little history lesson." Said Julie leaning against the door frame.
Kirsten busted into her father office where he was working on papers.
"What the hell is going on here?" He yelled standing up behind his desk.
"I don't know dad, why don't you tell me?" She said, hands on her hips