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The Gift
The next day and Marissa was in the Cohen's kitchen with Kirsten, Julie, and Summer. They were going over details for the wedding. The men were arguing that it was too soon to plan, so the women sent them off to watch TV.
"So do you have a date set?" Kirsten asked as she flipped through books of wedding locations.
"We were thinking April." Marissa told them. "And we want it on the beach."
"What color for the bridesmaids dresses?" Julie asked Marissa.
"Purple." Marissa said. "And the first fitting is in 2 weeks so Summer and I are going to get the material today."
"How many bridesmaids?" Kirsten asked.
"Five. And Ryan's having five groomsmen."
"So a big wedding then?" Kirsten asked.
"Well, I guess so." Marissa agreed. "Sum, do you want to go look for material now? It might take me all day."
"Yeah sure." Summer said getting up. Marissa grabbed the folder with all the wedding plans in it and went to the TV room. Ryan and Seth were on the couch with Sandy and they were watching football. Marissa leaned over the back of the couch and Ryan turned around.
"Summer and I are going to pick out dress material for the bridesmaids now." She told him.
"Okay. Have fun." He said, giving her a kiss. Marissa went over to the door where Summer was.
"Bye Seth." Summer called from the door.
"Bye." Seth called out to her.
Summer and Marissa got into Summer's silver convertible and backed out of the Cohen's driveway.
"I can't believe you're getting married." Summer told Marissa. "I mean, you and Chino are perfect for each other, but it's still hard to believe you're getting married."
"I know. It seems like only yesterday we met on the driveway." Marissa told Summer.
They arrived at the dress shop about 10 minutes later and went in to pick material for the bridesmaid dresses.
A saleswoman came up to them, "Can I help you with something?" She asked.
"Yeah. We're looking for material for bridesmaid dresses." Marissa told her.
"Ok. What color?" She asked.
"Dark purple." Marissa said. "And I want it to be silk."
"Alright, come with me."
About 2 hours later Summer and Marissa were at the Crab Shack waiting for Ryan and Seth.
"There they are." Summer told Marissa, pointing at the door. Ryan and Seth came over to the booth and sat down.
"Hey. Did you guys get everything picked out?" Ryan asked.
"Yes. And we even got the dresses designed." Marissa told him.
"Already? The wedding's not for another 8 months." Seth said.
"Shut up Cohen." Summer told Seth. "The dresses are more complicated than tuxes."
"Let's leave the wedding plans for now. Let's just hang out." Marissa suggested.
"Good idea." Ryan agreed.
They ordered a large pizza to share and cokes. When they were done they went back to the Cohen's house where they started watching TV. They just hung out watching TV until suppertime and Kirsten invited both Summer and Marissa to stay. They had ordered in Chinese food and everybody sat down at the dining table and started eating.
"Seth, Summer!" Sandy called up the stairs. "Could you come down here please?"
Seth and Summer came down the stairs into the kitchen.
"What did you call for?" Seth asked as sat down on the counter.
Kirsten came in from the living room, a picture of a large mansion in her hand.
"We need you're help with Ryan and Marissa's wedding gift." Sandy told them.
"What are you giving them?" Summer asked. Kirsten handed her the picture of the house and Seth looked over Summer's shoulder to see it.
"A picture of a house?" Seth asked, with a puzzled look on his face. Summer turned towards him and rolled her eyes.
"No Cohen! They're giving them a house!" Summer told him.
"Oh. And how do you need our help?" Seth asked.
"Well," Kirsten started, "You two know Ryan and Marissa best, and Summer wants to be an interior decorator, so we thought that you two would be the perfect people to help."
"Of course we'll help!" Summer exclaimed, "When do we start?"
"The house should be ready in about 1 month so you can start then." Sandy said.
"Can't wait!" Summer told them.
"Cohen, do you really think they'll like that?" Summer asked.
It was a month later and Seth and Summer were at the furniture store picking out things for Ryan and Marissa's house.
"What' so bad about it?" Seth asked. He had showed Summer a lime green leather couch.
"Marissa hates green!" Summer told him. "How about this one?" She had sat down on a large black leather couch.
"Perfect. And let's get matching chairs." Seth told her.
By the time they were done, Seth and Summer had bought a 2 couches, 10 chairs, 1 dining room table, 7 kitchen chairs, 3 beds, a fridge, a stove and a whole bunch of coffee tables and dressers. Then they went to pick out paint.
"For the bedroom it should be a light blue to match the bed." Summer said. The bed had a light blue cover with a whole bunch of blue and brown pillows. "And the rest off the house can be a sandy color."
"Ok. Tomorrow we'll paint." Seth told his girlfriend.
Ryan and Marissa were in the Cohen's living room watching TV when Sandy and Kirsten came in and Ryan turned off the TV.
"Is something wrong?" Marissa asked as Kirsten sat down on a chair and Sandy sat down on another.
"No," Kirsten said, "Sandy and I were talking and we wanted to tell you guys that you can have your wedding on our private island."
"Really?" Marissa asked.
"Yes. It has a beautiful beach and a large cottage." Sandy told them.
Marissa went over to hug Kirsten and Sandy. "Thank you so much!" She cried. Ryan got up to hug Kirsten and Sandy as well.
"Thank you." He told them.