A Break from Newport
On Wednesday, Marissa, Ryan, Sandy, and Kirsten were on their way to the private island. Sandy's friend had let them borrow his small plane. Seth and Summer decided not to come because Seth hates flying.
"Are you excited?" Ryan asked Marissa.
"Are you kidding me? I can't wait!" Marissa told him. She was so excited to see the place where she would be marrying the love of her life.
They finally arrived at the small island and got off the plane. They put all their bags into the car and walked to the cottage so they could have a look at the island.
"How do you like it?" Kirsten asked.
"It's beautiful. How long have you had the place?" Marissa asked. She had never seen such a beautiful place and never knew that the Cohen's had a private island.
"Well, it used to be my father's, but after he died he left it to us. It took a while to get all the paperwork sorted so we've had it about four years." Kirsten told Marissa and Ryan. "I used to come here all the time as a kid. Dad built a new cottage here about six years ago."
"We can see the beach tomorrow." Sandy told Marissa. He could see she was anxious to see it, but it was getting late. "Dinner's probably ready."
They all walked to the cottage for dinner. Ryan was surprised to see that the cottage was about the same size as the Cohen's house.
"Smells delicious!" Sandy called out to the cooks. The cooks had come along just for the evening to cook dinner. They would be leaving as soon as everything was cleaned up. The four of them all sat down at the table and started eating a great meal of roast chicken, potatoes, and rice.
"So do you have your dress designed Marissa?" Sandy asked.
"No yet. I'm going to do that after Christmas." Marissa told them.
After they had their meal, Marissa went to call Summer.
"Hey Sum." Marissa said on her cell phone.
"Coop! How are you?" Summer asked.
"I'm good. This island is beautiful!"
"Well I'm glad you're having fun."
"What's wrong?" Marissa asked worriedly.
"Oh Cohen is whining about how his parents never took him to the island before."
The girls talked about the wedding for about an hour and it wasn't until Ryan came in and said that they should go to bed that Marissa finally let Summer go.
Ryan dropped down onto the bed, "Finally. You've been on the phone forever." He told her.
"Oh whatever Ryan!" Marissa called out from the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom. She came out wearing a short pink nightdress made of silk. She got into bed next to Ryan and turned out the lights.
"Marissa, are you coming?" Ryan called out to the bathroom.
"In a minute!" Marissa answered.
Ryan sighed and asked, "What are you doing in there?"
"I'm getting ready."
"For what? We're going down to breakfast!"
Marissa finally emerged from the bathroom wearing a long blue skirt and a yellow tank top.
"Let's go." She said.
Ryan and Marissa came into the kitchen and each poured themselves a bowl of cereal.
"Are you two going to look at the beach today?" Sandy asked as he sat down across from Marissa.
"Yeah, right after breakfast." Marissa told him. Ryan and her quickly finished eating and started walking to the beach. They decided to walk instead of drive so they could enjoy the fresh air. As soon as they reached the beach, Marissa gasped. It was magnificent. The sand was pure white, the water was so blue, and it was surrounded by palm trees.
"Ryan, it's amazing!" Marissa cried out. Ryan laughed at Marissa's outburst. She was smiling from ear to ear and her eyes were dancing. She grabbed Ryan's hand and they ran to the water.
"We could have the altar there," She said, pointing to the south side of the island." And the waves would be behind us. And the chairs would go down the beach in a curving pattern so the aisle starts from behind those trees there."
"Okay. Where do you want the reception?" Ryan asked. Marissa seemed to have it all figured out so he let her do most of the deciding.
"Well it could be in that huge clearing we saw yesterday. It has a lot of palm trees just like I like, and we could bring in a dance floor and put it right in the center." Marissa told him.
"Sounds great." He said, as he put his arms around her waist and turned her towards him. Marissa put her arms around his neck.
"I love you Ryan." She said.
"I love you too Marissa." He told her. He pulled Marissa closer to him and kissed her.
Kirsten was sitting on the porch of the cottage reading. When she heard Marissa and Ryan talking she looked up.
"Hi guys. Did you like the beach?" She asked.
"It's great Kirsten! I've never seen a place more beautiful in my life." Marissa told Kirsten.
"Well I'm glad you two like it." Kirsten said.
Marissa and Ryan went into their bedroom and lied down on the bed.
"Do you wanna go swimming?" Marissa asked, sitting up.
"Sure." Ryan told her. They changed into their bathing suits and went down to the kitchen where Sandy was on his laptop.
"Hey kids. Going swimming?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah. We'll be back in a bit." Ryan said as they left the house.
"Bye Kirsten." Marissa said as they passed Kirsten.
They walked along the sidewalk that lead to the south beach and Ryan stopped.
"I'll race you there." He said with a grin.
"I'm in flip flops." Marissa whined.
"Take them off." Ryan said as he kicked off his own sandals.
"I can't run as fast as you."
"Yes you can." Ryan called out as he started running.
"Hey!" Marissa called as she shot after Ryan. She caught up with him but he soon pulled away from her. When he arrived at the beach he stopped to wait for Marissa who was just behind him.
"Cheater!" She said as she jumped into Ryan's arms. The unexpected weight made them fall over.
"I am not!" Ryan said as he got up. He gave Marissa his hand and she took it to pull herself up. Marissa jumped onto Ryan's back and he raced down to the water. When they reached the deeper water, Marissa jumped off Ryan and into the water.
"It's about time you're back." Sandy said sarcastically as Ryan and Marissa came into the kitchen fully clothed.
"Sorry." Ryan replied. "What time are we leaving?"
Sandy got up and shut his laptop. "In about half an hour, so you two had better pack."
Marissa quickly dashed up the stairs and Ryan followed her. Their room was a mess. Clothes shoes were all over the floor (they were mainly Marissa's).
"I hope our house isn't like this when we get married." Ryan said as he threw all of his clothes into his suitcase.
"I can't help it." Marissa said as she folded all of her clothes and put them into her red suitcase.
They went down to the living room where Kirsten and Sandy were waiting with both of their bags.
"Ready to go?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah." Ryan and Marissa told him.
They got back on the plane and flew back to Newport. All four of them went back to the Cohen's house to find Seth and Summer in the living room. Seth was playing a video game Summer was lying on the couch watching him, completely bored.
"Hi kids." Kirsten called out. Summer immediately jumped off the couch and ran to Marissa to hug her.
"Coop! I missed you so much!" She cried out.
"I missed you too Sum." Marissa said as she dropped her suitcase.
"How was the island?" Seth asked sulkily and Summer rolled her eyes.
"Cohen here was whining the whole time about you guys never taking him to the island."
"I was not Summer." Seth muttered.
"Come on Sum, I'll tell you all about it." She said as she and Summer went to sit down on the couch.
The next day Seth and Summer went to the house Sandy and Kirsten were giving to Ryan and Marissa to paint.
"Cohen, I got some more paint for the house. It shouldn't be all yellow so I got olive, peach, lavender, and a light brown." Summer told him as she pointed the cans of paint in the back seat off her car.
"Ok." Seth said as he grabbed 2 cans of paint. Summer took the other into the house and set them down. The movers had brought all of the furniture but the carpet would be installed in a couple of weeks.
"Let's start with the master bedroom." Summer said as she picked up the rollers and paintbrushes. Seth took the paint and the headed upstairs to the bedroom. Summer opened the can of paint and poured it into two trays.
"Cohen, you paint those two walls and I'll paint these two." Summer said as she pointed to the walls she would paint. They didn't talk much as they painted. When they were done they stood back to look at their work.
"Now what?" Seth asked his girlfriend.
"Let's paint the spare bedrooms." Summer said. "They can be used as guest rooms for now, but when Ryan and Marissa have kids, they can use them as bedrooms."
"And they'll be having five kids?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"They can use some of the rooms for their kids." Summer said as she lead him into a room beside the master bedroom.