The Wedding
Marissa ran right to the back door of the other cottage. She quickly checked to make sure no one was there and went in. By the way things looked; Marissa thought that the house was almost empty.
"Ryan!" She called, hurrying into the kitchen. "Ryan, where are you?"
Ryan was upstairs in his room watching TV. He heard Marissa's voice so went running downstairs. Marissa was in coming out of the dining room and saw Ryan running down the stairs so she ran over to him.
"Marissa, what's wrong?" Ryan asked worriedly, as he caught Marissa in his arms.
"Nothing, I just needed to see you. Summer took my phone and Seth took yours and I just really needed to see you." Marissa told him in one breath.
"It's ok." Ryan said, hugging her tightly. "I'm here."
"Are you nervous about tomorrow?" Marissa asked, going over to sit on the couch.
"Kind of." Ryan said following her. "Are you?"
"Well, sort of." Marissa admitted, "But it's normal. And I really do want to marry you."
"I know." Ryan said laughing.
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"Hurry up Cohen!" Summer called out to Seth, who was walking behind her. They were going down to the wedding site to make sure everything was perfect. "I'm pregnant and I can still walk faster than you."
"You're like a month pregnant Summer! You're not even showing." Seth said, catching up to his girlfriend.
"And yet I've gained about 3 pounds." Summer said.
"Are you sure that's from being pregnant?" Seth asked jokingly, but stopped laughing when Summer shot him an evil glare.
"Sorry." He said.
"I'm so not looking forward to getting fat." Summer said, putting a hand on her stomach.
Seth rolled his eyes and put an arm around Summer's shoulders.
Don't worry about that. You'll lose it after the baby's born." Seth assured her
They arrived at the wedding site and Summer gasped in amazement. "Oh my god! It's beautiful!"
The white wooden chairs were set up along the beach in a curving pattern. The altar was covered in white, purple, and yellow flowers. It was in front of the ocean and the waves were crashing behind it.
Summer walked under the flower covered arch and up the aisle. Seth watched Summer walk up the aisle and smiled. He wanted to see her walk down her own aisle with him one day. He walked up to the altar where she was standing and she turned her towards him.
"Summer, I love you. I know like this seems like the worst timing because of the baby, but I can't wait any longer." Seth told her. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a velvet box. He opened it and got down on one knee.
"Oh my god!" Summer gasped.
"Summer Roberts, will you marry me?"
"Yes!" Summer screamed. Seth slid the ring onto her finger and got up to kiss her.
"And I'm not just asking because you're pregnant Summer." Seth told her.
"I know Cohen." She said. She looked down at her ring and smiled. There was a large egg shaped, deep green emerald on the gold band and several white diamonds surrounding it.
"Matches your eyes." Seth told her.
"Thank you." Summer said softly, giving him another kiss.
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Marissa snuck quietly back into the house and ran up to her bedroom. She just lay back on her bed, and heard the door downstairs open and someone coming up the stairs.
"Oh my god Coop I have to tell you something!" Summer cried, running into the bedroom and jumping onto Marissa's bed.
"What?" Marissa asked.
"Cohen and I are engaged!" She screamed.
"Summer! That's great! How did he do it?" Marissa asked, hugging her best friend.
"Well we were down at the beach and we were at the altar and he proposed!"
"Wow Sum, I'm so happy for you!" Marissa cried.
"Me too! But don't tell anyone. We want to keep it a secret until we get back to Newport."
"I promise."
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"Hey man." Ryan said, noticing Seth come into the living room. "Why are you so happy?" He asked, noticing the smile on Seth's face.
"Because I proposed to Summer." Seth said calmly. "And she said yes!" He added.
"Really?"
"And what's that supposed to mean? Did you expect her to say no?" Seth asked, with fake hurt in his voice.
"No." Ryan said quickly. "I just didn't think- oh never mind."
"Never much good with words were you Atwood." Seth said sarcastically.
"Never much good with knowing when to shut up were you Cohen." Ryan shot back.
"No." Seth told him simply.
"Well congratulations anyway." Ryan said, giving Seth a quick hug.
"Thanks. And could you not tell anyone. We want to keep it a secret."
"Can I tell Marissa?"
Seth looked at Ryan and raised his eyebrows. "Ryan, do you even know who I'm engaged to?"
"Right. Summer already got to her."
"Yeah. Well, I must go back to my fiancé." Seth said as he got up.
"You may want to rethink that. She probably has your entire wedding planned out by now. And I though Marissa was bad, you have Summer." Ryan joked.
"GP." Seth said sitting back down.
"Still using initials?" Ryan asked rolling his eyes.
"As a matter of fact I am."
"Well, I think I'm going to go to bed." Ryan told Seth, getting up and heading for the stairs.
"Good night. Don't run away in the middle of the night!" Seth joked.
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Marissa awoke the next morning at 5 o'clock. She tried to fall back asleep, but was way too excited and nervous to so she got up and got dressed. She wanted to go and wake up Summer so they could start getting ready but then decided it was better to let Summer sleep. Just as Marissa finished making her bed, Summer came running in.
"You're getting married today Coop!" Summer shrieked, pulling Marissa into a hug.
"I know Summer, but please be quiet! Other people are sleeping." Marissa said, putting a finger to her lips.
"Sorry." Summer said quietly. "I'm gonna go shower." She told Marissa, heading for the bathroom.
Marissa went downstairs and started to make some bacon, eggs and toast by time Summer came down. "Want some breakfast Sum?"
"Sure." Summer said, getting a plate and putting some food on it. "So when do want to start getting ready?"
"In a couple of hours. I just want to go down and see if everything is set up right." Marissa said. After she was done eating she went down to the beach. Everything was set up exactly as she pictured. She went over to the reception area, and it was just as perfect. There were four long tables that could seat about 75 people each. They were covered in white linen and had blue dishes, and there were about 20 candles on each table. The white chairs were covered in soft, ocean blue cushions. There were blue and white lights strung through the trees, and there was a large blue dance floor in front of the head table.
"Is everything in the right place?" Summer asked. She had come down a little while ago to make sure that Seth and her did everything right.
"Yes. You made it perfect." Marissa said, hugging her best friend. "Thank you."
"Your welcome."
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"Ryan!" Seth said loudly, storming into Ryan's room. "Get up! It's 9 o'clock!"
"Seth, why must you shout?" Ryan asked, throwing the covers off himself.
"If you think I shout, you haven't met my fiancé." Seth said sarcastically. "You've never been on the receiving end of one of Summer's rage blackouts."
"And I plan on things staying that way. Now if you don't mind, please leave so I can get dressed." Ryan said, pushing Seth to the door.
"Yeah. I'm gonna go and see Summer." Seth said. He went over to the other house and rang the doorbell. Summer answered the door with curlers in her hair.
"Cohen! What the hell are you doing here?" She asked with an angry look on her face.
"I just came to see you. Is there a problem with that?" Seth asked sarcastically.
"Yes you idiot! I'm getting ready."
"You still have like 9 hours!" Seth exclaimed.
"Just go. I'll talk to you later." She said, giving him a quick kiss before shutting the door.
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"Who was that?" Marissa asked when Summer came back into the bedroom.
"Cohen." Summer said, getting her nail polish out of her makeup bag. "The dork isn't even getting ready."
"They'll probably get ready at the last minute." Marissa said, getting out her nail polish as well. They painted each others nails clear and by the time they were done it was already lunch time.
"What should we eat?" Summer asked, going through the cupboards in the kitchen.
"Salad. I want to fit into my dress tonight." Marissa said, taking two salads and bottled waters out of the fridge.
"I have a craving for mashed potatoes. Is there any instant?" Summer asked. She hated the craving part of being pregnant. For a couple of days she put mashed potatoes on just about everything.
"I think so." Marissa said, just as Summer pulled a box of instant mashed potatoes out of a cupboard. She poured the powder into a bowl, added water, and put the bowl into the microwave. When it was done, she spooned the mashed potatoes onto her salad and starting shoving forkfuls of food into her mouth while Marissa just stared.
"If you think this is bad wait till I get like 6 months pregnant." Summer said, drinking about half of the water in the bottle. "And by then you might be pregnant too."
"I hope so. Then our kids can be like, best friends." Marissa said, taking another bite of salad. "Do you want a girl or a boy?"
"It really doesn't matter to me. I'd love to have a girl and a boy someday." Summer said.
"You want a girl don't you?" Marissa said, smiling. She had known Summer for about 16 years and they could read each other like a book.
"Fine, I'll admit it. But I wouldn't be disappointed if it was a boy." Summer said. "Now enough chatting about babies. Let's go get ready."
"Marissa!" Kaitlin called, running into the kitchen. "The makeup people are here."
"It's about time." Marissa said, getting up and going into the living room where seven women stood. "Can you go get everybody Kaitlin?"
Kaitlin ran upstairs and came down with Jessica, Ashley, and Kahlen. They all sat down on chairs and the makeup artists began to do their makeup. They all had the same makeup; light brown eye shadow, clear lip gloss, lip liner, and a tan blush. All this took 3 hours, and there were only 3 and a half more hours for everybody to get ready. Marissa and Summer went back upstairs to the bedroom to finish getting ready.
"Summer can you grab the blow drier?" Marissa asked, taking the curlers out of her hair. Summer handed Marissa the blow drier and took the curlers out of her own hair. "I just want it wavy, not curly." Marissa said, blowing out the curls. She handed it to Summer and sprayed some hair spray into her hair. Summer did the same thing to her hair and then pulled it into a loose ponytail and had Marissa tie a purple ribbon onto it. All the bridesmaids were going to have this hairdo, with purple ribbons the exact color of the dresses.
"How much time do we have?" Summer asked, taking her dress out of the closet. It was covered in a plastic bag to keep the dust off.
"Two hours." Marissa said, looking at the clock. She went and took her dress out of the closet to and took it out of the bag. They carefully took their clothes off, pulling their shirts down their bodies so they wouldn't mess up they're hair, and ever so carefully, slipped they're dresses on. The bridesmaid dresses were made of dark purple silk and flowed right to the floor. They tied up in the back like a halter dress and the bow strings hung down their backs.
"Can you help me with my veil?" Marissa asked, handing it to Summer.
"Yeah." Summer said, taking it into her hands. She clipped in into Marissa's hair tightly and spread the light material out. The long veil hung all the way to the ground.
"You look beautiful." Summer told Marissa. "Chino is going to faint."
"You look beautiful too." Marissa said. "We should go get our bouquets."
Marissa and Summer carefully went downstairs to where everyone was waiting. Julie went over to Marissa and just about cried. "You look stunning Marissa." She said.
"You really do." Kirsten said smiling.
"Thanks. Where are the flowers?" Marissa asked.
"They just came." Julie said, pointing to a couple of boxes. Marissa opened the first one and inside was four bouquets of white roses. She handed one to every bridesmaid. In the last box was her bouquet. It was made up of white roses, yellow daisies, and purple daisies. It was tied up with a white silk ribbon.
"Let's take some pictures outside." Kirsten said. They all went outside and took a picture of Marissa with Julie, Marissa with Kirsten, Marissa with the bridesmaids, Kirsten and Julie, Marissa by herself, and about 5 of Marissa and Summer.
"Marissa, you're father's here." Kirsten said, pointing to Jimmy coming down the driveway. When Jimmy saw Marissa his eyes lit up and he smiled. He went over to her and gave her a huge hug.
"You look so beautiful kiddo."
"Thanks dad. How's Ryan looking?" Marissa asked.
"They're all ready. They got dresses about 20 minutes ago." He said laughing. They all got into two limos and headed down to the beach.
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"Is everybody ready?" Jimmy asked.
All the girls nodded and lined up. Jessica, Kahlen, and Ashley all headed down the aisle together and when they were at the front Summer went. She could see Seth sitting in the sitting in the front row smiling at her. She took her place next to Ashley and then looked down the curving aisle at Marissa. She was standing under the arch, and Jimmy was standing about 5 feet in front of her, at the start of all the chairs.
The music started playing and everybody stood up. It wasn't the traditional here comes the bride music. It was more light and cheerful. Marissa started walking and when she reached Jimmy, she took his arm with her own bare arm. The light wind was blowing through her hair and she looked like an angel.
Summer glanced at Ryan and saw him smiling. When Marissa reached the end of the aisle, she and her father stopped. Ryan came down to meet him, and shook hands with Jimmy and hugged him. Marissa hugged her father and he kissed her on the cheek.
"I love you Marissa." He whispered.
"I love you too daddy." Marissa whispered back.
Jimmy sat down beside Sandy, while Ryan took Marissa's hand and they walked up to the alter. They held hands until it was time to read their vows. Summer came up and handed Marissa hers and took her bouquet, while Seth handed Ryan his paper.
"Ryan," Marissa said. "Ever since the day I met you on the driveway I have loved you. You have given me everything I've always dreamed about. You've given me respect, friendship, happiness, and above all love. You make me feel like the most special person in the world. You make me feel smart, kind, beautiful, and loved. You are the one I want to be with forever. I promise to love you, be kind to you, trust you, and forgive you forever and ever." Marissa took the white gold band from the tray laden with flower petals and put it on Ryan's ring finger.
"Marissa, I've never know a more amazing person. You're the only person I've ever felt this way about. When I'm with you, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I think about you every minute of everyday. I promise to love you, to give you everything you deserve, to be faithful to you, to trust you, and to always put you above everything else for as long as I live." Ryan took the white gold band covered in little white diamonds, (like Marissa's engagement ring) and put it on Marissa's finger.
"And now," The minister started saying, "It is my honor to pronounce you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Atwood." He said, and the guests stood up and started cheering and clapping. "You may kiss." He finished.
Ryan and Marissa leaned into each other and kissed passionately. When they finished, they joined hands and Summer gave Marissa her bouquet back. Her and Ryan walked down the aisle together, everybody still clapping and cheering. Summer and Seth joined arms and headed down the aisle after them, then Sandy and Jessica, then Trey and Kahlen, then Jimmy and Ashley.
They all went down to the reception area, except Ryan and Marissa, who went over to another area to wait for everyone else to be seated.
"I love you." Ryan said, hugging Marissa.
"I love you too." Marissa said, kissing Ryan.
They were now Mr. and Mrs. Atwood, and this was the start of their new life together.
A/N No this isn't the end. There are still a few more chapters!