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Chapter One

Marissa Cooper looked outside her bedroom window in sunny Newport, California. She was thinking about her life. Her mom. Her dad. Summer. Ryan. Even annoying Seth Cohen. It was winter break, and she was all alone. She didn't have to have been alone, but she was. Seth and her best friend Summer drove over to Colorado for a week of skiing. Ryan, her on and off again boyfriend, had flown to New York with Seth's dad, Sandy. Her dad was off at sea, and her mom? Who knew where Julie Cooper was at. Probably getting a manicure or the like.

She didn't want to alone. Whenever she was, that night haunted her. The night that changed her life forever. The night when her shaking hand was aimed at Trey, Ryan's brother, who was strangling him to death. Marissa couldn't let her boyfriend die. She couldn't. She pulled the trigger, and Trey was dead. Marissa couldn't live it down no matter how hard she tried.

Right now Marissa wanted to be with Summer more than anything. Summer invited Marissa to go to Colorado with her, but she declined. Come to think of it, she didn't know why she turned down the offer. She wanted the change of climate. She wanted that crisp, howling wind blowing through her sun-streaked hair. She wanted to build a snowman. Marissa never really saw snow. That's what happens when you live in California.

Marissa decided to call Summer. Just hearing her voice would push all her bad thoughts away. Ring ring ring. No answer. Ring ring ring. "Come on, Sum," Marissa thought. Another set of rings. "Pick up!" she almost screamed. Only the pre-recorded voicemail message played. You have called Miss Summer Roberts. I am too busy to come to the phone right now. Leave a message, mwah!"

"Ugg!" Marissa sighed. "Where the heck are you Summer?" she thought.

All of the sudden her cell phone was ringing.

"Hello?"

"Marissa?"

She couldn't tell who it was. She knew for a fact that it was a guy.

"Ryan?"

"No. It's Seth."

Seth was crying, Marissa sensed it.

"What's wrong?"

"Marissa! Summer, Summer and I, me and Summer, we---!"

Marissa couldn't take it.

"Cohen! Calm down, what's wrong!"

Seth tried to calm down.

"Summer and I got into a car accident. She's NOT okay!"