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The volume was on mute and images of Audrey Hepburn flickered on the screen. Ryan didn't understand the glamour and the beauty they saw in her. He glanced over to Marissa, in his mind she was the most glamorous and beautiful woman ever, Audrey was a plain Jane compared to her. His eyes lingered on Marissa who was fast asleep; she was in a fetal position her arms wrapped around her knees and her hair splattered about in a way that looked messy and neat all at once. A distant noise rudely snapped him out of his admiration, the doorknob. After a few seconds the loud clatter and screamed "Ryan! You here?" confirmed his worst fears. Seth was home, and Marissa was in his bed asleep with the top button of her pants undone and her shirt had ridden up exposing a wide expanse of skin.
'When the hell did that happen?' he wondered. Needless to say nothing had happened, not yet, tonight they would go for dinner and then it would happen. It became almost a pattern- heartbreak, lust, love, heartbreak, rinse and repeat. It had begun the moment they met on the ill fated stretch where the Cohen driveway met the Cooper driveway, and it was very unclear whether it would ever end. Ryan did know one thing, that if Seth found Marissa in his bed it would lead to taunting, and stupid sarcasm which as hard as it was to believe, he found funny.
Ryan tumbled out of bed unruly hair and wrinkled clothes made a sprint to his door, walked out the threshold closed it and stood protectively in front of it. Sure enough there was Seth with a certain disgruntled look on his face but looking quite the happy trooper.
"Ryan, my man what's up?" he said in a Rico Suave-esque tone of voice. He swaggered a bit, had it been anybody else Ryan would've thought they had been drinking but it was Seth who wasn't exactly Mr. Stealth. Ryan simply stood, nervously leaning against his bedroom door.
"Ryan" Seth began, his voice dripping with Sethism," Oh my sweet Moses, the disgruntled hair, the protective door stance, you must have a girl in there!"
"No, Seth" it was an annoyed whisper meant to keep him away not egg him on.
"Dude, yes there is a girl in there! What's Marissa going to say?"
In a moment of fate, or maybe hate from God, the door swung open. Marissa's lithe figure stood in the doorway, tucked behind Ryan's.
"Oh look! Its Marissa!" Seth began, Ryan feared whatever he was planning on saying next, "I think I might've interrupted a little something something here and.."
"It's not like that" both Ryan and Marissa blurted simultaneously.
"Sure, you guys should finish, I'll leave. It's good to see you together again" Seth left with a smile, but his words lingered in the air
"I am so sorry" Marissa whispered as soon as Seth left.
"It's ok". It was all Ryan could say, his mind was thinking the exact opposite. They were falling back into the routine- fight, silent week, friendship, lust, dinner, sex, relationship, fight. Heartbreak, lust, love, heartbreak, rinse and repeat. Ryan wanted to get her out of his system so badly, she was like a drug, she took him to a higher place and he loved it even though he knew it destroyed him. Against all odds, he knew what he had to do.
"Marissa. Do you want to go to dinner tonight?"
Routines were meant to follow, weren't they?
Now I just wanna add a little note. First of all please review. To those who do I am eternally grateful. The second thing is I want to know if you guys prefer a daily short chapter, like this one, or longer ones which would mean maybe two a week? It is up to you guys.
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