You guys have me on a happy high! Somewhere between the reviewer that said this was a great story, and the one that referred to me as an "awesome writer" you guys have me over the moon!
I am glad you guys like the whole hot/cold Marissa and Ryan thing. That's one of the main reasons I posted here, you guys are much more mature than the people over at the message boards that just want pure fluff (not that I am anti-fluff, because I do adore fluff!). I am also super sorry there was no update yesterday but I had a family thing, and you guys know how that goes.
I'm breaking this into 2 chapters that will be posted simultaneously just because I like the way it looks better this way. Thanks and pretty please review!
Ryan stood leaning against the hood of his car looking down into his lap. Marissa would be down in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Would Ryan and Marissa Version 9.0 work? Was it even 9.0? It depended on what you counted as a break up. And then there she was, walking out of the building, managing to sweep all of Ryan's thoughts and doubts away and just have him in a pure state of nirvana, in a state of Marissa.
She was wearing a short black skirt with an elegant short sleeve Victorian styled blouse, her signature black Chanel ballet flats, and a black and white Ligne Cambon bag. He was wearing a long sleeve black casual oxford style shirt, blue jeans and his boots which dated back to his days in Chino. When the blue in their eyes reflected in each others', they couldn't help but smile.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"So, is there any chance I can convince you out of this mall idea?" he tried to give his cutest smile.
"Nope" she said with a smirk.
"Come on I can take you to the Olive Garden" he said jokingly.
"You can take me to the Olive Garden tomorrow."
"Is that a date?" He raised an eyebrow as he said it.
"Is this a date?" She immediately regretted saying it, she had opened a can of worms. Ryan saw her wince as she said it, she probably regretted it, but he didn't. It made him feel a little bit more comfortable about where they were right now.
"Since this is a date", he said making his way around the car to the passenger's side, "I guess I am going to have to open doors for you and all".
The biggest of smiles escaped from her mouth as she walked over to the passenger's side and climbed in. As he closed the door for her he smiled and looked up at the sky, begging God for good karma.