The sound of a ringing phone slowly lured Ryan out of his dream, when he did wake up he looked over at his night table. The clock read 5:24 a.m. and his cell phone was shrilling. He picked it up and flipped it open without even looking at the caller id.

"Hey, I leave for the airport in half an hour, can you meet me outside by my car."

"Yeah, no problem."

He pulled on a pair of pants, and a hoodie over his head, barefoot and all, he walked out of his room. Summer was making coffee and about 7 pink suitcases were standing by the door.

"Summer is all that yours? Aren't you only going for 3 days?" Ryan asked tentatively, afraid of an infamous rage blackout.

"Yes" she said directing her answer to Ryan, and then without any warning she screamed out "COHEN! HURRY!"

"Go find Marissa!" Summer yelled it out impatiently at Ryan.

Avoiding any more Ryan-Summer time he left, barefoot to the parking lot in search of Marissa. He saw her right away, she looked tired, her hair was in a messy bun on her head and she was even dressed a little more casual than usual.

"Hey"

"Hey"

"So, yeah"

"Yeah"

It was awkward until Ryan pulled her into a hug that lasted well over 5 minutes. He loved the way his body felt pressed up against hers. Eventually though, they pulled away.

"I'll only be gone for 1 full day; I will see you again the day after tomorrow, when I get home at night"

He smiled and acknowledged her comment. He stepped away and sat himself on the hood of her car. He decided to let it all out.

"Marissa, where does all this leave us? Are we still just friends? Or are we gonna give this whole thing another go and wait for another heartbreaking breakup?"

"I like the last option, except maybe this time we can find a way to do it without the heartbreaking breakup."

She smiled, and he returned the smile. She went and sat next to him and gently laid her head on his shoulder.

"Since I come back the day after tomorrow, and you are gonna have no one to talk to for a while, seeing as you only talk to about 5 people in total in this world and all 5 of them will be attending the New York wedding", she paused and smiled, "you can plan out that fantastic first date we were supposed to have but never did because we ended up on that yacht."

"We did have that date", he argued, "remember while we were making out in the pool house you told me it was the best date ever."

"Yeah well I want a better one Atwood", she teased.

"Well I guess I am going to be pretty busy then."

In that moment a yellow taxi van arrived, and Summer and Seth appeared with all of Summer's pink luggage, Seth's duffel bag, and Marissa's small Louis Vuitton suitcase and her LeSportSac carry-on. The taxi driver put the suitcases in the van and Summer and Seth said their good-byes to Ryan and told Marissa they would be waiting in the cab.

There were no words, just a simple kiss with a hidden promise. And with that she got into the cab, and she watched his figure become smaller and smaller, as the cab drove off into the horizon.

Ok so the fluff didn't quite go here. But next chapter for sure some "AWW!"- ness and the chapter with the date too. Review and fuel me ;)