Hey everyone! How are you? I'm so sorry that I have not updated in so long, I've been really busy. I hope you'll forgive me! Ok, so here's chapter 5.

It was the middle of the night and Marissa was having trouble sleeping. She turned to her side and looked at her clock. '3:23'. She had no idea what was keeping her up and had tried everything to try to fall asleep. It was no good.

At that moment, she heard the quiet beeping of her cell phone. Surprised, she reached over and pulled her cell from the drawer in her nightstand. She flipped it open and saw '1 new voice message received'. Marissa decided to listen to it.

'Hey Marissa, You probably won't get this message till the morning but I couldn't sleep. I was thinking if you weren't doing anything later, or tomorrow, or, you know what I mean, that we could drive to LA. The Killers are doing set in The Viper Room and I'm sure my good looks and charm can get us in. So what do you think? Stupid idea, huh. Well, call me when you get this, or a few hours after you get this, and we can talk. Ok, Bye………….Oh by the way, It's Seth.'

Marissa got up from her bed and switched on her light. She couldn't believe that Seth would be calling her at this time and that he too would still be up. She sat down on her bed and dialled Seth's number.

"Hello?" Seth said, his voice quiet.

"Hey Seth, it's Marissa."

"Hey Marissa. What's going on?" he asked.

"Well I've been staring at my ceiling for the past three hours and I got you message so I thought I'd phone you back." She replied.

"Well," Seth started, "I'm glad I didn't wake you. I don't know what I was thinking calling you in the middle of the night."

"Seth, it's ok." She assured him. "I'm glad you called."

There was a long pause from both, neither not knowing what to say next.

"Oh, by the way," Marissa began "I love your idea about going to LA. I've wanted an excuse to leave Newport, if only for a few hours."

"Me too." Seth agreed "Plus, you know, The Killers are awesome and I thought it'd be fun, you know, for us."

A long silence followed as both pondered the significance of his use of "us".

"Yeah, it will." Marissa agreed. "Also, I figured that since I have my own car, I'll drive. Then we can come back whenever we like."

Seth felt a smile draw across his face. "I like your way of thinking, Miss Cooper. Although…" Seth took another long pause.

"Although what?" Marissa enquired.

"You drive like a maniac."

"No I don't!" Marissa yelled, forgetting that it was 3.30 in the morning.

Seth let out a laugh. "Ssh! Don't wake your mom. The darkness is already scary without having to see your mother's face!"

"I want you to take back what you said about my driving!" Marissa yelled again, not heeding Seth's advice.

"No!" Seth reply through his laugh.

"I'll keep yelling if you don't!" Marissa argued.

"I don't care if you keep yelling," Seth voice still at a quite volume "I'm not the one that will have to deal with the consequences."

Marissa giggled. "What consequences? I'm not scared of my mom."

"Good for you. But I'm always gonna be scared of you driving!"

"So your not gonna retract your statement then?" Marissa asked.

"Nope." Seth replied sternly.

"Well then," Marissa said "Maybe I should go to LA alone and leave you here to be all by yourself, with no one to talk too…… except me who will be calling you from the concert."

Seth, surprised by the conviction in Marissa voice as she said what she said, decided to give in.

"Ok, ok. You are an amazing driver and it will be a privilege getting in the car with you."

Marissa noted the sarcasm in his voice but let it slip. "Alright. Apology accepted. See, that wasn't so hard, was it."

All of a sudden, there was a knock at Marissa's door. Startled, she let out a little scream.

"Marissa? What's wrong?" Seth's voice was full of concern.

Marissa took her time to regain her composure, then answered Seth's question. "I'm alright Seth. My mom just knocked on my door. Gave me a fright. That's all."

"I told you, didn't I?" Seth remarked. "You are scarred of you Mom!"

Marissa replied quickly "No I'm not. I'm scarred of the loud noise she made with her fist on my door!"

There was silence as Marissa contemplated opening the door as she heard her mom called from outside her room. "Listen Seth, I should go. But I'll come and pick you up at about ten and we can make a day of it."

"Ok, cool. I'll hopefully see you then. If your mom hasn't killed you."

"Goodnight Seth."

"Alright, see ya."

Marissa got up from her bed and opened her door. "What?" she said, feigning tiredness. "What's wrong?"

Julie was not impressed. "Oh no, Marissa. Don't do that. You know what's wrong. You were talking to Summer on your cell at three in the morning."

"No I wasn't" Marissa defended.

"Yes you were!" Julie raised her voice.

In turn Marissa got louder also. "No I wasn't! It was Seth actually."

Julie was taken aback by the simple revelation of Seth's name. "Seth?"

"Yeah. And?" Marissa answered back.

Julie's face was still filled with shock. "You two are getting awfully friendly. Is there something you're not telling me?"

Marissa was confused by Julie implication. "What do you mean?"

"You're seeing him aren't you?" Julie inquired.

"Well, duh."

Julie let out a small huff. "Well, I would never have guess that you would date that boy. He's so….."

Marissa realised that she had herself implied that they were dating. "Oh mom, no. We're not dating. He's just my friend."

"But you just said that you were seeing him."

"Yeah, we hang out everyday, but I'm not seeing him seeing him."

"Don't give me that. I've seen the way you two act around each other. You have feelings for him."

Marissa was at a loss for words. Yes, she had feelings for Seth but what kind of feelings? She didn't know what to tell her mom.

"Mom, leave me alone. I'm tired and I'm getting up early tomorrow."

"Going somewhere?" Julie asked.

"None of your business." Marissa said harshly. "I'm going back to bed."

With that, Marissa shut the door in Julie's face. Her mom had hit on something Marissa was unprepared for. She had feelings for Seth.