they both looked back...but it was clear who he meant to say it to...

"marissa, wait up..." he called as he ran over to her.

He could of easily chosen anna but something inside of him was drawn to marissa.
anna pretended to not even have noticed him call marissa and walked off...she had other plans...

"hey, so you wanna come?" marissa smiled

"brooding alone makes you lonely you know"

"mm...so you wanna get seth. wait he's probably at summers... wanna ride?"

"nah its ok. its not that far and besides, i brought my bike..."
she stood for a bit, thinking what to do...

"ive got it!" marissa said

next thing you know, ryan is on his bike and marissa is on his back...just like old times...

"hang on" ryan whispered as he slowed down to summers

it was way too dark to see for marissa but ryan had borrowed seth's night googles from camp. they got to the front and they could hear them from outside.

"hey guys come down" marissa called from below.

seth and summer stuck their heads out the window and saw ryan and marissa.

"what are you guys doing?" summer yelled

"we're heading down to the pier. you know, just like last year" marissa replied

"ok, we're coming down" seth yelled as they popped their heads back from the window.

marissa and ryan waited. it was weird for them to be together and not hold eachother...

"why is this..."

"wierd...i know! we used to hang out all the time" ryan said finishing off marissa's sentence.

"more like make-out" marissa laughed...

"yeah..." ryan said trying to end the conversation...

"look, im so sorry ryan. i know i should have believed you. you've gotta trust me...i'll never-"

"like you trusted me?"ryan said

look...ive done alot of thinking and-..."

seth and summer bursted through the door.

"hey guys. you ready?" summer said excitedly

ryan and marissa looked at eachother...

"yeah sure, lets go" marissa said uncaringly...

ryan came up to her and held her hand...

whispering

"-...and i know it wasnt your fault. look its been tough for both of us...and i want to let you know..."

seth pulled ryan's sleave.

"cmon dude! summer's whipping me up in the car!"

marissa and ryan broke loose from their hold and they all got into the car...

"this is gona be all-time you guys!" summer yelled

they backed out of the driveway and marissa noticed a blue beetle car parked with their lights on near the front-side of summers house and suddenly got a little paniced...she was crazy to think that...

"anna...?" she thought...