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Ryan Atwood was about to fall asleep when his girlfriend came in. His head was pounding all day. He took aspirin, but he swore it made worse.
"Hey," Marissa kissed him, and Ryan got up. It was nearing the end of October, a month and a half since the trial.
"Hey," Ryan could barely focus. But headaches were normal.
"So, it's Friday. Do you want to go out? We could hang out with Seth and Summer, or just the two of us. What d'ya say?" Marissa, for once, felt happy with life. Granted, the shooting of Trey was haunting her every day, but it wasn't as bad as it used to be.
"Um, I have a really bad headache, so maybe after I sleep..." Ryan felt a little stupid saying that.
"Oh, okay. Sure. You take a nap, and I'll go be a third wheel to Seth and Summer. I'm pretty good at that. And then, we'll hang out later," Marissa stood up again.
"Thank you," Ryan stood up and kissed her.
She stared at him for a moment and smiled, saying, "no problem," before leaving.
Marissa headed into the house and luckily found Seth and Summer playing video games. She really did not want to bother them upstairs in Seth's room.
"Hey guys," she sat next to her best friend.
"Hey Coop. Where's Ryan?" Summer asked. Neither Seth nor Summer looked over, for they were in the middle of a heated game.
"Headache," Marissa answered dully.
"That sucks," Summer said absent-mindedly.
"Summer!" Seth screamed.
"What!" Summer yelled back.
"You just chopped off my head!" he complained and Marissa stifled a laugh.
"Whoops. Sorry Cohen," Summer apologized and looked over at Marissa. "So, what are you and Ryan thinking of doing tonight?"
"I don't know. We didn't get to talk a whole lot," Marissa replied.
"Well, we could see a movie. I don't know what's playing, but there's bound to be something good out," Summer gave up on the game.
"Yeah, I don't know. I'll have to talk to Ryan then," Marissa missed when they all went to the same school. It was so easy to plan things. Now, Marissa and Summer found themselves at the Cohens every Friday night, being one of the only nights they all hung out.
"You wanna play?" Summer held the game controller out to her friend.
"Sure," Marissa gladly took the controller and played the game with Seth until, she too, had chopped off Seth's head.
Please read and review, because it's so fun seeing the reviews and what you think of the story. And also to TeacherTam, when I said three jurors, I meant there were only three jurors sitting down so far, and the other nine were filing in. But enjoy this update!