Sorry it took so long to update, here is a longer chapter, and kinda jumpy, but oh well. The drama will begin soon. Don't worry, I have a lot of stuff for this.
Ryan woke up about three hours later. It was getting dark when he walked into the Cohens' living room. Marissa and Summer sat bored on the couch with Seth huddled on the far end.
"Hey," he sat next to Marissa.
"Hey," she kissed him happily. "How do you feel?"
"Better," Ryan lied. His headache wasn't gone, but it felt a little better.
"Good," Marissa smiled.
"So what did I miss?" Ryan glanced over at Seth, who was asleep.
"Well, both me and Sum beat Seth at video games, and he got majorly pissed about that, and then he fell asleep. So now we're looking for something to watch," Marissa answered as she leaned on her boyfriend.
"Only use 'we' if you're gonna help, Coop," Summer commented as she went through the guide on the t.v.
"Sorry. Why don't we watch...um...The Valley?" Marissa helped finally.
"Checked. It's not on, and they don't have any repeats of it on their Now Playing list. Mostly it's like Dr. Phil, and Judge Hatchet. I guess we'll have to watch Sherman Oaks," Summer replied and put on the Valley knock off.
"Anyways...what do you wanna do tonight?" Marissa, her head resting on Ryan's chest, looked up at him.
"I don't care...whatever," Ryan was trying to concentrate through his headache.
"Well, do you wanna see a movie, or maybe go to the Bait Shop?" Marissa tried to get more out of Ryan.
"Not the Bait Shop," Ryan was hurting too much from his headache.
"O-kay. Well, it's almost Halloween, so there's probably a good slasher flick," Marissa said. This was pretty much how Fridays went. None of them could decide on anything.
"I love slasher flicks," Summer interrupted, "of course, Cohen'll be scared out of his wits. Remind me to take my camera phone."
"Sure, Sum. So, um, wake up Seth so he can check times," Marissa replied.
"Cohen, get up," Summer nudged Seth. Nothing. "Cohen!" she screamed, but Seth still slept. "Someone's stealing Captain Oats."
Seth shot up, and everybody, including Ryan, began to laugh at him.
"Oats?" Seth asked drowsily and then noticed the rest of the Fab Four. "What?"
"Never mind Cohen. Go check movie times for some slasher movies," Summer instructed.
"Fine," Seth reluctantly got up as Summer, Marissa, and Ryan tried to stop laughing.
"Ah, it feels like old times," Marissa commented as she got closer to Ryan.
Kirsten was washing the dishes when Seth and Ryan walked in from the movie. They had dropped off Summer, and Marissa was pulling out of the driveway.
"How was the movie?" Kirsten asked her two sons. She felt like things were back on track. She had been sober now for six months.
"Fine," Ryan answered.
"Scary! Oh my gosh, there was this scene where the guys like, has to choose between living or killing his girlfriend or brother..." Seth rambled.
"I don't want to be spoiled," Kirsten interrupted. She didn't have the stomach for scary movies.
"Oh, okay. Well, I'm gonna go off to bed and try to sleep. Not sure how well that's gonna go..." Seth slowly began to leave.
"Good night Seth," Kirsten yelled after her son.
"Um, Kirsten?" Ryan started.
"Yeah?" Kirsten answered.
"Do you have any more aspirin?" Ryan didn't want to ask, but the headache was still bad.
"Don't you have any?" Kirsten asked as she washed.
"Uh, I used it all up," Ryan replied.
"How many have you been taking?" Kirsten was worried Ryan might be abusing the aspirin.
"Two," Ryan said.
"How often have you been having headaches?" Kirsten investigated.
"I don't know, like every two days," Ryan knew this didn't sound good. Kirsten was shocked. That wasn't normal.
Reluctantly, she got the aspirin out of the cabinet and handed it to Ryan.
"I'm gonna schedule you an appointment at the doctor's. they might have something better to get rid of your headaches," Kirsten watched then as Ryan left. She knew she shouldn't be worried, but she just was.
The lunch bell rang on Monday morning. Ryan met up with up Seth and Summer, who were making out in the hall.
Ryan cleared his throat and they broke apart and headed to the cafeteria.
"So, Ryan, what's up with you? You've been quiet," Seth acknowledged Ryan's nervousness. His mind was stuck on the doctor's appointment. He never went to the doctor's. The last time was, unfortunately, when he collapsed after Trey was shot.
"Um, Cohen? No offense here, but Ryan's always quiet," Summer joked.
"Hmm...that is true. So what's up man?" Seth looked over at Ryan.
"Nothing...just thinking," Ryan answered and they went to get food.
Ryan didn't eat much, his head throbbed again. He worried about the appointment. He didn't quite like doctors. In fact, he hated them. They made him sick. Every time he went with Theresa to the doctor's, he almost threw up.
"Hey Summer, you wanna hang out with me and Ryan tonight? A little PlayStation, possibly?" Seth proposed.
"Uh, actually Seth..." Ryan interrupted.
"What?" Seth didn't know about the doctor.
"I can't make it. Your mom's picking me up after school," Ryan said shyly.
"What for?" Seth was a little shocked.
"Just a doctor's visit," Ryan shuddered just saying it.
"Best of luck man," Seth told Ryan, and looked over at Summer, who was answering her phone.
"It's Coop..." Summer said. "Hey Coop. What's up?"
Ryan stopped paying attention at this point. His head hurt and he began to tthink about when he was little. If he got hit hard enough, he'd have to go to the hospital, where no one ever cared. His mother didn't have a lot of money, so they got the cheapest fix they could afford.
He did not want to go.
Sorry this was very jumpy, but the drama hasn't quite started, so I believe next chapter, you'll be satisfied. Please comment!