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Chapter 3

"Hey, man, what's going on?" Seth asked as he entered the pool house without knocking.

"Uhh I don't really want to talk about it," Ryan replied. He knew that Seth's parents sent him in to pry.

"Nice try," he said. "Spill."

"Your not going to give this up are you?" Ryan asked.

"Not withouta fight," Seth told him happily.

"Fine, but you have to promise that you can't tell anyone!"

"I won't, I won't just fess up!" Seth was excited.

"Ok...well...Marissa is...pregnant."

"Oh...my...are you friggin serious?" Seth was pretty shocked about it all.

"Yeah," Ryan told him. "I know. Now she is all upset and so am I and I don't know what we're going to do and we have to tell our parents that we're having a baby!"

Summer came into Marissa's room with her hands full of shopping bags from tons of different stores.

"Have a fun time at the mall?" Marissa asked.

"Yeah. How about you? Did you have a fun time with Ryan? I know he came over here," she said with a little laughter.

"Um..well..not...really," she stated.

"Ooh, poor thing, problems again?" Summer sounded sympathetic.

"You could say that." Marissa knew that she had to tell Summer. After all, she was her best friend and the only other person that she could confide in now besides Ryan or Seth, and she would really rather talk to a girl, knowing that Summer would understand easier. "Hey, Sum?"

"What?" Summer asked as she sat down on the edge of Marissa's bed.

"Well, I'm...kind of...pregnant," she was surprised that the words were able to come out of her mouth.

"WHAT?" Summer was obviously and completely aghast. "Are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm not. And believe me, I was just as shocked as you were, but you know, that is what happens when two people...well..you know," Marissa said.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. But still! Oh my God! Coop, who's the dad? Ryan right?" Summer was just checking.

"Of course!" Marissa was surprised that Summer would even think otherwise. She knew that she was dating Ryan, too. "I just don't know what to do, Sum. I mean, usually I either fix my problems or handle them and move on, but this one...I don't think it's fixable."

"Don't worry, Coop. Everything is going to be ok. I'm always here for you and you know that. And so are Ryan and Seth."

"How do you know? How do you know for sure that Ryan is really going to stay with me? How do I know that he's not just saying that to keep me of his case which would make it easier for him to run away or dump me?" Tears fell from Marissa's eyes. Her black mascara started to run down her face. Summer pulled her in for a hug.

"Because Ryan loves you. He would never do that to you. And if he did, he's got me to deal with," Summer said reasurringly.

"What are you gonna do man?" Seth asked Ryan.

"I have no idea. But I promised Marissa that I wouldn't leave her or the baby. That I would stay with them," Ryan said.

"Do you really mean it?"

"Yes." Ryan knew right thing to do was to stay by Marissa's side when he needed her the most. And he also loved her more than any other girl he's ever dated before. She was the one. "She's the one," he said.

"Wow, Ryan, that was deep," said Seth with his usual sarcasmic tone of voice.

"I'm serious! I made a promise to her. And I'm not going to break it."

"Alrighty then," Seth said. He walked towards the exit of the pool house.

"And remember your promise to me, Seth. You can't tell anyone!" Ryan reminded him.

"I know, I know." And with that Seth left and headed back up to his own room. He knew that Marissa would most likely tell Summer, so he decided to call her, but - he wouldn't tell her about it unless she brought it up first. And of course, she did:

"I'm still in awe. I..I just can't believe this whole thing!" Summer said into the phone as she sat on her bed rummaging through the packages of clothes that she had bought earlier.

"Well maybe if they had used protection..."

"Seth! Stop it! It was meant to be special to them and wearing condoms doesn't make it special!" Summer snapped.

"Ok Sum, whateeeever you say."

"Thank you," she said sarcastically back, even though she knew he was kidding. "Look, I've got to go, but maybe we can hang out tomorrow and do something with Ryan and Marissa?"

"Sure see you tomorrow," and with that they hung up the phone.

Seth climbed into bed. He thought about what the situation would be like if it was him and Summer having the baby. He shuddered at the thought of Summer with mood swing and morning sickness.

"Oh God!" he whispered to himself as he drifted off to sleep. Summer felt the same way in her room, as she took, drifted dazily off to sleep.

Ryan sat awake in his pool house, as did Marissa in Summer's guest room.