Chapter 2

Ring, ring...

--"Hello?" Marissa said into her cell phone.

"Hey, it's Ryan. Could you come over for a sec?"

"Yeah, sure, I'm just at Summer's. I'll be over in a few minutes."--

Ryan was sure he'd gotten himself into more than he could handle. I wonder how Marissa's going to take the news, Ryan thought. I'm sure she'll be worried about her sister, but what if she really did have feelings for Johnny? Yeah, she chose me, but knowing that he'd kill himself for her might have changed her mind...

"Ryan I'm scared."

"I know, Kaitlin, but Marissa's your sister. She cares about you and we are both going to do as much as we can to help you," Ryan assured.

"I hope you're right."

"Right about what?" Marissa asked as she stepped into the open door of the pool house.

"Uhhh..."

"Kaitlin...what's going on? Why are you here?" Marissa questioned.

"Here, Marissa, sit down," Ryan said.

"I don't wanna sit."

"Somehow, I think you really should," Kaitlin replied for him.

Marissa sighed and sat down in between Ryan and Kaitlin. When neither of them spoke, she sighed again, this time impatiently. "What?"

"Okay, well...Kaitlin was afraid to tell you this by herself. And so, she wanted me to tell you that -- she's...pregnant."

Marissa's face fell, just about the same way Ryan's had. Except for the fact that all the color drained from her face, turning her complextion a pale beige.

"Oh my God. You are not serious? Tell me you're not serious."

"I'm serious," Kaitlin spoke up. "It's true."

"Whose is it?" Marissa asked immediatly. She had a feeling that she already knew the answer.

"...Johnny's."

Marissa lost it. She got up and ran out of pool house. She was so confused. Sure she picked Ryan over Johnny. And sure she denied ever having feelings for him but the truth, the truth was that she did. She did have feelings for Johnny. Strong feelings. And after she chose Ryan, what did he do? Got wasted, had sex with her younger sister, and jumped off a cliff. Great way to solve your problems. Not.

The guilt had been trapped inside Marissa the night Johnny jumped off that cliff. He loved her so much that he couldn't bear to see her with anyone else, so he jumped. It's been eating inside Marissa, just to know that if she chose him, he would still be alive. She felt like it was her fault that one of her best friends and the father of her sister's baby was dead. If she had just picked him, everything would be okay. Sure, Ryan would have been hurt, but Marissa knew him too well to know that he wouldn've have killed himself.

She jumped inside her black Range Rover and drove off. She had no idea where she was going, but she had to go somewhere.


"Looks like you were wrong," Kaitlin sniffed as tears dripped from her eyes. "Way wrong."

And so Ryan sat there, dazed and zoned out. She still loves Johnny.


-Where does Marissa go?

-What happens between her and Ryan?

-Who find out about the pregnancy?

Get ready to find out next chapter ! Will be up soon -- I promise. Please rate and review or else I won't write anymore :)