OC BeachBabe: Don't worry, Ryan will bring problems. But you know how Marissa is. One moment she's very sure of what she wants and the next she's not sure anymore. She changes all the time and right now she's sure she only cares about Alex, but it won't be for long.

AN: It's been a really long time since I updated (or since I've posted anything on fanfiction) but I'm hoping to get some time to do it more often. Here's a short update if anyone is still remembering this story.

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Alex squinted her eyes with a groan. Looking over at the watch on her night stand she shot up.

"Oh shit," she said loudly, waking Marissa in the process.

"What?" the brunette said hoarsely.

"We are so late," the blonde replied as she got up from the bed and started looking for clothes she could wear.

"What time is it?" Marissa asked as she stretched and sat up, admiring Alex' forms as she stressed around in the room.

"It's too late. If we hurry we can make the class after lunch," Alex said as she walked out of the room.

Marissa looked over at the clock and shot out of bed too.

"Shit," she said as she hurried out after Alex.

The two girls reached the school just as the clock rang signalizing that the lunch was over and they quickly parted ways.

Marissa barely managed to get to class before the teacher did and she sat down breathlessly next to Summer.

"Coop, where have you been?" the tiny brunette said in a whisper.

"We overslept," she replied.

"We? As in you and Alex?"

"Um, yeah," Marissa replied, realizing the mistake she'd made by saying that.

"What happened, you have to tell me," Summer almost squealed and the other brunette tried to sink down in her chair.

"Nothing happened," she hissed at Summer.

"Something must have happened. Come on, tell me."

"Seriously Sum, it's nothing. Pay attention to the class."

The tiny brunette turned her attention to the teacher with a pout and Marissa let out a relieved sigh.

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In another room Alex was sitting being interrogated by Seth.

"Why were you late?"

"It's none of your business."

"Is it because of Marissa? Because you know I'll find out from Summer if Marissa was here today or not and then I'll know you were together."

"Fine, we were together. We overslept."

"You mean she spent the night with you?" Seth said surprised and got a dreamy look on his face.

"You're such a perv Seth," the blonde said as she fought the urge to smack him, knowing it would draw the teacher's attention.

"What did you do?"

"We slept."

"As in together? I want details."

"Seth, seriously," Alex hissed angrily at him. "We slept in the same bed because we were both exhausted. We didn't do anything."

The boy's dreamy look disappeared and was replaced with a pout.

"Nothing, not even some hot kissing?"

"Well, I'm not gonna lie to you," Alex said as she leaned back in her chair with a sly smile, making Seth sure that she was thinking back to what had occurred.

"That is so hot," he said out loud and everyone turned his attention to him.

"Well, I'm glad you find it interesting," the teacher said before going back to the equation he was solving on the board. The geeky boy turned a deep shade of red and stuck his nose inside one of his books to hide from all the stares. He could see Alex laughing silently beside him.

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Alex walked in to her last class of the day and groaned inwardly when she saw the only empty seat was beside Ryan. She did not have enough energy to play nice with him today.

"Hi," she said as she sat down next to him and made sure she actually listened to the teacher so she wouldn't have to talk to Ryan.

The blonde walked out of the class in deep thought. She'd been assigned to do a pair work with Ryan and they only had a week to do it. And she was so tired and knew she still had to work at The Bait Shop tonight and every other night too. The way things looked right now she would only have time for school work and her job and she hated that. It meant no time with Marissa and that was maybe the most important thing for her to get her through the day.

She was pulled out of her self pitying session by someone hugging her from behind.

"What's up with you?" a voice she immediately recognized said softly and she smiled as she turned around.

"I'm just tired and have lots of stuff to do."

"Like what?"

"Homework and my job. It just doesn't look good for our alone time this week."

"Oh," Marissa said as her smile faltered some.

"I know and I'm sorry. I hate it too, but I have to do it or else I'll either fail school or loose my job and I need the money."

"It's okay I guess," the brunette replied sadly.

"But we still see each other at school and I promise I'll spend the weekend with you," the blonde said to try and ease the tension.

"Yeah, I know," Marissa said, feeling guilty for the way she acted. It wasn't Alex' fault she had so much to do. After all she moved back here just for Marissa and she knew Alex would do anything for her.

"I have to go, but I'll call you tonight or maybe you wanna come by The Bait Shop, okay?"

"Okay, sounds good," the brunette replied as she gave Alex a kiss on the cheek and watched the blonde hurry away to her car.

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"Hey Marissa," came a dark voice that she knew all too well.

"Hey Ryan, what's up?"

"Nothing special, I was just wondering what your plans for the evening was."

"Um, I'm not sure, but I was thinking of going to The Bait Shop."

"Sounds great. Mind if I join you?"

"No it's fine I guess," she said with a shrug.

"Great, when are you going?"

"Around 8 I think."

"Okay, I'll meet you there then," he said with a smile.

"Yeah, sure," she said absentmindedly as she saw Alex' car drive away and Summer waving for her to get her ass moving.

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