Chapter 5 way later

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It had been almost a year since Alex and Marissa broke up. And they were both dying inside and neither of them knew it. It was the beginning of summer break and Summer was sure that she could bring Marissa out of her secluded depression. As each day passed Summer's concern for her best friend grew and grew. It had been 3 months since she dumped Ryan and to an out looker's eyes it seemed as if she regretted her decision. Marissa stopped caring about everything; school (when it was still in she barley made it through), boys, her friends, parties. So Summer had the best plan-she would take her best friend shopping then have a girl's night out- just her and Marissa.

at the mall

Hundreds of dollars later, mostly spent by Summer, and a few hours later Summer decided that she should at least try to get her friend to open up, and figure out why she's been in that slump for so long. As the girls made their way through the crowded corridors of the mall, Summer had finally gained enough courage to get to the root of Marissa's problems. Just as she was about to open her mouth, Marissa froze in her tracks. Summer looked at Marissa with a concerned and questionable face.

"Hey what's up?" Summer asked a little confused- after realizing that Marissa stopped in front of a vintage record store. "Earth to Marissa," Summer waved her hand in front of her friend's face, "What are we doing at…" Summer was cut short when Marissa came out of her daze and started to walk in the direction of the store. After a few seconds Summer followed Marissa into the store and saw her picking through old records and cd's.

"Hey, what's going on?" Summer asked as she approached the tall girl.

"Yeah.. I…just wanted to ..um… check some stuff…out…"Marissa answered as her eyes were fixated on the records in front of her.

"Ok, I get it you're into music, but why did you fall into a daze just then?" Summer asked.

"Uh.. no reason… I used to come here a lot, but haven't in a while." Marissa answered quickly hoping that the brunette wouldn't uncover the real reason.

"Why? It's just a record store, and it's not even that big." Summer said as she glanced at the interior of the store.

"I like it here."

"Yeah, I get the obsession with music, but come on it's old music. Like where's the Britany and Mariah? Now there's music." Summer said in a serious tone.

"I like it here, because Alex and I would come here together." Marissa said under her breath.

"What? I couldn't hear you. How about this time you actually open your mouth when you're going to speak."

"I said that I like it here because Alex and I would come here together." Marissa said without looking at Summer, as the thoughts of her and Alex came crashing into her mind tears threatened to fall.

"You still think about her? Don't you?" Summer asked cautiously.

"What are you talking about? I'm fine." Marissa said as she tried to convince her friend that she was over Alex.

"You know what I'm talking about. It's been almost a year, Marissa. It's way past the time of moving on- you at least have to try." Summer's little speech was laced with concern.

"I don't know what you're talking about Sum. Hey, do you think I should by this Distiller's cd?" Marissa held up the cd when she asked her friend as she was hoping that the sudden subject change wasn't too obvious.

"Jesus Marissa! You know I'm talking about Alex! You need to get over her, it's been long enough." Summer said as she turned to face her friend.

"Whatever, I'm going to buy this then lets go."

After Marissa bought the cd, they decided that after Summer's little outburst that she should get home. 10 minutes later the girls had arrived to Summer's car, once they had put their bags in the back they got in and Summer started the car. After a few minutes of driving Summer tried to get Marissa to talk again.

"Seriously Marissa, without trying to get in a fight- are you ever going to get over her?"

Suddenly Marissa found her hands in her lap to become very interesting.

"So you still think about her?" Summer asked as she kept her eyes on the road ahead of her. After a few long seconds of silence Marissa took a deep breath and replied,

"Always."

"Marissa, you don't know where she lives, or even where her parents live. There's no way to find her. You need to get over her, or you're going to break, and I can't stand here and let that happen." Summer said as the tears in her eyes threatened to fall as she remembered the last year of Marissa's life.

"NO! Summer maybe you don't understand this, or what I've been through, but I loved her then and I still love her now. I can't let go of her Sum, cause if I do, then I will break, and I don't think there would be a way for anyone to fix me." Marissa confessed as her tears were running down her face. Due to all the emotion in the car Summer decided to pull over and comfort her friend.

"I'm sorry Sum, but I can't be happy without her, I can't move on from her. I love her and no matter what has happened or will happen. She'll always be the one for me. Always."

After hearing this Summer pulled Marissa into a tight hug that seemed to last forever as she let Marissa's tears fall onto her shirt. After several minutes, Marissa pulled away as she wiped the remainder of tears of her face.

"I'm sorry, Riss. I guess I just had this strong notion that you and Ryan were "the" couple. Obviously this idea was installed into my head by hanging around Cohen too much. But if you still feel this strongly about her, and after what you said I can tell that you do, I think that there's only one thing that we can do now." Summer said as she started her car again. After a few minutes of driving Summer's words finally sunk in.

"Wait Sum, what's "the one thing that we can do"?"

Summer turned to Marissa with a devilish smile, "We're going to get your girl back,"