This is an A/U. Alex is two years older than Marissa and Summer. Summer and Alex are sisters. Marissa is best friends with Summer, of course.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything at all that is related to the O.C. Josh owns all that crap. That lucky s.o.b. Ha ha.
Chapter 1
Marissa pulled up onto Summer's driveway and noticed another car parked in the other space next to Summer's car. It looked very similar to Marissa's Mustang, except it was silver and not red. Marissa shrugged it off and went inside Summer's house with the key that Summer gave her, since they were practically family, and began searching the house for her best friend.
"Summer?" Marissa searched the entire bottom floor and found no sign of Summer, so she headed upstairs to her best friend's room. "Summer?" Marissa didn't get an answer but she did hear laughing and giggling coming from behind Summer's bedroom door. Marissa pushed open the door to see Summer tackling someone onto the floor. Marissa stepped back from the room slightly as the other two fell onto the ground, laughing. Summer looked up from the ground to greet her friend.
"Hey, Marissa! I would get up to greet you properly but if I did, I think Alex here, would hurt me." Summer was sitting on the blonde's back and patting her head.
"Alex?" The figure got off of the ground with Summer still on her back so that she was carrying her.
"Yea. Hey, Marissa…" The blonde gave her a small smile as Summer climbed down her sister's back to give Marissa a hug.
"Isn't it great? She's back for the summer!" Summer squealed as she hugged Marissa, who returned the hug back half-heartedly.
"Yea, great…" Summer let go of Marissa and looked at the clock.
"I'll be right back. Let me go find some shoes before we go." Marissa nodded and watched the other girl leave the room. She brought her attention back to the blonde haired girl in the room, who was standing there looking at her rather nervously which was out of her character, Alex usually fit in wherever she was. A small smile formed on Marissa's face, thinking how cute Alex looked. No words were spoken between the two, they just gazed at each other and smiled, but Alex's smile was more sad than anything.
Summer walked back into the room carrying some heels and noticed the two's quietness.
"You ready to go, Coop?" Marissa jumped at the voice and turned around to nod at Summer.
"Yea." Summer walked past Marissa and sat on the bed to put on her shoes. She looked up to ask Alex a question.
"You sure you don't want to go with us? It'll be just like old times." Marissa's head perked up at the thought of Alex joining them on their night out. Alex smiled before shaking her head.
"Nah, I still have to unpack and junk. Visit a few friends, but maybe another time."
"Oh, okay. Well, we'll be back later, don't wait up for us." Summer got off the bed and began dragging Marissa away. As they made their way out the bedroom, Alex yelled.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do! You don't want Dad to get mad at you." Summer just threw her arm in the air and waved while she continued to walk.
"Bye, Alex! Don't trash the house!" Marissa looked back at the bedroom and waved to Alex. Alex was a bit shocked at first, but gave a small wave of her own and a smile. As soon as the other two girls were out of her view, she sighed rather loudly. She slumped back against a wall and closed her eyes. "She's still so beautiful…" She shook her head to rid herself of her thoughts of Marissa and went to her room.
Once the two girls were in Marissa's car and on their way to a Newport party, Summer began asking questions.
"How come you're not ecstatic about Alex being back? You were sad when she left, weren't you?" Marissa's eyes glazed over at the mention of Alex leaving, knowing that she was the cause of it, but shrugged it off before answering.
"I am. And I was. It's just that it's been awhile…" Summer nodded, understanding Marissa. Alex hadn't come to visit since she left for college, and that was over a year ago since Alex was older than Marissa and Summer by almost two years. They were quiet for the rest of the trip, lost in their own thoughts.
Summer didn't know what the real reason was why Marissa was sad when Alex left, she just thought it was because the three of them were best friends, and Alex was moving away because of college, but it wasn't like that. Summer didn't know that Alex and Marissa dated awhile before Alex left, and broke up because of Marissa not wanting people to know. It was kind of hard to tell they were dating in the first place since they always hung out, so it was nothing new to see them together, and the most logical reason for her to be sad was that one of her best friends was leaving. But Marissa was sad because she didn't want to break up with Alex, it just happened. Marissa was afraid of what people would think of her, but Alex didn't understand why, so they fought and broke up, and Alex left because they broke up, she couldn't handle the awkwardness between them, and they haven't spoken to each other, until now.
Marissa sighed as she pulled into the driveway of the latest Newport party. As she got out of her car and slammed the door shut, she faced Summer.
"Here we go again." Marissa put on a smile as she and Summer entered the party, but in the back of her mind, was the memory of her and Alex's final fight.
Well, thanks for reading. Comments? Suggestions? Lol, well, actually, suggestions wouldn't really work yet since I have other chapters already written. Haha, so comments would be good. Lol, thanks again:) Toodles!