Where we go from here-
Background info
This is set years later in New Port where all 4 have come back to start/continue their careers after university.
Ryan is an architect at the New Port group a position he has only recently obtained and is starting to question the idea of working for a man he hates-Caleb
Seth after university couldn't find any direction to what career he wanted to pursue and is currently staying with his mom and dad still. But is trying to get his idea for a comic off the ground………..with the help of Summer
Summer took a fashion design course at university and was offered the chance to help get a new clothing design company start which she took, the company is doing exceptionally well and currently Summer has taken time off to motivate Seth towards his comic book dream.
Marissa has a job at the New Port group also as an interior designer for the mansions the New Port group builds. The only thing about her job that Marissa hates is the fact that it means she has to associate with Julie who is also a designer.
Ryan and Marissa have on again off again relationships with different people at present but despite not being together have managed to form a close friendship which manly derived from their mutual hate of Caleb and slowly grew stronger from there. Both miss the relationship they had in high school, But this is not high school and neither want the pain that came last time.
Seth and Summer got back together when they came back at the end of university finding that maybe theirs wasn't just a high school young love thing
"Morning Ryan", Ryan glances up knowing very well who is talking to him
"Hey Marissa how goes it your end ?"he says smiling at her standing in the doorway
Marissa draws closer to Ryan sitting down at the chair in front of his desk
"Well the Milnes aren't sure if they want a New Port designer or some other one they've got lined up" she pulls at her hair trying to retie it into a bun, Ryan's eyes unconsciously follow her hand as she twirls her hair round
Ryan sighs " Sounds about as good as my end"
"Yeah meanwhile this beautiful house you guys built for them is just sitting there" Marissa gets up and lets out a frustrated sigh that sounded much like Ryan's
Things in the office area outside go silent Marissa gets a panicked look on her face and glances around
"Marissa, Marissa" a shrill voice calls
Ryan smiles and picks a pencil up off his desk twirling it ready for his task ahead
Marissa darts up muttering a "damn it" and moves to the door and hides behind it.
Seconds later…….
A fiery red head sticks her head in the door an irritated look upon her face " Ryan have you seen Marissa?" Julie asks hoping to illicit a truthful response from him
"No I don't think she's in yet" Its not even hard for him to keep a straight face now……practise makes perfect
"Well when you see her tell her to get over to the Milnes house by 2, I'm out with Caleb and I never actually see her in her office so there's no point leaving a note for her" With that parting shot Julie Cooper-Nichol slips her bag further up onto her shoulder turns aound on her stilettos and leaves
'She's never in her office because its right next to yours' Ryan thinks mentally waiting until he can no longer hear the determined walk of Julie "ok she's gone"
The door is pushed forward and Marissa emerges " So you free for lunch ?" she says like nothing odd happened
Ryan flips open his diary " umm 11.30 ?"
"That'll be alright, meet you downstairs ?"
Ryan shuts his diary " okay" and shuffles through a stack of paper work drawing out what he's looking for,
" Oh and Ryan your ENDS just find" she giggles and he can hear her still laughing as she makes her way to her office
Its got no personal touches like Ryan's office has because Marissa doesn't spend a lot of time in here it didn't bother her. She picks up the messages on her desk. "Hmmm" she skim reads them one from a potential client and one from Daniel.
This makes her smile and she reaches for the phone dialling his number, its picked up after a couple of rings
"Hey" Marissa says taking out her dangly earring and putting the phone back to her ear
"Huh whose this……is wouldn't be…..is that you ……Marissa" he teases
" I know but work" she attempts an explanation
"Your not the only guilty one" he allows her " I've been pretty hectic here to"
Daniel worked for one of the New Port groups rival architectural companies. All the more reason Marissa enjoyed her relationship with him, and all the more reason to avoid Julie.
"So what are you up to for lunch ?"
Marissa bites her lip but carries on " having lunch with a work associate"
'What the hell Cooper a work associate ? What does it matter who she's having lunch with' she thinks her words annoying her
" That wouldn't be my arch rival Ryan Atwood would it ?" Daniel continues to tease but its laced with seriousness. Daniel and Ryan graduated from the same university and were friends throughout unfortunately they didn't get to see each other much now. Rivalling for the same architectural opportunities kinda did that to a friendship.
" Well make sure he pays after all it must be torture having to pass me up for lunch with Ryan"
"I'm not cancelling mr. me and Ryan haven't had lunch in ages" which was a blatant lie because they had last week.
"I know I'm only teasing, we'll do something soon what are you doing Friday ?" Daniel questions
Marissa tries to think ahead that far " umm I don't think I have anything"
"Good don't plan anything I'm taking you out"
"ohhh" she says excitedly "Is that an order"
"Well if you must put it that way I prefer to think of it as a request"
"ok then ring me Friday to remind me because you know I'll forget" Marissa tries to sit on the corner of her desk in her skirt but isn't successful
"Ok bye then" Daniel replies hanging up
Marissa smiles again looks at her watch, wondering if it really is safe to stay in here to work or not. When Ryan wasn't using his office she sometimes used his, she just couldn't stand being this close to her mother. When she first started Julie had been in and out of her office constantly telling Marissa what she had done last night rah rah and it went on and on, till Marissa wasn't getting any actual work done.
"Right Milnes 2 'o' clock" she says out loud while writing it down so she doesn't forget
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