Summer and Ryan's lips touched for about two seconds until Ryan pulled away, "Summer we cant do this. Not to Seth, especially not to Seth. I have feelings for you, but I dont think this is the right time".
"Umm yeah, I get what you mean. Let's go, I think the party's ended, thanks to Seth". Ryan and Summer left the room and saw that the house was all clean, Seth standing in the living room with a couple of water polo players.
"I did the whole electricity trick, party's over and I got some help from Zach's friends" smiled Seth as he signalled for the water polo players to leave the house. They did as Seth told them and left.
"Wow Cohen, nice work. Im impressed!" Summer's smile suddenly turned into emotional tears as she sat down in front of Seth, "Its Zach. He's leaving for Italy tomorrow again and this time it's permanent. I just cant watch him go".
Ryan stood in the background watching, as he tried to rid himself of his feelings for Summer. Seth sat down and gave Summer a tight embrace. Summer finally got some comfort but she stared at Ryan and couldn't help her feelings.
Were the unlikeliest couple in Newport Beach about to get together?
Willow sat by her new boyfriend Jason at the hospital, "You're going to be OK soon, the doctors said. Gavin, he's facing some questions at the station. Im sure he didn't mean to shoot you".
"Well he did, we've been enemies for quite some time. Willow, it crossed my mind tonight, at the party that I truly love you. You dont have to be a stripper, you dont have to be anything else. I love you for who you are. You didnt need to do that strip show".
Willow smiled at her boyfriend as he caressed her cheeks. She leaned in forwards to kiss him, "I'll be right back I just have to go to the toilet. You should get some rest". Willow grinned and left.
Jason sat up right and got his bag from underneath the bed. What he got from his bag was truly a surprise- cocaine. It seemed that there was a darker side to Jason's personality- what would Willow say?
Back at the Cooper-Nichol house, Marissa heard a knock and ran downstairs. She opened the door- it was Alex. "Alex, what are you doing here? It's like 1 in the morning already. Come in".
"I just couldn't let Luke treat you like that. Believe me, if I could, Id let you stay at my place, but it's a difficult time right now" Alex explained as she wandered around the mansion with Marissa.
"Yeah that's OK" Marissa walked towards the kitchen to get some orange juice.
"Caleb and Renee they're away with Sandy and Kirsten. I think they've gone to New York to find Hailey and Lindsay. Like i can be bothered".
Alex laughed and for a moment, she thought that her feelings for Marissa would be restored.
The sun shone brightly on Maui as Caleb, Sandy, Kirsten and Renee made their way to Jimmy's yacht. "Wow... he must be making a lot of money- this yacht... it's unbelievable!" smiled Sandy as he looked at the yacht- it was bigger than the one Jimmy and Hailey had in Newport.
"Kirsten, Sandy, Caleb, Renee" called a familiar voice from behind them. They turned around and saw Jimmy Cooper smiling. He had just made his way from a nearby restaurant. Behind him walking were Hailey and Lindsay who immediately froze and turned around.
"Lindsay! No! Get back here!" shouted Renee who followed Lindsay and Hailey, with Caleb. She grabbed Lindsay's arm, "What are you doing here? There's a place for you at home with me and Caleb. We're a couple now".
"I dont want to go back to Newport- it just doesnt feel like a home to me mom! I want to stay with Hailey!" As a sign of her comment, Lindsay held Hailey's hand like a true sister would do. Kirsten walked over while Sandy caught up on news with Jimmy.
"Hailey come home with Lindsay now. It's for the best" said Kirsten. Hailey paused to think and looked at Lindsay. With a nod she said, "Let me think about it. I'll talk it over with Lindsay at the yacht. See ya".
With those words, Hailey and Lindsay took off.
Meanwhile, Jason returned to his home following the party's incident and his stay at the hospital. He was surprised to see that his mother, Nicole was bonding. With Willow. Nicole stood up, "Jason, honey I invited Willow for dinner".
"That's great mom" smiled Jason as he gave his mum a kiss on the cheek and Willow a kiss on the lips. "Wow, you two are really in love aren't you?" smiled Nicole as she grabbed her cellphone.
"I'll call your father now to see if he can come home early. Id love for him to meet you, Willow" Nicole started to dial, "Hi can I speak to Keith please? Yeah thank you, tell him it's his wife". "I'll be upstairs, be right back" said Jason as he headed upstairs.
He opened the door to the bathroom and started his "meddling" with drugs again. Jason found that when he started with drugs, he couldn't resist it. "Im sorry Willow, I just cant stop. It's too addictive" muttered Jason as he practised his speech for when Willow would find out.
Elsewhere, Ryan arrived at alley near Harbor. He saw Summer waiting there, "Ryan! You're 20 minutes late! Ive been waiting so long!" She walked forwards to Ryan and gave him a hug.
"Ryan I really have feelings for you. I dont know why, I just do!".
"Me too, but what about Seth? Marissa? She's still not over me and I dont think Im over her" Ryan and Summer were level with each other and looked as if they were going to kiss. Summer looked at Ryan, in a romantic way.
"We just have to keep this secret. Im actually learning to keep secrets now" Summer smiled and kissed Ryan. The alley darkened, until a tall figure opened the flashlight. "Oh my god. Ryan? Summer".
The two broke off their kiss as soon as they saw Marissa staring at them.
"Oh my god, sorry I have to go, sorry" Marissa looked at Summer and Ryan again for one last time and then ran off.
"Come on, what if she runs away again. We cant just stand here and do nothing. Let's go" Summer grabbed Ryan and chased after Marissa, who was already in tears.
"I cant believe she saw us. Where could she be now?" Summer said, trying to look around the area.
"Let's split for a while. OK? Meet back at the alley in about an hour" Ryan turned to go in his direction but Summer stopped him.
"One thing, Ryan. I dont think this will work- can we like be friends for now, I dont think it's really a good idea. I think it'll cause some pain for some people" Summer smiled and gave Ryan a final kiss.
"OK... If that's what you want, yeah OK" Ryan smiled and ran off as he got ready to find Marissa.
An hour later, they met back up at the alley with no Marissa. "I think we should call in a night. Kirsten said she's coming home tomorrow" said Ryan.
"I'll give you a ride, cmon".
Alex woke up the following morning to the sound of Luke making breakfast. She left her bedroom and smiled at her boyfriend. "Wow you actually made breakfast" muttered Alex, smiling. Luke smiled as well and walked over to Alex and kissed her stomach.
"Hey there, little fella!" Luke kissed Alex and held her hand, "Cmon I made pancakes and bagels and stuff- enjoy, gotta get to school!". Luke waved goodbye and left. Alex's life hit positive notes as she grinned at her boyfriend.
At the Cohen house, Seth and Ryan met up to have breakfast- Seth taking his bagels and Ryan with cereal. "Where is Willow by the way?" asked Seth as he happily muched into his bagel. Ryan finished his cereal and grabbed his bag.
"She spent the night. With Jason. There's something about that guy. Something's not right" Ryan stood, waiting for Seth to finish, "Seth enough bagels already. We're gonna be late". "OK, I'll try and hurry up. You can go ahead, Ive got Johnson for first period- he never takes the register".
"Ryan hi" said a familiar voice. Ryan turned around and saw Lindsay standing, with Hailey, Kirsten, Sandy, Caleb and Renee. "Lindsay? You're back?" was all that a gobsmacked Ryan could say.
The following day, Ryan made his way to the Nichol mansion and knocked on the door. Renee answered.
"Hi Ryan. Are you here to see Marissa or Lindsay?" she asked wickedly, her body standing right in front of Ryan, blocking him.
"Marissa, if that's no problem" said Ryan in a calm way, hoping Renee would let him in.
"She's in her bedroom but she's quite emotional so dont upset her" replied Renee as she closed the door.
Ryan made his way upstairs to Marissa's bedroom. He knocked on the door but it was already open. Marissa lay on her bed, her face buried in pillows. She sat upright and was frustrated to see Ryan.
"Ryan, what the hell are you doing here? After all that you did to me! How dare you!" Marissa cried throwing a pillow at Ryan.
Ryan walked towards Marissa and held her tight, "It's over now. I realised it wouldn't work between me and Summer".
Marissa got off of Ryan and looked at him straight in the eye. They kissed and fell back onto the bed, both of them feeling it was the right thing to do.
Elsewhere, Willow sat in her room, surfing the internet with her laptop until Kirsten came in with the phone.
"Oh hey, Kirsten, I was just surfing the net. Thank you so much for this laptop- it rocks!" Willow smiled.
Kirsten smiled as well and handed the phone to Willow, "It's no problem. Jason's mom wants to talk to you, Nicole, that's her name I think".
"Thanks" replied Willow as Kirsten left the bedroom. She grabbed the phone and started talking to Nicole.
What Nicole said was so shocking that Willow sat frozen, "He died of a drug overdose?" she muttered to herself and fainted.