Background: They are both in college. But they haven't met each other. The Coopers moved to Hawaii when Marissa was in her first year of high school. Ryan was still adopted by the Cohen's after he and Trey were caught stealing the car. This is normally a Ryan and Marissa story, but the other characters will turn up eventually.

A/N: I don't own anything.

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Ryan walked into the bar and heard loud music blaring from the speakers. He went to his usual spot and ordered a beer. School's been pretty hectic these past few weeks, but now that it's Friday, it was time to relax.

"Hey man, what's up?" Matt, the bartender, said as he gave Ryan his beer. "I haven't seen you in here these past few weeks."

"Yeah…" Ryan replied. "I've been busy with schoolwork and everything. But everything's going good now."

"Good man." Matt said, walking away. "I'll see ya later okay? Still have to serve drinks."

"'Kay" He nodded and took a sip from his beer.

Ever since Ryan started college, he always studied very hard. He still partied around, but he always remembered to have his priorities straighten out. He didn't want to let the Cohen's down. He wanted to prove to them that taking him in was not a mistake. He made some problems when he first arrived in Newport, but as the years passed by, he somehow managed to lessen his bad boy reputation.

He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a voice near him.

"Hi, is this seat taken?" A soft voice asked him.

He looked up and saw the most beautiful girl. Wow, he silently thought. She had long brown hair, her eyes were bluish green, and her body was tanned and slim. "Umm, no." He finally managed to say a few words after looking at her for a minute.

"Thanks" The girl said, looking amused as she sat next to him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he sawMatt approaching her. "Hi, what can I get you?" He heard him asked the girl.

"I'll just have a Diet Coke."

"Okay. Be right back with it."

Ryan didn't know why he was reacting this way, why wouldn't he talk to her? He wasn't normally nervous with girls, but with this one, it's different. He was silently watching her fiddle with her bracelet when she turned to face him as she waited for her drink to arrive. He looked up and blushed a little, knowing that he was caught looking at her for awhile.

She softly laughed. God, he's cute. She thought. "So…who are you?" She asked as she looked at him, patiently waiting for his reply.

"Whoever you want me to be."

"Okayyy" She replied, surprised but intrigued by his answer.

Her drink finally arrived and they sat next to each other quietly. They were slowly sipping their drinks when Ryan finally decided to answer her question.

"I'm Ryan." He said, extending his hand a bit. "Sorry about my answer before..." He trailed off silently, suddenly becoming shy again.

"No, it's okay." She smiled at him. "Marissa" She took his hand when she noticed that he's been holding it out for a little while now and she held it longer than she expected

Ryan also didn't let go of her hand as they both looked at each other's eyes. They were both feeling a connection that neither of them expected.

"Do you want to get out of here?"

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They stumbled in his apartment, kissing each other passionately as their clothes were shed one by one as they made their way to his bedroom. They were both left in their underwear when they finally reached his bedroom. Marissa pushed Ryan down the bed and he was surpised by her aggressiveness. She began to kiss him hard on the lips and moved her way to his neck and chest. She smiled when she heard him groan.

Ryan couldn't take it anymore, so he flipped her over so that he was now on top. And he began to kiss her neck, teasing her a little. He heard her giggle while he was attacking her neck with his lips. "Ticklish." She said while she looked at him. She was touching the back of his neck and was slowly playing with his hair.

Pulling away a little breathless, he looked at her deeply and proceeded to kiss her lips. They continued kissing each other passionately, while they took off the remaining clothes that they wore. Their naked bodies pressed against one another as they both breathed heavily. Stopping only for a second, Ryan took a condom out of his nightstand as they enjoyed their night together.

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Marissa woke up early in the morning and felt a warm body beside her. Enjoying the feeling of his warm body against her, she decided to go back to sleep but quickly opened her eyes when she realized what she had done last night. She picked a guy from the bar last night and they hadjust spent the night together. Well, technically…he picked her up, since he was the one who suggested to go out of the bar, but still it was kind of the same. She slowly got up and silently hoped that she wouldn't wake him up. She succeeded when she finally got out of his bed and he was still sleeping peacefully. She made her way out of his bedroom as she began to find her clothes that were scattered all over his apartment. She finally found them and hurriedly got dressed. Not bothering to leave a note, she quickly made her way out of his apartment.

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The sun shining brightly through the window woke Ryan up. He lazily reached for his side so that he could feel her warm body against his again. Even though he doesn't know anything about her except her name, last night had been amazing. When he didn't feel anything, he opened his eyes and saw that she wasn't there, just an empty space on the left side of the bed.

Maybe she's just in the kitchen. He thought.

He got out of bed and slid his boxers on as he made his way to the kitchen. He was disappointed when he saw that she wasn't there. There wasn't anything on the table or on the fridge, what he saw wasjust a view of his clean kitchen. She didn't even leave anything...a note or something. How was he suppose to contact her now? Maybe she thought that you do this everynight. Pick up girls from the bar and have sex with them at your apartment. He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

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Next Chapter: They meet again.