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Soo here is Chapter 9 ;)

Concerning the writing style…I hope you all have noticed that this ---- means a change of point of view or scene... I used stars but somehow here they don't show up soo I changed that.
And keep in mind that '...' this stands for the personal thoughts of the person.

Chapter 9 – or "decisions"

"Room number 917…yes there is one" she gave a piece of paper to Ryan.

Room read it an got pale.

"Ryan what's wrong…it's from Coop or?" Summer looked concerned at Ryan.

"Seth I think you're wrong… obviously she took it seriously." Ryan gave the piece of paper to Seth.

Seth read loud:

Hi!

I hope you're happy know. Have a nice life; you don't have to save me anymore.
Tell Summer that I'm sorry, but I had to leave.

"The drunken whore"

"Chino I could kill you for what you did!" Summer glared at him. She suddenly had the desire to start hitting Ryan again. Once again everything was messed up.

"Hey…uhm what's going on?" Luke saw them at the reception and walked over to them.

"Marissa left, because of Chino" Summer said.

"Yeah I know" Luke admitted.

"You knew?" Summer looked at Luke with a puzzled expression on her face.

"Yeah…I…uhm saw her leaving yesterday…she seemed really upset." Luke replied

"You let her leave? In that condition? Are you crazy?" Summer couldn't believe what she heard. "Did she tell you where she was going to?" Summer had to follow her…

"No…sorry. I only know that she took a cab to the airport." Luke said and shrugged.

"Where she could have gone to? I mean she wouldn't fly back to Newport… no way. She wouldn't want to be with Julie now." Summer said.

"Uhmm… what about Tahiti? Jimmy lives there now with Hailey." Seth suggested.

"Cohen…that's it…she would definitely choose her father over Julie." Summer smiled.

"I will go and pack my things. I have to go after her." Ryan said.
He felt guilty. He knew that what Marissa did to him in the past was wrong….and that he went through a lot because of her. But he also knew that calling her a drunken whore was wrong. She didn't deserve that.

"No Chino, you did enough! I will go after her. She needs me now more than you!" Summer looked at him seriously. She knew that the last person Marissa wants to see now was Ryan.

"But Summer…" Ryan tried to say something but he was cut off.

"No…you're staying and don't forget to pick up Liz. I will go packing. I'll take the next fly to Tahiti" and with that Summer was on her way to her room.

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Ryan did what Summer told him. He picked Liz up at the hospital. He couldn't stop thinking of Marissa.

Liz was waiting in her room for Ryan. She was relieved that she could leave the hospital. She never liked hospitals.
A knock on the door and a few seconds later Ryan stood in front of her, smiling at her.

"Ready to go?" he asked.

"I can't wait to get out!" she replied.

They drove back to the hotel. It was a silent ride.
Liz looked lightly at Ryan. He was concentrated on the street, but he also seemed to be lost in thoughts.

'He's angry at me' Liz thought. She knew that the drinking yesterday got out of control. She didn't know herself why she drank so much. And then the thing with the bar…what the hell made her dance on the bar? Yeah that was the last thing she could remember. She was dancing on the bar.

'Maybe it was because of this intense exchange of looks between MY boyfriend and his ex-girlfriend. Maybe it was the fact that he didn't tell me that she is his ex.' she thought to herself.
'Yeah but he told me that there isn't something anymore. He told me many times that he loves me. So I can't blame him… It was my own mistake. Yeah I have to say something to him. I have to apologize…" she thought.

"Ryan… I'm… uhm… I'm really sorry… for everything that happened yesterday. That you had to worry about me so much." she didn't dare to look at him and went on "… I mean I'm sorry that you all had to worry about me so much. I don't know why this happened….why….why it got out of control yesterday. Marissa warned me…she said I shouldn't get another drink, but I think that encouraged me even more to drink another one." she admitted quietly.

Ryan looked at Liz. Their eyes met.

He just nodded.

The rest of the ride was silent. This silence made Liz crazy. She could handle everything, Ryan yelling at her, things like that… everything except silence.
She couldn't know that Ryan was lost in thoughts. Thoughts about Marissa.

They arrived at the hotel.
Liz and Ryan went quietly upstairs to their room.

"I think it's better if you're staying in bed the rest of the day, Eliza." Ryan said with a determined voice. He didn't want to talk about last night….not right now. And besides that what should he tell Liz….what should he tell her about Marissa…why she left…

'Did he just call me Eliza? He didn't call me Eliza since…since the first day we met. That means nothing good.' she thought to herself. She decided to get some rest and to talk to him later. She knew that wasn't in a talkative mood right now.

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Ryan left the hotel room and went downstairs. He looked to the hotel bar. Seth was sitting there. He decided to go over to him.

"Hey man…" Ryan greeted him.

"Hey… how's Liz doing?" Seth asked.

"She's upstairs….to get some rest…you know the doctor said it would be better if she stays in bed for the next days, because of her concussion." Ryan explained.

"..ah..I understand." Seth said.

--- meanwhile in Summers (and Jakes) room ---
Summer was packing. She knew that Marissa needed her now. She was afraid that Marissa would hurt herself. Marissa never took bad news or problems that well.

"I can't believe you're leaving just like that!" Jake said with an angry voice.

"You can't leave… I think we two have enough to talk about… I mean we are fighting and you're just leaving!"

"What do you want to hear? I mean what are you fighting about? I apologized to you about not telling you that Seth is my ex. But you were too proud to accept that and last night, when I needed someone to lean on, you weren't there. Again you were too proud to forget just one minute about your stupid "fight" with me. And besides that, the most important reason why I'm leaving is that Coop needs me!" Summer got angry.

"Yeah and what about me? You leave me here alone? Shouldn't we talk a bit more about us and our problems than that few sentences? I mean Marissa is old enough; I think she knows what she's doing! You can't put your friend above your boyfriend…or?"

"I can't believe it…you understand nothing…really nothing…" Summer shook her head.

"Yeah I maybe, but that's because you never really talked to me about your past, about your friends. So how I'm supposed to understand you and your weird friends." Jake replied.

"What is your problem? I mean that can't be only about that I didn't tell you about Seth. Besides that if you would really love me, than you would have been there for me last night. You would have seen that I needed someone and wouldn't have been so selfish. Plus you wouldn't be such an ashole right now. You would be understanding and support me. But noo…" Summer got in rage. She couldn't believe it, that ashole.

"Yeah I know I never was understanding… maybe your ex can comfort you… maybe he's more understanding than me… "Jake said angrily.

"Oh…now I understand what this fight is about…you're jealous. You can't be serious… I mean I have more important problems right now…" Summer said and continued packing.

"Oh… that shows how important our relationship is to you." Jake said sarcastically.
"Summer if you're leaving now… than it's over…" Jake almost yelled.

"That means I have to choose between you and my best friend? Are you serious?" Summer looked unbelieving at him.

"Yeah dead serious…" Jake replied coldly.

Silence

"Jake…I'm really sorry…but if you would love me you wouldn't let me have to choose between you and my best friend. So I guess…I have to say that it's over. I'm definitely leaving." Summer looked shortly at him.

Jake looked at her unbelieving. He took his suitcase and started angrily to throw things into it.

"What are you doing?" Summer asked.

"Can't you see that? I'm packing. I think we have nothing more discuss about. You just showed me how much this relationship means to you." Jake answered coldly and zipped his suitcase. One last time he looked at Summer.

It was a look full of hurt, but also of anger, then he stormed off.

Summer stood there astonished. Jake was definitely a consistent person, but she couldn't understand that he was so stubborn. He made a drama out of nothing. In the last 15 minutes she got to know another side of Jake and she definitely didn't like that side.
But at the moment she had other problems to solve.

She didn't give herself much time to cry over Jake…or was there another reason why she didn't felt like crying?

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So that was it for today….I know this chapter is sort of "gap filling" chapter. But you will see that this things were important for the next chapters…
I hope you liked that chapter and please review

Short perview of the next chapter:

Ryan, Seth and Summer have a talk at the bar
and bottled up feelings will be released