Chapter 3
A/N:
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chapter… Disclaimer: I do not own any of the OC.
Liz
Seth, Summer, and Ryan had been looking for Marissa for a few hours when they decided to go back to the pool house to discuss other places Marissa that might have gone. They had already talked to Luke and Jimmy. They didn't want to ask Julie about Marissa because with their luck Julie would call the cops. That was the last thing they needed to deal with. Seth even tried calling Anna, although reluctantly because of the looks Summer was giving him. When the three of them returned to the poolhouse, Summer let out a gasp.
"COOP!" Summer exclaimed. "Coop we've been so worried about you. Where the hell have you been?" Summer questioned. "Sum take a chill pill, she's okay," Seth said quietly. Ryan just stood there staring at Marissa thanking God that she was okay. Marissa finally looked up and whispered, "If you guys don't mind, I just want to talk to Ryan." "Okay Coop, no problem, Cohen and I will just go study," Summer said quickly. Seth just stood there and stared at Ryan, who was also just standing there, only he was still staring at Marissa. "Cohen," Summer snapped. "Oh right," Seth said as he snapped out of his daze, "we'll see you later." Marissa was still sitting on Ryan's bed, not looking up. Ryan didn't know what to do. Suddenly he heard Marissa sob so quietly he barely heard her, "Ryan I still love you." She still didn't bring herself to look up though. Ryan considered what he should do and decided that the best thing to do was to comfort Marissa. He sat down next to her and put his arms around her shoulders. Marissa, who wasn't expecting this, finally looked up at Ryan.
"Ryan, what are you doing?" Marissa asked. "Comforting you, I though that you would like it," Ryan said innocently. Marissa smiled at this though. "I do like it, it reminds me of when we were still together." Ryan froze at that though. It reminded him of the same thing, yet he wasn't sure if he wanted that back yet. "Ryan just listen to me," Marissa began. "I still love you. I want to be with you; I'm sorry about everything that happened with Oliver. I swear to God that if I had seen the side of Oliver that you did I wouldn't have had anything to do with him. However, I knew a different Oliver. If I had seen him for what he really was - a freak and a stalker - I wouldn't have had anything to do with him," Marissa said in what seemed like one breath. Ryan just kept his head down; he was afraid that he might cave to her when he wasn't ready for the relationship to start over.
"Ryan look at me damnit," Marissa said suddenly. Ryan looked up. Marissa was shocked to see what she saw, tears in Ryan Atwood's eyes. Tough Ryan was about to cry. "Ryan I want us to go back to normal, how we were before Oliver showed up." Ryan just looked at Marissa and didn't say anything. Marissa stared back, waiting for a reply. When it didn't come, she leaned in and kissed him lightly on the lips; when there wasn't an objection she continued only more passionately. Ryan didn't try to stop her…
