Song credits are:

Disneyland-Five for Fighting

100 years-Five for Fighting

The Girl for Yesterday-The Eagles

I will Remember You-Sarah McLachlan

Sorry it took me so long to update, but I was updating my other story which was a Harry Potter story and I was away for a couple of days.

Hope you enjoy.

Seth and Ryan walked out of the door and got in the car. They then headed down to the pier to pick up the flowers that they would lay at the lifeguard hut.

While driving to the hut Seth asked Ryan "so man are you going to be okay at the funeral or are we going to have to restrain you so you don't jump off the cliff like what's his name did?"

"Seth, I may be upset, but I don't think I will resort to jumping of the cliff. And he didn't jump off the cliff, he slipped." Replied Ryan.

"Whatever, he still went over the cliff."

"Whatever you say Seth."

They pulled up at Newport Floral which was on the pier and Ryan went in to pick up the flowers. They had an assortment of flowers ready for Ryan when he got there. There were some carnations of all different colours and some red and white roses. Some purple tulips and even a couple of lilies. "How much do I owe you?" asked Ryan.

"It will come to $54.65."

"Okay." And Ryan reached into his wallet to get his credit card.

Just as Ryan was about to pull his credit card out the girl behind the counter said "Hey aren't you that guy that was in the car accident where Marissa Cooper died?"

"Yes." Replied Ryan

"Are these flowers for a memorial?"

"Yes, they are, they are for the funeral."

"Here, I'll give you 25 off because they are for her funeral. I'm really sorry. Aren't you her boyfriend?"

"I was for a bit."

"I'm so sorry, this must be really hard for you."

"Yes, it is."

"What's your name again, I don't think you said it?"

"Ryan Attwood."

"Well hello Ryan Attwood."

"So do you have a name?"

"Well of course I have a name."

"Well what is it?" prompts Ryan.

"It's Valerie."

"Valerie what?"

"Valerie Mandrel."

"Hey, isn't your Dad the CEO for that company in L.A.?"

"Yes."

"Well why are you working here then?"

"Well I wanted to show that I am not spoiled and I can work, and just between you and me, I needed some money."

"Okay. What school do you go to?"

"Well I just graduated from Harbor-"

"You went to Harbor?"

"Yes."

"Why haven't I ever seen you before than?"

"Well I just moved to Harbor half way through Senior Year and I didn't really know anyone. I knew that you and Marissa were the most talked about and the most popular couple in Harbor-"

"No we weren't."

"Actually as much as everyone didn't think Marissa should be with you, you fit together so perfectly."

"So why did you ask me what my name was?"

"Well du."

"What?"

"Fine I'll tell you."

"Thanks"

"Can't a girl flirt."

"Well it seems you can." Ryan then looked at his watch and said I have to go, how much were the flowers again?"

"Okay Ryan your new total is $40.99."

Ryan handed her his credit card and paid and then he grabbed the flowers and was just about to turn and head out the door when Valerie said "wait just one minute Ryan."

Ryan stopped and saw her scribbling something on a card. She then handed it to Ryan. "It's my phone number, home and cell. Okay?"

"Okay, I'll phone you later."

"You don't have to if you don't want to."

"But I want to." Said Ryan and then he walked out the door and climbed into the car.

"What took you so long man?"

"Well there was a really hot girl in there and we started talking and well you can just guess."

"Well, did you get her phone number?"

"Sure did."

"What's her name?"

"Valerie, Valerie Mandrel."

Seth choked and sputtered out "The Valerie Mandrel?"

"Yes. Did you know she went to Harbor?"

"She what?" screamed Seth.

"Yes she did, transferred in half way through this year."

"Holy crap, and I didn't know about this?"

"No."

Seth turned into Summers drive and saw Summer standing at the steps in front of her house. Seth stopped the car and jumped out. I looked like Summer had been crying, but who hadn't?

"How are you doing Summer?" asked Seth.

"Oh I don't know, I just want to get this funeral over with."

"So do I baby."

Summer climbed in the back of the car. "I guess it will never be 2 couple, 4 friends anymore, it always was if anyone broke up they would eventually get back together and we would be a group of 2 and 4 again, but now, now it will never be 2 and 4 again." Summer finished and then she started to cry again.

Seth leaned over and whispered in Ryan's ear "can you drive, I want to sit back there and comfort Summer?"

"Sure Seth."

Ryan and Seth got out of the car, Seth went and sat beside Summer and Ryan sat in the drivers seat and started the car up. He then looked over his shoulder and started to back out of the Robert's driveway. He got to the bottom of the driveway and stopped and saw a car coming a couple of houses down, so he waited until they passed and then he backed out on to the road. He drove all the way to the beach and when he pulled into a parking spot he saw that already the parking lot was almost full. That may not sound like much, but this parking lot was absolutely huge. It was for a beach in California, so what do you expect?

Seth and Summer got out of the backseat and Ryan could see that Summer was still crying. Seth put his arm around Summer's waist and led her to the beach. Ryan got out of the car and started to head towards the beach. He saw Sandy and Kerstin walking with Dr. Roberts and Julie towards the beach from their cars and he caught up with them. The 5 of them continued walking to the beach. Everyone was sitting in front of the lifeguard stand. At the front of the chairs there was a raised platform with a podium on it. All around the platform there were many bouquets of flowers. Ryan went and sat down in the 2nd row with Summer, and Seth and Julie, Dr. Roberts, Sandy and Kerstin sat down beside them. Playing from a stereo that was beside the platform was a song called Disneyland. Ryan started to listen to it. It was one of Marissa's favorite songs.

I Woke up got my lazy ass out of bed
I Watered all the rocks growing in my head
I Had a thought...and fell asleep on you...

There I was somewhere West of Tomorrow Land
Flying through the stars just like Peter Pan
I said...Damn this looks too good to be true...

There she goes... my heart again (would you mind rolling over)
I can feel it in the air (something's coming down)
I don't know and I don't care that it's a small world

It's a nice day if you wake up in Disneyland...
It's a nice day when you wake up in Disneyland...

In my dream everybody's got a little house
A dog, a bank account managed by Mickey Mouse
And the only thing we fight about is the Lakers...

In my dream all the pirates down in Neverland
Never get the Hook... they just get a hand
While the crocs sing Superman till we just can't take it

After that song ended a person walked up to the platform and started to talk into the microphone. That person was the dean of Harbor.

"Marissa was great friend to all of us. She was funny and loving. For those who knew her well she was the best friend anyone could have asked for. She was a great supporter of our school and she always was always involved in planning events that took place at school. She will be missed greatly by her friends, sister, Mother and Father, and all of her classmates. I would like to call up Seth Cohen, Ryan Attwood and Summer Roberts up."

Summer looked over at Seth looking scared and said, "you never said we had to go up?"

Seth replied "Well I never knew, I guess we got to go up."

"Okay, if we have to." Said Summer

The 3 friends walked up to the platform and Ryan was the first to start talking. "Thank you all for coming to say your last goodbyes to Marissa Cooper. Marissa was one of my best friends and for the past 3 years her and I dated on and off. I will forever miss her and I will forever regret that I never got to say goodbye. Marissa and I had hard times, but we always figured everything out and ended up back together. The reason we are saying our final goodbyes to Marissa in front of the lifeguard hut is because anytime anything went bad, whether it was at school, at home or with her friends you could always find her here. It just seemed fitting that we say our final goodbyes here and lay flowers here. I will miss her and my deepest sympathy is with Julie, Jimmy and Caitlyn Cooper. Thank you."

Summer then stepped up to podium and tears were streaming down her face. "I would first off like to thank everyone for coming. I know it means a lot to Julie and Caitlyn to see so many people here, and it means a lot to me. Marissa or Coope as I called her was my best friend. We were so alike in many ways, but so different also. Sometimes I don't even know how we were friends-"Summer cut off because she could no longer talk she was crying so hard. Seth walked up to her and gave her a hug and told her that everything would be okay, but Summer couldn't finish. So Seth walked up to the podium and finished Summer's speech for her. The whole time Seth talked he had his arm around Summer's waist and she was leaning against him. Seth finished up Summer's speech by saying "-Well what Summer was trying to say and I try put it into words. We all will miss Marissa Cooper and will never forget everything that we did together over the past three years. Things will not be the same without Marissa in our group. We will be a group of 3 instead of a group which should have 4 in it. Thank you." Then Seth, Summer and Ryan walked off of the stage. The stereo clicked on and another one of Marissa's favorite songs came on, it was called. "The Girl from Yesterday"

It wasn't really sad the way they said good-bye
Or maybe it just hurt so bad she couldn't cry
He packed his things, walked out the door and drove away
And she became the girl from yesterday

Seth, Summer, and Ryan stepped off of the stage and headed back to their seats.


He took a plane across the sea
To some foreign land
She stayed at home and tried to understand
How someone who had been so close could be so far away
And she became the girl from yesterday

Seth, Summer and Ryan sat down beside Kerstin, Sandy, Julie, Dr. Roberts and Caitlyn.


She doesn't know what's right
She doesn't know what's wrong
She only knows the pain that comes from waiting for so long

The Dean of Harbor walks back up on the stage and waits until the song is over.

And she doesn't count the teardrops
That she's cried while he's away
Because she knows deep in her heart
That he'll be back someday


The light's on in the window; she's waiting by the phone
Talking to a memory that's never coming home
She dreams of his returning and the things that he might say
But she'll always be the girl from yesterday
Yeah, she'll always be the girl from yesterday

Once the song finished the Dean started to speak into the microphone. He asked if anybody else would like to come up and talk. Taylor went up and a few other people from Harbor, then the Dean got up and said "now, everyone come and collect a flower and lets put them by the lifeguard hut."

Everyone walked up to where Ryan had put the flowers and grabbed a flower, and started to head over to the lifeguard hut and lay the flowers down. The stereo started to play another song called 100 years to live.

I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star

15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live

The whole time the song was playing everyone was laying flowers in a creative pile in front of the lifeguard stand. Everyone had 1 flower except Summer, Seth, Ryan, Kerstin, Sandy, Julie, Caitlyn and Dr. Roberts who each had 2. They each laid their flowers down beside everyone else's, but then they walked over towards the edge of the water and all stood there and 1 by 1 tossed their flowers into the water. Everyone by this point even the guys were crying. Once everyone had thrown their flowers into the water the group of 8 walked back to their seats. Everyone was sitting down and watching them walk across the beach and back to their seats. Once they sat down the dean stood up again and said "On behalf of the family I would like to thank everyone for coming. If you want to you can head to the Cohen's house were you can talk with the family and have some munchies. Thanks again." And he walked off of the stage. People started to clear out, and Sandy and Kerstin had to go to let everyone into the house. The stereo started to play another song it was I will remember you.

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories

By the time the song had ended the only ones left at the beach were Summer, Julie, Seth, Ryan, Caitlyn, and Dr. Roberts. They were all sitting in their chairs and Summer, Julie and Caitlyn were crying. They were crying silently. "I just can't believe she is gone." Said Julie. Dr. Roberts put an arm around her and they got up and walked back to their car. Caitlyn got up, because they were her ride. Finally the only ones left were Seth, Ryan and Summer. Summer was still crying. Ryan said "I think this has been hard enough, let's just skip going home and having to talk to all those people, we can just drive around."

"Sure." Said Seth and they all stood up and walked back to the car. They looked back only once and in a whisper they all said "Goodbye Marissa."

They got into the car and drove back to Summer's where they picked up her Beamer convertible. They piled in and Ryan started to drive around. They drove all over Newport and finally landed back at the beach, where they just sat at for something like an hour. Finally Ryan said "we better be heading back or Kerstin will start to worry. So they headed back to the Cohen's and sure enough all the cars were gone, all except for Dr. Robert's sports car. The 3 friends got out of the car and started towards the door.