A/N- Okay so anotherupdate in the saga.
Marissa Cooper awoke with an enormous grin on her face. Actually, she thought, it's soon-to-be Marissa Atwood waking up. Her grin expanded even further with that thought. She shifted her body a bit so she could get a better view of the man who would soon be her husband. He was so amazing, she thought. The sheet was drifting just over his waist, barely covering anything. He had a hint of scruffiness on his face and the trace of a smile was on his lips. He was so cute. She brushed a piece of his hair away from his eyes so she could study him better. This would be the way they could start every single morning of the rest of their lives.
It was funny but she was not even afraid of it being every morning, all of her life, in fact she was looking so forward to it. That was how she knew it was right.
Ryan stirred a little in his sleep. His eyes didn't open though so Marissa just stilled, trying to have a few minutes just to watch him sleep. His smile got a little bigger and he grumbled something that sounded a lot like "mmm Marissa."
She grinned so much that it hurt, and she noticed that Ryan was starting to get midly aroused in sleep. She leaned over and kissed him so deeply and straddled him. His eyes slowly opened and he saw what was going on.
"The best part of waking up…" He murmured, before they started the day, with some wild sex.
"Okay, wait. She asked him to MARRY her? And then what happened!" It was still the next morning but the Cohens and Summer were driving back to the house after breakfast with Julie and Neil. They were all gossiping about Ryan and Marissa but then Summer had let out the biggest detail yet and Seth was having trouble breathing.
"Calm down Cohen. Yeah she did but I guess we interrupted, you know to go prepare for the Gala or whatever so he didn't get a chance to react or anything. But like, I'm sure they've gotten everything straight, I talked it over with Coop and I don't think anything like that happened, so can we all pretend like I didn't spill that?"
"Oh sure, Summer. I'm sure Ryan and Marissa wouldn't get married at 18, it's just so young….too young, you know. Ryan's always been practical, they're good kids, but I bet you they are back together." Sandy added into the conversation, as he pulled into the Cohen driveway.
Kirsten nodded, feeling slightly uneasy. She was unsure if she was the one who had counselled Marissa into the decision and she didn't want that to be the case at all. "Well, I guess we'll find out soon."
"Wait, so she asked him before we left and he said nothing to me in the car on the way to the place yesterday? Why would he do that?" Seth was still bewildered he had not known at all.
"Um, maybe because he didn't want half of Newport to know what happened between them, now shut up, Seth." Summer smacked his arm as they walked into the house. "So should you go ask Coop? And I go ask Ryan or…?"
"Um, Cohen, it's Ryan and Marissa, what in their history would ever lead you to believe they wouldn't both be in the pool… pool right now?" Summer just caught on to Seth's obvious attempt at saving Ryan and Marissa if they had spent the night together in the poolhouse.
"The pool?" Sand questioned, as the four walked towards the backyard.
Meanwhile, Ryan and Marissa had just finished what seemed like their hundredth roll in the sheets. Ryan was just catching his breath and Marissa was staring at the ceiling, wondering if she'd ever be able to move again.
"I'm so hungry." Ryan complained.
"I hope to god you mean for food." Marissa. Ryan gave her a smirk and wrapped his arms around her tightly, pulling her on top of him.
"Yes. Although I'm never full of you, I don't think I ever can be." Ryan kissed the tip of her nose. "So why don't we go fuel up so we can come back here and let out some more steam." He shoved her to the side and smiled. "I'll race you." He jumped up and grabbed a pair of boxers.
"Ryan! That's not fair, I have to put more on!" She rolled out of bed and scrambled to find her underwear.
"Here." He passed her his wifebeater and a grin spread across his face. "I dare you." She smiled wickedly.
"So now you have to decide if you want to win the race or you want to watch me run." Marissa walked ahead of him and turned her head to look at him as she walked out the door. "You're just lucky this is long enough to cover enough."
"Sure, although not everything." Ryan stepped out of the door just as Marissa turned back to the house and they both froze. Standing before them were Seth, Summer and a completely shocked Sandy and Kirsten.
"So I guess they have new styles of bathing suits this year…" Seth tried to end the silence.
"Seth!" Sandy, Kirsten and Summer all said.
Marissa and Ryan had not moved and everyone was staring at them. Neither of them had considered the fact people would be coming back to the house and they would have to share what had happened with everyone. It had been so fun to be just alone, it was like they could pretend they already were married.
Ryan finally stepped up to Marissa and took her hand and kind of blocked everyone's view of her. He wasn't sure he could glaze everything over by just saying 'it's okay, we're engaged' while he and Marissa stood by the pool almost naked. So instead he cleared his throat and waited for someone else to say something. Marissa was equally mortified that her future family had almost seen her naked.
Finally, Summer decided to say something because no one else had said a thing. "Um, so you guys are okay again? That's…" She trailed off, not sure exactly what to say. "I'm happy for you." She smiled at them.
Sandy and Kirsten looked at each other. "Well this isn't what I expected to come home to. Why don't you guys go get dressed, I guess there are some things we'd like to discuss with you then."
Ryan nodded and slowly started backing up, knowing that Marissa probably shouldn't turn around and risk showing anything. Marissa also nodded slightly, her face was so red and she couldn't form words. They backed into the poolhouse and closed the door.
"Well. That was…" Sandy started to say. He wasn't sure how to finish so he just stopped.
"Awkward. Weird. Ryan and Marissa nearly naked." Seth finished for him.
"Seth!" They all chastised again. He shrugged his shoulders. "What?" He asked, "It's true, you saw, you were here!"
They all shook their heads and turned and headed in the house, to await the fully clothed couple.
At the same time, Ryan and Marissa were standing in silence in the poolhouse, neither had moved or said anything since the door had shut. Ryan turned to look at Marissa. She looked so horrified and embarrassed that he had to laugh, so he did.
Her face went from horror to anger in a second. "Don't you laugh at me Ryan Atwood, that is the most embarrassed I have ever been in my life! That was worse than when Seth walked in on us. Oh my god, there is nothing worse than that. For the love of your own life, you'd better stop laughing." But he continued to laugh so she started to chase him in just the wife beater and before she knew it, she had tackled him and they were giggling on the bed together in a mass of limbs. "okay, so maybe it was a little funny." Marissa said.
Ryan held her close to him and smiled, "Yeah, and at least it gave us a minute to come in here and talk about how we approach the…us… you know." Ryan fumbled around.
"You can't say it?" Marissa asked playfully, batting her eyelashes at him. He grinned.
"How do we tell them we're getting married?" He finished off and her face spread into a smile before she realized what he was asking and her face twisted into a bit of confusion.
"I don't know, I think they'll just be happy for us, don't you?"
"Well, I don't know, we are only 18 and as sure as we are, they don't know how we feel exactly so, it might take a while to come around. I'm a little bit more concerned about them never leaving us alone now that the one night they did, we strutted out of the poolhouse in nothing but one pair of pyjamas between us both."
Marissa laughed at him and kissed him again. We'd better get out there, I don't think we have time for a shower either, considering they're waiting…"
"Well we have time for one shower." Ryan said and he pulled her to the bathroom.
"Okay, where the hell are they? Or what are they doing? Should we send in a search party?" Seth whispered, sitting in the kitchen with Summer. She smacked his arm.
"Shut up Cohen, they already got caught once today."
"What are you guys whispering about? Sandy and Kirsten stepped into the kitchen.
"Are they still not out yet?" Kirsten asked.
"Well, actually what happened was--" Seth tried to put out an explanation but he was interrupted as Ryan and Marissa walked in.
"Sorry about that, Marissa wanted to shower and so I waited."
"Why's your hair wet?" Seth asked.
Ryan shot him a death glare but managed to keep his cool and casually said "Oh, I just slipped in right after her." Trying not to look at Marissa as he said the words, knowing she was the only person who knew the absolute truth to the words that he had just spoken.
"So. I guess there's a lot to talk about. I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys being cool out there, um…"
"Well, we do need to talk about that. We're pretty liberal but coming home to that is not exactly something I would want." Sandy said.
"Yeah, me either." Seth added. Ryan grabbed a bagel and threw it at Seth who missed the catch and it hit him in the face. "Ow."
"Shut up man, Marissa and I um, as you can tell are back together, or I mean, we were apart for like a day but we're back together and this time for good." Ryan started, he paused to look over at her as she smiled at him and squeezed his hand to show some support. "But there's something a bit different this time. And uh, I guess we can both thank Kirsten for it." Sandy, Seth, Summer and Kirsten had all shared a glance of disbelief when Ryan had said 'for good', it always seemed permanence eluded Ryan and Marissa. Yet when he mentioned Kirsten they all were shocked, Kirsten the most.
"Um what? I didn't do anything I just told you to listen to your hearts." She smiled at them both. "When you're young, so many emotions cloud your judgment so it's best when someone lays it our for you. You guys have so much to look forward to in your futures but right now you make each other happy. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out."
Ryan smiled and pulled Marissa into his side, tucking her as close as possible. "Yeah, we both agree. More than you know. And that's why we wanted to say thank you. For making us realize how much we meant to each other and always will. After our talk I knew what I had to do and what I needed to do to set everything to perfection."
"Yeah, and after you forced me to see that I couldn't leave Ryan behind, I finally realized my true feelings for him and the depth for them and so that's how we…well… that's what started this whole idea that we should…" Marissa bit her lip and just caught sight of Summer who was the only one who was sort of catching on to what Ryan and Marissa were about to announce.
"Oh my god! You didn't? You aren't…" She questioned.
"Yeah," Ryan smiled and kissed Marissa on the mouth as she hugged him and turned to Summer.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Seth demanded.
Ryan nodded his head. Summer got up from her chair. Marissa held onto Ryan's hand looking at Summer and then the Cohen's. Ryan quickly spoke. "Yes, I can. We're engaged!" Ryan held out Marissa's hand for inspection as Summer stood in her spot staring and the rest of the Cohen family gaped at the couple.
A/N-okayyyyy. So there goes that chapter, it's a bit of fluff since the next is a bit more serious. so I have an idea about what I want to do with the fic but I like to get thoughts from the audience so if you want to see a messy breakup so they can reunite or if you want them to ride away into the sunset, just have your say, or if you want to leave it up to fate, let me know, feedback only improves the writing process from what I'm told :)