"Hey Jimmy, Julie." Ryan smiles as Julie gives him a peck on the cheek.
"Ryan, how are you?" Jimmy says shaking Ryan's hand.
"I'm great, thanks."
"Marissa tells me you guys are doing well. That's great." Julie says with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, better than ever. But, that's what I need to talk to you guys about." Ryan says softly, with a slight nervousness in his voice. "Umm, me and Marissa's second anniversary is tomorrow. And umm," Just spit it out Ryan. Stop stuttering. "I love your daughter very much and I wanna spend the rest of my life with her, and I was just wondering—
"You want to ask us for our daughter's hand in marriage." Julie says softly with a small smile. Ryan lets out an uneasy laugh and nods.
Jimmy and Julie look at each other for a moment and Jimmy turns back to Ryan. "So, what do you think Jules, should we let this Chino kid marry our daughter?" Jimmy says jokingly.
"I cannot imagine anyone more perfect for Marissa." Julie utters, pulling Ryan into her embrace. Ryan then tells them about the house and how he's planning to propose.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" The three turn around to see Marissa walking up to them.
"Sweetie! Great to see you, I feel like I haven't seen you in a while." Julie says too quickly, giving her daughter a hug.
"Umm, it's great to see you too, Mom, but we had lunch together yesterday." Marissa says, very much confused as she gives her father a hug, hearing a small "Hey, kiddo."
"Right, well…" Julie begins, loss of words, "how's work?"
"Oh, it's great. That house Ryan and I are working on is almost finished, so we might actually have some free time for our second anniversary." She says wrapping an arm around Ryan and forgetting about the previous conversation.
"Actually, babe, I might be a little late tomorrow for our anniversary, I've got this really important meeting. But I'll be off around 9:00, is that okay?" Ryan asks. He's going to be preparing the house with Summer and he wants it to be perfect.
Marissa's face falls, a little taken back. Is he kidding? It's our anniversary! "Oh, yeah, sure. We can have dinner after."
Julie, noticing her daughter's disappointment, steps up. "Honey, why don't you show me that house you two are working on tomorrow? I'll keep you occupied while Ryan's gone." She says, giving Ryan a small smile.
"Yeah, sure mom. That'll be great." Marissa says softly. "Well, I'm gunna go and see Summer."
Marissa walks off not giving Ryan another look. "She'll be okay, Ry. I'm sure she'll think it's worth it after." Jimmy says thoughtfully, noticing Ryan's smile fading away from his face.
"I hope so."
"I mean, it's our anniversary! How can he totally just disregard that!" Marissa shouts in the pool house. Summer and Seth sits on the bed watching their friend in complete rage.
"Well, Coop, it's not like you guys aren't going to be celebrating. He's just going to be a little late." Summer says trying to be supportive. She knows what Ryan's up to and it kills her to see her best friend so upset.
"Yeah, Coop, you know how Ryan is, he's not big on all that cheesy romantic stuff." Seth points out.
"Ok, first off, what did we say about you calling me Coop? And second, Ryan was great last year, he surprised me with dinner and he showered rose petals all over the floor. It was amazing." She says, remembering back to last year. It was truly amazing. Ryan cooked dinner before she came home from work and when Marissa opened the door, the condo was filled with rose petals and candles. It was the most amazing night of Marissa's life.
"Well, I'm sure it'll be great this year too." Summer says reassuringly.
"It better…" Marissa grunts.
"Well, girls, as much fun as this is. I'm going to go see Ryan." Seth says, walking out of the pool house.
"My mom wants me to hang out with her tomorrow before Ryan gets home, wanna come with?" Marissa says sounding hopeful.
"Actually, Coop, I can't tomorrow. Work stuff." Summer says trying to think of an excuse.
"What do you mean? We work together." Marissa asks suspiciously.
"Well, umm, Kirsten asked me to go over some stuff with her on the new house. She didn't ask you 'cause she figured you would be busy with your anniversary." Summer replies, trying to sound casual.
Before Marissa got to protest, Ryan walks into the pool house. "Dinner's almost ready, ladies." He says putting an arm around Marissa's waist.
"I'm gunna go and help set up." Marissa says, pulling away and walking out of the pool house without another word.
Ryan lets out a sigh and puts his head down. "You better make it good tomorrow, Chino. She's not very happy with you right now." Summer says standing up.
"You haven't told Seth yet have you?" Ryan asks, frustration in his voice.
"Are you kidding? He'll end up telling Marissa. I'll tell him tomorrow, right before Marissa gets to the house."
"Great, so let's meet at the house at around 6. That should give us enough time to set up. I've already ordered the roses so I just gotta pick it up tomorrow." Ryan says.
"Sounds good, Atwood. I can't believe you guys are gunna get married!" Summer exclaims.
"After tonight, let's just hope she even speaks to me again." Ryan says quietly as they both walk out of the pool house.