It's You and Me is almost over..so i decided to start off with a new fic. I hope you guys like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the OC characters.
Ryan Atwood walks through New York City alone as he makes his way towards Atwood Industries. After college, Seth pointed out that Ryan should start his own business. And Ryan suggested New York City.
"All the way in the East Coast?"Kirsten has asked him in disbelief. And he said yes. When they asked him why, his answer was, "I wanna try the four seasons thing." But they all knew the reason why Ryan would want to get away from Newport.
Marissa Cooper.
She left Newport to sail around the world with her father. "Only for a year and I'll be back." she had said. But a year passed and although she and Ryan talked on the phone occasionally, or e-mail now and then, they eventually drifted apart. Marissa told the family, one night she came to visit, that a friend of hers that she met in one of her excursions lived in Long Island. Her mother worked for Ralph Lauren and had offered Marissa a job.
Everybody knew that Marissa had always wanted to work for fashion. And she finally got the chance…so she took it.
For a while, they would call each other to see how things are going. But with college and the fact that they were on opposite sides of the country, the every day phone calls stretched to once a week, and then to once a month, to every couple of months, and one day it just stopped.
So Ryan's choice of New York City did not come as a shock to anyone. Although Kirsten was completely against it, the Cohen's, including Summer, supported him through out the whole thing.
It's been almost 3 years since he had seen her last and 8 months since he moved to the city, and not once has he called her to tell her his plan. He's also told everybody in Newport not to say anything to Marissa, in case she decides to call one day to check up on Julie, and Kaitlyn and Summer.
Almost every night, he would pick up the phone and recite her number a hundred times in his head until finally the operator tells him to hang up the phone and that would be it. And then, in the morning, he would be spreading cream cheese on his bagel and he would remember the times when they would be eating breakfast in the kitchen while Sandy and Kirsten sipped coffee with their backs against the counter, talking profusely about work and what they would have for dinner that night. And Summer would be on Seth's lap and Marissa would be beside him as they eat their bagels before heading off to school.
She was the first thing he'd think about when he wakes up and the last thing in his mind before he falls asleep. Because, in spite of everything…he still loved her. He always has and he always will.
His meeting isn't for another hour and yet he's already in the elevator, on his way to the 35th floor to his office. It's his daily routine, wake up at 6:30 in the morning, take a quick shower, read the paper for a few minutes and push aside any thought of her in his mind so he could make it a good and stress free day.
"Mr. Atwood! You're early!" his secretary says, looking up from her desk.
"I know, it's such a change, isn't it, Emily?" Ryan jokes.
"Ryan, the meeting's not for another hour, why don't you go and have breakfast or something?" she asks. They go through this every morning, and every time, Ryan would say no and lock himself in his office until someone comes along and actually decides to talk business.
"Again, Em?" Ryan utters with his famous half smile, "I'm not really that hungry. I've got some work to do anyway, so—
"Ryan, I'm your secretary, all the work you do, I know about. And I know that you have nothing to do until the meeting starts." Emily points out, "Now go and get some breakfast. Do you want me to call Jake so you'll have some company?"
Ryan lets out a small laugh and shakes his head, "I'm sure your husband has better things to do than eat breakfast with me."
"Nonsense. Go to the coffee shop and I'll tell him to meet you over there." Emily says and picks up the phone.
Ryan lets out a defeated sigh and makes his way out of the building once more.
tbc...