"I'll have a medium coffee please." He says politely.

The person behind the counter nods and walks off to take his order and then he looks at his watch. 8:14 am.

"That'll be $2.95, please." The cashier says with an obvious fake smile. Ryan hands her his spare change and walks off. Coffee here is ridiculously expensive.

"Ry! Over here, man!"

Ryan turns his head to see Jake sitting at one of the tables by the window and he smiles and walks over to his friend.

"Hey." Ryan utters, holding out his hand.

Jake takes it and says, "You're early for work again?"

Ryan lets out a small laugh and shrugs, "Well, it's not like there's anything else I can do besides work." He says as he sits down.

"Ry, you're a rich guy in New York City, you're known all over the state, and you're not that bad to look at. I'm sure there's some girl out there who would be willing to let you take her out." Jake points out, taking a sip of his coffee.

Ryan looks down at his coffee and shrugs idly. He could start dating again. He hasn't seen Marissa in years and New York is a big city. They might never see each other again, and if Ryan never gets up the courage to call her, they might never speak to each other again.

"I guess dating again wouldn't be a bad idea, huh?" Ryan says with a small laugh.

Jake lets out a small sigh, "Look man, you've gotta move on from her."

Ryan looks at him, confused, "How'd you know?" he asks. He's never talked to Jake about Marissa before. The only person he's talked about her was Emily, and that was because Ryan got smashed at the office Christmas party and began to weep like a little baby in front her…

Jake lets out a laugh and takes a sip of his coffee, "My wife and I talk, you know." He points out. Ryan laughs and fiddles with the stirrer in front of him, "Tell you what, Ry. I've got this girl I work with, she's pretty great and I've known her for a while. How about I set you up with her?" Jake offers.

Ryan shakes his head and lets out a small nervous laugh, "No, man. I don't think I'm ready yet, I mean—

"Double date. So it's not all awkward." Jake points out, Ryan looks at him for a moment and then back at his coffee, "Come on, I'm not gunna take no for an answer."

Ryan lets out another uneasy laugh, and finally nods his head, "Okay, fine. Tomorrow night. Just a casual dinner at Devin Tavern."

Jake smiles and holds up his coffee cup, "Hear, hear."

Ryan returns the smile and he takes another sip of his coffee. Maybe tonight, he could call her, just to say hi, maybe take her out one night….to catch up…nothing more…

Or he can call Summer and ask her to call Marissa to check up on her. Yeah, that sounds good. And that way he can say hi to Seth and Sandy and Kirsten too. It's so easy.

So easy.

As easy as it was to hear Marissa say she was leaving Newport for good. As easy as it was to go to New York City and start all over again. As easy as it was to let Marissa go.

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Marissa sits at a table by the window at Devin Tavern, mindlessly fiddling with a spoon while Josh was in the washroom. What's Ryan doing in New York City? Maybe this is the place he picked to start his business…she wouldn't know, she lived in Long Island. She's only in New York because Josh wants to have the wedding here and Marissa's always been bored of reading the newspaper so she doesn't even bother. If there were anything important, Josh would end up telling her about it.

He still looks so good. She thinks to herself. At this point Josh has already come back and has taken a seat in front of her. How come he never called me? Maybe he has moved on…maybe he hates me for leaving…maybe—

"Riss?"

Marissa snapped away from her thoughts and looks up at Josh, "Hmm?"

Josh lets out a small laugh and takes her hand in his, "You okay? You seem a little distracted."

Marissa forces a small smile and shakes her head, "Sorry, I was just…" she begins, but she doesn't think Josh would want to hear about how Marissa just saw Ryan, aka the love of her life, walking into a coffee shop and Marissa was too damn scared to walk up to him and say hi.

"It's nothing." She decides to say.

Josh looks at her almost suspiciously and then smiles, "Okay…well have you called your family yet?" he asks.

"For what?" she asks casually, taking a sip of her mocha latte frapuccino.

"For our wedding? You know the one that's coming up in a month?" Jake explains with a laugh, "They haven't replied to the RSVP yet."

"Oh, right." Marissa utters, remembering that she hasn't even sent them the invitations yet, but she doesn't have to tell Josh that, "Umm, I'll call them tonight." She says, her thoughts drifting back to Ryan.

Josh takes a sip of his coffee and then looks at his fiancée. "Babe, is anything wrong?" he asks sincerely.

Marissa looks at him, and seeing the worried look on his face, she takes his hand in hers, "I'm fine, Josh. I'm just…thinking about the wedding." She lies, "It's coming up really soon."

Josh lifts Marissa's hand to his lips and smiles, "It's okay to be nervous." He says softly, "I know it's a lot to take in. But everything's gunna be okay."

Marissa forces a smile. It's easy for him to say. He doesn't have an ex boyfriend that he still has feelings for running around the same city he's in.