Ryan walks out of the elevator and walks towards his secretary's desk, "'Morning, Em." He says nicely.

Emily looks up from her desk and smiles, "Well, good morning Mr. Atwood." She says.

"I told you not to call me that." Ryan utters with his famous half smile, "I feel so old, when you do."

Emily laughs and shakes her head, "Heard Jake is setting you up tonight. Excited?"

Ryan lets out a small laugh, "Very." He replies with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Well, Andrea's a great girl." Emily points out, "If you give her a chance, then who knows. Maybe you guys will hit it off."

Ryan looks at her and sighs, "We'll see tonight, won't we?"

Emily nods her head, "You're still hung up on that girl, huh?" she asks.

Ryan laughs uneasily and shakes his head, "What do we have on the agenda today?" he asks, avoiding the question.

Emily lets out a sigh and looks back down at what she was working on earlier, "Well, you've gotta give Mr. Johnson a call about that clinic project for the East Village and there are some papers for you in your office from the government officials…" she says, flipping through a folder, "Not sure what it is…and then you have another meeting about the new housing development in Manhattan at 11:00." She finishes, looking up at Ryan again.

"Sounds good. I'll see you later, then." Ryan says as he begins to walk towards his office, "Oh, and if a Seth Cohen or a Summer Roberts calls, just put them straight through." He explains, remembering their conversation the night before.

Emily nods and Ryan smiles before shutting the door to his office.

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Marissa lies on the hotel bed, wide awake. "You guys are in the same city." Summer had said, "You still love him and he still loves you. I don't understand why neither of you wants to acknowledge that."

She reaches over to her night table and picks up the small piece of paper that read, "Atwood Industries 105 Sullivan Street. 555-7989"

Marissa lets out a sigh and sits up on the bed. She could stop by. She has to meet Josh at Alidoro's for lunch anyway and it's right on that street.

Her heart begins to race and the thought of her seeing Ryan again almost makes the room go hazy. She begins to re-live the times when she and Ryan were still together. Sure, it wasn't exactly the perfect fairy tale relationship but she loved him more than anything. There may never be another chance of them getting back together again, but at least he would be back in her life. And she would be more than happy for that to happen.

Marissa looks over at the clock. 9:53. If she could get ready in a half hour, she would have time to stop by to see Ryan and then meet Josh before 11:30.

Finally, Marissa gets out of bed and hops into the shower, scared more than she is excited. Seeing Ryan again felt so surreal and ironically enough, she remembers the feeling she had the first night she met him.

She was standing at the end of her driveway, waiting for Luke to come pick her up…and there he was with his black hoodie and his choker, smoking a cigarette. She remembers being so intrigued by his brooding bad boy image and the way those piercing blue eyes looked at her. She remembers how during the whole ride to Holly's house, the thought of the strange boy staying at the Cohen's house wouldn't leave her mind.

And almost 10 years later, there she is again. All those feelings come rushing back. She wondered if he was any different to how he was all those years ago. If he still smiled that half smile that made Marissa melt whenever she saw it. If his eyes still had that sparkle that made Marissa feel like he can see down to the depth of her soul.

She wonders if he still thought about her. She wonders if they saw each other again that he would still look at her the way he did all those years ago. If maybe…just maybe…he still loved her.

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Marissa looks down at the small piece of paper in her hand and then looks up at the building in front of her.

"This is it." She finds herself saying out loud, "Here goes…"

She walks into the building and stops, He's really made a life for himself here. She thinks, looking around. She walks over to the receptionist table and clears her throat nervously, "Hi, I'm umm…I'm looking for Ryan Atwood."

"He's up on the 35th floor. I'm not sure if he's busy right now, but you can talk to his secretary." The receptionist says politely.

Marissa nods and smiles before walking off to the elevator and presses the number 35. She looks up at the small screen and waits, "32…33…34…"

And finally, the door opens. Marissa gets out of the elevator and walks over to another woman behind a desk.

"Hi, I'm here to see Ryan Atwood." Marissa says nicely and she can feel her hand shaking slightly.

The woman looks up from the desk, "Mr. Atwood is behind closed quarters right now. But I can take a message for him." She says.

Marissa lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding and then clears her throat again, "Can you just tell him Marissa Cooper came by…I'm uh…" Marissa pauses. What exactly was she to Ryan these days? And finally, she shakes her head and smiles at the woman uneasily, "Never mind. I'm just gunna go…" she says.

The woman looks at her curiously and before Marissa could walk away, the woman says, "You're Marissa Cooper?" causing Marissa to turn around again.

"Do I know you?" Marissa asks, confused.

The woman looks at her for a moment and then shakes her head, "Umm, I'll get Mr. Atwood for you. Just hold on a second." She says before getting up and rushing towards another door.

Marissa stood in place, confused and wondered how that woman knew her and why she looked at her like she was some kind of freak.

Thanks guys, for all the awesome reviews. I've been having soem major writer's block with "It's You and Me" but i'll keep trying I promise. Hope you guys like this chapter...they're finally gunna meet!