"…And now I'm here.", Ryan finished the story of his life. He looked at Kelly.
She was taken aback by his story. She could feel his eyes on her, she had to say something.
"I'm sorry. I had totally misjudged you. I thought my parents took you in to replace me or something, that's why I was acting quite bitchy."
She looked at him. He smiled.
"Understandable. What about you? Why'd you ran away?"
"Oh. Me and dad had , like, a huge fight about me drinking and doing drugs. And I thought that I needed a time out, you know, to think it over. At least that's what I told them. But now I'm back. I realized I didn't need a time out any more."
"Are you going back to school?"
"Yeah. Mom called Dr. Kim yesterday and I'm going this week, then I'm gonna do a test, to see if I have do this year again. I hope not. I'm in the same grade as my best friends, and we've always had this goal to graduate together, but I'm a really good student, so I think I can manage" she smiled. "Today will be my first day. I can't wait to see the look on Marissa and Summer's faces" she added, making Ryan look up.
"You're a friend of Marissa?" he wasn't surprised, they had been neighbors, like, forever. And Marissa knew alot of people.
"Yeah. Why, do you know her?"
"I do. She's my girlfriend"
Kelly was a little surprised by this. "What about Luke? Isn't Marissa with him?" She knew it was a stupid question, since Ryan had clearly said Marissa was with him.
"Well, she was, but he cheated on her"
It was almost 7am when Sandy entered the kitchen, it looked like he was gonna go surfing. He got a bit surprised at the sight of Kelly and Ryan sitting at the kitchen island and chatting this early.
"Hey, you guys are up early" he looked at his daughter.
"Well, either of us could sleep, so we've been talking, getting to know each other." Kelly answered.
" Good for you. I'm gonna go surfing. Do you still like to surf, Kelly?" Sometimes Kelly used to go with Sandy and they surfed together.
"I love it. I've actually learned some new stuff when I was gone. I used to hang with a few guys that taught me."
"Great, maybe you can show me some tomorrow after school, it's Friday, so I think I can get out early from the office" Sandy suggested, he would love to spend some time with her. He had a feeling that Kirsten was going to take her out on a shopping spree today.
"Ok, have fun"
Kirsten had just woke up. Sandy was gone, probably off surfing. She missed him already. Mornings used to be their time. She decided she would go up. She went into the bathroom to wash up a bit before getting dressed. She put on a pair of black pants and a beautiful grey top. She put on some make-up and a necklace Sandy had given to her on her birthday.
She walked into the kitchen only to see Ryan and Kelly talking and laughing. Kelly looked up.
"Hey mum!" she smiled "I made some coffee for you"
Kirsten smiled "Thanks honey." Kirsten poured some coffee into a cup and took a sip.
"What have you guys been up to?"
"Well, we've been talking all morning, and now we know each other a little better. Where is Seth?"
"Are you guys talking about me?" Seth yawned as he too entered the kitchen.
"No, I should go and get dressed." Kelly said as she got to her feet and walked out of the kitchen.
She went into her room and into her wardrobe. She didn't know what to wear. She ended up in a pair of jeans and a cool black top with an angel on the chest. She brushed her hair and put on some make-up and the necklace she wore everyday, her mum had bought it for her when she turned 14. She checked herself out in the mirror before she went downstairs.
Sandy had now returned from his surfing, he was in the kitchen eating a bagel with creamcheese when she came in.
"You look beautiful sweetie!" Kirsten said , looking at her daughter.
"Thanks, you too" Kelly smiled
"I'm gonna give you guys a ride to school, so you better hurry" Kirsten said. "Are you ready?"
"Yeah, I can't wait to meet Summer and Marissa! Lets go. Seth! Hurry!"
They finally arrived at Harbor School. The kids said goodbye to Kirsten and she drove off.
"Coop, why are you so quiet?" Summer asked Marissa as they walked up to the school
"I don't know, I didn't sleep well." Marissa answered. "Oh, there is Ryan and Seth. And some girl…"
"What! That Anna or whatever?" Summer asked suspiciously.
"No…Oh my god" Marissa said when they got closer
"Is that…no. It can't be…."
"Kelly" Marissa finished the sentence for her.
Kelly looked around to see if she could spot Summer or Marissa, and there they were! Coming right towards them.
They walked up to them.
"Oh my god, Kelly?" Summer didn't believe her own eyes, luckily Marissa saw her too.
"Hey Summer, Marissa. Guess who's back?" Kelly said happily.
Marissa hugged her. "It's so great to see you"
"Aww…you too" Kelly smiled and let go of Marissa "Summer! You look great!"
"Thanks. You too" They hugged.
Seth and Ryan went to class
They three of them walked towards their lockers.
"I'm sorry Mariss, I just gotta ask. Did you and Luke broke up?"
Marissa looked at Ryan, then she said "Yeah. He…he cheated on me in TJ"
"Ass. I can't believe him. How could he do that to you?"
" I don't know…He was with Holly…." Marissa said, Kelly had also been a friend of Holly's
"Holly Fisher?" Marissa nodded. "Oh my god! How could she do that? I doubt you guys are still friends, am I right?"
"Yeah, we're not." Marissa said. I felt good with Kelly back, she was such a sweet person." And before the TJ thing I actually slept with him" It just slipped out.
"You slept with Luke! I thought you guys never….Never mind" Kelly realized it would be stupid to talk about it. They had reached their lockers.
"I have to go to Dr. Kim's office, catch you later. Bye." Kelly took off.
Summer and Marissa walked through the hallway.
"So, she's back, huh?" Summer said. " That's awesome. I've really missed her"
"Yeah, me too" Marissa smiled.
Kirsten was on vacation. She actually hated just sitting around the house doing nothing. She decided she would call Sandy.
"Hello?" She heard her husband answer.
"Hey honey, it's me. How's it going?"
"Kirsten! It's going great. Why are you calling?", He couldn't help but ask, sometimes she just called because she was bored, sometimes because something had happened.
"Can't a woman call her husband to see how he's doing? Bad time?" Kirsten teased, she could hear he was glad that it was her.
"Of course. No, actually, now is a great time. I've just finished working with a case. Are you starting to get bored?" He knew her so well.
"Yeah. Are you free for lunch?" She needed to see him.
"Yeah, sure. Can you pick something up and come over here?"
"That sounds great. I love you, Sandy. See you." Finally she had a reason to get out of the house.
"Oh, I love you too, my beautiful bride. Bye." Rachel entered his office.
" Was that your wife?" she asked.
"Yeah, she's coming over for lunch."Sandy said.
At Harbour, Marissa, Summer and Ryan were having lunch. Kelly came over to them, without food, but with a coke.
"Hey, can I sit here?"
"Sure, aren't you gonna eat?" Ryan asked ,looking at her coke.
"No, I'm not hungry." She simply answered.
Seth and Anna came over.
"Can we sit here?" Seth asked.
Summer looked suspiciously at Anna, them she nodded and said sharply "Sure"
