2 weeks later….
Ryan and Addison had officially been adopted, and they moved in with the Cohens. They had made the guest room into a cute little pink room for Addison and the pool house was for Ryan. It was the best thing that had ever happened to both Ryan and Addison. Addison had parents, and Kirsten and Sandy were great with her, and Ryan had a good influence and he could actually be a kid.
Ryan and Marissa had been spending a lot of time with each other, so had Seth and Summer. At first Summer wasn't so thrilled with the idea, but she went along with it, because she knew how much Marissa liked Ryan. Holly had backed off Ryan a little bit but at every party they went to Holly was all over Ryan asking him to stay the night with her.
Ryan was leaving the next morning for Hawaii, and the Cohen's were planning on taking a 2 week vacation to go visit him and watch him in the Pipeline. Marissa was also going to come along too. She convinced Summer to come along with her, actually it wasn't too hard to convince Summer to come to Hawaii. Her and Summer would be going up with the Cohen's, but staying in there own room.
Tonight was the kickoff carnival, and also Ryan's going away party. One thing Holly was good for was throwing parties. She had arranged a party at her beach house after the carnival for Ryan. Surprisingly since Ryan had come to Newport he had made a lot of friends. None that he would be really close with but everyone loved him. He taught a few of them how to surf, and the water polo players had even gone easy on Seth since Ryan had come.
Se: "Ryan are you excited for tonight?"
Ry: "I don't like rides."
Se: "you're a bag of fun bones!"
Ry: "Seth! I'm not a big fan of Holly's parties especially since this one revolves around me going away."
Se: "you don't want to go?"
Ry: "no I do! It just makes me more and more nervous as the day approaches.
Seth and Ryan had become so close they were practically brothers. They talked about everything and Seth was so grateful to Ryan, because of Ryan Summer actually knew his name. There was a knock on the door and Seth ran to grab it.
Se: "oh Hello Marissa. Summer."
Ma: "Hey Seth! You pumped for tonight!"
Su: "hi Cohen"
Se: "sure am! Come on in Summer, Marissa Ryan is upstairs playing with Addison."
Ma: "OK I'm going to get him. I thought maybe we could all go out and grab a bite to eat before."
Se: "sounds great."
Marissa ran upstairs to get Ryan, and summer walked more into the house. Seth was a nice guy, but he was still a little geeky for her.
Su: "you have a nice house Cohen."
Se: Thanks Summer. Care to sit."
Su: "Sure. So what do you plan on doing when Ryan leaves."
Se: "Actually haven't really thought of it. I'm not exactly in with your crowd."
Su: "my crowd?"
Se: "you know the water polo players who pee in my shoes, Holly and Kelly who snub me whenever I come near them. Its like all you guys want it Ryan and I'm his annoying tag a long friend."
Su: "your not, you are different but its good. You're a lot nicer than those water polo guys. Be glad your not like them." Summer said sincerely. She honestly felt bad for Seth, she never knew he felt this way.
Se: "right. Well ill never be cool enough to be seen with you in public."
Su: "no. but no one is. Not even Marissa." Summer joked.
Ryan and Marissa came charging down the stairs.
Ma: "Ready to go guys?"
Su: "ya lets go to the pier."
They all walked down the pier talking and laughing. Over the past 2 weeks they had become like the fab 4. They were always together. When they were together summer and Marissa never had to worry about their image. Or what they were wearing or the bag that they carried like they did with Holly and Kelly. When they hung out with Ryan and Seth things were very laid back. Seth was even starting to grow on Summer. Sure he was dorky, but he was a really good guy, not like all the other guys at Harbor.
Once they arrived at the carnival, they all decided to go on some rides.
Ma: "come on Ryan I love the Ferris wheel!"
Ry: "Marissa I hate heights."
Ma: "come on ill protect you."
Su: "Well I'm all about the spinney rides. Cohen lets go on the Spinner."
Se: "ya lets go!"
Ryan and Marissa headed toward the Ferris wheel on got on.
Ry: "you like this?"
Ma: "of course! How can you not!"
Ry: "Heights."
Ma: "But you almost kill yourself surfing everyday?"
Ry: "I'm not this high up." Ryan laughed.
Ma: "so are you excited to leave?"
Ry: "ya nervous as hell though."
Ma: "you'll do fine. I've seen you surf."
Ry: "ya but you haven't seen my competition."
Ma: "im sure youll do great. Besides ill be there cheering you on."
Ry: "I know I can't wait." Ryan said seriously looking at Marissa.
Ma: "Well maybe you don't have to." Marissa said leaning into Ryan.
At that moment they knew it was right and they kissed. They pulled away and looked at each other. They smiled and kissed again. It soon turned into a make out session for the 5 mins they were stuck at the top. Ryan even forgot all about his fear of heights.
Meanwhile Seth and Summer had just gotten off the ride and were walking toward the cotton candy stand.
Su: "I love cotton candy."
Se: "2 cotton candy please." Seth said to the vendor.
Su: "Thanks Seth that was nice."
They began walking toward some of the deserted benches, to talk and each their cotton candy.
Su: "I think its great how you and Ryan have gotten so close."
Se: "ya he's like the brother I've never had."
Su: "So what's the best thing about Ryan being here?"
Se: "Honestly? You." Seth smiled.
Su: "what? Me?"
Se: "iv always wanted to talk to you. I've had a crush on you since kinder garden Summer. You never seemed to notice me. Since Ryan came I actually got your attention, so ya, you would be the best thing."
Summer smiled. It was the nicest thing anyone had ever said to her. at that moment she got caught up in Seth's words and she grabbed his head and planted a kiss right on his lips. She pulled away and looked at Seth's shocked face. Eventually his shock turned to happiness, and he smiled.
Su: "come on let's go find Ryan and Marissa."