Two days later!
Ryan arrives at the Los Angeles airport to meet Steven
Steven holds a sign with the name Ryan Atwood on it as they have never met before
He saw Steven holding the sign, he walks over to him and soon they start shaking hands.
Steven: you must be Ryan
Ryan: yeah
Steven: Well im Steven (laughs), thanks for coming down, it mean alot to us, we are going to the hotel
to dump your stuff there and then we'll meet my partner okay?
Ryan: sounds good
They leave the airport and head off to the hotel dropping his bags at the front office desk (they will
take the bags to his room later)
They go to Carl and Steven's business office, walking to Carl's office to see if Carl is
there and opens the door
Steven: Hey Carl, this is Ryan Atwood, this is Carl Hanson, he and I own the business
Carl walks over to Ryan and shakes his hand
Carl: nice to meet you Ryan, thank you for coming, have a seat
Ryan walks and sits down
Steven interrupted them
Steven: you two go ahead, I will be back in half an hour, I have another thing to do first then
I will back okay?
Carl: that's fine (steven walks away) I heard that you and your business are successful and doing so well
and We think we need your help because Steven and I have problems with graphics cause we bought some
small land but we need a very tall building and we only have short buildings, we can talk it over
tomorrow, we have plenty to discuss over the plans soo.. my building is having a party tonight
and I would like to invite you over, I will introduce you to my fiance, and lots of other guys, are you
single or married?
Ryan: I have a girlfriend, I would like to go to the party
Carl: well, steven will take you there, (he sees steven come in) there you go, Ryan is coming to the
party but I need you to take Ryan, I'm picking up my fiance soon
Steven: no problems, Ryan are you ready to go back to the hotel?
Ryan: see you at the party Carl
Carl: i will see you there
Ryan and Steven leave the office and hop into Steven's car and drove off to the hotel, Steven is waiting for him
to get ready, He is now ready so off to the party they go
They Have Arrived At The Party
Steven: wow there's so many people here, I gotta find Carl, come with me
Ryan and Steven walk towards the crowd and see Carl standing near the bar so they head over
to him
Carl (holding two wines): Hey guys, good you are both here, do you want anything to drink?
Steven: no thanks where's your fiance? I wanna to say hi
Carl: over there (Carl points to a woman in a group talking) wanna come with me and I'll introduce you to her
Steven: dont be drooling when you see her, I'm jealous already! he's got a beautiful woman and I have no one
Ryan and Carl laugh at him
Ryan couldnt see the woman as her back was facing them!
Ryan, Carl and Steven walk up to the group, and Carl slips his arm around his fiance's shoulders and
kisses her cheek and hands her a wine, she smiles at him
Carl: Marissa, Can I have a moment please I want to introduce my friend I told you about
Ryan heard him call Marissa but thought nothing of it
Marissa turns around and they look into each other's eyes
Ryan (mouth opens): Marissa Cooper?
Marissa (shocked): Ryan?
Carl (surprised): you two know each other?
Ryan and Marissa stare at each other then break away and look up at Carl
Marissa (angry): Carl, what is he doing here?
Carl: I invited him...I didnt kn.. (He saw her tears) Marissa, what's wrong? tell me what's wrong? (trying to comfort her)
Marissa: I have to go (she pulled away from him, and start running away from them)
Carl: Wait Marissa, sorry Ryan I have to go now (trying to chase his fiance) Marissa, Marissa
Ryan was shocked and said nothing
Steven turned around and looked at Ryan with a confused face
Steven: what's going on with you and Marissa?
Ryan (sighs): Marissa was my...my ex girlfriend In Newport, we broke up and she moved away without telling
her family,her friends and me but I didnt know she was living here
Steven: Oh sorry I didnt know that but why doesnt she want people in Newport know where she is?
Ryan: well, she had lot of problems in Newport and she decided to move away to start a new life, she left me
a letter without even saying goodbye,
Steven: I cant blame her if I were her I would do the same, besides she's a friend of mine,
can you wait here, I'm gonna check on them
Ryan nodded
Steven went around looking and looking for them but still could'nt find them, he asked people if they had seen them but
one man said he saw Marissa and Carl hop into their car and went home together
Steven sighed and went back to Ryan
Steven: one of my friend saw them leaving and went home, I guess you probably want to go home too.
Ryan: I feel like going back home but I'd hate to have wasted the money you have spent on me for this trip
Steven: I'm sure Carl would want you to stay and help him and me and I'm sure Marissa will calm down after a while I mean she's
shocked to see you again
Ryan: okay I will stay unless Carl doesn't want me to, I'm feeling a bit uneasy i wanna go back to the hotel now if you don't mind
Steven: sure I hope you feel much better tomorrow
Steven drove Ryan back to the hotel and went home
Carl and Marissa went to their home together without saying a word to each other, Marissa got out of the car and Carl ran around the
side of car to comfort her and walk with her to their house. They unlock the door and then they walk inside the house and sit
on the couch, he was by her side
Carl (worried): are you okay Marissa? please tell me what's wrong? I need to know
Marissa looked up at him and sighs
Marissa(upset): I'm sorry I was angry with you It's not your fault you don't know Ryan, I was kind of running away from my family
and friends in Newport to move up here, I hate living there because lots of bad things happened to me while I was living there,
I mean like drugs, depression,..um...
Carl: why did you run away from your family and friends?
Marissa: I was young and I know I shouldnt have run away from them but I had a good chance to have a good life I mean I did'nt want
my friends or my family to get worried about me, I feel an idiot and am ashamed of had doing those bad things and I dont want them to think I'm slut,
I realise now that I need to grow up and get clean so that is why I was running away.
Carl: I understand (he wraps his arms around her tight), I can talk to Ryan if you want me to?
Marissa: Carl, I dont know why I'm running away from Ryan when I saw him at the party. I'm scared of being found I mean what if
Ryan told my family or my friends that I'm here I dont want that to happen because if they found me, I might end up getting a bad life the way it used to be
before, like fighting with my mom, my dad fled to Hawaii, Ryan and I were always fighting and my friends blame me all the time but I cant cope with that anymore
Carl: Look Marissa, let me talk to Ryan and explain it all to him, I'm sure he will understand why you are upset and why you dont want to go back
to Newport okay?
Marissa nodded
Carl: Good I will talk to him tomorrow, please take it easy, do you wanna go to sleep?
Marissa: I need that, thank you for being there for me
Carl: you are my fiance I'll always be there for you
Marissa (laughs): yeah
Carl pulls her up from the couch and walk upstairs together, and then they get changed into their pjs and then they climb into bed and go to sleep .
At the hotel
Ryan couldnt believe he met Marissa at the party, he doesnt know why she's upset with him, I guess I'll find out tomorrow he thought
He picked up the phone and rang his girlfriend Sarah as he promised
Sarah: Hello?
Ryan: HEY it's me, how are you?
Sarah:OMG it's you yay i've been waiting by the phone all night yeah so im fine, you? God I miss you already,
Ryan:I miss you too and I'm good thanks, I went to a party Steven invited me to, the party was great (he wont mention Marissa or what happened there)
I'm pretty tired and I need to go to sleep I have to get up early tomorrow morning to work with Carl and Steven, I miss you
Sarah: okay same here I love you good night
Ryan was'nt sure if he loved her the same way he felt for Marissa before
Ryan: I ...um... good night
Sarah (giggles): okay bye
Ryan: bye
Ryan sighs, Sarah's like a best friend to me, I dont have feeling for her, but with Marissa I had feelings for her when
I saw her at the party, she was still so beautiful, oh god he's still in love with her but he could'nt understand why
she was running away from him, he needed to see her but he knew she had a fiance!
He was just going to have to sleep thru thinking of Marissa!