This scene begins at the mall. Summer and Marissa are in a high end boutique and Summer is looking for dresses. While she tries them on, Marissa looks around, sad but attempting to stay chipper for Summer. Because Summer is in seventh heaven, she is, at first, oblivious to how Marissa is feeling. There are dresses every where, and it is obvious that Summer is very hard to please and having a hard time deciding what to buy.

Summer: Hey Marissa, could you hand me that black halter dress, the silver one with the plunging neckline, oh, and the red one with the really long slit, thanks. (Marissa hands the dresses to Summer over the top of the dressing room door.) I know we've been here forever, but I just love New Year's Eve, and I want to look perfect. I just can't decide which dress to get. Have you seen any you like so far? I would kill for your figure, with those long legs, oooohhhh, it would be so much fun to buy dresses for you! I'm so jealous! But, it's not like Ryan will care what you wear! I've seen the way that boy looks at you, he'd probably drool if you showed up with in your pajamas, but wait, that might remind him of bed and then sex, so you better not do that. (Marissa laughs at Summer.)

Marissa: Summer! We've never….

Summer: Oh I know, and don't worry, Cohen swore he wouldn't tell anyone, and when I scare him bad enough, he keeps his word.

Marissa: What do you mean?

Summer: I figured you two out, you and Ryan, and it's so romantic! Love at first site, seeing each other for the first time and bringing you home to meet his family the first day he met you, I didn't know Chino had it in him! I've always wanted to know what that felt like, but let's just say, with Cohen and me, it was not love at first site. Lust for him maybe, but for me, I didn't even know who he was until Ryan helped him infiltrate my world, and then, once I did take notice of him, I thought I couldn't stand him! I guess the whole school yard idea of picking on your crushes isn't that far from the truth. In fact, Cohen considers the time we went to Kickoff Carnival and I threw up on his shoes our first date, so you can probably imagine how nice I was to him before that! But anyway, back to you, dmn, I've been around Seth too much, I'm starting to ramble just like him. Oh yeah, I know all about you and Chino. I bet you two haven't even kissed yet, am I right, because if I'm not, I have no idea why you two are so psyched for tonight. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have your first kiss with someone at midnight on New Year's Eve!

Marissa: (She can't help but giggle with excitement.) You're right.

Summer: Dmn, I'm good, but I better hurry, because we definitely have to find you just the right dress for tonight! We want to leave Ryan breathless when he sees you. For me, the goal is always to render Seth speechless, but with Ryan, he doesn't talk much as it is, so speechless wouldn't be that big of an accomplishment, but breathless, that's our goal!

Marissa: Oh, that's okay. Take your time, Summer, really. I can't afford a new dress right now, let alone one from this mall, so I'll just wear something I already own. I guess leaving Ryan breathless will just have to wait until another date.

Summer: (Clearly disappointed.) Well, okay, are you sure. I mean, I could buy you something.

Marissa: (She's very emphatic here.) No, you can't do that. I can't accept your charity.

Summer: It wouldn't be charity, and besides, it's not like I don't have the money, and I love to shop and dress people. It would be fun for me, a challenge to find the perfect dress for you.

Marissa: No, Summer, thank you, but no.

Summer: Okay, gottcha, but will you at least let me lend you one of my dresses. I know it may be a little short on you, but it will just be a Minnie, and honey, those legs of yours, they can handle a teeny-weenie Minnie skirt!

Marissa: Borrowing, I can handle that. Now come on, let's find you the perfect dress. One of us should at least look perfect tonight and rendering Seth speechless, sounds wonderful to me! You should have heard him this morning. He would not shut up; he just kept going and going and going. Is he always like this, or do the holidays bring it out in him?

Summer: Oh no, he's always like this. Just you wait till you live with us, you'll see.

Marissa: What?

Summer: Well, I just assumed Ryan would ask you. We've wanted him to find a fourth roommate since we moved in, and since you're going to Stanford, I just thought he probably asked you to. Oh, can you hand me some more dresses? (Marissa does this. While they talk Summer continues to try on, reject dresses, hand them back to Marissa, and Marissa continues to look for dresses for Summer on the racks and hand them to her periodically when she puts her arm over the door, insinuating that she needs more.)

Marissa: He did, but I'm not sure I'm going to. I mean, we've just met, like you said, which, by the way, how did you find out?

Summer: Unlike Cohen, I have a lot of friends on campus, and I'd never heard of you before, so I asked around and one of my friends works in the record's department and she said that you had just transferred here from someplace out east. Ugh, how could you live out there?

Marissa: Why do you think I moved out here? I couldn't stand it anymore! I've wanted to live in California since I was a little girl, and finally, I got my nerve up to just move. I finally realized that if I waited for the perfect time to come here, I'd never leave, because there would always be something standing in my way, and I just couldn't stand it any longer, so here I am.

Summer: Well that settles it! You cannot have your first place in California be some depressingly small dorm room. You have to move in with us. Our apartment is plenty big for you, too, and I know Ryan wants you there, I can tell. Plus, I really could use some backup! You have no idea what it's like being the only girl living with Chino and Cohen. They drive me nuts with all their Playstation and comic book talk. Now, if you live with us, I'll have a female ally, someone who actually likes normal things! They can go off and have Seth/Ryan time and we can have Marissa/Sum time, but wait, Marissa, oy that's a mouth full!

Marissa: You just said oy.

Summer: I know, and hanging around Seth and Sandy, you will, too. Their jewishness is very contagious.

Marissa: Sum, I don't think that's very politically correct!

Summer: See, you have a nickname to call me, Sum, so now we need a nickname or you. I guess I could call you Maris or just Riss.

Marissa: Absolutely not! That's what my mom called me, and trust me, you don't want to be anything like my mother!

Summer: Okay, hmmmm, let me see. What's your last name?

Marissa: That's right; I haven't even told you guys that yet, have I? It's Cooper.

Summer: That's perfect! Coop, I'll call you Coop. Coop/Sum time, it'll have to do, and so will this dress.

Marissa: Oooohh, let me see! (Summer shows the dress to Marissa but the audience does not get to see it.) If anything will make Seth speechless, that dress should do it! Wow!

Summer: Really? (Marissa shakes her head yes.) Thanks Coop.

Marissa: Coop, I like it. Well then, Sum, I guess you have got yourself a new roomy, but don't tell Ryan yet. I want to torture him some more. I think I'll tell him my answer tonight, after we leave the party and are alone.

Summer: Oh and where are you two love birds going?

Marissa: We're going back where we met a couple of weeks ago. After midnight, we're going to leave the party and spend some time together, just the two of us.

Summer: And, like I asked, where is this?

Marissa: The lifeguard stand.

Summer: You two met at the beach?

Marissa: Yeah, and we thought it would be romantic to go back there tonight. We were going to go there before midnight, so that we could have our first kiss there, but Seth begged us to stay at the party, he kept going on and on and the only way we could get him to shut up was to agree to stay.

Summer: Ignore Seth; you two should do what you want.

Marisa: We'll see, but it's getting late and we still have to go rooting through your closet for something for me to wear, so come on, you go change, I'll go wait out in the store and then you can check out and we can go!

Summer: Right, I'll only be a minute. (Summer goes back into the dressing room and Marissa walks out into the store and walks around looking at dresses. Summer walks out, dressed and ready to go and spies Marissa looking at the dresses longingly. It is obvious that Summer gets an idea. She heads back into the dressing room, rummages through the dresses until she sees one, grabs it, hides it from Marissa, goes and checks out before Marissa realizes that she is buying two dresses. Once she is done, they leave, and Marissa remains oblivious. The scene blacks out with the girls walking out of the store, laughing, and talking, and the next one opens back at Summer's house in her bedroom.)

Summer: Sorry we had to come here, but I keep most of my fancy dresses here. I really don't need too many back at school.

Marissa: How many do you have?

Summer: Oh, I'd say at least fifty. I mean, with the amount of charity events they have in Newport, you have to have a lot of dresses.

Marissa: Great!

Summer: Oh don't worry; you can just wear mine until you get a collection of your own. It's not like they're in bad shape or like Ryan will remember any of them. Just stay here, make yourself comfortable, I'll go into the closet and grab a few for you. Then you can try them on. I'll be back. Why don't you put in The Valley, season one, your education needs to begin!

Marissa: The Valley?

Summer: You mean you've never even heard of it! I figured you guys didn't watch it back east, but you've never even heard of it! That is a sin! Okay, you really need to watch it, so pop in the first disk, and I'll be back. (Marissa goes over to the TV and puts the first disk in. The camera follows Summer into the closet where she takes the price tag off of the dress she bought for Marissa and puts it on one of her hangers. She then grabs some other dresses which will not work for Marissa so that she is forced to take the new one. Once she finishes, she goes back out to the room. When she re-enters the bedroom, Marissa is curled up on her bed watching The Valley.)

Summer: Okay, so I brought out quite a few dresses, but I don't think you'll have to try on more than one.

Marissa: What do you mean?

Summer: Well, when I was going through the dresses, I came across this one that I bought last year because I absolutely loved it on the rack, but it just never looked right on me, but I think it'll be perfect for you!

Marissa: Why didn't you take it back?

Summer: It was just too pretty to get rid of. I liked looking at it when I went in my closet, and I kept hoping I would grow a few inches so that I could wear it, but obviously, that didn't happen. (She indicates her height here by moving her arms up and down showing how short she is.) So, come on, let's go, you need to try this on. (Summer goes through the dresses in her pile and pulls out the one she bought for Marissa at the store. It is a dark blue satin dress that has a slight shimmer to it, so that in certain lights it looks almost silver. It is a sheath dress, long, floor length with a long slit up the left side of the dress. It has a halter neck, but the back plunges all the way to the waist and gathers in waves below the small of the back.) This dress will be perfect with your deep blue eyes, and I know I have jewelry that will look great with it. Oh, and you should wear your hair up, somewhat loose and wispy but elegant at the same time. I hope you have shoes though, because that is one thing I don't have that will fit you. (While Summer talks, Marissa goes into the bathroom and changes. When she comes out, it is obvious that Summer knows exactly what she is doing, because the dress fits Marissa like a glove.) What did I tell you, that dress is perfection on you! Ryan will not know what hit him!

Marissa: I cannot thank you enough. This dress is more than I could have even imagined for myself!

Summer: You don't shop much do you?

Marissa: Unfortunately, no, but I do love clothes! We did not have dresses like this back in Pennsylvania.

Summer: Well then, you just have to come shopping with me more often, and after I buy new things, you'll just have to raid my closet. My clothes are now your clothes.

Marissa: I couldn't ask that of you!

Summer: Please, like I'll ever be able to do justice to all of them anyway! You saw my closet, and I have more than that back at the apartment. Besides, what are roomies for, Coop?

Marissa: You better be careful, because I could definitely get used to this! (Marissa takes the dress off and puts her clothes back on.)

Summer: I hope so, because you better stick around for a while, and if sharing my clothes will help accomplish that, take as much as you want! (Marissa laughs.)

Marissa: I just can't believe everything that has happened already!

Summer: What do you mean?

Marissa: I mean I've been in California now for about two weeks, and already I've found this great guy, someone who is beyond amazing and better than I thought possible…

Summer: Chino's all that, huh, maybe I picked the wrong brother! (Both girls laugh.) What else have you found?

Marissa: Besides Ryan, I've also found two great friends in you and Seth, and an apartment. I feel like I have more friends here and that I'm less alone in California than I had ever been in Pennsylvania with my family in the town I grew up in. It's just amazing!

Summer: And it's only going to get better!

Marissa: What else could happen, how could it become any better than this?

Summer: Because in that dress, the way you look, there is no possible way things cannot get better and I'm not talking about with Seth and me, if you get my point! One look at you in that dress and Ryan will be putty in your hands! Next year is going to be wonderful for you, because after the way your night is going to go, there's no way it won't be the best year of your life! But, wait, we better stop talking.

Marissa: Why?

Summer: Well, first of all, we only have a few hours left before the boys are meeting us back at the Cohens', and second of all, you really need to focus on The Valley. Grab that and bring it with you, we'll get ready in the poolhouse-more space that way. Plus, all of my makeup and tools are there waiting for us.

Marissa: Okay, I've got The Valley, you got the dresses?

Summer: (Emerging from the closet.) Yep, and I grabbed the jewelry, so let's vaminos! (The girls head out the door of Summer's bedroom, and as they shut her door, the camera goes to black and the scene ends.)

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