Author's Note:
Hi everyone. Thank you all for reading this. I appreciate all the wonderful reviews everyone wrote. Just in case anyone hasn't seen. The next part begun, it's called "It can only be uphill from here."
I'm going to try and answer all the questions as the gang navigates the next few months, as Ryan tries to heal, Seth tries to repair their friendship, Marissa must figure out whether she wants to be with Ryan, who wants nothing to do with her, or whether she prefers the "friendship" of Oliver who seems to need her so badly. Summer and Luke must figure out if they actually have feelings for one another, or if it was just a mountaintop fling born out of desperation.