Ryan entered the house, Autumn's leash wrapped around his hand. He was sweating and panting. He kneeled down and released Autumn who looked at him obediently.
"Run along now." She wagged her tail and walked away to her doghouse outside and began to drink from her water bowl. Marissa came down the stairs in her pajama's which was Ryan's work shirt and her panties.
"Hey beautiful." He said going to kiss her. She kissed him then pulled away, she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Ew! You're all sweaty!"
"You didn't seem to mind last night." Ryan laughed entering the kitchen.
"Well I was sweaty too." She countered. Ryan opened the fridge and took out a bottle of water.
"Feel like taking a shower?" she asked turning the coffee machine on.
"With you?"
"No with Autumn." Marissa said sarcastically as their dog came in. Marissa got on her knee and patted the Golden Retriever.
"Autumn does need a bath." Ryan said nodding his head. Autumn cocked her head and whined. The other two laughed.
Seth entered the kitchen, and stretched his arms. Summer came in tightening her robe.
"Hey Cohen."
"Morning Summer my love." He said kissing the top of her head.
"Where were you?"
"I was practicing my skillz." He said nodding his head and pouting his lips. Summer went into the living room to see the Plasma and PS3 on with Dynasty Warriors 6 on aka The Ninja Game and shook his head.
"You know Ryan runs and goes to the gym every day."
"Actually three times a week and I get enough exercise from you ever night." He said pulling her towards him.
"Damn it you seem to use sex as everything nowadays Cohen. Blackmail, bribery, bargaining plea, escape chip etcetera." She said resting her head against his chest.
"Wanna play?"
"Sure." She turned into the living room, he grabbed her arm.
"I meant play. As in you know upstairs. In the bedroom. In our bed."
Ryan's shaver glided over his chin, he rinsed the cream away and turned to face Marissa who was brushing her hair.
"We're going to register for Wedding Gifts today aren't we?" Ryan asked after washing the excess shaving cream away. She nodded as he patted his face dry with a towel.
"Seth and Summer are going to come over here then we're taking the Hummer over there."
"Seriously?"
"Yes. Seth is pretty excited about it." Seth had recently bought five Hummer Limo's for Atomic Comics. Four painted for the individual Atomic County characters and the fifth painted with all of them on it, the Atomic Team, The Core Four.
"Well I'm not riding in it."
"I know you're not really for the extravagant entrance but I always wanted to ride in a Hummer Limo! And this one has all of our merchandise!"
"Marissa we don't have merchandise."
"Ryan come on. Seth pays us for letting him use our likenesses for his comic." Ryan nodded. Marissa pulled open a cabinet inside were the Atomic County Merchandise for the bathroom. Kid Chino Body Spray, Cosmo Girl Perfume, Kid Chino Shower Gel, Cosmo Girl Conditioner.
"I cannot believe Seth sold out."
"Not tested on animals though."
"Yeah didn't that guy sue for the armpit hair loss?"
"Yeah but Seth gave him a year's supply for The Team's Pudding Cups."
"Tapioca was always Seth's favorite."
"And chocolate was mine." Marissa sighed.
The Dukes of Hazzard Horn sounded outside the house.
"Why do I have a feeling that its Seth?" Ryan asked pulling his jacket on. Marissa laughed as he helped her into hers. He was in jeans, a white shirt, leather jacket. She was in jeans, a white top that ended just under her midriff and a jacket that ended just under Ryan's favorite part of her body. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck.
"I love you." He said.
"You really seemed to have gotten a hang of saying that." She said softly, enjoying the feel of his lips meeting her neck, his warm breath felt on her skin. The horn sounded again followed by a sharp rapping on the door.
"Do we have to?"
"Have to what?" she said her eyes closed.
"COOP! ATWOOD! Ándale!" they sighed and opened the door.
"Hey Summer." The said.
"Not the warmest greeting I've ever gotten." Summer said turning around. On the driveway was a black and orange Hummer H2 limo Kid Chino, Cosmo Girl, Little Miss Vixen and the Ironist were on as decal. Seth was sticking out the sunroof in the middle of the long limo.
"Ryan! How awesome is this?!"
"I am not riding in that thing." Ryan said.
"Carl punch the horn again." The horn sounded a third time.
"Nope." Ryan pulled the Rover keys out of his pocket and pushed the alarm. The car beeped as the driver and passenger doors opened.
"Ryan! Come on. Look at this." Seth vanished and the back door opened. The interior of the Hummer looked like a lounge from a private first class plane attending to the recreational needs of everyone their age. Marissa looked at Ryan with her head leaning to one side towards the limo. Ryan sighed and pressed the alarm again, the doors slammed shut and the alarm beeped.
They approached the counter of the store.
"Atwood and Cohen?" they nodded.
"Here, all floors are open." She put two scanner guns in front of them. The screens on the back held their names. ATWOOD and KOHEN
"It's C-O-H-E-N!" Seth exclaimed.
"Calm down." Summer said quickly changing the letter.
"And here's me thinking that Seth was the one good at technology." Marissa said as she and Ryan walked away.
"Marissa do we really need to do this? We already went shopping for all our stuff when we moved in together."
"Yeah but what about the ski lodge?"
"We only just began construction on it and how do you plan on shipping stuff from here to there?"
"Ryan construction will be done in two months, and we can use Seth's Hummer's."
"No pleather couches touch my Hummer's." Seth said.
"Seth when did you turn into a Newport Bobblehead?"
"Dude I sold four offices and the house in Rhode Island, apartment in Manhattan, house in Laguna and mansion in Palm Springs for those Hummers."
"How much were the Hummer's?"
"Five million."
"Hmm. The Mansion was valued at five point four. What'd you do with the rest Seth?"
"I-."
"He bought the movie rights back from Zach and George Lucas and started his own production company." Ryan and Marissa shook their heads. They went their separate ways. Ryan took the scanner and went to the lounge set section. He sat and stretched on various recliners till he found an automatic one.
"This one when someone sits on it finds it and re-calibrates itself to suit the premium comfort level for the back, oh check it out the arm folds out to hold the remotes and a drink, speakers in the head rest, iPod applicable! Marissa we have to get this." Marissa laughed and nodded. Ryan scanned the barcode then scanned the matching armchairs and couch.
"Hey how about office stuff? Your old chair is falling apart. The newest thing in there is the HoloTable."
"Yeah I guess. How about this chair in the office." Ryan rescanned the chair. Marissa took the scanner off him and marched to the office section.
Ryan and Seth were sleeping on a couch in the lounge section when Marissa and Summer came down.
"Shoppers fatigue." Marissa whispered as Seth's head drooped on Ryan's shoulder. Summer shook her head and took out a pen from her purse and threw it at them.
"AH!" Seth jumped over the couch. Ryan yawned and threw the pen back at her.
"Can we go now?"
"Yes." Marissa said sitting on the couch and squeezing his hand, resting her head on his shoulder.
"By the way, Seth ever sleep on my shoulder again and I'll set Autumn on you."
"Kay." Came a muffled voice.
"Cohen get up."
"I would but my pants are caught on something." Ryan and Marissa turned over to see Seth's pants caught on a hook from a beam.
"Wow." They laughed.
"Its not my day."
"Aw I can make it better." Summer said as she freed him. She kissed him.
Ryan and Marissa entered the house and turned the alarm off. Autumn came leaping at them. The phone beeped, meaning they had a message. They entered the kitchen and Ryan got a bottle of water each out for them as she played the message.
"Received at five twenty six PM." Said the voice messaging system.
"Marissa, I'm at Mum's house and well we had a fight so I'm in the pool house."
"Is that Kaitlin? Isn't she supposed to be in Tokyo with Hailey?"
"She is. She was supposed to be coming back next week for the wedding."Marissa said looking out the kitchen window. There was movement in the pool house.
Kaitlin is the new Hailey, who wants a Kaitlin back story? Also I'm thinking of putting this story on hold and writing a series of one shot's on what happened after graduation. Review please and tell me what you think.
