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Chapter 18: Needs
Trey.
Trey.
Trey.
"Trey's coming." Ryan said out loud as he and Seth played Halo 3.
It was all he could think about since getting the call last week. Marissa and Summer were out shopping for what seemed to be more clothes. Summer had been complaining that nothing fit her, but what could she expect, she was almost 7 months pregnant.
"Who–oh! You mean your real brother?" Seth asked pausing the game and looking at him.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" Seth asked after a few minutes. Ryan stared at him.
"Are you serious?"
"My bad! Your Ryan Atwood, you don't talk, you walk around showing your guns off." Seth said puffing his lean body up.
Ryan rolled his eyes as Seth laughed.
"Man, lighten up. It won't be bad. I've never met him, but your cool how bad could your brother be?" Seth said shrugging and un-pausing the game.
"I don't...I told Sandy and Kirsten."
"And?"
"He's staying here."
"Ok..." Seth said looking back at Ryan who was staring at the opposite wall.
"What's really bothering you, Ryan? It's your brother. He's not bad." Seth said sighing as Ryan still didn't play the game.
"I don't want him around Summer." Ryan said quietly.
"Why?" Ryan stood up and started walking around at random.
"I just don't, ok?" Ryan snapped leaving the pool house and a confused Seth.
"Ryan's brother is coming to visit." Summer said as she picked up another onesie for the baby.
"Well, that'll be interesting." Marissa said shaking her head as Summer showed her the clothing.
"He told me, like, last week and hasn't mentioned it since. In fact he's been less talkative too, and that's saying cause he's Ryan and doesn't talk that much in the first place."
Marissa nodded in agreement. "It's weird."
"What?"
"You pregnant. Ryan not talking. Me with Alex..."
"Speaking of Alex you haven't talked about her lately. Everything ok in paradise?" Summer asked holding up some more clothes.
"No. Yes. And No." Marissa said pointing at the three separate pairs of clothing.
"And me and Alex are...she's Alex. She's moody, sexy, horny, and I'm...falling for her, but...she gets angry easy."
Summer smirked, "sounds like someone else I know."
Marissa blushed. "Julie and Caleb are going away this weekend...I think I'm going to stay with her for a few days. See, if I can fix our relationship."
"I thought you said everything was fine."
"It is. I just want to make it better."
Summer raised an eyebrow, "elaborate."
"We got...into a fight. I wanted to meet her parents...and she kinda told me off about how I treated my mom." Marissa said quietly.
"She said some stuff and...it'll work itself out." Marissa said even quietier chewing on her lower lip.
Summer nodded sadly at her friend, "it'll work itself out."
Summer paused then smiled, "and if it doesn't you can be miserable with Seth."
Marissa laughed, "why's Seth miserable?"
"Well! Lindsey, you know, is...well after everything that happened Seth thought she was into him."
Marissa's eyes widened.
"Poor Cohen!"
"Yeah...oh well! I was thinking of hooking him up with some people from school, what do you think?"
"Screams awkward."
"But, I don't want him to be a 7th wheel! He's Cohen! He's bound to get uber annoying if we don't get him a girlfriend. That or he'll get a drinking problem." Summer muttered putting some booties into their basket.
Marissa laughed, "fine! We'll look, but..." Marissa said sighing.
"You can't force him to get over you."
"He's over me 110 percent! Look at me, no one would want to do me in the state I'm in!" Summer whined just as a guy walked by and checked her ass out. Marissa giggled and shook her head,
"yeah right. Everyone thinks your hott, even for a pregnant 17 year old."
"Ryan doesn't think so." Summer muttered throwing a polka doted blanket in the basket.
"I think we should get Cohen a girlfriend." Summer announced that night as she rubbed coco butter on her stomach and Ryan read his English book. Ryan glanced up over The Tempest and raised an eyebrow.
"Seriously? And what are you doing?"
"I read in one of the books you got me that coco butter decreases stretch marks. What do you think?" Summer asked twirling around and stumbling a bit. Ryan was up in a flash and caught her before she could do anymore damage.
"Careful, Sum, you don't wanna fall." He whispered in her ear.
Summer sighed and rolled her eyes. "I'm fine, stop acting as if I'm a china doll!" She whined irritated that all he cared about was the baby and nothing else, not even her...and her needs.
"When's your brother coming?"
Ryan shrugged, "I told Kirsten and Sandy, they said he could stay here...not in the pool house probably in a spare bedroom."
Summer nodded and laid on the bed, "it'll be cool meeting him."
Ryan looked up at her and stared at her, "I don't want you alone with him, ok?"
"Ryan! He's your brother! What's he gonna do? Especially since I'm as big as a house and about as attractive as a slobbering dog." Summer huffed as Ryan laid beside her.
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Your beautiful. You'll always be beautiful and you're even more beautiful cause—"
"Just shut up and kiss me." Summer said smiling and leaning up to catch his lips.
Finally her needs were met.
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