Chapter 4

It was a crisp January Day in Paris Taylor was sitting up in bed, when a nock on her door and then it opened her new boyfriend Jean-Paul.

"Ah my lovely good morning"

"Morning"

"What are we doing today, oh you have university today"

"Yes, then we can go out for dinner"

"Good idea"

Taylor thought that was what Ryan always used to say to her she missed him so much it was her fault that they split up and she had entered up with Jean-Paul her French buddy, in his apartment.

She had not been back to Newport this Christmas; she had spent it with Jean-Paul at his Normandy house with his parents. She wanted to come home to sort out things with Ryan and chat to Summer about her experiences in France, the only contact they had was over MySpace which was worse than seeing the person, face to face.

Taylor got dressed and stepped out into the Paris sunshine, it was not like Berkley or Newport, but it will do for now.

Marissa was sitting in the University library looking at books on fashion designers of the last 20th Century to do for an assignment; she was looking forward to going home to see her mom & dad and maybe Ryan. Her school holidays were always short and always going away to Greece were her parents owned a boat and a holiday home. She had got into sailing and meeting Greek waiters, but nobody was good for her. Christmas was the only time she would go to Newport, dinner at the Cohen's for Boxing Day, she felt like the outsider and shy of seeing Seth & Ryan with their girlfriends. So he was excited this time to see Ryan and maybe talk to him.

So as everybody came home for the week during late February, Ryan was hoping Taylor was coming so they could talk things over, but as the case was it was not to be. Instead he saw a blonde haired girl about 5"7 with bright blue eyes. She smiled at him and blushed, he felt attracted to her in some way like they had meet before when they were young, but he was not so sure.

As dinner progressed Ryan was bowled over with her east coast way of speaking he found it very different from the west, he had fallen head over heals for her and he was getting into a sweat and he was falling in love. Marissa was feeling the same way shy and nervous. After Dinner they were doing the washing up together. She noticed that this was the same guy she had loved throughout her life.

Marissa's Parents had noticed the spark that was starting been to them.

"I think you daughter likes my son" said Sandy with a smile across his face

"Yes, I do see the connection" said Julie looking at Sandy with a smile across her face to.

After that dinner Marissa and Ryan went to talk outside about there lives and what had happened to them since they were little

"So you went to catholic boarding school, and are doing fashion marketing"

"Yes, you?"

"Well I'm doing Architecture and I have spilt up from my girlfriend, she had an affair, whist on a placement year"

"OMG you and that brown haired girl spilt up the cow"

"Yeah, it's her fault more than mine"

"I'm so sorry for you"

"Thank you"

"Ryan would like some coffee?"

"Yes, please I would love some coffee"

Ryan went back into the house and had some coffee with the rest of the family with included Sophie, Seth & Summer.

Marissa was pleased that she had some time to talk to him and they were making some ground.