A few days later

Alex had been looking for Marissa for awhile but gave up when she couldn't find her figuring the girl needed a little alone time. Making her way through the trees she stopped when she came to the small clearing and seen the girl she had been looking for sitting there staring out into the water. She watched her for a few minutes, all the while wondering what was on her mind. She almost didn't want to disturb the girl she seemed so lost in thought like she was lost in her own little world that was far away from where they were.

"What you thinking about?"

"You scared me a little, and wouldn't you like to know." Marissa smiled not bothering to turn around.

The blonde tilted her head to the side a little and moved forward and sat down on the rock next to the one the brunette sat upon. "Tell me."

"What are you thinking about."

"I asked you first." Alex retorted, sending both girls memories into the past, causing them both to smile. "What you looking at then?"

"The water."

Alex smirked. "The water? Isn't that like totally boring."

"No it's not, do you always talk this much or is this a special occasion just for me."

"Well haven't all these years just turned you into a comedian."

"I learned from the best…" Alex smiled. "Summer just always seems to make people laugh, and you know she is dating Cohen." The blonde rolled her eyes and stared out into the water.

It became silent but neither girl was bothered. "Tell me what you were thinking about." It wasn't demanding but a soft request.

"How much I love being up here, it's so calm and peaceful, I don't know it's just dumb."

Taking her eyes of the water Alex looked at the girl sitting next to her. "It's not dumb."

Marissa rolled her eyes. "Yeah it really is. I can't even explain it, it just gives me this feeling like I can take on the world."

"I know exactly what you mean, this place has always done that for me."

Not taking her eyes off the water the other girl smiled. "So what were you thinking about?"

"How do you know I was thinking about anything, maybe I was just looking for you." She tried to cover not wanting anyone to know exactly what she was thinking about.

Finally looking away from the water and at the other girl Marissa raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, that's the rule."

"Rules were meant to be broken."

"Not this one, so out with it."

Alex thought for a minute. "Johnny is throwing a party, wanted to know if you wanted to go, thought it might be fun."

Thinking for a minute Marissa agreed. The girls went back to their silence, and watched the small waves from the boats crash softly against the rocks they were sitting on.

Couple Hours Later

Alex got out of the shower and tried to figure out what she was going to where. She wasn't normally one to put much thought into what she was going to where but for some reason it mattered to her tonight.

Finally getting annoyed she put on a pair or low rise jeans and was walking around in her jeans and bra trying to find a shirt when her cell phone started to ring.

"Hello?"

"Alex please don't hang up." She heard from the other end of the line. Giving a huff the girl just listened and went about going around her room trying to find a shirt.

After fifteen minutes of listening to Jodie go on and on Alex had finally had enough. Not wanting to start trouble with the girl Alex decided on a simple response. "Bye Jodie." She flipped her cell closed. Marissa knocked lightly on the door and Alex through a Ramones shirt on and told Marissa to come in.

"You alright?"

"Peachy." Alex sat down on her bed and put on her Converse. "Ready to go?"

"To a party, always. I'm ready to bust a move." Marissa tried to do the sprinkler and then the running man but it didn't work out so well and the blonde just looked at her and smiled.

At the party

"Marissa slow down, and since when do you drink?" Alex said as she watched Marissa funnel another beer.

Marissa swallowed the beer in her mouth and smiled. "I'm from New Port Beach it's what we do, it's in my blood."

A couple hours later both girls were more than slightly intoxicated when the Cha Cha slide started to play. Shaking her head, Alex looked down not wanting to be seen at a party that played that song. When she looked up though she seen Marissa shocked expression and before she knew it she was with the taller girl on the dance floor.

"No, no, no times infinity and beyond plus one, there is no way in hell I am dancing. I don't dance Cooper and I sure as hell don't dance to this."

"Come on, please." She pouted.

"I'll watch you, from over there." Alex pointed to a spot on the wall, and started backing away slowly.

Another hour went by before both girls got bored with the party and decided to stumble back to the Kelly Cottage and watch a movie.

"What shall it be?"

"Hmm…Night of the living dead. But, every time someone screams we have to take a shot."

Alex raised an eyebrow. "A shot of what, juice?"

"Tequila."

Alex sat on the couch after she put the dvd in while Marissa grabbed the two bottles of tequila and the two shot glasses. Setting them on the table in front of the couch she sat on the floor in front of the blonde and poured the first two shots.

"You don't have to sit on the floor you know there's plenty of room on the couch for the two of us. Unless you suddenly got a case of elephanitis."

Shaking her head the taller girl sat up and sat next to her friend on the couch as the movie started. "I love this movie." It was almost a whisper but it didn't go unheard.
"Really? Me too." The girls looked at each other and smiled.

Within a twenty minutes the already tipsy girls finished off 10 shots and were passed out on the couch. The rest of the movie still playing as the girls just laid there cuddled and fast asleep.

Next Morning

When Marissa woke up she had a hell of a headache. Opening her eyes slowly trying to remember where she was a smile crept upon her face when she realised. Looking around she seen the tequila bottles and then she realised the hand that was holding hers, and the person laying next to her on the couch. She laid still as to not wake the other girl, and secretly not wanting to move or wake the other girl because she loved exactly where she was.

A few minutes later though the other girl awoke from her slumber and when the sleep cleared from her head she moved her arm from around the other girl and apologized.

Smiling, only to hide the sadness Marissa got up, stretched and gave a little yawn. "I'm going to go home and change, take a shower, meet me there in say a little bit, we'll go wake boarding or something?"

Half asleep the blonde nodded and smiled as she watched the other girl walk out of the room. Once she was gone the smile faded and was replaced with a frown as she cleaned up the evidence of their drinking and headed for her room.