The next day Alex and Marissa had woken up and gone for a swim and then decided on showers, separate showers. Although Alex had tried to persuade Marissa into sharing one the other girl just gave a slightly chuckle and shook her head.

Cooper Cottage

After showering Alex decided to go over and surprise Marissa. Knowing no one was home she walked in and right upstairs to the brunettes room.

When she got to the brunettes room, she stopped and smiled when she seen Marissa tidying up and singing. Walking into the room still unnoticed she silently sang along to a song she knew they both equally loved. As the other girl sang she waited knowing there was a part coming up she was going to surprise the other girl with.

"And I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete. Little pieces covered in nothing that fall. Oh may put your arms around me what you feel is what you are…"As Marissa sand quietly to herself the next thing she knew, two strong arms were wrapped around her waist and Alex singing softly in her ear.

"…and what you are is beautiful." Marissa turned around in Alex's arms and wrapped her arms around her neck trying to get Alex to dance with her. "Babe you know I don't dance." Marissa started to sway and kept singing. Smiling, Alex gave in and held Marissa closer to her, softly singing the rest of the song in her ear.

After the song Alex looked up and seen Mr. Oinky sitting on the brunettes bed next to the newly won Scooby Doo. Going over and jumping on the bed Alex picked up the stuffed pig that was once hers. "I can't believe you still sleep with this thing, he's so old how did you keep him in such good shape?"

Marissa smiled and walked over to the bed. "Well I didn't use him like a bowling ball sometimes that helps."

"Shut up."

"Make me." With that said Alex leaned over and kissed Marissa. Not wanting to break their kiss Alex leaned back slowly and brought Marissa with her.

Alex ran her hands up and down Marissa's side under her shirt and as if on cue her phone started to vibrate on bed side table. Groaning she tried to ignore it, but finally gave in, whispering sorry to Marissa.

The brunette sat up and rolled to the side, letting the blonde get her phone. "Hello… What's up?" Whoever it was must have been a friend Alex was being pretty nice. "What's wrong why are you crying? The worry was evident in her voice.

"I'm just going to go get a drink, I'll be right back." As Marissa tried to get up she felt the arm Alex had around her holds her close and she shook her head no. The brunette rested her head on her girlfriends shoulder.

Five minutes later Alex was still on the phone with the mystery person but something in Marissa told her it was Jodie. "I'm just going to go come get me later if you want to hang out." With that Marissa got up before Alex could interject and walked out of the room leaving Alex stunned and hurt that the other girl would just up and leave.

Still though she finished trying to calm down Jodie, and talked to her until she was asleep, even though it was still early. Putting her phone down Alex groaned when realization set in once again that the brunette had left her own room and gone somewhere. Letting her get the best of herself Alex got up grabbed her cell phone and went back over to her own cottage to think.

Later that night Alex decided on a walk, she hadn't talked to Marissa the rest of the day and both girls were being overly stubborn. As she walked through the clearing in the trees to her, well their spot she took a deep breath; half expecting the other girl to be there. She wasn't, and was no where in sight. Letting out a sigh she sat down on her rock and looked out into the water. She knew how Marissa felt about Jodie, but she was friends with Jodie and that made it more complicated since her and Jodie had talked things over and the latina was determined to get her back, something she didn't have the heart to tell Marissa but that she knew she knew she had to.

She sat for awhile collecting her thoughts, wondering how her girlfriend was. Stubborn or not there had always been something about the other girl that made it near impossible for her to be upset or angry with her for very long. Getting up she headed to the Cooper Cottage, noticing from outside the other girls light wasn't on. Silently going inside she headed up to her room and to her dismay found it helped. Feeling defeated she headed down to the dock to think.

When she finally got there and sat down something out on the water caught her attention. For the most part the lake was calm and empty but in the distance she seen a boat. Looking around she realized that one of the boats was gone and something in her made her certain that the person out on that boat was Marissa. Without really thinking just knowing that it had been a day and she already missed her like a love sick puppy she took over her sweater and sandals and jumped into the water.

The swim only took her about ten minutes but the water was cold, and the light breeze that was out didn't help at all. When she reached the boat she pulled herself up and came face to face with the girl she had been looking for.

"What are you doing out here?" Her voice was concerned not angry. Marissa reached for Alex's hand and helped her onto the boat before going and getting her a couple towels and a pair of shorts and shirt that they kept on the boat incase of an emergency. She wrapped the towel around her girlfriend and although she was still upset and slightly brooding the fact that Alex just swam out into the middle of the lake for her, spoke for it self. When she tried to back away a little she felt cold hands take hers, and when she looked up she found herself lost in those piercing blue eyes she loved so much.

"Stay."

"You need to change, your going to get sick, and I won't let you get sick on my account." She let go of her hands and backed away and turned around.

"Finished." The blonde moved her hands up and down her own arms trying to get rid of the goose bumps. Noticing the girl shiver Marissa grabbed the other blanket and then took off her sweater and gave it to the blonde to put on. "You're going to freeze, keep it I'll be okay." She shook her head no and the blonde knew she wasn't winning this one. She wrapped the blanket around Alex who then decided to be smart wrap her arms around the brunette's waist before she could back away. "You need to stay warm too." Alex moved the blanket so it was around the both of them.

They stayed that way for awhile neither wanting to move an inch or say a word in fear of ruining the moment. Stubborn as they were they had a soft spot for each other even though neither would truly admit it. Finally they sat down on the other blanket that Marissa had been sitting on.

"Planning to stay out here all night were you?" Alex pulled the taller girl in closer to her and felt how tense she was.

"I like it how here, no interruptions."

Alex frowned. "Sorry to ruin your plans."

"It's okay you didn't ruin anything except probably that shirt." She was trying to joke but it wasn't working. They went back to their silence, looking at the moon and the stars.

Not to long after that Alex decided to make a confession, a small confession. "I really missed you today, as lame as that sounds I did. It was like we went back to not talking for two years and I never want to do that again." As soon as the words came out of her mouth she felt Marissa loosen up a little. "I'm sorry we got interrupted earlier too."

"It's fine don't worry about it, and I missed you too. Alex I know you miss Jodie I've known that since we were kids but sometimes you have to make a choice, it can't always be both. I'm glad you two talked things over and smoothed the over the ditch but sometimes you have to decide."

"I know, it's just hard sometimes, but I never want you to feel like you come second because you don't you're my girlfriend and I couldn't ask for anyone better because there is no one." She leaned her head down and kissed the top of Marissa's head. "Try and sleep beautiful."
"I'm okay I want to look up there, where everything is so far away and makes everything else seem to unimportant. As nerdy and Seth Cohen as it might be, I love watching the moon and the stars, like there's room up there for it all and its not the same when there's one but not the other. It's almost like they're perfect together, like it was all meant to be that way from the start." Marissa felt Alex nod and hold her closer.

It came out as a whisper but Marissa heard it loud and clear. "Like you and me, meant to be."