Chapter 1 – New School and friends
Ryan looked out of the window of his dad's car, it was his first day at his new school, and he had moved from recently from Chino, his dad had a new job, mending aircraft. He pulled up to the school and got out of the car
"Have a good day at school, I will be working late, so its you and mum for dinner"
"Okay"
Ryan walked up the steps up of Harbour High school; it was a lot different from his last school, so quiet everybody focused and looking hot, he reached the office, where he filled in some forms and went to his first class of the day, further maths.
Seth arrived at school with his best friend Zach, his girlfriend Summer and her friend Marissa
"Senior year at harbour great, more studying and parties"
"Good observation Cohen! We are late for class"
"Sorry"
Lunch time had come around so quick, that Ryan had not thought about what if he could see anybody and become friends with them, he felt his luck change when somebody came to sit next to him and started to talk him
"Hi"
"Hi"
"Are you new guy?"
"Yes"
"Please to meet you, Seth Cohen"
"Ryan Atwood, nice to meet you"
Ryan and Seth shake hands
"So what brings you to Harbour and Newport "
"My dad got a job here as an aircraft engineer at Orange County Airport, so we moved her from Chino and my mum came and we left my brother and his wife, back there"
"Cool, I transferred here 3 years ago from Berkeley after my Grandma was ill, she died last year"
"Sorry to hear about you Grandma"
"So what does you brother do then"
"Well he's a pilot in the air force and fly's a lot"
"Okay, and he's married then"
"Yeah with two kids"
Ryan shows two photos of his niece and nephew
"They look very cute kids, what there names"
"Yeah, John and Cassie"
Ryan is distracted as he sees somebody that he has not seen a while, and is blushing and tries to hide from her and Seth notices this
"You are hiding from a girl are you not?"
"Yeah"
"Oh my it's Marissa Cooper, head girl and social chair of Harbour, you have a crush on her don't you"
"Yes, well I meet her during the summer, when my parents where looking for a house, I went to the pier for a cigarette and there she was chatting to another guy, he looked like a Golden Retriever, he was giving her a tough time and we got into a fight and she sorted it out, we hit it of and we spend all summer long making out, then I had to go back"
"Wow you hooked up then"
"Yeah, she is a brilliant kisser!"
Summer and Marissa went to sit down at the table farest away from Seth and Ryan and started to Chat to Marissa
"So Coop, how was your summer holiday?"
"Okay I suppose, well I meet this guy"
"Yeah, so what did he look like?"
"Sandy blonde hair, big blue eyes, muscles, and the best smile ever"
"Not like Luke then or Cohen"
"No, he said he was from Chino and his parents were moving here and were house hunting, we kept our romance a secret from my parents, oh my God, he is with Seth, what he is doing here"
"Not sure, maybe that's the new guy they are all talking about"
"Yeah maybe"
"Well it was better than me and Cohen, spending all that time on that boat it was so boring"
"You can tell me about it later Sum; I need to get to the carnival meeting"
Summer and Marissa left and then did Ryan and Seth as the lunch bell went