Sorry for the awful long wait. School has just started and I have soccer too so my life's pretty busy. But I've only got a few days until soccer cooles down so I should be able to post more now. But here's the next post. Please R&R! And I'll update sooner if I get more reviews :)

Chapter 8

Marissa had arrived 5 minutes after she had hung up on the phone, just like she had said. On their way to her house they decided to stop for an ice cream so they went to the pier and got two balboa bars. After having finished their ice creams they headed to her house.

"You really live here?" Ryan asked her as they were outside her house.

"Yeah, sadly" She replied. "My mom's husband, or soon to be ex-husband I guess, is like the richest man in Newport" She pointed out.

"Sounds like fun" He said

"It isn't… believe me"

He laughed slightly as they opened the door and went in.

"Marissa, is that you?" Julie called out as she heard the front door open and shut.

Marissa rolled her eyes. "Yes it's me mom" She said as she walked into the living room with Ryan in tow. "Something you need?" She asked.

"No I was just—" She started when she saw a boy standing next to Marissa. A very handsome boy might she add. "Oh I didn't know you had company" She said, shooting them a fake smile.

"Yeah… This is Ryan" She told her mom.

"Oh right, Ryan" She said, confused. "He's real?" She thought, silently. Marissa saw her confused face and smiled at her. "So, are you new here?" She asked him.

"Yeah… or well I'm just staying here temporary" He answered her.

"Why temporary?"

"Ehm… I'm just staying with my grandmother for a while"

"Oh, that's nice" She said, shooting him another fake smile. "What's her name?" She knew most of the old people as she was married to Caleb Nichol and had been introduced to most of them by him.

"Anna Atwood"

"Oh I know her. I didn't know she had a grandson though" She said, and evil grin appearing on her face. She looked at Marissa and gave her a wink.

"What?" Marissa said.

"Come on, let's quit the act right now" Julie said as she laughed slightly. She turned to Ryan. "So who are you really?"

He looked at her confused. "What do you mean?" He asked her.

"What's your real name? And where did you meet my daughter?"

"My name's Ryan Atwood and I met her at the diner last night" He said. She looked bitchy and he thought he'd better not get on her bad side. "And then I met her again at therapy and she showed me around town" He told her, honestly.

She studied him for a minute. "Was he telling the truth?" She thought to herself. He didn't look like he was lying. "Oh well I'm sorry. I just never knew Mrs. Atwood had such a handsome grandson" She said, shooting him a flirty smile.

"Mom!" Marissa said, shooting her mother a glare.

"What, he is" Julie said. Ryan started feeling kind of uncomfortable. She turned back to Ryan and saw how embarrassed he got and smiled. "When I was married to Marissa's father I had to go visit his mother once in a while and I saw your grandmother around there quite often and I've just never seen her with any kids"

"Well I don't live here and when I'd come and visit her I'd always have my dad with me and we'd just be there for the day" He said. When he mentioned his dad he didn't say it with anger, or sadness for that matter. Actually, he didn't have any emotion in him. Marissa caught on to it but decided to let it go.

"So, what is your father's name?" She asked him.

"MOM! Stop asking such personal questions" She said. She shot him a light smile. She figured he wouldn't want to talk about his father. He shot her a thankful smile.

"What? I'm just checking if he's who he says he is. I just happen to know what Anna's son's name is." She smirked at her. If he said the wrong name she's know if he was lying.

"It's okay… the name is Jack Atwood" He said.

She gave him a fake smile. "So he really is Jack's son? He at least got his good looks." She thought to herself "Well, I don't know your father much, but he was Jimmy's best friend a long time ago. I remember I always used to have such a crush on him. But don't tell him that"

Ryan just gave her a sarcastic smile.

"Well, is your father in town too?" She asked him.

"No… he's, uh… he died last year" He told her. It was the first time he had talked about his father's death. It wasn't much that he said, but still, he hadn't said another word about it. He'd just ignore it all. He didn't even go to his funeral. But he was tired of being angry.

"Oh right! I remember when Jimmy went to his funeral… he killed himself, right?" She asked, rather not realizing it was the wrong thing to say then trying to be evil.

Ryan froze. He couldn't believe what she had just said. Well, it was true but hearing it being said made his anger boil up again. He didn't say anything, just started back at her. "I've got to go" He said as he walked down the hall and opened the front door and shut the doors after him.

Marissa just stood there still. "So his dad killed himself?" She thought to herself. She then woke up from the daze when she heard the door shut and realized he was gone. "You're unbelievable" She spat at her mother as she ran after Ryan. But as she got to her front door Ryan was no where in sight. She started her car and went to look for him.