Always by Your Side
Chapter Four:
"Coping"
Authors Note: hey, everyone I am back again with chapter four. I hope you like it. Happy Reading!
Love Always,
Ryrissa1993
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own the show, "The OC" or its characters just borrowing them for some more dramatic entertainment that we can never get enough of!
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Marissa just came back home from her first round of chemotherapy; it has been a rough start she is quite drained, but still has a positive attitude nonetheless. Marissa is greatly frustrated due to her having to take off some many days of school because of the chemotherapy treatments. Gratefully, Ryan and Summer have been getting her homework for it. She does as much as she can when she can. She did not expect the treatment to make her sick so soon, but the doctors say that it reacts different with each person. Ryan, seeing Marissa in pain like this is killing him he would gladly trade places with her in a heartbeat if he could. He does what he can to take care of her, rubs her back when she gets sick, holds her hair back, lays with her even when she does not want him to because he knows that the closeness of someone else is what she really needs. It hurts that this is all he is able to do. He cannot take the sickness away, the pain of the chemo. All he can do is stand by and watch it unfold and knowing her the way he does see her pull through it in the end.
Jimmy and Julie are now back home from their honeymoon and are shocked and shaken just as Marissa was when they found out. They were saddened that they were not there for their daughter. They have been doing everything they can as well as trying to get to know Ryan more. Marissa is grateful that her parents are now taking more of an interest in trying to get to know her boyfriend more importantly on being 'parents' to her as she has felt so disconnected from them for the longest time. Jimmy and Julie were ecstatic that their baby was not going through this alone if they could not be with her for whatever reason Ryan and the Cohen's would be there as backups or extra support system. It is amazing how much a tragedy can bring people together, helping that person feel better about themselves and the situation. It definitely is making Marissa's time with chemo easier to handle without the constant arguing that once was. Marissa was frightened that the next rounds of chemotherapy would be worse and she would not have as much energy as she does now on a good day; with the help of Ryan and now her parents her mind was at ease even just for mettle second everything was okay.
Here is the completed chapter four guys; again I hope you liked it. I am sorry for the shortness of the chapters, but it is short, sweet and to the point! ;) Comments are welcome. Thanks for your time, Love you all, Ryissa1993