As morning came Ryan rolled over onto his back, he stared at the ceiling thinking about everything that had happened since storm Taylor had come back into town. He was so conflicted; angry with the man who hurt the woman he loved and then angry at the woman who ran away from him.

He turned over reaching for his cell phone; he dialed the only person he could talk too.

"Yo, Ruff night."

"How long have you known about Taylor?"

"Only since yesterday afternoon, look Ryan; take my advice, wait for her to come to you."

"She left me, Seth, I am not waiting around for her anymore."

"Seriously Ryan, get over yourself. A man raped your girlfriend," the phone went dead.

Ryan threw the phone across the room, knocking a framed photo of him and Taylor to the ground.

'Could this get any worse', he thought.

He walked over to his broken phone, placing the battery back on to cell phone and as he hit power the cell phone started ringing.

"How bad was I last night," he said after looking at his call id.

"How would I know, I was just as drunk as you."

"Don't pull the crap with me today, just tell me what happened."

"I am pretty sure I told her we talked and I'm pretty sure she's gonna kick my ass. I haven't seen her yet but I am hiding in the guestroom. I guess Seth isn't happy with my performance last night either."

"Great."

"Ryan, you have to talk to her. I heard Mr. C saying something about having to pick Taylor up off the grass in your backyard in the pouring rain last night. I just don't want her to do something stupid, Ryan I can't lose another friend."

It hit him like a ton of brinks, this wasn't about him; it was about the people he loves. He had a right to be mad all this time but the moment Summer told him the truth he should have dropped everything and gone to her.

'I'm being selfish and stubborn; it was going to end right now', he thought before speaking again.

"I am in love with her still."

"I know your're in love with her, you don't have to tattoo it on your arm, it's that goofy grin you get when someone says her name or the wrinkle you get on your forehead when you're thinking about her," she said, watching Seth walk into the guestroom with princess sparkle.

"Hey Ryan, I gotta go, Seth has princess sparkle hanging from a rope," she said in a serious tone," Cohen I'm gonna kick your ass."

Ryan rolled his eyes laughing at his friends.

The quiet of the pool house where Taylor was lying on the bed, typing on her laptop was ended when she heard Summer screaming. She jumped to her feet running towards her friend's voice. Even though she was anger at her friend for spilling her secret to Ryan the sound of her shirking was enough to send her over the emotional edge.

When she got to the pool house window, she became witness so something she never saw coming. Seth had Summer in his arms and he was dangling her over the pool. She was screaming for him to put her down, while he just kept saying something about crossing a line. In moments, Summer was thrown into the deep end of the pool, shoes and all.

Taylor watched as Summer swam to the side of the pool, she was laughing as she grabbed his lower body taking him into the water with her. In a moment they were kissing and pushing each other under the water, Taylor loved watching them being in love.

Before she could blink again, Summer was crying as Seth picked her up setting her on the side of the pool then he pulled himself out of the pool. He placed his face close to hers causing Taylor to opened to door to hear them.

"Cohen, what did you just say?" she said with tears in her eyes.

"I said, marry me, Summer Roberts," he whispered into her ear pulling a soggy little black velvet box from his pant pocket.

She whispered back, "yes."

Taylor closed the door and brought the blinds down so they could have privacy. This moment was a long time coming for her friends, made perfect by another silly fight that has already been forgotten.

The drive to the Cohen's house was longer then usual, traffic on the 55 Freeway was backed up from the 5 freeway to its end in Costa Mesa. Ryan was stuck in the horror of evening commute, trying to get to the Cohen's to talk to Taylor. As he entered the driveway he noticed extra cars in the driveway.

Ryan didn't come to see anyone but Taylor so he walked around the side of the house, skipping the front door. As he rounded the house into the backyard, he noticed many voices all-talking at the same time. Not that it was very uncommon with his family but one voice he hadn't heard in years, Dr Robert's. As he got closer he saw Taylor standing next to a glowing Summer; both were wearing floral dresses. Seth was shaking Dr. Robert's hand and Kirsten was crying on Sandy's shoulder.

It didn't make any sense to Ryan, till Summer raised her hand and he saw it. The ring Seth had been carrying around for months, waiting to ask her to marry him was now on her finger. Every thought he had about his mission today was thrown out the window as he walked over to his best friend and brother; he put his arm around Seth's neck forcing him into a hug.

"You did it man, I am so proud of you."

"Well I blame you for all of this, if you hadn't gotten my girl all drunk and stupid last night," he said before Summer's hand covered his mouth.

"Atwood, don't listen to him, he's crazy, it's the Cohen talking," she said replacing her hand with a kiss.

She then let go of Seth to hug him and whispered, "Go talk to her, Ryan."

"Later, right now it's about you and Seth," he said looking over at Taylor; who was talking very animated with Sandy. He watched her hands as she spoke with him about a class at Cal. As her hand traveled to her face, she pushed a hair behind her ear as her eyes hit his.

His eyes never leaving hers, as he walked away from the happy couple, passing Dr. Roberts and Kirsten with a smile stopping only when he reached to Sandy and Taylor. Ryan's daze was broken as Sandy shook his hand and mumbled something about not needing matches.

"Hey," she said breaking eye contact, looking at her hands.

"Hey, look Taylor, I want to talk to you, so meet me later," he said touching her chin, gently moving it up.

Her eyes met his again, "Anywhere, anytime."

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Thanks to my fan-freaking-tastic beta Lex. Let me know what you think, peace out.