I realize I need you
She was still leaned into Ryan with her hand in his. The tears were starting to subside. "We should get back soon. Everybody must be worried" He said. "I can't go just yet" She said shivering.
He got up took off his jacket and wrapped it around her. She smiled giving him thanks. "Now you must be cold" She said. "I can take it" He said. She smiled thinking about how great he's been to her so far and yet she was still holding back.
She knew she was drawn to Ryan and that he liked her but she wasn't sure if they should be anything more then friends but she thought about the night they had and decided that they were more than friends already and no matter how scary that was she didn't want to stop that from happening.
He watched her lost in her thoughts. "What?" He said. She shook her head. "Nothing" She said with a smile. He looked at her with a smile. All of sudden a serious silence came over them and they both knew in that moment what was going to happen next. He leaned into her and kissed her and she kissed him back.
She rested her forehead against his. "Ryan I'm sorry about the whole friends thing. I don't know why I said it. I just sort of got nervous and it came out" She said. He laughed.
"It's okay I get it." He said looking at her understanding what she was trying to say. She smiled. He smiled back. "Ryan" She said. "Yeah?" He said. "I'm ready to go home" She said. "Come on" He said helping her stand up and they walked off hand in hand towards his car.
It had been a few hours and he waited patiently in the living room waiting for Marissa to come home. He just wanted to know she was safe. Mean while outside Ryan had pulled up in front of the house.
"I can come in if you want" He said making sure she knew she wasn't in this alone anymore. She looked at the house. "No I have to do this" She said looking at him. "Okay" Ryan said. She leaned in and kissed him. "I'll call you" She said.
He nodded. She got out and slammed the door shut walked up the front steps and turned and looked at him one last time. She smiled.
Inside he heard the car door slam and immediately sprinted towards the window and relief came over him when he saw her. He didn't want to be too pushy so he sat down and waited for her to come in.
He heard the door opening and the headlights of Ryan's car disappearing. She closed the door and she walked in. He stood up and looked at her. "Are you okay?" He said. She smiled sadly and the words were lost on her in that moment.
So she did the next best thing she rushed towards him and hugged him. He hugged her back. "I was scared you were hurt and dealing with it by yourself" He said. A few tears escaped her eyes.
"Well I was at first. Until Ryan made me realize that I'm not alone. You know he made me realize that I have you" She said looking at him. He smiled. "You do kiddo" He said.
"Are you okay though? I mean that looks like a nasty bruise above your eye" She said concerned. "Yeah Joey warned me about it but I didn't listen so I might have to hide in the back of the restaurant for a while until it heals" He said joking.
He sat down and she plopped next to him. "Why didn't you tell me?" He said looking at her. She shrugged. "Why didn't you tell me you knew?" She said. "Good Point but from now on you and me we gotta be honest with each other" He said.
"I promise which is a good segue by the way. So since we're being honest. You like her don't you?" She said. He looked at her with a smile. "Well I sort of have for along time now getting over her just didn't happen for me" He said.
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe you're not meant to get over her? Maybe her being here is fate's way of telling you you're supposed to be with her" she said suggested looking at him. He threw his arm around her. "How did you get to be so wise?" He said. "I learned it from the best person I know" She said.
"Yeah who's that one of those girls from the "Valley"?" He said joking. "No from you" She said. He smiled. "So on a happier note how was the dance?" He said. "You know it was a dance" She said thinking about it. A smile spread on her face. "Really fun" She said breaking out into a smile.
"Yeah?" He said. She laughed. "You know as bad as this night was it had its moments" She said. "Like Ryan coming to find you" He said teasing. "Yeah like for you the good thing that came from all of this is you kissing Joey" She said. He looked at her in amazement. "How did you know that?" He said. "I'm a girl Uncle Pacey" She said. "Good point" He said.
"I'm gonna go to bed now" She said kissing his cheek and getting up and walking towards her room. "So are you and Ryan just friends? or is there a possibility for something more?" He said calling it over his shoulder. She smiled. "There's definitely possibilities. Good night." She said.
"Hey wait a minute you know I'd like to get to know Ryan. Why don't you bring him around" He said going into protective mode. She closed her bedroom door. "Goodnight" she yelled. "Night Marissa" He said and he laughed and went to bed.
Mean while Seth had pulled up in front of Summer's. "So weird night huh?" He said. "Not all of it. I just hope Marissa's really okay" Summer said.
"Well Ryan said when he called that she's going to be okay" He said trying to reassure her. "Yeah" She said. "So thanks for tonight" He said. She smiled. "Yeah you know whatever." She said.
"Yeah so listen thanks for coming" He said. She nodded. She kissed his cheek. "Well night Cohen. Oh and thanks for the invite" She said smiling getting out.
He stood there amazed. Summer had actually kissed him on the cheek.
He snapped out of it after awhile and drove home.
He was definitely in need of some serious Seth, Ryan time.