So what do you think of New Port?
"So Ryan when is Marissa actually getting here?" Seth said sitting in the chair in the pool house a daily ritual waiting for Ryan to get his stuff together for school. "I don't know She said she'd be here by seven thirty" He said looking for his bag behind the counter. Seth looked at his watch.
"Well it's a little past seven thirty man" Seth said sarcastically. Ryan glared at him. "You know if you're so worried you can walk" He said finding his bag. Meanwhile Summer and Marissa got out of the car in front of the Cohen's to get them so they can go.
"I'm just saying Coop you could be a little more organized and then this way you won't be late" She said walking around the back of the house. "Come on Sum it doesn't happen everyday" She said.
"Coop it's happened every time I've went to school with you. I'm just saying If you keep it up your gonna get detention" Summer said. "Thanks Sum but I hardly think they make the social chair spend a day in detention. I mean the reason I've been so flaky lately is because of the carnival. I mean I hardly even got any sleep last night there's so much to do" She said.
They walked in and Seth looked up. "Finally now we can go if Ryan would put a step on it" Seth said. "Hey Cohen pipe down" Summer said. "Sum you were just arguing with me about being late just before we got here" She said reminded her.
"I'm gonna wait in the car" Summer said. "Me too can you guys kindly come on" Seth said leaving. Ryan stepped out of the bathroom and immediately a smile came to his face when he saw Marissa there.
"Hey. Where's Seth?" He said coming over to her. She smiled. "Well he's outside with Summer apparently we're a little to slow getting ready in the morning" She said. He laughed. "Let me guess Summer gave you the late to school speech?" He said.
"Yeah as Seth did with you. I mean is it only obvious to us that they're meant for each other" She said kidding. "Apparently" He said and he kissed her. "Okay lets go before Seth freaks" She said. "And Summer has a rage black out" He said sarcastically grabbing his bag. He followed her out and went to the car.
That afternoon Marissa was setting up for the carnival with the help of the rest of the committee. She even got Summer to help which was an accomplishment. She was tired and there was still so much to do. She held the clip board in her hand and started talking
"So we got the tilt a whirl, but where still waiting on the Ferris wheel" She said. "Yeah Coop did you find out what's the deal with that?" Summer said. "The guy promised by six so hopefully it gets here in time for tomorrow" She said.
"I hope so. I'm gonna help out make sure the vendor stands are being put together the right way" Summer said.
"Or you could actually help put the stands up" Marissa said. "And break a nail Coop come on" She said walking away. Marissa laughed. "So I see you got Summer enlisted to help you out" Seth said. She turned and looked at him.
"Yeah, so did you come here for a reason? Or did you want to lend a helping hand?" She said. He laughed.
"Seth's not really the guy for that job" Ryan said walking up to her. She smiled. "Right so who is?" She said teasing. "Well if you need the help tell me where to start?" Ryan said. She smiled.
"Okay. well I guess you can help set up some of the vendor stands and Seth you can just go find Summer and just make sure she's not getting in the way" She said. "I'm on it" Seth said walking off in search of Summer.
"Come on I'll show you where you can start" She said and Ryan followed her.
They were done in a matter of hours. It was pretty late when they finished so Ryan went to find Marissa to tell her he was finished putting up the stands.
He saw her standing by the Ferris wheel which obviously just arrived. Her hair was falling loosely out of her pony tail and it looked like she was tired. He smiled watching her.
He slowly made his way over to her. "Cooper if you keep working this hard you'll sleep right through the carnival" He said walking up to her. She smiled brushing some of the hair out of her face and looked at him. "Tell me about it" She said.
"So everything's all set up" He said. "Great at least someone's getting things done unlike some other friends that promised to help me that bailed an hour ago to the diner" She said.
"So me and you are friends huh so that's what there calling it now?" He said joking. "Very funny. You know what I mean" Marissa said with a smile.
"So I take it Seth bailed" He said. "Yeah but only because Summer bailed and used him as an excuse apparently he was the only one who had a get away car" she said with a laugh. He laughed.
"Right so he took the car then which means he stranded me" He said. "Your not stranded my cars parked in the lot. Trust me I've known Summer long enough to know not to trust her when there's work involved such as prepping for carnivals" She said with a smile.
"That's funny because that's exactly how Seth is" He said. "Well don't they make quite a couple if only she would realize it" She said pushing a strand of hair from her face.
"So everyone else is pretty much gone I see" He said. "Yeah I sent them home. They where either aggravating me or causing to much commotion like the water polo players." She said. He laughed. "Right. So you almost finished here?" He said.
"Yeah for tonight anyway. Then tomorrow I have to get here early you know prepare make sure 90 of it doesn't fall apart because really I don't need that especially since I'm not everyone's favorite person as it is" She said closing her binder.
He smiled. "Come on I'll drive" He said. "Good because I think I could fall asleep just putting my foot to the pedals" She said joking and handing him the keys. He laughed. "Just let me get my jacket" She said giving him a kiss. "Alright" he said. He waited for her to get it and then they walked to the car and he drove home.
He pulled up in front of her house and parked and turned the ignition off. "So your home." He said. "Yeah" She said weirdly. "What's the matter?" He said. "Nothing, it's just now that I'm here I don't really feel like going home" She said looking in his direction.
"Well it's only ten thirty we can go grab a burger or something" He said. "Why don't we go to the pier" She said. "Alright" He said pulling out.
They were walking along the beach hands linked. "So what do you think of New Port?" She said. He laughed. "Marissa I've lived in New Port for like a year and a half now" He reminded her.
"That doesn't mean you can't answer the question. So what do you think of New Port?" She said with a smile. He looked at her. "I think I can get in a lot less trouble where I'm from" He said. She laughed.
"You know one of these days you're going to have to show me Chino" She said. "Trust me you don't want to see it" He said.
"Why not?" She said. "Because unlike New Port it doesn't have mansions. It has run down houses, and instead of fashion Island we have thrift stores, instead of the bait shop we have the local seven eleven parking lot to hang in. It's just a completely different world." He said.
"But it's apart of you. You know you've lived there for a good portion of your life." She said. "It was apart of me. And by the way I'm originally from Fresno. Which isn't too much to brag about it I know" He said joking. She laughed. "Don't you miss it sometimes?" She said.
"Are you kidding me? Do I miss wondering where Trey disappeared to, wondering if or not I was gonna get kicked out of the house? Wondering where I would go? Waiting for my mom to take off yet again to just leave me there to pick up the pieces. It's not something I ever want to do again." He said.
She leaned into his shoulder. "You won't have too" she said. He smiled. They saw the lifeguard stand. "You want to go sit?" She said. "Sure" he said. She pulled him in the direction. Where they continued to talk and eventually became silent.
Before they realized the sun had risen and blinded Marissa awake. When she came to she panicked and turned to a sleeping Ryan. "Oh my god. Ryan wake up" She said.
He woke rubbing his eyes. "What?" He said. "What? It's like 7 am and were still here" She said getting up and straightening out her clothes.
"Okay don't panic" he said getting up. "My uncles going to kill me" She said rushing towards the car. He followed quickly after her. She dropped him off. "Marissa are you going to be alright cuz I can explain it to him" He said.
"No that's okay it's probably better if I do this alone. I'll call you later." She said giving him a quick kiss. He got out and she drove off and quickly raced down the block and parking quickly and got out of the car.
She hurried up the stairs and knew when she opened the door she was going to hear it.