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Confessions

"So Coop this carnival just kicks ass." Summer said trying to cheer Marissa up. "Thanks Summer" She said. "Come on let's like do something. Let's go on the Ferris wheel you know it's your favorite" Summer said.

Marissa smiled but caught eyes with Ryan heading her way and she suddenly became serious. "Okay, let's go" She said knowing it was the last place he would go. So that's where they headed. Ryan followed with Seth lagging behind. He spotted them on the line. "Oh that really sucks for you man" Seth said.

He could not believe this was happening. "So what now?" Ryan said. "If you want the girl enough. You know what you have to do my friend and their next in line so you have to do it quickly" He pointed out. "Right" Ryan said racing to the front of the line.

Marissa took her place and sat down and Ryan was just in time to catch Summer by the arm. "Can I get this ride?" He said looking at Summer. Summer looked at both of them. "I'm so not getting involved. I'm gonna find Cohen to go on the tilt a whirl" She said walking away.

Ryan sat down and they went up. "I thought you didn't do Ferris wheels?" Marissa said angry. "I don't but this is important Marissa I… "He said stopping because they reached the top. "Oh jeez why did we stop?" He said panicking. She got angry.

"If your afraid then Ryan why did you come on? Because I don't have anything else to say to you" She said loudly suddenly losing her patience with him. "Because I'm not afraid of being with you. I mean I want to be with you" He said closing his eyes because the car began to rock. She looked at him shocked.

I mean she knew he liked her but up until this point she didn't really know exactly what it meant to him. "So why did you freak out before? I mean all that boyfriend/girlfriend stuff what was that?" Marissa said looking at him trying to understand.

"I just I've never been a boy friend before and I was trying to tell you that and it just came out all wrong" He said confessing. "Well that's because you clearly need to work on your words" She said slightly teasing him. "Look Marissa" He said facing in her direction with his eyes shut. "I'm sorry and I want this to work for us" He said. She looked at him.

The car began to shake again. "Oh god. I forget why did I come up here?" He said still panicking. As much as she was angry with him for what happened she just couldn't stay mad at him especially now that he laid it on the line for her. "Because you're just that stupid and because you knew this was the only way to get me to listen" She reminded him.

"Yeah something we could have done with our feet on the ground not dangling fifty feet in the air" Ryan said sarcastically. "You're really that petrified aren't you?" She said. "It's more like terrified" He said. "So try taking your mind off of it" She suggested.

"And how can I do that exactly?" He said. Marissa leaned in and kissed him. "Did that work?" She said. "I dunno we might have to try that again?" He said with a smile. He leaned in and kissed her, which was interrupted because they had to get off.

He looked at the operator and told him "we're going on again" He said. So up they went. She laughed. "You know that was your way off of this thing?" Marissa said. "You know I might be coming around on the whole Ferris wheel thing" He said with a smile. She leaned in and kissed him.

Down on the ground Summer spotted Seth. "Cohen" She said. "Summer" He said. "I didn't know you were coming" She said secretly knowing better. "Well I had to show some support for Ryan and you know I thought it was time to check this out" He said.

"You know there's tons of stuff to do here like going on the tilt a whirl. You wanna come with? Or are you afraid of heights also?" She said. He laughed. "No definitely not afraid of heights. I love the tilt a whirl lets go" He said walking with her towards the ride. "Great" She said with a smile thinking that maybe this could work between them.

A few rides later Marissa and Ryan finally exited the Ferris wheel hands intertwined with smiles on their faces. "So that was some ride. What do you want to do next?" He said smiling. She pushed a hair from her face.

"Well actually I think I've had enough of the carnival for one year" She said with a smile. "Oh so you want to go find Seth and Summer and ask if they want to hang out?" He said. "Or we could just let them have fun and just hang out ourselves" She said pulling on his jacket.

He smiled. "Alright but I gotta at least tell Seth I'm going cuz I have to give him the keys" He said. "No need I got here from Summer. So we take the car and Summer can take Seth home" She said. "Well Seth will love that" He said. "See it's like we're doing him a favor leaving him stranded" She said. He laughed. "Alright lets go" He said and with that they left.

They exited the tilt a whirl. Summer helping Seth get down. "Cohen are you okay?" she said as they exited the gate. "Yeah of course. You know everybody loves the tilt a whirl with all its tilts and whirls" He said sarcastically. She smiled. "You are so not okay Cohen. Why didn't you tell me that you didn't want to go on?" She said feeling bad for him.

"So I could add that to the list of my embarrassing faults no thanks" He said holding his stomach. She felt sad for him. "There's nothing wrong if you can't handle going on a ride. I mean I'm usually barfing right about now trust me. This would actually mark the first year that I haven't" Summer said. He smiled.

"Summer are you trying to make an excuse for me?" He said. "No, I'm just saying you don't always have to be into everything I like. I mean you're into comic books and well I'm not" She said looking at him.." Which puts the nail in the coffin. I should stop trying right now because this is never going to happen" Seth said. He dropped his head.

She looked at him. "Seth" She said. He stood up. "No Summer I'm just gonna go home enjoy the rest of your night" He said walking away. She shrugged her shoulders and smacked her head and ran after him. "Cohen wait up" She said running after him finally catching him by the gate. He turned around.

"Summer I'm not like them okay I will never be like them. I'm a loserish nerd who likes comic books and Japanese films and I could count the many friends I have on one hand. Where your popular, everybody likes you, you like to shop and go to carnivals, and pep rallies and whatever else there is to do at Harbor. Summer I will never fit in even though I like you enough to try" He said being truthful.

"I don't want you to fit in. I want you to be Cohen" She confessed. "Undesirable and unattractive?" He said. She laughed shaking her head no. "Quirky, exasperating, funny and kind because you see that's the Cohen I like" She said looking at him.

His eyes almost bulged when he looked at her. "You like me?" He said. "You heard me Cohen" She said. "Why?" He said. "I dunno but don't ruin it" Summer said shaking her head. "Right so I should just leave" Seth said turning to walk away.

She pulled on his arm. "Or you can not leave and we can go do something else, something other then the tilt a whirl" She suggested. "Like what?" He said. "Well how do you feel about skee ball?" She said with a smile.

Seth smiled. "I'm up for it" He said. She smiled and kissed him this time on the lips. She looked at him shyly.

"Good lets go Cohen" She said dragging him off to play because of course he was in shock.