A/N: R/R please. Thanks to all you reviewers... My post and title inspired by the Gilmore Girls...
Like I eat paste special?
Ryan lowered himself down the trellis. Grabbing hold of the drain pipe and slowly climbing down figuring the back door might be open. He jumped to the floor and quickly picked himself up and headed for the back door sliding in and looking around.
Noticing the rooms empty he had figured that they had ended up back upstairs as Ryan ran up the steps. He didn't care about the fact that the blood was still dripping down the side of his face. All that mattered was that he helped Marissa.
He noticed Marissa's door was still locked which meant they weren't there as he crossed the hall noticing that her uncle's door was open. No light was on but he didn't need it to see that Marissa was leaning up against the side wall barely moving.
Without thinking he rushed to her side grabbing the sides of her face pulling her hair away from her face. "Marissa. Marissa are you okay? What did he do to you?" he began asking but getting no verbal answer. He noticed that she had obviously been sedated it seemed to be quite the struggle to even keep her eyes open.
"Ryan watch out" she barely got out as Jimmy attacked him and threw him across the room. Trying to punch him Ryan ducked and Jimmy missed. Ryan took his shot at hitting Jimmy and succeeded. "That's all you got" he said.
Marissa looked at what was going on trying to pull herself up but couldn't quite do it. "You call yourself a father look what you did to her" Ryan said angry. Jimmy knocked him to the floor kicking him in his side as Ryan could no longer get up.
"Come on that's all you got" Jimmy said now standing way across the room facing Ryan as he tried to pull himself to his feet. Ryan just barely made it when Marissa had managed to struggle and push Jimmy towards the glass window. As Ryan tripped him Marissa pushed Jimmy forcefully through the window it smashed and Jimmy fell through.
Marissa almost losing her balance hanging out of the now broken window, as Ryan grabbed a hold of her steadying her so she didn't fall out of the window herself. They stared at Jimmy laying on the street and not moving. "It's okay your okay" He whispered as she cried falling to the floor grabbing on tightly grasping Ryan's shirt in her hands.
She sobbed uncontrollably as Ryan dug in his pocket for his cell phone. Dialing 911 he told them his destination and what had happened. "Okay I need to get up to see if he's still there" He told her. But even just standing up alone wasn't possible as she clung to the side of his leg pulling herself up with him.
The thought of being alone even if it was just a few inches away from Ryan was unbearable to Marissa at that moment. He held onto her knowing that she was still a little shaky as they made it toward the window.
"Ryan he's not there" She said looking at the empty spot where her father had fallen suddenly panicking. Ryan looked out blinking his eyes a few times to confirm that he wasn't there. "Okay it's alright I called for help and there going to be here any minute" He assured her.
"But what if he comes back? He'll hurt you I know he will" She said panicking. Ryan grabbed her face in his hands. "Hey look at me alright" He said. Marissa looked straight into his blue piercing eyes. "I'm not going to let him hurt you. Trust me on that" Ryan said.
"What about you?" She said. "I can take care of myself" he added. She shook her head. "Alright come on this room's not safe there's no lock on it and the door's busted. We need to find somewhere safe to hide until help arrives" He said.
"There's the closet in the hall it locks from the inside" Marissa said looking at him. "Alright come on we need to get there just in case he comes back" Ryan said grabbing hold of her hand helping her walk towards the closet door. They stepped in and Ryan locked it behind them. Marissa slid to the floor feeling exhausted.
"Thank god it's a walk in or else how would we be able to fit in here" She said suddenly feeling light headed. "I'm sure we would have made it work if we had to" He said looking at her. She smiled sadly. "Ryan" she said leaning into him as he put his arm around her.
"Yeah" he said. "I'm sorry that I'm dragging you into my problems. I should have never opened that door" Marissa said softly. "Hey this isn't your fault and I'm here because I want to be alright. Besides you probably thought I showed up earlier which is the only reason why you would open the door in the first place" He told her taking his fingers and tracing circles in the palm of her hand.
Ryan didn't know if it was out of nerves or it was just because he wanted to feel her closer. "Even so I'm sorry" She whispered. "Stop saying that this isn't your fault none of it is" he said. Marissa looked at the side of his head and noticed the blood still pouring out from where he got hit with the gun and then looked around the floor for something to hold against the wound.
Her eyes landed upon a pair of clean socks pushed off in the corner as she grabbed one and pulled herself up a little turning towards his face she touched the wound lightly with the cloth holding it there for the pressure.
"It looks really bad" She said scrunching up her face. It was these times where it was fairly obvious she was a girl, the sight of blood just made her want to puke. "It doesn't hurt" He told her. "It looks like you may need stitches" Marissa said.
"Not like I haven't dealt with that before" Ryan said. He saw tears drop from her eyes as she continuously held the sock to the side of his cut. "Hey" he whispered.
"Its just if he would have…… She said pausing… I would never be able to……. She paused again... I would never be able to get over that…. Get over losing you…. She said finally looking straight into his eyes. "You didn't lose me. I'm still here" Ryan said softly.
"For a minute there I thought I would and then things just kept running in my head. All these random thoughts. What if Ryan never knew how I really felt? What If I never get the chance to tell him? What if I never get to see his face again and have him stare back into my eyes and make me smile inside" She said sharing her thoughts with him.
Ryan looked at her and it all became clear he didn't know when it happened but somehow along the way it did. "I couldn't stop thinking of all the things I wanted to tell you but haven't yet and he interrupted her…. "Marissa" he said looking at her.
She turned her attention towards him not saying a word as she continued to listen. "I love you" Ryan said. She smiled at him.
Marissa had never heard those words from a boy before and the fact that it was this boy it made her want to never let him go. She kissed him and then they parted a smile forming on his lips.
"I love you too Ryan" She said leaning into his chest as he hugged her close. They heard the sirens. "Looks like there here" Ryan said. "Can we just stay here for a few seconds" She asked him.
"It's probably safer to have them come find us" he said as they sat there waiting for the paramedics to find them.
"Good night buddy. Thanks for coming sorry about the lights" Seth said sarcastically. As the kid called Seth a jack ass as he walked down the drive Summer couldn't help it but laugh. He looked at her. "What?" he asked her.
"When did you get so good at clearing a party?" Summer said. "I guess it comes from a lot of practice of being able to clear a room. Really Summer I mean you never know what I could say to embarrass someone. You know at School its usually hello and then kids usually mutter something like "Geek" or "Dork" Sometimes something even worse and walk off. The smile dropped from her face as she suddenly felt bad.
"Seth" She said. "Yeah" He said. "I'm sorry for not getting to know you sooner" Summer confessed. He smiled. "Well at least you gave me a chance that's more then I can say for the other kids at Harbor" he said.
"They just don't realize how special you are" She added. "You mean special like I eat paste special?" Seth said trying to be funny. She giggled.
"No I mean special as in you're a great guy Seth. Sooner or later there going to realize that and when they do it will be too late for them to know you and it will be there loss" Summer said. "Thank you Summer" he said knowing she was being genuine. She smiled.
He closed the door behind them. "Now we should really turn those lights back on" He said leading them down the hall back to the closet.
"I'll hold the door" she said. Seth switched the breakers and the lights popped back on. "And there you have it folks everything has been restored" Seth said turning towards her and walking out of the closet. "Seth I'm kind of worried about Marissa and Ryan" She said as he followed her.
"I'm sure they just lost track or time or something" Seth said trying to make her worry less. "Even so don't you think we would have heard from them already?" Summer asked. "I guess" He said shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm gonna go grab my phone from inside and try Marissa this time. Maybe Ryan's phone died or something" She said leaving him standing there.
With that Seth's phone went off. Pulling it from his pocket and seeing it was his parents gave him an eerie feeling as he flipped the phone open. "Hello" He said. "Seth" Sandy said.
"Dad what's going on?" Seth asked. "We got a call from the police its Ryan and Marissa they've been brought to the hospital" he told him.
"I don't understand what happened? Are they alright?" Seth said. Summer came back looking at Seth's face, she looked at him concerned.
"There okay. But I'm on my way down to the hospital with mom and I just thought I'd let you know" Sandy told him. "Me and Summer will be right there" Seth said not wasting any time closing his phone shut.
"Come on" he said grabbing her arm. "Whoa hold on a minute Cohen what's going on?" Summer asked.
"It's Ryan and Marissa they've been taken to the hospital. I don't know the whole story but it seems like for now they are okay but we need to get to the hospital. Do you have your keys because Ryan dropped me off before" he said.
"Sure here let's go" She said passing him the keys to her mustang. They hurried to the car and Seth speeded off to the hospital.