"Who's there?" Seth asked, who had just slid down the railing.

"I've got to go get something," Ryan said.

"What-Ryan, you cannot leave me now!"

Kirsten, Ryan and Marissa were frozen in the kitchen. The doorbell rang again. This only confirmed who was there. "Well, this is silly, someone's got to get the door,"

Ryan grabbed Marissa and kissed her, "I'll be right back I promise, Kirsten's here for support." And he slipped out the back door before Marissa could threaten to hold anything against him. "Sorry," Seth muttered, and followed him.

Kirsten took one look at Marissa's face and rolled her eyes. "She's your mother…but I'll get it." Kirsten walked out of the kitchen, opened the door, and was immediately attacked by Julie. "Kiki," she squealed, throwing her arms around her,"…what are you doing in my house…"

"The kid's thought it would be nice to have a dinner, since this is the last time everyone will be together for a while."

Julie wilted, "Neil's not here, he had some business to attend in Seattle."

"Well he'll be here in spirit,"

"Where are the kids?"

"Marissa's here, Kaitlin…should be here, and Summer's upstairs, and Ryan's getting some things for tonight with Seth."

Marissa walked out of the kitchen. "Hey Mom, I missed you."

"Oh, I missed you too, how was Greece?"

"It was…a lot of fun."

"What about the epidemic?" Julie asked gravely.

"Oh, um, yeah, it was bad, I think Kaitlin may have exaggerated a little, it wasn't fatal, and I was vaccinated," Marissa explained, making it up as she went. "Dad was just being overprotective-and I missed you guys."

"You could tap that," Luke grinned; he was combing his hair back in the mirror.

"Wha-Kaitlin? She'd probably kill me if I tried," Brad looked at himself doubtfully.

"It's worth the chance, the Cooper girls really-"

"Hey guys, did you see my purse?" Kaitlin asked, leaning against the door.

"I thought you left," Luke stuttered.

"I did…But I forgot my purse…"

"Umm," Luke muttered, his ears bright red, "yeah, it's right there,"

"Thanks, see you at six," She smirked all the way out of the house and made her way to the pier.

Ryan drove in silence.

"Where are we going?" Seth asked.

"Away from Julie Cooper."

"Well, Ryan, I'm going to need something to eat sooner or later if we're not going back for dinner."

"We are."

"Well, can we stop for a quick snack, please?"

"Alright, do you just want to go to the pier, we're right there,"

"Sounds good,"

Ryan pulled up and they started walking towards the nearest hotdog place, Seth was in the mood, when Seth stopped dead, "Ryan, is that…"

"What?" Ryan followed Seth's eyes, "No… Seth, Seth, let's go."

They turned around and got back into the car.

"What are we gonna do?"

"We are going to pretend we never saw it, at least until the night's over."

Ryan drove aimlessly for a couple minutes.

"I'm sure their gone, can we go get me a hotdog now?"

"Let's just go back."

"Fine, okay, let's go back,"