Hey Guys! Happy Sunday!

I've skipped forward about 3 weeks in this one, and its just a filler, although it could hint onto what could happen further on in the story ;)

Reviews are appreciated

"Well no surprise your involved in all of this, where is she?" Julie demanded to Ryan as she walked towards him

"I don't know, bus station, maybe a tropical island somewhere" Ryan said trying to protect her.

"Ryan" Sandy said warningly

"I cant believe your chaperoning this farce" Julie said in disgust

"Julie, sit down," Sandy said, trying to mediate the situation

"No I don't want to sit down"

"Alright, lets all talk," Sandy said again, trying to help

"Talk? Talk about what, what is there to talk about?"

"Well if you ever want to see your daughter?" Ryan said letting on to knowing Marissa's where about's.

"Watch it," Sandy warned him again "Julie, I know you have been through a lot, but Ryan isn't the problem,"

"What is that supposed to mean?" Julie said in shock, "You tell me where she is, and then I am taking her home, she just ran away from a hospital!"

"She ran away from you," Ryan shocked her to silence,

"Look your from Riverside right, well that's no far from where I grew up--"

"I am calling the police in like two seconds-"

"And I know this place has everything we never had, and I know your afraid your going to lose it all, everything you've ever wanted--" Ryan said, making his voice heard.

"I'm done--" Julie said before walking out of the kitchen

"WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOUR DAUGHTER WANTS, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS,"

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS"

"I KNOW WHAT SHE DOESN'T WANT," Julie looked some what defeated and Ryan carried on, "She doesn't want to go to San Diego, and she doesn't want to live with you!"

Ryan jolted and opened his eyes, it was another flashback dream, it was when Marissa said those exact words of 'What you want, and what our daughter wants, are completely different things' followed by Marissa then shouting at him 'She doesn't want to live with you' at a custody hearing last week, has made him remember that conversation from his past so vividly.

It had been 4 weeks, since Marissa had come back. The fighting between them had become unbearable, and as predicted, she sued Ryan for sole custody, despite her name possibly being tarnished and despite being back for the whole of 30 seconds. It was Ryan's worst nightmare, at first he didn't know what to do. Sandy was obviously his lawyer in all of this, and convinced Ryan he wasn't out. Not after having Ottilie her whole life, that counts for a lot in this case.

Marissa seemed un-phased that she could lose, possibly because she wasn't even going to think of that option, she knew that Ryan had all the rights, and there was no way she could leave her baby again. As suspected the media had been having a field day, following her every move, especially as more stories seemed to be leaked, regardless of Marissa had never said anything the whole time, she planned to though, she had an interview with another magazine this week a tell all, to try and save her reputation before it go to late, and she planned for Ottilie to accompany her, and be in the photo shoot with her. Although she had been spending so much time with her lawyer and with her daughter when she was allowed, Jake hadn't really been consulted much.

"Are you ok" Sarah asked him, as he turned on the side light and rubbed his tired face, it was 6:30 and he knew he would have to be up soon anyway .

"It was just a bad dream, you can go back to sleep" Ryan said thinking deeply.

"Of course not sweetie, I will go make us some coffee" She kissed the side of Ryan's head and walked out of his bedroom into the kitchen.

"Daddy" he heard his daughter call from her bedroom, Ryan sighed and immediately got up to go and see to her. Ryan smiled as he walked into her room, her very pink room. Which now had posters of Marissa's ad campaigns, stuck only as far as her arms could reach, all haphazardly on the walls.

"Is it today?" Ottilie asked excitedly, as Ryan sat on the edge of her bed, he smiled at her and nodded and she immediately jumped out of her covers and started jumping on her bed.

"I GET TO GO TO SCHOOOLLLLL" She sung happily as her and Ryan laughed.

"So I take it your excited for your first day of kindergarten then?" Ottilie nodded excitedly and then stopped to sit on Ryan's lap.

"I already picked my outfit last week" She jumped off Ryan's lap and pointed to her dress hanging over her chair and her shoes underneath it.

"Baby, we spoke about this remember, everyone has to wear the same, its called a uniform, yours is a skirt, with a white shirt and sweater. We hung it up over there last night" Ottilie looked from her favourite dress, to a plaid skirt and grey sweater with a white shirt over by her vanity table, she had white long socks and shiny shoes to match.

"O yeah, but I can still take my bag though can't I?" Ottilie said motioning to her Chanel bag that rarely left her side

"Of course baby, but do you think you should maybe have a little bit more sleep, you had a bath last night, and we don't have to leave for about another two hours." Ryan said carrying her out to where Sarah was making coffee at that hour. Ottilie smiled at her and shook her head.

"Nope, Mommy is coming over for breakfast before school and I wanted to go see Uncle Seth and Thurman as well he's sad without auntie Sum." Ottilie said as she wriggled out of Ryan's arms and over to the sofa.

"Well you should wait a while before you go see Uncle Seth, it is still early. But seeing as were all up, I'm going to go get in the shower quick." He walked over and turned the TV on for Ottilie and then walked over to Sarah, who greeted him with a kiss on the lips. Ryan really didn't expect them to move so quickly, she was practically living at their apartment, he also didn't expect her and Ottilie to bond so quickly, it was obvious that Ottilie was a tad put out, like any normal child would be but she also liked having Sarah around, like having another girl around - as she often pointed out. Although she had said so many times, that she wants Marissa to move in, without Jake preferably. Then she could have her Mom around, staying with Marissa once a week and seeing her in the day time wasn't enough, but Ryan wasn't prepared to give her anymore, that's where the courts come in.

Marissa lay enclosed by Jake's strong arms, she was awake and had been for a while now, but she knew if he woke up he would probably want to finish what they started last night, and she was meant to be seeing her daughter in less than an hour, and she didn't want to turn up with sex hair, even though that would really piss Ryan off. Although she seemed to be doing it a lot reason, pissing Ryan off wasn't her intention. It wasn't her intention to sleep with him a few weeks ago, it wasn't her intention to drag Ottilie in the media spotlight and most of all it wasn't her original intention to take Ryan to court - no that happened as a heat of the moment thing. Marissa lay contemplating her life at the moment, for a few more seconds, not believing that it was Ottilie's first day of kindergarten, she would be one of the eldest in her class being a September baby, and she seemed to have a maturity that normal kids her age didn't acquire, but then again she was the product of Ryan and Marissa so she was bound to be. She checked the time on her phone again, 7:13, they told Ryan they would be at his by 8. They had made a deal, the could shout and scream as much as they wanted to when Ottilie wasn't around, but in her company, there was no arguing or fighting, there was the occasional dig at her being a crappy mother and things like that, but there was no arguments, it was a good plan, even though her and Ryan have to put up with being nice to each other, and Ryan and Jake being nice to each other, which was obviously a task in its own.

Marissa took some deep breaths, she had a fluttering feeling in her stomach, and not the good kind, she quickly scrambled out of Jake's grip in time to make it to the bathroom in time to empty the contents of her stomach in to the toilet, she stayed there for a while, that fuzzy feeling that came with her sickness made it hot and cold at the same time, and the cool tiles felt like the thing she needed.

"MARIIISS? ARE YOU OK IN THERE?" She heard Jake shout from her bedroom, it was like him not to come and help her, not that she could ever remember getting sick in his presence before, thinking hard, she couldn't even remember a time since she had been that sick since she was pregnant with Ottilie.

"Yeah, I'm fine" She shouted back in response whilst deep in thought, she stared at herself in the mirror, whilst calculating things in her head, she took a deep breath and steadied herself against the marble countertop. She quickly dismissed her thoughts and brushed her teeth and ran herself a shower. Ignoring anything she thought in her mind, besides she had to be at Ryan's in about half hour.

Marissa and Jake rode the elevator in silence, it was no secret that Jake didn't want to be there, Marissa wasn't overly feeling herself at the minute anyway, but she would never break a promise to her daughter, not again, well not if she could help it. Ottilie's first day was such a big milestone and she was happy to be there for it, considering she had missed so many already. When the bell dinged and her and Jake exited the elevator she stopped quickly to talk to him, like she did every time they were in her ex-boyfriends company.

"Promise me you wont do or say anything" Marissa asked him pleadingly, she knew it was a lot to ask of him, considering him and Ryan had already come to physical blows, but she wasn't about to go there without Jake and watch Sarah and Ryan act couply whilst her fiancé stayed at their house and watched ESPN. Since moving temporarily into a condo in Hollywood, it had made things in LA seem more permanent, but she still had to go back to their town house in New York and move properly, but at least while she was over her, it was a place that Ottilie could call a second home, not that Ryan let her obviously. Jake nodded and Marissa knocked on the door, and she could quickly hear Ottilie on the other side shouting; 'Mommy's here, Mommy's here'. The door swung open and Marissa bent down to pick up her baby, but her arms felt weak and she felt a little bit nauseous again so decided to just hug her at her level.

"Hey baby, are you excited for your first day of school?" Marissa asked, masking her sudden wave of sickness.

"Yes!! Will you come and do my headband for me, I was waiting until you got here" Ottilie said brightly, Marissa nodded yes, and Ottilie's smile broadened in excitement.

"Hey Marissa, Jake, its good to see you" Sarah said falsely, that was the good thing about Ryan and Marissa's deal, they could fake liking each other, and hide their insults with polite voices.

"Hey" Jake grumbled behind Marissa,

"Ryan" Marissa said as Ottilie walked her into her bedroom to get all of her things that she wanted for the day. Jake tried not to acknowledge much of Ryan, he really didn't like him, and he was not in the mood for an argument today, their little brawl last time really got him in trouble with his manager.

"I have laid out food and drinks on the table, so everyone can just help themselves" Sarah said, walking around Ryan's kitchen.

'Well someone thinks that she owns the place'

Marissa thought bitchily.

They all sat down on Ryan's big table, with a gorgeous outlook of LA. Ottilie was talking excitedly, about everything she was excited for about school. Marissa thought she looked so cute, in her uniform, he blonde long locks held from her face by a simple red headband, as if it was her tiara. Her long white socks and grey skirt, looked so grown up for her first day of kindergarten, but private schools like the expensive one she is going to enforce such rules on the children. As Ottilie was the only one who was talking, she decided to speak up.

"So baby, Jake and I have something to ask you, don't we sweetie?" Marissa motioned to Jake and he nodded, whilst giving Ryan a death glare, that he chose to ignore.

"Really?? Ohh tellll me?" Ottilie asked excitedly, Ryan also looked at her, wondering what it was Marissa was asking her.

"Well as you know me and Jake are getting married at Christmas" Marissa said resting her hand on top of Jakes, and then quickly looking at Ryan to see if it effected him, when his profile didn't change she told herself he was putting up a strong front.

"Chrismukkah Mommy"

"And well, we haven't asked you properly, but we would like you to be our flower girl sweetie" Marissa said happily, Ottilie's face lit up, like it did when she saw her.

"What's a flower girl?" Ottilie asked naively

"It means you get to walk down the aisle when she, marries Jake Otty" Ryan said, and found himself stumbling over the 'marriage' part of the sentence.

"And you will get to wear a pretty dress and carry flowers like Mommy's and have you picture taken" Marissa encouraged,

"By those mans who follow you?" Ottilie asked pensively, and ungrammatically, Marissa smiled at her, forgetting she was just 5.

"No oh baby, of course not, by a real photographer, who we pay to take our pictures." Marissa said quickly

"Ok then, and Daddy can take pictures as well, of me in my dress" Marissa coughed and looked down at her food, not in the mood for croissants, but a huge stack of pancakes and a banana smoothie, Don't even think about that, you cant be do so don't even think about it. Marissa told herself.

"Like hell is he coming" Jake shouted up from his silence, all eyes fell on him, and Marissa turned around and swiped him with the back of her hand. She looked at Ryan, as if to silently apologise, but he seemed to be enjoying this, seemed to enjoy making her feel guilty.

"Well if I'm going, why wouldn't Daddy go" Ottilie asked as she picked at her toast.

"Umm, good question" Marissa answered, and then looked at her Cartier watch.

"O look, 8:30, Ryan don't you think we should be driving her to school." Marissa said, moving her chair away from the table and standing up. Ryan nodded, not speaking too much over breakfast, in fear of ruining Ottilie's morning.

"Are both of you going to take me?" Ottilie asked excitedly, when she received a nod from Ryan, she threw herself at his legs in excitement,

"Come on munchkin, you don't want to be late on your first day," Ottilie hugged her Dad's neck tightly and kissed Sarah goodbye, Ottilie and Sarah parted their ways, As did Jake and Marissa, he immediately left as soon as eh said he could go, without so much as a goodbye to Ryan or Sarah, but he had wished Ottilie good luck, well atleast he said something.

"Ill see you later" Ryan walked out after he kissed Sarah, Ottilie was in the middle of her Mom and Dad, it was everything Marissa had pictured when she was pregnant, it was everything Ryan wanted.

Hope you liked it! I hope I got American School ages right - I did have a little read on Wikipedia but I probably got most of it wrong! xoxo