Early next morning, Ryan's phone rang loudly.

"Who's calling at 4 AM in the morning." Marissa groaned. She put the pillow over her head as the ringing went on.

Ryan grabbed his cell and went out of the room so it wouldn't bother Marissa.

"Hello?" he said tiredly.

"Ryan, you haven't called. We haven't talked ever since we said goodbye."

"Seth that was only like 4, 5 days ago. It's 4 in the morning why, are you calling?" he was annoyed.

"Well, it's 7 here and I was bored and awake. Now that you are, why don't you tell me about your first day? It was today, right? how was it?"

"Good but busy. And right now, I'm very tired so I'll talk to you later."

"Ryan if you hang up, I'll just keep calling..."

"UGH." Ryan made his way into the living room and lied down on the couch. "What do you wanna know?"

"I don't know, how's the boss? What's it like so far?"

"Lily is great. She promoted me already. She wants me to help her with a project she's working on: a model home."

"How ironic. Everything with you is a model home."

"I know. Marissa thinks that's all I'm going to be making in the future," he laughed.

"Well, that's really great, man. And it's just you?"

"Yeah, just me."

"Wow, the other interns are probably jealous."

Ryan then thought back to Victoria. "Actually, Seth, that reminds me... you know how you said because things are going so well that something bad is bound to happen eventually?"

"Why, what happened?"

"There's this intern. Victoria–"

"I KNEW IT! SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS AND I TOTALLY CALLED IT. I TOLD YOU SO!"

"Seth." Ryan warned.

"Sorry, continue."

"Anyways, she's really making me uncomfortable."

"Ryan, it was the first day, how uncomfortable can it get?"

"She was super forward. Flirty and all."

"Wow, definitely sounds like trouble," he smiled into the phone.

And somehow, Ryan could feel his smile creep all over Seth's face. "It's like you want drama and trouble."

"No, I just think it's hilarious that I was actually right..."

"Seth." Ryan warned him again.

"Right, sorry. Look just tell her you have Marissa and that you're not interested. If she continues, you're kind of a bigger deal, I'm sure Lily will do something about it."

"Yeah... yeah you're right."

"What was Marissa's reaction?"

"I'm..."

"You better not be lying to her..."

"I'm not. I just forgot to mention it. But I will. And I'll tell her she has nothing to worry about because I'm going to tell Victoria today that she is going nowhere with me."

"Good, anyways, now it's my turn. Zach called me regarding the comic book."

"What did he say?"

"He said it's possible for me to write it here then just send all my work over to Reid in Newport."

"That's good news. Right..?"

"Yeah, but there's a slight problem."

"What is it?"

"Ryan, my friend, didn't I tell you something bad was bound to happen?"

"Seth, what's wrong?"

"I called Reid after my discussion with Zach, and she refuses to make the extra work just because I can't work with her in Newport."

"She quit?!"

"No, no, she's moving to New York. She was planning on moving anyways, more opportunities are there for her to publish. And that way, she'll only be a few hours from me so it'd be easier..."

"I don't really know what's the problem then..?"

"I'm just worried about what Summer might think. She accepted the fact that I'm doing the comic book knowing Reid is far away from us. But now, she's right beside us. I don't want her or this comic to come between Summer and I."

"Seth, Summer trusts you and I'm sure you'll do the right thing. Just talk to her about it and assure her nothing will happen other than getting the comic book done."

Seth sighed into the phone, "Yeah..."

"Seth, you love Summer. When you get married, you'll always have to consider her when making decisions like this. Not just when you're married, when you're in a relationship in general."

"Yeah, you're right..."

"I know. So just remember that. And instead of phoning me, talk to Summer. Now, can I go back to sleep or..?"

"No, no... thank you, sweet dreams." Seth hung up the phone and Ryan made his way back to bed. He lied down next to Marissa and she immediately felt his presence, so she moved up and cuddled right next to him. He wrapped his arm around her and looked down at her sleeping face. God, I love her.

/

Ryan came to Lily's office because she called asking him to come in early again.

"You wanted to see me?" he said, entering her office. He saw a tall, old man dressed up in a suit, sitting in front of Lily at her desk. "Oh, sorry..." Ryan said, slowly backing away and exiting the room.

"No, Ryan, hold on. I called you early because I wanted you to meet the man behind all my projects; my boss: Mr. David Moore."

"Lily, I love being the boss, not being called one though," He laughed at Lily. He seemed to be really friendly.

"Oh whatever... Anyways, David, this is Ryan. An intern but also the one helping me with the model home project. He's worked on one before with the Newport Group in Newport so I thought he'd be perfect for the job."

"Newport Group? Wow, I'm impressed! Nice to meet you," he shook Ryan's hand. "Did you know Caleb Nichol?"

"Yes, he was my guardian parent's dad..."

Something clicked in Mr. Moore's face, "Ryan Atwood?! Wow, I'm very delightful to have the pleasure in meeting you. I've worked with Kirsten a couple of times and she's said many great things about you."

"Oh,well thank you. It's a pleasure to meet you as well."

"I see good things in your future, my man."

"I hope so too..." He laughed nervously.

"Well, I have to go to a meeting," Mr. Moore said to them both.

"Let us walk you," Lily offered.

The three made their way down in the elevator and into the lobby. David asked Ryan more about his previous work experience and Ryan was happy to tell him all about it. When they arrived at the main entrance, Lily and Ryan shook David's hand one more time and said their goodbyes as he was heading out the door.

"He's nice..." Ryan said to Lily.

"He is, you just have to stay onhis good side for him to stay nice to you. So please make me look good in front of my boss."

"I won't let you down."

"I have to go back upstairs to finish up some things... I won't need you for another 45 minutes maybe... You can just make yourself comfortable in the lounge or something."

"Alright, thanks." Ryan made his way over to the staff lounge and got himself a cup of coffee. He turned on the TV and watched sports to pass time.

"Lookin' good today," A voice called out behind him. Ryan turned around and saw her. Victoria. Great.

"Good morning," he replied, trying to be polite.

She made her way over to him and sat beside him on the couch. She grabbed the cup of coffee in his hand and drank from it.

"Yeah, I was just finished that..." He muttered to himself.

"Thanks, I love coffee. Black. Just the way you like it I see," she flirted.

Ryan didn't respond, but just scooted slowly away from her.

"I don't bite you know..." Ryan didn't respond. "I've always wanted an office fling..."

"Umm..." Ryan was shocked at how open Victoria was being.

She saw the horrified look on his face and just smiled.

Ryan looked at her and decided to speak up, "Look, you're really forward. And I have a girlfriend," he bluntly spoke.

She just laughed and shrugged it off, "Well I'm not surprised. You are hot stuff, you know."

Ryan was beginning to feel uncomfortable again. So he stood up and got himself another coffee. He went back to watch TV, but just stood and let Victoria have the couch to herself.

"Ryan, we are going to be working together. We need to get along," she smiled.

"We will get along just fine, as friends. I like to be professional when it comes to my job. And also, I have a girlfriend." He reminded her once again.

"Oh well!" she stood up and grabbed his coffee again and drank it. "Something I have to tell you about myself... with me? I always get what I want." She said seductively and walked away.

Ryan just stood there astonished. What the hell just happened? At this point he was ready to tell Lily about Victoria's inappropriate behaviour. It was the second day and she was already ruining this for him. So he went upstairs to see what Lily would want to do.

As he knocked on her door and entered her office, there he saw Victoria already there. She beat him to it.

"Ryan, nice to see you here. But I don't need to see you for another 20 minutes..." Lily said. Victoria looked over her shoulder and gave Ryan another seductive smile, to which he just ignored.

"Is this a bad time or...?" Ryan began saying.

"It's perfect!" Victoria replied.

"Ryan did you need to talk to me about something?" Lily asked him.

"Umm, yes actually... I, uh..." he looked at Victoria who was now curious as to what he was going to say. Lily waited for him to continue, but saw he was going nowhere.

"Ryan?" she asked him. But before he could continue speaking, Lily's phone rang. She went to answer it and put it on speaker.

"Hey, Sue, what is it?"

"Mr. Moore is back, he's here in the lobby."

"Coming right now." She hung up the phone, "I'm sorry you guys, just excuse me for a moment." Lily stood up and made her way out the office. Ryan saw Victoria sitting there just looking at him, up and down.

After a few seconds, he turned around and ran to follow Lily. When he got into the elevator he saw Victoria following them both. Just perfect! He thought. What does she want from me?!

When they got out the elevator. Ryan and Victoria stood aside while Lily went to talk to Mr. Moore. Observing from afar, Ryan saw them both talking happily. Victoria was observing as well.

"That's Lily's boss, David Moore." He informed her.

"I know who he is..." she said to him.

"You do?" he asked her. They switched their attention back to Lily and David who now turned to look at them. They started walking their direction.

"Hello again, Mr. Moore," Ryan shook his hand.

"Hi, Ryan, I just forgot a few things in Lily's office. Glad to see you two are getting along," he went over and hugged Victoria.

"Hi daddy," she hugged him tight.

Ryan froze. No freakin way, "Wait, you two are...?"

"Oh yeah... Ryan, Victoria is David's daughter," Lily told him. He shook his head trying to understand it all. He smiled innocently at them but he couldn't help but scream and cry for help in his head.

Now what could he do? He had to please Lily, his boss; and in able to do that, he had to please David, Lily's boss; and now, the cherry on top, he had to be nice to Victoria; because if he wasn't, this whole great once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him could just explode.

"Excuse us," Lily said, leading David to the elevator to retrieve his forgotten things. The elevator door closes, and Victoria was left standing next to Ryan.

She was beginning to make her way back to the lounge, but turned around to see a still-shocked Ryan. "Remember what I told you!" and she disappeared behind the corner.

Now he knew what Victoria meant, she always gets what she wants.

Damn Seth for being right.

Hey guys, so this will be the last chapter for a while. I am going on vacation so a new chapter won't be up for a while. Probably in 2 weeks? I just wanted to say thank you for reading and for the reviews! It means a lot. I'll see you in a couple of weeks.