Marissa walked into her new mansion of a home. She despised this
place. Marissa would rather live with Jimmy and Hayley in the apartment.
This place had no originality, while the apartment did. Seth and Summer had
spent so much time redoing her room, especially the Paris mural. Marissa
had underestimated Seth Cohen. He really was amazing. Summer was lucky. But
Marissa had Ryan. At least she thought she did. After everything with
Theresa and the baby, Marissa and Ryan weren't the closest right now.
Marissa sighed. She hated this life and there was no getting out of it.
Julie Nichol heard her daughter come in. Julie was so excited. Soon, she'd have a full family. She left the kitchen and met Marissa at the door.
"Hey Marissa." Julie did try hard to have an okay relationship with her daughter. She only did what she thought was right. Julie couldn't help that she was incredibly overprotective of Marissa, especially with Ryan Atwood in the vicinity.
"Hey Mom."
"How was your day?"
"It was fine." Marissa began to go up the steps to her room.
"No wait, Marissa honey."
"What?"
"I have a surprise for you."
"I'm not really in the mood for surprises." Julie could tell Marissa was obviously not happy.
"Please?" Most of the time, Julie's begging would have never worked, but on this day, it actually did. Marissa stopped and stared at her mother with ignorant eyes.
"What is it?" Julie smiled broadly and ran to the living room as fast as she could in her heels. She motioned to her surprise and ran back. The surprise followed annoyingly.
"Look who I found."
"Kaitlin." Marissa stared at her younger sister, who she hadn't seen in such a long time. Kaitlin had been at a boarding school for so long. Marissa stepped back down the stairs.
"Hey 'Rissa." Kaitlin shined one of her most sincere smiles Marissa had ever seen. Kaitlin walked up to her and they hugged.
"What are you doing here?" Marissa was so confused. Kaitlin despised their mother more than her.
"Mom got me out of boarding school. I'm staying here." Kaitlin was a better actor than Marissa. She could fool their mother at any given time. She had never really showed her disgust for Julie Nichol. Marissa, on the other hand, did. She wanted her mother to know she did not voluntarily want to live here. She had been blackmailed.
"That's great, Kaitlin."
"Yeh, isn't it?" Kaitlin had been the best liar in the family.
"Well, girls, I just need to finish up something. Marissa, can you show kaitlin her new room? It's right across from yours."
"Sure Mom."
"Oh, I'm so happy we're a family." Julie put both girls into a hug neither wanted.
"Yeh, me too." Marissa added sarcastically. Julie left and Kaitlin ran back to the living room to grab her lone bag. Marissa went up the stairs and showed Kaitlin her room. They barely said a word, only when necessary.
Marissa went into her room and headed for her secret stash. She took a swig of the alcohol. It was bitter sweet. Just the way Marissa liked it.
"Hey." Marissa jumped and quickly dropped the bottle that she just enough time to recap. It fell upon a tiny clothes pile Marissa formed looking for something to wear this morning. Marissa turned to face her sister at the door frame.
"Hey." Marissa returned the gesture.
"I see I'm not the only Cooper who likes to have a little swig now and then."
"It's nothing."
"Don't worry. I won't tell. Just tell me where you got it. I haven't had a drink in a while."
"What, wasn't there enough drunken parties on the east coast?"
"No, there were plenty. I just couldn't get to them."
"When is the last time you remember being sober?"
"I'm sober right now. Of course, my drinking was never really a problem."
"Oh, right. So what was the reason for that two year stint at the boarding school?"
"Mom was afraid I'd turn in an alcoholic."
"You were thirteen, and getting wasted. You snuck out like every night." Marissa still really hadn't forgiven Kaitlin for leaving.
"I was in a tiny depression. I'm over it. I only like a drink now and then. But obviously, you have to get over your depression."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Marissa was getting pissed. Kaitlin acted like she knew everything.
"You tell me. I'm not the one who's been here for the last two years. The last phone call I got, was Dad saying he was getting divorced. Then Mom calls telling me she remarried, and wants me to live with her."
" Well, that was your own fault."
"Yeh, I know that. But if it wasn't for you, I'd still be there."
"What?"
"I wasn't gonna live here. But when I heard you moved in here too, I figured you would need help with Mommie Dearest." Kaitlin flashed one of the most evil smiles Marissa had ever seen. It was a conniving smile, one filled with evil, hatred, and a plan forming with it. The two girls stared at each other for a moment, and then kaitlin left the room Marissa sighed and grabbed the bottle. She chugged the rest down.
Seth Cohen let the phone ring again. This was getting ridiculous. He hadn't done anything wrong. Seth just left fro some time to find himself. He had to find himself. Okay, he didn't really find himself fully, and he had a broken arm to show for it. Seth tried to explain to Summer, but she didn't want to her it. She was pissed at him.
"Hi, this is Summer, but I'm not here right now. So leave a message after the beep. Oh, and if this is Cohen, just hang up now." Obviously Summer had changed her message in the time between Seth's calls. About 10 minutes. But Seth still waited for the beep.
"Hey, Summer. It's Seth again. I know I've been bugging you and everything, but I really want to explain. 'Cause you know, I didn't really mean to hurt you and if I did, I'm really, really sorry for it. I just hope that one day we can look back and laugh about this, and hopefully that's like tomorrow 'cause I'm like super sorry and I just want to forget it 'cause it was stupid and I suppose it was " The machine cut off. Seth used up all his time again. So as he mentally yelled at himslef, Ryan walked in.
"Hey." He said.
" Hey. So, how's life for you? Must be better than mine."
"What, Summer still not returning your calls?" Ryan went into the refrigerator and grabbed a soda.
"Yeh. Hey, any pudding in there?"
"Yeh, there is. What is up with your obsession with pudding?" Ryan answered as he threw Seth a cup of pudding.
"I don' know, man. It's just really, really good." Seth said with his mouth full of pudding.
"Whatever. Have you talked to Marissa lately?"
"See, man, me and Marissa? Not on the greatest of terms. Though I should be calling her step-aunt Marissa." Seth laughed. The Cohen-Nichol- Cooper family was so confusing now. Practically everyone in Newport was related to the other. Except for Ryan. Summer might even be related to someone, too. Other than her immediate family. Seth had lost track.
"Very funny. But I should call her." Ryan left the kitchen and headed to the pool house. Seth finished up his oh-so-good pudding and headed to his room. He would try Summer one more time, and if she didn't pick up, Seth was done. For the day.
Julie Nichol heard her daughter come in. Julie was so excited. Soon, she'd have a full family. She left the kitchen and met Marissa at the door.
"Hey Marissa." Julie did try hard to have an okay relationship with her daughter. She only did what she thought was right. Julie couldn't help that she was incredibly overprotective of Marissa, especially with Ryan Atwood in the vicinity.
"Hey Mom."
"How was your day?"
"It was fine." Marissa began to go up the steps to her room.
"No wait, Marissa honey."
"What?"
"I have a surprise for you."
"I'm not really in the mood for surprises." Julie could tell Marissa was obviously not happy.
"Please?" Most of the time, Julie's begging would have never worked, but on this day, it actually did. Marissa stopped and stared at her mother with ignorant eyes.
"What is it?" Julie smiled broadly and ran to the living room as fast as she could in her heels. She motioned to her surprise and ran back. The surprise followed annoyingly.
"Look who I found."
"Kaitlin." Marissa stared at her younger sister, who she hadn't seen in such a long time. Kaitlin had been at a boarding school for so long. Marissa stepped back down the stairs.
"Hey 'Rissa." Kaitlin shined one of her most sincere smiles Marissa had ever seen. Kaitlin walked up to her and they hugged.
"What are you doing here?" Marissa was so confused. Kaitlin despised their mother more than her.
"Mom got me out of boarding school. I'm staying here." Kaitlin was a better actor than Marissa. She could fool their mother at any given time. She had never really showed her disgust for Julie Nichol. Marissa, on the other hand, did. She wanted her mother to know she did not voluntarily want to live here. She had been blackmailed.
"That's great, Kaitlin."
"Yeh, isn't it?" Kaitlin had been the best liar in the family.
"Well, girls, I just need to finish up something. Marissa, can you show kaitlin her new room? It's right across from yours."
"Sure Mom."
"Oh, I'm so happy we're a family." Julie put both girls into a hug neither wanted.
"Yeh, me too." Marissa added sarcastically. Julie left and Kaitlin ran back to the living room to grab her lone bag. Marissa went up the stairs and showed Kaitlin her room. They barely said a word, only when necessary.
Marissa went into her room and headed for her secret stash. She took a swig of the alcohol. It was bitter sweet. Just the way Marissa liked it.
"Hey." Marissa jumped and quickly dropped the bottle that she just enough time to recap. It fell upon a tiny clothes pile Marissa formed looking for something to wear this morning. Marissa turned to face her sister at the door frame.
"Hey." Marissa returned the gesture.
"I see I'm not the only Cooper who likes to have a little swig now and then."
"It's nothing."
"Don't worry. I won't tell. Just tell me where you got it. I haven't had a drink in a while."
"What, wasn't there enough drunken parties on the east coast?"
"No, there were plenty. I just couldn't get to them."
"When is the last time you remember being sober?"
"I'm sober right now. Of course, my drinking was never really a problem."
"Oh, right. So what was the reason for that two year stint at the boarding school?"
"Mom was afraid I'd turn in an alcoholic."
"You were thirteen, and getting wasted. You snuck out like every night." Marissa still really hadn't forgiven Kaitlin for leaving.
"I was in a tiny depression. I'm over it. I only like a drink now and then. But obviously, you have to get over your depression."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Marissa was getting pissed. Kaitlin acted like she knew everything.
"You tell me. I'm not the one who's been here for the last two years. The last phone call I got, was Dad saying he was getting divorced. Then Mom calls telling me she remarried, and wants me to live with her."
" Well, that was your own fault."
"Yeh, I know that. But if it wasn't for you, I'd still be there."
"What?"
"I wasn't gonna live here. But when I heard you moved in here too, I figured you would need help with Mommie Dearest." Kaitlin flashed one of the most evil smiles Marissa had ever seen. It was a conniving smile, one filled with evil, hatred, and a plan forming with it. The two girls stared at each other for a moment, and then kaitlin left the room Marissa sighed and grabbed the bottle. She chugged the rest down.
Seth Cohen let the phone ring again. This was getting ridiculous. He hadn't done anything wrong. Seth just left fro some time to find himself. He had to find himself. Okay, he didn't really find himself fully, and he had a broken arm to show for it. Seth tried to explain to Summer, but she didn't want to her it. She was pissed at him.
"Hi, this is Summer, but I'm not here right now. So leave a message after the beep. Oh, and if this is Cohen, just hang up now." Obviously Summer had changed her message in the time between Seth's calls. About 10 minutes. But Seth still waited for the beep.
"Hey, Summer. It's Seth again. I know I've been bugging you and everything, but I really want to explain. 'Cause you know, I didn't really mean to hurt you and if I did, I'm really, really sorry for it. I just hope that one day we can look back and laugh about this, and hopefully that's like tomorrow 'cause I'm like super sorry and I just want to forget it 'cause it was stupid and I suppose it was " The machine cut off. Seth used up all his time again. So as he mentally yelled at himslef, Ryan walked in.
"Hey." He said.
" Hey. So, how's life for you? Must be better than mine."
"What, Summer still not returning your calls?" Ryan went into the refrigerator and grabbed a soda.
"Yeh. Hey, any pudding in there?"
"Yeh, there is. What is up with your obsession with pudding?" Ryan answered as he threw Seth a cup of pudding.
"I don' know, man. It's just really, really good." Seth said with his mouth full of pudding.
"Whatever. Have you talked to Marissa lately?"
"See, man, me and Marissa? Not on the greatest of terms. Though I should be calling her step-aunt Marissa." Seth laughed. The Cohen-Nichol- Cooper family was so confusing now. Practically everyone in Newport was related to the other. Except for Ryan. Summer might even be related to someone, too. Other than her immediate family. Seth had lost track.
"Very funny. But I should call her." Ryan left the kitchen and headed to the pool house. Seth finished up his oh-so-good pudding and headed to his room. He would try Summer one more time, and if she didn't pick up, Seth was done. For the day.