Okay, so it's been like, 6 years after Ryan moved to Newport and college is over. Ryan and Marissa live together and Summer and Seth are married. I think that's pretty much all you need to know for now. Hope you guys like it. It's my first OC fic..so please...be gentle.

Disclaimer- I do not own the OC. wish I did...then i wouldn't have killed Marissa off.

"Kirsten, hey…it's Ryan…yeah, I'm aware that it's only 7:30 in the morning…well I was just wondering, can Marissa and I come over for dinner tonight? Great, and umm, can you invite Julie and Jimmy too? I'll let you in on the details later. Okay, great…wait can we keep this conversation to ourselves for now? Thanks Kirsten. I'll talk to you later then. Okay…bye." Ryan hangs up the phone and lets out a nervous sigh. He was about to take a huge step in his life and he's completely ecstatic. He was about to ask Marissa Cooper, the love of his life, to he his wife. And tonight, he's going to be asking for her parents' blessing.

He walks back into the master bedroom of a condo that he and Marissa owns. Man, I can't wait to move into the new house. He thinks to himself as he imagines how the new house is going to look like.The house that he has been working on for the last few months and is now officially his since he bought it earlier in the week. He and Summer have been working on it together; he had to work on the architecture stuff and Summer took care of the interior designing.

He smiles to himself as he sees Marissa sleeping on the bed peacefully and he gets on the bed and puts his arm around the sleeping beauty.

Marissa flutters her eyes open and feels soft kisses on her collarbone, causing her to smile. She rolls over to her side and faces her prince charming. "Good morning." She says softly as Ryan kisses her softly on the forehead. "You're up early."

"Kirsten called me about work." He replies. "Oh and she invited us to have dinner at their place tonight, along with your parents and Summer and Seth."

"Great. So what do you wanna do today?" She asks.

"Well I've gotta work on the house later but for now…I've got an idea." He says slyly, beginning to kiss her neck once again.

"Sounds good to me." Marissa says with a laugh, pulling the covers on top of them.

At The Cohen's

Ryan closes his car door and walks over to Marissa's side and opens her door. They walk up to the Cohen's house hand in hand and rang the doorbell.

"Well, hello you two." Sandy and Kirsten greets them with a smile, letting them in.

"Ryan can we talk to you for a minute? Everybody's outside, Marissa. I think Summer's waiting for you." Sandy says, turning to Marissa.

"Oh, ok. Thanks." Marissa walks off with a smile as she heads to the back yard.

"What's up?" Ryan says casually.

"You tell us. Since when do you ask to have dinner here with the Coopers?" Kristen says suspiciously.

Ryan laughs and lets in a deep breath. I guess it's time to let the secret out. "Well, as you guys know, tomorrow is mine and Marissa's 2 year anniversary and I wanna ask her to marry me. But I wanted Julie and Jimmy's blessing first."

Kirsten and Sandy look at each other and then gave Ryan a wide smile that caused Ryan to let out a sigh of relief. "That's great, Ryan!" Kirsten says giving Ryan a hug.

"It's about time you two settle down." Sandy says with a smile.

"But, there's something else." Ryan continues, "That house I've been working on for the last few months…well, I bought it. For Marissa and I."

Kirsten gives him another wide smile "Even better. I'm sure that condo's getting too small for you guys anyhow."

"I'm glad you guys think it's great. Now I have to see what her parents will say." Ryan utters with slight anxiety in his voice.

"Well, let's find out right now." Sandy says gesturing for the three of them to head back with the others.

That's all I have for now, folks. But since I've been working on this for awhile, I'll be updating alot. I like reviews, so..don't be shy, I wanna hear what you think. Thanks, guys.