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Ryan goes over to Marissa's flat, and they talk about the bonfire while building a scale model out of possible sticks. They flirt and sneak glances at each other (apparently, Ryan's architectural skills are irresistible). When Ryan leaves, he tells her about Seth the Cupid, and they laugh uneasily about how it's stupid to be stuck in the past. They hug awkwardly, and the shot pans to reveal Alex, drinking beer in her car, suddenly an alcoholic stalker. She gets out as Ryan walks by, and throws the beer can at his head, barely missing. He's taken aback, and asks her what's wrong.

RYAN: What do you think you're doing?
ALEX: Let me put it in a way you will understand. (Shoves him) Stay away from her.
RYAN: (bewildered, laughing) There's nothing going on.
ALEX: What are you talking about? Studying late together, sharing a sleeping bag, yeah there's nothing going on at all Ryan (Shoves him again.)
RYAN: Hey! Listen to me.
ALEX: Nono. You listen to me. Don't go near my girlfriend again. You understand me now? (Shoves him again.)
RYAN: (They stare at each other) Walk away.
ALEX: (mocking) I'm gone. (walks back to the house.)

The next morning, when Ryan reveals to Seth that Alex wasn't all that happy about him and Marissa, Seth refers to her as "one angry lesbian", and Ryan shouts at him for interfering.

Meanwhile, over at Alex's, Marissa gets a voicemail message from Ryan saying
that he won't be coming to the bonfire after all. Alex comes out, and because she's the Clingy/Psycho Lesbian, asks Marissa who it was, and Marissa lies and tells her it was her mom. Alex says that Marissa was asleep last night when she got home--which is a bit illogical, considering that Alex saw Marissa go into the house right before she did, so how could she be asleep five minutes later? Alex says that Marissa should try sleeping in a tent, with Ryan, but wait, she's already done that. Marissa says she was going to tell her, but that she didn't want to make it a big deal, and Alex tells her that it wasn't, until she lied about it.

Over at Summer's, Summer is playing with Marissa's hair while they talk--because they are really 11 years old--and Marissa tells her about the fight she had with Alex.

SUMMER: I don't know Coop, it sounds like a pretty bad fight. Maybe you should just move home?
MARISSA: I can't.
SUMMER: Because you love Alex and wherever she is, that's your home?
MARISSA: Cause it will make my mom too happy.
SUMMER: Oh.

I repeat Summer's "oh." So, this is just a relationship for ratings? DAMN YOU JOSH SCHWARTZ. Ahem. Summer tells Marissa to go home to Alex, and that she "can't rid two horses with one ass", which she claims is a proverb. I repeat: I want Summer as a friend. Or a girlfriend. Summer realizes that it was Seth that told Alex (to which Marissa is, again, incredibly apathetic about) and runs off to administer pain.

Meanwhile, Julie is recruiting Ryan to bring Marissa home, tell him she is "risking everything that is important to her"--which includes skipping school, but does shacking up with a bisexual/gay woman really constitute ruining your future? Ryan eventually gives in and goes over to Alex's to try and find Marissa. Alex answers, drunk, and tells him to go away, but Ryan barges in anyway. Alex tells him Marissa's at her bonfire, and then reminds him of her threat. Ryan tells her that fighting is his specialty, and that he's looking forward to it.

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