In the words of Summer, Ryan Atwood was comparable to sad, poor little koala bear. You couldn’t agree more. Having lived across from the Cohen’s nearly your whole life, your interest was piqued once a blond headed guy began to pop up in the windows, even sleeping in their pool house.

You asked Seth about it, who explained the boy as his dad’s newest project (though you thought those were ill-picked words). Ryan was from a bad part of town—away from all the riches and luxuries that lie within Newport. After stealing a car, then crashing it, Sandy Cohen took him in once Ryan’s mother kicked him out.

Seth’s mom wasn’t too happy about, adamant that Ryan was a bad kid—but once you saw that face, you highly doubted it.

Ryan was attending his first Newport fashion show—you weren’t a big fan of them, but you went to support your friends, but Ryan looked bored out of his mind. Seth was off somewhere, so you took your chance.