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Marisa starts a new job at Claires, and one day when she is working Nash stops in. She asks why he is in there and he says to buy some earings, and then gets to the point that he is dating Rachel. Marisa is set off by the idea that Nash is dating one of her bestfriends and why she wasnt informed..but then she questions herself as to why she is so bothered by it.
Marisa notices that everything is really tense in her family and her mom and dad aren't talking. So she goes to search her parents closet and realizes that all of her dads belongings are gone. She goes to ask her mom where everything is and finds out that her mom and dad are no longer together. Her dad had an affair.

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It official that Derek and Sierra broke up, so Marisa starts a countdown in her head to how soon Derek should ask her out. She gets a little more frusterated everday when he doesn't make his move and she's afraid he never will. Marisa's friends seem to think that Derek actually like Marisa. Something funny happenss in orchestra that makes Marisa and Andrea laugh and when they run into Sterling they are still laughing and dont explain what has happened so Sterling thinks they are laughing at her so she leaves them. That night, Marisa talks to Sterling on IM and discovers that Sterling is upset because she feels like Marisa and Andrea are now bestfriends.
For Marisa's 16th birthday, she doesn't want to have a party, so her family makes her a big dinner instead. Her mom made her the wrong cake and Marisa comes to realize that everybody has changed and she feels like she is in a 'twilight zone'.

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Marisa's Dad has almost finished her dark room where she will be able to go for her alone time. After sitting in there for awhile, she goes searching through her parents closet for a box of old pictures and she realizes that something is different. Marisa feels herself falling deeply in love with Derek and thinking about him non-stop. In Art class the next day, she is talking to Derek about where they see themselves ten years for now. Derek wants to own his own landscaping buisness and Marisa mentions that her aunt owns her own now and maybe he can do an internship through her buisness and learn a lot. Derek takes her offer and mentions that Marisa is his friend. In Biology class, Marisa and Nash find it hard to talk to eachother. They are at the Annual Harvest Festival and Marisa goes over to Sterling's baked goods booth. Marisa tried to remend her friendship with Nash by hanging out with him down on the dock, eventhough he isn't even talking to her. And there is gossip going around that Derek and Sierra might break up..