*This story picks up in the middle of season 11…right around when Martin comes back to Glen Oak to meet up with Mac. He meets Jane and Margaret at this time as well.

"Come in" Annie yelled across the kitchen.

"Hey, Mrs. Camden!"

"Martin! What a great surprise! What are you doing here?"

"I just came to see Mac and wanted to stop by and see you guys. Where's Mr. Camden, the boys…and Ruthie?"

"Um..Eric is at the church and so are the boys. He actually started home-schooling them now. And Ruthie she's actually out right now." Margaret and Jane started walking down the stairs. "Oh and I'd like you to meet Jane and Margaret. Girls, this is Martin."

"Hi" Martin waved.

"Mrs. Camden, would you mind dropping us off at the promenade? We wanted to watch a movie." Jane asked.

"I'm actually headed that way to meet my friend Mac. I can give you guys a ride." Martin replied.

"Ok. Thanks!"

*At the promenade:

"So your parents bought a 1 bedroom condo? hahaha That's hilarious." Martin, Margaret, and Jane laughed.

"Whatever dude, whatever. This pizza is good!" Mac replied.

"So, Martin, tell us about your son. How old is he? Is he a cutie like his father?" Jane asked Martin while also trying to flirt.

"Um…he, uh, he just turned a year old last week." Martin couldn't think straight because he had just seen the one person he had truly come back to Glen Oak to see and she was hugging and kissing another guy. He knew Ruthie Camden was beautiful but for some reason today she just seemed absolutely radiant as if with no flaws.

Mac noticing Martin's distraction had his buddy's back and took him aside to speak to him alone.

"That's T-bone, Ruthie's boyfriend. They've been seeing each other for two months."

"I can't believe this, I just can't." Martin replied.

"Calm down man, calm down. I know you think of her as a little sister, but don't worry Kevin has the big brother role all under control. The two of them do not have enough time alone together to get into any sort of trouble if you know what I mean. She's ok." Mac tried comforting his best friend.

"Yeah but I'm not ok." Martin replied. "I don't think of her as a little sister anymore Mac."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Ughhh man do I have to spell it out? I LOVE HER. That's why I came back. I wanted to talk to her and see if there was still a chance for us."

"Well, there's NOT!" Mac yelled. Martin frowned. "I'm sorry man. You are my best friend and as such you need to know that she's happy now. When you left she was devastated."

"I know. Don't you think I know that Mac?"

"No, I don't think you know. I'm serious. She cried for weeks Martin. She cried at school. She cried when she walked. The entire church, the entire community knew about it. You messed her up bad, so just let her be Martin."

"Man I suck. I can't believe how much of an idiot I am. I'm so in love with her. If only I had realized that a few months ago." Martin replied.

"It's ok. All we can do is learn from our mistakes. Now let's go back to our double date."

As the four of them walked into the movie theater, Ruthie who was on the other side of the promenade and looked over and saw Martin. She didn't say anything to T-bone but she was sad that he hadn't come over to say hey to her. Did he not care for her at all?