Title: The Choices We Make
Author: Carebear 19
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from 7th Heaven, they all belong to Mr. Spelling and Brenda Hampton. I do however own Volare and Katrina.
Summery: Matt left home when he was 17, and no one has heard from him since. Seven years later, he comes home, how will his family react.
A/N: Ok, this starts during the episode where Eric finds marijuana in the house, and it comes out that Matt was the one who brought it into the house. It begins when Matt stormed out of the house, then kinda veers off from the show. As far as the rest of the family goes, they stayed mostly with the show, the twins were born and such. Mary went to New York, and married Wilson, and Robbie and Lucy continued dating. As for Matt, well you have to read to find out.. J
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"Don't you dare walk out that door." Eric roared as Matt did exactly that. The other Camden children sat on the stairwell in silence. One by one they got up and walked up to their rooms. By morning their lives would be forever changed.
Matt Camden did the one thing no Camden had ever done, he snuck into the Camden house without getting caught. Then again, it was four-thirty in the morning and everyone was asleep. He quickly packed some of his clothes into an old duffel bad and grabbed his sleeping bag. Then he went over to his bed and reached under it. They always said he was broke, and couldn't save a dime. But, he had. Every time he had any money he put a couple of dollars or so in this box, had been since he was Ruthie's age. Of course, whenever he needed money he couldn't remember where it was as he was always moving it. But, he had remembered tonight. Finally he felt it, and pulled it out. He stuffed it into the bag, then took six white envelopes from his back pocket.
He put his mom and dad's on the bed, one for each of them, knowing they would find them in the morning. He then walked out of the room and set his bags on the floor outside his door. He closed the door softly, then snuck into Simon and Ruthie's room. Happy looked up as he came in, but didn't make a sound. He walked over and rubbed her head, then put Simon's envelope by his pillow, and Ruthie's with her stuffed animals on the bed. He left the room as quietly as he had entered, and walked into Mary and Lucy's room. He put Mary's letter by her basketball things, and set Lucy's on her dresser. Then he turned and walked towards the door.
"Matt?" a soft voice whispered behind him. He turned around slowly; Lucy sat up in her bed looking at him. "You're leaving aren't you?" she asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, they don't trust me." He said softly, watching as she lost the battle with her tears. He closed his eyes, fighting to keep his own tears in check.
"Did you.?" she began, but was unable to finish the horrible thought.
"No Luce." He said softly. "A friend gave it to me, but I swear I never used it."
"I know. I never thought it could be true."
"I'm sorry." He said softly.
"Don't be. I understand why you're going. I just wish things could have been different."
"So do I. I have to get going, there's a bus leaving soon."
"I'll miss you Matt."
"And I'll miss you.
"Will you write?"
"Somehow. You'll know it's me."
"Alright. Goodbye Matt."
"Goodbye Luce. Be careful alright?"
"I will." She replied before giving him a hug.
"I love you Luce." He said softly as he walked out of the room.
Two minutes later Matt stopped outside the front of the house he had called home for seventeen years. Glancing up he saw Lucy in her window watching him. He waved then turned around and continued walking down the street, wondering what the future held.
Lucy watched from her window as her brother walked out of her life. She couldn't blame him for leaving, if her parents didn't trust her anymore, and wouldn't let her even try to explain, then she would leave too. Turning from the window, she picked up the letter Matt had left on her dresser, and crawled back into bed. As she drifted off to sleep, she knew that nothing would ever be the same.
Author: Carebear 19
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from 7th Heaven, they all belong to Mr. Spelling and Brenda Hampton. I do however own Volare and Katrina.
Summery: Matt left home when he was 17, and no one has heard from him since. Seven years later, he comes home, how will his family react.
A/N: Ok, this starts during the episode where Eric finds marijuana in the house, and it comes out that Matt was the one who brought it into the house. It begins when Matt stormed out of the house, then kinda veers off from the show. As far as the rest of the family goes, they stayed mostly with the show, the twins were born and such. Mary went to New York, and married Wilson, and Robbie and Lucy continued dating. As for Matt, well you have to read to find out.. J
~*~*~*~*~*~
"Don't you dare walk out that door." Eric roared as Matt did exactly that. The other Camden children sat on the stairwell in silence. One by one they got up and walked up to their rooms. By morning their lives would be forever changed.
Matt Camden did the one thing no Camden had ever done, he snuck into the Camden house without getting caught. Then again, it was four-thirty in the morning and everyone was asleep. He quickly packed some of his clothes into an old duffel bad and grabbed his sleeping bag. Then he went over to his bed and reached under it. They always said he was broke, and couldn't save a dime. But, he had. Every time he had any money he put a couple of dollars or so in this box, had been since he was Ruthie's age. Of course, whenever he needed money he couldn't remember where it was as he was always moving it. But, he had remembered tonight. Finally he felt it, and pulled it out. He stuffed it into the bag, then took six white envelopes from his back pocket.
He put his mom and dad's on the bed, one for each of them, knowing they would find them in the morning. He then walked out of the room and set his bags on the floor outside his door. He closed the door softly, then snuck into Simon and Ruthie's room. Happy looked up as he came in, but didn't make a sound. He walked over and rubbed her head, then put Simon's envelope by his pillow, and Ruthie's with her stuffed animals on the bed. He left the room as quietly as he had entered, and walked into Mary and Lucy's room. He put Mary's letter by her basketball things, and set Lucy's on her dresser. Then he turned and walked towards the door.
"Matt?" a soft voice whispered behind him. He turned around slowly; Lucy sat up in her bed looking at him. "You're leaving aren't you?" she asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, they don't trust me." He said softly, watching as she lost the battle with her tears. He closed his eyes, fighting to keep his own tears in check.
"Did you.?" she began, but was unable to finish the horrible thought.
"No Luce." He said softly. "A friend gave it to me, but I swear I never used it."
"I know. I never thought it could be true."
"I'm sorry." He said softly.
"Don't be. I understand why you're going. I just wish things could have been different."
"So do I. I have to get going, there's a bus leaving soon."
"I'll miss you Matt."
"And I'll miss you.
"Will you write?"
"Somehow. You'll know it's me."
"Alright. Goodbye Matt."
"Goodbye Luce. Be careful alright?"
"I will." She replied before giving him a hug.
"I love you Luce." He said softly as he walked out of the room.
Two minutes later Matt stopped outside the front of the house he had called home for seventeen years. Glancing up he saw Lucy in her window watching him. He waved then turned around and continued walking down the street, wondering what the future held.
Lucy watched from her window as her brother walked out of her life. She couldn't blame him for leaving, if her parents didn't trust her anymore, and wouldn't let her even try to explain, then she would leave too. Turning from the window, she picked up the letter Matt had left on her dresser, and crawled back into bed. As she drifted off to sleep, she knew that nothing would ever be the same.