Chapter One: Best Friends
Ruthie Camden and Martin Brewers have been best friends since they were little and they don't hide secrets from each other. They Spend a lot of time with each other, tell each other everything, have been in love with each other since Ruthie was a freshman in high have a controlling, a cheating, an abusive boyfriend named Seth Smith but she is blinded from the truth about Seth. She seems to believe that Seth is the one and that she will merry him someday. Martin is single, he enjoys it, and he is hoping that someday he will get a girlfriend who will also be his best friend. He hopes that someday that he will get married to his best friend, he knows the truth about Seth, he wants to tell Ruthie, and plus he wants to protect Ruthie. Martin and Ruthie meet up at a coffee shop to talk to each other about whatever. They had talked about baseball and they got into an argument over Ruthie's boyfriend, Seth. Ruthie: "How is baseball going for you?"
Martin: "It is going good and plus I am going to transfer to Glenoak College but first I need to talk to the baseball coach at Glenoak College to see if I will be able to play for Glenoak College baseball team.
Ruthie: "Why did you want to transfer to Glenoak College?"
Martin: "I want to be near you and plus I am not the father of Aaron."
Ruthie: "What are you talking about?"
Martin: "Sandy and I decided to found who Aaron's real father is. So we had a DNA Test done. We go the results back and it had turned that I am not the father of Aaron but someone else that you know is the father of Aaron."
Ruthie: "Are you telling me that my brother, Simon is the father is Aaron?"
Martin: "Yes, that is what I am telling you and plus Simon needs to tell your parents."
Ruthie: "Yeah he probably will and they will be mad at first but they will accept it. Are you sure that you want to play baseball for and go to classes to Glen oak College?"
Martin: "Yes, I do and I really want to return to Glenoak and I am hoping that it is going to be for good."
Ruthie: "Ok, I have decided that I will not to Scotland to study and that I wanted to go to Glenoak College instead. You probably already know that I am no longer dating T-Bone."
Martin: "I know that and I am glad that you will also be going to Glenoak College."
Ruthie: "Yeah, I never expected that you and I would end going to the same school again."
Martin: "Well, that is so true and a lot of unexpected things happen, sometime they are good and sometimes they could be bad."
Ruthie: "Yeah true, I have a feeling that you need to tell me something"
Martin: "Yeah I did have something to tell and it have something to do with you and me."
Ruthie: "You will need to tell me now because I really want to know what you need to tell me."
Martin: "Ok, I love You, Ruthie; I am in Love with you."
Ruthie: "You should tell me that because I have a boyfriend."
Martin: "I know that you have a boyfriend, you were the one that wanted to know what I needed to tell you and do you have respond to what I have told you."
Ruthie: "I was not expecting you to tell me that you love me."
Martin: "Are you going to respond and tell me that you love me and that you are in love with me?"
Ruthie: "I cannot tell you that I love you and that I am in love with you because I am in love with my boyfriend and my boyfriend is in love with me."
Martin: "What is making you say that you love your boyfriend?"
Ruthie; He treats me well, he is honest with me, and I am happy when I am with him, he do things for me and he shows me how much he loves me."
Martin: "No, He his does not love you at all, Ruthie and plus he is a big Jerk and he does not care about you."
Ruthie: "He does love me, care about me, and he is not a jerk. What make you think that he does not love me, care about me, and that he is a jerk?"
Martin: "Because he hits you, he controls you, and to top it off, he cheats on you."
Ruthie: "Whenever he hits he does mean to, he does not control me and plus he does not cheat on me."
Martin: "He does mean it when he hits untie, he tells you want to do and who you can hang out with and who you cannot hang out with and I saw him kissing another girl." Ruthie: "I don not believe anything that you tell me, and I believe whatever Seth tells me." Martin: "No, you believe the lies that Seth tells you, and the only person that you need to believe right now is me."
Ruthie: "I don't believe the lies that Seth tells me because he does not tell me lies at all and you are the one that is telling lies right now."
Martin: "I am not lying to you, I am being honest with you and plus Seth is lying to you and never been honest with you."
Ruthie: "You are lying to me right now and plus Seth is the one is who have been honest with me about things."
Martin: "Stop believing that lies that Seth is tell you because you are nothing to him."
Ruthie: "I am everything to him and you need to stop telling lies."
Martin: "You deceive someone who cares for you, loves you for you and Seth does not deceive because of the way he treats you."
Ruthie: "He does deceive me, he used to hit girl, controls them, and cheat on them but not anymore." Ruthie finally got feed up with Martin and she doesn't want to believe what Martin had said about Seth and Martin is wrong about him. She leaves the coffee shop and she decided to go to her apartment and try to do something to get her mind off the fight that she just had with Martin. Martin watched Ruthie walking away and he really wished that he don't get into a fight with Ruthie and he hopes that someday that she will end up believing him. He leaves the coffee shop and he goes back to his apartment and he starts to wonder if it is wise of him to return to Glenoak for he can be near Ruthie and he knows that he is in love with Ruthie.
Ruthie was in her apartment and she was thinking about Martin while he was cleaning her apartment. She is starting to wonder if Martin was Right about Seth. Ruthie really wishes that she never got into fight with Martin over her boyfriend. She really wishes that she could tell Martin that she loves him and that she is in love with Martin. Ruthie knows that she does Love Martin, and that she is in love with Martin and she wants him to know. She knows why she cannot tell Martin because she is dating Seth. Ruthie remembers the first time that she got into a fight with Martin over her boyfriend and it was one month after Ruthie started to date Seth. She seems to believe to believe whatever Seth tells her and she seems to believe that Seth is in Love with her.
Ruthie is so completely afraid to admit that Martin is right about Seth. She really hates the fact that she believes that she is right and that Martin is wrong. Ruthie does know for sure if Seth is cheating on, she knows that Seth is controlling her, and also she does not believe that Seth means to hit her. She does not want to face reality because she would rather live in her dream world. Ruthie is wondering if she should talk to someone else about her situation because they could be able to help her out. She starts to think that maybe she should talk to her sister, Lucy but then she realized that Lucy is busy right now and she decided that she wanted to found out the truth by herself. Ruthie is afraid what is going to found out and he really wants to know the truth about Seth. If Martin is right about Seth, she really needs to end her relationship with Seth and hopefully he will not threaten her.
Martin was in his apartment cleaning up his things and he was thinking about Ruthie. He really hopes that soon he and Ruthie will make up and they will stay friends and hopefully someday they will become more then just friends. Martin remembers the day that when Ruthie that she chooses T-Bone over him, she will be going to Scotland to study and T-Bone will follow her. He remembers that she hopes that he would end up founding for him but he knows that Ruthie is the girl for him and he knows that he can love any girls the way that he loves Ruthie. Martin really wishes that Ruthie would be honest about her feelings towards him. He also hopes that Ruthie will found out the truth about Seth and he really wishes that Ruthie believes him. Martin knows that she is the one for him and that he is the one for her. He hopes that Ruthie will also realize that but she seems to believe that Seth is the one for her.
Martin knows that ounce Ruthie founds out the truth about Seth, it is going to hurt her and she is going to get upset. He wants to be there for her and he wants to protect her from getting hurt again. Martin knows once Ruthie founds out the truth about Seth, she is going to end her relationship with Seth. He knows that it is going to be hard for Ruthie to end her relationship with Seth because Seth is going to try doing anything to stop her. Martin to hates to see Ruthie getting hurt and he knows that Seth have been hurting Ruthie. He knows that Seth is going to continue to hurt Ruthie until him and Ruthie stops Seth from hurting her, and he have a feeling that Seth will ended up threatening Ruthie after Ruthie ends her relationship with Seth.