Seventh Heaven is not mine, nor any of the characters, except for Thomas.
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Ruth
21 year old Ruth Camden sat in her red Mercedes trying to decide if she should go into her childhood home.
She hadn't been home for a while and the only reason she was there was because she was reassured by her mother that Martin had an overnight business trip and would not be present.
It would be easier anyway to say what she had to say to her family without him there demanding to know why she was making such a drastic change in her life.
After the whole ' Sandy' incident as Ruth liked to call it, her and Martin had a rough time trying to save their friendship.
She was too hurt and embarrassed and who knew what Martin had thought.
It became much easier after Thomas was born and Ruth had left to college. In college she was able to finally get over the hurt and disappointment she felt.
Plus once Simon and Sandy got engaged, it became easier to actually like her. Sandy, who had always wanted a friendship with Ruth, took that opportunity and called her and visited her as often as possible.
How could you not like someone like that, plus she made Simon so happy.
Of course when Martin had shown up for her graduation party and surprised her with a brand new cheery red Mercedes, she made the mistake of blurting out her true feelings.
The only saving grace was that it was in private.
When she had finally realized that she had said it out loud, she remembered turning around, not even giving Martin the chance to respond.
Since then she did a great job of showing up when she knew for sure that he would not be there.
Martin
It had been 6 years since Martin Brewer had last seen Ruth Camden.
In fact the last time he saw her was when she told him she loved him and then ran away. After that incident she had refused to come any where near him.
Of course he tried numerous ways of trying to speak to her, but she avoided each call and email as one would avoid a snake's home. All in all it was pretty discouraging.
It also forced him to realize that maybe she didn't really love him.
As he sat at his desk looking over his case notes, his eyes fell to a picture of Ruth and him.
It was at the last new year's eve party that Simon and Sandy had thrown.
They looked so happy together. Of course it was all a show. By some unwritten agreement, the two had decided long ago not to let anyone else know just how dramatically their friendship had changed.
Ruth
"Ruth!" her mother exclaimed as I walked up the front steps into the hallway. "You look wonderful"
"Thanks" I replied blushing lightly.
Compliments was something I was still getting use to and it always made me a little uneasy, as though the person only saw the outer me and not the inner me.
"Ruth" I heard a loud voice before I was attacked by Lucy "How is my favorite medical resident?"
"Doing okay" I said hesitantly as I took a deep breath.
Always count on Lucy to bring up something I was not willing to talk about.
"Auntie Ruth" Thom yelled running to my legs and squealing when I picked him up. He looked exactly like Martin, only in a smaller version.
His green eyes were sparkling as he asked me "Did you bring me anything special?"
"Thomas" Sandy scolded as she took him from me and gave me a hug "How are you Ruth?"
"Okay" I replied as she looked at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe later" I replied as she nodded and Simon came up to hug me.
"How's married life treating you?" I teasingly asked him as he smiled and said "Great so far. How is Bobby doing?"
Why was my family so nosy? I thought before saying "Alright, I guess"
"You guess?" my mother repeated suspiciously. I swear that woman must have been a hawk in a former life.
"We've had a disagreement" I began slowly as everyone stopped to look at me.
I could see the excitment in Sandy's eyes and Lucy and my mom looked worried, while Simon, Kevin and my dad were clenching their fists.
"Well he doesn't necessarily agree with a recent decision I've made, but can't it wait till dessert? I'm starving"
Everyone started laughing as we all sat down and my dad said grace.
"So" Lucy began as we were all in the living room with cheesecake and coffee.
"Well I'm thinking that I may not want to return to Medical school" I said quietly as everyone stared back at me dumbfounded.
"Why not?" My dad finally asked as I looked up, biting my lower lip and praying that I wouldn't start bawling again.
"I'm not really happy" I began as a voice called out.
"Hello? Anyone here?"
"We're in the living room" my mom replied as Martin Brewer walked in and said in a joking manner "I know I promised I would stop working so much, but there is no need for an intervention"
Kevin and my dad laughed while the women looked at me to see how I would react to Martin being there.
It was just at this moment that Martin noticed me and he paled a little before composing himself and walking over to me, smiling and saying "How are ya stranger?"
I couldn't help it, I loved his smile. It was so infectious. It always made things a little bit better and he was gorgous. How could you not react to someone like that?
"Not too bad" I replied before getting up and hugging him. I could smell his cologne and the warmth in his embrace.
We pulled apart, both slightly red and Martin asked smiling "is there still dinner for me? I'm starving"
Everyone laughed as Annie replied "You sound just like Ruth" and went into the kitchen.
Martin smiled a little wistfully and replied "well great minds think alike" as he followed Annie.
I watched him leave and then focused my attention back to my family who were all looking at me with knowing little grins.
When would they stop? I angrily questioned myself and then blurted out "I quit medical school to become a singer"
Dead silence filled the room as Sandy replied "Do you have a contract?"
"Yes I have it here, I was going to show it to Martin to see if it was all sound" Nice, I congratulated myself. This way they will see that I am thinking logically.
"Well that's a good start" my dad replied slowly and said "I thought medical school was something you wanted?"
I did want it until my cheating, lying boyfriend decided to sleep with my ex-best friend since I was always studying.
I shrugged and then said "I did minor in Music" as my mom came back and said "what did I miss?"
"Ruth dropped out of medical school" Lucy chimed in as my mom turned to me and asked "Honey, I thought that medical school was something you wanted"
"You know" I began as I sat up "This is why I do not come home as often. I just told you that I am unhappy, that I have an excellent chance to record an album and all everyone can think about is the fact that I am not doing what I thought I wanted to do"
"Calm down Ruth" my dad began before I started pacing and replied angrily "No I won't calm down! I can't stand it anymore. You would think for once you would just say 'great honey, if this is what you want go for it'. It's not as though I have a family preventing me from doing this."
"We're sorry" My mom said quickly as she noticed the tears falling and I walked out of the living room and ran into Martin.
"Hey, what's the matter?" he asked concerned as he wrapped his arms around me
"Just take me away from here" I stated as he said "let's go"