A/N: hello my loyal readers! Thanks to me running out of allergy medicine and staying up all night I came up with an idea for a new story! Yaay! Aren't you all excited? I know that I am :)

The title of this story is from the song, "Everything you Want" by Vertical Horizon. Im not about to call this a songfic, but lyrics will be used from time to time and in chapter titles...so just letting ya know.

So, I don't wanna give too much away, but just so you aren't confused...it about season 8, everything in the 7th heaven universe is the same (only no Martin, he messes up everything) except in Mary's case. She did go to buffalo...but she didn't see Wilson there, no Ben...no flight attendant job...ok? We all clear? Good...it's story time


It was a normal Thursday night at the Camden household. Ruthie Camden was sprawled out on her bed amongst books and papers and she was writing furiously in a spiral notebook. The twins, Sam and David were throwing their matchbox cars down the stairs, much to the disdain of their mother Annie who was busy trying to get dinner finished before her company arrived Reverend Eric Camden was pacing around his office trying to finish up his sermon for Sunday morning. In the small apartment located above the Camden garage, a pencil was tapping against a pad of paper as Lucy Kinkirk attempted to study while she anxiously awaiting her husband's return.

Upstairs, Mary, the second oldest and far from favorite Camden, threw her hair clip down on the dresser and her blonde hair fell messily over her face and shoulders. She sighed; her hair simply wasn't doing anything she wanted it to. Of course, the one night she needed to look nice is just wouldn't cooperate. She grabbed a front section in her hair and quickly clipped it back; the mid-afternoon sun that was streaming through her window caught the shiny object on her finger and bounced off the mirror into her eyes. She dropped her hair and held out her left hand. She was still trying to get used to the big diamond that now adorned her ring finger.

Marriage. The entire idea of it scared her so bad that she tried not to think about it as much as possible. But it was hard, especially in her family. Everyone talked constantly about wedding plans, honeymoon spots, and kids. All Mary wanted was to be married and be done with it. But seeing as her wedding was still 7 months away, she was just going to have to suck it up.

When the doorbell rang downstairs Mary chose to leave her hair as it was and get up to answer the door. On her way to the stairs she smoothed out her blouse and made sure that her skirt was on straight. When she reached the top of the steps she saw her mother excitedly rushing for the door, she flung it open and squealed.

"Hey Annie" a man's voice said as he wrapped his arms around his future mother and law.

She giggled and hit him with the dishtowel that was clenched in her fist, "I told you to start calling me mom."

He tilted his head and said charmingly, "you got it mom" he hugged her again

Annie almost blushed, "oh stop it, now come in, make yourself at home" she said making her way back to the kitchen

He took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack, and then turned to see Mary at the top of the stairs, his face lit up, "hey beautiful"

She smiled coyly, "hi honey, how are you?" she walked down the stairs to greet him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.

Their greeting was interrupted by Annie's voice in the kitchen, "Carter! Will you come help me set the table?"

He looked down at Mary, "duty calls" he said as he headed for the kitchen

"Mary!" Annie called, "would you go wash your brothers up for dinner?"

"Sure mom!" Mary answered as she went back up the stairs.

After she had struggled to get Sam and David clean she went to Matt's old room, where she had been staying for almost 4 months. She was changing out of her skirt into jeans since she was now completely soaked. Her clothes were still in boxes on the closet floor. She never bothered to unpack; she didn't want to admit to herself that she had come running home. She tried to convince herself that it wasn't permanent, she was only visiting and she'd be back on her feet in no time.

When she had changed Mary started to make her way downstairs where she met Ruthie in the hall.

"I take it from all the ruckus downstairs that Carter is here" Ruthie said

"Yeah, he just got here a few minutes ago" Mary told her

"You know Mary" Ruthie began in an extremely Ruthie manner, "you're really really lucky to have such a great boyfriend, well fiancée. He takes such great care of you, plus he's nice, and funny. Mom and Dad couldn't be happier. And it doesn't really hurt that I like him too."

As she watched her sister walk ahead of her and down the stairs her heart sank for a second. She couldn't figure out why though, why wasn't she as happy as she should be? I mean after all, he was perfect…everything was perfect…

He's everything you want

He's everything you need

He's everything inside of you that you wish you could be

He says all the right things at exactly the right time

But he means nothing to you and you don't know why…

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What do you think so far? I would absolutely love to know!!