Episode 1: Introduction
The sun hit Annie face as she rolled over and hugged her husband. She wrapped her arms around him as she planted a kiss on his cheek. Annie was in a great mood; Lucy decided not to move, Eric finally told everyone that he was retiring from being a pastor, and the RV trip went well.
She got up two hours early to make breakfast. It was two weeks until Simon gets married.
She made her way into her bathroom that was connected to her bedroom. Turning the shower to a temperate that she enjoyed; she took off her rob and got into the shower one step at a time. She let the water hit her body as she lavished it with Dove body wash.
The smell of the body wash which smelled like raspberry and lime; hit her nose while her mind drifted off to Eric finally telling everyone that he was retiring and Lucy telling everyone that she decided not to move;
It was the last night before they returned to Glen Oak. Everyone was sitting around the restaurant table, some happy, some not so much but it was time for Eric to tell everyone he was retiring from being a pastor. He decided to leave out the part that him retiring will possible cost them the house that they all grew up in but he decided to leave that last part out of his speech.
"Okay, listen up!" Eric said tapping the fork against the glass, "I wanted to go to a fancy restaurant our last night before turning back home because I needed to tell everyone that I am retiring from being a pastor." Everyone face was in shock but Ruthie. Eric can tell that Ruthie saw it coming or knew and never said anything.
Annie sat there and just hoped everyone will take it lightly. Lucy stood up with her hand on her pregnant belly and said she wasn't planning on moving.
Annie could tell she only said it to make the situation lighten up but Annie was still excited about the news.
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Ruthie was up all night. She hasn't slept since she hit her bed seven hours ago. It was five in the morning and there was so much on her mind; T-bone decided to stay with his Dad for three weeks before coming back this way. Their relationship wasn't bad but it wasn't the best. He hasn't called her in a week and Ruthie patient was getting thinner and thinner by the second.
Before the RV trip, Ruthie admitted to T-bone she acted bratty and had a shitty attitude. After, the whole Martin thing she just couldn't find a happy place.
"Now, I'm thinking of Martin…Great!" Ruthie thought throwing her hands up and screaming into her pillow. Her phone rung and it read "T," it was T-bone.
"Hello," I answered wondering why he was up. It was eight in the morning his time but still too early knowing T-bone.
"Hey, how was the rest of the trip?" He asked sounding very much awake.
"It was okay. Why haven't you called?" Ruthie asked not trying to get angry but she had a right to have one.
Last night, she found out T-bone talked to Jane everyday but never bothered once to pick up the phone and call his girlfriend.
"My father and I have been catching up so that's where all of my attention has been going to." T-bone replied hoping that he would be off the hook but knowing that wasn't going to happen.
"But you had time to talk to Jane!" Ruthie shouted but not loud enough to wake everyone in the house.
"Ruthie, I don't have time for this!" T-bone yelled back sounding irritated "I'll be there soon then we can talk!" Click!
Ruthie looked at her phone in disbelief that he hung up on her. T-bone had a very bad attitude. T-bone is dangerously obsessive, recklessly impulsive, and short-tempered. Only Ruthie saw that side of him and everyone else saw him as an angel.
Ruthie frustrated and overwhelmed fell back on her bed with tears falling down her eyes and fell fast asleep.
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When the car was finally in park, Sandy looked back at a sleeping toddler who she loved unconditionally. She grabbed her purse resting it lightly on her shoulder before getting out of the car and making her way over to take Aaron upstairs.
While in the process of trying to unlock her door, she dropped the key.
"This can't be happening right now!" Sandy thought frustratingly as she wondered how she was going to retrieve her keys from the floor without waking Aaron up. Soon as she was about to wake Aaron up, Martin was walking toward the door.
"Let me help you with that," Martin said picking the keys up and allowing Sandy to take Aaron to his room.
Martin walked to the kitchen and made himself a glass of cold ice water before going to sit on the couch. Sandy walked to the kitchen and retrieved two wine glasses and a bottle of wine before sitting it on the coffee table.
"Today must have been a long day?" Martin asked flicking through the channels.
"You can say that." Sandy responded pouring the wine in the glasses. Martin haven't seen Sandy since her and Aaron left for the RV trip. He couldn't go seeing that he had to work, had baseball practice, and was avoiding speaking to Ruthie. It's been almost a year since Ruthie and Martin had a face to face conversation.
"How was the RV trip?" Martin asked.
"The RV trip was okay. There were many good memories but few bad ones." Sandy responded not really trying to give too much away. Sandy didn't think she wanted to tell Martin that her and Ruthie became really close.
"Did T-bone end up going?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Sandy looked at Martin as the disguise came across his face and she couldn't help but laugh.
Martin hit Sandy playfully on the arm because she couldn't stop laughing at how madly in love he was with Ruthie. She knew Martin hated T-bone because Ruthie chose T-bone over him.
"Never mind, was Johnathan able to make it?"
"Speaking of the devil…" Sandy said as she excused herself to her bedroom. She hasn't talked to Johnathan since he didn't show up to Sacramento. He said he always have to work and Sandy was getting tired of it.
"Hey, Honey," Johnathan spoke with a whisper like he was just waking up "I missed you so much!"
"Are you making it to my first sermon, next week?" Sandy was irritated and honestly had a long day as she replied with much attitude.
"Maybe" Johnathan said lifting the naked sleeping woman off of his arm as he made his way to the bathroom.
"Maybe," Sandy was fed up and honestly had enough of Johnathan's bull "you didn't make it to the RV Trip! You might not make it to my first Sermon! When are you coming back Johnathan Timothy McClain?" Sandy was screaming forgetting Aaron was sleep.
Martin body jumped slightly as he was woken from his sleep by the sound of Aaron crying and Sandy screaming at someone one the phone. He made his was to Aaron room, picked him up, and calmed Aaron down, before, placing him back in his bed.
Martin then made his way to Sandy room where she was sitting on the bed crying her eyes out.
"It's going to be okay." Martin said as he wrapped his arms around Sandy and allowed her to cry in his chest.
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Jane was in her room packing to go to the Camden's when her phone rung.
"Hey, T-bone what's up?' Jane didn't tell anyone that she and T-bone shared a kiss on the RV trip but they both brushed it off, "We were both in the moment." Jane could hear that sentence playing in her head over and over again
Jane was slightly jealous of Ruthie and T-bone relationship. Bitter that she couldn't find love and the one man that she loved, said he loved someone else. Jane secretly loved T-bone for many months and the RV trip made her feelings stronger.
"Did you find a place to stay?" T-bone asked. Every time he would speak Jane wished he was in her face where she could stare at him forever.
"Not really," Jane lied, "everything is just too expensive." Jane could afford a studio apartment but she really wanted T-bone to move in with her. She knew when he gets back he needed to find a cheaper place to stay.
"When I get back next week, if you don't mind…" T-bone paused, "we can look for a two bedroom apartment? It will be cheaper for the both of us."
"Yeah, that'll be great. We can talk about it more when you get back." Jane was smiling ear to ear. She was so happy that they will be getting an apartment together.
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Ruthie rolled over looking at her phone.
"Two-Thirty shit!" Ruthie jumped out of the bed. She was supposed to meet Sandy at the nail salon. Ruthie looked at her messages and seen that she had none.
"Maybe, she forgot," Ruthie thought to herself, "I'll just go over there/"
Ruthie was dressed and out the door in thirty minutes on her way to Sandy house.
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"My dad is coming to pick Aaron up for the weekend," Sandy shouted to Martin who was getting Aaron ready.
Sandy was in her room packing Aaron a weekend bag so he could go spend some time with his grandpa. Sandy had plans with Rose and told Martin he could stay here for the weekend forgetting her plans with Ruthie.
When Sandy was done she grabbed Aaron and left to meet her father.
Martin looked around at the empty apartment wondering what he was about to do. He decided to order some pizza and rent some movies.
Thirty minutes later the door bell rung.
"That was fast," Martin thought to himself has he just ordered the pizza. When he opened the door he came face to face with Ruthie who he haven't seen since the hospital.
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"When do you plan on telling your parents that we are indeed moving?" Kevin asked Lucy who was sitting in front of the T.V. Lucy already was offered a head position at a church in Crossroads and Kevin a head sheriff position. Lucy was just trying to make light of the situation surrounding her father retirement. She didn't think anyone knew not even her mother.
"I'll tell them after Simon wedding," Lucy responded, "they already have too much on their plates as it is."
