Previously: Ruthie its true Sandy is pregnant and I'm responsible.
Ruthie looked at him in shock as tears threatened to come streaming down her face. She didn't know what to say. She didn't know why Martin who do that. She didn't know how to talk to him either because she started to yell.
"Martin how could you?" She said while pounding her fists against his chest. She came back for another swing but he grabbed her hand and pulled her into a hug and wouldn't let go. She cried with her head on his chest and he put his chin lightly on her head and said he was sincerely sorry, and kept repeating it until he heard no more cries. She looked up and saw the hurt in his eyes but what really caught her attention were the tears. He had tears rolling down his face. She had never seen him cry much less show an emotion besides anger. She felt horrible that she was the cause. 'Well he deserves it, this hurt me more than it does him right, no it doesn't. He is responsible for all of this and he is going to be a father and now my outburst made it even worse bad enough that he is crying. I mean well he's had to have cried before but not when anyone's there'. Her thought were interrupted by his voice.
"Ruthie, are you alright" he asked trying to hide the tears knowing she had seen them. Without even knowing, she was crying.
"Yeah I'm fine. Martin I'm so sorry." She said breaking down in tears again while she fell onto his shoulder.
"For what?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
"I made it worse by screaming at you." She said while a silent tear made its way down his face. She quickly wiped it away and looked at him.
"No it's just I didn't know it would hurt this bad." He said while looking down.
"What do you mean?" She asked calming down a little bit.
"I mean I know that it is my fault for what happened to Sandy but I don't really care about that. Yeah it was a shock and I am scared but the hardest thing about it was telling you. I …I just feel horrible that it hurt you this bad, and that you didn't even know and" He was cut off by Ruthie's lips on his. It was a surprise but he wrapped his hands around her waist after the shock. He picked her up off the ground so she wouldn't have to stand on her tiptoes. When they finally came up for air they heard footsteps so they quickly moved apart to see her parents coming in the kitchen.
"What's wrong mom?" Ruthie asked concerned.
"Well we didn't hear Martin finish his sentence so we thought something had happened to you two." She finished looking at Ruthie's tear stained face. "Honey your face is a little flushed, why don't you go upstairs and put some cool water on you forehead. Martin you too, dear." With that Annie left the kitchen with her husband.
Ruthie looked at Martin and blushed and looked away as he blushed she quickly looked back at him giving him a mischievous grin and ran upstairs. He quickly followed not knowing what lay in store for him.