Author's Note: The lines are there to annouce a new scene or a memory, because fanfiction is werid about enter and spacing:)
Chapter One
Blast from the Past
Ruthie headed over to baggage claim were she was suppose to met her parents. After collecting her bags, she sat down and waited.
"Ruthie?" a voice asked from behind her, turning she looked up to see a familiar face, "It is you!"
"Robbie?!" Ruthie squealed jumping into his arms, "What are you doing here?"
"Coming home to see my family. Finally!" he said pulling away from her bear hug and looking down at her, "You've grown up Snookie."
"It so good to see you!" she said smiling at the old nickname.
"It's good to see you too. You have to tell me all about Scotland." he said smiling back, "Where are your parents?"
"I don't know. They were supposed to be here thirty minutes ago. I called and no answer." Ruthie said, "Do they know you're here?"
"Nope, It's supposed to be a surprise." he said.
"So I heard Mary, Carlos, Charlie, and the twins came to see you in Florida last month."
"Yeah but something was up with Mary." Robbie told her, "Even Carlos said something to me about it. Said she'd been acting weird for a couple of weeks and then she wanted to go to Florida."
"She has a secret."
"I'll take your word for it. You've always been right in that department." Robbie replied.
"It's a gift!" Ruthie said with a laugh.
"You know your parents should be here by now."
"I know it's not like them."
"Ma'am you need to take a seat. I'll tell you as soon as I have any information on your husband." the nurse told Annie in a desperate attempt to calm her down.
"No you won't!" Annie yelled, "You're going to go back behind those doors and find me a damn doctor!"
"I'll call security if you don't calm down. You're gonna end up back there with your husband. Now please, ma'am take a seat." the nurse told her, "Theirs a pay phone down the hall. Why don't you call someone?"
It was only then that Annie remembered she'd forgotten about Ruthie. She quickly ran over to where the boys laid asleep and grabbed her purse. She punched the numbers in as fast as she could.
"Where are you?" Ruthie asked in a bratty voice after the first ring.
"I'm at the hospital..." Annie began only to be cut off by Ruthie.
"Robbie and I will get a cab and be their as soon as we can." Ruthie said, sounding more grown-up than she felt.
"I love you, Ruthie."
"I love you, too. Bye." Ruthie said. Robbie? Annie thought for a second and then went back to worrying.
Ruthie sat in silence all the way home from the hospital; her dad had passed out and had yet to wake up. They had no idea why he'd passed or if he'd wake up. They had no idea what was wrong with him.
Robbie pulled Annie's mini van into the driveway and got out. Annie had stayed behind at the hospital and Lucy had taken Sam and David with her.
"It's going to be alright." Robbie said putting his arms around Ruthie.
Martin was spending the night at his dad's. Looking out the window at the Camden's house he saw Ruthie in the driveway in the arms of an older man. Infuriated and angry he flew up and ran down the stairs.
Ruthie began to sob harder, "The last time I talked to him I was mad at him for making me come home." she said into Robbie's shirt.
"Who are you?" Martin yelled, causing Ruthie to turn around, upon seeing her tears Martin processed to punch Robbie in the face.
"No one makes her cry!" Martin yelled at him, "You hear me?"
"No that's your job." Ruthie yelled as she ran into the house.
"Hi, I'm Robbie." Robbie said standing up, "Ruthie's like my sister."
"She was like mine too." Martin answered back punching him again.
Ruthie flung herself onto her bed and began to ball, only when she felt Happy lay down beside her did she turn over to pat the white terrier's head.
"I missed you girl." she said, "I really did. You know Dad's going to be fine. He just has to. Doesn't he, Happy?"
