I don't own Seventh Heaven, only Caleb.

"Can I help you?" Martin asked extremely annoyed as he rubbed his eyes. He couldn't believe that this person would just jump into a bed without even looking, no one was that careless other than... It couldn't be her, right? She was supposed to be in NY not Glen Oak.

"Hi" Ruthie said sheepishly as recognition dawned on Martin's face and he looked at her with panic in his hazel eyes.

"What are you doing here?" he asked as Ruthie smiled and answered "Here as in Glen Oak or here as in the garage apartment?"

"Both"

"Well it was time for a visit and since I didn't want to wake the whole house up I decided to sneak in here. I didn't know you were going to be here. I mean I don't just jump into occupied beds"

"Well that's good to know" Martin dryly replied before stretching and sitting up as Ruthie looked him up and down and he blushed slightly as he grabbed his T-shirt and slipped it on.

"So I'll take the couch" Ruthie said after a few awkward minutes before Martin shook his head and said "Don't be ridiculous, I'll take the couch and you can take the bed"

"If you're sure?" Ruthie asked before slipping out of her jacket revealing a lacy camisole and pulled her hair into a low ponytail. Martin nervously swallowed and cleared his throat before he looked away.

"Night" Martin said quietly as he walked over to the couch and tried to fall asleep. The last coherent thought he had was that Ruthie Camden had become even more beautiful after all these years.

The next morning Ruthie woke up to voices near the kitchen. She listened closely and realized that Aaron and Martin were having a discussion about breakfast and what they would have.

It seemed as though Aaron wanted to have breakfast with her parents and Martin was trying to persuade him to have breakfast at their new home down the street.

Aaron replied "I don't want to have breakfast by ourselves again. I thought we moved here to be with the Camden's. There are a lot of people here and I want to be with them"

"Okay, why don't I drop you there and then I'll go and get the house ready"

"I guess so" Aaron said half heartedly as Martin sighed once more and said "Now what's the problem?"

"Why won't you have breakfast with us?"

"Okay just keep your voice down, remember Ruthie is still sleeping"

"Do you think she will like me?" Aaron asked fretfully as Martin smiled at his son and said "I'm sure she will as long as you are polite"

"Okay" Aaron replied as they made their way out of the apartment. Ruthie let out the breath she was holding and stood up stretching and made her way to the bathroom to wash up.

After she had changed she slipped on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and braided her hair. As she was applying make-up she heard the door open and a voice ask "Are you decent?"

"Kevin?" Ruthie said as she dropped the blush and gave him a hug.

"Hey, how are you? You look wonderful"

"Thanks" Ruthie replied as she slipped on her shoes and said "Does everyone know I'm home?"

"Pretty much, Aaron ran in with the good news"

"Wonderful" Ruthie replied rolling her eyes as Kevin laughed and replied "Don't worry we all know your honor was intact"

"Great"

"So Lucy told me this was it"

"It?" Ruthie asked in a confused tone as she wrinkled her nose.

"Deciding if Martin is really the one"

Ruthie groaned and asked "Does she tell you everything?"

"Not always, I guessed it anyway"

"Well, I'm not exactly sure how to go about this. I am not staying that long because I have deadlines due in two weeks and how do you find out if you're in love in less than two weeks?"

"Well if you two are in love, you will know" Kevin said softly before giving her a hug and saying that he would see her at the breakfast table.

By the time Ruthie walked into the kitchen the only person there was her mom drinking a cup of coffee.

"Hey" Ruthie said softly as Annie walked over with tears in her eyes and said "You look wonderful honey. How are you?"

"Good, the paper's doing great and I love NY"

"I'm glad. How about Caleb? How is that going?"

"Okay so far. We are taking things slow, I'm not sure if I want to be in a relationship right now"

"Honey, it's just you and I. Why don't we speak like the adults we are. You are in still in love with Martin and you are not sure if you want to move on or not, right?"

"Well not exactly. Seriously Mom, if I was truly honest with myself I don't really know Martin, so how can I be certain that I am in love with him. I am in love with the idea of him but I don't really know him, so I came home to try and figure it out. I can't keep pushing Caleb away from me"

"You're right, so what are you going to do?"

"I guess just spend some time with him, get to know him again in less than two weeks"

"Well here's your chance now" Annie said as she suddenly stood up.

"What? Where are you going?" Ruthie frantically asked as Martin walked in the kitchen, dressed in jeans and a shirt, his baseball cap on.

"Hey" he said as he grabbed an apple and sat down across from her.

"Hey, so word is you are moving back here"

"Yes, I figured it would be better for Aaron to be near family and since my dad died, I really don't have any family besides yours"

"Well my mom is ecstatic"

"So is Aaron. He's excited about having so many children around"

"That's good. What are you going to be doing when he is in school?"

"I'm opening a sports store"

"That's neat" Ruthie replied politely as Martin smiled slightly and then said "So why are you here? I mean really? Last I heard you were really happy in NY. What was so important that made you come home?"

"Honestly?"Ruthie asked as she bit her lower lip and Martin nodded "You did"