Disclaimer: I do not own the 7th Heaven characters. This purely original and is only something I would have liked to have seen on the show.

Chapter 3- Martin

Baseball practice went really well today. Ruthie wasn't being distracting, she was just reading. He loved that about her, she was such a beautiful girl, she was sweet, and to top it all off she was smarter than hell. He'd never met a triple threat before, and that's exactly why he loved her. She was the perfect girl. I mean she didn't take any crap from anyone, she was honest to a fault, loyal, when she got angry she looked so sexy it almost made you want to make her angry. Any sane guy would want to date her and he was sure many guys did, but for some reason nobody had asked her out lately and while he knew it made him happy, he was sure Ruthie hated not being asked out, after all she was a 16 year old girl. As much as Martin wanted to be happy and that meant being with Ruthie, her happiness was going to come first, even if he was hurt. He loved her that much. So he decided he'd fix her up with one of his teammates.

It was a good idea, except for one thing, who was he going to set her up with. In his mind he was going through the list of his teammates, ruling out the guys who were taken and the seniors, as well as the freshmen. All of a sudden he came up with the perfect person, Carter Bentley. He was a junior who made varsity his freshman year, he played third baseman, and was extremely smart. His family, as well as himself, had old-fashioned values, Carter and his parents went to the Camden's church, it was perfect she'd be taken care of by him, and Martin didn't have to worry that some perv would be trying to have sex with her.

While Martin had been having those type of dreams about Ruthie and had often thought about it during class, he didn't want anyone else touching her the way he'd dreamt of. Her beautiful round breasts that were the perfect size, her cute little butt that couldn't compare to Beyonce's, no matter what anyone else said. And let's not forget her beautifully full lips that he wanted to bruise with his kisses while his hands ran over her and explored the contour of her body. He could tell with lips like that he could easily lose himself in her, those were the lips that he wanted to kiss for the rest of his life. Yes, Carter was perfect for Ruthie, because he was probably the type of guy who waited until he was married and that made Martin happy. He'd call Carter tonight and suggest something about asking Ruthie out.

Ruthie was waiting for him at his car when practice was over. He loved how beautiful she looked leaning against his truck.

"How was your day?" he asked her.

"It was good, all my homework is done, except English, which is a final assignment due the 21st. I have to write my own version of Romeo and Juliet. I'm really excited about it and I love the play. It's really romantic and I can't wait to see what happens, maybe their families will get along and forget their differences in the end."

"It is a good play, I remember reading it my sophomore year. I think I was the only guy to admit that I liked it." He didn't have the heart to tell her that as romantic as the story is it had a terrible ending, he couldn't tell her they both die in the end. She'd have to find out for herself.

"Hey Martin, can we get going? I need to get home. Mom and Dad are going out tonight and I promised I'd watch Sam and David. Besides I'd like to finish this so I can start on my own version. Are you excited about graduation? It's only 2 weeks away."

"Yea I really am. I can't believe I got a scholarship for baseball and I can't wait to start school."

"You never did tell me where you got the scholarship to. Where are you going to go to school?"

"Well my scholarship is to…" Martin gets cut off by "Me and My Gang". Great why is Mac calling me? I just saw him. I swear in some ways that guy is like a teenage girl.

By the time he was finished listening to Mac and his girl problems, his prom date was bugging him and telling him he'd better rent a limo and he'd better get a yellow rose to go with her dress, and on and on, Ruthie was long out of the car and in her house. And Martin of course was in his bedroom and wondering what he should do about prom himself. Should he consider Ruthie or just ask Shelby. He really wanted to with Ruthie, but he was afraid she'd just treat him like a friend and he knew if he asked her that the whole sex thing would cross his mind a million times during the night. Shelby was a senior who had a huge crush on him, he knew he wouldn't want to be with her like he would with Ruthie. It would be safer to go with Shelby. He had no clue. Martin Brewer was clueless.