Lost Innocence Chapter 2
Lucy walked in to her and Ruthie's room and saw Ruthie writing in a diary.
"I didn't know you had a diary" Lucy said.
"I don't!" Ruthie said and shoved the diary under the blanket.
Lucy laughed. "It's okay."
"Your not gonna read it, are you?" Ruthie asked.
"No, I promise I won't."
"Thanks"
"Are you writing about Jason?" Lucy asked.
"Maybe."
"Do you like him?"
"Yeah"
Lucy smiled. "Well I'll leave you alone then." She walked out.
Ruthie finished writing and then she opened the book she was reading. 15 minutes later the phone rang. She picked it up.
"Hello." She said.
"Hey, Is Ruthie there?" A boy asked.
"This is her."
"Hi Ruthie, it's Jason."
"Jason! Hey!"
"Hey. I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies with me tommorow afternoon. My mom will pick you up and drive you home. We can have lunch after the movie."
"I'd love to, give me a second. I have to ask my mom."
"Okay"
Ruthie set the phone on her bed and ran downstairs.
"Mom, Can I go to the movies with Jason tommorow?"
"Wait, Who's Jason?" Eric asked.
"Jason is her new friend." Annie answered. "What time?"
"Sometime in the afternoon. His mom will pick me up, we'll have lunch after the movie and then his mom will drive me home."
"I guess you can. Are you sure you wouldn't like me to drive you?" Annie said.
"It's okay, mom. I'll be fine."
"Okay, you can go."
"Thanks mom" Ruthie said and ran upstairs.
"Hey Jason" She said. "I can go."
"Great! We'll pick you up at 11:30."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye!"
Ruthie went to bed and had a very strange dream. She was getting married to Peter in her dad's church. Her dad was marrying her. All of her family was involved in the wedding and it was really nice. She was just about to say "I do" when Jason ran in and said he loved Ruthie. She turned to Peter, apologized and ran out and rode away in a limo with Jason. Then she woke up. It was 10:30. She had slept in. She grabbed her diary from under her matress and wrote about her dream. Then she got up, grabbed her favourite jeans and a cute shirt, took a shower and got dressed. When she got out, it was 11:00. She put on make-up(she was only allowed to wear a little) and did her hair. Then she saw the perfume Ben gave her sitting on her dresser. She put a little on. She didn't know why but she really wanted to look nice for Jason. When she was ready, she went to stairs to wait for Jason.
"You look really nice" Eric said, as he walked into the living room with the twins.
"Yeah very nice." The twins both said in unison.
"Thanks guys." Ruthie said. Annie walked in to the room.
"You look very nice. What movie are you guys going to see?" Annie asked.
"Umm, I'm not sure." Ruthie answered.
They heard a car pull up and then someone knocked at the door. Ruthie, Eric and Annie all went over. Ruthie opened the door. Jason's blonde hair was spiked a little at the front and he had baggy jeans and a big t-shirt on.
"Wow, Ruthie. You look really pretty." Jason said.
"Thanks. You look nice too." Ruthie said.
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Camden. I'm Jason's mom, Linda. Linda Andrews."
"Hello Mrs. Andrews." Annie said.
"Oh, please. Call me Linda. I'm going to drop them off and then pick them up 20 minutes after the movie ends, because they're going to go eat at the promenade."
"Okay, that sounds fine. Ruthie has $20. Will that be enough?" Annie asked.
"Oh, plenty." Linda replied.
"Ok, Bye Ruthie." Eric said and hugged his daughter, who seemed to grow more each day.
"Bye Ruthie" Annie said, also hugging Ruthie.
"Bye guys!" Ruthie said and then her, Jason and Linda got in to the car.
The car ride there was pretty boring. Linda asked Ruthie a few questions about herslef and her family. Her and Jason talked a little, and then they got there. They both got out the same door of Ms. Andrews' red Sunfire. Ruthie thanked her for the ride and Jason said bye and they walked over to the movies. Peter was there with Lauren, Tyler and Lissa.
"Why didn't you invite Ruthie?" Ruthie overheard Lissa say.
"I did, her mom said she was out with Jason." Peter said.
Busted, Ruthie thought. She knew Peter wouldn't mind, and he was her best friend. But for some reason she was scared to say anything to Peter.
"I thought we were best friends, I don't know why she didn't tell me." Peter said. Ruthie was feeling pretty bad. She was sorry for not telling Peter, but she didn't want that to ruin her date. She had to find a way to avoid them because she wanted to be alone with Jason. She was starting to worry that her date would be awful.
"Ruthie?" Jason said. "Ruthie, are you alright? You look worried."
"I'm fine Jason." She said and looked up again. This time Jason looked up too.
"Why are you worried about them?" He asked.
"I don't want them to ruin our date." Oops! She thought. I didn't mean to say that ot loud.
"How are they going to ruin our date?"
"I didn't mean it like that. I just don't want to have to sit with them and I forgot to tell Peter about our date and we're supposed to be best friends and now he's mad and me and now... I'm ruining aren't I?"
"Calm down Ruthie. It's okay."
"I'm sorry. I'm not usually like this. It's just that I really like you and I want everything to be perfect." Ruthie said.
"Everything is perfect when I'm with you." Jason told her. Ruthie smiled.
"And I promise I won't let anyone ruin our date." Jason said.
"Okay. I promise I won't go crazy anymore." Ruthie said. Jason laughed.
"Okay" He said.
The movie they went to see was a Snappy movie, called Snappy's Big Adventure. They couldn't get in to the other one because it was rated 14A and they were only 13. Peter never saw Ruthie or Jason, so that was one good thing. The movie was very boring so they talked through most of it. If she were Lucy, she would have probably made out with Jason, but she barely knew him, so they just talked. After the movie ended, Jason and Ruthie left the movie, still laughing. Jason was very funny. The two walked down to a little cafe place near the bookstore. They got Ice Cappachinos. They talked some more. Jason told Ruthie about his life before. Some of it was sad, but he didn't seem to mind talking about it. After they finished their Ice Caps, They walked over to the bookstore. Jason's mom was already there. They got in to the backseat.
"Hey guys. How was the movie?" Linda asked.
"It was boring." Jason said.
"Oh. That's too bad. What was it called?"
"Snappy's Big Adventure." Ruthie replied.
Linda laughed a little. "I see"
"But we had fun." Jason said.
"Yeah" Ruthie agreed.
"Would you like to come over tommorow Ruthie?" Jason asked.
"I don't know. Is it even okay with your mom?" Ruthie answered.
"Mom?"
"It's fine with me."
"Okay, sure. I just have to ask my mom." Ruthie said.
"Okay. You can ask her when we drop you off." Jason said.
"Alright." Ruthie said.
They arrived at the Camden's and Ruthie and Jason got out. He walked her to the door and they kissed. Just a little kiss, though.
"I had a great time today" Jason said.
"Yeah me too." Ruthie agreed. "I'll be right back. I'm gonna ask my mom."
"Okay" Jason said. Ruthie ran inside.
"Mom!" She yelled.
"Yes, I'm right here." Her mom said.
"Can I go to Jason's tommorow?"
"Your spending an awful lot of time with him."
"And?"
"Nothing. I was just saying. Are you sure you don't want to take a break for a day?"
Ruthie sighed. "No, so can I?"
"I guess, but please lose the attitude."
"I'm sorry. Thank you."
Ruthie ran out of the house.
"Are you allowed?" Jason asked.
"Yeah. What time?"
"I'll walk over and get you at 12. Is that OK?"
"That's fine. You don't have to pick me up."
"I don't want you to walk over alone, and I don't want to have to have your parents drive you, they probably have other things to take care of. We only live 5 minutes apart."
"Your right. I'll see you then."
"Bye." Jason said and kissed her again. He ran off and got into the car. Ruthie just stood there thinking for a few minutes.
Wow, she thought.
"I really like him." She said out loud.
