~*~Note~*~ Thanks to all who reviewed and left encouraging reviews for me to continue writing this fan fic. But to one who said it was unreasonable that Ruthie's friends would ditch her because her dad died, thats not why they ditched her. They ditched her because Ruthie isn't as "popular" as Emily is. Emily doesn't like Ruthie so she wanted her friends to turn on her. Her friemds would rather be seen with the "popular" girl than with the "unpopular" girl. Get it? If not ah well. Oh and if they ditched her because her dad died... its "FICTION!!!!" It can be abything I want it to be. And as for my age and potential, everyone who knows me says I have "POTENTIAL" for my age. To EVERYONE Thanks for reading and reviewing mystory. It's greatly appreciated!! XOXO Care Bear
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Chapter 9-

Jason and Ruthie got into the car and shut the door. Mrs. Thomas began to drive and then started to ask Ruthie a question.

"So you are Ruthie right?" she asked

"Yeah. It's nice to meet you Mrs. Thomas." Ruthie replied.

"Nice to meet you to." she replied.

The rest of the drive to the pool hall was quiet. Ruthie and Jason just kept looking and smiling at each other. They held each other hands. Mrs. Thomas pulled up to the pool hall and let Jason and Ruthie out.

"I'll pick you guys up at around 8:30. Ok." she asked.

"Yeah. Bye mom." Jason said

"Bye Jason. Be good too." his mom said.

"Yeah!" Jason said as they both turned around and walked into the pool hall holding hands. They walked in and sat down at the table.

"So, what's the long story?" Ruthie asked.

"Oh. Yeah I told you Iwould tell you about that. Didn't I" Jason said. Ruthie knodded.

"OK lets order first. ok?" he asked her handing her a menu.

"Ok." They both ordered their food and Ruhtie asked again; "Can you tell me now."

"Well... just promise me you won't judge me on this." he asked her.

"I promise. Whatever happened in the past, I don't care about it. As long as it doesn't affect the future." Ruthie told him smiling.

"Ok...well we moved here because of what I ended up doing at my old school." he started to say. "Well my dad walked out on me, my brother, and my mom when I was born. My brother is a year older than me so we were really close to each other. Well my brother went into this whole depression stage were he started drugs. My mom found out and she shipped him off to a holy family. Well he came back a year and a half later and he seemed so much better. He seemed so happy. Well apparently he hadn't stopped doing the drugs. I started hanging out with him a lot and he pressured me into trying drugs. I started drugs, but luckily my mom caught me and my brother one night and she got us both help. She shipped us both of to military school where I spent six months. My brother is still in military school. I think he's got like a year left and so that's basically my life story. Oh we moved here because my mom thought it would be good for us because it would be a new start." Jason finally finished.

Ruthie had now moved her chair next to Jason. Jason put his arm around her.

"Are you off drugs now?" she asked him.

"Yeah." he knodded.

"Well then, I don't care. It doesn't matter to me what happened in your past. All that matters is the future. OK forget the past." Ruthie said.

"I love you Ruthie!" Jason said.

"I love you too Jason!" Ruthie replied.

Their food came and they ate. They talked about everything that they could think of. They were having so much fun. Ruthie really enjoyed the company of Jason. She reached over to kiss Jason and then all of a sudden they started to make out. Then Jason looked at his watch.

"Its 8:30. Time to go I'm sorry." he said.

"Man. Well mom will kill me if I'm late so I guess we gotta go." Ruthie said.

They both walked out to wait for Mrs. Thomas. She was waiting outside in the car for them. She took Ruthie home and Jason walked her to the door.

"I had a really good night." she said.

"Me too." Jason replied.

"See you tomorrow. I showed you where my tree is so you can meet me there tomorrow. OK" she said.

"Yeah See you tomorrow then. Love you." he said.

"Love you too," she said as she began to kiss him. They kissed and then Jason left.

"Love you Ruthie!" he said as he walked away.

"Love you too Jason," she said as she walked in the door to see her mom standing there.