Chapter 11-
Ruthie woke up the next morning and got ready for school. Lucy was just waking up as Ruhtie was about to go downstairs.
"Remember, you promised." Ruthie said pointing to her sister. Lucy just laid there and knodded.
"Ruthie Hurry up. You're going to be late." Simon called up to her.
"I'm coming." Ruthie called to him. Turning around one last time to her sister, "remember!"
Ruthie got into the car and Simon started to talk to Ruthie.
"Ruthie, I'm sorry if it has seemed that I haven't been there for you lately. I was kinda busy with Cecilia and all. Just know that I am here for you and I want you to know that you can say anything you want to me." Simon said.
"I know. I'm fine really." Ruthie said, figuring that Lucy hadn't kept her promise and had told Simon. Oh well. Simon just better not tell anyone.
Simon pulled up to the school and let Ruthie out. "Bye Ruthie, see you after school. Remember you have to walk home today. Get Jason to walk you home. OK." he said.
"OK Bye," Ruthie called back as she took off to see Jason who was standing over near her tree.
"Hey sweetie!" Jason said to Ruthie as she walked over.
"Hey. What's up!" Ruthie said, hugging Jason.
"Nothing. Did my sweetheart get in trouble for last night?" he asked hugging her back.
"No." Ruthie said. Just then Emily walked over to them.
"Hey Ruthie and who is this. Your name is Jason. Right?" she said.
Jason knodded. "What do you want Emily?" Ruthie asked. "I thought you don't associate with fatherless children."
"What gave you that idea?" Emily asked.
"You kinda said it to her yesterday. Since you don't associate with fatherless children, then you not going to associate with me because I don't have a dad so there." said Jason now angry and standing up for Ruthie.
Emily was speechless all she could say was "Come on Peter and girls. Let's leave the "fatherless" children alone." Emily turned to leave and like always everyone followed.
"Thanks Jason." Ruthie said hugging Jason.
"No problem. I don't like her. No one is going to make fun of you anymore." Jason said hugging and holding Ruthie.
The bell rang and then Jason walked Ruthie to class.
When lunch came around Ruthie and Jason had already detention for talking. When they walked into the cafeteria the "gothic/punk group" came up to Ruthie and Jason and asked them to come and sit with them at their table. They both accepted and they went to sit down. Ruthie felt a little out of place sitting there because almost everyone was dressed punk and Ruthie was wearing prep clothes. She decided this weekend that she was going to go to "Hot Topic" at the mall and get some new clothes. A girl named Ashley came over and sat next to Ruthie.
"Hi I'm Ashley. You are Ruthie right?" she asked.
"Yeah." Ruhtie replied. Ashley looked at Ruthie's clothes and said...
"Do you want to go to the mall on Friday and we can get you some new clothes?"
"Yeah. I was thinking that you want to go with me." Ruthie asked.
"Sure why not here's my number," she said writing it down on a slip of paper and handing it to Ruthie. Ruthie took it and put it into her pocket. Ruthie and Ashley sat there and just talked and laughed then she asked her
"Is Jason your boyfriend?"
"Yeah why?"
"Because he is new and he is really cute." she said laughing.
Ruthie laughed to "I know!"
"Don't worry though. No one is going to take him from you. We'll make sure of that," she said laughing still.
"Thanks," Ruthie said.
The bell and rang and since Ashley was in Ruthie's class and so was Jared (the guy Jason was talking to) they all walked to class together.
"You see, Jared is my boyfriend," Ashley said.
"He's cute too," Ruthie said. He kinda resembled Jason.
They all walked into math and sat down.
"Oh Jason. We're having a party on Saturday. Do you and Ruthie want to come?" Jared asked.
"Yeah. You want to go Ruthie?" Jason said
"Sure." Ruhtie said. She then turned to Ashley and asked, "So we're going to the mall Friday right?"
Ashley knodded. "Then on Saturday we have the party. Perfect new clothes for the party."
The rest of the day was great for Ruthie and Jason. They sat in detention together and then Jason walked Ruthie home. "I'll call you tonight. OK?" he said.
"Yeah," she said kissing him on the cheek. "Talk to you later."
"OK Bye sweetheart." he said turning to walk home.
Ruthie thought to herself "I'm so happy now, new friends and boyfriend. Now I just have to get mom to accept it."
Ruthie woke up the next morning and got ready for school. Lucy was just waking up as Ruhtie was about to go downstairs.
"Remember, you promised." Ruthie said pointing to her sister. Lucy just laid there and knodded.
"Ruthie Hurry up. You're going to be late." Simon called up to her.
"I'm coming." Ruthie called to him. Turning around one last time to her sister, "remember!"
Ruthie got into the car and Simon started to talk to Ruthie.
"Ruthie, I'm sorry if it has seemed that I haven't been there for you lately. I was kinda busy with Cecilia and all. Just know that I am here for you and I want you to know that you can say anything you want to me." Simon said.
"I know. I'm fine really." Ruthie said, figuring that Lucy hadn't kept her promise and had told Simon. Oh well. Simon just better not tell anyone.
Simon pulled up to the school and let Ruthie out. "Bye Ruthie, see you after school. Remember you have to walk home today. Get Jason to walk you home. OK." he said.
"OK Bye," Ruthie called back as she took off to see Jason who was standing over near her tree.
"Hey sweetie!" Jason said to Ruthie as she walked over.
"Hey. What's up!" Ruthie said, hugging Jason.
"Nothing. Did my sweetheart get in trouble for last night?" he asked hugging her back.
"No." Ruthie said. Just then Emily walked over to them.
"Hey Ruthie and who is this. Your name is Jason. Right?" she said.
Jason knodded. "What do you want Emily?" Ruthie asked. "I thought you don't associate with fatherless children."
"What gave you that idea?" Emily asked.
"You kinda said it to her yesterday. Since you don't associate with fatherless children, then you not going to associate with me because I don't have a dad so there." said Jason now angry and standing up for Ruthie.
Emily was speechless all she could say was "Come on Peter and girls. Let's leave the "fatherless" children alone." Emily turned to leave and like always everyone followed.
"Thanks Jason." Ruthie said hugging Jason.
"No problem. I don't like her. No one is going to make fun of you anymore." Jason said hugging and holding Ruthie.
The bell rang and then Jason walked Ruthie to class.
When lunch came around Ruthie and Jason had already detention for talking. When they walked into the cafeteria the "gothic/punk group" came up to Ruthie and Jason and asked them to come and sit with them at their table. They both accepted and they went to sit down. Ruthie felt a little out of place sitting there because almost everyone was dressed punk and Ruthie was wearing prep clothes. She decided this weekend that she was going to go to "Hot Topic" at the mall and get some new clothes. A girl named Ashley came over and sat next to Ruthie.
"Hi I'm Ashley. You are Ruthie right?" she asked.
"Yeah." Ruhtie replied. Ashley looked at Ruthie's clothes and said...
"Do you want to go to the mall on Friday and we can get you some new clothes?"
"Yeah. I was thinking that you want to go with me." Ruthie asked.
"Sure why not here's my number," she said writing it down on a slip of paper and handing it to Ruthie. Ruthie took it and put it into her pocket. Ruthie and Ashley sat there and just talked and laughed then she asked her
"Is Jason your boyfriend?"
"Yeah why?"
"Because he is new and he is really cute." she said laughing.
Ruthie laughed to "I know!"
"Don't worry though. No one is going to take him from you. We'll make sure of that," she said laughing still.
"Thanks," Ruthie said.
The bell and rang and since Ashley was in Ruthie's class and so was Jared (the guy Jason was talking to) they all walked to class together.
"You see, Jared is my boyfriend," Ashley said.
"He's cute too," Ruthie said. He kinda resembled Jason.
They all walked into math and sat down.
"Oh Jason. We're having a party on Saturday. Do you and Ruthie want to come?" Jared asked.
"Yeah. You want to go Ruthie?" Jason said
"Sure." Ruhtie said. She then turned to Ashley and asked, "So we're going to the mall Friday right?"
Ashley knodded. "Then on Saturday we have the party. Perfect new clothes for the party."
The rest of the day was great for Ruthie and Jason. They sat in detention together and then Jason walked Ruthie home. "I'll call you tonight. OK?" he said.
"Yeah," she said kissing him on the cheek. "Talk to you later."
"OK Bye sweetheart." he said turning to walk home.
Ruthie thought to herself "I'm so happy now, new friends and boyfriend. Now I just have to get mom to accept it."
