Chapter 17
Ruthie woke up in a hospital. She looked over at the clock beside her bed. It said 10:30a.m. That's funny, she thought, I remember it being around 7p.m. She looked to the other side of her. Her mom was sleeping in a chair. She sat up. Annie was beginning to stir.
"Ruthie" Annie said, while yawning.
"Hey mom.. Umm.. What happened exactly" Ruthie asked.
"While, we told you about the cops not getting Chandler.. And you fainted. It was so scary. Are you OK?" Annie replied.
"Yeah." Ruthie said, she had just remembered about Chandler.
She heard a lot of chattering in the hall and then she saw her dad's face appear in the window, she knew all the Camden's had arrived. Eric came in.
"Hey sweetie, how are you feeling" Eric asked.
"I've been better, but I'm alright." Ruthie replied.
Eric nodded. "Is it OK if I let your siblings come see you. I'll send them one at a time, is that ok?" he asked.
Ruthie nodded and he went out and Lucy came in.
"Hey sis, how are you?" Lucy asked
"I'm alright, how are you?" Ruthie answered.
"I'm good. So, you had us all pretty scared when you fainted." Lucy said
Ruthie smiled a little. "It was pretty scary" She said.
"I'll bet" Lucy replied.
Just then Kevin came in. It was his day off.
"Hey Ruthie, how are you feeling?" Kevin asked.
"I'm ok, and you?" Ruthie replied.
"I'm good . Look, we're, well, we're really sorry about Chandler getting away, me and the force, and is there anything I can do?" He said.
"It's ok Kevin, I know you guys tried. Thanks anyway." Ruthie said and then she hugged Kevin and then Lucy and then they left. Ben walked in.
"Hey Ruthie" Ben said.
Ruthie smiled "Hey Ben, I thought you were in New York" She said.
"Well, I have a few weeks off, so I decided to come visit you guys" Ben replied.
"Great" Ruthie said, she loved Ben. He was so sweet.
Ben smiled. "So are you feeling any better?" He asked.
"Yeah, and how are you feeling" Ruthie asked him.
"Well I'm great. I got myself a really nice girlfriend. Even Kevin thinks so." Ben said proudly.
"Well, that's great. I'm happy for you." Ruthie said.
"Well I got to go. Simon wants to see you. Give me a hug." Ben said. Ruthie hugged him. He left. Simon came in.
"Hey Ruthie. How are you?" Simon asked.
"I'm good and you" Ruthie answered, again.
"Alright. So, Pretty weird night?" Simon asked.
"Definitely. So did you hear? Ben's got a new girlfriend." Ruthie said.
"Yeah, I know, and Mary has a new boyfriend." Simon said.
"Who is it?" Ruthie asked.
"Someone named Freddie Robson. He's the same age as her and he's a doctor. She called last night." Simon said.
"Cool" Ruthie answered. She hugged Simon. Eric, Annie and the twins came in.
"Ruthie!!" Sam and David said at the same time.
"Hey guys!" Ruthie said.
"Are you better now Ruthie?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, are you better?" David asked, also.
"Yeah, Don't worry guys, I'm fine. When can we leave??" Ruthie asked.
"Right now." Eric said.
They got all of their stuff together and as they were leaving the hospital a nurse approached them.
"Ruthie Camden?" She said.
Ruthie nodded.
"You were in here a while ago for some test's? Well, we gave you the wrong results. We got them mixed up. We just found out a few hours ago. I'm sorry for the mix up. Ruthie isn't pregnant, but if she could come in later for some more tests because we lost some of the results, that'd be great. I'll let you get home now. Goodbye" The nurse said, then left.
Ruthie was so happy. He smiled and then started crying.
"Good tears?" Simon asked.
"Very good tears" Ruthie replied and hugged her brother.
Ben, Kevin and Lucy took Kevin's car to Pete's Pizza while Simon, Ruthie, Sam, David and they're parents got in the mini-van and they drove home.