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A/N- sorry it took so long to update but I was having a bit of writers block.

Chapter 23

Peter pulled away. Ruthie opened her eyes.

"Wow" She said quietly.

"Did you- Was there anything there?" Peter asked.

"I saw fireworks" Ruthie replied "Did you- I mean-"

Peter interrupted. "Yeah, I did" he told her. Peter leaned over again and he kissed her once more, and Ruthie kissed him back. They made out lying on Ruthie's bed until they heard Annie's voice call them for dinner. They both ran down the stairs, grinning.

"Peter's mom is coming to pick him up at 8 o'clock so you guys can go play upstairs for a while after dinner, ok?" Annie told them. They both nodded. They were both eating really fast and they finished first. Luckily, it was Lucy's turn to do the dishes so they took they're plates in to the kitchen and after dessert, ice cream, they went upstairs. They both sat back on Ruthie's bed.

"What do you want to do now?" Peter asked.

Ruthie smiled and leaned over and kissed him. They lay down together on Ruthie's bed and kissed some more. Peter started kissing her neck. Ruthie was smiling but she was worried. She didn't want to go any further tonight than just kissing.

Lucy had just gotten back from her date and was on her way upstairs to change, she stopped to talk to Simon for a bit and then made her way up the attic stairs. She looked into the room she and Ruthie shared. Her little sister and Peter were lying on Ruthie's bed making out, then Peter started to kiss her neck.

"Uh, hello" Lucy said. Ruthie jumped up.

"Lucy," Ruthie said "You're home early."

"Yeah, Uh, What are you doing?" Lucy asked.

"I have to go to the washroom" Peter said, he figured Lucy wanted to talk to Ruthie. Peter ran downstairs. Lucy sat on her bad.

"Ruthie, what are you doing?" Lucy asked.

"We were just kissing." Ruthie replied.

"That was not 'just kissing', Ruthie. Your 12! You shouldn't be doing things like that" Lucy told her.

Ruthie sighed. "What should 12 year olds be doing, Lucy?" Ruthie asked, sarcastically.

"Look, Ruthie, I'm serious. You shouldn't be lying in bed making out with Peter!" Lucy replied.

"You made out with guys you didn't even know!" Ruthie yelled.

"Fine, Ruthie, do what you want. It's your life. You should know the conveniences after what happened, but I guess you don't. So do whatever you want, Ruthie. I don't care, It's none of my business!" Lucy told her, quite calmly, and then walked out of the room. The second she got out of the room, she burst in to tears. She didn't want her sister to be like this. She cared about her sister, she loved Ruthie and she felt horrible about what she just said, she wanted to run back and apologize, but she saw Peter coming back upstairs. She wanted to yell at him, tell him to leave her sister alone, but she couldn't say them to him, he was just a kid, after all.

"Peter? Please cool it with my sister." Lucy said and went downstairs, not bothering to wait for a reply.

When Peter got into the attic, Ruthie had her faced buried in her pillow and she was sobbing. Peter walked over and sat on the bed where she was lying.

"Are you alright Ruthie?" He asked. Ruthie sat up, her cheeks hot and red and her eyes were red and puffy. Her pillow was soaked in tears.

"No," she replied "I'm not OK." She started crying even harder. Peter hugged her. They hugged for what seemed like hours. They heard the doorbell ring.

"I gotta go, Ruthie." He said "That'll be my mom."

"Please don't leave me, Peter" Ruthie begged.

"I have to go, I'm sorry." Peter told her.

"Please, no" Ruthie cried.

Peter kissed her. "Bye Ruthie"

"One more kissed" Ruthie begged, she longed for his kiss, his touch . She would do anything for him if he just gave her love.

Peter kissed her again and he got up to leave.

"Bye Ruthie!" He called out.

"Bye" Ruthie sulked.