A/N- So sorry I haven't updated in awhile:(. I'll try and update more, Promise! Thanks alexpatra for the great storylines. I'm going to use some of them real soon :)

*Peter's House (Still)*

"Well, If you need to talk, I'm here." Paris said.

"Okay, I'm going to go call Ruthie."

"Alright."

Peter ran into his room and grabbed his phone. He was beaming as he called Ruthie.

"Hello?" A voice answered from the other end.

"Hey. Is Ruthie there?" Peter asked.

"One second. RUTHIE!" The voice yelled. Ruthie picked up the phone in her room.

"I got it!" She said. "Hello"

There was a click, the other person hung up.

"Hey Ruthie, it's Peter. Who was that?"

"Oh that was Ben, Kevin's brother."

"Oh yeah, okay."

"So..What's up?" Ruthie asked?

"I just wanted to tell you I'm coming back to our school."

"That's great."

"Yeah"

"So do you want to go to the park after school tomorrow?"

"Sure."

"Okay."

"I can come get you at 11, if that's okay." Peter said.

"11's fine." Ruthie said. "I gotta go, bye!"

*The Next Day*

Ruthie woke up at 10 O'clock. She showered and got dressed. She put on a pair of black Capri's and a tank top with a big sweater on top. She did her hair in a messy bun and a bit of make-up. She was just about to go downstairs when the doorbell rang. She glanced at her alarm clock, which she could barely see from where she was standing. 10:50. It was probably Peter. She ran downstairs and grabbed the door. Sure enough Peter was standing there. He had long black shorts and a white baggy T-Shirt. He was carrying a basketball.

"Hey Ruthie. You look nice. Ready to go?" He asked.

"Yep. One second. MOM!!" She shouted.

"Yeah?" Annie shouted back.

"I'm leaving!!!"

"Alright. Be back before dinner! Peter can stay too if he'd like!" Annie called down.

"Okay, bye!" Ruthie called back and left.

"You want to stay for dinner?" She asked.

"I don't care. Only if you want me to."

"Sure." Ruthie replied. Peter started dribbling the basketball as they crossed the street to get to the park.

"I didn't know you played basketball."

"Yeah, I'm not very good though. You wanna play when we get there?"

"Sure."

"Aren't you hot in that sweater?" Peter asked. "I'm roasting!"

"Er.. I'm fine" Ruthie said.

"Oh.. Umm.. Okay then." Peter said. They both spotted the park. They ran towards it. Ruthie was getting really hot in the California sun, but she still had lots of very visible scars and Peter didn't know yet. Only a few scars could been seen from her Capri's and you couldn't tell they were made by her. They kept running all the way to the basketball court. Not many people were at the park. It was too hot for little kids to be playing outside today. She glanced over to the jungle gym. She saw an eight year old girl sitting alone at the top of the slide. Then she saw Chandler. He was creeping up behind her.

"NO!!" Ruthie shouted, as loud as she could. The little girl jumped. Ruthie looked at Peter and looked back to the girl, Chandler wasn't there. She realized he never was there. She started questioning whether or not she'd ever get over everything that had happened to her.

"Uh, Ruthie?" Peter said, looking annoyed.

"I'm sorry" Ruthie said.

"Are you alright? What was all that screaming for? What happened?" Peter questioned.

"Oh it was nothing. Let's just play basketball."

"Okay" Peter said, suspiciously.

They had been playing for twenty minutes already and it was so hot! Ruthie had the ball and was just about to throw it in. She reached her arms up and her sweater sleeves fell down. She threw the ball as quick as she could and pulled her sleeves down. She tried to continue on as if nothing had happened, but she knew Peter saw the scars.

"Ruthie, What are tho-"

"Lets go home. We can talk about this there." She replied.