Disclaimer: I do not own any of the 7th heaven characters, Brenda Hampton
does. I only own the plot of this story.
~*~ Summary: Ruthie meets someone new at the equestrian center that she finds an interest in, but immediately makes her want to see Peter; Simon and Cecilia have an important talk about their relationship; and while Eric and the twins are visiting the park, they see a blast from the past. Lucy and Annie also star. Ch. 1:
It was a sunny, quiet day that morning in the city of Glen Oak. Down at the equestrian center, Ruthie Camden rode her horse in fields and made her way towards the hurdles. Her lessons had finished earlier that morning, and while waiting for Lucy to pick her up, she looked around. As Ruthie did so, she saw a cute guy about her age riding a horse towards her.
"You know, lessons are starting in an hour, if you want to join," the guy rode up to her.
Ruthie stopped. "Oh, I take lessons here already, and they're over for me. I'm waiting for my ride."
"Why not go outside?" he asked. "It's freezing out here."
"That's ok," Ruthie smiled. "What's your name?"
"Jesse Thomson. My sister runs the place down here."
"Tessa? Really? She's nice!"
"Thanks, what's yours?"
"Ruthie Camden."
"Ruthie!" Lucy honked the horn of her black convertible. "Come on, it's cold out!"
Ruthie shouted, "I'll be right there, Luce!" She turned to Jesse. "It was nice meeting you. How come I haven't seen you around before?"
"Tessa's twenty four, she's finished college and living a life of her own," Jesse explained. "She decided to stay here and start this place up since she loved the area. My parents decided it would be a good idea if I moved here with her, especially since our neighborhood's turned bad lately, as well as the school. Right now, they're looking for a place to settle. I'm originally from the Las Vegas area."
"Cool," Ruthie said as another honk on the horn indicated that they really had to get going. "Well, I guess I'll be seeing you at school." She turned her horse around and galloped quickly to the stables to put her horse back in her stall. "You be a good girl, Faith." Ruthie pet her horse before she ran off to Lucy waiting in the convertible.
Lucy was grinning. "Well?" she demanded.
"Well what?" Ruthie looked up.
"What's his name?" Lucy said as Ruthie buckled up.
"Jesse Thomson. He just moved here."
"What about Peter?"
Ruthie glared at Lucy. "Just drive," she muttered. Lucy turned to the wheel, still smiling, and drove off.
~*~
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Simon picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me," Cecilia answered.
"I've been thinking about you," Simon said.
Cecilia smiled, "Me too, I've been thinking about you. I've been thinking about a lot of things."
Simon paused. "Like what?"
"Well, the thing we were thinking about doing before we were stopped, remember?" she said.
"It's kind of hard not to forget," Simon replied.
"And I told you we were never going to do that."
"Where is this leading?"
"Simon, I think we need to talk."
~*~
Annie bustled about in the kitchen preparing dinner for Eric, Simon, the twins, Ruthie, Lucy, and Kevin as Lucy and Ruthie walked through the door.
Annie looked up and smiled. "How was riding?"
"It was."Ruthie glanced at Lucy, "fun."
Lucy shook her head and muttered, "I'll bet."
"Oh, Lucy, your dad was wondering if you could do this Sunday's sermon since you are so close to becoming a minister now, and you could get all the preparation you need," Annie said. "Is that ok?"
"Sure," Lucy grinned. "If that's the reason."
Annie laughed, "I think the translation of that though is, Eric quote, 'I need a break, I can't think!' unquote."
Ruthie and Lucy laughed. Lucy went to help Annie with dinner and Ruthie said, "I'll go call Peter now." As she left, Annie looked at Lucy.
"Alright," she asked. "What do you know?"
Lucy looked up from her cutting the carrots. "Nothing."
Annie shook her head.
Lucy looked at her. "You know, Ruthie deserves her privacy." She continued to cut the carrots, but Annie stared at the phone.
~*~
Ruthie began dialing the phone when -
"Who is that?" Simon yelled through the phone.
"Simon?" Ruthie ran into Simon's room clutching the phone.
"Ruthie?" Cecilia sounded confused.
"Cecilia?" both Simon and Ruthie responded.
"I really need to talk to Cecilia, Ruthie," Simon walked up to Ruthie.
"Yeah," Ruthie said, "well I have to talk to Peter!"
"My conversation with Cecilia is really important."
"So will mine be when you let me use the phone to talk to Peter!"
"Yeah, well I was on first. Why don't you use Mom and Dad's line?"
"Because," Ruthie explained, "Dad's out at the park with Sam and David. If this line is busy, he needs to call the other free line in case he needs to call us!"
Simon responded, "That's what they have call waiting for."
Ruthie screamed. "Arrgh! You are impossible!" with that, she stormed out of his room.
"Don't forget to turn off the phone, this conversation is private!" Simon yelled.
Ruthie ran in, hung up her phone, threw it at Simon, and said, "Nothing that I would like to hear!" She then strutted out the door. A few seconds later, she grabbed her phone that she threw at Simon and left again.
Simon returned to his conversation with Cecilia. "You were saying?"
"Well, what I was thinking was."
~*~
Eric, Sam, and David were sitting on a bench in the park eating the snacks Annie had prepared for them.
"Daddy, I want the teddy grahams!" David said.
Sam, looking at his applesauce, agreed, "Me too! Teddy grahams! Teddy grahams!"
"Ok, ok, I'll get you your teddy grahams," Eric smiled as he reached into the lunch bag they brought with them. As Eric pulled out the teddy grahams, he looked up and immediately dropped them.
Ch 2: Ruthie begins to get mixed feelings as she goes to school the next day and sees familiar faces; Lucy struggles to find the perfect idea for her sermon, and instead of trying to work on it early, she gets in a fight with Annie; Simon and Cecilia do something unexpected; Eric and the twins see a blast from the past at the park; and Kevin finds out that Ben is in town. Mary, Peter, Ben, Robbie, and Jesse also star.
~*~ Summary: Ruthie meets someone new at the equestrian center that she finds an interest in, but immediately makes her want to see Peter; Simon and Cecilia have an important talk about their relationship; and while Eric and the twins are visiting the park, they see a blast from the past. Lucy and Annie also star. Ch. 1:
It was a sunny, quiet day that morning in the city of Glen Oak. Down at the equestrian center, Ruthie Camden rode her horse in fields and made her way towards the hurdles. Her lessons had finished earlier that morning, and while waiting for Lucy to pick her up, she looked around. As Ruthie did so, she saw a cute guy about her age riding a horse towards her.
"You know, lessons are starting in an hour, if you want to join," the guy rode up to her.
Ruthie stopped. "Oh, I take lessons here already, and they're over for me. I'm waiting for my ride."
"Why not go outside?" he asked. "It's freezing out here."
"That's ok," Ruthie smiled. "What's your name?"
"Jesse Thomson. My sister runs the place down here."
"Tessa? Really? She's nice!"
"Thanks, what's yours?"
"Ruthie Camden."
"Ruthie!" Lucy honked the horn of her black convertible. "Come on, it's cold out!"
Ruthie shouted, "I'll be right there, Luce!" She turned to Jesse. "It was nice meeting you. How come I haven't seen you around before?"
"Tessa's twenty four, she's finished college and living a life of her own," Jesse explained. "She decided to stay here and start this place up since she loved the area. My parents decided it would be a good idea if I moved here with her, especially since our neighborhood's turned bad lately, as well as the school. Right now, they're looking for a place to settle. I'm originally from the Las Vegas area."
"Cool," Ruthie said as another honk on the horn indicated that they really had to get going. "Well, I guess I'll be seeing you at school." She turned her horse around and galloped quickly to the stables to put her horse back in her stall. "You be a good girl, Faith." Ruthie pet her horse before she ran off to Lucy waiting in the convertible.
Lucy was grinning. "Well?" she demanded.
"Well what?" Ruthie looked up.
"What's his name?" Lucy said as Ruthie buckled up.
"Jesse Thomson. He just moved here."
"What about Peter?"
Ruthie glared at Lucy. "Just drive," she muttered. Lucy turned to the wheel, still smiling, and drove off.
~*~
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Simon picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me," Cecilia answered.
"I've been thinking about you," Simon said.
Cecilia smiled, "Me too, I've been thinking about you. I've been thinking about a lot of things."
Simon paused. "Like what?"
"Well, the thing we were thinking about doing before we were stopped, remember?" she said.
"It's kind of hard not to forget," Simon replied.
"And I told you we were never going to do that."
"Where is this leading?"
"Simon, I think we need to talk."
~*~
Annie bustled about in the kitchen preparing dinner for Eric, Simon, the twins, Ruthie, Lucy, and Kevin as Lucy and Ruthie walked through the door.
Annie looked up and smiled. "How was riding?"
"It was."Ruthie glanced at Lucy, "fun."
Lucy shook her head and muttered, "I'll bet."
"Oh, Lucy, your dad was wondering if you could do this Sunday's sermon since you are so close to becoming a minister now, and you could get all the preparation you need," Annie said. "Is that ok?"
"Sure," Lucy grinned. "If that's the reason."
Annie laughed, "I think the translation of that though is, Eric quote, 'I need a break, I can't think!' unquote."
Ruthie and Lucy laughed. Lucy went to help Annie with dinner and Ruthie said, "I'll go call Peter now." As she left, Annie looked at Lucy.
"Alright," she asked. "What do you know?"
Lucy looked up from her cutting the carrots. "Nothing."
Annie shook her head.
Lucy looked at her. "You know, Ruthie deserves her privacy." She continued to cut the carrots, but Annie stared at the phone.
~*~
Ruthie began dialing the phone when -
"Who is that?" Simon yelled through the phone.
"Simon?" Ruthie ran into Simon's room clutching the phone.
"Ruthie?" Cecilia sounded confused.
"Cecilia?" both Simon and Ruthie responded.
"I really need to talk to Cecilia, Ruthie," Simon walked up to Ruthie.
"Yeah," Ruthie said, "well I have to talk to Peter!"
"My conversation with Cecilia is really important."
"So will mine be when you let me use the phone to talk to Peter!"
"Yeah, well I was on first. Why don't you use Mom and Dad's line?"
"Because," Ruthie explained, "Dad's out at the park with Sam and David. If this line is busy, he needs to call the other free line in case he needs to call us!"
Simon responded, "That's what they have call waiting for."
Ruthie screamed. "Arrgh! You are impossible!" with that, she stormed out of his room.
"Don't forget to turn off the phone, this conversation is private!" Simon yelled.
Ruthie ran in, hung up her phone, threw it at Simon, and said, "Nothing that I would like to hear!" She then strutted out the door. A few seconds later, she grabbed her phone that she threw at Simon and left again.
Simon returned to his conversation with Cecilia. "You were saying?"
"Well, what I was thinking was."
~*~
Eric, Sam, and David were sitting on a bench in the park eating the snacks Annie had prepared for them.
"Daddy, I want the teddy grahams!" David said.
Sam, looking at his applesauce, agreed, "Me too! Teddy grahams! Teddy grahams!"
"Ok, ok, I'll get you your teddy grahams," Eric smiled as he reached into the lunch bag they brought with them. As Eric pulled out the teddy grahams, he looked up and immediately dropped them.
Ch 2: Ruthie begins to get mixed feelings as she goes to school the next day and sees familiar faces; Lucy struggles to find the perfect idea for her sermon, and instead of trying to work on it early, she gets in a fight with Annie; Simon and Cecilia do something unexpected; Eric and the twins see a blast from the past at the park; and Kevin finds out that Ben is in town. Mary, Peter, Ben, Robbie, and Jesse also star.