A/N: hi everyone thanx for the pretty reviews:-D for the record the reason
it wasn't
double spaced it cause i wasn't brilliant enough to figure out how before hehehe... also
i'm working on the backround info..and i'll try to make the chapters longer.may take l
longer tho to update my brain doesn't work too fast hehe
Disclaimer: I STILL don't own any 7th Heaven characters grr..
Friday morning arrived so quickly, Ruthie couldn't believe it. She left for school
as normal, but with her gym bag (gym was on Monday, not Friday), a duffel bag, and a
rather full backpack. She was just opening the door when her mother yelled "Ruthie!! Get
back here!!! WHAT are you doing with LUCY'S duffel bag?"
"Why do YOU care?" Ruthie shot back, angry at the fact all her mother cared a
about was that her duffel bag was Lucy's, not hers. Her parents didn't even bother buying
her her own.
"I CARE because if you lose Lucy's duffel bag, think how much she'll be hurt,"
proving Ruthie's point.
"Fine, I'll be careful," Ruthie sighed, "Oh, by the way, I'm sleeping over Jill's
tonight. Then after I'm going to Peter's after that. He said I could stay for dinner."
"Okay, just don't bother anyone," her mother said as Ruthie rushed out the door.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ruthie starting walking to school, smiling from the
sheer thrill of knowing something, knowing she could DO something, at her parents
wouldn't know. Yet, no matter how much she smiled, something inside her ached,
because even though she was glad to go, she was going to miss Jill, Peter, the twins, and
Happy. And on top of that, her mother didn't notice she didn't have gym. Even though
she'd had gym on Moday for the past 5 years and the gym teacher sent numerous notes
home reminding everyone to bring their gym clothes on Monday. That hurt most of all,
being ignored and forgotten.
Ruthie practically flew to the nearest bus stop. She bent her head, and walked
quickly, because if anyone recognized her, she was ruined. Thankfully, the bus came
quickly. She got on, and went to the last seat praying a quick thank you that it was
vacant. She was sweating bullets when it finally came to the right stop. She raced to the
airport. When she got their, she almost flew to the nearest ticket person (A/N: what are
those called? o well.). She put on her sunglasses, and didn't look up once, scared that
the woman might give the police a clue, when, no- if, her parents found out she ran away.
The women's annoyingly cheerful manner irked Ruthie, but she tried not to say anything.
Throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of the airport would definitely make them
remember her. Anyways, she was in a hurry. Happy that the women didn't ask questions,
she hurried into the right terminal. She took a seat away from everyone, put on
headphones, and read. She eyed the racks and racks of magazines enviously, but she
knew she didn't have the money for them. She had been saving her money for a while
now, and she had nearly $200, plus some gift certificates. She was planning to get a job
in Boston as well.
A loud voice interrupted her thoughts announcing that those in terminal C5
needed to board the plane. She hurriedly gathered her things and rushed to the plane,
handing the flight attendant her ticket. She was not pleased to find a man with a large
smile on his face in a business suit on her left, and a teenage girl dressed in pink on her
right. She took her seat and grabbed her C.D. player out as fast as she could, but not fast
enough.
"Hello, I'm Sam. What's you name?" the man in the suit, apparently "Sam"
asked.
"Hi, I'm.. Claire," Ruthie said, saying the first name that popped into her head.
"No kidding! I'm Claire too! Like, Oh my God!" the girl on Ruthie's right blurted
out. Ruthie could smell the sickly sweet gum she was chewing, and wanted to throw up.
These people were making her sick.
"Nice meeting you, but I have to do some reading for school," Ruthie lied
quickly, hoping they'd keep quiet. They just smiled and went back to their own work.
~*6 hours later*~
Ruthie woke up with a start to the flight attendants announcing their arrival in
Boston. Not even realizing that she fell asleep, Ruthie shoved her things in her carry-on
and rushed toward the exit. She was there! Loose in a city, and that felt amazing!
Boston-get ready for Ruthie Camden!
~*Back at the Camden Household*~
Annie Camden was clearing away the dishes from dinner. She wondered what was keeping Ruthie so late at Peter's, it was already 8 o'clock. She picked up the phone
and dialed the Petrowski's number. Paris picked up the phone on the 3rd ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Paris, it's Annie!ยป
"Hi Annie! How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine, I was just wondering if Ruthie was still there."
"What?" Paris replied in an extremely confused voice.
"Ruthie. She said she was going over your house for dinner."
"Um, not that I know of. She never showed up, either."
"WHAT!!! Well, thanks Paris."
"Anytime. Bye!" Paris said, shaking her head as she hung up. That was just too
weird.
Annie hung up the phone, furious, confused, and even maybe worried. A dark,
deep, dirty thought pooped into her head, but she pushed it out. "No," she said to herself,
"it couldn't be."
She decided to call Jill's parents, just to check. She thought that maybe Ruthie
had forgotten about Peter and went to Jill's, but she had no such luck. In fact, the
conversation with Jill's dad was about the same as that with Peter's mom.
Shaking, Annie went to Eric's home office. "Eric?" she whispered cautiously,
"She left. Ruthie left." Annie was practically sobbing by now.
"Do you think she knows?"
"No, she can't, she just can't."
"You're right, theirs no way." The stopped worrying and called the police, filing a
missing persons file, description, the works. They didn't know, however, that they had
been wrong before. Very wrong. She did know, all too well.
A/N: yes that is my sad attempt at suspense. Did it work?? Please review!!! Hmm.was
that longer.wait don't answer that that's 6 pages.maybe it's a little too long.o well.
anyways i promise Ruthie's point of view will get more happy. i was just trying to
show her unhappiness at her parents house. now i'll go leave you all alone so u can
review my story (
double spaced it cause i wasn't brilliant enough to figure out how before hehehe... also
i'm working on the backround info..and i'll try to make the chapters longer.may take l
longer tho to update my brain doesn't work too fast hehe
Disclaimer: I STILL don't own any 7th Heaven characters grr..
Friday morning arrived so quickly, Ruthie couldn't believe it. She left for school
as normal, but with her gym bag (gym was on Monday, not Friday), a duffel bag, and a
rather full backpack. She was just opening the door when her mother yelled "Ruthie!! Get
back here!!! WHAT are you doing with LUCY'S duffel bag?"
"Why do YOU care?" Ruthie shot back, angry at the fact all her mother cared a
about was that her duffel bag was Lucy's, not hers. Her parents didn't even bother buying
her her own.
"I CARE because if you lose Lucy's duffel bag, think how much she'll be hurt,"
proving Ruthie's point.
"Fine, I'll be careful," Ruthie sighed, "Oh, by the way, I'm sleeping over Jill's
tonight. Then after I'm going to Peter's after that. He said I could stay for dinner."
"Okay, just don't bother anyone," her mother said as Ruthie rushed out the door.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ruthie starting walking to school, smiling from the
sheer thrill of knowing something, knowing she could DO something, at her parents
wouldn't know. Yet, no matter how much she smiled, something inside her ached,
because even though she was glad to go, she was going to miss Jill, Peter, the twins, and
Happy. And on top of that, her mother didn't notice she didn't have gym. Even though
she'd had gym on Moday for the past 5 years and the gym teacher sent numerous notes
home reminding everyone to bring their gym clothes on Monday. That hurt most of all,
being ignored and forgotten.
Ruthie practically flew to the nearest bus stop. She bent her head, and walked
quickly, because if anyone recognized her, she was ruined. Thankfully, the bus came
quickly. She got on, and went to the last seat praying a quick thank you that it was
vacant. She was sweating bullets when it finally came to the right stop. She raced to the
airport. When she got their, she almost flew to the nearest ticket person (A/N: what are
those called? o well.). She put on her sunglasses, and didn't look up once, scared that
the woman might give the police a clue, when, no- if, her parents found out she ran away.
The women's annoyingly cheerful manner irked Ruthie, but she tried not to say anything.
Throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of the airport would definitely make them
remember her. Anyways, she was in a hurry. Happy that the women didn't ask questions,
she hurried into the right terminal. She took a seat away from everyone, put on
headphones, and read. She eyed the racks and racks of magazines enviously, but she
knew she didn't have the money for them. She had been saving her money for a while
now, and she had nearly $200, plus some gift certificates. She was planning to get a job
in Boston as well.
A loud voice interrupted her thoughts announcing that those in terminal C5
needed to board the plane. She hurriedly gathered her things and rushed to the plane,
handing the flight attendant her ticket. She was not pleased to find a man with a large
smile on his face in a business suit on her left, and a teenage girl dressed in pink on her
right. She took her seat and grabbed her C.D. player out as fast as she could, but not fast
enough.
"Hello, I'm Sam. What's you name?" the man in the suit, apparently "Sam"
asked.
"Hi, I'm.. Claire," Ruthie said, saying the first name that popped into her head.
"No kidding! I'm Claire too! Like, Oh my God!" the girl on Ruthie's right blurted
out. Ruthie could smell the sickly sweet gum she was chewing, and wanted to throw up.
These people were making her sick.
"Nice meeting you, but I have to do some reading for school," Ruthie lied
quickly, hoping they'd keep quiet. They just smiled and went back to their own work.
~*6 hours later*~
Ruthie woke up with a start to the flight attendants announcing their arrival in
Boston. Not even realizing that she fell asleep, Ruthie shoved her things in her carry-on
and rushed toward the exit. She was there! Loose in a city, and that felt amazing!
Boston-get ready for Ruthie Camden!
~*Back at the Camden Household*~
Annie Camden was clearing away the dishes from dinner. She wondered what was keeping Ruthie so late at Peter's, it was already 8 o'clock. She picked up the phone
and dialed the Petrowski's number. Paris picked up the phone on the 3rd ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Paris, it's Annie!ยป
"Hi Annie! How are you?"
"Oh, I'm fine, I was just wondering if Ruthie was still there."
"What?" Paris replied in an extremely confused voice.
"Ruthie. She said she was going over your house for dinner."
"Um, not that I know of. She never showed up, either."
"WHAT!!! Well, thanks Paris."
"Anytime. Bye!" Paris said, shaking her head as she hung up. That was just too
weird.
Annie hung up the phone, furious, confused, and even maybe worried. A dark,
deep, dirty thought pooped into her head, but she pushed it out. "No," she said to herself,
"it couldn't be."
She decided to call Jill's parents, just to check. She thought that maybe Ruthie
had forgotten about Peter and went to Jill's, but she had no such luck. In fact, the
conversation with Jill's dad was about the same as that with Peter's mom.
Shaking, Annie went to Eric's home office. "Eric?" she whispered cautiously,
"She left. Ruthie left." Annie was practically sobbing by now.
"Do you think she knows?"
"No, she can't, she just can't."
"You're right, theirs no way." The stopped worrying and called the police, filing a
missing persons file, description, the works. They didn't know, however, that they had
been wrong before. Very wrong. She did know, all too well.
A/N: yes that is my sad attempt at suspense. Did it work?? Please review!!! Hmm.was
that longer.wait don't answer that that's 6 pages.maybe it's a little too long.o well.
anyways i promise Ruthie's point of view will get more happy. i was just trying to
show her unhappiness at her parents house. now i'll go leave you all alone so u can
review my story (