Chapter 4: Home again
Disclaimer: I don't own 7th heaven
At the end of the day Ruthie was tired from doing " easy- to- accomplish" tasks such as eating and using the toilet. " Okay everybody it's time to go home" Ms. Gold said as they loaded everyone onto the small bus. Ruthie got into a seat and intended to sit by herself but someone else sat next to her. " Hi" Asha said. Ruthie didn't know how to react to the situation. "Uh hi" Ruthie said. The ride home was the longest ride of Ruthie's small life. Finally Ruthie got home and went into the kitchen and started to wash her hands really well. Annie noticed this odd behavior right away. " Ruthie you can't catch what those kids have" Annie said. Ruthie didn't respond. Annie was about to say something to Ruthie but then Eric came in. " Hi everybody" he said as he greeted everyone.
At dinner the whole family sat down and after dinner and talked about their day. " So Ruthie how was your first day in Ms. Gold's room?" Eric asked his daughter. " You really want to know how my day went. It went horrible that kid Katy throws up her food all over the place and most of the kids aren't potty trained and what I found most weird was that Katy still wore diapers. On the way home a kid who looked like someone punched her face in sat next to me on the way home even though I wanted to sit by myself. I can't wait until tomorrow" Ruthie said in a sarcastic voice. " Ruthie that kid who looked like she got her face punched in has what's called as Down Syndrome and you probably shouldn't refer to her like that. Also the reason why some of the kids can't go to the bathroom on their own is because ……. Uh this is kind of hard to explain so I'm going to have you imagine yourself unable to say something clearly so what happens when someone can't understand what you're saying?" Matt asked. " I wet my pants " Ruthie said under her breath not wanting to admit that her older brother was right. Ruthie walked away and went up to her room to get ready for another boring day. " Matt how did you know that?" Annie asked. " I learned that at disability awareness week at school" Matt said.