We Can Do What We Want Can't We?
A/N Okay here's the long awaited (ahem an amount of exactly 9 hours) sequel of I'll Do What I Want, I hope you all like it. I love my reviewers more then anything. You guys still rule. Um, well here it is. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Sadly enough it's true.
Chapter 1:
"Kelly, it's here, the day we're finally going to graduate, it's next week I can't believe it you know how long we've had to wait?" Kelly-one of Ruthie's best friends laughed wholeheartedly- "Ruthie, like you were waiting alone, Martin was there the whole entire time, even when he's away at school you guys talk at least six times a day and that's only when I see you."
It was true Martin did go to a college, a state school one within driving distance but his father wanted to give him the full college experience and made (though without much protest from Martin) him live in the dorms. He had gotten scholarship offers for baseball from many schools. But the decision to stay close to home with his father, friend's and especially Ruthie was all his own.
Though Ruthie and Martin did talk as Kelly put it six times a day it never seemed enough for either of them. With finals for Martin and graduating for Ruthie the last two weeks had been the most hectic of their relationship thus far.
"Yeah, Kelly we talk a lot but you know it's not till Summer where we can spend a lot of time together. I mean I love that he comes home on the weekends but it's never enough time his dad wants to see him, my parent's want to see him, the twins want to play with him. It's always like he's you know busy. -she said all this with a sigh- But then again the time we do spend together is always the best. Have I mentioned lately how great he is?"
She was practically beaming something Kelly Seemed to think was hilarious. "No, you haven't not recently unless you could at my locker this morning, in gym this afternoon, by the water fountain ten seconds ago. Look out people of Glenoak Ruthie Camden has Martin Brewer on the brain so in other words no children are safe to walk on the street." She mock yelled to the passerby's heading to their lockers. As they walked out of the school Ruthie grabbed her car keys. "Hey, Ruthie are you sure you don't want me to drive you never know when you'll crash into something because your thinking to hard about Martin." She was laughing again.
"Ha, ha." Said Ruthie dryly. She jumped into the car and finished with "Do you want a ride home or not because I can just as easily leave you stranded." With that Kelly hopped into the car.
When Ruthie got home after dropping off Kelly she walked into the kitchen to see Lucy, and her mom sitting around the table talking in excited voices. "What's going on?" Ruthie asked. "Oh, well you know we're just planning my last little girls graduation party. I can't believe how old you are sweetie. All grown up and beautiful and with a steady boyfriend and oh my." She broke down and reached over and hugged Ruthie's still petite form.
"Mom, Mom, Mom! Don't worry I'll always be your little girl. I'm just graduating it's not like I'm getting married or having a baby, that's normally when you break down. Plus you still have the twins to look forward to and watch them graduate and graduation's not for a week anyway. So break down then. I have to go upstairs do some homework call Martin."
"Oh Ruthie, forget about calling Martin, he's sitting in the living room with Simon and Kevin." He wasn't supposed to be here till tomorrow. Hmm Oh well "Oh thanks, great I'll see you all later." Her mother started tearing again. "Mom, I'm seriously not leaving I swear I love you it's all fine." She gave her mother one last hug then left for the living room.
"Yeah, schools good, baseball is the best still, I love how much work the extra practices are." Martin was saying as Ruthie walked into the living room with his back to Ruthie. Ruthie walked up slowly behind him and pressed her body against him in a hug to his back. "Oh, hey Ruthie." He said turning around to face her and making the hug against his chest instead of his back.
"Come on Kevin, I hate seeing these two acting cute let's go somewhere else." Simon said with a sarcastic smirk but then a grimace as he saw them still hugging. "Yeah, good idea, you two behave." Kevin said walking away and out of the room with Simon right beside him.
"So why are you home a day early, nothing happened right?" She said breaking the hug and kissing him before asking. "No, just my last final was this morning and I had everything already packed so I left early instead of tomorrow. Why, are you disappointed to see me?" She laughed and kissed him again. "Yeah, that'll be the day when I'm disappointed to see you. You make every day better."
He laughed. "Yeah, why do you think I want to come back earlier? To start my summer early with you. So how was school?" Ruthie laughed and then said. "Well I just realized that in exactly a week I will have graduated high school, I will be a high school graduate. Now I think it's time you admit it when you first met me you could not picture me as eighteen or a high school graduate."
"Nope, your right I could picture you with Peter and picture you knowing everything about everyone in the whole family including me, even before I lived here. How was that possible?" She laughed then said. "What was with bringing up Peter? I mean you weren't jealous back then were you." She laughed. "I know you were jealous of Vincent and of Mac but what of my first boyfriend from so long ago? I mean I still speak to Peter but only every once in awhile. So that was random, actually very random I wonder." She wasn't really wondering since she knew Martin didn't like her then as at that time his head was completely filled with Cecilia. "Hmm Martin do we have a confession that we want to make?"
"The only confession I have to make is that I love you." He then started kissing her, something Ruthie loved was kissing him, he had force and was sweet and gentle at the same time. She didn't know how he did it. "Alright enough you two, please stop that's my little sister." Matt said as he entered the Camden House.
Ruthie immediately got up and ran to give him a hug. "When did you get in where's Sarah what are you doing here?" Ruthie asked still filled with questions. "A minute ago, in the cab still getting her bag and your graduation of course how could we miss the last Camden girl graduate?" She hugged him again. "What I wished I missed was that kiss don't you two know that anyone can walk in?"
"Who's kissing?" Sarah said as she walked in to the house. "Ruthie and Martin, and in public too. Sarah you remember when Ruthie was about oh this tall." He said holding his hand about two feet shorter then she was now. "Yes, I think I do remember that and now she's here kissing an older boy. My, my how you've grown."
"You know Sarah I did like you." She said laughing, Sarah laughed along and reached down to give her sister in law a hug. "Martin, come here." She said holding his hand. Matt was actually pretty fine with their relationship when they finally got around to telling him. At first he worried about the age difference and the maturity levels of the two involved but then after seeing them together changed his mind to reveal that he was sure this was a good relationship.
He looked down at his little sister who was not so little anymore and felt a sense of pride wash over him as Annie came running into the Living Room. "Matt, Sarah, you're here early." She said hugging them both tightly. "The easiest flight to work around our work schedules. So you get us here for a full week before the ceremony aren't you happy?" She answered smiling "Ecstatic. Um, your dad will be home soon and Lucy, Kevin and Simon are all in the kitchen, Savannah and the boys are in there too. So come on and visit."
"You two, watch it." Matt said as he and Sarah left the room. They laughed and sat back down on the couch and began to restart their previous project as the door opened and Reverend Camden came in and they quickly stopped. "Hi, Dad. Matt and Sarah are both in the kitchen." Martin then said "Hi, Reverend Camden. Hard day at work."
He nodded and said "The Hardest, who's here?" He asked clearly thinking about something else. "Matt and Sarah, Dad are you okay?" He nodded and said, "Yes, just a really hard time dealing with soon to be wed couples. Some of them need more counseling then I can give them in one session and it's just tiring. Don't worry I'm fine. See you two in there?"
They nodded and then walked in right behind him holding hands.
A/N Beautiful things having people be in love and having an annoying family welcome to my world of wait I'm not in love. Just Kidding well not really. But yeah okay um so review tell me what you all think of the beginning of the sequel and I'll update in more then 9 hours because I'm tired. That's what I get for working at 1:49 AM! Okay goodnight all. REVIEW! I love Feedback!