Chapter 6:

A/N! You all rule! Yes I tell you this all the time but you guys deserve it. Fine it was a good episode and to someone who left me a message yeah I think the way you do he was like yeah sure I love you but um wait I don't love you I love her Oh MY GOD! Or at least that's my take on it. Okay new chapter I know I'm excited too. Um as far as I can tell this is going to be a lot longer then my previous story. Only because there's so much more I can write about. So fear not an update is coming your way.

Disclaimer: How much is that doggy in the window? Oh well that's too much for me. How much does all the 7th Heaven stuff cost? Oh damn it I can't own it. I Don't Own it!

Ruthie woke up the next morning for Church and decided on her Sunday best a knee length pale colored skirt and a rose pink blouse. As she walked downstairs she saw at least five people running around forgetting clothes, remembering clothes, screaming, sighing and typically freaking out in the typical Camden Sunday way.

As Ruthie passed her parent's room she sat down with her mother for a minute. Her mother was more then excited to have most of the family home again. "Ruthie, isn't it great all your brother's and sister's home it's just like when you were all young. Do you even remember that having all of your brothers and sisters home?"

"Yeah mom, I remember I was little but I definitely remember. It almost seems weird like I mean I miss them all when they're not here, but I've gotten used to being with basically Sam, David and Lucy as far as my siblings go. I mean Matt and Simon came home a lot but they were like only home once in awhile and once Simon left for school we saw him less and less. Mary we don't see often at all. It's just natural I guess."

"But I mean, aren't you excited to have your family home and almost all for you?" Annie asked Ruthie. "Yeah, I like having them home, I like the full Camden house." Ruthie told her mother, just as Annie saw the time. "Oh no we have to go!" She said getting up and going to look for everyone else.

As they got to the Church and Lucy, who was giving the sermon this week began Ruthie noticed that Martin was down the aisle and behind with Mac next to him. Simon was sitting on the other side of him, Mary was sitting next to him and Matt was sitting next to her. Annie was sitting in the row in front of them and the twins were sitting next to her. Ruthie was sitting next to the twins at the very end of the aisle.

As Ruthie listened to Lucy her mind sort of drifted away from the sermon and towards Martin. She was so far to the side of him that she could look behind her without it seeming as she was. She stared at her boyfriend and smiled. Remembering all the good times she has had with him. Martin was the only guy that Ruthie ever felt truly in love with. With Peter whom she did love but as a friend was just that a friend nothing really more, Harry was a friend though she didn't love him, Vincent turned out to be a jerk and Jack was not worth it and since that year Martin had been the only one for her.

She loved him, she loved him enough to be with him forever if someone would ask her that right now. She was going to go away to college with him, she was going to stay in love with him at least as far as she could tell as of now.

As Lucy was concluding her sermon she saw Mac was staring at her. She smiled at him and hoped he didn't realize why she was spacing the whole time. He whispered something to Martin and Martin smiled a bright smile. 'The smile that would help anyone fall in love with him.' Ruthie laughed to herself.

Martin waved at Ruthie as Lucy said "That concludes today's services it was nice to have you all here, please enjoy some snacks in the lobby, hope to see you all next week." The congregation got up and walked either to the lobby or out of the Church. Ruthie went towards Martin and kissed him on the cheek.

"So Ruthie, did you hear anything Lucy said today?" Mac asked her. "Of course I did." She told him. "Really and that would be?" He asked her in a laughing voice. Ruthie rolled her eyes. "I don't have to prove anything to you." She told him snidely. "Yeah that's only because you were starting at Martin the whole time and didn't hear one word Lucy said. But don't feel to bad Martin was doing the same thing." Martin blushed.

"Aw, were you really thinking about me?" Ruthie asked him. "Yeah, whatever it's just a good thing the feelings are mutual or else I'd feel pretty stupid right now." He laughed and then put him arm around her shoulders. "The feelings are completely mutual." He leaned down and she stood on her tip toes till they met in the middle with a kiss. Whether or not it was in front of a church or not meant nothing to them, they heard Mac go "Great, first he doesn't like her then he can't keep her hands off her." Something they were used to him saying. Then he walked away towards his car.

They stopped kissing a little later when Matt and Simon walked by them. "Simon, isn't that cute. Two love birds kissing, you know it be a lot cuter if it wasn't my sister in public!" Matt yelled the last part and the two jumped apart. "We weren't in public we were concealed by this tree. It's not our fault that you two had to walk by."

Martin wasn't saying anything, he knew by now that adding anything to this conversation would just blow up in his face later. "Ruthie, you know you're only eighteen. Don't you sometimes think that's too young to be so serious?" Simon was saying. "So, you know you were having sex when you were my age, okay you were nineteen but that's only a year older then me. So really Simon I don't think it's up to you to really make the decision to tell me I'm only eighteen and I'm too serious."

"Hey I waited till marriage and I'm just saying that you are a little to young and a little to serious." Martin was pretty much ignoring them now this was a fight they had with Ruthie at least once a month. "Matt aren't you the one who got married after what a week of knowing Sarah. I've known Martin for a lot longer and we're not married yet now are we?" Matt, Simon and Martin all noticed the yet at the same time.

"Wait, you two are getting married!" Simon and Matt yelled at almost the exact same time. Martin jumped about a foot in the year. "No, goodness you two jump to conclusions fast. I was just saying I'm allowed to be serious about Martin, I am completely in love with him and I've known him longer then you did with Sarah when you asked her to marry her so I have a right to love Martin and you both can't say anything about it."

They stopped saying negative things about Ruthie and Martin's relationship then. "So Martin, what are you going to do when Ruthie's in school this last week?" Simon asked Martin. "Oh well it's just finals for her so she'll be out by the middle of the day. So I guess I'll go the batting cages for awhile, and hang out with my dad as much as possible. Then Ruthie will be home and I'll go out with her you know all the time so don't worry I'll be fine."

"Of course you'll be fine I only have like 3 finals this year. I'll be done by Wednesday don't worry. Then Friday's my graduation and then Friday night well that's the party. So this week is going to be great!"

Martin nodded and laughed, "Ruthie, I promised my dad that me and Mac would help him paint the garage so I'll come by to see you later okay?" She nodded and he leaned down and kissed her again. "God, I'd like ten minutes without being disgusted." They heard Matt sigh in disgust. They broke apart and said they're goodbyes.

As Martin was leaving Ruthie headed to the car with her brothers. "Hey Matt did you notice how high Martin jumped when we asked them if they were getting married?" Simon whispered to Matt. "Yeah, he jumped like a mile up. I wonder why it could have worried him that much." They both shrugged their shoulders and moved into the car.

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Martin was in front of his house with Mac and his dad painting the garage. "Dad, can I ask you a question?" Martin asked his dad somewhat cautiously. "Of course son." Martin's father said sitting up. "Well Dad, you know Ruthie?" He nodded with a slight smirk. "Well see, I kind of like well you know how I've been dating her for a really long time?" He nodded again and smirked yet again. "Well I want to, well what I mean to say is-" Mac then cut him off. "He wants to ask her to marry him."

Martin glared at Mac. "You were taking too long and boring me." Mac laughed. Martin's father was still silent as he watched Mac laugh and Martin hide his eyes as to not look at his dad. "Martin, have you thought this the whole way through?" Martin's dad asked him. Martin got up stared at his dad straight in the eye and said, "Yes. Dad, I love her. She's perfect for me in every way possible, she's beautiful, she's funny, she's smart, she's nice, she cares she loves me,-Mac shouted at this point "for some unexplained reason- Martin ignored him and continued.

"Dad, I want her to marry me. I want her to be with me forever and I want to have her grow old with me. I know I'm never going to love someone as much as I love her and I just want you to tell me that you're behind me on this. I need you behind me." Martin's dad nodded. "You already know what you want to do you don't need me behind you to do it. But I am, Ruthie's a great girl and I'd love to have her in the family. So yeah I'm behind you all the way. Mac are you behind him all the way?" Mac nodded. "I've been behind this since he told me that I couldn't date her, see I knew you liked her." Mac told him.

"Well you get it through your head, I didn't like her then." Martin sighed. "Yeah uh huh, you liked her you just didn't realize it." Mac told him. "You were probably right I probably did like her. Okay I liked her but I didn't know it. Happy?" Martin asked him. "Actually ecstatic, now back to present do you know how your going to ask her yet?" Mac asked him. Even Martin's dad got into this one. "That's a good point, you know presentation is everything when it comes to this. Oh I forgot to ask did you get Reverend Camden's permission yet?"

Martin's eyes opened wide and he dropped his paint brush to the ground. "Oh no, he'll never let me marry her. You know how scared he is by us just dating how will he feel that his little girl will be getting married. This isn't good."

Mac who felt for Martin at this moment added something to Martin's worrying. "But Martin, Reverend Camden and Mrs. Camden love you." He reminded him. "Right they love me now but they'll hate me when I ask to marry Ruthie." Martin's father sat down next to his son, "You'll be fine, they'll still love you they'll miss her but they'll know she's happy. The only thing I can tell you son is that Ruthie's lucky to have you go through all this trouble for her."

"It's not trouble, I just want her to be happy. I think we're ready I mean I know we love each other, we'll both be in college but it doesn't mean we have to get married right away I just want her to know how much I love her and how I never want to lose her." Martin concluded.

"Well then that's what your going to tell Reverend Camden and that's all there is to it. If you love her as much as you say you do your going to march straight to Reverend Camden and tell him exactly what you just said and who can fight with that much logic behind it?"

"You're right. I love her and that's all there's really is to it." He smiled and sat up from leaning on the garage. When him and his dad were both up and they looked at the others back they both laughed for they both had white paint on the back of their clothes from leaning on the garage.

"I think that's a good omen." Mac said. Both the Brewer men laughed at that. "So son, are you ready for this?"

Martin nodded, "I am definitely ready for this."

A/N: All done Yay! Okay um R and R and Happy Friday! Um right I'll write more later thanks for all your nice reviews from last chapter. I'd like to thank you all for reviewing this is only the 6th Chapter and I have almost as much reviews minus about 20 as I did for my 12 chapter one so thanks. Also I agree with many of you on the last episode, so here ya go! Review!