Chapter 8:
A/N Longer wait then usual, sorry. But Norwegianchick101 sent me a review and asked me to get the proposal going and well thanks to her my inspiration came back. So I am dedicating this chapter to you Norwegianchick101 you rule chica!
Disclaimer: I own a passing grade in everyone of my subjects I think that's saying something right there. Go Sam, go Sam! No 7th Heaven stuff though.
The day after Martin and Ruthie's lunch at the Promenade, Ruthie had to go to a rehearsal for graduation. Leaving Martin alone again for the day, he wasn't too alone as Mac spent his day with Martin too.
"So, come on don't leave me hanging!" Mac was shouting at Martin. "Leave you hanging?" Martin asked with a question in his voice. "Don't play dumb I know it's difficult but try, what did Reverend Camden say?" Martin smiled and sat back on his front porch. Where he and Mac were spending at least part if not all of their day.
"Well he asked me if I was completely sure and I told him of course I was and then he said well the only thing let for me to say, he gave me his blessing!" Martin exclaimed. "That's great Martin, that's so great. Oh now I'm excited. Lets see well I'll be your best man of course as your best friend I appoint myself best man." Mac was saying as Martin tuned him out.
The graduation party was to take place in three days. In three days Martin would ask the girl of his dreams, the girl he loved and the girl who could make anything happen- to marry him. It was a good thing Martin was done with finals because this proposal was the only thing in his mind. As Martin sat on the porch he paid no attention to Mac until Mac said something that jilted him out of his day dream.
"Did you even get the ring?" Mac was asking Martin. Martin smiled he had the ring picked out ages ago. It was simple, it was all he could afford but somehow he knew Ruthie would love it. So Martin nodded his head yes to Mac's question. "Well can I see it?" Mac asked Martin. But Martin shook his head, "I don't want anyone to see it before Ruthie."
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Friday was finally upon them. Ruthie saw everyone she cared about in the audience of her graduation. She saw her mother, tearing up a storm. She saw her father carefully concealing his tears so he could help his wife instead. She saw her eldest brother smiling with his pregnant wife, she saw her eldest sister, laughing at something her husband said, she saw her second eldest sister, smiling and waving down to Ruthie, with her daughter and her husband waving too. She saw her other brother, smiling down to his (if she did think so herself) favorite sister, and she saw her not so little anymore brothers laughing and saying very loudly "Mommy do you see Ruthie, Mommy she's right there!" Ruthie laughed at her chaotic family.
But she had yet to see the one person who promised her he'd be there. Martin was supposed to come a half hour early to kiss Ruthie good luck but so far she saw no sign of her boyfriend. "Ruthie, we've got to go that's our cue." Kelly was telling her. "But Martin's not here yet!" Ruthie was complaining. "I can't go without him, he promised me he'd be here." Ruthie was worried. She was worried about him, but she was also worried that he wouldn't come.
"Ruthie I am so sorry." Martin said as he ran across the floor to meet her before she left. "Traffic was horrible and I forgot something and I am so sorry." Ruthie sighed in relief and told him. "It doesn't matter as long as your here. I was worried." Martin laughed. "Ruthie, never forget I'll always be here for you. I love you." Martin was about to reach down to kiss her, when all of a sudden Kelly screamed "Ruthie, there's no time, kiss later we are going to be in so much trouble. Let's go!" She said running away to her place in line. "Martin I have to go. Go find my family they're sitting somewhere. I'll see you later." She said leaving.
Martin was about to go on his way. When Ruthie rushed back. "I forgot something, I love you too." She reached up and gave him a quick kiss. "Now Go!" She ran away again.
"Kelly Callen." The principal was saying into the microphone. Ruthie and Kelly hugged one last time before Kelly got up to get her diploma. "Kelly, it was a pleasure having you in our school. We'll miss you greatly." The principal told Kelly.
"Ruthie Camden." Ruthie smiled and got up. She took her diploma from her principal and hugged her. "Ruthie, where going to miss you a lot, you're a good girl, and we loved having you in this school. "I'll miss you too, Mrs. Landon." Ruthie said to her principal and took her diploma. She turned her tassel and her family and friends and especially Martin went crazy in the audience. "That's my baby." She heard her mother scream. "Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie!" She saw all of her brothers and sisters screaming at the top of their lungs. She saw Martin give out a low wolf whistle.
She laughed even though she felt tears streaming out of her eyes. She sat down next to Kelly and though she tried to listen to the rest of the ceremony all she really thought of was the party ahead. "Kelly, so your coming early to set up?" Ruthie asked her. Kelly shushed her. "I want to see Aaron, Jacob and Brian go." Aaron, Jacob and Brian were Kelly's boy toys/best friends besides Ruthie. She could flirt with all of them but in the end she loved them all too much to date them. Which they all thought was a perfect trade off.
Ruthie laughed at her friend. She turned around and saw Martin starting at her. He smiled and gave her a thumbs up. She laughed and blew him a kiss. The ceremony was long, boring and tedious for everyone involved. Ruthie found herself wandering during most of it and felt bored during all of it. Her brain couldn't focus on anything but the party ahead. Whenever the subject of the party or the subject of Martin came up her brothers and sister all seemed to clam up. She couldn't for the life of her figure out why though.
As the ceremony ended Ruthie found her friend's first. She found Kelly, Aaron, Jacob, Brian, Lynn, Julie and Becky all sitting together in a circle on the ground. They were laughing and smiling, Ruthie looked at her best friends through high school and suddenly felt the need to cry. She knew things would change, Ruthie liked change, but leaving her friends was a change she didn't want to go through just yet. She ran over to the group and hugged each of them individually. She hugged Kelly the longest, she was the one Ruthie would miss the most. She knew she'd see her that night, but for some reason it felt like she might never see her again.
After saying good luck and goodbye until tonight to all her friends she left to find her family. She found them in front of the school waiting for Ruthie. All at once it seemed Ruthie was enveloped in a group hug with about twenty hands going around her at once. Her mother and father were in front, her mother had tears in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around Ruthie's back and kissed her cheek. "My little girl isn't so little anymore. I love you Ruthie. You are an amazing girl and your going to set the world on fire." Annie said to her daughter. It seemed like the last bit of advice a mother can give to her daughter before she becomes a women.
Eric was next to hug her individually. "Ruthie, I love you. You are a wonderful young woman and I know you're going to do great things whatever you decide to do. I know you're going to help people. I know how great you are and I know the whole world will one day know too." Reverend Camden gave his fitting advice. Ruthie was in near tears by now.
Next was Matt, who gave his little sister a huge hug. "Ruthie, you were great up there, you are one of the best people I know. Always stay that way." He said as he let go of her. Sarah got up next, "Ruthie, you are a beautiful woman and you're definitely no longer a little girl. You have grown up so greatly, I just want you to know whatever you decide I'll be behind you the whole way, and so will this family." She whispered the rest. "And if that decision is to be with Martin, just know your family is behind you." She let go of her.
Ruthie looked confused as Mary grabbed her in a full frontal hug. "You are so cool! Do you know how cool you are? I don't think you do if you could have seen yourself, you would know just how cool you are. Ruthie you are the coolest girl I mean woman-wow that's weird- ever, never forget that." Carlos laughed as did Ruthie, "By the way, Ruthie, I did get the whole thing on tape." Carlos told her hugging her.
Next came Lucy, "Ruthie, you are the best in the whole world, I can't believe how much you've grown up. Let's just say you've grown up in the last two years more then I have in my whole life. Whatever you decide to do whether it be a psychologist, or anything else, you will always be the greatest girl I could of ever wished to have for a sister." Lucy told her little sister. She hugged her, and Ruthie felt a tear land on her cheek. Lucy let go and Kevin stepped up, "Ruthie, Ruthie, Ruthie, I can't believe how grown up you are. You are a good girl, always stay that way." Kevin told her giving her a hug. Savannah leaned down from her dad's arms and kissed Ruthie on the cheek.
Next Simon got up, "My little sister, is not so little anymore are you?" Simon had tears in his eyes. "Simon if you cry, I'll start crying so don't." Ruthie told her brother. "I won't cry, Ruthie, you are the best person I know. You know the right thing to do, you'll never be stupid like I am and you'll always do your very best. I know you and I'm glad I do." That did it Ruthie reached up and hugged Simon with all her might. Tears slid down her cheek as she held her brother close. "Simon, thank you."
He let go of her and Sam and David stepped up. "Ruthie?" Sam asked. "Yeah, Sam?" Sam smiled. "You were the best one there. Everyone else was really boring, but you were the best." David nodded. "Yeah, you were really the best and your clothes look much better then the rest of thems." Everyone laughed at this, seeing as everyone was wearing the black robe. "Thank you guys." They reached up and hugged her. "Ruthie, why did that woman keep talking, she was as bad as daddy is in church sometimes." David said. "I don't know David, it's just what a principal does some times." Everyone laughed.
Finally the twins stepped back and let Ruthie see Martin. "Hey." Lucy was now yelling "Okay guys let's get back to the house to get this party started. Martin you'll take your girlfriend home?" Lucy asked him. "I'd be happy to do it." He nodded to Lucy as the Camdens left to start the party preparation.
"So you were beautiful out there." Martin told her. "Thanks. Okay be honest, how boring was it because these were my friends and I nearly fell asleep." She told him with a laugh. "Well you were good, the rest was kind of boring. Sorry I can't lie to you it's impossible." He told her. "Yeah I hate that feeling." Ruthie told him laughing.
He reached out and brought her into a tight hug, he kissed the top of her head and she looked up at him. "How do you always do that?" Ruthie asked him. "Do what?" Martin asked her. "Make everything feel a thousand times easier by just being here with me." Martin shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know I guess it just comes easy to me." He laughed. "Let's go, Ruthie. You have a party to get to."
It had been an hour and a half into the party now and Ruthie had barely a minute to sit down and relax. She had been ushering people into the house, playing hostess, getting drinks, changing music, setting up the buffet table and genuinely making sure that her guests had a good time. It had taken her all the ninety minutes to make sure everything would be okay, but now she was ready to have some fun as well.
The first person she found was her mom cooking up a storm in the kitchen. "Mom, the food smells great, everything looks great, thank you so much for everything." Annie put down what looked to be her famous chocolate cake and put her arms around her daughter in a hug. "Ruthie, you deserve it all. We are all so proud of you, including Martin. He is so proud of you. You know I actually think that boy does love you. It seems weird to say that my daughter has a boy who loves her. But you do sweetie." Annie told her. Ruthie laughed. "Mom, I love him too. But I love you for doing this, you are the best mom a girl could ask for and I want you to know that." Mrs. Camden broke down into tears, "And your the best daughter any mom could ask for. Ruthie go have fun with your friends and I'll be out in a little while okay?" Ruthie nodded and left the kitchen.
The next room she went to was her father's home office. "Knock, knock." She said entering the room. "Dad, what are you doing?" He had been flipping through what looked like a book. "Oh just looking at some pictures, come here." She sat down on her father's lap something she hadn't done in what seemed like years.
They're were pictures, of every one of the Camden kids. They were pictures from almost every year. "These are some pictures your mom and I have collected over the years. They are from some of the major events of everyone's lives. I mean we'll be adding this graduation, into the album by next week. I love you kids, I love sharing memories of you all. Ruthie can I ask you something." Her dad asked her.
"Of course, dad." He laughed and then said. "What are you doing in here when you could be out there with your friends?" Ruthie laughed too. "Well I just wanted to see my dad, before hands I mean. Before the party goes into full swing, I just wanted to see you. I love you daddy." Ruthie said hugging her father. "I love you too, Ruthie. Now go have fun. I'll be out there soon." He nodded and she hopped off his lap. "Okay, dad. I'll see you soon."
Ruthie was into the party now, dancing up a storm with her friends. That's why she didn't notice, two hands slip over her eyes. "Guess who?" Said a goofy voice. "Mac I know it's you get off." She said, laughing. "Hey it's the graduation girl." Mac, said hugging her. "How was your graduation I'm sorry we missed it." Ruthie looked at him weirdly, "We?" Just then Chelsea stepped into the living room. "Hi!" The two girls hugged. "I'm so glad you decided to come. Okay I want you two to have a great time. I mean a fantastic time, I want to see you two eating and dancing and talking and I'm the graduation girl so I get to tell you what to do. Go eat, drink be merry. I'll see you guys a little later." Ruthie told them as she left the room.
She went out to the patio, in the backyard only to find Martin sitting by himself, eating a hamburger. "Hey, stranger." Ruthie said coming over. "I haven't seen you all night." She said moving to lean her back on him. "Yeah, well you've been pretty busy making sure everyone was happy." Ruthie sighed. "Well now I'm happy. Just being here with you."
"Ruthie?" Martin seemed to ask in a whisper. "Martin?" Ruthie laughed back. "I need to ask you something kind of important, and it might be sort of hard for me to ask it so can you just listen to the whole thing before you start talking." Ruthie nodded and listened to his babbling. "Okay, well see, I kind of wanted to well, it's sort of important, okay it's the most important thing ever, I need to ask it though because I want to and I love you so much. And if I don't ask you now I might never get a chance too. So here it goes ready?"
Ruthie was intrigued so she nodded and said "Martin, it can't be that hard. You know you can tell me anything. I love you more then anything and that's never going to change. So go ahead and ask because well you've got me really excited now." Martin nodded and smiled. "Ruthie, well this is a really big day for you and well I love you. So I sort of thought it might be the best time to do it. So I'm just going to. I'm going to ask you a question, that's going to change our lives. It's that big a question and I'm going to ask it."
"Martin!" Ruthie screamed. "Just ask it. You're making me nervous." Martin laughed, "Okay here it goes." He got down on one knee and opened a small velvet box. Ruthie felt her breath still in her throat. "Ruthie, I love you more then anything and that's never going to change. So will you marry me?" He asked her, time seemed to still around the question.
"Martin." She jumped into his arms and kissed him. She held onto him for a really long time, almost as if she let go it would end. "Martin?" She said. "What?" He asked. "Yeah I'll definitely marry you." She laughed and then continued kissing him.
"Martin?" she said with a question. "Yeah." He said. "We have to tell my family."
A/N There ya go! Happy proposal happy time blah blah blah My computer broke down as I was writing this and I lost like three pages worth of stuff it was very sad. Well here you go. Enjoy. Oh and please review because you know how happy that makes me feel.