Ruthie was kicking through the leaves when Martin saw her. She just walked through the leaves innocently smiling at the colors of each and every one. It's almost like she wanted to give every leave a chance. She wanted to give every leave a chance to be beautiful before they were crushed by somebody's frolicking feet. Every few kicks, she would pick one up and put it in her pocket. At these moments in Martin and Ruthie's relationship, Martin was so thankful to be with Ruthie.
It was also at these moments when it really came to Martin that Ruthie was two years younger then him. But, some how, this didn't really matter to him anymore. Seeing Ruthie basking in the beauty of the falling leaves was what made Martin love her so much. Zoey wouldn't have gave the leaves on the path the time of day. Martin himself wouldn't have! But if he didn't, who would? Martin could always count on Ruthie to find somthing that he overlooked. It suddenly came to mind the day Martin and Ruthie were walking back home in the rain. This was the first time Martin had revealed his love for Ruthie.
FLASHBACK
"Maybe we should call sombody?" Martin said with hopeful eyes, looking down at Ruthie. He really wasn't happy about the rain.
"Why would we do somthing stupid like that? Ruthie said, looking at Martin like he was a lunatic.
"Well, if you havn't noticed, it's raining. And as much as I love you, Ireally don't like the feeling of rain on my bare arms," Martin said, holding out his arms. He was wearing a short sleeve green shirt.
"Well, if you havn't noticed, it is 3 O'Clock in the morning,. and I don't know about you, but my dad would freak if he knew I was out at this time," Ruthie looked down at her feet, then when she looked up, she had the biggest, deepest smile on her face Martin had ever seen. "Look over there!" Ruthie said pointing to a big house with big, clean, clear windows.
"What? It's just a big house," Martin said with a look of pure confusion on his face.
"Martin. Look at the windows. When the rain falls past them, you can see rainbow orbs around them. They say only rainbows come out in the daytime, but the streetlamps bring them out this time of night." Martin looked at the windows and saw somthing that he had failed to see before. There were big orbs of red green and yellow around the window panes. "You say the rain is horrible and makes your skin feel...weird?" Ruthie said with a questioning, yet sarcastic look on her face, "But, how can somthing that you think is so horrible, bring out somthing so beautiful in somthing that no one had ever noticed before?" Ruthie looked back down at her feet and wrapped her arms around her waist.
Martin looked at her, and comprehension dawned on him. Ruthie was unlike any other girl he had ever met. She wasn't the kind of artsy girl that talked about how soda bottle caps can make a beautiful soup dish, but she knew when to say somthing that would touch sombody and how to say it. Martin never knew love before Ruthie. He thought he did.
But he didn't.
Hey everyone. I just thought I would add a bit of flashback to the night the went to the pramenade. I hoped you liked it. The next chapter is going to be long. It is going to take place when Ruthie is on the sidewalk kicking through the leaves. Martin is gonna snap out of his daydream and tell her the good news. I am currently thinking of ways to keep the story going. I really don't want to end this story. It is the best one I have ever written.