Martin took a minute to bask in Ruthie's innocent smile. He knew that once he told Ruthie the good news, they would be together for the rest of their lives. Ruthie looked so beautiful walking in the leaves. Martin almost felt like sitting their and basking in her smile all day. But, sooner or later, he knew he was going have to tell her the great news.

Martin walked across the street slowly. He swung his legs, crossing them every time they touched the ground. As he approached Ruthie, he cleared his throat softly. Ruthie looked up in surprise.

"Martin," Ruthie said with a huge smile on her face.

"Ruthie, I have to talk to you about me telling your parents," Martin said, finding his shoelaces very interesting.

Ruthie was so worried that Martin was going to tell her that he had not been brave enough to tell her dad.

"I told him!" Martin said with enthusiasm in his voice.

Ruthie immediately jumped up and gave him the deepest hug she could muster up. He lifted her up off the ground bye standing straight up. She leaned her head back and looked straight into Martin's eyes.

"Martin."

"Ya?" Asked Martin, still looking into Ruthie's eyes, passion streaming through them.

"I love you, so much," she said slowly, emphasizing the last two words.

For a couple of seconds, Martin and Ruthie gazed into each others eyes. Ruthie tilted her head to the left. Martin tilted his to the right. They slowly progressed into a passionate kiss that took up both Martin and Ruthie's energy to think about anything else. Martin placed Ruthie on the ground, but did not have the determination to release this kiss. Ruthie put her hands to his face and deepened the kiss. Both Ruthie and Martin didn't have the strength to pull themselves away from each other, so they simply deepened the kiss more and more.

The wind started to blow, and leaves blew all around them. Ruthie's hair blew all around masking Martin's face. Martin picked up Ruthie, completely out of breath, and twirled her around. Ruthie finally pulled out of the kiss and placed her forehead on Martin's. For a moment they just looked into each other's eyes, barely wanting to waste time to blink.

Without saying anything, Martin placed Ruthie on the ground and they started walking. Hand and hand they started making their way back to the Camden house.

"Ruthie," said Martin breaking the peaceful silence.

"Ya?" asked Ruthie, looking up at him with dreamy eyes.

"I love you, so much," he said slowly emphasizing the last two words.

Ruthie stared at Martin, and Martin met her stare. She let a smile spread across her happy face, looked away, and started to walk again.

This was what Martin loved so much about Ruthie. She knew when not to say anything. She knew when to say it all. And at this moment, Ruthie and Martin were one. They didn't need anyone to tell them they belonged together, because they already knew they did.

I have finally thought of something to add to the story. I decided I wanted to get this chapter out of the way, and the next chapter will reveal the next Ruthe-Martin challenge. I can't wait to post it.