''I… need to use the bathroom,'' She said quickly and stood up, almost knocking over a customer as she did so. She stared at her reflection and sighed. ''What am I going to do?'' She said out loud. After staring at her reflection for some time, she noticed she was flushed. Her cheeks were bright red. She quickly washed her face and fanned it, hoping the redness would go away. ''Think Ruthie think,'' She urged herself. ''What to do. What to do.'' She paced around the empty bathroom. ''Oh gosh I dunno what to do!''
Meanwhile, Back To the Boys
Martin stared at the ground. God, where is she? He asked himself silently. He looked at Mac who seemed to be staring at the pizza. ''If your hungry then why don't you just eat?'' He snapped at Mac who looked up at Martin.
''Shut up,'' He said stubbornly. ''Why don't you eat, since you wanted to come along.''
''Well I wasn't the one who suggested we go out to eat now did I?'' Martin retorted.
''Well then why the hell did you come along!'' Mac spat back.
''Oh you know why I came along!'' Martin yelled back, his voice raising.
Mac looked at Vincent for a second. ''What are you looking at?'' He snapped at Vincent.
He shook his head. ''Nothing,''
''No what?'' Mac asked, standing up.
He laughed a bit. ''I've seen the way you both look at her.''
''What are you talking about?'' Martin asked, standing alongside Mac.
''Ruthie,'' He said, as if it were obvious. ''I'm not dumb you know,''
''Why you little-'' Mac was about to grab Vincent's collar but was stopped by a security.
''What do you think your doing?'' He asked sternly. ''No fighting in Pete's. Get out of here you little punks.'' He kicked them all out.
All three boys stared at the each other before heading in there own direction. ''Oh great,'' Martin said sarcastically to no one in particular, as it began to pour down with rain. He ran to his car and drove home. Letting someone very important to him, walk home in the rain.
Camden Residence
The back door slammed shut and Martin looked up. ''Ruthie!'' He cried, looking her up down as she dripped with water from head to toe.
''You left me to walk home…!'' She yelled, taking her wet jacket off and dumping it on the bench. ''In the rain!''
Martin stared at her. Her curls were all wet; her clothes were holding on tightly to her body. ''I… I'm sorry.''
''Your sorry? For what?'' She asked, walking towards Martin slowly. ''Letting me walk in the rain? Or for leaving me at the Pete's alone, trying to look for you?''
''B-both,'' he stuttered. ''Ruthie, I'm really sorry. I didn't to leave. Its just… just that we… we got kicked out.''
"'Kicked out?'' She took a step towards him as he took a step back. ''For what?''
''F-fighting,'' He took another step back. He has never seen Ruthie so made before. He was kinda afraid.
''About?'' She asked sternly. But before Martin could answer, Annie came downstairs.
''What on earth is going on here?'' She asked but then spotted Ruthie. ''Oh my. Ruthie, what happened?''
Ruthie looked at Martin. ''Nothing. I'm going for a shower.'' She walked upstairs only to bump into Lucy and Kevin on the way up.
''Ruth, what happened to you?'' Lucy asked.
''Nothing,'' was all she said and locked herself in her room.
Martin lay awake that night thinking about Ruthie. He wasn't really sure why but he couldn't get her out of his mind. He sighed and rolled over to his side. He thought back to what Vincent had said earlier on that afternoon. ''I've sent he way you both look at her,'' he had said. ''Ruthie… Ruthie… Ruthie…''
Her name ran in his mind as he woke up the next morning. He quickly got changed and headed towards the main house. ''Hey Mr. Camden, where's Ruthie?''
''Ruthie?'' Eric repeated. ''Oh she already left. Said something about heading to the library before school started. Didn't she tell you?''
''No,'' Martin shook his head.
''You two aren't fighting are you?'' Eric asked.
''That I know of, no,'' Martin looked at the ground then back up. ''Well I better get going.'' He walked back out the door and into his car.
As he arrived at school, he headed towards his locker to grab a few books before going to find Ruthie. Just as he spotted her, he felt someone link arms with him. ''Hey babe,'' It was Zoë.
''Hey um, I'll talk to you later okay?'' He kissed her forehead before pulling away. ''Ruthie!'' He called but she didn't seem to hear him. ''Ruthie!'' He called again but she just kept walking with none other then Mac.
Is Martin feeling something for Ruthie? Or is he just trying to protect her from Mac? Find out soon.
Hope you enjoyed it. It might have been a bit boring, so if it was, sorry about that but I hoped you liked it anyway. Thanks for reading and please review.