That night, Martin stayed up all night thinking about the conversation he heard between Lucy and Ruthie that day. Although he was guilty for eavesdropping, he also felt a bit glad he did. Why had Vincent told Ruthie that he was the one who told him to break it off? She was mad at him for forgetting about her at Pete's, but to say he was the one who told Vincent to break it off, mad her even more furious with him. Which was not good. Not good at all. He sighed and rolled over on his side.
Martin however, was not the only one who was still up, but Simon, Matt and Kevin were too. All with one simple yet hard to explain word racked all there brains. Why?
The next morning, all four boys trotted into the kitchen. ''So what do we do?'' Simon asked once they all gathered around the kitchen island.
''I know what I wanna do,'' Martin said staring into space.
''Yeah so do Martin, so do I.'' Matt said, patting his shoulder.
''Well do, but we have to think of a plan A first,'' Simon said, just then they heard footsteps coming downstairs. They all tried to act cool and casual when they spotted Lucy walk down. ''Hey,'' Simon said a bit too cheerfully.
''Hi,'' Lucy said, her eyes wondering from one guy to the other. ''What's going on?''
Matt shrugged. ''Nothing, we're just hanging out.''
''Oh really?'' She said raising an eyebrow. ''Then why do you all look so guilty?''
All eyes looked at Kevin who shrugged. ''She knows me too well.''
''Yes I do,'' Lucy said walking over to him. ''So what's going on?'' They all looked at each other before sighing.
As Lucy was getting filled in on the gossip they had overheard, Ruthie was dragging herself out of bed. She head drooped as she walked into her wardrobe and grabbed the first thing she touched. She brushed her teeth, brushed her hair and walked downstairs to the smell of pancakes.
''Hi honey,'' Annie smiled. ''How was your night?''
''Long,'' Ruthie answered truthfully. She and Lucy had stayed up all night, spilling there guts out to each other before hitting the sack at around 2 in the morning. She smiled gratefully at her mother when she placed a plate of pancakes in front of her. ''Thanks,''
''No problem.'' Annie replied. ''Now eat, or you'll be late for the bus.''
''No, I'll take her,''
She looked up and realized for the first time, that Martin, Simon, Lucy, Matt and Kevin were in the room. Her mother looked at her then at Martin. ''Thank you for the offer, but I don't think…'' She trailed off as she watched her daughter's reaction.
At first Ruthie didn't say anything, but then slowly snapped back into reality. ''Yeah ok thanks,'' Ruthie ate then ran upstairs to get her bag. Why did I do that? She thought as she reached her room. Because you love him and you can't stay mad at him forever. A voice answered back, which caught her off guard. ''Who are you?'' She fought back. ''And where did you come from?''
As Ruthie was upstairs, Martin could feel all eyes one him. ''At least she talking to me right?''
''Yup, which is a good thing,'' Lucy said, nodding.
''3 words is a start.'' Matt said.
''Maybe she wants to be friends again?'' Kevin suggested.
''Or maybe she really did need a ride to school or she will miss the bus.'' He said, looking out the window.
''Ok we were off,'' Martin said as Ruthie came down and headed towards the door.
''See yah,'' She said, and walked out.
Martin followed, not before Kevin added, ''Try and talk to her or to Vincent and please, don't make me come down there for anything you'll regret.''
''Kevin!'' Lucy cried, hitting him in the arm.
Martin just laughed. ''Ok I try,''
As they arrived at school, not a single word had been exchanged between the two of them. Ruthie had stared out the window and Martin had of course, focused on the road. He parked the car and the two got out. They walked into school together, but kept a small distance. As they reached the first corner, they both stopped and chatted to a few people then continued walking down the rest of the hall together; still not a single word was exchanged. As they reached the second corner, they both dropped their bags as some guy holding a cello case pass with two jocks chasing him. They stood back up and continued walking. And as they neared the third corner, Martin spotted his girlfriend and Ruthie, her ex-boyfriend and that was when they both parted. They glanced over their shoulder and looked at each other for a mere second then turned back and faced the front.
Wow, that was awkward, Ruthie thought.
That was defiantly awkward, Martin thought.
And they both headed to class when the bell rang.
What would Martin do when he sees Vincent? Beat the crap out of him? Or talk to two civil people? Who knows, anything can happen.
Hope yah liked it. Kinda short but yeah. Thanks for reading. Bye. Please review. Hope it wasn't boring.