Disclaimer: I don't own 7th Heaven.
Ruthie's Little Secret
"I've got to go home. You want to come?" Ruthie asked her longtime boyfriend Peter.
It was early the next morning and Ruthie and run over to work on their school project. It was due after winter break. However, she needed to be home soon or she would miss all the fun that was about to happen. And she so loved fun, especially if she had caused it.
"Why?" Peter responded, "We didn't even finish our project."
"I know, but we have the rest of the holidays to finish and I've really got to get home."
"Again, why?" Peter asked.
"Matt, Mary, Simon, and their families are coming home this morning, in exactly eight minutes, to surprise my Mom for Christmas," Ruthie explained.
"But, your Mom left," a baffled Peter said.
"Yeah, so?" Ruhthie twisted a strand of hair around her finger.
"But, your Mom left," a still-confused Peter repeated.
"I know!" Ruthie snapped.
"But, your Mom-"
"I know that and you know that, but Matt, Mary, and Simon, see, they don't know that," the teen interrupted her obviously blonde boyfriend.
"So, you knew they were coming, to surprise your Mom, and you knew your Mom was leaving, but you didn't say anything?" Peter tried to sort everything out.
"Pretty much," Ruthie plainly stated.
"But, Ruthie, that's mean. And it's not like you."
"Look! I haven't seen my brothers and sister in a long time and I want to see them. They're not gonna come just because! They do have lives, you know!" she paused. "Besides, I can't wait to see their faces when they realize Mom's not there even though they came all this way. Oh, the fun!" Ruthie grinned and her brown eyes sparkled dangerously. "Now, are you coming are not?!" she asked again.
"I...guess," Peter hesitantly agreed, slightly frightened by his girlfriend's outburst.
"Good!" Ruthie grabbed Peter's hand and proceeded to drag him out of his house and down the street toward her own home.