Ruthie starred at Martin as his mouth came closer and closer to hers. Soon there was nothing between them and their mouths collided. She left his tough running back and forth waiting for her to open her mouth. She parted her lips a little and his tongue made its way in and she moaned into his mouth she laid back and they were making love right there no question about it.

Ruthie woke up sweating from her dream. She had been dreaming about Martin for the entire week. Ever since she broke up with Peter she had been thinking a lot about him. She looked at the clock and it was officially her birthday. 'Happy Birthday.' She said to her herself as she got up and walked the small distance to the kitchen. She got water and sat down in front of her computer. While she was working on her paper her phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Happy Birthday." She knew who it was and was happy to hear his voice.

"Oh hey Martin, kinda late isn't it?"

"Sorry about calling so late but I just got home."

"Oh." She hoped that didn't come out of sad as it sounded to her.

"Yeah I had to work late."

"Oh." She could tell the difference in her voice.

"But I'll let you go I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday."

"Thanks I really appreciate it."

"Bye Ruthie."

"Bye." She hung up and sighed. If only things were normal between them, If only Sandy and Peter hadn't shown up.

The next morning she sat at the kitchen table watching everyone rush around trying to get things down for her party.

"Hey Happy Birthday."

"Thanks Luce."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing I just have a lot on my mind."

"Wanna talk?"

"No, its nothing."

"I'm here if you need me."

"I know." She stood up and emptied her glass. "I'm gonna go out; I'll be back later." 20 minutes later Ruthie found herself sitting at a table alone at the pool hall watching all the couples. She missed having a boyfriend; she didn't really miss Peter because he wasn't really the best boyfriend. She just wanted someone to be there for her and love her. She had been wondering what would have happened if Sandy and Peter didn't show up if something would have happened.

Ruthie sat there wallowing in self pity. She was on the verge of tears when she looked up and saw Martin. She took a deep breath and forced a smile.

"Martin what are you doing here?" She motioned for him to sit down."Your mom wanted me to find you."

"Why?"

"She invited me to your party and she was worried about you. So she thought I would know where you were so she sent me."

"Well you found me." She wiped at the tears brimming from her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"Peter and I broke up."

"Why I mean you guys were like perfect for each other."

"He wanted to have sex and I didn't want to."

"He's a jerk."

"Yeah tell me about it. But I was sitting here looking at all these couples and felt left out."

"Yeah tell me about it."

"So tell me how have you been?"

"You know I'm mainly at school, on the field, or at work. So I don't really have time for a life."

"Oh how's Sandy?"

"Both her and Aaron are fine. She won't admit it but she's depressed."

"Yeah Simon's not that happy lately."

"I just hate seeing her like that."

"Well there's nothing you can do."

"Yeah, it's been a long time."

"Yeah 6 years."

"Why has it taken this long for us to be in the same room?"

"Well there was the Sandy thing and then the Peter thing."

"So now they're things now?"

"Yep. I choose not to remember my past well some of it."

"Yeah."

"Maybe we should head back?"

"Oh yeah." He walked with her to the door and walked her to his car and opened the door for her. "It was nice it just being us."

"Yeah it was." She smiled and felt something deep down when he smiled at her. When they got to the house they saw all cars. During the party Martin and Ruthie kept looking at each other smiling every time. Lucy and Kevin noticed it and looked at each other.

"You don't think that they'll get together tonight, do you?"

"I don't think tonight but soon. They can't deny what they have between them."

Ruthie looked at Martin for the millionth time in the past 5 minutes and every time she looked at him their eyes met. The song ended and a slow song came on, Martin made his way over to Ruthie. "Can I have this dance?" He asked extending his hand; she put her hand in his and felt a shiver run up her spine. As they danced Martin found himself bringing Ruthie closer to him.

After the song ended Ruthie didn't want to break their contact; she didn't want to admit it but she felt something when she was around Martin. Martin unfortunately broke their contact when Peter walked in. Ruthie just starred at him in disbelief.

"What are you doing here!" She screamed at him.

"I'm sorry Ruthie I need you."

"No, no, no this can't be happening."

"Why not?"

"I'm sorry Peter I just can't."

"Why?"

"I don't think I feel the same about you anymore." She excused herself and walked out of the room. Martin shot him a death stare as he went after her. He found her sitting in the garage apartment crying. He just stood frozen thinking back to when he had told her about Sandy. Having pushed the memories out his mind he walked over to her.

"Ruthie don't cry over that ass."

"I'm not crying over that. He doesn't deserve my tears anymore." Martin looked at her quizzically. "I'm upset because I was having a great time with you and he ruined it."

"You were having a great time?"

"Yeah I was."

"Well so was I." Martin watched her blush and he thought that it was the cutest thing. "He didn't ruin anything."

"What?" Ruthie looked at Martin as he was leaning towards her and before she could think about it they kissed. They pulled apart only for air and both turned so many shades of red.

"I've wanted to do that for so long." He rested his forehead on hers as they sat there in the silence until they had an unexpected visitor.

"What the hell is this?"