"Ruthie?"

"Yeah I know its pretty weird calling you like this but I thought I'd give you a call."

"Oh, what's up?"

"I heard from Martin that you had feelings for Simon and I wanted to share something with you."

"Okay?"

"Simon and Rose might be getting a divorce at least he's think about it."

"Really well that's good."

"Yeah."

"So how was your birthday?"

"Amazing."

"Really did he kiss you?"

"How'd you know?"

"He called and asked if he should call and tell you he's coming or go for the element of surprise."

"Oh."

"Now I think he's feelings go deeper than he's willing to admit."

"I don't know."

"Trust me; I see it when he talks to Simon."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"I just thought of something."

"What's that?"

"Well you're close with Martin and I'm close to Simon."

"Oh I see where you're going with this."

"Yeah so I'll tell you everything from Simon."

"And I'll tell you everything I hear from Martin. You're sneaky."

"I know."

"Well I have to go Aaron's calling."

"Okay I'll talk to you later."

"Ruthie dinner!" Her mother called from the house startling Ruthie just a little bit. While the family sat at the table eating pizza Ruthie's cell rang, she smiled when she saw his number flash on the screen.

"Dinner was good but I have to finish my paper." She threw her plate away and quickly dashed outside answering her phone. "Hello?"

"Hey is this a bad time?"

"Nope."

"So what's up?"

"Nothing much, I talked to Simon and tried to work on my paper."

"Yeah same here."

"So how are you since I last saw you?"

"Um…..I saw Aaron."

"Oh how's the little guy?"

"He's fine and Sandy seems a little happier."

"I wonder why?"

"I don't know she just told me that she got some great news." Ruthie smiled to herself.

"That's good though."

"So what did you and Simon talk about?"

"Well mostly him and Rose then he brought you up."

"Oh what about me?"

"Just if I had fun seeing you stuff like that."

"Liar."

"I'm telling the truth."

"Ruthie I know you."

"Really now?"

"Granted its been a long time but I can still tell when you're lying."

"He thinks there's a 'thing' between us."

"Oh."

"But I told him not to worry."

"Yeah, so I was thinking on my boring ride home that maybe you should come out here next weekend."

"Why?"

"I don't know you seemed to need a scenery change plus you could meet Aaron."

"He's what 6 now?"

"He'll be 6 in March."

"I remember being that age, I was a devious child."

"I can see that."

"Hey!"

"I'm kidding." She spread out across her bed. "But yeah I had fun last night and today."

"Yeah it was nice hanging out with you. I mean I kinda missed you."

"I know a bunch of times I found myself in need of a best friend but we weren't speaking."

"Yeah when things would get rough with Peter I just wanted to call you but I thought that you were busy."

"Well this is like our second chance."

"Yeah I guess."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"You sure?"

"No."

"Wanna talk about it."

"No, yes, no, oh I don't know!" She exclaimed letting out a frustrated sigh.

"Ruthie talk to me."

"All these feelings that I thought were gone are back and I can't ignore them but I can't admit them because deep down I'm afraid of rejection."

"What feelings are you talking about? Feelings of friendship or deeper?"

"I don't know. I mean I wanna be your friend but I don't know." He could hear her start to cry.

"Ruthie don't cry. Please don't cry." He was almost on the verge of tears.

"I have to go."

"No Ruthie come on let's back about this."

"I'll email you k?"

"I guess."

"Night Martin."

"Night Ruthie."

Okay so that was chapter 5 and I hope you enjoyed it. I don't know if I should include the email or not. You tell me if you want to read it.