As Ruthie boarded the plane she couldn't contain her nerves. She was starting a new chapter of her life with her wonderful boyfriend and her two best friends, so why was she so nervous?

She was a people person and she could make friends anywhere, she was just easy to talk to. But for some reason she was afraid of not being accepted and not being liked. She was insecure about a lot of things that no one knew about; she hadn't even told Martin her insecurities. Her biggest insecurity was losing Martin and she knew that it would wasn't probably ever going to happen but there was always a chance that he would find someone better than her.

She sat on the plane listening to her IPOD that she got for her 17th birthday. She grabbed her bag with all her stuff for the meeting today and looked through it. She had her notebook, her portfolio, her tape recorder, and pens. She was all set but why was she so nervous. She loved writing and liked writing for the paper back in home. But her true passion was writing stories of teenage angst, romance, and heart break.

She fell asleep listening to Beautifully Broken by Ashlee Simpson the lyrics running through her mind:

It seems like yesterday that my world fell from the sky
It seems like yesterday I didn't know how hard I could cry
It feels like tomorrow I may not get by
But I will try
I will try wipe the tears from my eyes

Chorus:
I'm beautifully broken and I don't mind if you know it
I'm beautifully broken and I don't care if I show it

Every day is a new day I'm reminded of my past
Every time theres another storm I know that it wont last
Every moment I'm filled with hope
cause i get another chance
But I will try I will try
Got nothing left to hide

Chorus

Without the highs and the lows
Where will we go?
Where will we go?

Chorus

I am beautifully broken, I am beautifully broken
I am beautifully broken and I don't care if I show it

Monica gently shook her awake when the plane landed. It was sunny and beautiful in Tallahassee and she knew that in moments she would be with Martin again and won't have to say goodbye. She was done feeling lonely and she was done waiting for the phone calls, she was done waiting for him to come home. She had him all to herself.

They got off the plane and walked down to baggage claim to meet the guys and get their bags. They grabbed their bags and didn't see Martin or Mac.

"That's weird, where are they?" She turned on her phone and she had two messages the first one was from her mom and the second was from Martin: "Hey Ruthie, bad news we can't come pick you up. Coach moved up practice and then we have a practice game. I'm so sorry I didn't send a friend to pick you up. I'll see after work, have fun at your meeting."

"So what's going on?"

"They had an earlier practice but he sent a friend to pick us up."

"How are we supposed to know who this 'friend' is?"

"I don't know, I guess he'll know who we are." They walked out of the airport and someone came towards them.

"Monica?"

"Robbie, what are you doing here?"

"Martin sent me to pick up you and Ruthie."

"Oh Robbie this is Ruthie Camden my best friend."

"Ruthie? Wow, you've grown up."

"Its great seeing you again Robbie, its been too long."

"You know each other?"

"Yeah I lived with her for awhile."

"You lived with my step-brother?"

"Yeah, my parents took him in, wait he's your step-brother?"

"Yeah my dad married his mom after my parents got a divorce."

"Wow, small world."

"Yeah, so how's the family?"

"They're good. How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"How do you know her boyfriend?"

"Martin's your boyfriend?"

"A year and 7 months."

"Wow, Martin and I work together."

"So you went into helping little kids?"

"Yeah, I love working with kids. Come on, let's get outta here."

"So Robbie where are you staying?"

"Actually I live right next door to Martin and Mac."

"That's awesome."

"Yep you get to have me keeping an eye on you guys."

"That's fine."

"So I'm gonna drop you guys off at school and Martin should be picking you up before he has to head to work."

"Yeah. What about our stuff?"

"I'll take care of it. Here I was supposed to give you your keys."

"Thanks Robbie. Here." Ruthie scribbled down her house number. "Call my mom she'd be happy to know that you're looking after us."

"I will. Here we are. Have fun at your meeting and I'll catch up with you." The girls walked into the building and hurried to their meeting they had 2 minutes. As they waited for the meeting to start more people kept coming and going.

2 hours later they had their first assignments and were off on their way. They were both excited to finally have something to do. Martin was waiting outside still dressed in his baseball gear and looking hot.

"Hey Ruthie, sorry about earlier."

"Its okay. I got to catch up with Robbie."

"You know Robbie?"

"Yep he lived with us before you moved in."

"Small world."

"Yep. So we're gonna look for jobs today so i'll see you after work?"

"Yep, can you girls go grocery shopping? Mac and I totally forgot you guys were coming and there's nothing to eat."

"Yeah, where is Mac?"

"He's at work."

"Okay." Martin stopped in front of the apartment building.

"I love you."

"Love you too."

"Bye Monica, grocery money's on the counter."

"Okay."

After 2 hours of looking for jobs they had finally found ones that had flexible hours. They both decided to work in the library because it gave them the flexible hours and had great pay. They loved that they were in walking distance of everything, that saved them money on cabs and the bus.

They had the groceries put away and dinner was almost ready. The day seem like had flown by. Ruthie walked into her room and started unpacking her CDs and books. Her room was a descent size; not too small or too big. She had 3 bookcases, a nightstand, a desk for her lap top and printer, and a small vanity.

It was going to tough sharing the bathroom in the morning but the girl's schedule's were almost identical expect Monica wasn't taking creative writing. Ruthie and Mac had early morning classes on Tuesday and Thursday and Martin didn't have class until 4 on those days so its wasn't going to be so hard.

Her first day was quite fun so she felt silly for being nervous about college. She already had a boyfriend and 2 really good friends, so she was ahead of the game. She couldn't wait till classes start in August.