Hi guys! Let me start off with a big hug to everybody for the wonderful reviews…and thank you so much for sharing your great ideas for the story, promise to put them in there :) There's some kind of drama coming up, lol.
A/N: There's just a few more chapters to come, I just hope they aren't too...well let's just say, I hope that they are okay. lol
The park was busy with life, joggers enjoying the mid afternoon sun, families walking their dogs down by the waters edge and fierce competitors tossing a Frisbee on the endless sea of green grass.
"Here's good," Ruthie said, sinking down onto the green and white checkered blanket Martin had laid out under a shady willow tree, placing the baby carrier beside her.
"Any place is good when you're here," he wiggled his eyebrows, grinning devilishly, laughing at her expression.
"You're hopeless," she quipped, rolling her eyes as she tucked a thin blanket lovingly around the baby who was suckling on his fist.
"Hopelessly in love," batting his eyelashes, he cupped his hands under his chin and puckered his lips.
She slapped him playfully and rubbed Aaron's stomach as he fought to keep his eyes open. He sighed contentedly and snuggled his head into the softness of his Winnie-the-Pooh blanket.
"He's beautiful isn't he?" Martin whispered, leaning over his son with an expression of pure love written clearly on his face. He glanced over at Ruthie an inched his head towards hers, laying a soft but quick kiss on her lips.
"What was that for?"
He shrugged and turned towards the picnic basket, placing the plastic forks and knives beside containers of their favourite fast food fried chicken and potato salad.
"Because your you, your beautiful and I love you." He slid her a glance and flashed her a crooked grin.
Her face flamed red and suddenly becoming shy, pretended to fuss over the baby. "Who said anything about love? I thought this was just a quick fling." She turned away so that he couldn't see her teasing smile.
Without warning Martin pounced on her, his chest holding hers down, pinning her arms to her sides, uncaring if others saw. Laughing quietly, his eyes turned a deep emerald with passion.
"Just a fling hunh?" he asked his lips mere inches from hers, teasing her by pulling away when she tried to kiss him.
Feeling something mushy touch her fingertips Ruthie looked down and found the lid of the potato salad lying beside an almost empty container. "Of course, didn't anyone tell you, I got a guy pregnant and so this can only be a fling."
Laughing at Martin as his eyes narrowed, she smeared his hand with mashed potato-like salad and when he let go to clean his hands with disgust, she grabbed a whole handful and tossed it at him.
"Oh you think so?" he asked, resting on his knees, his one hand reaching for salad.
"Not only do I think so, but I…" a familiar shriek of laughter drew their attention towards a couple walking past on the concrete path.
The woman leaned in towards the tall brunette man beside her and laid her head on his shoulder. He looked down at her with a bright smile and wrapped a loose arm around her shoulders, pulling her closely to him.
"Hey isn't that…"
Pushing herself up from the blanket and facing the path she was able to see more clearly. "It's Rose alright. I would have recognized that fake cackle anywhere. But who's she with? It sure as heck isn't Simon, unless he ditched Sandy somewhere, grew four inches in the last two hours and dyed his hair. What the heck does she think she's doing?"
"Ruthie, just hold on a second," Martin held her arm to stop her from getting up. "We don't know exactly what's going on, it could be innocent for all we know. Or not," he pulled back at the stormy look on her face.
"If that…that…" she spit out the next word, "witch, thinks she's going to get away with cheating on my brother, she's going to have to deal with me. Don't look at me like that, I might be small but I can pack a mean left swing. Let me go Martin," she tried pulling her arm out of his grip, but stopped when she heard a cheerful hello come from behind them.
Turning on the blanket, Martin and Ruthie smiled warily up at Simon and Sandy, who were standing so closely, you could swear they were almost touching. Unfortunately for Rose, she heard the voice too and froze with her lips a few inches from the dark haired strangers, with a dumb expression on her face.
So...what do you think? Does it look okay so far?
