Hi everyone! I just re-read my original chapter four of this story and I didn't like it, hehe, so I re-wrote some of it this morning. Hope its muchhhh much better :)

Clearing her throat, Lucy handed Savannah over to Kevin and moved to her sister's side. Giving both Kevin and Martin a looked that clearly said she wanted time alone with Ruthie, Martin tried planting a quick kiss on Ruthie's lips, Lucy stomping her foot impatiently, rising her eyebrows. Both men shrugged and walked towards the house.

Holding up her hand to stall her sister Ruthie said in a determined voice, "I know what you're going to say and it's not like you and Mary never kissed a boy before."

Lucy pursed her lips, "That's true, but I don't remember ever making out with one in my parent's back yard…okay at least not in broad day light," she confessed at the look of disbelief Ruthie gave her. "Look, Ruthie, you're my sister and I love you. This is a new thing for you and Martin and I just want you take things slow, don't rush into anything that you may later regret."

Smiling at her sister's concern, Ruthie hugged Lucy to her side.

"Though I got to say, when he dropped you on your butt, that was pretty funny," Lucy giggled.

Rubbing her bottom and shin, Ruthie groaned with a humorous pained look on her face. "Maybe for you, but my side doesn't think so. So that's what they mean when they say love hurts."

A fresh burst of laughter came from Lucy as she doubled over holding her stomach, Ruthie joining her moments later as both their eyes began tearing up. The back door flew open and a beaming and excited Simon rushed out towards them with his arms opened wide. He gathered both of his sisters in his arms and squished them together, Ruthie and Lucy's faces pasted to his as he rocked them happily.

"I'm so happy. I can't tell you how happy I am right now," his words tumbled out, the sound Annie's tiny sob the only sound coming from the house behind them.

"Why? What's going on?" Lucy croaked out flailing her hands in her brother's bear hug.

"Si—mon…" Ruthie pushed against her brother's chest and rubbed her cheek when he finally let them go.

Shoving his hands in his pocket, he rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet, prolonging the suspense and torturing his sisters.

"Rose and I are planning on eloping tonight…and she wants you two there, along with Sandy, to be her bridesmaids. Can you believe it? Isn't this incredible? Well…" he asked, cocking his eyebrows, "aren't you excited for me?"

Ruthie and Lucy glanced at each other and then back at Simon's bright smile and nodded numbly.

"Congratulations Simon," Lucy said with phony enthusiasm and hugged him tightly.

He turned to Ruthie expectantly. She patted his arm and nodded her head, grinning dryly, "Good for you. I hope you both," she choked on her words, "have a very happy life together."

"Thanks, I think."

Ruthie shrugged. "Where are you two planning on getting married anyways? And what about dad? I thought you wanted him to marry the two of you."

"I did…I mean I do, its just that we wanted a quick service and we…well I, wanted dad by our side when we take our vows. There's a 24 hour chapel about an hour from here that Rose told me about."

"Tell me everything," Lucy interrupted and led him towards the house, winding her arm through his.

Ruthie, who was a few feet ahead of them, saw her mother poke her head out the door, her face shiny with tears. When her eyes rested on Simon she sobbed again, blowing her already red nose noisily with the handful of Kleenex, shaking her head before heading back inside. Shocked faces stared back at them when they entered the kitchen.

"Well, I guess we have lots of plans to make before we leave tonight. Look at mom," Simon gushed happily, "she's so happy for us she's crying."

"I bet," Ruthie mumbled rolling her eyes, taking a seat beside Martin at the kitchen table. He smiled down at her and kissed her hair as he rested an arm on the back of her chair.

"This is turning out to be quite an interesting night," he whispered, his breath fanning her hair and tickling her ear.

"You have no idea. After tonight Rosezilla is going to be my sister-in-law," she joked as Martin laughed into the crook of her neck, muffling the sound.

"I love you guys," Simon first hugged his mom and dad and then began moving his way around the kitchen, no one safe from being squeezed. "I have to go call Matt and see if he and Sarah can make it." He turned towards everyone with a huge smile on his face and then clapped his hands together before grabbing the cordless phone and heading towards the living room.

"What are we going to do?" Annie sniffled, sinking down onto a chair beside Lucy.

Eric closed the doors leading to the hallway and faced his family with a grim look. "There's really nothing we can do. Ultimately this is Simon's decision and he needs us to support him because the last thing we need is for him to pull away from us because of her. Besides," he said, resting his chin on his hand as he leaned against the kitchen's island, "we've already tried talking him out of it before and we've failed."

"If anything, I think it's pushed them closer together," Kevin moped, but then tilted his head, his eyes brightening, "What if…bear with me here...we lock him up in the garage apartment with no phone and then tell Rose he went off and joined the circus or something?"

Shaking her head Lucy gazed him lovingly and patted his hand with patience, "Nice try honey. That has got to be the oldest story in the book and besides, knowing Rose, she'd probably track down each circus troop to find him."

"Why don't we want Rose and Simon to get married?" Sam asked everyone, his big blue eyes wide with curiosity.

"Yeah, why?" David echoed his brother.

Annie bent close to the boys and lowered her voice to almost a whisper, "Because Rose is not a very nice person sometimes." She jumped and blushed guiltily, smiling at Simon when he came bounding through the double doors.

"It's all settled, Matt and Sarah are flying in and they'll be here in a couple of hours. Wow, I can't believe this, before the night is over Rose is going to be Mrs. Simon Camden."

"Yay," they all chimed in dully, dreading what the rest of the night had in store for them.

How'd you all like it? Is there anything that needs to be changed or added? R&R pretty please:)