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"Martin how could you!" Ruthie practically screamed, attempting not to break down in front of the boy she loved.
"Ruthie…it was an accident. I swear it was an accident."
"Are you sure?"
"About?"
"Is it yours? Is she really pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Yeah Ruthie…she really is pregnant and it has to be mine…there's no way it couldn't be."
"But Martin…she can't be."
"Yeah she can, and she is."
After a long pause, Martin spoke again. "Please say something."
"Get out." Ruthie mumbled.
"What?" Martin asked, in somewhat of a state of shock.
"I said get out. Get out of my house now! LEAVE!" Ruthie yelled as the tears came pouring down. She ran to Martin and began to push him to the door, but he hugged her tight.
"Martin…I love you…I always have…but now you're like my brother."
"Ruthie, I love you too." He said which made her cry more. He lifted up her face with his hand and looked into her eyes. "I never said like a sister." With that, he pulled her close to him and kissed her.
"Martin I love you but I just can't."
"Why?"
"You're having a baby with another woman!"
"Sandy doesn't matter to me! I want nothing to do with her or the baby!"
After looking out of the window for a few moments she finally said something. "I can't believe you just said that…"
"What? That I don't love Sandy or the baby? Because I really don't…they mean nothing to me."
"Martin…my advice to you is…" she sighed, trying to hold back the tears. "Is to…to go find Sandy. Don't marry her unless you love her, but be there for her and help her raise your baby. Love your son or daughter and please, please don't let them find out that you are feeling as you are right now. It will totally break them inside."
"But what about us?"
"There is no 'us.' Don't you get it? There never will be an 'us'! What will it be? Me, you, Sandy, and the baby! Oh yeah…that'll work out!" she said sarcastically as she ran into the living room. Martin ran after her. He saw her sitting against the wall with her face in her hands, sobbing. Martin went up behind her and stroked her hair.
"Martin…I can't…I love you too much."
"So where does this leave us?"
"I guess…we have to say goodbye."
"Ruthie, I never want to say goodbye to you."
"Neither do I." she said, letting the tears fall as Martin held her in his strong arms one last time. "Goodbye Martin."
"No Ruthie….please.…"
"Martin, we have to. Have a nice life." She said as she ran up to her room.
"I love you Ruthie Camden." He said to himself and for the first time in months, he let himself cry. He sat on the couch and cried. Ruthie sat at the top of the steps and saw him crying and heard him saying that he loved her over and over again. She smiled slightly and went back downstairs. She quietly walked across the living room and put a CD into the DVD player without Martin knowing. She sat down beside him and pressed play. The song "Now You Know" by Hilary Duff began to play. Martin looked at her and smiled as Ruthie began to sing a little bit.
"You have a pretty voice." He said
"Thanks…you know Martin…this is the only thing that can describe how I feel about you right now."
"Dance with me?"
"Of course."
Martin stood up, helped Ruthie to her feet, and took her hands in his. Ruthie smiled and restarted the song as they began to dance and Ruthie sang to the boy she had loved for so long.
"In these eyes
More than words
More than anything that I've spoken
As the skies turned to gray
My heart's just about to crack open
So the story goes
There's something you should know
Before I walk away and I blow the ending
I never wanna be without you
Oh no, here I go
Now you know
What I feel about you
There's no running
I must have been wrong to doubt you
Oh no here I go
No control
And I'm fallen
So now you know
Feel so light
Craving oxygen
All this truth's left me empty
Will you run?
Can you handle it?
Cause I need you to tell me
Maybe this is bold
But I'm hoping you'll stay for the happy ending
I never wanna be without you
Oh no, here I go
Now you know
What I feel about you
There's no running
I must have been wrong to doubt you
Oh no
There I go
No control
And I'm fallen
So now you know
No I won't look back
When I tell you what I think about you
No I won't look back
When I tell you what I think about you
So the story goes
Yeah you already know
So don't be a fool
And go spoil the ending
I never wanna be without you
Oh no, here I go
Now you know
What I feel about you
There's no running
I must have been wrong to doubt you
Oh no there I go
No control
And I'm fallen
So now you know
Ruthie leaned her head on Martin's chest and he kissed her forehead. They looked into each other's eyes, both of them full of tears and tear stained on their cheeks.
"Ruthie, I never want to be without you."
"But what about Sandy?"
"I don't know…what about Sandy?"
"Martin…"
"Ruthie…"
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why'd you wait so long to tell me?"
"I was scared that you'd hate me."
"No, not about Sandy…"
"Ruthie…I'm sorry…I should've told you sooner."
"Yeah. You should've told me that you loved me sooner."
"What?"
"Martin…I've loved you ever since I first saw you at baseball practice. I still love you. I'll love you as long as I live." Martin smiled and held her close to him. "Please say something."
"Ruthie…I never want to be without you. Will you be my girlfriend?"
"Absolutely. I love you so much."
"Oh I love you too Ms. Camden." He said as he kissed her and held her in his arms.
"Do me a favor?" asked Ruthie.
"Sure...anything…after what you've just done for me; finding out I got another girl pregnant but dating me anyways…anything."
"Will you take me to the homecoming?"
"Oh Ruthie…absolutely."
Thanks for the great reviews! Maybe if I get more…I'll add two chapters next time…;-)