Sorry I kept you guys waiting! Here we go…chapter 14…
Ruthie awoke in the middle of the night. She looked at the clock. It was 11 o'clock. Martin was sleeping on the couch with her, holding her in his arms. Since she found out about Jack, her parents allowed Martin to stay at their house for a while. She kissed his cheek, then reached for the remote. Just then, Martin woke up, and pulled her back, closer to him.
"How are you doing babe?"
"I guess I'm doing ok."
"What time is it?"
"Only 11 o'clock."
"You tired?"
"No…I've been sleeping all afternoon."
"Yeah me too." He paused. "You know…calling hours are tomorrow night."
"Martin? Why do you have to bring it up?"
"I was just saying…"
"Yeah you were just saying…"
He sighed and sat back on the couch, letting go of Ruthie.
"I'm sorry babe. I'm just upset over this whole thing."
"I know…me too. I was friends with him too."
"Yeah I know."
"Um…I talked to Jack's parents."
"Oh? And?"
"They have a request from you…"
"Yeah?"
"They want you to sing at the funeral."
"What?"
"Yeah I know…"
"Martin…I don't know if I can."
"Ruthie…you're stronger than this. I know you are."
"I don't think I can do it."
"Ruthie…honey…it's ok to be upset about this. But this is what his parents want. They want you, Jack's friend to sing at his funeral."
She sighed, as tears started to fill her eyes. Martin looked at her sympathetically, and held her close to him as she cried on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Martin."
"Aw honey..for what?"
"For being so emotional and…crazy…"
"Ruthie…I understand. I know exactly what you're going through."
"How?"
"When my mom died…I was miserable. I was worse than you are…but it's ok to be sad. It's ok to cry. I still cry. I miss her every day of my life. Then I wake up and think of you…and think of us…and I thank God that you're in my life…and I think about what an amazing mom you'll be someday to our kids. It helps me."
"Martin?"
"Yeah?"
"Do me a favor?"
"What's that?"
"Just let me cry…" She said, and he pulled her closer, and she cried in his arms for hours.
This is not at all
How we thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take away the pain
The pain of losing you, but
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father smile and say 'well done'
And I imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
We have this hope as an anchor
'Cause we believe that everything
God promised us is true, so
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place by God's grace
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
So we can cry with hope
And say goodbye with hope
We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope
A/N- What'd you guys think! Thanks for the awesome reviews last time! I'll probably add another chapter tonight…