Getting Over Martin Brewer
Chapter Two: The E-mail
By: Moonchild9288
You know, I'm not really sure if I'm going to like where this story seems to be taking me. I read all these stories about how Martin comes back to Ruthie and inside I know thats what we all want, but being the some what smart individual that I am, I highly doubt that Martin could do that even if he wanted to. But I am going to try and make this work with logic and love. Two things that are very hard to mix because there is no logic in love. The heart has no logic, hence why it hurts us so bad when things just don't seem to work. But enough of my philosophy and on with Chapter two: The E-mail. I know you all were wondering! Well, Read and SEE!
Ruthie had managed to pull herself together after a straight hour of crying. In that hour she had pulled out her little shoe box of pictures that she had of Martin. There weren't many of the two of them together. Her favorite was in a frame on the night stand by her bed, the one on the other side, not the one in between the two beds.
'Man' she thought, 'could a Monday get much worse'.
She decided to start doing her homework so she could take her mind off of ………HIM. Unfortunately for Ruthie it wouldn't be that easy. Her English homework was a creative essay based off of "Romeo and Juliet".
"Just perfect" she muttered as she looked at the topic. She hadn't noticed it before when it was assigned. She had just scribbled it down before exiting the room.
"What would you do if you couldn't be with you loved?" she read aloud
"Aggggggg"! She screamed as she threw her notebook at the door.
She didn't feel much like her geometry homework either. Her geometry teacher was also the High school baseball coach (i.e. Martin's old coach). He was always asking Ruthie how he was doing and if he was playing professional ball yet, or that to tell him when she talked to him how the team was suffering without him. To make matters worse he used Baseball metaphors and analogies to help kids understand better. Ruthie had a 'D'. She wouldn't listen to the lectures because it hurt too much and so in turn she would do poorly on the tests.
"Grrrrrrr." She growled.
She knew she had to get that grade up before the end of the year or her parents wouldn't let her go to Scotland.
"Oh my Gosh, Peter!" Ruthie exclaimed
She was supposed to talk to him about the trip. She knew that was the one thing that wouldn't remind her of Martin. So she'd have a little fun before homework. It wasn't like she could do it right now anyways. She couldn't concentrate.
She jumped off her bed and ran over to her computer. She was just about to wiggle the mouse to take it off sleep mode when she heard her mother call her.
"RUTHIE!" Annie yelled
"What?" Ruthie yelled back having opened her door and poking her head out of her doorway. She couldn't see her mother at the bottom of the attic stairs so she guessed she was at the top of the other stairs.
"Can you come set the table in the dining room for me? Simon is coming into town for dinner and Lucy and Kevin are coming over as well. I really could use your help with the boys too when your done. They seem to be extra rambunctious today." Annie asked. She felt bad that she had to bother her but this was better than letting her wallow and becoming depressed again.
"Yeah, sure thing mom. Let me just do one thing first and I'll be right down." Ruthie replied as she heard the e-mail ding on her computer
"No problem. Thank you Ruthie."
Ruthie closed her door again and ran up to her computer and double clicked the older of the two new e-mails without even looking to see who it was from. She just assumed it was Peter. No one else sent her e-mails. But she got the shock of her life when she started to read said e-mail.
"Hey Ruthie,
Long Time No Talk! Mac gave me your e-mail address and cell phone number. You finally got a cell. How on earth did you get the parents to give in? I thought I would e-mail you first. I didn't know if you were mad at me. I hope not. Sandy was telling me about Rose's bridal shower at your house. I know you don't like Rose too much so I didn't know if you had to be there. I was wondering if you didn't have to be there, and I'm in town that day, maybe I could take you out to lunch. I'd love to see you, Roo. I miss you a lot. Call my new cell. I got a second one just for my friends. Ok You and Mac. L.O.L. I hope you call me. I'll always answer. I'm sorry if this is coming a little late and if I haven't exactly been there for you Roo. I've just been super busy trying to get set up here. But I know that's not an excuse for being an ass. I hated not talking to you. Hope to talk to you! I gotta go. Aaron's crying and Sandy's out……… again. 555-3012 (new cell)
Martin a.k.a Tigger"
"Oh My God. Oh My God. Oh My God." Ruthie kept repeating to herself over and over again.
She was trying to breathe. It felt like someone had knocked the wind out of her. That knot that she had just gotten rid of had come back but had exploded at the end of the letter. Maybe that's what knocked the wind out of her she thought. So many emotions were going through her right now; she didn't know what to do. Pain, glee, excitement, hurt, anger, the same old' disappointment, did she mention happiness. He wanted to see her.
He even called her Roo, his nickname for her. When he started to call her Roo, short for Ruthie, she started to call him Tigger. Tigger was Roo's best friend and Martin was Ruthie's best friend. It seemed logical to them but none the less, he didn't like it too much. He said it "belittled his masculinity". She had laughed at him at the time but the name had just stuck. He still never really used it. He must be really sorry.
She let her mind wonder to so many memories that she hadn't allowed herself to remember as she scribbled the cell phone number and e-mail address down on the notepad next to her mouse pad and saved the e-mail. She then clicked on the next e-mail. That one was from Peter. He had gotten an A on his math test which brought his grade up to a C. His parents were letting him go. It suddenly seemed so unimportant. She was going to see Martin this weekend, without Sandy! This had turned into the best day ever. Not bad for a Monday.
She was just about to write Martin back when she heard her dad call her down to help her mother like she had promised to do earlier. 'I'll call him later' she thought. 'I'd much rather hear his voice'.
She fixed her make-up and tucked her hair behind her ears, took a deep breathe and started for down stairs.
She just kept thinking to herself that he missed and was miserable from the sound of it. Maybe he had suffered as much as she had. Wouldn't that be something?
Ok. I think this one was shorter. I would like to say at this time THANK YOU to all my reviewers. I'm so excited that you like it. Maybe you guys can help me and tell me what you think I should do with it. I'm not sure. I hope you like it though. Let me know if I made any mistakes. OH! What did you think of the nicknames I came up for Ruthie and Martin? I think they are cute. Roo made sense because Ruthie, Roo HELLO! Anyways I'll change it if y'all don't like it. Let me know. LOVES!