Author :Falconwolf3

Fandom 7th Heaven

Characters/Pairing: Ruthie Camden and Martin Brewer

Prompt: Patience

Word Count: 507

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Still do not own 7th Heaven

Author's Notes: 5th part of the 7Virtue Challenge.

Martin sat on his bed thinking over his options, which lately were few. He had just gotten off the phone with Sandy, she said she was going to place baby Aaron up for adoption if he didn't marry her and help her raise him, like a real family.

He didn't wait to marry a woman he didn't love, but he didn't want to lose his son either. He tried to wait till his dad came home, but as usual he was late. Martin heard a car pull up across the street and went to see who it was. Reverend Camden was home, just the person he needed to see; he grabbed his baseball jacket and headed out of his room and down the stairs. He was halfway across the street before Reverend Camden was even out of the car.

"Reverend Camden!"

"Hey Martin, how are you?"

"Good, no that's a lie; I'm not having a good day at all."

"Come on in, we'll talk."

"All right."

After getting in the house and sitting down, Martin spoke, "Sandy is threatening to give Aaron up for adoption if I don't marry her!"

"What?"

"You heard me," he groaned.

"I'll call her and talk to her, get her to see that isn't fair to Aaron or you or her for that matter."

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you."

"I'll go in the living room to make the call, be right back."

After 5 minutes, Ruthie came down the stairs, "Martin."

"Hey Ruthie."

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to get your dad to talk Sandy out of her crazy idea."

"What crazy idea?"

"She wants to give Aaron up for adoption if I don't marry her."

"That's insane, are you thinking about it?"

"No! Furthermore, you'd kill me if you knew what I was thinking about."

"What are you thinking?"

"That if I marry someone else, we could adopt Aaron."

"Depends on whether the other person is up for the idea I guess, do you love this other person?"

"Yes."

Ruthie was struck deep in the heart; she knew he was taking about Meredith. She tried to smile through the pain, "Then you should ask her."

"All right, Ruthie Camden, will you marry me?"

"What?"

"Will you marry me and help me raise Aaron? I've loved you for awhile now, but thought I had no right to ask you. Ruthie, please, please d me the honor of being my wife. You'll need a lot of patience dealing with me, because I'm going to get on your nerves something fierce."

"Yes."

"What?"

"I said yes, I'll marry you."

Martin walked over to Ruthie and kissed her gently on the lips. It was the first kiss and it seemed like the world had completely stopped rotating on its axis. Ruthie's knees got weak and she moved closer to Martin to keep from falling.

"This is new," she said pulling away.

"Yeah", he smiled down at her.

"I guess we need to tell my parents," she smiled.

"Yes, we do."