When I lived with the Camden's 4.

Ruth POV

I couldn't believe my parents were trying to take Martin away from me. Right now at this point. Didn't they remember the date? In exactly three weeks, it would be the third anniversary of my rape. There was no way that I was sleeping anywhere without Martin.

I can still remember what Brian told me that night.

Flashback

"Why are you so upset? I just made you a woman. Now everyone will want you, including your precious Martin"

"What?" I asked crying slightly as Brian coldly laughed and said "No what am I saying? St. Martin won't want damaged goods like you"

"Leave me alone" I said loudly as Brian said "What for? You are mine now. I took your virginity, you will always belong to me"

"No, I'm going to press charges and you will go to jail"

"Only for two years, I am still under age. However when I come out Ruth, it will be me and you"

End of Flashback.

"Are you okay?" I heard a voice say in my ears as I whirled around and harshly said "Don't touch me"

"Okay" Martin exclaimed as he jumped back a bit. I immediately saw his face and started crying.

"It's okay, don't cry. I didn't mean to scare you" he said softly as he wrapped his arms around me and held me.

"I was having a flashback"

"I'm sorry. It's getting close to the anniversary"

"Yes"I said lowly as Martin kissed my temple and suggested "Why don't you get ready for bed and I'll make some hot chocolate"

"With marshmallows?"

"You bet" he replied smiling before kissing the top of my head once more and walking out the room.

I took a deep breath and threw on Martin's sweats and his T-shirt as I brushed my hair and waited for him to return. Just then I heard a knock at the door.

"May I come in?" Mr. Brewer asked as I nodded.

"Ruth, you know I care very deeply for you. If you need Martin around for now, I will try to help in any way I can, and if it comes down to moving out, you know you will be more than welcome to stay here"

"Thanks Mr. Brewer" I said smiling as I gave him a hug and the tears started falling again. At that moment Martin walked in with two mugs. "Hey, I thought we had finished crying for today"

"That's my fault" Mr. Brewer said as he hugged me once more and patted Martin on the back. "Don't stay up too late, you have school tomorrow"

"Night" we both said as Martin shut his door and handed me a mug.

"Thanks" I said gratefully as I sat on the floor. Martin took his mug joining me as well.

"It's been a pretty eventful day" he finally said as I nodded in agreement and then said "What do you think Mrs. Lakos is going to say to me?"

"Maybe to stop taking so many AP courses" He said as he took a sip of his drink. I laughed as I threw a sock at him and he ducked asI said "Stop being mean to me" he immediately stopped and said "Are you about finished? I'm really tired"

"I have some studying to do" I admitted as he groaned loudly and and stood up, taking off his shirt "Well I'm going to bed. So don't stay up too late"

"Okay" I said smiling as he bent over to kiss my cheek.

"Night" and with that went over to his bed and promptly fell asleep. I sighed tiredly before opening my book up.

At around two am. I had finally conquered the algebra problem and made my way over to Martin. He was really bad with sharing his space. I slipped under the covers and moved closer to Martin. As if on instinct, Martin wrapped his arms around my waist before mumbling into my hair "Go to sleep" and with that I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up to the blaring ring of the alarm clock. I turned to find the bed empty, which meant that Martin had gone running without me. Once I was dressed and ready for school, I made my way downstairs to make breakfast, however Mr. Brewer had beat me to it and was placing French toast on the table.

"Good Morning" I said as I smiled and kissed his cheek.

"Morning, how late did you stay up?"

"Just until 2:00. How did you know?"

"Martin told me before he left for his run, he was concerned that you wouldn't have enough energy for the day"

"It was a hard problem. I feel bad, Martin shouldn't have to worry about me"

"Well don't. He loves you and just wants to make sure you are okay. Are you really tired?"

"I'll be okay" I said as I took a seat as Martin walked in sweaty and beet red.

"Just give me 20 seconds and I'll be down" he said as he passed his dad and stopped to kiss me on my cheek.

Once we arrived at school, Mac was waiting for us by Martin's locker. "Good morning" he said brightly.

"Morning. Why are you so happy?" Martin asked him.

"There is a hot new transfer girl, that's why" he replied pointing to someone down the hall.

"That's Zoe" I said as Mac looked at her in surprise. "You know her?"

"We meet last night when she asked Martin out"

"Of course she did" Mac replied as he looked over at Martin, who wasn't even paying attention to the conversation.

"What time is your appointment?" he suddenly asked me.

"before lunch. I'll tell you all about it then"

"okay, see you later" and with that he bent down to kiss my cheek as Mac and he left.

I looked down the hall at Zoe, who seemed to be intently staring at Martin. She turned to look at me with a smile and then walked down the opposite way. I had a feeling that the next three weeks would be really intense.

Martin POV

"You know, it's really getting boring being with you and Ruth"

"What do you mean?"

"You two are some old married couple. It's disgusting"

"How so?"

"Well you are always together and it's just annoying"

"I'm sorry you feel that way" I said as we took a seat and Mac leaned over "Tell me the truth. Aren't you the least bit bored?"

"By what?"

"By your relationship with Ruth. I mean dude, she has you wrapped around her pinky finger and you don't get any benefits"

"Benefits?"

"Kissing, making out.. Need I continue?"

"We do most of that stuff, well excxept for the making out part. I'm fine with it Mac" I said lowly as I tried not to get too upset.

"Are you sure? Because you have a chance to get with one of the hottest girls I've seen since Ruth"

"You think Ruth is hot?" I asked quickly as Mac turned red and said "Hell yeah, but she's all tease you know?"

"Let's drop the conversation before I beat you up" I menacingly said as I turned my attention to the front.

Mac took a deep breath and said "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it"

"Whatever" I said as I tuned him out. I couldn't believe he had just called Ruth a tease.

Later as we made our way down to the cafeteria I looked around for Ruth. I was slightly worried about her meeting with Mrs. Lakos.

Just then I saw her rushing towards us, her brown eyes sparkling excitedly. When she reached our table she looked at me and said "Guess what?"

"What?" I asked her standing up as well.

"I have been given the opportunity to graduate this year"

"What?" I asked in shock as she jumped a little and said "Well I will have extra homework but it's worth it. This way I can start college with you and I get to go to prom" she said as Mac looked over at them and said "You were already going to Prom, with Martin remember?"

"Oh right" she admitted before saying"Well say something Martin!"

"This is incredible! Congratulations" I said finally pulling her towards me and spinning her around. She started laughing and when I gently set her down, I kissed her on the lips. Ruth seemed shock before kissing me back, sighing into the kiss. I tangled my hands into her curly locks pulling her closer before we pulled slightly apart.

"Sorry" I said sheepishly as she looked at me in confusion before pulling me down once more for a kiss.

Zoe POV

"Brian? Martin is out. We need to work on Mac, get him to like me and then go from there"

"Why not Martin?"

"Because Martin and Ruth are making out in front of the entire cafeteria. He is definitely not dating anyone else at this point."

"Fine, do whatever you have to. We only have two weeks and 6 days"

"Calm down Baby, it will all work out"

"It better Zoe" Brian said before hanging up.