Epilogue

Four years later

Martin POV

After our wedding night, we still had graduation and speeches and moving to college. In the end, my dad decided that he would move with us and we bought a two family house near campus.

He then asked Annie and Eric to keep an eye on our house, since we would need it when we returned for vacations and holidays.

This made Annie and Eric feel better, since there was parental supervision, even though Ruth and I were married.

College was definitely not easy. Once Ruth had faced her demons and testified against Brian, she became a lot more independent. This was good in some ways and bad in others. Since Zoë and Mac decided to attend the same college, Ruth had a friend.

There were some nights that Ruth wouldn't even speak to me much less sleep with me and spent a considerable amount of time downstairs at my dad's place. However it was all worth it and we had just graduated from college, Summa cum laude.

At that moment Ruth walked in, her curly hair wet from the shower. "What are you thinking about?" she asked me as she jumped on top of me and kissed me.

"Us, the future" I responded before placing my arms around her waist.

"Oh" she said smiling as she got off and said "I feel like ice cream. Do we have any in the house?" and with that went downstairs.

We had just moved back home for good. I could tell my dad was happy to be back in Glen Oak, especially since he had started dating Lisa, our former therapist.

The past few weeks I had noticed that Ruth seemed to be eating a lot more and a lot of weird concoctions. At first I thought it was the stress but she was finished with finals and papers a week before I was. Last night I had walked into the kitchen and found Ruth eating a bananna and peanut butter sandwich with pickles on it.

I went downstairs to find Ruth pouting as she turned to me "We are all out of ice cream"

"Well let's take a walk and pick some up" I suggested after tying my laces.

"Okay" Ruth agreed amiably, her face glowing, and her eyes bright. I looked at her for a moment.

Lately she had seemed really happy as though she knew a secret. I hadn't given it any thought at the time because when I lived with the Camden's they always had secrets and Ruth was usually the keeper of them all. I figured Lucy was probably pregnant again and waiting to surprise everyone.

As we walked down the street, I held in my own grin. The past week and a half I had been negotiating with the owner down the street to purchase the house. I had figured it was time to move out of my Dad's house, since Lisa and he seemed to be pretty serious.

"Well look at that. It sold" Ruth said as we passed the house.

"Really? Would you like to look at it?" I asked her as she looked at me, her beautiful brown eyes confused.

"How can we look at it?"

"I happen to have the key" I answered nonchalantly as she grabbed it and ran up the front door.

Once we stepped inside, Ruth looked around. "It's gorgeous"

"Do you like it?"

"I adore it"

"Good because it's ours"

"Ours?" Ruth exclaimed in shock before sinking to the floor and crying. "Honey, what's wrong? I thought you liked it" I anxiously asked her.

"I do but it's so big and you probably spent a fortune and we don't have that kind of money. How can we afford a house like this? Martin you have a great job, but seriously do you know how much this house is going to cost in the upkeep alone? Plus I won't be able to work for at least the next four years. How will you be able to support five people?"

"Five people? Honey, we don't have to take care of our parents, that's later on in life. Besides I thought you were going to wait to get a Masters"

"I mean a house and kids..." Ruth continued babbling as I interrupted her again "Just because you think I act childish at times does not mean I am a kid…wait did you say kids, as in plural?"

"I'm pregnant Martin, with triplets" Ruth finally said through her tears.

"You're pregnant… I mean we're pregnant?" I asked her in a whisper as the full realization hit. "I'm going to be a father? How? When?"

"Well I don't think I need to explain how" Ruth replied softly as she continued "three months ago"

I blushed as I remember that night. Ruth had just come in late from a party that Zoë and she had attended and I was pissed. It was suppose to be our usual movie night but Ruth had said she needed some space from me. I told her to go and spent the rest of the night stewing in anger.

When she had finally reached home, I had reached the boiling point and soon our angry fight turned into one of the most incredible nights of our married life together, and now we were given a miracle to remember it by. Three babies, wait a second, three babies!

"Yes three children Martin" Ruth aid dryly as she realized that it had just sunk in. "and we don't have any money…" she repeated as I helped her off the floor and gave her a hug.

"Sweetie we have more than enough money. I was offered a job at the law firm and they have a baseball team that everyone participates in, so the best of both worlds. Plus just because you aren't working doesn't mean we'll be in the poor house. I am so excited" I said again before kissing her on the lips.

Ruth smiled before kissing me back and as I pulled apart slightly I huskily said "Would you like to christen our new home?"

"How about you wait until after dinner?" We heard a voice dryly suggest as we turned around to see our parents and Lisa behind us.

I blushed slightly as Ruth smiled at them and said "I guess you knew about the house?"

"And the babies" I said as Ruth hit me in the stomach and Annie said sharply "Babies? We just know of one baby" as she turned to look at Ruth for confirmation.

"I wanted to let Martin know first before we told everyone else." Ruth began as I jumped in "Triplets! We are having triplets" as everyone started laughing and hugging us, reminding me of all the times I had lived with the Camdens and celebrated their good and bad news. Now they were sharing in ours and it would continue to be that way for years to come.

Finis

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