I forgot song credits for last chapter...the first was Good Morning Beautiful by Keith Urban (i think...) and the second is Your Name by Paul Baloche...anyways...chapter 13...
An eight-and-a-half
month pregnant Ruthie backed out of her parent's driveway and went
to the store. She pulled out her cell phone once she was parked in
the Giant Eagle parking lot, and dialed her husband's cell phone."Hello?"
"Hey honey."
"Are you ok? Is it the
baby?"
"No…she's fine. We're both fine." she said, laughing. "I was
wondering…what time are you off work?"
"Ughh…not till 5.
What time is it now?"
"Noon."
He sighed. "Well,
five more hours. But I'm not working after today!"
"That's
good news!"
"Anyways…what's
up?"
"Do you want to go out tonight? Just us?"
"Sure!
Where to?"
"You know that hotel where Kevin proposed to Lucy?"
"Yeah…"
"The restaurant
there."
"Yummy…Italian?"
"Hey…your
daughter's hungry!"
"Italian it is!"
"Meet at 6?"
"Yeah…gives me time
to get there."
"Great. I love you."
"I love you
too.
""Bye honey."
She closed her phone and smiled. Her husband was absolutely perfect for her.
She went grocery shopping, went home, and began to get ready. She took a quick shower, and then curled her hair. She went into her closet and picked out the perfect outfit; a black halter dress with a v-neck. She picked out a pair of silver hoops and put them in her ears. She put on a little bit of black eyeliner, as well as mascara and a sparkly eye shadow. She painted her toenails a pale pink, and she did a french manicure on her fingernails. She slipped on her black sandals and looked in her mirror. 'Absolutely amazing.' She thought. She rubbed her hands on her stomach and smiled. 'You're so lucky honey. You have an amazing daddy.'
She left at about 5:15 to go to the restaurant. She arrived at about 5:45, about 15 minutes earlier than Martin would be there. She walked into the restaurant and saw Martin. She smiled, until she saw another woman sitting beside him, talking and laughing. The woman hugged him and he kissed her on the cheek. She felt tears burning in her eyes, just wanting to flow down her face. She walked up to Martin and crossed her arms as he pulled out of the hug. He looked up and his smile went away when he saw the tears in her eyes.
"Hey honey. Ruth,
there's someone I want you to…"
"You know what Martin?
You've broken my heart before…what made me think that you
wouldn't do it again?"
"But you don't
this is…"
"No Martin! I don't
even want to hear it!" she ran into the bathroom, crying.
Martin got up and ran
after her. He knocked on the bathroom door.
"Go away! I don't
want to see you!" she yelled, sobbing even more. After about 5
minutes of trying, he walked back to the table, sat down and put his
head in his hands as silent tears went down his face.
The woman got up from
the table.
"Be right back
Martin."
He nodded and she
walked to the bathroom. She opened the door and saw Ruthie sitting on
the couch, crying. She sat beside her and Ruthie looked up.
"Hi Ruthie." She
said, smiling nervously."Where's your
boyfriend?" she asked, emphasizing the last word.
"He's definitely
not my boyfriend."
"Ok fine. Whatever
you want to call him."
"My cousin."
"What?"
"I'm his cousin,
Brianne."
"Oh Gosh…" Ruthie
said. "I am SO sorry!" she said, crying more. "Martin probably
hates me now."
"I'm sure he
doesn't."
"I guess I jumped to conclusions way too quickly."
She said.
"Well…it's nice
to meet you. So you're his wife?"
"Yeah I am. Why haven't
I met you before?"
"I live in New York and couldn't make it
all the way out here to California for the wedding."
"Oh I
see." She said.
"I was in town,
staying here. I came downstairs, and I saw Martin. He said he was
waiting for you. He loves you Ruthie. He really does. So much. You're all he talks about. Well, and your baby."
"I know…that's
why it killed me to see him with another woman…wouldn't have
bothered me if I knew you were his cousin. I feel so stupid! I'm
sorry!
"It's ok. Look, I
better get going."
"Ok. Let's go."
Ruthie said, as they walked out of the bathroom. When they got back
to the table, they noticed Martin was gone. Ruthie sighed, and went
out to her car. She drove home as quickly as she could. She pulled
into the garage and went up to the apartment to see a candle-lit
dinner waiting for her, and Martin standing by the table. She smiled
and walked up to him. He sighed, and wrapped her in his embrace.
"Martin I'm so
sorry. I jumped to conclusions too quickly and I should've just
trusted you. I feel like such a terrible wife." She said, crying on
his shoulder.
"It's ok. You just
don't want to lose me. There's nothing wrong with that. But you
definitely won't lose me to ANYONE…especially my cousin." He
said, laughing.
"I'm sorry honey. I
feel awful! These pregnancy hormones haven't been too great
anyways."
"It's ok. But just
trust me. I would never EVER cheat on you. You are my world Ruth
Brewer."
"You're going to make me cry more." She said,
wiping fresh tears from her eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry."
He said, holding her face in his hands and he kissed her forehead.
"Do you want to eat?"
he asked her.
"Absolutely! What do
we have here tonight?"
"Spaghetti."
"Oh! Yummy!" she
said, sitting down across from her husband. He took her hand and
rubbed it gently with his thumb. They ate and talked.
"So Ruthie….we need
to be talking about names for this little girl."
"Yeah I know. How
about we each think of 3."
"Oh that's easy! I
already have mine!"
"Me too…you go
first."
"Ok…I like Madison,
Haley, and Allison."
"My favorites are Katherine, Carrie, and
Haley. I like Madison too."
"Well sounds like our
first two kids are going to be Madison and Haley." He said,
laughing.
"Yeah….seems that
way doesn't it?"
"I think we should just decide when she
gets here."
"Sounds good to me."
She said, as she took her last bite of spaghetti.
"You wanna dance
babe?"
"I'd love to."
"I found the perfect
song."
"Really?"
"Yeah." He said,
hooking his iPod up to the speakers and scrolling through to find the
song. He turned up the volume and turned to his wife, taking her hand
in his. He pulled her close to him and they danced around the garage
apartment, tight in each other's embrace.
We belong together
Like the open seas
and shores
Wedded by the planet
force
We've all been
spoken for
The hammer may
strike, be dead on the ground.
A net to my hand, a
cross on his crown.
We're done if, who
we're undone,
Finished if who we
are incomplete.
As one we are
everything,
We are everything we
need.
We belong together
Like the open seas
and shores
Wedded by the planet
force
We've all been
spoken for
What good is a life,
with no one to share,
The light of the
moon, the honor of a swear.
We can try to live
the way in which you speak,
Taste the milk of
your mother earth's love,
Spread the word of
consciousness you see,
We are everything we
need
We belong together
Like the open seas
and shores
Wedded by the planet
force
We've all been
spoken for
All this indecision
All this independent
strength still
We've got our hearts
on safe
We've got our hearts
on safe
Someday when you're
lonely,
Sometime after all
this bliss,
Somewhere lost in
emptiness,
I hope you find this
gift...
Ruthie looked at Martin
and smiled.
"We really do belong together don't we?"
"Yes we do Mrs.
Brewer."
"You know." She
said, as she stopped dancing and took his hands in hers. "We've
had struggles over the years." She said, starting to cry again. She
took a deep breath and smiled. "And I know…that everything hasn't
been easy. But I want you to know that I wouldn't trade one minute
of it. Not one."
"Ruthie…I love you
so much. Thousands times more than I did six years ago." He said,
and kissed his wife. She smiled and hugged him tight.
Her words kept replaying in his head. 'I wouldn't trade one minute of it. I wouldn't trade it…' kept going over and over. He smiled at her, and they lay down on the bed. She smiled, and quickly fell asleep. "I wouldn't trade anything. To be with you I'd give anything." He whispered and kissed her cheek, and fell asleep with a smile on his face.
AN-
song credit- We Belong Together by Gavin DeGraw
hmmm what do you
think? I tried to combine everyone's ideas! So thank you to;
onetreefan, phoenix fan1, heather1021, megan lastoria,
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reviews/suggestions. If I didn't use it in this chapter…it MOST
LIKELY will be used in upcoming chapters! I could still use more
though…otherwise I'll only end up doing like…2 more chapters to
this story. Then a few one shots and maybe a sequel if you want it!
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