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, 7thheavenmarthieluvr, puertoricanchicama, sugarbaby101, tandichic518, marva, erica, Emmy2211, and Kayagurl for the 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! So thanks and keep reviewing! You guys make me smile:-D