Chapter Two

"The Party"

Martin ignored the phone until he heard Mac's voice, "Hello Martin's answering machine, please tell Martin I…."

"Hey Mac," Martin said answering, "What do you need?"

"What makes you think I need something?" Mac said, "As a matter of fact I was calling because I was concerned about you."

"You concerned?"

"Yeah me!" Mac said, "I think you need to get out and forget about Lisa."

What Mac didn't know was that Lisa wasn't who Martin was trying to forget about. Who he was trying to forget about wouldn't be so easy to get out of his mind. Martin shook his head and snapped out of it, "Get out where?"

"There's this party….." Mac began.

Ruthie stood in her new dress in front of the mirror. She had on the red pumps Freddie had given her for her birthday and a red chunky necklace. What no one knew was that under her dress she had a new set of lingerie that she intended to share with Todd. Sighing she wondered if she was making a big mistake.

"What's her name?" Martin asked after he realized that they were head all the way to Glen Oak.

"Who's name?" Mac asked with an innocent grin.

"The girl that you're driving all the way to Glen Oak for." Martin said eyeing him, "I'm not dumb there's a girl involved."

"Olivia!" Mac answered with a grin, "I have her number in my cell."

"Along with three hundred other women." Martin said.

"Your point?" Mac asked as he pulled up in front of a packed house. A huge packed house.

"Wow." Martin said, "It must have over a hundred bedrooms."

"What do you mean you need a break?" Ruthie asked knowing full well that he wanted to be able to see other girls when he went away to college in next week.

"I mean a break." Todd said, "We're not breaking up but we're free to see other people."

"You're an ass!" Ruthie said punching Todd in the face. She couldn't believe she'd been thinking about having sex with him. It hurt. It seemed guys kept leaving her for other women or in Freddie's cause a man.

Olivia Knew the instant she saw Ruthie coming down the packed stairs that something was wrong.

"What's the matter?"

"He wants to be able to see other people," Ruthie said, "but he doesn't want to break up."

"Dick." Olivia said, "I'm calling security."

"No!" Ruthie said, Olivia always had a way to make her smile.

"He needs to be roughened up." Olivia said.

"No." Ruthie said smiling.

"Just a little?" Olivia begged.

"No!" Ruthie repeated laughing. She'd just realized why Olivia was her friend.

Ruthie knew that Olivia's parties got a little wild and packed. That's why she never told her parents that she went to them. She always told them she was at Freddie's for the night or Olivia wasn't having a party at all. Ruthie also knew that the punch always got spiked. She knew this when she had a couple of glasses. Martin on the hand did not know it was spiked and he didn't know that he was at the same party with Ruthie.

"Kiss me." Ruthie said falling onto the bed and smiling up at him wickedly she repeated, "Kiss me."

"I am." Martin declared getting closer to her. He began to trail kisses down her neck and began to look for her zipper.

"I want this off." he said unable to find it.

"It's on the side." Ruthie said getting it herself. She slipped out of the gorgeous dress and revealed what was hidden beneath to Martin.

"Did you plan this?" Martin asked looking at her red lingerie with a smile.

"Maybe," Ruthie said, "but not with you."

"What's wrong with me?" Martin asked pulling off his boxers.

"Nothing!" Ruthie said eyeing him, "Absolutely nothing."