If I Never Knew You

Disclaimer: I do not own 7th Heaven or the characters of 7th Heaven. I do, however, own the plot of this story and any extra characters, such as Ruthie's little sister, Lucy. I also, do not own any songs that are going to be put in this story.

(A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update, but I have a lot of other story that I am working on and school stuff.)

If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be
And, if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How, at last, I'd find in you
The missing part of me

Martin was laying on his bed in his bedroom, listening to "If I Never Knew You" by John Secada and Shanice and singing quietly along with it. He didn't usually listen to "silly love songs" as he put it, but for the past month, that is pretty much all he has done.

His father would always come up and get angry at him for still listening to "stupid and depressing love songs" as he would put it and put him to work doing some trivial errands to keep his mind off of Ruthie. But by keeping Martin away from Ruthie and forcing him to stop thinking about her, it only hurt the couple worse.

Across the town…

Ruthie was lying on her bed, ironically doing the exact same thing as Martin, listening to "If I Never Knew You" and quietly singing along.

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes; so dry your eyes

And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through

Lost forever
If I never knew you

Both Martin and Ruthie at the same time…

Ironically, Martin and Ruthie were listening to the same song, at the exact same time. So, they got to the chorus and began to sing, Neither one of them knowing they were singing to each other.

If I never knew you
I'd be safe, but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true
I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever If I never knew you

Ruthie: I thought our love would be so beautiful

Martin: Somehow, we'd make the whole world bright

Ruthie: I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong

Both: All they'd leave us were these whispers in the night And, still, my heart is saying we were right
Oh, oh

Meanwhile, in the Throne Room of the Brewer Castle…

King Beu really thought that Ruthie was only in the relationship for the money and that it was just puppy love for his son, but as the weeks dragged on, and he saw what his son was going through, and found out from Ruthie's parents, that Ruthie was the same, maybe even worse. So he began to think about their relationship, and decided to give them a chance.

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A/N:SOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for such a long wait!! I have been soooooo busy with school and other stories that are in the works that I haven't had time! I promise the next chapter will be up in the next few days! Please give me some ideas on how the next chapter should go! Again, I am SO unbelievably sorry for the wait! R&R!