Chapter 6: You can trust me

Martin looked up at the clock, and realized he had been on the phone with Cecilia for over an hour. After about five more minutes of calming her down, and promising to call her again the next day, he finally said good-bye.
Exhailing a long sigh,he sat at the kitchen table with his head in his hand's, thinking about everything that had just happened.

"Oh God ... What am I going to do?What am I supposed to tell everyone?What do I say to Ruthie?... Oh God Ruthie! she's still outside."
Pushing aside his thought's for the moment, he got up and walked out on to the back porch.

Outside

When Martin saw Ruthie asleep on the couch bench, he unknowingly smiled.
"She is even more beautiful when she sleep's."
He walked over and knelt down in front of her,not being able to resist he lightly brushed back a strand of hair that had fallen across her face.

"Ruth." He wispered to her only loud enough for her to hear. "Ruthie."

He watched as her eye's began to flutter open, and felt his smile grow.

"Hmm?" After her eye's adjusted to the dark all around her, Ruthie noticed Martin kneeling in front of her smiling.She smiled back."Oh Hey."

"Hey. How long have you been asleep?"

Ruthie yawned and sat up, so that Martin could sit beside her.

"I don't know. What time is it?"

"It's a little bit after 8. You know you didn't have to wait out here for me.It's cold out here."

"It's not that bad.And besides, ... I wanted to." Not knowing why, she felt herself blush.

"Well I'm glad you did."

They sat there for a few minutes without saying a word to eachother, until Ruthie finally broke the silence.

"So, how did it go?" Martin looked as if he were going to be sick. "That bad huh?"

"Well I guess it depends on what you define as bad."

"What do you mean?"

Martin looked down at his hand's.

"Martin?" She was starting to get worried.

"She's uh ... Cecilia I mean ... she's pregnant."

Ruthie's eye's widened, and she jumped up.

"What!"

"Shh! Quiet someone's going to hear you. Sit down!" He pulled her back down on to the bench.

"Do not tell me to be quiet. You can't sit here and tell me that you got Cecilia pregnant, and expect me not to..."Martin cut her off

"What? Ruthie I did not get Cecilia pregnant!"

Ruthie just looked at him, then realized the conclusion she had jumped too, and how dumb she must look right then.

"I ... y-you ... sorry." Was all she managed to get out.

"Don't worry about it. I should have explained, I just ... I didn't know how else to say it." Ruthie exhaled an unknown breath.

"But if the baby isn't your's ... then why was it so important that she tell you?" She was confused.

"She wanted me to know before ..." he trailed off, wondering if he should tell her.

"Before what?"

He looked her in the eye's and new he could trust her, but that feeling in the pit of his stomach was keeping the words from falling from his mouth.

"You have to promise you wont say anything." He pleaded with her.

"Martin ... you know you can trust me ... or at least I thought you did." Ruthie felt slightly hurt by the fact that he didn't trust her with this secret.

He saw the hurt look on her face and he just wanted to hold her, and let her know that he trusted her with his life.

"You know that's not what I meant Ruthie." He said sadly.

"Yea I know." She lied.

"Just promise me.Please?" He gave her a pleading puppy dog type of look.

"Fine. I promise I won't say anything.There, Happy now?"

"Yes. Thank you." He smiled somewhat brightly.

Ruthie rolled her eye's at him and waited.

"How am I going to say this?" He thought to himself.
After a few more moments of silance Ruthie started to become irritated.
"Martin just tell me!Please!" She snapped a little bit harshly.
"I guess I just tell her. ... Just spit it out Martin! Look at her she's gonna slap me any moment I know she is! Just sa..." Martin opened his mouth and suddenly the words just fell from his mouth.

"She wanted me to know before, she came down next weekend, with Simon."

... Silance.