Chapter Two

"Hello." Martin said. He was babysitting for Aaron. He was also starting to see Sandy again. Ruthie was right he loved her as a friend, as his best friend for life.
"Martin?" Ruthie said in a quiet voice that scared the hell out of him.
"What's wrong?" he asked, picking Aaron up and placing him in his highchair.
"I did something stupid." she said, "I'm pregnant."
"He's dead." Martin said hanging up the phone and grabbing Aaron and heading for the door.
"Martin? Martin?" Ruthie asked hearing the dial tone. Meanwhile, T-bone was banging on the door. Ruthie had misunderstood him. He was just asking if she was going to have an abortion, keep it or give it away.
"I'm not coming out!" Ruthie yelled, "Go away!"
"Fine, I have work anyway. I'll see you later." He said and left heartbroken.
"Ruthie its Martin?" a voice said from the door. Ruthie jumped up and ran into Martin and little Aaron's arms. Only after letting go did she notice that Aaron was missing a shoe.
"Where's his shoe?" she asked wiping away her tears.
"He always loses his shoes!" Martin replied nonchalant as he put him down by some toys that Savannah had left behind. Aaron went to work playing with the school bus. "Where is the little bastard?" Martin asked as he sat down on the chair.
"Working!" Ruthie said as she eyed Aaron. She couldn't see herself as a mom.
"I'm killing him when he gets back!" Martin said snapping Ruthie into the present.
Martin's cell rang it was Sandy, "Where's my baby?"
"Sandy, Ruthie needs my help with something. Aaron is just fine and he's playing with a school bus. We will be home for dinner." He hung up and shut his phone off and then turned back to Ruthie.
Sandy picked up her phone after Martin hung up on her and when it went straight to voicemail she grabbed her keys and dialed Lucy's cell number.
"Hello." Lucy said picking up. She had been on the floor playing with Savannah. Kevin was at the store.
"I'm on my way their!" Sandy said, "Something's not right with Martin and Ruthie."
"What do you mean?" Lucy said standing up.
"He turned his phone off!" Sandy said, "He only does that when he's mad at me!"
Martin and Ruthie went to Dr. John Sanderson's office. Ruthie didn't want to go alone and T-bone didn't seem to want to be apart of this. Martin had already dropped Aaron off at his dads."I don't have to go in with you, do I?" he asked.
"No, I think it would make him uncomfortable considering you're the reason he lost Sandy." Ruthie said, "And it would make me uncomfortable."
"Camden, Ruthie." The nurse called.
"I'll be right here." Martin replied giving her a hug, "Thanks Martin."
Sandy had arrived at Lucy's and they were now talking over a cup of hot coffee.
"What could it be?" Lucy pondered.
"I don't know but, it's something!" Sandy said just as Kevin walked in.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"I know!" they all turned around and saw T-bone. He had got off early and went looking for Ruthie.
"What?" they all asked in unison.
"She's having my baby!" T-bone said slouching into a chair.
"What?!" Kevin yelled grabbing him by his shirt collar, "I told u to stay away from her.
"Kevin!" Lucy yelled "Put him down."
Martin walked over to Ruthie as she came out. He didn't have to ask it was written all over her face.
"What am I going to do, Martin?" Ruthie said taking a seat next to him, "I'm only 17!"
"I was only 17 too!" he replied taking her hand, "It saved me! Sandy saved me!"
Sandy called Ruthie on her cell phone. "Ruthie...I...know!" Sandy said, "I think we should talk!"
"I think we should talk too Sandy!" Ruthie said causing, Martin to grab the phone "Sandy, are you sure that's good idea?"
"Hand it back to Ruthie!" Sandy said, "I'm angry at you!"
"What did I do?" Martin asked.
"Oh just take my son and not tell me. Run off with Ruthie leaving poor T-bone worried..." Sandy began.
"T-bone! Just wait until I get my hands on him!" Martin yelled causing several people to stare. "You're not touching him!" Sandy said, "This isn't your business!"
"It's not yours either." Martin stated.
"Excuse me?!" Sandy said and hung up the phone.
Martin drove Ruthie to meet up with Sandy at Kevin and Lucy's. T-bone was sitting on the porch waiting for her to return. When they got their Kevin and Martin's dad both had to hold him back from T-bone.
"I'm going to kill you, little dickhead. You should have kept your pants zipped."
"This is none of your business!" T-bone said turning to Ruthie, "We need to talk."
"I don't want to talk to you!" She said.
"We need to talk, Ruthie." T-bone said. Martin still being restrained by Kevin and Bo yelled at him, "She said she didn't want to talk to you, Fucker!"
"Martin!?" Bo said turning to him, "Watch your mouth! I didn't raise you to talk like that."
"No you didn't raise me at all!" Martin yelled shaking them off and knocking T-bone to the ground!
Martin started to beat the shit out of T-bone. Savannah and Aaron looked so covering each other's eyes and holding into each other.
"I hate you little, fucker. How could you knock her up? She had her life in front of her. Did you know she wanted to travel for a while? Now, she can't do that. Who did you think you were that you didn't need to use a condom?"
Fighting back as best he could T-bone began to yell, "She tricked me!"
"Yeah right!" Martin yelled punching him in the face.
"Stop it!!!" Ruthie yelled causing everyone to freeze, "It's my entire fault! It is! It's true I gave him alcohol instead of soda!" Turning Ruthie ran away grabbing Lucy's keys she jumped into the car and drove off.
"Wow!" Bo said.
"Wait a minute!" Kevin screamed, "She doesn't have her license!
Martin got in his car and went after her. He was able to get her to pull over. He took the keys away like she was a little girl." Ruthie, you can't run away from this. I tried to run away from Aaron and I couldn't. You need to go back and deal with this. I promise not to hurt T-bone. I'll help in any way I can but I think this is something you have to do yourself." He said and kissed the top of her head. Ruthie looked up at the sky and deep down she knew he was right. It didn't matter how bad the timing was. She was going to be a mom. Ruthie got in the car as she did a little part of her stayed behind. Ruthie was no longer a little girl, she was a woman.