A Ruthie and Martin Story Chapter 10, a 7th heaven fanfic

Disclaimer: The only thing that I own is this storyline and the characters of Shelby, Lisa, and Tim. The rest is owned by Brenda Hampton, the creator of 7th Heaven.

Chapter 10

Dinner had been great. The conversation had flowed easily and it was hard to believe that it was time for the dance. They were in the limo headed to the hotel in Glen Oak where prom was being held at. Mac picked up a bottle that looked like champagne, Ruthie hoped they weren't going to drink alcohol, it would have made her feel really awkward and the night was already perfect. She felt just like Cinderella, her dress especially. She'd fallen in love with it at first sight. That had been her favorite Disney movie when she was little, and she just wanted the night to be perfect.

"Would anyone like a little bubbly?" Mac asked, pulling out the bottle and four glasses.

"Mac, I'm not real comfortable with drinking alcohol." Ruthie said, and felt proud of herself.

Lisa, Mac and even Martin laughed out loud and Ruthie was deeply disgusted and felt like she'd been betrayed by her friends. How could they laugh at her? She was really getting angry.

Containing his laughter for a minute Martin said to Ruthie, "It's sparkling white grape juice. We would never have alcohol in here. It's just for fun. Please don't be angry."

He thought it was cute that she thought it was alcohol, but it said clearly on the bottle that it was Welch's Sparkling White Grape Juice. He was also proud of her however to know that she wouldn't let anybody force her to take some alcohol and she wouldn't want to hang out with anyone who drank alcohol.

"Oh, well why didn't you say in the first place? I love that stuff. Pour me a glass. You really scared me for a second. It's just that I really don't like hanging out with people who drink. It's just a stupid way to get in trouble and I don't really want to get in trouble for something so stupid."

This was part of the reason he loved Ruthie. She was not like any of the other high school kids who just wanted to get drunk and have sex. And while Martin might not care too much about getting drunk, he had thought about sex and it definitely included Ruthie. He knew of course that if they dated that he would never ever pressure her to have sex, there's a chance he probably wouldn't get it anyway unless they go married, but Ruthie was always a surprise, that's for sure. And that was sexier than letting it all out there. There were girls out there who were just so desperate to get a guy that they did whatever the guy want and they did the same thing, they picked the types of guys that only used them for sex, but these girls didn't seem to care. But Ruthie, Ruthie was different. She'd definitely surprised him when he showed up and she came down wearing that dress. It didn't show much, but she was the most beautiful girl, on any other girl it wouldn't look that good, but on Ruthie, the stars and moon were jealous because her beauty surpassed theirs.

"We're here! Oh my gosh this is so exciting. Isn't it Ruthie?" Lisa sounded so amazed that you could tell that she never got out.

Mac looked at Lisa and kinda giggled at her enthusiasm. It was adorable and made her sound incredibly innocent of her. She and Ruthie were different from the other girls, he knew that's why he was attracted to Lisa and that's probably part of why Martin was attracted to Ruthie. But of course Martin's feelings went beyond attraction. Martin was completely head over heels, which meant he was screwed, in love with Ruthie Camden.

They stepped out of the limo and were greeted with a giant sign saying, 'Junior/Senior Prom: Dreams Come True'

Ruthie thought it kind of hilarious that she was dressed like Cinderella and the theme was Dreams Come True. It was an omen as Lucy liked to say, but as she soon remembered an omen could be good or bad. She desperately hoped it was a good omen and wanted to have her dreams come true tonight, well not necessarily the dream she had the other night, but that one would come later if her dream of having Martin telling her he loved her came true.

Martin kind of laughed to himself when he saw the prom theme. Wow, if that isn't a sign I don't know what is. They all walked into the hotel together, and looked around, following the signs. Eventually, they located the ballroom and practically walked into a fairy tale book.

This is it. This is the night that all my dreams are really going to come true.

It was almost 8:30 and the dance floor was pretty full, but he wanted to find a spot just perfect to dance with Ruthie.

"Come on Ruthie, let's dance."

He grabbed her hand and dragged her onto the dance floor. Ruthie felt her heart soar when his hand touched hers. She had the most amazing surge of happiness, run through her. She wondered if he felt the same way and then quickly dismissed it. He just wanted to come with a friend. That's all you are and that's all you'll ever be. All he wants to do is dance with a friend and have some fun.

First a few fast songs came on and Ruthie realized what a terrible dancer Martin was, but it was fun and pretty funny, but then, out of the blue there was a slow song. She didn't recognize it at first, but then recognized it as Jesse McCartney's Beautiful Soul. She started to walk away.

"Ruthie where are you going? I've gotta have at least one slow dance."

I don't want another pretty faceI don't want just anyone to holdI don't want my love to go to waste I want you and your beautiful soul

"This is nice. I'm having a fun time Martin. Thanks for bringing me."

"It's no big deal. I'm having fun too." More than you'll know. He thought, he wanted to chicken out, but knew he had to do it. For right now he'd hold her close and dance to this song.

You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I wont let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I wont let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

Your beautiful soul, yeah
You might need time to think it over
But im just fine moving forward
I'll ease your mind
If you give me the chance
I will never make you cry cmon lets try

Am I crazy for wanting you
Baby do you think you could want me too
I don't wanna waste your time
Do you see things the way I do
I just wanna know if you feel it too
There is nothing left to hide

You beautiful soul, yeah

"Hey I'll be right back. I'll get us some punch and then after they announce king and queen we can go, because otherwise we won't get a good booth at that diner."

"Are Mac and Lisa coming with us?"

"No, Mac's dad brought his car earlier and Mac and Lisa left awhile ago."

That made Ruthie happy, she liked that she'd have some time alone with Martin, but she was more nervous than she was before and she never thought she could get more nervous. She decided that she needed to tell Martin that she was in love with him. So off she went in search of the table where they were serving punch.

Martin was so nervous. He was going to tell Ruthie at the diner that he was in love with her and wanted to be with her.

"Hey Martin."

Martin turned around to find Shelby way too close to him.

"Hey Shelby. Who's your date?"

"Well it's not you. I heard you brought that little goodie too shoes Ruthie Camden."

"Yeah I did. And I've had a lot of fun with her. I really like her."

"No you don't Martin. You need a woman, one like me."

Before he could say anything, Shelby grabbed him and kissed him. He felt absolutely nothing, but he tried to get out of her grasp. When he did a few seconds later, he saw a big light blue dress disappear into the crowd.

"Jeez Shelby. I brought Ruthie because I like her. And now you've probably ruined my chances with her."

Ruthie saw it all. She saw Martin and Shelby, the biggest slut in school, kissing. She was so hurt, she wanted to cry but wouldn't allow herself. He told you he wanted to bring a friend. I guess he finally realized he'd much rather be with Sleazy Shelby. Well good riddance Martin Brewer. She decided to have some fun of her own. She saw Tim, a junior who'd asked her out before, but she hadn't found him all that appealing or she would have. This time, she'd use him to her advantage. She walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hey Tim."

"Hey Ruthie what's up?"

"This." At that exact moment she kissed him. He was really into the kiss, but she wasn't. His breath was rank, and he kissed terribly. She felt absolutely nothing when kissing him.

Martin stood there in shock. He saw Ruthie kissing Tim O'Neil, the most disgusting guy he'd ever known. Sure the guy was on the baseball team, and he had to pretend to like the guy, but he hated him. Ever since he heard about him reputation. He'd pretend to be really into these girls and then when they had sex with him, he dumped 'em. He hated the guy even more when he heard that Tim asked Ruthie out. He was glad to hear that she'd turned him down, but Ruthie obviously didn't know his reputation like Martin did. He wanted punch the guy in the face, but he left. He was way too angry that somebody had his wonderful Ruthie. So he went to find the limo driver to tell him that he could leave. He knew Tim would offer Ruthie a ride home, and he'd catch a ride to that party.

When she felt it was enough, and trust me, even a few seconds was enough, she broke apart. Then she asked Tim if he could take her home because she didn't feel too well. He said he'd be happy to. They climbed into his truck and he drove her home.

At the party Martin was getting drunk. He wanted to numb the pain from what he'd just seen. He immediately joined a game of quarters and was losing pretty fast. After bowing out on another round of quarters he found a tray of shots and grabbed two.

Mac came barreling into the completely out of control party. Someone had called him and told him they should come and pick Martin up. He broke all speed limits. When he took one look at Martin, he knew something was wrong.

"Come on big guy let's get going." Mac propped Martin up and dragged him out to his car. His parents had dropped off his car at the prom because Mac had called them and asked them to at the very last minute. They were just about to walk out the door to catch a flight to Mac's grandmother's. The only one they could catch was the red eye, but they said they would, and he was grateful. He decided to take Martin back to his place and let him crash there. It probably wouldn't fly if he stumbled in drunk into his house with his father, the military man there. He'd dropped Lisa back at home. She'd invited him in, but he had told her some other time. Man he must really like her, because he'd normally never do that. He suddenly realized he was growing up.

Her parents didn't wait up for her. They heard her come in, but didn't want to ask her anything. They had agreed that if she wanted them to anything she would tell him, so there were to be no questions about the night.

Ruthie threw herself onto her bed. Tim had been nice, but she knew his reputation, which was another reason she'd said no. Her heart was broken, and to think she'd thought about handing him her heart and if that had worked out, she'd have handed him her virginity. Of course he'd already had her heart, he'd taken it a long time ago and she feared she'd never get it back.

Martin was tossing and turning. He was having a nightmare. Ruthie was kissing Tim, and she stopped for a minute to look at Martin. Saying, 'What did you really think that I had feelings for you?' Then she and Tim started laughing. Suddenly he woke up, and not in his own bed. He realized he was in Mac's bed. And asked himself, 'What happened last night?'