A few weeks had passed since Martin and Ruthie got married. They had just moved into their new house with Quinn. Ruthie and Annie were talking again. She had even come to help them move. When sandy came back from vacation and found out about Martin and Ruthie she was actually happy for them. She told Martin it was about time. Since the weight of their big secret and the fact that everyone was now ok with the marriage Ruthie felt like she could relax. She loved their new house. It wasn't just Martin's house that Ruthie was a guest in, it was theirs. When you walked in the stairs were on your right and Aaron's new playroom on your left. The door that led to Quinn's room as next. Then in the back there was the kitchen and eating area on your left and a large family room on the right. In the family room there was a door that lead to the laundry room which then led to the garage. Upstairs there were 5 doors. Clockwise starting on the left were Aaron's bedroom, a closet, the master suite, an extra bedroom, and a bathroom. In Martin and Ruthie's bedroom was a huge walk in closet and their bathroom. Aaron's favorite part of the house was the backyard. The back door lead out to a large deck and a huge fenced in yard. Martin had bought Aaron a swing set and a sandbox to play in. Ruthie loved decorating their home. They put up pictures and painted every room. After a few days it really felt like a home.

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Ruthie was excited she had been married for 5 weeks and today was her first day of college classes. She and Martin had a lecture hall together and she and Quinn had 2 classes together. It actually worked out to where someone was at the house at all times. Martin also worked part time at the college athletics center. He was in charge of the batting cage area and he when needed a lifeguard. Since he worked there he and Ruthie got to use the place for free. So he and Ruthie would take Aaron up to the pool to swim as much as possible. Since Aaron was at Sandy's and Martin didn't have to worry about getting him from daycare they had a date night the night before to calm Ruthie's nerves. But today was the day. Ruthie had just packed her bag when Martin came back into the room.

"Are you ready?"

"Ya I just feel like I'm forgetting something." She dug through the bag mentally checking things off in her head.

"maybe your just nervous." He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She sighed and leaned into him.

"Maybe your right." She glanced at the clock they had 15 minutes. "We better get going."

As they drove onto campus Ruthie couldn't help but feel off. She had an upset stomach and she was really dizzy. She really chalked it up to nerves until she woke up that morning and couldn't help but noticed how tender her breast felt. But she shook it off and convinced herself it was nerves even though the logical side of her told her that she was wrong. Martin dropped her off outside her first class.

"Just relax it won't be so bad." He leaned over and kissed her quick before she hopped out of the car and walked in. She took a deep breathe. Nothing was wrong with her.

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A few days passed and Ruthie was easily adjusting to married life and the life of a full time college student. But as days passed Ruthie's symptoms got worse. She was throwing up, her breast were really tender, she was dizzy, and she could smell weird things. She still tried to convince herself that it was nothing but when her period never came she couldn't hold it off. On her way home from class she stopped at the on campus pharmacy and bought a home pregnancy test that had 3 test in it. She figured it was worth the money if it gave her peace of mind. She knew no one was home so she quickly parked and ran up to she and Martin's bathroom. She knew he would be home soon so she tried to hurry but each test took 3 minutes. She started with one and waited. The timer on her phone had just gone off when she heard Martin's car in the driveway. She held her breathe and looked at the test. But the little pink plus sign was very clear. Ruthie decided to take another test. She had just set it on the counter when she heard martin come in.

"Ruthie?"

Ruthie hesitated. She tried to answer but she couldn't find her voice. She heard him walking up the stairs and open the bedroom door.

"Babe?" He knocked on the bathroom door. "Are you ok?"

Ruthie's cellphone timer went of again and Martin opened the bathroom door. He looked at Ruthie then followed her gaze to the counter. The second test was also positive. Martin walked in and looked at the test closer. Ruthie felt a few tears slip from her eyes. She glanced at Martin and found him looking at her.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Ruthie's voice shook as she spoke, "Tell you what?"

"That you thought you were pregnant. I would have been here sooner."

"I wasn't sure and I didn't want to scare you if it was nothing. But now..." She glanced back down at the test. When she heard Martin laugh quietly and turned to look at him. "You think this is funny?"

"No, but how pregnant do you think you are?"

Ruthie tried to think, "I don't know. 5 weeks? Maybe."

He busted out laughing, "What happened 5 weeks ago?"

Ruthie thought for a moment before cracking a smile. "Well I guess my birth control did fail on our wedding night."

Martin picked her up and swung her in the air. Ruthie couldn't figure out why he was so happy.

"You're happy about this?"

He set her down on the bed and knelt down in front of her. "Is the timing right? No, but we are married and I love you. So yes I'm happy about this baby."

Ruthie had tears silently falling from her eyes. "But we both said we wanted to wait a few years to have a baby. I mean we just got married and moved in. We didn't plan this."

Martin kissed her eyelids and then her mouth. "So what if we didn't plan it? Since when has anything we've done together gone as planned?"

She laughed and placed a hand to her stomach. "My parents are really not gonna like this."

He laughed too and kissed her again before kissing her stomach. "We can handle your parents. It's your brothers I'm worried about."

Ruthie kissed him and pulled him onto the bed with her. They were now truly a family.

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Before they told anyone Ruthie decided to go see a doctor. She made an appointment for the next day and Martin came with her. Ruthie tried to ignore the awkward stare the receptionist gave her and filled out the paperwork. When they were called back they made Ruthie change into a paper exam gown and drew a vial of her blood. She sat on the exam table with her legs covered by a scratchy blanket. Martin saw how nervous she was and grabbed her hand. When the door opened Ruthie felt her stomach go into knots. But relaxed a little when she saw it was a female doctor.

"Hello Mrs. Brewer. I'm Dr. Nickels. So we got the results of your blood test and you are pregnant. So I want to do a sonogram to see how far along you are."

"Ok."

"Alright so just lie back."

Ruthie looked at Martin who still held on to her hand. The doctor fired up the machine and grabbed a bottle of gel. She pulled up Ruthie's gown.

"This is going to be a little cold."

She squirted some onto Ruthie's stomach and started moving the doppler around and suddenly the baby's heartbeat filled the room.

"Ok so everything looks good. You're around 5 weeks so your due date would be April 16th."

Ruthie nodded. April, in the middle of Martin's baseball season.

"So here is the head. And here's an arm."

Ruthie felt a few tears escape her eyes. She glanced up at Martin. His eyes were glued to the screen with the biggest grin on his face. The doctor turned off the machine and helped Ruthie get the gel off her stomach.

"So like I said you both look healthy." She got into one of the drawers and pulled out a pack of pamphlets. "Ok so these have books that could be helpful, recommended prenatal vitamins, a list of ob/gyns around here, and some basic tips on some lifestyle and diet changes you should make."

Ruthie took the pamphlets. "Thank you."

"Oh and..." She pulled something out of the machine and handed it to Ruthie. "Here is your baby's first picture."

With that she left the room. As soon as Martin and Ruthie were in his truck she leaned over a kissed him.

"Our parents are gonna kill us."

He laughed and looked at the sonogram picture. "They'll get over it."

They drove home and found Quinn in the living room. Ruthie had decided to tell her that morning. She showed her the picture and Quinn squealed.

"I hope it's a girl."

"Why?"

"Well you guys would have one of each."

Ruthie laughed and sat down next to her. Martin handed her a glass of water and sat on Ruthie's other side and pulled her close. When Quinn read the due date she looked at Ruthie.

"The baby will be due in the middle of baseball season?"

Martin spoke up, "It will be fine."

Quinn looked skeptical, "You're gonna be really busy and Ruthie will be under a lot of stress. What happens if her water breaks while you're in the middle of a game?"

Ruthie groaned, "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."

"Well I hate to break it to you but you only have a few months to figure it out."

Martin saw Ruthie getting upset and decided to intervene, "Quinn drop it."

Quinn sighed and continued to look at the pamphlets. Later when they were in bed Ruthie voiced her concern to Martin.

"I hate to agree with Quinn but what will we do when the baby comes? You can't take time off of baseball."

He pulled her closer. "it will be fine. Hopefully you'll go into labor on a Friday night."

She knew he was joking but she lightly slapped his arm anyways. "Not funny."

"The only thing I'm worried about is how your parents are going to react."

"I think they'll be ok. I mean we're married."

He looked at her, "They will find some reason not to like it."

"It is their grandchild. They'll be fine. Eventually."

"I hope so."

"Do you think your dad is going to be ok with it?"

"Probably. I mean he was ok with us getting married. He likes you."

"I hope you're right about him."

Martin kissed her head, "You worry to much and that is not good for either of you."

"Yeah, yeah."

He chuckled and they eventually fell asleep.

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The next few days Ruthie and Martin argued about the best ways to tell Ruthie's parents about her pregnancy. Ruthie just wanted to text them but Martin thought it would be best to tell them in person. They were still arguing Friday night after he came home from work. Ruthie was really getting frustrated.

"What do you want to do? Go spend Sunday at church with them, go back to the house for lunch and tell them I'm pregnant."

Martin sighed, "No I'm saying go there tomorrow and tell them."

"Oh and have another night like the night we told them we got married."

"It won't be that bad."

"I'm sorry do you not remember how they reacted. My mom didn't talk to me for weeks."

He let out a frustrated sigh. "Maybe they'll surprise you."

Ruthie just groaned and walked upstairs. He followed her but walked into the closet. Ruthie layed down on the bed and rubbed small circles across her stomach. She felt the bed move and Martin wrap his arms around her torso. She molded into him and sighed. When he spoke he was much calmer.

"They are your family and if you think telling them on the phone or by text is what is best then fine but I'm telling my dad to his face."

She turned and buried her head in his chest. "Thank you."

He kissed her head and rubbed her back soothingly. An hour later Ruthie nervously dialed her parent's house number. It ringed twice before her mom picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Mom it's Ruthie."

"Oh hi Sweetie. How are you? How's school?"

"School's great. But I have some news."

"Ok..."

"I'm pregnant." She waited for her mom to say something.

"Are you sure? Have you gone to a doctor?"

"Yes, I'm pregnant. The doctor says it's due in April."

"Oh, that's soon."

"Yeah it is. Are you ok?"

"Sweetie if you're happy I'm happy. But this is gonna be hard on you and Martin. Having a baby before you're married a year."

"I know but we're confident that we can do it."

"Well that's good. I know Martin will be there for you and you guys have Quinn."

"Yeah so we're a lot better then a lot of people in our situation."

"I agree. I'm sorry to cut you short but your father's dinner is burning. I love you. Congratulations."

"Thanks Mom. I love you too."

Ruthie hung up the phone and found Martin on the couch watching TV. She leaned over the back of the couch and kissed his cheek. "Say it."

He looked at her, "Say what?"

"My mom is happy for us so say I told you so."

He laughed and kissed her lips. "I'm good."

Ruthie went and sat next to him and snuggled into his side and quickly fell asleep.

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