A/N: I don't own 7th Heaven or anything else in this chapter except the book title and the story idea.

This was the big moment, the one that made the months she spent locked away in her apartment worth it, and the all nighters she pulled completely and utterly worth it. Taking one last look in the mirror and fixing her hair Ruthie took a deep breath and reached for the door handle, it was now or never.

Flashback

Ruthie sat alone in the middle of her and Martin's apartment trying to find something to do. She found herself alone in the apartment quite a lot since Martin started playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fiddling with the remote in Ruthie's hand she spotted the book she just finished and it was like a light bulb went off. Getting up from the couch Ruthie walked over to the kitchen table and picked up her laptop walking back into the living room and switching the TV on while she walked over to the couch and sat down with her laptop in front of her.

An hour later Ruthie sat in the same spot but her laptop was placed on the couch next to her while Ruthie watched Martin's baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Ruthie moved to the edge of her seat as Martin came up to bat and anxiously awaiting what would happen. Her shoulders fell a little bit when Martin missed the ball the first time but smiled as she watch Martin readjust his position and step back up the plate the determination written clearly on his face. Ruthie held her breath as Carlos Zambrano hurled the ball towards the plate and scooted forward as Martin swung the bat making contact with the ball. She always hated this part of baseball, watching Martin hit the ball. Her eyes stayed glued to the TV screen as the ball sailed through the air farther and farther into the outfield before landing in the stands. Ruthie's mouth fell open when the ball fell into the stands the fans clamoring to get the ball. Reaching onto the coffee table she picked up her phone and called the only other person she knew would be watching the game.

"HE DID IT!" Ruthie yelled as soon as Mac picked up the phone.

"What happened?" Mac asked slightly confused and looking around at his co-workers who were now yelling and screaming about something, he stood up looking out over his cubicle and saw the game on.

"Martin hit his first homer in the majors Mac, that's what happened?"

"He did?"

"Yes aren't you watching the game?"

"I didn't know it was on." Mac answered slightly angry with himself for not seeing his best friend's first homer in the majors.

"It's okay Mac don't worry about it. I'm going to have a party for Martin to celebrate when he gets home and I want you to be there, okay?" Ruthie replied slightly feeling bad for Mac she knew how supportive the two were of each other and it broke her heart a little bit to know that Mac was feeling upset over missing it. "Just make sure you're there when he wins his first world series." Ruthie added happy to hear Mac laughing on the other side of the phone.

"Will do, we still on for movie night tonight?" Mac asked now sitting in his cubicle leaning back in his chair.

"You know it." Both finalized plans for that evening and hung up as Ruthie was hit with new determination and picked up her laptop ready to face the blank screen that had been taunting her earlier. Hours later Ruthie finally pulled herself away from her laptop and smiled, she finally had decided what she was going to do.

End of flashback

Ruthie finally opened the door and saw a girl with a headset on her head and clip board in her hands most likely waiting for Ruthie to come out. Ruthie took a deep breath and cleared her throat grabbing the attention of the blonde girl who was talking into her headset. "Are you ready Mrs. Brewer?" Ruthie nodded and smiled following the girl through the crowded hallway trying to calm the millions of butterflies in her stomach before she went out in front of the cameras. Oh how she wished that Martin were here for her but no of course he had to go do his own interview with Sports Illustrated and ESPN so that meant she was on her own for her first interview.

"Coming up next Ruthie Brewer is here to talk about her new book Picking up the Pieces." Ruthie heard Oprah say and the girl pointed to a spot on the floor.

"You stand here until she says come on out and as soon as the door is lifted you walk out, hug Oprah, and sit on the couch got it?" Ruthie nodded and took a deep breath looking at the door in front of her hoping that she didn't faint on her way out there.

"Ruthie Brewer come out here!" Ruthie heard Oprah called and then watched the door being lifted in front of her and as she took a step forward Ruthie smiled seeing all the people clapping and cheering for her. "Now before we talk about the book, which I love and couldn't put down, I wanna know what it's like being married to a rising baseball star."

"It's just like any other marriage; we have our good moments and our bad moments." Ruthie replied as if being married to Martin Brewer, the rising star of baseball as Oprah put it was the easiest thing in the world. Oprah 'awed' as did the whole crowd making Ruthie blush a little bit.

"So what inspired you to write a book?"

"Well I was sitting home one day with nothing to do and I looked at a book that I just finished sitting on the coffee table in front of me and through why not write a book it's not like I didn't have a story to tell so I picked up my laptop and spent almost an hour trying to write but nothing came to me and it happened to be the same day that Martin hit his first homerun here in Chicago and that somehow gave me the motivation to sit down and start writing it and a year later here we are." Ruthie explained smiling at Oprah like Martin had told her to do numerous times.

"So is everything in the book based off of your life?" Oprah asked picking the book up from in-between them.

"I was in an abusive relationship when I was 16 and that relationship drove me to cutting, drinking, and taking prescription pills. That was one of the reasons that Martin and I got together because he was there for me through every step of the way through every up and down on the roller coaster ride and without him in my life I don't know where I would be right now." Ruthie replied having slight tears in her eyes.

"I cried when I read the ending of this book, it is truly the best book I can think of for teens because it deals with real problems that teens are facing and I absolutely love the part in the book where Cam sits down with her mom and tells her everything. Did you sit down with your mom and have that kind of talk?"

"I actually sat down with both of my parents after 6 months after I got out of rehab and told them the entire story and how I felt about the whole situation. I don't blame my parents for not noticing at all because I hid it so well that I think that the only family member that actually noticed was my brother Simon and that was part of the reason I wrote this book so that hopefully if a teen reads this that might be going through the same situation they can go to their parents and tell them what's going on. I also think that parents should read this so that they can pick up on the warning signs to look for so that their child doesn't go through what I went through."

"Well we have to take a break but when we come back we have a surprise for Ruthie Brewer." Oprah leaned forward and squeezed Ruthie's hand. "You're doing great." Ruthie smiled and nodded leaning back a bit to get more comfortable. "We're sitting here talking to Ruthie Brewer about her book Picking Up the Pieces and we have a surprise for Ruthie. So surprise come on out!" Ruthie followed Oprah's gaze and smiled when she saw Martin standing on the other side of the door walking towards him. She fought the urge to run over towards him and wrap her arms around him instead patiently and waiting for him to walk over to him and when he finally stopped in front of her arms around him moving so he could sit next to her.

"So when Martin found out that Ruthie was going to be on the show he called and asked if he could surprise her since it was her first interview about her book. So Martin, first off congratulations on your team winning the Series against the Cubs and how did you feel reading Ruthie's book?"

"Well I read bits and pieces here and there when Ruthie would need help making sure that the relationship between Cam and Jordan sounded believable but when I read the whole book I was shocked, there were things in the book that completely threw me for a loop when I read them since I knew that most of the things that happened in the book had actually happened. Of course there were also parts where I was angry with myself for not realizing them like the part about her break down in rehab, I was angry that I didn't put the pieces together the day before when I talked to her on the phone."

"Did this book bring you closer together?"

"I think it made me realize just how much what happened shaped who I had become and I think that it made me appreciate everything Martin does for that much more."

"I think the book did bring us closer together." Martin asked earning a curious look from Ruthie and a smile from Oprah, one always wishes for a smile from Oprah. "I mean when I read the book I finally knew what she was feeling and thinking throughout everything. I was finally able to connect with her on a level that I thought we'd never get to and it made me love her even more if that's possible." Ruthie smiled and kissed Martin's cheek.

"Well Ruthie you have yourself a keeper here and I would hold onto him as he rises into baseball super stardom. Thank you both for coming to the show and I wish you all the success in the world." Ruthie smiled and stood up with Oprah hugging the woman happy that she her first interview had gone quite well and that someone like Oprah had loved her book, something that she had spent the better part of a year slaving and losing sleep over. It had all been worth it.

"That was almost a year ago, my book was on the New York Times Best Seller list for over 14 weeks. My story was a story that needed to be told, people needed to hear what could actually happen to anybody from every walk of life. Girls need to know that they don't not need to feel like they have to stay with someone who hurts them, they don't need to cut themselves, they don't need to drink, and they surely don't need to drug themselves to make it okay. Get out, get help, and know that you deserve better than that. I stand here today not as a victim of abuse but as a survivor and I'm asking you to stop the madness. I'm standing here today because I had the courage to ask someone to rescue me." Ruthie finished standing in front of a group of students from her high school and everyone stood up clapping and cheering, yep Martin had truly held up to his promise, he rescued her.

A/N: So it's the end, kind of sudden I think but I thought it was good way to end the story…….Thank you to all of you who reviewed and I hope you liked the story.