"Ruthie, I love you too. Don't you see it now? We can finally be together!" Martin said, excitement and hope in his voice as he looked at her.

"Martin, you have no idea do you? I've tried as much as I could and you just never noticed me I guess." Ruthie replied. He could see the tears in her eyes. T-bone had just broken up with her and had decided to go out with Rose.

"Ruthie, I loved you all along." Martin tried, just one more time.

"Good bye, Martin." She said and then walked away.

It was over a year since Aaron was born and only a couple weeks after Martin found out that he wasn't the father of Aaron. Simon was. It was true that Martin had been in love with Ruthie but he couldn't seem to get it through. He had even heard her talking to Lucy about not even liking T-Bone, if she had never liked him, then why did she not want him? It just didn't make any sense. Martin walked away from the Camden house and punched the gate on the way out. 'why can't I just get through to her?' he said to himself as he punched the gate.

"What was that all about?" A voice came from behind Martin.

"Mac, I don't want to talk to you right now!"

Mac ran after Martin and eventually the two teenagers were standing next to each other. Mac was Martin's closest friend, they had been through so much together.

"Martin, seriously, what's wrong with you?"

"It's Ruthie." Martin began. Suddenly a couple of tears went down his face as he looked at his best friend. "Mac, I lost her this time… I really lost her."

"Martin, it's time for you to get over her, she got over you and now it's your turn."

"She only got over me because she knew that I couldn't be with her because of Aaron. Well, I found out that Aaron is Simon's son, not mine. There is no reason why Ruthie wouldn't go out with me now!"

"Maybe she is you know, really over you. So over you that nothing you do could get her back." The two boys stopped for a second and looked at each other. Martin knew something that Mac didn't. Then Martin said something that Mac was not expecting at all.

"Mac, I want you to hang out with Ruthie, try to figure out what's wrong with her." Martin said and Mac gave him a look that said everything.

"Martin-"
"Please Mac, do this for me." Mac nodded, understanding his request.

"Fine… I'll do it."