Martin quotes from 7th Heaven

Ruthie

Look, I regret that...

Martin

Yeah, you regret that?...

Ruthie

I regret that you wouldn't give me a ride on my first day of school and you have absolutely no sense of humor.

Martin

[to Ruthie] You know what? Forget about it. You're just a spoiled brat! You get your way with everyone because you're the youngest girl in the family and everyone treats you like a baby. Everyone thinks it's funny or cute when you do something wrong, but you're not with your family when you're at school and other people may not find you so funny and cute.

Ruthie

Wow. I wondered how you lost Cecilia. I wondered why you haven't been able to get another girlfriend. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that you don't know how to talk to women.

Martin

A woman doesn't pantsed a guy at school.

Ruthie

Oh, please, what's the big deal? If one of your buddies did that, would you be acting like this? No! You want an apology? A heartfelt apology? Okay, I'm sorry you ever came here!

Kevin

What's going on?

Martin

We were going to play some pool to blow off some steam after studying, but, uh, looks like all the tables look full

Kevin

You can wait with us if you want to

Martin

Sure

Kevin

Hello?

Lucy

Hi. I-I know you're out with the guys, and you should spend time with your friends , but, on your way home, could you pick up a chocolate shake for me?

Kevin

Of course

Lucy

Oh, so when are you coming home?

Kevin

I shouldn't be long -- an hour or so. Or now

Lucy

Perfect. See you soon

She sure is keeping you on a short leash

Doesn't your wife realize that this pregnancy thing is just as hard on you? You need your alone time, too

Kevin

The fact that you two aren't married truly amazes me

Hi guys

Hi Venus. How have you been?

I've been good. So, you guys are new?

Yeah, we just got here

No, I mean new on the job

Martin

We don't work here

Look like you're going to have some fun breaking those new guys in

Kevin

New guys?

They're coming out of the academy looking younger and younger every year

Kevin

Oh, yeah. You know rookies

The dark haired one is kind of cute. Make sure you keep 'em in line

Kevin

Will do. Good luck

What did that mean?

Martin

Who knows?

Hey, don't you look now, but that woman is check you out

Martin

What's ridiculous is the fact that you even want to be a minister. I think you just want to be a Camden. You think that if you're a minister, then maybe Simon Camden will start to like you better, maybe even love you, maybe even marry you. Then you can be a Camden. And when I say "you," I do mean the old you as well as the new you. I mean, isn't that what you really want--to be a Camden?

Listen, I think you should go.

Martin

Ruthie, I lived at your house. You were like a little sister to me, and then you.....and then you grew up. And then I grew up, when Sandy and I had a baby--at least I tried to grow up, and I tried to do the right thing and marry Sandy. That's what I felt I should do. I love my son, and I'd do anything for him, and I really do care about her. But my heart was just never really in it, and that's maybe why I screwed up. I guess I've never really wanted things to work out, and whatever chance I had with her, with the relationship--a romantic relationship--well, I screwed that up.

Ruthie

Isn't this the conversation you should be having with Sandy?

Ruthie

You're all over the place. What are you trying to say to me? And whatever it is, you should start with an apology for not telling me that you were also dating Jane.

Martin

I'm sorry, I am. I like Jane, she's really attractive......but not as attractive as you. I'm really physically attracted to you, and it feels incredibly awkward saying that, and also, I can't talk to Jane the way I can talk to you. And I think that if we can just start over, if we can agree to date each other and not date anyone else, and if you can let me be more than a friend.....I think we could be really good together.

Ruthie

What?

Martin

I keep trying to treat you like a friend or a sister, but you're older now, I'm older, and that's not the way I see you. And we did kiss.

Ruthie

[pause] Yeah, we did.

Ruthie

Martin, you're not in love with me. I really am like a sister to you, and when you do find the right woman to be with, I'll be happy to baby-sit for you, okay?

Martin

But all this time, you've been, like, wanting to go out with me, and now that I want to go out with you--

Ruthie

It's too late. I found someone else.

Martin

For now. But you're 17. Maybe you'll change your mind.

Ruthie

I can't. I have his name tattooed on my back.

Martin

Why'd you do that?

Ruthie

I don't know. It was an impulse, a bad impulse. It was the stupidest thing I've ever done in my life.

Martin

So you're staying with him because of a stupid mistake?

Ruthie

He's staying with me. We're staying together, and if we're lucky, we'll be together for the rest of our lives.

Martin

But his mother is...you know...

Ruthie

I know. And despite how she treated him and who she is, the fact that he treats me and other women so respectfully...it just amazes me. He amazes me. I'm in love with T-Bone.

Martin

So you don't think you'll be taking off for Scotland next year, when you graduate?

Ruthie

But if I go, I'm dragging T-Bone with me. He loves Scotland, and there's a whole world out there--a world I want to see. And I want to see it with him. Maybe we'll go somewhere we've never been for college, or maybe we'll take a year off after high school and just travel together. I don't know what will happen, but I do know how I feel.

Martin

Well, someday, I hope to find a woman who feels the same way about me. (they hug)

Ruthie

Bye, Martin.

Martin

Bye, Ruthie. [she leaves]