A/N: Hey, I'm back! I changed my pen name, but it's Lostjacksawyerfan. I wrote this fic a couple of weeks ago, not knowing if i should give it a go or not. Tell me what you think, if i should continue or not! Thanks, and enjoy.
A School Year To Remember
Chapter One
As Amy woke up at 6am, on her first day of school, she groaned.
She was not awaken by an alarm clock, but by her two year old son, John Juergens, in the next room. She threw the covers off of her, and swung her legs off the bed. She grabbed her backboard for support, as she got off of it. She yawned, and went into John's room.
"Mama!" he yelled, when he saw his mother.
"Hi John, did you have a good sleep?" asked Amy, as she helped him off his toddler bed.
He outstretched his arms, wanting to be picked up, but Amy couldn't. She took his hand, and led him to the kitchen. After they ate breakfast together, Amy helped him get ready for the day. She left him with her father, as she needed to get dressed herself.
Once she was done, Ashley came into her room to chat.
"How are you feeling?" she asked her sister.
Amy bit her lip. "I don't know. Ever since Ricky left to go to Georgetown, I… I just… I can't talk about it right now. I don't want this first day of school to be more horrible than it already is."
Ashley sighed, and sat down on Amy's couch. "Amy, relax. It happened before, so… people will probably understand."
Amy looked at her sister, and let out a nervous laugh. "Ashley, I'm five and a half months pregnant. I don't think they'll understand... since people hate me already for having John at fifteen."
Ashley rolled her eyes. "Amy, people don't hate you. I mean, they'll be in shock, since you weren't showing before the summer holidays, but everything will be ok. Just… have faith in yourself, and the world."
Amy looked at herself in the mirror, and rubbed her stomach. "You know, Ashley, you act more like a big sister sometimes than I do."
Ashley smiled. "That's true, you know."
Amy returned the smile, and sat down on her bed. Her smile faded, once she remembered what she has to do after school.
"I think of… the relationship you and me have, and it's a shame that John wont have this kind of relationship with his brother,… or sister."
Ashley sighed. "Amy… are you sure you want to do this? I know you're ready to sign the contract, but I can see in your eyes that you want to keep your baby."
Amy's eyes filled with tears. "I want to keep him, or her, but I can't have another baby. With Ricky gone, I'm all alone, and… I-I just can't d-do it!"
There was a moment of silence.
"Ashley, I'm giving my baby to Louis and Jann, and that's that."
Amy got up, and left the room, sobbing. Ashley almost started to cry herself. "Oh, Ricky, why did you have to leave her?"
In a condo across town, Leo Boykewich was putting up a for sale sign on the balcony railing.
He went inside, and looked at the unused baby gear. There were cobwebs on the ceiling, since no one was barely there to clean it. There was a beautiful maternity wedding dress on the couch, that was never worn, and baby dresses that will never be worn. These little things in this condo represented what was about to be.
There was supposed to be a beautiful baby girl coming through the door about nine months ago, but she never did. And never will.
Angelica Vivienne Boykewich never breathed in the breath of life, due to complications when she was born.
Nine months ago, not only Angelica lost her life, but her parents did, as well. Ben is having a hard time to cope, and Adrian totally lost her will to live. She never returned to school, so she never graduated with her class. Apparently, she might return to school in a couple of weeks to complete what she missed. Ben got really poor grades, but he passed the year, at least.
Leo left the condo after making a few calls about the sale, and he left.
When he returned home, he found Ben still in bed.
"Ben, it's time to wake up! Let's go, it's the first day of school!"
Ben muttered a few words, then turned over.
Leo sighed in frustration. "Benjamin! Let's GO!"
Ben groaned, and sat up. "Adrian texted me. She's not going to school, and neither am I."
Leo rolled his eyes. "Ben, I know you are grieving, and maybe you will for a very long time, but Ben… life goes on."
"You tell me that every single damn morning, and I'm sick of it. Just leave me alone, it's my life."
Ben fell back onto his pillow, and pulled the covers over his head. Leo was so frustrated, he slammed the door shut so roughly, that the paintings on the wall shifted a little.
Inside his room, Ben lifted his head out of the covers a bit, and groaned.
He decided to face the world after all.
As Amy was leaving the church nursery, she got a few of hateful stares from the Christian mothers and fathers entering the church nursery with their noisy kids.
Amy could only walk away, with her head high. And she would need to do the same thing at school that day.
As she drove into the school parking lot, she saw Madison and Lauren running excitedly to her SUV. They just spent the whole summer in Miami, and they have no idea Amy is pregnant again. But once they do, they'll have something exciting to gossip about with the rest of the school.
"Hey, Amy!" they yelled, as Amy opened the car door.
"How are-," Madison was cut off, seeing Amy's belly. Lauren put her hands to her mouth in shock.
"I guess you can see how I'm doing," said Amy, starting to walk away.
"Amy, wait…," Madison begun, as they walked after her.
"Are you ok?" Lauren asked.
"Is Ricky the father?" added Madison.
"Yes, and yes." answered Amy, irritated when she heard people mutter her terrible names as she walked by.
"Oh, Amy…,"
"Just leave me alone, ok? I really don't want to talk about it," she muttered harshly, turning around to face them.
She looked at them for a moment, before stomping off into the building. She hardly noticed a shocked Ben as she walked by.
As she neared her locker, she could hear her phone wringing in her bag. She ruffled through it, and finally found her phone under a pile of sheet music. She smiled, looking at a picture of Ricky on the caller ID.
"Hi, Ricky," she greeted him, trying to sound pleasant.
"Hey, sweetie. How is your first day of school?" he asked, kindly.
"Everyone is looking at me, but whatever. I miss you… so much," she said, trying to picture him on a college campus.
"I miss you too, and call me anytime. I want to know how you and our children are doing. Did you find out the sex of the baby yet?" he asked, feeling excited.
Amy shook her head, even though he couldn't see her.
"No, and I'm not going to find out. I hope that's ok," she said, twirling her hair with her fingers.
Ricky was silent for a moment.
"Why not? You found out while you were pregnant with John," he told her, confused.
"I… I just don't know."
"Ok, well, whatever it is, I'll be happy with it. We'll have to think of names, soon."
"But, Ricky-,"
"Oh, Amy, the bell just wrung, I have to go. I love you!"
"I love-," Amy was cut short, by a buzz at the end of the line, "you too…."
Tears welled up in her eyes, knowing that giving up the baby was going to destroy him. She tried to tell him many times, but she just couldn't.
She wasn't sure how he was going to react, but one thing was for certain: it was going to be one hell of a school year.
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