Ricky's POV

I walked down to Adrienne's locker; there she stood applying as much lip gloss as she could. She turned around and faced me.

Hey." I said.

"Hey." She said "You coming over tonight? Reuben and my mom are going out to dinner."

"Yeah I guess, I'm going to go see John first." I told her.

"You guess?" She asked.

"I meant, it depends on what time I finish seeing my son." I said.

"You can see your son as long as you want; you make the choice when to leave." She said.

"He falls asleep around 8:30, but I have to talk to Amy so I'll be there at 9:00." I told her.

"Alright I'll see you then." She said and walked away.

I saw Amy and I ran after her.

"Hey." I said as I grabbed her hand and pulled her back to face me.

"What" She said annoyed.

"I can still come over tonight right?" I asked.

"Yeah whatever." She said and turned around again and started to walk away.

"Whoa, what's wrong?" I asked pulling her back and facing her once again.

"What's wrong? Gee Ricky it's like one of those kids' books: what's wrong with this picture? I'm a fifteen year old mom, my boyfriend is going to some foreign country, my mom is having some guy's baby and she doesn't know who the dad is, my job barely pays enough, and to top it off my parents are signing their divorce papers this week." She said

"Look I'm sorry." I said. "You just have to focus on the good things in your life right now, smile a little."

"Smile? Ricky I'm lucky if I can stop crying! What good is there in my life?" She asked.

"You have a son and a boyfriend that loves you. You're going to have two dads, you're healthy, and the school year is almost over." I said.

"Thanks." She said and walked away tiredly.

I ran back over to Adrienne.

"Adrienne!" I said trying to get her attention.

"What?" She asked.

"I have to cancel tonight." I said.

"Why?" She asked.

"I'm taking care of John and giving Amy the night off." I told her. I lied, the truth is, I really didn't want to hang out tonight. I guess maybe I've changed I don't want to be the guy I used to be.

"Ricky, this is the third night you've cancelled on me this week. What is up with you?" She asked.

"I'm a dad Adrienne, Amy needs the night off she's exhausted and frustrated. Please understand." I said.

"Yeah we'll hang out another night right?" She said angrily, she hesitated a minute before continuing. "Oh no wait Ricky's going to cancel on me again because he has daddy duty. You know what Ricky I try so hard to be the girl you want but I just can't compete with Amy can I?"

"What are you talking about Adrienne? I don't want Amy; I don't want anybody right now except John." I said.

"So you don't want me?" She asked.

"Adrienne." I complained "You make me sound like a bad guy, you were fine before when we weren't 'committed' so why are you angry now? So what if I can't hang out this week it doesn't mean I don't want to hang out for good."

"Ricky this is the third time! I can't read minds, so how am I supposed to know if you want to be with me or not?" She asked me.

"Adrienne please understand I'm a dad now, my son comes first before anybody, even myself!" I said.

"Fine." She sighed "I have to go to my majorette meeting today."

She walked down the hallway and into the gym. I walked down to my locker and opened it. I looked inside; there was a photo of John. I smiled and looked at the other one, Amy, John, and I. One of the nurses took the picture; it was about 60 minutes after he was born. I smiled; he was growing up so fast. He was already three months old. I walked to my car and drove over to my house. Once I got there I told Margaret I'd be a little late and left for work. I drove over to the butcher shop. I stood next to Ben as Bonnie told us what our job was today. Once she left Ben turned to me.

"I know you're going over tonight, don't try to do anything…" He warned me.

"Oh shoot, I guess you ruined my plans." I said sarcastically.

"Hey I'm only looking out for Amy." He told me.

"Relax Ben I'm not interested in Amy." I told him.

"Then who are you interested in?" He asked.

"I don't know if that's any of your business, but to shut you up I'll tell you….nobody. I'm not interested in anybody right now." I told him.

"Oh, still if you try to do anything…" He said.

"I know, you'll get your dad to fire me." I said finishing the sentence for him.

"I love Amy, I really do but this trip means a lot to me. I'd like to go alone; maybe it'll really help our future." He said.

"Give it up Ben; we all know what's really going to happen there. Don't do it Ben, she had a baby only a few months ago. You can't blame her for being nervous, the first time she got pregnant!" I said.

"Ricky I'm serious, nothing's going to happen in Bologna. I love Amy too much to cheat on her." He said.

"Alright, I'm not going to continue fighting. Just please don't hurt her, I hate seeing her upset." I said.

I continued wrapping the baskets in silence. Bonnie came over and inspected them all.

"Richard, you're free to go. Nice work today." She said smiling.

I drove over to my house and changed as fast as I could. I drove over to Amy's house. She had given me a key to the kitchen door when John was born. I opened the door and walked inside. I went into John's nursery and saw John crying. I looked at Amy, whose eyes were red and puffy. She handed John to me and I tried rocking him.

"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.

"I don't know, I tried putting him to bed. He just kept crying, and he cried so hard that he spit up all of his dinner." She said.

"Where?" I asked nervously.

"My clothes, his blanket, himself, his clothes, and his binky." She said crying.

"Oh wow." I said shocked.

"Yeah, so of course when I cleaned him up he continued to cry. He didn't throw up anymore though." She said still crying.

"Here, go downstairs and get some tea, try calming down." I said.

She nodded and left the room, I kept Rocking John, who continued to wail.

His cried echoed through the house, it hurt me to hear him cry so much.

I rocked him and tried singing to him, but he just wouldn't stop crying.

"John it's alright, daddy's here. Don't worry." I said as I continued rocking him.

"Please don't cry, daddy feels bad." I said.

After another ten minutes he finally started to calm down, he got so tired of crying. I laid him in his crib once he was asleep.

I went downstairs and saw Amy at the kitchen table; she had her head in her hands and was sobbing.

"Amy it's alright he's okay." I told her.

She looked up at me, her eyes all red and puffy and her face was pale white.

"No Ricky, I don't think I can do this anymore." She said crying.

"Yes you can!" I told her.

"Maybe adoption was the better choice." She said quietly.

I froze, it seemed like everything froze. Coldness raced through me and through my veins. Anger swelled up and so did sadness and uncertainty.

"Amy you're not serious…" I said.

"I don't know Ricky! I'm sixteen! I can't last another day of lying to myself and saying that I'll be a good mom. I just can't!" She said.

"Amy you can! I know you can!" I told her.

"Everyone says that, they just don't know how I feel. Nobody knows what it's like to be a parent like this." She said.

"Nobody?! What am I?"I asked getting angrier.

"Don't get me wrong Ricky, you're the dad but you're not suffering like I am." She said.

"SUFFERING! YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE SUFFERING?! AMY, JOHN IS A BLESSING. I THOUGHT YOU KNEW THAT, YOU HAD STOOD UP TO GRACE WHEN SHE CALLED HIM A PUNISHMENT!"I yelled.

"I didn't mean suffering! I just don't know if I can really do this. It's hard Ricky." She said tears were welling up in her eyes.

"Amy you wanted to keep John, we're not discussing this. If you don't want him, I'm taking him because I am not going to let some couple take our son. I'm sorry if this is 'hard' but newsflash Amy, life is hard. Things get tough; you have to learn to deal with the problems." I said and walked out. What was I going to say to her anyway, I said all that I could?

Days flew by; I stopped in to see John for an hour. Amy still seemed tired and frustrated, I just ignored her. I hadn't said a word to her in weeks. I stood in front of Adrienne. She shot a flirty smile at me, I smiled back.

"Are you going to come over again tonight?" She asked.

"Again? Adrienne, I was there last night and didn't see John." I said.

"Please?" She begged.

"No, I can't. I'm sorry Adrienne; last night was fun but tonight is my night with John." I told her.

"So that's it?" She asked. "I was someone important but John now holds my spot? He's more important?"

"He's my son!" I yelled

"I'm your girlfriend!" She yelled back

"I'm sorry!" I yelled

"NO YOU'RE NOT! IF YOU WERE MAYBE YOU'D PUT ME FIRST BEFORE YOUR SON!" she yelled and walked out of the school.

It was the end of the school day, there was supposed to be no drama. I guess I was wrong.

A/N: Well everyone it's finally here! i have worked so hard on this and i cannot wait to hear what you think! I started this a while ago and it turned out to be a little like the last day of school episode. I'm not sure if it's going to be an Amy/Ricky or Amy/Ben. i have to apologize for the delay, i've been super busy since it's summer vacation and i've had a lot of family visiting so i wasn't able to really write. Anyways, i finally got this chapter up, there will be more i promise. I can't wait for your reviews!

Thanks,

Manda :)