This is my first Secret Life story. I hope you like it!
Amy POV
Why me, out of all people? This just had to happen, didn't it. I don't understand, I mean I was super careful and everything. How? I'm only fifteen. Maybe I'm hallucinating or something. I stopped looking at the little stick for a second and then looked back at it. Nope, I am definitely not hallucinating. The little pink plus sign haunted me like a monster would do to a little kid.
Just then, Ashley knocked on the bathroom door.
"Amy, can you hurry up in there? Some of us have to use the bathroom." she said, sounding annoyed.
"Uh, I-I'll be out in a minute."
How was I going to tell my mom? She would be hurt and upset and confused. I could feel the tears streaming down my face like an overflowed river. Maybe I can take care of it? No, Amy that's not right. Get that thought out of your head this instant. I don't know what I'm going to do.
I put the test back in my instrument case and came out of the bathroom. I put my case in my room and went downstairs. My mom had cooked dinner, but I couldn't eat.
"Amy, are you hungry?" my mom asked me.
"No, just a little tired. I might be hungry later though, so can you save me something?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."
I ran back upstairs and closed my door. I cried until nothing was coming out of my eyes. This can't be happening. After pulling myself together, I decided to call Ricky. It rang and he finally answered.
"Hi, Amy. Is everything OK?"
"Y-Yeah, e-everything's fine." I lied.
"You're stuttering. What's going on?"
"Can you come over, please?" I asked trying to hold back my tears.
"Sure, give me ten minutes."
"OK, bye."
We hung up and I sat in silence waiting for Ricky. Finally, I heard a knock on my door. It was my mom.
"Amy, Ricky's here."
Ricky came in and hugged me. He could tell that I had been crying.
"Amy, what's wrong?"
I couldn't help but let the tears fall down. I didn't want to tell him that I was pregnant, what if he left me?
"Don't cry, come on, what's wrong?"
"Ricky, I'm…"
I couldn't say it, I was too nervous. He was going to leave, I just knew it. I finally gained my courage to tell him.
"Ricky, I'm…I'm pregnant."
He looked like he had been stabbed. That's it, he was going to walk out of my bedroom, out of my life, and never see or talk to me again. He wouldn't see his own son or daughter.
"Why are you crying?" he looked concerned rather than furious.
"Because you're going to leave me now and you'll never want to see me or talk to me again and I am going to be stuck raising this baby on my own."
"What? Amy, I won't leave you. I promise. I'll stand with you through all of this." He wiped my tears away and looked into my eyes. At first, I thought he was going to say that he couldn't raise a kid and that he was leaving me, but I was wrong. I was a little surprised at what he said.
"Really?" I started to feel a little bit better.
"Yes, Amy I love you and I won't leave you or my son or daughter."
"Thank you."
He kissed and hugged me. He held me while I cried. Time flew by and before I knew it, my alarm had gone off. I got up and noticed that Ricky was in my bed. Wow, what happened last night? At first, I had forgotten about my discovery, but when I looked at my instrument case, I remembered. I went back over to my bed and woke Ricky up.
"Ricky, wake up."
He turned and noticed that he was in my bed.
"Why am I in your bed?" he asked, confused.
"We fell asleep last night." I answered. "We have to go to school."
"Actually, let's not go today."
"Why not?"
"Let's just take a break, just for today."
"But, my mom she'll get mad and start asking questions and…" my voice started to trail off so I shut up.
"Tell your mom that you're not feeling well today."
"I'm not good at lying though."
"Then I'll tell her. We'll go ride around, come back to your house and say I am going to stay home to make sure you're OK." He said.
"OK."
I threw on some clothes and left out. Ashley saw Ricky and dragged me down the stairs.
"What is he doing here?" she asked upset.
"We were talking last night and we fell asleep." I told her.
"Yeah, OK."
"I'm serious. When he came over last night, it was so we could talk." I hated when Ashley jumped to conclusions.
"Whatever."
She walked off into the kitchen and Ricky went outside and waited for me. My mom came downstairs just after Ricky had went outside, but she noticed his car.
"What's Ricky's car doing in the driveway?" she asked, looking straight at me.
I gulped, trying quickly to think of a lie.
"He was giving me a ride to school." I said. Wow, no stuttering this time.
"OK, have a good day."
I left out and hopped in Ricky's car and we went to his place. He had moved out of Margaret's and into his own apartment above the butcher shop. Mr. Boykewich was surprised to us at the shop this early.
"Morning, Mr. Boykewich." Ricky said.
"Morning, Ricky. Shouldn't you be heading off to school?" he eyed me as he was talking to Ricky.
"Actually, I forgot something for school so I was coming to get it." he lied.
"OK." Mr. Boykewich walked back into his office while we headed upstairs.
When we got there, Ricky got a sweater.
"Wait, you said you forgot something for school." I reminded him.
"Oh yeah."He looked around his apartment, wondering what he could get. He found one of his textbooks and picked it up.
"Let's get out of here." he said. He held my hand as we went downstairs. Ricky was such a good guy and I really loved him.
"Goodbye Mr. Boykewich. I'll see you later."
We got back into Ricky's car and rode around for hours. It was actually kind of nice to be alone with him.
"So, about the baby, what are you going to do?"
"I don't know, not abortion and I kind of don't want to do adoption. I'd miss it too much."
Absentmindedly, I put my hand over my stomach. It was kind of weird, so I moved my hand.
"I want to keep it Amy, I really do. I'd do anything for you and the baby. I don't even know this baby and I already love it. Please, can we keep it?"
After thinking about it for a very long time, I decided we would keep it.
"OK."
"OK, what?" Ricky asked, as if he didn't know what I was talking about.
"OK, we'll keep it."
Ricky almost drove off the road, he was so excited.
"Thank you Amy. I love you." He leaned over and kissed me.
I don't know if I can raise a baby, but as long as I had Ricky, I knew it would be OK.
Finally, we decided to go back to my house. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest as we pulled into the driveway. I couldn't do this.
"Ricky, can't we just drive around?" I asked. I was really sick of driving, but I didn't want to face my mom.
"No, come on."
He got out of the car and went over to the passenger side to let me out. I slowly got out and shuffled to the front door. Ricky had to take the house key away from me and unlock the door because I was shaking so bad. As soon as we got in, I saw my mom in the kitchen.
"Amy, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Mrs. Juergens, Amy wasn't feeling well so I am going to take care of her for the rest of the day." Ricky made lying seem like telling the truth.
"Oh no, it's OK. I'll watch her, you can go back to school." my mom said, insisting he go get an education rather than take care of his "sick" girlfriend.
"It's OK, I told them I wasn't going to be staying for the rest of the day. I figured you might have something to do, so I'll stay with Amy and you can do what you had planned today."
"OK, Amy do you need anything?" my mom asked.
"Can I have some tea?" I tried to sound sick.
"Sure."
I went upstairs with Ricky and we watched TV. Ricky had his arms wrapped around me and it felt nice. I felt protected with him. About five minutes later, my mom came up and gave me my tea.
"I am about to go run some errands, I'll be back in a few hours. I'll stop by the store and get you some ginger ale, OK?" my mom said.
"OK mom."
When I heard the door close, Ricky finally talked.
"I'm so happy we're having a baby, Amy."
"Me too, at first I thought everything was going to come crashing down. I thought you were going to leave me and never see me again, my parents were going to kick me out, I was going to be known as the easy, pregnant girl at school, I was going to lose my friends, and that Ashley, one of the people I am really going to need, would leave me, too."
"No one's leaving you, you're not getting kicked out, and if anyone calls you easy at school, I'll punch them in their face."
I smiled knowing that Ricky would beat someone up for me. Ben had never told me that. Maybe he couldn't fight. Who cares?
While Ricky and I were talking, Ashley barged in the room.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I-" I started yo say but I was cut off.
"Amy wasn't feeling well, so I took her home and I am staying with her until your mom comes back." Ricky said.
"Oh." Ashley left out and I laughed.
"Ricky Underwood, I don't know how you lie so easily."
"Me either, I'm just that good at it." he said.
He kissed me, a deep passionate kiss that I never wanted to end. Afterwards, we sat and watched more TV. I was ready to raise this child and be a family with Ricky.
What do you think? My version is a little different than the real thing just so you know. Review please!
