Life Goes On
Introduction:

"Hold on, Adrian," Ricky called into the bathroom.
Adrian Underwood, Ricky's new wife, and new mother figure in his son, John's life, was currently having a shower. John's mother, Amy was out of the picture. After deciding to begin her life again with a new partner, none other than Ben Boykowich, and probably with a new baby. She left them, and hadn't looked back since the day she left for Hudson.
Adrian had been there for Ricky, and John, despite the criticism from her ex-boyfriend, Omar and her mother. Adrian knew in her heart that she loved Ricky, and wanted to do everything she could to be a good girlfriend, well, now wife. And even a step-mother.
"Can you just pass me the soap, Ricky?" Adrian asked as she poked her head out of the shower door. "I need to wash myself."
"OK, fine. Where is it?" Ricky asked as he opened the bathroom door.
Adrian smiled. "It's right on the counter,"
Ricky walked over to the counter and picked up the bottle of Clean & Clear body wash. He made his way to the shower door and handed it to Adrian. "Here you go."
"Thanks, Babe," Adrian gave him a small kiss on the cheek before closing the shower door again.

Ricky took that as his cue to leave the bedroom. He made his way down the second floor hallway and turned into the bedroom of his seven year old son, John. Adrian had designed the room herself, hoping to give John a nice room.
It was a decent sized room. The walls were painted a beautiful shade of blue, kind of like the way the sky looked. He had matching black furniture. A bunk bed, desk, dressers, TV stand, and even wall decor.
Ever since Amy left for college, Ricky had went to the Police School, and was now surprisingly, a police officer in the state of Florida.
He and Adrian moved to Miami, after everything that they went through back in California. Amy's leaving, Omar, and everything else. They thought that they could start fresh in Florida, and hopefully, become a real family.
Adrian took classes at the University Of Los Angeles, earning an English major in two years. Ricky worked for the time, and began to save up for the move.
They heard from Amy on Christmas a few times, but never once did she tell them she was sorry, or where she was staying.
Anne, nor George had heard from their daughter either.

"Buddy, time to get up," Ricky said as he turned the light switch on, causing the seven year old boy to stir in his bed.
John Underwood opened his eyes and looked around the room. "I don't want to get up," He mumbled as he pulled his sheets over himself again.
"Come on. Aren't you excited for your first day of second grade, buddy?" Ricky asked.
"That's today?" John asked, now sitting up in his bed and rubbing his eyes.
"You betcha'. Adrian and I will be there for you. We'll drop you off together." Ricky told his son.
"Yay!" John smiled and got out of his bed. "I'm gonna get dressed in the special first day of school clothes she bought me."
Adrian entered the bedroom, dressed in a simple pair of black leggings, sandals, and a white v neck shirt. "Good morning, Buddy. Here's your clothes." She held out a stack of clothes.
She had picked them out herself, along with many other parents in the boy department of GAP Kids. She chose, non-nerdy, but stylish clothes for a seven year old. A pair of grey skinny jeans, a plaid shirt with a white shirt underneath and a light grey beanie.
John hugged her. "Thank you."
"Now, get dressed. Daddy and I will cook you breakfast." Adrian smiled, and signaled for Ricky to come with her.

Ricky closed the bedroom door behind him and locked it. "What is it?" He asked.
"I have some news," Adrian looked at her husband.
"What's wrong?" Ricky asked, now worried.
"It's nothing bad, babe," Adrian grinned. "The baby. Grace and I went to the doctors while I was in California for that conference."
"And?" Ricky encouraged his wife to go on.
"Well, we're painting the baby's room pink!" Adrian smiled as she placed her hands on her growing baby bump.

Adrian and Ricky had talked about having a baby of their own. When John turned six, they planned on having a baby together. He was now seven, and they mutually felt like it was time to take that step.
So then they began trying, and trying until Adrian's pregnancy test finally came out positive four months ago.

Amy Jergens glanced at her alarm clock. It was now eight o'clock, and she had to get ready for work.
She groaned as she climbed out of her bed and made her way to the dresser. She rummaged through her work clothes, and decided on a black blouse, and a pair of white dress pants.
She now lived in Winnipeg. A big city in Canada, located in the province of Manitoba. After things with Ben took a weird turn, Amy moved to Winnipeg, with her younger sister, Ashley.
Ashley was currently taking a course at the Red River College. She was hoping to become a registered nurse.
Amy finished school at Hudson, getting herself a bachelor in Journalism. Something she never thought she would do. But after moving to Winnipeg, she couldn't get a job at the Winnipeg Free Press, so instead went to an accounting course at Urban Circle Training Center.
The course took eight short months, and gave her a referral to a local bank in the city. It was the Bank Of Montreal.
Amy never thought this was where her life would be at her age.
She never thought she would end up leaving her baby, and Ricky. Oh, how she missed them both so much.

"Amy, you ready?" A nineteen year old, Ashley Jergens said as she opened the door to her sister's bedroom.
Amy nodded. "Yep. Are you taking the car?"
Ashley and Amy had bought a car together when they moved to Winnipeg. It was a simple four door Honda, and it only costed a thousand dollars.
"Um, I can always take the bus...unless, you don't need it." Ashley told her.
"I'll take the bus. It's an easier commute for me than for you. I work at the BMO across Portage Place. Red River is pretty far out. I can just take a 17, and get off at the Hydro building and go from there." Amy smiled.
"Alright," Ashley came over and pulled her sister into a hug. "Have a good day at work, sis."
"Ashley?" Amy said as she pulled her chestnut brown hair back, into a sleek ponytail.
Ashley turned around. "What is it?"
"I love you," Amy smiled.
"You too."

"John, let's go!" Adrian called up the stairs.
Ricky came down the stairs dressed in his uniform. He worked most days, but took some time off every now and then.
Adrian was an English teacher at Miami Dade High School. She enjoyed her job, but it was rough for her. Having young boys hit on her everyday.
"Don't you look sexy," Adrian bit her lip at the sight of Ricky dressed in his cop uniform.
"Well, I don't have to work until ten but John will look so cool walking into the elementary school with a cop for a father, and a beautiful mother." Ricky smiled and kissed Adrian on the lips.
"No kissing," John said as he came down the stairs dressed in the clothes that his step mother had chosen for him.
Adrian pulled away and laughed. "Don't you look handsome," She smiled at John.
"I look handsome too, don't I?" Ricky bit his lip as he picked his son up.
"You both do. Now come on," Adrian opened the front door and ushered her two guys out.

They lived in a fairly big two bedroom, two bathroom townhouse close to the beach. Adrian and Ricky were saving up for their dream home. They could finally afford one, so they decided on a four bedroom, three bathroom home in Kendall. It was below their price range of 500, 000 dollars, so that was good. Ricky was happy that he could finally buy a home that Adrian, and his son deserved.

Adrian unlocked the doors of her black BMW convertible. "Get in, guys."
Ricky carried John over the seat and into the back while Adrian got herself situated in the drivers seat.
Adrian dug in her purse and pulled out a pair of sunglasses. She put them on and began to back out of the driveway and down the street.
"So, have the sellers closed the deal yet?" Adrian asked.
"On what?" Ricky asked.
"What do you think, Ricky?" Adrian rolled her eyes.
Ricky reached his hand over and held Adrian's free hand while she used the other to drive. "We did. The Underwood family is set to move in two weeks."
Adrian pulled into the elementary school parking lot. "That's great. We can finally start looking at baby furniture."
Adrian parked and took her keys out of the ignition. "Come on, John. Let's get you to class."
"Did you pack my lunch?" John asked.
"Of course, sweetie," Adrian smiled as she opened her door. "Now, come on."

"You have a good day at school, buddy," Ricky smiled at his son.
"Thanks, Daddy," John smiled proudly as he held his Transformers lunch bag closer to him.
"I will be right here when you get out, John. You have a great day," Adrian bent down to his size and kissed him on the cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, Mom." John smiled as he ran into the classroom.
Adrian smiled and held Ricky's hand as they watched John interact with other students.

Amy logged off of her computer and began to make her way to the back of the bank. It was now her break, but she had to spend it showing the new employee around the bank.
"Are you Shauntae?" Amy asked as she approached a blonde girl that looked like she was freshly out of high school.
"Yeah," She looked up and nodded, revealing her bright blue eyes. "I'm Shauntae Colomb."
"Nice to meet you," Amy shook her hand, and introduced herself. "I'm Amy Jergens. So, how old are you?"
"I just turned nineteen. After high school, I took this accounting course with my friend Chayleen so we can begin saving up together. She works at Scotia Bank." Shauntae explained.
Amy nodded as she took in Shauntae's appearance. She was slim, with a little bit of meat on her stomach. She had dirty blonde hair, obvious that it was dyed that color. She was fairly petite, and looked very tired. "Why do you look so tired?" Amy asked.
"I have a baby at home. Well, she's not mine. Chayleen and I are taking care of a baby girl for her sister while she finishes school. We're getting paid for it. Plus, we have Kashtyn." Shauntae shrugged.
"Are you and Chayleen, like?" Amy raised her eyebrows.
Shauntae laughed. "Oh, no! We're not like that. We've been like best friends since we were in diapers."
"Oh! Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Amy apologized.
Shauntae nodded. "It's okay, Amy. So, do you have any kids?"
Amy shrugged. "I have a seven year old son. His name is John. I haven't seen him in years,"
"Oh, did CFS take him?" Shauntae jumped to conclusions. "Yeah, CFS is a bitch, huh?"
"No," Amy shook her head before explaining. "I had John when I was fifteen. I began to raise him with his dad, Ricky. I left for college, and left John with Ricky. Some things happened with my new boyfriend, so I had to leave and relocate here."
"That must be tough," Shauntae nodded, understandingly. "Anyways, shall we begin this tour?"
"Of course, of course," Amy nodded. "So, you had a baby, too? Kashtyn, I heard."
"Nope," Shauntae shook her head as she pulled out her phone. "No kids for me, or Chayleen. Kashtyn is Chayleen's little brother. She's kind of like his second mother, though."
"Wow, that's quite the life you have," Amy grinned.
"Yeah. So, come on,"

Adrian pulled her convertible up the driveway of her town home.
Ricky was going to be picking John up from school and Adrian decided to get a little sleep in before cooking supper, or actually going out to pick something up.
The pregnancy had taken a toll on her energy. She had a substitute at least once every week, if she wasn't feeling up to going to work and teaching.
"I wish you would stop making Mommy tired," Adrian mumbled to her tummy. "But I love you,"
Adrian put her purse over her shoulder before taking her keys out of the ignition and getting out of the car.
She walked through the front door and closed it behind her.
Adrian yawned as she walked up the stairs and into her and Ricky's bedroom.
She glanced at the wall, that had her deceased daughter, Mercy's foot prints on a piece of clay.
"I love you," Adrian said to the foot prints as she held onto her stomach. "And I know that you will look over your little sister, Mercy."

Xxx

"I'm Ricky. I'm here to pick up John," Ricky told the teacher.
"Oh. It's so nice to finally meet you, Mr. Underwood. Where's John's mother?" The ginger woman asked.
"Adrian is his step mother. She's at home resting because she's five months pregnant and the pregnancy is really starting to get to her." Ricky explained as he glanced into the classroom and seen John playing. "So, where's John?"
"Right inside. I'll go get him." She gave a warm smile before returning into the second grade classroom.

"Daddy!" John exclaimed as he ran out of the classroom.
"Hey, John!" Ricky picked his son up and swung him around before returning him back onto his feet. "Now, how was your day?"
"Good. Where's Mom?" John asked.
"She's at home sleeping. How about we go pick some food up so she doesn't have to cook?" Ricky asked as he and John began to walk down the hallway.
"Yeah. Mom likes salad. Let's go get salad." John gave a boyish smile.
"Yeah and then we can watch a movie together." Ricky grinned as he reached down and held his son's hand.
"I love you, Daddy," John said as he began to swing his father's hand.
"I love you too, buddy."

Amy pulled the cord that sent a signal to the driver of the bus to stop. She was now stopping on the bus stop in front of a corner store where she lived. She and Ashley lived in the North End of Winnipeg. They rented a town home that had three bedrooms, and the rent wasn't too high, luckily. Amy made four thousand a month from working full time at the bank, and Ashley made fifteen hundred every three weeks from working as bartender at the Northern, a bar in the area.
"Thank you," Amy thanked as the bus stopped and the doors opened.
Amy held her purse closer to her as she walked down the back alley to her and Ashley's town house.
She waved high to the children that were playing outside along the way.
Amy walked up the stairs and unlocked the door. She placed her purse on the floor before closing the door.
She then made her way into the kitchen to order pizza for dinner.

"Amy?" Ashley said as she closed the door. "I'm back."
Ashley walked into the living room and found Amy sitting on the grey suede couch on her computer. "Hey," Ashley said.
"Oh, hi," Amy simply said as she continued to click through photos. "How was work?"
"Alright, I guess," Ashley shrugged as she sat down next to Amy. "So, what are you doing?"
"Checking up on John." Amy said as she turned the laptop screen to Ashley, revealing a photo of Adrian, Ricky and John standing in front of his classroom.
"It was his first day of second grade today, huh?" Ashley smiled.
"Yeah," Amy nodded. "I wish I could've been there."
"But you can't, and you know that," Ashley told her.
"I want to see my son." Amy firmly said.
"But what about what Ben said?" Ashley asked.
"I don't care what Ben said. I'm sick of being scared to see my own child. I need to see John," Amy told her.
"What are you going to do?" Ashley asked.
"I don't care what I have to do. I will see John. I spend my days watching mothers, even teenage mothers walk into the bank with their kids, holding their hands and spending time with them. I walk around the neighborhood, seeing children playing with their moms. And it hurts that I can't experience that." Amy confessed.
"But Amy, he has Ricky. Ricky, and John are happy. They live in Florida now. You don't even care how much damaged you caused the two of them." Ashley sighed.
"You mean what Ben caused," Amy corrected her. "I need to see John, and Ricky."

Authors Note:

Please review and let me know if I should continue.
This is my first SLOTAT story.