Disclaimer: I own none of these characters, Brenda Hampton does. The only character I own is A.J, Amy's daughter.
Amy fell to the bed in exhaustion, tears of joy welling into her eyes as she heard the baby's first cry. She couldn't believe it was over. She had survived the pregnancy. Now all she had to do was survive a parenthood. That didn't matter though. All she wanted now was to meet her beautiful new child.
"Congratulations Amy. It's a girl."
Amy smiled, holding out her arms to hold the baby. She looked up at her mother who nodded, helping her to adjust herself to hold the baby properly.
"Oh Amy, she's gorgeous. Look, she has your eyes," said her mother in awe, the newborn settling rather quickly into her mother's arms.
Amy nodded, entranced by everything about her new child, her daughter.
After a few moments the nurse took the little girl, needing to wash her up. Amy closed her eyes with the promise that they'd return her daughter in a few hours, encouraging Amy to relax and sleep in the mean time. When the nurses left she looked up at her mother, sighing in relief.
"I can't believe I'm a mother," whispered Amy and her mom nodded, sitting in the chair beside the bed.
"Amy…I hate to ask you this now but, what about Ricky?" she asked and Amy let out a biter laugh, rolling her eyes at the thought of him.
"What about him? He doesn't want anything to do with the baby. He made that clear," said Amy, her voice bitter and cold as she spoke of him.
"Even so, he deserves to know of the birth of his daughter. After all, she is legally his child too," reasoned her mother and Amy shook her head.
"No, mom. She is not his daughter, she's mine. I don't want him to have anything to do with her, ever," replied Amy, her voice leaving no room for argument. Her mother caved in, not wanting to frustrate Amy at that moment. She made a mental note however to bring the subject back up when Amy had more strength, and hopefully a more sound mind.
"Do you have any thoughts on what you want to name her?" asked her mom and Amy nodded, knowing she had finally come to a conclusion after much thought about the subject. She had found out the sex of the baby early on, almost soon after making the decision to keep the baby. Almost instantly she had decided upon a name, choosing to keep it a secret until today had arrived.
"Yeah, I have. Ashley Anne Juergens. It's the perfect name for her," whispered Amy, looking up to see tears in her mother's eyes.
"I love you Amy," she whispered and Amy smiled.
"I love you too mom. Love you too," she whispered before closing her eyes, knowing she needed to get all the energy she could before she saw her little girl again.
(Three Years Later)
"Mommy, look!" cried A.J as Amy walked through the doors, dropping her backpack by the door.
"Hey baby. What's going on?" she asked as she swooped A.J into her arms, carrying her into the living room.
"Hey honey. How was your day?" asked her mother and Amy sighed, sitting onto the couch.
"Exhausting. Where's Ashley?" asked Amy and A.J squealed, jumping up into her mother's lap.
"Right here mommy!" cried A.J and Amy laughed.
"Not you silly, Auntie Ashley," she explained and A.J shrugged, going back to the blocks scattered around the living room floor.
"Stayed late for something. Can I talk to you in the kitchen?" asked her mom and Amy nodded, disliking the sudden change in atmosphere. She tussled A.J's hair once more before heading into the kitchen.
"What's up?" asked Amy, grabbing an apple from the counter.
"You got a phone call today…from Ricky. Amy you can't keep avoiding him. This is the fourth phone call this week," claimed her mother and Amy sighed, looking into the living room as she saw A.J moving on to a doll she'd gotten for her second birthday a few months earlier.
"Why now? He hasn't been around in three years and he wants to see her now. What's changed?" asked Amy and her mom sighed, placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"Time sweetheart. Time has changed and maybe he's realizing what he's missing out on by not being in A.J's life," said Anne and Amy rolled her eyes at the thought.
"Yeah well he may have changed, but my mind hasn't. He abandoned me when he found out I was pregnant. He doesn't deserve the chance to be in A.J's life…and I'll call him tonight and tell him just that," said Amy, not saying anything else as she walked back into the living room to be with her daughter.