Hi again! This time it's a short little fic. I wrote it for Emma's birthday a couple days ago and got so busy with life that it's late (even though I finished it before her birthday). It's short, but I hope you like it, hun!
Disclaimer: Secret Life doesn't belong to me. It belongs to its respective owners. I'm not making a profit off of this fic.
When You Sleep Next To Me
One-Shot
The first time Ricky slept over was a bit awkward.
The second time was less so, but Amy had still stuttered and stared at her cereal when Ashley raised an eyebrow at breakfast. Ricky sat beside her and smirked as he ate. She glared at him.
The third time seemed almost normal. None of her family questioned why Ricky was wearing the same clothes when he ate breakfast with them the next morning.
The fourth time, they both stayed in her bedroom, she on her bed and he in the chair. John hadn't slept through the night, but Ricky had made sure she did.
The fifth time, they slept in the same bed. Amy told herself that it was just because she knew Ricky's back had been hurting, an old injury from a car accident years ago that flared up on occasion. No one mentioned that he could have slept in the nursery.
The sixth time, they woke up in each other's arms. She was on the other side of her room in a second, stuttering and blushing while he lifted John from his crib without so much as a smirk.
The seventh time, neither of them moved until John started crying.
The eighth time, he held her as they went to sleep. She'd been upset and stressed about her summer classes. He was still holding her the next morning.
Then Ben came home and the sleepovers stopped. She smiled with Ben, kissed him, but the whole time, she felt conflicted. She knew something had happened in Italy. She could feel it in her bones. No one was talking, though. She was back with Ben and Ricky and Adrian had been...she had no idea what they'd been and a part of her hadn't even cared to know.
They didn't have another sleepover until John's first birthday. That time, it was at Ricky's apartment. She slept in his bed and he slept on the couch. John slept through the night, but they didn't sleep at all.
The End