Chapter 2 – Thank You

Amy's POV

I left Ricky and immediately drove to my mom's house to pick John up.

"Mom!" I yelled seeing if she was home. John came running from the kitchen.

"Mommy, mommy, mommy!" he said as I scooped him up into my arms.

"I have a surprise for you. Go get grandma." I said as I tickled him.

"Ok, mommy. Grandma, grandma, grandma." He yelled as I put him down and he ran in the kitchen. I laughed as he ran. My mom came out to the living room where I was.

"Yes, Amy." She said as John grabbed and played his game around the living room.

"Guess who I saw today." I said as I looked dearly at John.

"Who." She asked wanting to find out.

"Ricky." I said waiting for her to pass out.

"Ricky." She said shocked. "Where?"

"At the supermarket." I said still looking at John. "I'm taking John over there to see him."

"What? Amy you can't do that." She said trying to be concerning.

"Yes I can. John hasn't seen his father in 5 years." I snapped back.

"I guess you're right, but Amy………be careful." She said hugging me.

"Thanks, Mom. I'm gonna need it." I said while catching John as he passed by me.

"Mommy." He whined.

"Sweetie, we're going to go see someone." I said walking towards the door.

"Who, who, mommy. Tell me who, please?" He said looking at me with his big brown eyes. His eyes reminded me of Ricky's. That made it even harder to go face him.

"You'll see." I said as I took John out to the car. We drove to Ricky's place and got out of the car. I took John's hand and we walked up to Ricky's door. I was kind of about to turn back, but something in me turned around in knocked on his door. He opened it, and I checked him out. I looked at his clothes, and he had changed. He looked good. He was wearing a dark blue graphic tee, stonewashed jeans, and white tennis shoes. I felt weird because I wore a dark blue sundress, so we were matching. I guess it was even more of a coincidence because John wore light blue. We all looked like a family.

"Hey." Ricky said as he looked at me. He looked down at John and got choked up. "Hey, son." He barely said.

"Daddy!!" John said as he ran to Ricky's arms. I saw Ricky start to cry.

"Thank you." He said clutching John close to him. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I said letting a tear fall. He picked John up.

"Come in." He said stepping back so I could see his apartment. He put John down, and John ran to the TV.

"Daddy, can I watch SpongeBob?" He asked.

"Sure, Mommy and Daddy need to talk for a few." Ricky told John as he ran towards the TV. Ricky led me to the couch and we sat down.

"So, how've you been?" He asked.

"I'm good. I'm in college now, and John's in first grade, so everything is ok for now. Oh, and I got my own apartment not too far from here actually." I replied.

"So how's Ben." He asked raising one eye brow.

"Um…Ben and I broke up about four years ago. I…um, yeah. It just didn't work out with us." I said.

"Amy, you know Ben didn't deserve you." He said.

"Yeah, but it still hurt." I said.

"Of course it's gonna hurt." I said smiling. She laughed.

"Yeah, I guess. So how's things with Adrian. You two have a baby yet?" I asked.

"No. Adrian and I will probably never have kids together." He replied.

"I bet you said that with me, but things change." I clarified.

"No, I didn't say that with you." He said smirking.

"Oh?" I said curiously.

"I was happy when John was born which is why it killed me inside when you took him from me." He said looking at me with sadness. "I love my son, Amy."

"I'm sorry, Ricky. I'm sorry I took John away, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you." I said reassuring him that I was sorry.

"I forgive you because now, I get to see him all the time." He said smiling.

"Yeah, you do. Well I should go. You probably want to see Adrian, so tell her I said hi and…" He cut me off and grabbed my arm as I stood up.

"No, I don't want to see Adrian." He said standing up. "I see Adrian every day. I haven't seen you or John in 5 years. You two aren't going anywhere." He said smirking. I smiled and sat back down. "Why don't you and John stay here tonight?" Ricky said looking deep into my eyes. "Stay here, Amy."