This chapter continues a few days after the last episode of Secret Life where Amy and Ricky were talking on the phone. Hope you like it. Please review, or else i won't know what you think about it! So, review, review, REVIEW! Lol. =D
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"Hello?" Ricky asked into the phone after there was finally an answer. "Hello, Amy?" Ricky had a small, evil smirk on his face as at the same time he looked up nervously at the clock. The clock read exactly ten; he hadn't realized how late it was before he called her.
"Um, yes, Ricky?" He heard Amy say. "Wh- why are you calling? Is everything okay with John? What happened?" Ricky shook his head and sighed. 'Of course she was going to assume something was wrong with John. What was I thinking?', He thought to himself.
"Nothing has happened to John. Everything's fine. God, Amy, don't you trust me?" He waited only a second for her answer, but he ignored her once he heard her laugh sarcastically, and he continued speaking. "I was just wondering if-" He paused and mentally slapped himself. He hadn't even thought about what he was going to say. All that was on his mind was making Adrian jealous. Without thinking, he said the first thing that came to his mind, "I was wondering if you wanted to come over."
He buried his face into his hands and groaned silently as he waited for a response, already expecting what she would say. "Um, what?" She said, sounding appalled. He laughed to himself as he had been expecting this. "Why would I come over there?"
He decided he would take a risk, no matter how upset she would be at him. Adrian would be so jealous, and that's what he wanted. He chuckled with an egotistic smirk on his face as he said jokingly, "To have sex with me."
'Be careful, Ricky, this is Amy you're talking to," he thought.
"Uh, you're kidding, right?" She finally said, her voice filled with surprise.
He covered his mouth with his hand so Amy wouldn't hear him laughing. He finally stopped laughing as he found his voice again, and he playfully said, "Or I could come over to your house."
"Yeah, I don't think so," she said firmly. "Are you joking? Seriously, Ricky, is Adrian too busy or something?" He rolled his eyes and sighed. He started to speak, but Amy continued, "Or is Adrian over there right now? Is this some kind of sick prank or something?"
He felt the urge to explode with laughter when she said that, but he quickly shook it off and replied, "No, this isn't a prank. Adrian isn't even over here. She was, but I wasn't in the mood for her tonight, so I made her leave. You sure you don't want to take my offer?"
He heard her swallow loudly before saying, "Yeah, I'm very sure."
"All right," he said, pretending to sound sad. He thought for a moment and had an idea. "I think Adrian might be with Ben right now, so I just thought I would call you and see if you wanted to-"
"Wait, what?" She cut him off. "Adrian's with Ben? That slut!" Ricky suddenly felt the tension build up inside of him when she said that, but he ignored it and let her continue talking. "Are you sure? They're together right now? How do you know?"
"Uh, Adrian told me," he said, not knowing what else to say. "So if you want to make them jealous, you could come over here. We could-"
"Ricky," she cut him off again. "I- I don't even know for sure that Ben is with her. He- he wouldn't do that to me, would he?"
"Maybe you should ask yourself that question," he told her. "Nobody's perfect, Amy."
"He was," she mumbled. "Until I had a baby. Your baby. That's probably why he's acting this way. I'm just not enough for him anymore. So, you were joking, weren't you? Or were you actually serious?"
Ricky sighed and decided she wouldn't go along with it, so he gave up. "Yeah, yeah, I was just kidding. Unless of course, you don't want me to be joking, then in that case I would be serious."
"Um, you know I want you to be joking. I hope you are, at least. I don't know whether you are or not, but I hope you are," she said. Ricky sighed quietly, realizing his plan wasn't successful, unless Adrian found out he asked Amy over. But Amy wouldn't tell her, would she? Ricky wasn't only upset because of that, but he also kind of wanted her to say yes and come over. He knew she wouldn't, though. Ricky couldn't say anything, for he couldn't think of anything to say. But thankfully Amy finally broke the silence. "Ricky, I should probably go. I'm kind of tired. Good night."
'But it's only ten," He thought to himself. He waited only two short seconds before saying quickly to stop her from hanging up, "No, wait, don't hang up." He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. He let the air back out and said, "It's only ten. We could stay on the phone and just talk."
There was a long pause before he heard Amy nervously say, "Uh, I don't know. There really isn't anything to talk about. Why would you want to talk to me? Since when are you interested in being my friend?" Ricky nervously licked his lips and thought about what she said for a moment.
"Come on, we're friends, aren't we? We might as well be. We have a son together. You know you can talk to me about anything, right?"
"No," she said. "I can't. There's a lot I can't talk to you about. I've never trusted you before. Why would I start now? Seriously, Ricky, what's going on with you tonight? Are you sure Adrian isn't over there and you two aren't secretly making fun of me or something?"
"No," he assured her. "Adrian isn't here. I told you, she left around an hour ago. And nothing is going on with me, I just want to talk to you, that's all. Is that too much to ask?"
"It isn't, but I don't really understand why," she said slowly. They both remained on the phone silent for a second before Amy said, "So, how's John?" Ricky smiled instantly and his face lit up when she said that. He smiled at his son and to himself as he thought about the idea of he and Amy actually being friends. He would love not to argue with her all the time, and for them just to get along.
He sauntered over to John and scooped him up from his high chair, and Ricky carried him into his room. He gently laid John down onto the bed as he sat down beside him and held him in his arms. "John's fine," Ricky finally answered, a complacent and charmed smile on his face. "How are you?" He smirked.
John looked up at the ceiling and pointed, and Ricky laughed and pulled him closer to him while he heard Amy say, "I'm okay.."
"What happened?" Ricky asked immediately, sensing that something was wrong.
"It's nothing, really," she said. After Ricky didn't say anything, she continued, "It's just Ben. He came over here earlier and said he wanted to 'take a break for a while'. He said he wanted 'happiness and freedom', but he isn't going to get that with me. Not when I have a baby. I'm cooped up all day with John, and if Ben can't understand then I guess I really shouldn't even care. But I do care. I do love Ben. I really do, but I get tired of him sometimes. And now I find out the he's with Adrian? That's ridiculous. He probably broke up with me because he wanted to have sex. He probably had sex in Italy, but he isn't going to tell me anything," she mumbled, and Ricky could sense the annoyance in her voice as she opened up to him.
Ricky nodded to himself, barely listening, as he looked down at John. He suddenly realized what she said and felt guilty for lying about Ben. "Uh, Ben isn't actually with Adrian right now. I just said that to, um-"
"So you lied? Why would you do that? I knew I couldn't trust you," she muttered furiously.
"Sorry. I called you, trying to make Adrian jealous, but I hadn't really planned out what I was going to say to you before you answered so I said the first thing that came to me. I thought if I told you Adrian was with Ben that you would be so upset that you would-"
"That I would what?" She interrupted, angry. "That I would sleep with you? I'm not like that, Ricky!"
"I wasn't going to say that," he said, although he knew that that's actually what he was going to say, so he was glad she interrupted him before he said something that would get him into trouble.
"Mmhm," she mumbled, unconvinced. Ricky suddenly jumped when he saw the door of his room fly open, and standing there was Adrian. He quietly whispered into the phone, "Um, Amy, I have to go."
Adrian raised an eyebrow at him, and Ricky smirked and said, "Come over if you change your mind." He laughed after he hung up and saw Adrian standing there, her arms folded together angrily.
"Why were you talking to Amy?" Adrian asked after Ricky wouldn't say anything. She stared at him holding John and pursed her lips together. "Why did you tell her to come over if she changed her mind? Changed her mind about what? Did you ask her to have sex with you or something?"
"No," he lied. "Didn't you just leave? Why'd you come back? How did you even get in here? I thought I locked the door."
"Maybe you should be more careful, because it wasn't locked. And I came back because I wanted to." She hesitated before she sat down with Ricky on the bed. "Now tell me why you said what you said to Amy."
"I don't have to tell you anything," he snapped to her. "You tell me why you came back!"
"Actually," she began, seductively putting her hand around his arm as she smirked at him. "I never left." She stared at Ricky as she examined the look on his face which showed anger, and her expression quickly changed. "I heard the whole conversation with Amy. Although I'm mad at you for wanting to cheat on me, I think it's kind of funny how you tried to make me jealous."
"You never left? You heard the whole conversation? What is wrong with you!" He yelled at her. Adrian grabbed Ricky's hand and smiled up at him as she said flirtatiously, "Nothing's wrong with me. I can't believe you asked her to come over here, but I'm giving you the chance to make it up to me."
"My son is here," he said coldly.
"So? He's not gonna know what's going on." Ricky ignored her and sighed. He got up from the bed and placed John into his own bed as Adrian followed him.
"Ricky," Adrian whimpered. She grabbed him around the waist and said, "Tell me you love me."
"What?" He asked sheepishly. "No," he shook his head, trying to ignore her. "You need to get out of my apartment. John is here, and it would be irresponsible for me to have sex with you while he's here."
"No, I don't think it would," she pressed on. "But if that really worries you, then we could go in the living room on the couch, and John could stay in here.."
"Adrian, has it ever crossed your mind that maybe I'm just not interested in having sex?" He asked, raising one eyebrow at her. Her eyes narrowed together as she let out a quick laugh.
"No, actually it hasn't. You and I both know that it isn't true. You need sex. You belong with me and not Amy, why are you going after her, Ricky? Can't you see she isn't interested? She's with Ben."
Ricky sighed loudly and walked out of his bedroom and toward the living room where he and Adrian stood beside the door. "I'm not going after her. I was just joking with her on the phone, and she knows it and so do you. For the last time, my son is here. I told you to leave earlier, and you came back. If you can't respect me, then I'm not going to respect you."
She laughed angrily and scowled while saying, "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Whatever you want it to mean," he shot back at her. He walked over to the door and held it open for her. She didn't move at first, but Ricky smirked and said, "I'll be over there in the morning before school."
She nodded and sighed as she walked over to the doorway. Ricky looked nervously away from her until she walked out, and he shut the door as she left. Ricky picked up his cellphone from his pocket and dialed Amy's number.
He went into his bedroom with John and sat down in the middle of the bed as he waited for her to pick up. There was finally an answer after four rings. "Hello?"
Ricky felt his heart pounding in his chest. He took a deep breath before saying, "Hey, Amy. Adrian came over again, so I had to get rid of her. Also, I hope you aren't mad about what I asked you earlier on the phone? I just, I really hope we can be friends. I- I don't know why I said what I said, but I hope I didn't offend you."
There was a short pause before Ricky heard her say, "You- you didn't. I just wasn't expecting that. I- I want to be your friend, too. I mean, I'm gonna need someone." She sighed and her voice cracked, and Ricky could tell that she was crying. "Everything is just so hard right now with Ben breaking up with me and.. you know."
"I know," he agreed. "Everything will be okay. You know that, right? Ben doesn't deserve you, Amy. You're too good for him."
"No, I'm not," she started choking up in her tears. "I'm sixteen years old and I have a baby, and you think I'm too good for him? Ben has been really supportive and good to me for a long time, and now he's gone. I have no one," she cried.
"Amy," he said in a calming tone. "You have your mom, your dad, your sister, your friends, John," he swallowed the lump in his throat and smiled. "And you have me."
"I know," her voice cracked again. Ricky waited a few seconds before finally saying, "So, you want to come over? We can talk about it. You need someone to talk to."
"I- I don't know. I can't come over to your apartment," she told him.
"Yeah, you can if you want. Come on, Amy. I promise I won't try to do anything with you. It's not like it'll be the first time. I've spent the night with you, what's the difference if you spend the night with me?"
"The difference is that you stayed the night because of John. If I go over there, it's not going to be about John. It's because for some reason you want me over there, and I- I don't know."
"So we'll say it's about John. Let me come over there then, if that'll make it any better."
She sniffled. "I- I guess that would be okay."
"All right. I'll be over there in ten minutes," he told her gently before hanging up. He put his phone into his pocket and was lost in his thoughts for a moment. He couldn't believe that he and Amy had just opened up to each other that much. Ricky figured it was only because she was upset so she just went along with it, but he was hoping it was more than that.
Although Ricky liked Adrian, he had feelings for Amy. They had been there all along, but now that he knew there was a chance Amy felt the same way, he wanted to work for a relationship with her.
Ricky walked over to John and softly took him out of his bed so he wouldn't wake him. Seeing that John had woken up, Ricky said gently and quietly, "Hey, John. You want to go see your Mommy?" John let out a soft cooing noise and Ricky laughed as he said, "Yeah, me too."