Ricky and Adrian were enjoying some good adult alone time, while John was with Amy at George's house.

"Mmmm you are too good, Mr. Underwood" Adrian groaned, resting her head on Ricky's bare chest. Ricky was lying flat on his back, his left arm, around Adrian.

Ricky responded by kissing the top of her head. "I think you're giving me too much credit" Ricky said in an equally flirtatious tone. Before Adrian had a chance to reply, Ricky's phone rang.

"Ignore it"

"Tempting but it could be John"

Just as he thought, the caller ID showed 'George', and Ricky swiped the display on the phone to answer.

"Hey George"

"Hey there buddy" George replied on the other end. "I was just calling to see if there was any particular time you needed John back"

John had been with Amy for a week now, since the family had picked her up from the airport. They hadn't really discussed an arrangement. John being off school for the summer, there was no real need for him to come back right away and George house was practically John's second home. Both Ricky and Adrian had to work so it worked out. Ricky still hasn't spoken or seen Amy. Every communication was made through George. When Ricky wanted to speak to John he would call George. This has been pretty much the way its been since Amy left to go to school in New York. He's barely spoken to her in the past 3 years, except for any major things, like birthdays and holidays.

"Well what were you guys thinking?" Ricky said, his arm still around Adrian. Adrian was now giving him small pecks of kisses on his chest.

"Amy's fixing him breakfast right now, and I think she was saying it would be nice to keep him here with us for maybe another week, if you guys were cool with that"

"I don't know George…" Ricky's voice trail off.

"Yeah I get it, listen, it doesn't even make sense why I'm the one talking to you about this. It should really be Amy, one sec, I'm going to get her on the phone, then you both can figure out what you guys want to do"

Ricky stayed on the line. He stroked Adrian's hair while he waited, twisting a few strands between his fingers. He can hear George making his way through the house.

"What's going on?" Adrian whispered, having only heard one side of the conversation

"Amy wants to keep him there for another week…George is getting Amy on the…"

"Hey Ricky" George came back on the line "Amy is just tied up right now, but said she'll touch base with you later today, if that's cool"

Ricky sighed. He really wanted to just talk and figure out what was going on regarding John, but went along "Uhm yeah sure George, but please, make sure she does call me"

George reassured him that he would see to it Amy called and both said their goodbyes.

It was late afternoon, close to dinner time. Amy and John had both gotten up early that day. They spent the early hours watching cartoon re runs. After breakfast the two spent the rest of their days out. Amy was just as tired, but remembered that she promised her dad she would call Ricky and make plans regarding John. She also wanted to discuss custody arrangements now that she was back full time. But that would have to wait another day.

Amy scrolled down her phone list, until she found Ricky's contact, though despite having rarely called it in years, she can dial his number by memory. It's funny the kind of things that would stick to your memory. Like her old high school student number for one. Its been years since she's needed to use it, yet after 4 years of having to know it for every little thing, those 7 digits seem to be permanently embedded in her memory.

The line rang, and she waited for someone to pick up on the other end.

"Amy?" Ricky's voice sent a nervous shiver up her spine, which she immediately shrugged off and forced out of her mind.

"Uh, hey Ricky, I was just calling to talk to you about John". She didn't know why but she was exerting a lot of energy to sound as cool as possible, but her voice was teetering on shaking. 'It's just because you haven't spoken to him directly in so long', she thought to herself, trying to justify her feelings. Also, Amy didn't want to even have this conversation at all, let alone having a conversation with Ricky, period. She decided to get straight to the point and keep it as painless and as short as possible.

"Good, I'd been wondering about when you were thinking of bringing him home" Ricky said on the other end

Home? Amy thought, anger starting to creep in. She knew he made that comment to sting. As if Amy wasn't part of John's 'home' anymore. She decided to ignore it, though now all nervousness has gone and, she couldn't help keep the irritation out of her voice.

"Well he's pretty comfortable here, and we've missed spending a lot of time together…"

It was a good thing they weren't having this conversation face to face, because Ricky had just rolled his eyes on the other end, looking as equally annoyed about this conversation they were having. Typical Amy, it's like she wants everyone to drop everything they were doing to suit her needs. He was John's father, not his sitter when Amy wasn't around. She can't just take John as she please out of his home and then bring him back whenever it was convenient for her.

"Yeah Amy, I get it, but he's still has to come home sometime"

There he goes again… Amy thought

"Right, but he also deserves some time with his mother" Amy said, now with a clear air of attitude.

"He's been there for more than a week", Ricky now too suddenly becoming irritated at the conversation, and at Amy.

"I'm not asking for the world here Ricky"

"Okay so when then is it convenient for you? Look, you need to realize that this isn't just about you, he has his routine here. Adrian and I have our lives…the world doesn't revolve around your own needs Amy. Not everything can be what you want all the time" Ricky said, almost shouting. The conversation now starting to become more and more heated.

Ricky remembered then why they started communicating through George in the first place. They just couldn't stand each other anymore.

"OMG Ricky I've never said anything like that, don't start putting words…" tears filling her eyes from all the frustration and anger this conversation has led them too.

"This isn't going anywhere" Ricky said cutting Amy off "lets just say have him back home by Friday"

"Fine" Amy said her voice flat.

"Okay let me talk to him"

"He's sleeping, I'll let him call you when he wakes up".

Amy hung up before he could reply.