My little finale treat to you guys for being so wonderful with all the reviews, PMs, favorites..- Chapter 6 a little early! This one is a little shorter than the others, and (ugh, I'm sorry ahead of time.. ) it's a cliffhanger. But I hope you all like it, and continue to let me know what you think! :)
Two months had gone by since Aidan was born. He was bigger now and still looked exactly like his daddy. Amy was finally getting into the swing of motherhood. George and Ashley moved out. Anne was seeing a guy named David from work. Ben and Amy were still together, despite the fact that their relationship had been pulled at the last two months, and Ricky and Amy were becoming closer as they watched their son grow.
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Amy was home alone one Saturday night. Anne had gone out with David for the night. She would have called someone for company, like Ben, but he was at his grandmothers for the day, and then again, she wanted to spend time with Aidan by herself. Aidan was being fussy. She tired everything to calm him down and nothing seemed to make him stop crying. She didn't want to call her mom; she wanted to prove to herself that she could take care of her own baby. She tried feeding him a bottle; he wouldn't take it. She checked his diaper; it was dry. She gave him his pacifier; he spit it out. As a last resort, she grabbed her phone and was about to call her mom.. when another person popped into her head.
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Ricky was sleeping on his couch. He had been watching a movie but fell asleep. He jumped when his phone rang, and woke him up.
"Hello?" he asked sleepily.
"Hi, um sorry." Amy said, "I woke you up didn't I? I'll let you go-"
"No," he cut in, "I'm up, everything alright?" he asked alarmed; Amy never called him this late.
"Yeah, well, no.. Aidan's crying.. I.. I don't know what to do, he won't stop."Now that she had said it, Ricky could definitely hear Aidan crying in the background.
"I'll be over." Ricky told her, hanging up the phone.
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Amy bounced Aidan around trying to get his bottle in his mouth again, but he wouldn't take it. She was just on the verge of tears in frustration when she heard a knock on the door. She ran to it and flung it open. Ricky stepped in and took Aidan from Amy.
"What's wrong buddy?" he asked Aidan holding him up to his face.
Seeing his daddy didn't seem to help him either, he kept crying. Exhausted, Amy collapsed onto the couch.
"I'm sorry!" she began "I didn't know what else to do! My mom isn't home, and I didn't want to interrupt her date!" She yelled.
"Amy it's fine," Ricky reassured her, "I wasn't doing anything."
He tried fitting the pacifier into Aidan's mouth.
"He won't take it." Amy told him as Aidan spit it out, crying even louder.
Ricky could see where she was getting her frustration. Aidan was really restless.
"Come on, we're taking a ride." He told Amy
Amy looked at him confused
"A ride?" she asked, "It's almost eleven?"
But Ricky wasn't paying attention, he was putting on Aidan's little zip-up jacket and putting him in his car seat. She grabbed her jacket and followed him out to his car.
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Amy didn't know where Ricky was intending on going, but she didn't ask. After driving around for a few minutes he looked over at her.
"Are you hungry?" he asked
"Hungry?" she replied, "Um.. kinda but Ricky.. Aidan.." but she stopped and turned around to look at the backseat.
Aidan was fast asleep in his car seat. Ricky laughed and gave Amy a smirk.
"He likes car rides. I always take him for a ride when he's fussy, works every time." He told her.
Amy looked at him and sat back in disbelief. Ricky really knew their son, better than she even.
"So how bout it?" he asked her again, "Dairy Shack is open late on weekends."XX
They were back at Amy's house, sitting in her living room eating their burgers and shakes. Aidan was still fast asleep in his car seat.
"Thanks for coming over," Amy told Ricky, "I would have never thought about that, but I don't have a car either."
Ricky nodded at her as he bit into his burger.
"No problem," he said after he swallowed.
They sat there and talked and laughed with one another for an hour. Ricky was reminded of Band Camp. How they would talk and laugh and go on walks every night. He missed it.
"So are you going to camp again?" Amy asked him
Ricky was startled; she must have been reminded of camp too.
"Oh no, I probably won't go." He told her.
"Why not?" she asked, "It's alright my mom will be here with me to take care of him." she said looking at Aidan.
"I don't know.. I just don't want to go." He said to her.
He wanted to tell her why he didn't want to go to camp this year. Why he wasn't going because it would remind him of her. How everything that had anything to do with camp reminded him of Amy and their fateful week they spent together.
Amy was watching Aidan and smiling. He couldn't take it anymore, he had to ask her. It was the perfect opportunity.
"Amy?"
"Mhm.." she said still watching Aidan.
"Can I ask you a question?" he asked.
She drew her eyes from Aidan and focused back onto his eyes.
"Sure?" she said surprised.
Ricky took a deep breath; after practically a year, he had finally managed to get the courage to ask her
"Why didn't you answer my calls when we got back from camp?"
