Ricky's POV
A week passed, that meant only three more days until I can spend the summer with Amy. We'd have the perfect summer, just Amy, John, and me. I still had my job at the butcher shop, and yes I was still working with Ben. He still did give me dirty looks and mutter things under his breath but he was just jealous. Amy finished her online classes already, turns out that her school ends before mine. I came out of my car and went inside the house. I walked up to the nursery to find Amy playing with John. She had him playing with a teddy bear and his blocks.
"Hi!" She said as she got up and hugged me.
"Hi, how are you?" I asked her.
"Well I'm fine. John ate his breakfast and Lunch while you were at the butcher shop. We played for a little while and then he got tired. He just woke up and he's now playing with his toys." She told me.
"Great so he's feeling good." I said.
We finished playing with John until Anne came home. Anne took a day off so she could plan the wedding. She wanted to have a huge wedding. Anne decided to take a break and play with John. So Amy and I went out to the Supermarket for Anne. Amy pushed the shopping cart while I held a basket.
"Okay we need a lot of food items." Amy said pushing the shopping cart.
"Eggs, milk, butter, flour, bread, apples, bananas, and…" I said trying to remember some of the things on the list.
"You get those I'll head to the Deli to get some lunch meat. " Amy said.
I headed over to the produce section; I put Apples and bananas in my basket. I started to walk over to the dairy section when I saw him. Ben and… someone else. As I came closer I started to see who it was. No it couldn't be…. Grace?!
"Grace?" I asked coming closer.
"Oh hi Ricky!" She said excitedly.
"What are you doing here…?" I asked.
"I'm shopping, isn't that why we all came here?" she asked.
"Yeah I meant with him." I said.
"Oh Ben and I are going out!" She said happily.
"You're supposed to be going out with Jack! You two are meant to be!" I said.
"Hey, hey you messed up my relationship with Amy don't go messing this one up!" Ben shouted.
"Ricky, Jack doesn't love me. I don't know what I did, he just told me." Grace said sadly.
"Fine, but this one probably doesn't love you." I said walking away. I was walking down the baking aisle to get flour when Amy appeared.
"There you are, I was looking for you." She said kissing my cheek.
"Ben's going out with Grace." I told her.
"What? I thought…" Amy started.
"Jack told her he doesn't love her. Ben probably doesn't either." I said.
"She'll learn." Amy said and we continued shopping.
Alright we need baby items now. Diapers, wipes, more food, and a Sippy cup.
"No more bottles?" I asked.
"We really should start with a Sippy cup. He's getting older." She said.
"Alright." I said.
We headed down the baby aisle; man this brought back so many memories. Like when I was baby proofing the basement. When I first held John. When I found out that Amy was pregnant.
"Okay I found the wipes and diapers. Now we just need food and the Sippy cup." She said.
Once we found the items we went to the check-out line. The lady looked at us once she saw the baby items. She gave us a strange look. I ignored it and tried my hardest not to get angry. We drove home and went to go see John.
Anne was happy to see us; she had an appointment with the people who helped design the wedding dress and the bridesmaids' dresses. This meant that Amy and Anne had to leave. I assured them that everything would be fine. I looked into John's eyes, and he smiled. Man he was growing up so fast, I wish that he'd slow down. Before I knew it he'd be in preschool, and then Amy and I would be walking him through his elementary school doors. Amy and I only had one more year left of high school. Maybe we'd go to college together. Either way we'd end up seeing John. Or maybe we'd get our degrees online.
"John, you're growing way too fast." I said and I hugged him.
"Dada dada dada." John said
"I know, I'm growing up too." I told him.
We played for an hour until he got tired. I changed him into his pajamas and put him to bed. It was getting late anyway, it was eight o'clock. He needed to go to bed. Amy came home at nine thirty. She ran up to the nursery to find me in the rocking chair.
"Ricky I'm so sorry. The designers kept us late, and we were stuck in traffic." She said panicky.
"It's alright. Don't worry about it. I'll see you tomorrow." I said and kissed the top of her head.
I drove home, and silently walked in.
"Ricky? Is that you?" Margaret asked from the kitchen
"Yeah, I'm heading to bed." I yelled.
"Not so fast, come down here." Margaret said.
I went to the kitchen, and sat down across from Margaret. She didn't look so happy.
"Ricky, I talked to your school counselor today." She said.
"Margaret I didn't do anything." I said.
"Ricky, just listen. He's worried about your grades. They're slightly slipping. Now I know that you're a dad. But you have to remember that you're a student too. Education is important, but so is parenting. You must balance them, your grades have not slipped enough to the point where you won't graduate next year, but they did slip a little. Please Ricky, we only have a couple days left. Give it your all." Margaret said.
"I'm sorry Margaret, I didn't even know. I promise I'll try to do better. I don't know how much I can improve but I'll try." I said.
She took my hand and smiled. I smiled too; I knew that she was a great foster mom. I don't ever want to leave here.
"I know you will. Goodnight Ricky." Margaret said smiling.
"Goodnight Margaret and thanks." I said walking to my room.
Today was a great day, I just couldn't wait for tomorrow. Everything was perfect, Amy and I, my foster family, Anne and her boyfriend, and John. Nothing could ruin this life, nothing.