Hey guys, back once again! Thank you for the lovely reviews! I've had a rough week at work and school plus…my travel softball team lost twice in a row so I've been busy! I finally have the weekend to myself so I thought I'd be nice and post another chapter! This has been difficult for me to write though as my teacher/friend's mother passed away on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. Please pray for me, her, and her family as these times will get tough. The funeral will be on Monday so after today I won't be writing much for the weekend. Anyway to end on a brighter note, thanks again for reading and review!!!

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A week had passed by since the Ricky/Amy kiss and so far things had been blissful. The summer was going really great as Ricky was over about everyday at Amy's helping with Aaron and just making her smile. Even Anne had noticed the change in her daughter's mood and actually thought it was for the better. Ricky had really stepped up as a father and…friend to Amy. Yes, friend was the correct word. Right? They couldn't be anything more than friends she thought to herself, no way.

Amy put down Aaron for an afternoon nap and soon found herself face to face with Ricky.

Smirking of course, that boy.

He pulled her into her room and they shut the door quietly, smiling. Anne was just downstairs and they didn't need any questions right now. Especially since she still hadn't broken things off with Ben yet. Yes, she was a terrible person.

"But a damn cute one." Ricky whispered as they leaned up against the door and started to make out. She felt herself relax and soon her fingers were in his hair and he was at her neck. "Ricky, Ricky." Amy started to say, stopping them mid-way as he gave her a confused look.

"What? Did I do something?" Amy shook her head. "No, I mean my mom is just downstairs and I…" "Don't need her catching us doing anything, different." Ricky cut her off as she chuckled and nodded. "Exactly."

He kissed her once more and then pulled her in around his arms. She sighed against him. He loved moments like these-they didn't get them often. True they had only really been "together" for a week now and since she hadn't even talked to Ben it wasn't even real, but, it was working.

And that was the only thing that mattered to Ricky right now.

They stayed there for a few more minutes, just them and suddenly it was like the world was theirs, everything had stopped spinning, moving. For once all you could hear was the silence around them. No madness or screaming. Just their breaths, hearts, beating in the same bursting union.

Yes, it was quiet.

Ben laid on his bed watching TV that evening and looking at his phone seeing if there were any missed calls or texts. None he said to himself as he checked for the fourth time in fifteen minutes. He sighed and rolled over to the other side of his pillow, pouting.

He didn't understand where everything had gone wrong? Just a couple months back he and Amy were fine. Perfect to be exact. Then after the baby had been born it's like she was a different person. He didn't know her anymore, hell maybe he never even did.

He looked at his empty phone once more before getting up and heading out to get his driver. He had someone he needed to see.

Ricky put his sleeping shirt over his six-pack later that night after his shower and collapsed onto his bed. He and Amy had hung out in her backyard with Aaron the whole day playing in the pool and yard while Ashley had even come over to say hello. The day had been perfect even though he and Amy couldn't even touch each other for a gruesome six hours.

Her mom had taken the day off and spent it with them and her grandson taking pictures and making lunch and for once Ricky had felt like a real family. Like he had belonged there all along.

It was meant to be.

After saying goodbye and tucking his son in Ricky kissed Amy goodnight and told her he'd see them in the morning. They had decided to take Aaron to the beach the following morning and he couldn't wait. The beach was his favorite place.

He was about to turn off the light when he heard a knocking at the basement door. He quickly pulled on some sweats and hurried to the old door wondering who it could be at…eleven at night? Everyone who came to his house always used the upstairs door. This was his sneaking out one. No one came to it.

He opened it and found himself staring back at the nerd who was once in his shoes. "Ben what are you doing here?" The freshman looked at the ground nervously before starting to talk.

"I just came over here to finally end this." Ricky looked at him in confusion. "I think I've realized that this whole three-people-in-a-marriage thing isn't working, actually it hasn't been for awhile now and I think I know why."

"Ben don't…" Ricky started. "No, I need to get this out." He answered quietly. "I thought that when the baby arrived that everything would be back to normal. That you would be there but only for Aaron. I was wrong. You've been there for both of them Ricky. Amy sees you everyday-not me. You're the one she first sees in the morning and the last when she goes to sleep."

Ricky's mouth went a little dry and for the first time Ben was actually making sense. "I thought that I loved her and she loved me back. That even though she was having your baby that she could be only mine, forever. But I see now that you two have a stronger bond then we ever did. If you didn't you wouldn't have a four month old boy down the road. So I came here to bow out. To tell you even though I love her," He paused and gulped.

Ricky just stared at him back. Both quiet for the first time.

"Even though I love her, I'm going to let her go. She belongs with you Ricky. She always has. I was just a replacement." Ricky rubbed his head and sighed.

"Ben I'm sorry and…" Ben cut him off. "You know what? It's actually okay. I think I've grown up a lot this year and just need to move on." Ben chuckled a little.

Ricky almost smirked when Ben turned to leave. "Take care of them Ricky. They'll need you." And with that he disappeared into the darkness. Kinda like what Ricky had done all those months ago.

The next morning came fast and soon Ricky was out the door heading to Amy's house to pick them up for the beach. He had thought a lot about what Ben had said the previous night and hoped that now he had backed off, he and Amy could maybe get together for real this time. It could be different, life changing.

He found her packing a bag quickly while Aaron squealed for his daddy. He picked him up and looked over at the flustered mom who was searching for bottles as he looked over her. She was wearing tiny shorts and a tank to cover her bathing suit while her hair was up in a ponytail.

She looked gorgeous.

"Stop." She smiled while playfully swatting him. He blushed before heading out to the car with the very hyper baby.

The car ride was quiet for the most part as Aaron had fallen asleep. Ricky glanced over at Amy who was looking out the window and playing with her hair. He cleared his throat and she lifted her head up.

"You okay?" She asked. He nodded as she smiled and turned to check on Aaron.

"So I talked to Ben this morning." She suddenly brought up as he stopped at a red light. They were only minutes from the beach.

"You did huh?" He said not bringing up the incident from last night. "Yeah, and we decided that we should have ended things a long time ago." Amy said. "I never loved him, I think he knows this now." She grabbed his hand and he smiled for the first time in the long ride.

"I'm so glad." He whispered into her ear then kissed her as she giggled.

Finally, finally. It was their time.

Amy laughed as Aaron tried to grab sand and just ended up spilling it all over himself. Ricky came back from the car with his blanket and little baseball hat Amy insisted on bringing because of the sun and smiled as he watched his son and girlfriend-well almost girlfriend play together.

They were a family now. Just the three of them and nothing was going to stop it.

"Hi buddy!" He said taking the boy from his mother's arms and tickling him. Aaron was a huge daddy's boy his mother had thought as she saw him squeal and smile as Ricky bounced him.

After a few more hours of playing in the sand and venturing into the shallows of the water Amy decided it was time to be getting home. They had an hour drive ahead of them and Aaron was getting fussy. "Oh all right." Ricky pretended to whine as Amy kissed his cheek and told him to get the bags before handing her the keys

She was getting her license in a few months and needed the practice.

After putting the bags in the trunk Amy was about the buckle Aaron when the sunset caught her eye. It was beautiful really, every sunset was but this one had something to it. It was special; the mixtures of oranges and pinks with the deep red looked like something out of a fairy tale. She had to capture this.

It expressed everything that had happened in her life over the past year. It was magical and romantic but almost scary. She didn't know where it would end or who was going to see it with her. She looked back at Ricky who was packing up the rest of the car and smiled.

It was him.

"Ricky wait!" He looked up at her in alarm and she laughed before grabbing Aaron and her camera. "I want a picture of us with the sunset." He shook his head chuckling before heading down to the beach.

She set the timer on the camera and pulled him into the picture. She was holding Aaron who was now sleeping on her shoulder and Ricky slung his arm around her and smirked. "Click"

The flash went off and captured the moment forever.

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Thanks for reading guys! I didn't really like how I wrote this chapter but hopefully you will! I only have a few left so review!

ALSO: I would like to credit the title of this chapter to oX Abigail Xo, she writes awesome stories!