So, um…yea, I just realized a mistake. Thanks to anon. Apparently, Ben was cheating with a blonde girl, a few chapter back at school…and at the same time, didn't go to school, and appeared at the drug store last chapter…
BIG MISTAKE.
I think because I wrote that chapter a few times, I got the storylines mixed up. Sorry! I'll try to be more careful next time. Though I will fix my mistake, somewhere through this, or the next chapter.
Chapter 10: Reactions and Conditions
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-Flashback-
"Don't do that! Don't blame all this shit on me!" Ricky closed his eyes, Adrian disappearing from his view, as he tried to keep his cool.
"But it's YOUR fault! When you said we were in a committed relationship, I didn't think it meant 'I'm allowed to kiss other girls, but you're not to kiss other boys'! and I DIDN'T, I kept my promise." Adrian sobbed, as she grew angrier and angrier at the boy.
Ricky sighed, opening his eyes, and laughing slightly "Then what's the problem!"
Adrian gasped, looking as if he had just killed her puppy " WHAT'S THE PROBLEM! YOU CHEATED ON ME! WITH SOME SLUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW!" she blew up, glaring at Ricky.
"You said it yourself, I can kiss other girls. SO WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM!" he shouted back, as they stood in Adrian clean kitchen.
"What's my problem?" she shook her head in disbelief "You told me you loved me, Ricky! Was that to just shut me up? Was it all bullshit?" she cried.
"No, Adrian, I didn't tell you I loved you .I never said that. I don't love anyone, I don't even love myself." he told her.
"BULLSHIT!" she screamed, picking up the beautiful vase on the table, and throwing it his way. He dodged it, causing it to smash against the white wall behind him.
Her starred at her, no emotion what-so-ever. " This is why I don't do commitment. It's all bullshit. I'm done." he stormed out of the kitchen, through the front door, with a slam, and jumped into his car. Sitting there, he glanced through his review mirror, at the house behind him, as a light flickered on in her bedroom. She never yelled at him, she was always calm, always smiling, always happy. He wanted that. Why couldn't Adrian be more like her?
He glanced at the house he had just stormed out of, as he pulled out of the driveway. He drove down the block, parking his car. He walked back up the block, in a hurry, the moon lighting up the street, just enough for him to see his way to her house.
When he finally got there he made sure that her parents weren't home, as he knocked on her side door leading into the small kitchen. She opened the door surprised, as he stormed into the house unwelcome. She asked him what was wrong, as he fought the urge to kiss her, right there and then. He told her they had a fight, him and Adrian. She told him, Adrian would forgive him eventually. It was their first fight, she told him, they'd get over it. He told her, he didn't want Adrian to forgive him, that he'd rather stay with her.
She laughed, accusing him of drinking, or doing drugs that night. He told her he'd been thinking of her, that he care for her, and he wanted to give them a shot. He didn't think nothing of it at the time, he said this to every girl he hooked up with, he didn't know this girl would change his life, like it did. But she seemed to buy it, as she smiled shyly. He told her she had a beautiful smile, and perfect lips. And when he bent down to kiss them, she didn't stop him.
She told him Adrian would be mad, they were best friends after all. He didn't care, so he didn't answer her, and she didn't mention it again that night. Who knew that night would turn into multiple nights, once a week at least? Nobody did. Because Amy and Adrian were best friends, nobody suspected a thing. And he just suspected nobody would find out. They didn't. Not for a while at least. Not until he couldn't control himself around her anymore, and went after her in a restaurant restroom. It went down hill from there, when he realized he loved her. Really loved her.
-End of Flashback-
"Ricky?" Grace's voice, cut through his thoughts "Are you okay?' she asked, softly, gesturing to his hands. Glancing down to his hands, he held the plastic stick. Looking at the plus sign, he blinked rapidly. "You promised me. You promised me, you would help her through this." she tells him, as she walks into the bathroom beside him.
His whole body froze. He couldn't move, he didn't know what to do. Was this normal? For someone to feel like a part of them died, but at the same time, feel so... happy?
"I ruined her life." Ricky looked up at Grace, her sad expression mirroring his own.
"No you didn't. Not if she wanted this." She told him, as she took the test out of his hands, and placed it back down on the counter.
"Do you hear yourself? She wanted this? She's sixteen! She doesn't want a baby. She doesn't want MY baby!" he ran his fingers through his hair, sliding down to the floor, with his back against the counter.
She sighed, sliding down beside him "No, but I know she loves you. The rest doesn't matter." he looked at her, shaking his head.
"Yes it does. She's having my baby! S-she doesn't want this! I don't want this!"
"I'm sure you guys will get through it, you can make it work."
"She hates me, Grace. Look at this, you had to sneak me in here, to show me that she's pregnant. If she loved me? She would've told me herself." he told the blond, sitting next to him.
"You really don't see it, do you? No, she wasn't going to tell you. She wasn't going to tell you, because she thought you deserved better than this. She didn't want to get in the way; have you be dragged down, by something you really didn't want in the first place. Amy is not a selfish person, Ricky. She loves you SO much, she's willing to raise a baby by herself, just so you can go and live the life you want, while she's stuck at home, taking care of your baby. She shouldn't have to do that. She deserves better, and you KNOW that." Grace told him. She stood up, quickly grabbing the pregnancy tests, shoving them in the bathroom cabinet. "We should go. Before Amy wakes up and tries to murder me for telling you, and I gotta check on Jack downstairs."
They walked out of the small bathroom, quietly making their way back to the kitchen.
"Where's Jack?" Ricky asked, looking around the kitchen.
"Oh, I told him to take care of something outside, cause…um, Ben kinda followed be here.." Grace whispered ,as she peeked out the window.
"He what?" Grace turned around quickly noticing the anger in his voice.
"Ricky, don't. Don't make a scene. I want Amy to sleep, and…Ben and Amy are dating. She'll be pissed if you tried to kill her boyfriend."
He raised on eyebrow "Their still going out? After he cheated on her with that blond slut?"
Grace's eyes widened "What!…b-but… when? Ben hasn't been to school all day. He told me, when I ran into him at the shoppers mart?"
"No…he was at school, I saw him, right after, Adrian, Amy and I were fighting, before first period. I went to talk to Amy after, and we saw him with some blond at his locker."
"But, Amy didn't say anything to me, about it.. And he told me he stayed home, because betty was sick or something."
"I'm gonna kill him." Ricky growled, charging for the door, stopping immediately, when Grace glued herself to the door her back pressed against it tightly. "Grace… move." she shook her head 'no'
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-10 minutes earlier-
Ben looked up at the Juergen house. He glared at it, as if he could burn a hole through it. He scoffed, crossing his arms, as he sat behind the wheel of his car.
It's been ten minutes, since Ricky and Jack had entered her house. He'd already seen Grace go in, which meant one of them was pregnant, right? God, even after everything. After the pictures he took of them, showed them to Adrian, and taped them all around the school, they're still together. You'd think after all of that, that Amy would call it quits with Ricky. Guess not, considering they're all skipping school, having a little tea party at Amy's.
"Boykewich" A deep voice said, out of the blue, causing Ben's heart to jump, and a squeal come out of his mouth.
Ben glared up at the big football player. "What do you want, Pappas?"
Jack laughed "You shouldn't be here." he told the skinny boy, leaning against Ben's opened window. "Especially when you like to think out loud."
Ben's eyes widened " I did…what?"
"You're crazy obsessed with her. didn't know you had it in you, putting those pictures up all over school.
Ben shot him a glare " I didn't. Adrian did."
"No, but you took them. I'd say congrats, but I'd rather punch your face in."
"Please don't tell Ricky, he'll pummel me do the ground!" Ben shivered at the thought,
"Okay…I won't. But there's a condition." Jack smirked "Four things you have to do, Just four, and I will keep you from getting your ass kicked, understand Boykewich?" Ben shook his head.
" One; You stay away from Ricky and Amy. Two, you bring you ass back down to school, and take every single picture down. I come to school tomorrow, and see even one? The deal is over, and I will personally take the time out of my day, to beat the shit out of you. Three, you're apologizing to Amy, for the public humiliation, under my supervision. And four? …well lets just say, you're gonna be the talk of tomorrow, at school." Jack finished, smirking.
Ben's eyes widened " Why? What's gonna happen?"
"I'll text you the details, tomorrow, before school. Be ready for anything, Boykewich." he called, as he walked back up Amy's driveway.
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Amy woke up, her eyes adjusting to the dark room around her. She sat up, hearing the faint sound of voices, coming from down the hall. She raised an eyebrow, standing up from the bed, as she got closer to the sounds.
"She hates me, Grace. Look at this, you had to sneak me in here, to show me that she's pregnant. If she loved me? She would've told me herself." she hears, as she opens her bedroom door slightly. Her eyes widen. Ricky. Ricky is here. In her house…And he knows she's pregnant. With his child.
She started breathing heavy, and she thought she was about to have another panic attack, before she heard Grace's soft voice.
"You really don't see it, do you? No, she wasn't going to tell you. She wasn't going to tell you, because she thought you deserved better than this. She didn't want to get in the way; have you be dragged down, by something you really didn't want in the first place. Amy is not a selfish person, Ricky. She loves you SO much, she's willing to raise a baby by herself, just so you can go and live the life you want, while she's stuck at home, taking care of your baby. She shouldn't have to do that. She deserves better, and you KNOW that."
How can she be mad at Grace, when she says stuff like that? But how can she not be, when she specifically TOLD her not to tell Ricky, and then she sneaks him in!
She rubs her hands over her face, in defeat. Should she go out there, and start yelling at Grace? She didn't really want to. She was so tired,
She hears some movement, and Grace saying "We should go. Before Amy wakes up and tries to murder me for telling you, and I gotta check on Jack, downstairs."
She was right. She was going to murder her, and….wait. Did she just say JACK was here too! God damn it, Grace! She didn't want everyone knowing about this! The school had enough information on her, already. And she really didn't need the drama right now. The past few days has been nothing but drama, and she was sick of it.
She hears footsteps coming closer from down the hall, and her heart jumps, as she runs back into her bed, the same way she woke up. The footsteps go past her door, and she hears them fade away down the stairs.
Well, what is she supposed to do now?
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Chapter 10! Done! Finally! ….
So, I don't really know how Ricky would react, but I hope I didn't disappoint.. :S
And sorry for the whole 'Ben in two places' thingy. It's fixed. But now we know who took the pics! What's gonna happen, when Ricky finds out it was Ben? And what is Jack gonna do to Ben, tomorrow?...
And most of all, How is Amy going to react? 0_0
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