"I love you Amy so much. You take care of yourself and the kids and I will keep in contact and call as often as I can. I love you all." Ricky said as he kissed Amy one more time and picked up his pack and left with the other men in his unit. Amy stayed until Ricky was gone from her sight. Then she slowly walked back to her SUV. First she got John in his seat and buckled up and Then she got Anna and got her all buckled into the backseat. Then she folded down the stroller and put it back into the back and then she drove away from the post and went back home. She was going to miss Ricky. Most of all she would miss all the things that Anna would be doing that he would be missing. But she stopped thinking about it and she drove home to her parent's house.
Ricky sat on the bus and he pulled out a photo of Amy, Anna, John, and himself taken only a day after Anna's birth. He stared at them. He loved all three of them a lot and he would never forget "them even when he would be thousands of miles away.
"Beautiful family there you got." One of the men said to Ricky.
"Thanks. I just had a new baby while on leave. She is a beauty just like my wife her mother." Ricky said to him.
"Very lucky man there to have such a stunning wife and two beautiful children." The man said.
"Thanks. How about you any family of your own?" Ricky asked him.
"Yeah I have two girls but my wife soon to be ex-wife makes it hard for me to see them when I get leave which you know isn't often. I only got to see them for two days while on this two week leave some of us just had. She already engaged to some new guy and they are just waiting for our divorce to go threw which will be in a month. Then she is marrying him in some big lavish ceremony that costs thousands of dollars. And then when my visit is threw she asks me to let this guy adopt my girls. She kept saying that I was never hardly around and that they know this guy better than they know me. What does she expect from me I am off risking my life. Anyway you didn't ask for my whole life's history. I am Bryan Callum." Bryan extended his hand to Ricky.
"Richard Underwood but everyone calls me Ricky. Yeah life can be hard it just seems everyone has different types of challenges in their lives and their families lives. My son John was diagnosed with cancer last year and hes fine now but it was a hard time for my wife Amy and me. But we made it threw. Sorry to hear it didn't work out with you and your wife. But keep trying with your girls. Even with distance between us we can still keep in touch with them by e-mail, phone, letters. That's what counts just staying in contact and keeping up with their lives and letting them know you love them." Ricky said to Bryan.
"Yeah your right." Bryan said to Ricky.
A few hours later Amy had just put down John and Anna has just been put down in her bassinette in the kitchen. Amy was just finishing up some cleaning and getting to eat dinner finally. When there came a knock of the back door of the kitchen. Amy looked and saw Adrian there.
Amy went to the door and opened it and smiled at Adrian. "Hey Adrian. Wanna come in?" Amy asked her as she went in and she sat down at the kitchen table and she was just staring at Anna all curled up and toasty warm asleep.
"She's real cute. She looks a lot like you. I am glad it all went well for you." Adrian said to Amy as she sat down next to Anna's crib.
"Yeah I was lucky. Is there something I can help you with?" Amy asked Adrian. Not trying to be rude but she was tired and Anna would be awake for her feeding within the hour.
"Yeah I think I am in trouble maybe. I mean I don't think it's bad but I am scared about it and it involves someone else and I just wanted you to do something with me. I mean if you don't mind." Adrian asked her.
"Sure I will if I am able to." Amy said with a big yawn.
"I want you to stay with me while I take a pregnancy test. I think I am pregnant. But I am not sure cause I am late and I just need to know one way or the other." Adrian said with a little worry on her face.
"Ah sure. Why don't you go take the test and then bring it in here and I'll sit with you while you get the results." Amy told her.
Ten minutes later Adrian said nervously holding the test while Amy was sitting next to her. Amy was holding her hand and Adrian was holding the test in the other as they both waited for the results to come.
"Can you look I don't think that I can. Please Amy." Adrian said showing her the test.
Amy read what it showed and then she looked up at Adrian and kept trying to say something but she was so tired and she was having a hard time forming any kind of words. So she just took a moment and then told Adrian the results.
"It's positive. It says that your pregnant." Amy said as she was watching Adrian for a reaction to the news.
"Oh wow that is surprising. I wasn't sure what to expect but I am actually excited I mean I am really scared cause I just hope everything works out this time around." Adrian said with surprise in her voice.
"Who's the father if you don't mind my asking?" Amy said quietly to her.
"Um no I actually don't. It's Ben. I mean we aren't together anymore but we just lost control and we ended up in bed together. I really miss him alot. I mean I've seen other guys even been with other guys since being with Ben. But I never realized how much I really love him. I took that for granted over the last year or so. I want him back. I mean that isn't why I am pregnant. I wasn't trying it just happened this time. It wasn't planned.
All of a sudden Amy's cell phone went off and she grabbed it off the table and picked it up and then she hit the talk button. "Hello." Amy said.
Then Amy sat listening as her eyes started to get really big and she gasped and then she looked over at Adrian. "I understand. I will let her know and call you back in just a minute. Oh and Grace keep us posted please by texts." Amy said as she then hung up the phone.
"What? What's happened Amy? Tell me." Adrian said to Amy very worried.
"It's a Ben and Jack. They were in a really bad accident and both of them are critical and are at the hospital. That's all Grace knows for now but she is going to keep us posted. I am so sorry Adrian. This is the last thing you guys need to happen." Amy said as she grabbed Adrian who was crying.
"He has to be alright. They both do. I don't know what I would do without him. Oh God why do these bad things keep happening?" Adrian said as she kept crying with Amy holding her trying to comfort her.
"I don't know Adrian but we are all here for you." Amy said as she thought of Ricky and she hoped and prayed he would be safe and stay safe while he was away overseas.
A half an hour passed and Amy's phone rang again. Amy picked up her phone slowly and then hit the talk key and she put the phone to her ear and said, "Hello."
Amy listened again for a few minutes while Adrian sat by helpless and scared. Amy then hung up the phone and she put it back on the table. She then turned in shock back to Adrian and tried to say what Grace had just told her but it all seemed to unreal and horrible to say.
"Amy what is it?AMY!" Adrian said as she gave Amy a firm shake.
"Jack is in critical condition he suffered a sevre blow to his skull and he had some internal bleeding but he is stable for now. Ben is in bad shape. He has stopped breathing several times and they have had to shock his heart twice. Grace thinks you should go down there. The doctor's aren't sure if he'll... they don't think he will last the night. I am so sorry Adrian. I wish this had never happened.
"Oh God I never thought that this would happen. I just can't even think. Amy will you come down there with me? I can't go alone. Please if you are my friend I need you." Adrian said with desperation in her voice.
"Yea let me wake up me dad so he can take care of John and Anna but I will have to be back in two hours. I only pumped enough for one feeding for Anna. But just give me a second. I'll hurrry." Amy said as she bolted upstairs.
A half hour later Adrian had just come out out of Ben's emergency room. She had tears stained down her face. She was very pale and she was shaking horribly. Amy went to Adrian and she put her arm under her. Adrian felt like she was going to pass out. But was trying to stay strong. None of this made sense to Adrian. She couldn't face any of it and just wanted it all to be over and a dream. Amy saw that Adrian was very weak.
Amy was trying to hold Adrian up but she still was regaining her strength after giving birth to her daughter only ten days before."HELP! We need help she's going to fall. Someone help us." Amy was screaming.
And then Adrian went down and she hit the floor hard. And Amy was trying to catch her as she fell but Adrian fell right threw Amy's weak arms. Amy then ran for help. Amy couldn't believe this was happening. How could this be happening.