A/N I am kind of lost with the whole 9 month pregnancy thing. All I know is that we should be in January if Amy is five months along meaning the baby is due sometime in May. Because I wanted Amy five months in this chapter, I had to skip the December holidays and wrote in a little blurb about them instead. As well I added in two extra characters. Please tell me if you like them or not. I want to keep them around and make them the support system for Ricky and Amy that Ben and Adrian used to be when they were a couple. This is my longest chapter yet which explains why it took so long to upload. As well, I hope you enjoy the 'Ramy' scene I put in the beginning. Tell me if you thought it was stupid or well done. I'm still apprehensive about writing these types of love scenes. Thanks :)

5 weeks later – 20 weeks into pregnancy

Amy was now 5 months pregnant and halfway through her pregnancy. It had been over a month since Amy's scare and she was doing fine. Nothing else had happened to uncover any type of danger to her or the baby. One week after Amy had gone in for her emergency appointment, she went in for another check-up to make sure she had nothing wrong with her. Amy and the baby had passed their exam with flying colours.

Over the course of the past month, Ricky and Amy had celebrated Christmas and New Years and finished their first exams for both high school and college. The exams had taken quite a toll on Amy and she was exhausted by the end of the holiday season. Ricky and Amy had gotten a lot of things for the baby from their parents, mostly maternity clothes and necessities such as diapers and bottles.

With Amy half way through her pregnancy, she had turned into the textbook definition of an expecting mother. She had gained a lot of weight in the past few weeks. Now that everything was okay with her baby, Amy was relaxed and more open to eating. She had cravings almost every day and it was Ricky who usually fulfilled her requests. Amy's hands and feet had begun to swell and her baby bump was growing bigger every day. Ricky could now wrap his hands around her and feel a half deflated soccer ball under her shirt.

Amy laid awake next to her fiancé on their sofa bed in the dark living room with her hands lying across her stomach. She turned her head towards the kitchen, stretched her neck and made out 5:15 am on the digital clock above the stove. Ricky rustled in his sleep and turned to face Amy. His eyes gently opened and he smiled at the sight of his beautiful fiancé staring back at him.

"Good Morning Gorgeous!" Ricky said flirtingly

"'Morning Handsome!" Amy replied, giggling.

Ricky leaned in for a good morning kiss, which Amy gladly returned with pleasure. She placed her hands over his cheeks and kissed him harder and longer than she had in a long time. Amy had been feeling extra 'needy' lately. The doctor had mentioned it had something to do with her stage of pregnancy but Amy found it quite annoying because Ricky and her still hadn't been cleared to have sex again. Ricky pulled away from Amy. He wasn't going to be the one to break the doctor's orders. He knew that if they kept going, it would take no time at all for Ricky to loose all power and give into something that could potentially harm his child.

Instead, Ricky propped himself up on his elbows and fixed the pillows on the bed to stand. He then sat up and leaned his back into the pillows. Amy followed his gesture by leaning her head onto his upper chest. The two sat in the dark completely silent. Just listening to each other breathe was enough. Ricky laid his left hand across Amy's stomach. He circled the bump with his hand, whispering words like 'I love you' and 'hi baby'. Suddenly Ricky felt a little hiccup under his hand. Amy took in a deep gasp and gripped Ricky's forearm. She acted surprised and winded all at the same time.

"Did the baby just…?" Ricky asked concerned

Amy nodded her head trying to regain control of her shallow breathes.

"Mhmm.. The baby just kicked!" Amy whispered back

"Has it- umm he or she done that before?"

"Nope, this was the first time! Amy replied excitedly. This was a sign of a healthy life growing inside her. Amy grabbed Ricky's hand and placed it on her stomach again, in the same position as the previous time.

"Babe, say something to the baby again" Amy encouraged

"Okay, Ummm.. Hi honey, Daddy's here"

Amy felt another semi-sharp jab in her front abdomen. The pain wasn't as bad as the first time. Amy knew that everything involved with having a baby took some time getting used to. Ricky was over the moon, grinning from ear to ear. He reached in for another kiss from Amy when he heard some little feet patter across the hard wood floor and jump into the middle of the bed.

"Hi, John!" Ricky exclaimed "Oops, careful of mommy John. We need to be careful of her from now on okay? Because what does she have in her tummy?"

"Bay-bee!" John cheered

"That's right honey. Pretty soon you're going to be a big brother. Do you want to feel the baby John?" Amy questioned excitedly

"O.K" John said nonchalantly

Amy reached down and took John's hand, placing it on her stomach "Okay, now say something John."

"Say what?" John asked in a high pitched voice

"Say anything John. How about – "Ricky suggested but was cut off by Amy

"No there we go! Do you feel that John? That's the baby." Amy explained

John shrieked and pulled his hand away." Noohoooo!" John said giggling

"Yup, now come on John. We need to get you ready for daycare. Let mommy shower." Ricky ordered, picking John up and putting him in front of his toys.

Amy hopped in the shower after tying her hair into a bun. As Ricky cooked breakfast, he could hear Amy gently serenading herself with her voice. He thought it was adorable. Just as he was putting Amy's plate into the microwave so it would stay warm, his cell rang. Ricky answered it and was surprised to hear Dr. Silvann on the other end.

Once Ricky finished with his conversation, he hung up the phone, put it back on the counter and sent John to his room to play with some trucks. Ricky walked into the warm steamy bathroom and took off his clothes. He then opened the shower curtain, startling Amy.

"What the – You scared me! Where's John? You have to watch him, you know we can't!"

"Dr. Silvann just called. She scheduled an appointment for two weeks from now and told us we could get back to doing it if we wanted. Now that the baby has kicked we know everything is okay" Ricky reassured

He stepped closer into Amy and felt the mist of the shower spray him. He grabbed onto her hips and pulled her in close sucking on her neck. Amy gently rubbed her fingers across Ricky's pecks. Her touch made him shiver despite the warm steam coming from the shower. Ricky turned Amy around as he felt himself rise. Amy propped herself against the cold shower wall as Ricky entered her. All the waiting from the past few weeks had paid off, as Amy felt a wave of stimulation as Ricky plunged himself into her harder. Amy supported her stomach with one hand, keeping one hand pressed firmly against the wall. Ricky embraced her backside with his whole body and reached his right arm around to support the baby as well. Amy bit her lip, but a moan escaped her despite her effort. Ricky thrust as best he could standing up, attached to a girl almost the size of two people. As Ricky prepared to finish, Amy whipped her head back in pleasure and whacked Ricky right in the nose. A shot of instant pain rippled through Ricky and he brought up his hand to hold the pain in place. He let curse words fly as Amy turned around, letting go of their position. She shrieked when she saw Ricky doubled over in pain.

Ten minutes later, Amy and Ricky sat in the kitchen both in their robes starring at each other across the room. Ricky held a bag of ice onto his very swollen face. Amy looked distraught and guilty and kept apologizing.

"Amy, Amy that's enough! Stop apologizing. It wasn't anyone's fault. I'm going to be fine. At least it didn't bleed" Ricky repeated.

"I know, I just feel so bad. I didn't see you! It –"

"Amy" Ricky coughed "I know, you told me like ten times. More than ten actually. Can we please just drop it?"

"Sure, You ready for round two?"

Ricky looked at her with a miserable expression. He knew she was kidding.

"I'm joking babe. I'm sorry. I'm going to get dressed and bring John to daycare. Remember tonight we have our first birthing class!"

"How could I forget? And By the way – You're not funny!"

When Amy got to school, she quickly piled her books into her locker and went to find the guidance councilor. Katelyn O'Malley was in her office, filling out some forms on her computer when she heard a knock at the door. She lifted her head to see Amy standing in the doorway. Katelyn welcomed Amy and motioned to help her sit in one of the chairs but Amy denied the help and was able to sit herself.

"So, Amy. What can I do you for? Katelyn asked suspiciously

"Remember, at the beginning of the year, you said that if I needed any help with my course load, that you would find a way to get me some?"

"Ofcourse. Is there anything I can help with? Provide you with a tutor? Night school? Change a course?"

"Well, I was wondering if it would be possible to graduate early. The baby is due at the end of May and I know I'm not going to be back at school before graduation. I was hoping that you could help me by giving me extra course work week by week so I can slowly finish the year by middle of May at the latest."

"Well, let me start off by saying that I am very pleased to see you took my advice. I will need to talk to your teachers and probably have them send you the work you will be missing from May to the end of the year. That way you are all caught up by the time you go on maternity leave. Have you given thought to what you might do if the baby comes early?"

"Hopefully nothing like that will happen but if it does, Ricky and I have agreed that he will drop by each week to pick up my work as if I was being home schooled. So I can still graduate with all my requirements. I was also hoping that come March, we can start applying for colleges within the area. "

"All that sounds like a great plan Amy. I'll make sure to schedule regular appointments throughout the next few months so we can keep track of everything. Graduating and choosing a college a little early shouldn't be a big problem"

Amy gave Ms. O'Malley a slight smile and slowly got up from her chair. She left the office and checked her cell. 'Only eight periods to go' she thought to herself. After school, Amy drove to the nursery and was greeted by her son who again hadn't peed his pants all day. At about a quarter to five, Amy got a call on the main line at the nursery and picked up the corded receiver in the room she was supervising

"Hello?" Amy spoke cheerfully into the receiver. 'These dam mood swings' Amy thought 'One minute I'm tired and the next I can't stop smiling'

"Hi Amy" Anne greeted over the phone. "How are you?"

"I'm good mom, but why are you calling me at work. My cell is fine."

"I just wanted to touch base with you. See how you're doing. And I tried your cell, but I think something is out of place because my call kept getting disconnected."

"I keep forgetting to get that looked at. I'm sorry. Anyways, why did you call?"

"Oh, Umm. Ricky mentioned you guys have a birthing class tonight? Isn't that a little soon?"

"When did you talk to Ricky?"

"Earlier this morning when he was stuck in traffic. He needed us to watch John tonight so you guys could go to your class. Isn't five months a little soon Amy?

"Yea I agree it is, but I'm getting awfully big, awfully fast. And I don't want to be in a position again when I go into an unexpected pre labor without any history inside an actual birthing class. To this day I still regret not taking those classes when I was having John. This way I'm prepared."

"Well as long as everything is okay."

"That's not the real reason why you called is it? Is Ricky worried about me? Does he think I can't handle being five months pregnant? Because I'm perfectly capable of being a expecting mother! I did it before you know and that was without Ricky!"

"I know that and Ricky does to, Amy. He just wanted me to remind you to calm down. It isn't good for the baby to get so worked up like that"

"I know, and I'm sorry. It's just these mood swings are killing me"

"I know sweetie. Hang in there. I got to go, Robbie just woke up from his nap. See you soon"

"Bye" Amy said in a huff, slamming the receiver down. "John, time to go honey!"

When Amy arrived at her parent's house, A light was on in the kitchen. Amy walked John in and found her dad chopping raw vegetables.

"This smells good dad!" Amy said, lowering John's bag to the floor.

"Hey Ames! Sheppard's Pie. I can save you a piece for when you come to pick up John. "

"Nah that's okay- Actually yea a piece later would be great. But I got to run. The class starts at seven. Bye!" Amy said, scurrying out of the house,

"Guess it's just you and me Bud!" George said, crouching down to John's height.

"I gesh sho!" John replied smiling.

When Amy and Ricky arrived at the class, they saw 6 other pregnant couples each with their own pillow and focus item, which Ricky had remembered to pack just incase. Ricky helped Amy onto a mat as the instructor took her place at the front of the room. Ricky's face was still a little swollen from the morning's events and his nose was a sick shade of purple.

"Welcome to Birthing 101" The instructor known as Dana boomed "Today we will start with the basic breathing techniques and continue forwards from there next class. We meet two times a week for the next eight weeks. If you are going to miss a class for any reason, just let me know and I'll work on fill in you in on what you will miss."

Dana used a couple up at the front as an example for positioning. The father was supposed to act as a life size pillow and sit behind the mother with his legs parallel to hers in a 45-degree angle. Amy leaned her back into Ricky who gently rubbed her stomach as the instructor explained steps and procedures. Soon Amy and Ricky were off on their own, practicing different breathing techniques and focusing on the plush bear they had brought to distract Amy. Personally, Ricky thought the focus item was a dumb idea. He didn't need a stupid toy to comfort his fiancé. He was fully capable of doing it and really wanted to accidentally leave the toy at home come May.

After class, refreshments including decaf coffee and muffins were laid out on a table. Most of the mothers attacked the food but Amy stayed behind. All of the other moms were so much older than she was. She felt out of place and Ricky did too. Besides them, and one other couple, everyone was old. The other couple approached Ricky and Amy and introduced themselves.

"Nice night for a food fight" the woman exclaimed starring at the refreshment stand.

"I know, I don't think I could fit in that pile up even if I tried! "Amy replied gesturing towards her stomach.

"How many months are you?" The woman asked

"I'm five months along, due May 25th." Amy answered

"Oh how nice, I'm six months along, due May 4th" The woman replied "I'm Brooke by the way and this is my husband David"

The man Brooke referred to as David stuck out his hand to both Ricky and Amy "Nice to meet you both" He said sweetly. David was tall, probably 6.2 . He was blonde, built and he seemed to be from the Russian decent. Brooke was an average height and had a nice pregnant figure Amy envied after just one gaze.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Amy and this is my fiancé Ricky" Amy replied, taking hold of Ricky's right hand.

"I hope you don't mind me asking, Amy. But is this your first child? You look like you've done this before" Brooke asked shyly.

"Well, this is my first birthing class I assure you but no, this will be my second. See Ricky and I conceived a child three years ago away at a summer camp for musicians. We weren't a couple at the time but we're engaged to be married and we live together with our two year old son John"

"Oh how sweet. This is out second child too. I know we are a bit older than you must be. We are both 24. We had a unplanned pregnancy when we were dating right out of high school. We gave our daughter up for adoption and we see her every two months. She will be six come February" Brooke replied.

"That's so motivating. I don't know how I could have given up my son. I was really lucky to have Ricky come and stand by me once he was born. Do you mind if I ask what your daughters name is?"

"No not at all. Her name is Hailey"

While Brooke and Amy talked, David and Ricky slowly removed themselves from the conversation.

"So you have a son?" David asked politely

"Yea. His name is John. He's awesome. Do you guys know what you're having?" Ricky asked

"Boy. Brooke wants to name him Nicholas. I think it's a nice name, but I think we'll know what to name him once we see him for the first time. It was different with Hailey. Ryann and Abigail – the couple who adopted Hailey got to name her. We didn't want the responsibility. I love Brooke so much it's crazy. She takes my breath away. Her giving up Hailey was the hardest thing she ever had to do and she's still going strong. "

"I feel the same way about Amy. She was planning to give John up because we weren't together when he was born. We had interviewed some couples but she couldn't do it. She's such a great mom. I can't believe I got so lucky. You know I proposed to her at my graduation?"

"Nice touch. You're a guy of romance. I like it. Are you attending college?"

"Yep I'm going to that one near by, taking business and marketing at the moment. It is something to do and hopefully I can find work in it afterwards. What do you do?"

"I'm a public relations representative for a furniture chain. It's not a fantastic position but the benefits are good and the pay gets us by."

Ricky and David were becoming good friends fast. Ricky saw a lot of similarities between him and David and felt as if this guy knew what he was going through. The two were so engrossed in conversation, that they didn't realize their partners had finished their chitchat and were ready to leave.

"Done so soon ladies?" Ricky joked

"Don't tease. We've been talking for a while. Take a look around. We're like the last ones in here." Amy replied in a serious tone, edging to leave and go pick up her son.

"Well, Ricky and I were just discussing John. I'd love to meet him." David cut in

"That's a great idea Davy, but these two have seen enough of us tonight. How about another time?" Brooke suggested sweetly.

"No, no that's a nice suggestion. Ricky… I think they could come over for a while once we get John don't you? I mean its only 8:30" Amy replied

"Yea, I agree. You guys are welcome to come over. Just follow us in our car. We need to stop and pick John up but you guys can just idle behind us while we do that. It should only take a second. "

"Sounds great" Brooke said cheerfully "Ricky, do you mind me asking how you got your nose to turn into an egg plant?"

Ricky met Amy's gaze and thought up a quick excuse almost immediately

"Umm, John threw a truck at me and I caught it with my face." Ricky mumbled

Brooke nodded her head understandingly and left the room, with Amy in front of her. David wrapped his arm around Ricky's shoulder laughing.

"She punched you during sex didn't she?" David asked amused

"Oh yea!" Ricky answered, exiting the room with pillow in hand.