A/N: Just wanted to say that you guys are incredible and thank you for all the reviews on my last chapter . Anyways as promised this chapter will have a good Ramy moment in the beginning and you will now be introduced to a whole new Amy. Enjoy the chapter … oh yeah look forward to a pretty freaked out Ricky this chapter as well. :)
THIS CHAPTER IS FUCKING LONG! Please enjoy.
Something Words Can't Describe
"Yeah … I've never seen him like that …" Grace said.
"Like what?" Amy asked confused.
"He actually looked like he was worried about you … and he was actually apologizing and not faking it." Grace said.
"Well … that doesn't matter right now." Amy said fixing her hair and putting her seatbelt back on.
"Yeah you're right … let's get you home." Grace said driving away from the curb and to Amy's house.
It took little to no time for Grace to get Amy's home; she sped most of the way and was pulling Hollywood Stops at every stop sign. Amy was surprised she managed to get her home without being pulled over.
"Alright so you know the plan then?" Grace said as she parked her car in Amy's driveway.
"Yeah … yeah um hopefully this goes over better than I think it is." Amy said nervously.
"Oh calm down it'll be fine, just remember don't wimp out when you're telling your parents you need a day off and they'll have to listen to you." Grace said.
"Yeah I'm just not sure how I'm not going to wimp out but I'll try my best … anyway um … I'll see you tomorrow?" Amy said.
"Yeah tomorrow and hopefully we're going to the mall and not school." Grace said.
Amy smiled and let herself out of Grace's car, "Oh Amy! Text me as soon as you find out alright?" Grace yelled from her car.
"Okay …" Amy said shyly.
"Alright see ya!" Grace said cheery; waving to Amy as she pulled out of her driveway.
Amy waved back as Grace was leaving and soon after Grace was gone, speeding down the road to her house. Amy sighed heavily and slowly made her way into her house.
Ricky watched Amy from the corner of her street as she walked into her house, he suspected Grace had been lying about where Amy had been and that drove him to follow her back to Amy's house. He opted to run over to Amy at that moment and apologize for the whole fiasco with Adrian. But reconsidered, telling himself it was too soon and she probably needed a little more time to cool off and he didn't want her suspecting him of following her. So he decided to head home and give Amy a few hours to herself before he tried to apologize.
Amy made her way into her house, her mother immediately heard the door when it opened; "Amy honey is that you?" Anne called from the kitchen.
"Yeah mom it's me!" Amy called back.
Anne walked out of the kitchen into the hallway towards the front door to meet Amy, "Where's Ricky I thought he was coming with you to do homework." Anne asked.
"Yeah that was originally the plan but …" Amy stopped to think of an excuse as to why Ricky didn't show up.
"But? You did have homework right? You weren't trying to get him in here to-"Anne attempted to accuse Amy of foul play but Amy used Anne's accusation to her advantage.
"No mom! In fact that's why he's not here, it's because he heard you on the phone, insinuating that there was something going on between us and he was embarrassed and not just him, I was too. You know instead of accusing me of doing something … outrageous like that you could try supporting me especially at a time like this!" Amy said.
"Well Amy it's only natural for me and even your father as your parents to suspect things and-"Anne tried to explain to Amy but Amy didn't want to hear it, she decided that now was the best time of any to try and get out of going to school tomorrow while she had the upper hand with her mom.
"No it's natural to suspect something if you have a reason to suspect it! I've given you no reason to suspect me of partaking in any sort of-of-of sexual actions with Ricky. I don't like him like that and you know that I've never said one thing about liking him! You should've listened the first time after I told you nothing was going on and you should've taken my word for it! I know who I am and I know that I would never get with a guy just to fool around with him!" Amy said tearing up.
"Amy listen I'm just trying to make sure you're making all the right decisions, I don't want you to end up getting hurt that's all." Anne said defending herself.
"Well I'm hurt that you would think I would do something like that … and-and it's bad enough majority of the school thinks that i—I've slept with Ricky and-and they're always making fun of me even though I'm in ISS and it's all because of him!" Amy said.
"Well Amy you have to ignore them, don't take what they say seriously. If you're not doing anything then you're not doing anything and you know that." Anne said.
"I wish it was that easy … you-you know what I need a day to myself … I'm not going to school tomorrow." Amy said.
"Amy you have to, unless you're sick then you have to go to school. You have to get your education so that you can make something of yourself in life." Anne said.
"I'll get back to making something of myself when I feel better about myself and I think that with everything that's going on I just need a day to myself and that's it. I'm not going to school tomorrow." Amy said sternly.
"Amy you-"Anne tried to protest but Amy cut her off.
"No mom I don't have to … I-I don't have to go there and deal with another day of-of stress. I am going to stay here and just work on me for one day. It's not going to harm anyone if I miss one day of school!" Amy said.
"But you're in ISS Amy if you miss a day won't that just extend your stay in ISS?" Anne asked.
"No … Ricky missed a day and I sat in there all by myself all day and Mr. Clark told me because he was excused that he wasn't going to seek out punishment. So I just need to be excused and I won't have to worry about anything." Amy suggested.
"Amy you can't miss school I just don't think-"Anne tried to protest again but this time George was the one to stop her.
"You need the day off from school?" George said coming in from the back, he had just got home.
"Yeah …" Amy said nervously.
"Then you got it. What's your excuse?" George asked.
"I-I'm sick." Amy said.
"Alright then tomorrow you'll be out sick from school." George asked.
"George no she can't do that … she's not sick she-"Anne tried protesting only to be cut off yet again by George.
"Anne please its obvious sugarplum has been through a lot this past week and if sugarplum needs time to herself then that's what sugarplum gets." George said.
"But George!" Anne complained.
"But Anne!" George said mocking Anne. "Do you remember in high school when you and me used to ditch school because we were too frustrated about something or we just didn't want to be there so we just left? Do you want her to start doing that?" George asked.
"… Alright … alright fine but I'm only doing this because I don't want you resorting to ditching as a way out of school. You're already in ISS and I can't imagine what they'll do if they caught you ditching." Anne said.
George smiled, Amy smiled too.
"I'll call the attendance office in the morning … I'm going to go finish making dinner." Anne said throwing her hands up in defeat, heading back to the kitchen.
"Thanks dad" Amy said giving her father a hug. Just as she tried to run upstairs to her room George stopped her.
"Amy …" George said before she could make it to the staircase.
"Ye-yeah?" Amy replied.
"Come here …" George said; Amy walked back over to her father. George reached in his pockets and pulled out some money, it was a big roll of hundred dollar bills.
"Da-dad where did you get all of that?" Amy asked.
"Furniture store is getting good business and I'm making tons of cash because of it …" George began to flip through the hundred dollar bills and handed Amy five hundred dollars.
"Why-why are you giving me this?" Amy asked surprised.
"I heard you out in the driveway talking to Grace …" George said.
"Wait how do you know Grace?" Amy asked.
"Long story short her mother and I used to be married that went south then I finally saw your mother for the beautiful person she was and things went North so … here just take the dang money before your mother catches onto us." George said holding the money out to Amy but she didn't take it.
"But-but dad … I-I thought you and mom were together in high school?" Amy said confused about her parent's history".
"What? No, no, no, we were good friends in high school, Anne and me. I was with Kathleen and Anne was with some guy … what was his name Justin or was it Jeremy … I don't know it doesn't matter, just take the dang money Amy!" George commanded, Amy finally took the money
"But-"Amy tried to protest but George quickly stopped her.
"No buts, don't ever say I haven't done anything for you." George said.
"So are you going to give me some money and an excuse out of school so I can go to the mall too?" Ashley said coming downstairs seeing everything that just happened.
"Well that depends, how's school?" George asked.
"Good I guess … you'd be surprised to know that I made a new friend and his name is Thomas." Ashley said proudly.
"What happened to Griffin?" George asked.
"Oh he's still around." Ashley said
"Well good for you …" George said.
"So are you going to get me out of school tomorrow or not?" Ashley asked.
"Well since school is going so well for you and you're making friends, I wouldn't want to take you out of it; so no you can stay in and enjoy your new friend Thomas and your other friend Griffin." George said.
"Thanks … at least I know who your favorite daughter is now." Ashley said with a ting of jealousy.
"Oh please Ashley don't give me that, you know before you even got into high school I let you skip school all the time so we can hang out so don't sit here and act like you're being mistreated young lady! Do you hear me?" George said.
Ashley rolled her eyes, Amy scoffed "wait you let her skip school for no reason but when I was actually sick sometimes you still made me go to school?" Amy said.
"… Well you … never asked to get out of school so … you know … your mother and me assumed you … could or … or … would … want to go to school?" George said anxiously.
"Oh what are you getting upset for? At least you're getting out of school with money to go to the mall!" Ashley proclaimed.
"Oh shut up Ashley! Don't even try and act like you like to go shopping!" Amy said heading for the staircase bumping past her sister as she started heading up. Amy stopped mid-staircase "Oh yeah and thanks for the money dad, it's really appreciated." Amy hissed before continuing to her room.
"Do you enjoy picking fights?" George asked turning his attention to Ashley.
"No I just-"Ashley tried to defend herself but George immediately cut her off.
"Go to your room Ashley." George said disappointed in Ashley. Ashley didn't hesitate running to her room.
*A few hours later*
Dinner was quiet at the Juregens house, Anne tried to spark conversation but Amy didn't want to talk to her father or Ashley; Ashley didn't want to talk to Amy or her father and George was being George and kept making sarcastic remarks that got under Anne's skin. So after a few attempts Anne stopped trying to start a conversation and she just ate her food. After Dinner Amy went straight to her bedroom and texted Grace, letting her know that she was able to get out of school and made sure Madison and Lauren were filled in on the tomorrow's plan and turned in for the night.
It was around eleven thirty when her sleep was disturbed by a knock. But the knock didn't come from her door it came from the window. She assumed it was a big bug that probably flew into her window so she ignored it and tried getting back to sleep but she heard the knock again and got up to investigate it.
When she opened her curtains she wasn't sure what she would be looking for but as soon as she looked down she noticed a few rocks on the roof next to her window. Another rock hit her window and she opened it to see figure out who was throwing them.
"Who's out there?" Amy yelled softly from her window.
"Amy!" Ricky yelled up to her.
Amy spotted Ricky down in the lawn "Ricky … Ricky what are you doing!" Amy asked flabbergasted.
"I came to apologize about earlier could you come down!" Ricky yelled to Amy.
"Do you know what time it is? Why are you standing in my lawn and how did you know that this was my room?" Amy yelled softly to Ricky.
"I didn't know it was your room I just took a chance and hoped for the best and looks like that chance served me right. Now could ya please come down here?" Ricky yelled to Amy.
"No it's late and I don't want to talk to you; go home before you wake my parents up!" Amy yelled.
"I'll wake your parents up if you don't come down; I don't really care!" Ricky yelled up to Amy.
"Ricky, go away I don't want to talk to you!" Amy yelled.
"Why?" Ricky yelled a little louder.
"Shh will you keep your voice down you're going to wake up my parents!" Amy yelled softly.
"Then come down and you won't have to worry about them waking up." Ricky yelled keeping his voice raised.
"Are you serious … ugh" Amy scoffed and looked around her room for a sweater to cover up over her small t-shirt. "Wait one second I'll be right down!" Amy yelled back.
Ricky smiled at his victory; Amy fixed herself up and grabbed a sweater from her closet. She wasn't worried about the pajama pants she was wearing so she didn't bother to change them. She looked in her mirror to make sure her hair wasn't too wild in its bun state. When she was sure she looked halfway decent she grabbed her slippers and checked the hallway to make sure no one had woken up and tip toed down the stairs and quietly opened the front door and made her way over to Ricky who quickly snatched her into a bear hug.
"Ow-ow stop let me go!" Amy said fighting Ricky off.
"What do I smell or something?" Ricky asked as if he were oblivious to the real reason why Amy might not want him touching her.
"No! Do you not remember what happened just a few hours ago after school? Why are you here so late, what do you want?" Amy asked belligerent.
"Oh come on, you're not really upset about what Adrian said earlier are you?" Ricky said calmly.
"Yes! I-I can't believe that you do that! Or no I'm sorry I can believe it, I just didn't want to!" Amy said.
"I wasn't trying to sleep with you!" Ricky said trying hard to keep his calm.
"Oh yeah, well what about before we got into ISS?" Amy asked standing her ground.
"I … I, look alright maybe I was trying to get to know you a little more than you might actually want but I swear afterwards I wasn't trying to sleep with you! You weren't exactly Ms. Welcoming, remember?" Ricky said.
"And why should I believe you? Grace and Adrian seem to think you'll stop at nothing to get what you want." Amy said.
"Grace and Adrian? You're going to take their word over mine when I'm the one that's around you longer then they are!" Ricky said losing his temper.
"So what? I hardly know you, we-we've only known each other for what? One or two months?" Amy said.
"Yeah, what's your point? It's a lot longer than you've known them! You don't even like Adrian so why are you taking her word over mine?" Ricky asked angered.
"Because … because … some of the things she said made sense! And-and it didn't help that Grace was there to add to the list of things she said so-"Amy explained but Ricky cut in.
"So what that's it we're back to square one with you believing I'm trying to sleep with you? I'm not trying to have sex with Amy if I was I would've made my move a long time ago and news flash I did try to make a move when I mentioned I wanted to know you a little better but you shot me down. Ever since then I haven't even thought of trying to have sex with you!" Ricky proclaimed.
"Oh and really so what you just want me to bow out and take your word for it? You haven't thought about trying to come after me afterwards?" Amy said.
"No … no I haven't done anything, will you please listen to me for 5 seconds, PLEASE?" Ricky asked desperately.
"I don't know … I don't know if I should listen; I don't even know if I believe you, I-I mean why should I? There's so many more things that you've done recently that make me question whether or not you were hitting on me." Amy said.
"Oh yeah, what?" Ricky exclaimed.
"Gee I don't know, maybe that note that you passed me last Wednesday? You remember that? The note that you said you were going to change so we could be friends?" Amy said.
"I wasn't hitting on you I was being serious!" Ricky insisted.
"Why? Why would you change for me, why would you change so we can be friends? What makes you think I'm supposed to believe that you were actually being serious about that?" Amy exclaimed.
"You're just going to have to trust me." Ricky said calming himself down a little.
"Okay then what about earlier in the office when you let me use your phone?" Amy asked.
"What about it?" Ricky asked.
"When you heard my conversation with my mom, I saw the way you were looking at me when I hung up on her." Amy accused.
"I wasn't looking at you any differently than I am now!" Ricky defended himself.
"Oh yeah, then how do you explain admitting to thinking about getting together with me?" Amy asked.
"What-What are you talking about?" Ricky asked confused.
"I heard you earlier when we were going to Principal Miller's office, when I told you not to think about it you said too late!" Amy said
"First off you weren't supposed to hear that and second what do you expect? I'm around you all the time and hello I'm a guy and you're a girl and I'm bound to think of things like that …" Ricky said.
"So how do I know that you aren't trying to get together with me and play me like every other girl you've been with?" Amy asked.
"I'm stuck with you for the rest of the year, remember? Do you really think it would benefit me to play you now when I'm stuck being tutored by you all year? Did that thought ever cross your mind?" Ricky asked annoyed.
"Well two people have pretty much said that you'll stop at nothing to get what you want so why should I believe this?" Amy asked keeping her guard up.
"Again, you're just going to have to trust me."
"How am I supposed to trust you when it seems like every day that passes by I'm given a reason not to." Amy said beginning to go on a ranting spree, by this point Ricky was ready to give up until a few words Amy said hit him. "I-I mean yeah when we saw Adrian today I didn't believe anything she was saying because for once I believed that you could be a better person than what she made you out to be. Maybe that wasn't even the first time I think the first time I thought you could be a good person was when I found out about you leaving the party because you felt obligated to do your homework! And-and then things like this happen and I have not one person but two people tell me how you are with girls and how you play them and-and you expect me to trust you after all of that. I can't even-"Amy turned away from Ricky while she was ranting so she wasn't facing him. Ricky took that moment to do something not even he had any control over. While Amy's back was toward him he walked up closer to her and spun her around mid-rant and kissed her.
Ricky:
It was rough at first, during the short moment he was trying to settle her down and then somehow it was easy; before he knew it instead of holding her to keep her steady and calm he was holding her in his embrace kissing her as she kissed him back. Compared to his other kisses this was new to him; this wasn't like his kisses with Adrian or any other girl, forceful and hungry, begging to be pleased but never satisfying. His kiss with Amy was more, it was satisfying and for a brief instant he considered this kiss better than sex. He didn't quite understand why it was so satisfying but when their lips parted he wanted more.
Amy:
Amy was caught by surprise when it happened; it was like walking on a beam on a skyscraper and losing your footing and falling over the edge when you were sure you had complete balance and there was no way you would ever lose it. She tried to fight him off but he held her in place, to her surprise he wasn't being rough with her at all, he remained calm throughout her struggle. When she finally allowed herself to settle down that's when she felt it, that indescribable feeling that overwhelmed her and took complete control of her body. When she allowed herself feel the warmth of his lips pressing softly against hers she couldn't help but kiss him back. During this time it was easy to get lost in the moment, it felt right and wrong at the same time. But it only felt wrong because she couldn't understand why it felt so right.
When she found her will she pulled away from Ricky slowly so that he wouldn't think she was going to struggle with him. When their lips parted they were both breathing heavily like they'd been kissing forever when it was only for no more than a minute. She managed to weasel her way out of his embrace but he still kept a firm grip on her shoulders and held her close.
Ricky rested his forehead on Amy's and kept his eyes closed; Amy couldn't help but wonder what was going on in his head. In that instance she thought to herself about everything Grace and Adrian said about how Ricky likes to hook up with girls and play them as soon as the thought popped in her head she closed herself off.
Amy backed away from Ricky releasing herself of his grasp entirely; in that moment he opened his eyes and examined her as she was backing away from him.
"Amy I … you … you wouldn't listen and I didn't … know … I-I just …" Ricky tried explaining his actions but failed miserably.
"You couldn't just tell me to shut up or something? You had to kiss me?" Amy asked still slowly backing away from Ricky.
"Yes … I mean no look you wouldn't listen to me and I didn't know what else to do … I don't even know why I did that … all I know is I needed some way for you to shut up and …" Ricky tried again to explain his actions but couldn't.
"So that was it … you were just trying to shut me up?" Amy asked, now there was quite a bit of distance between herself and Ricky.
"Look I-"Ricky said trying to close the gap between himself and Amy but Amy held up her hand to stop him.
"No … no don't-don't come near me right now … I-I don't know what to think … I just know that I need to get away from you … for now at least." Amy said.
"Look I just wanted to come over here and say I'm sorry about earlier … and I guess I'm sorry about that … I think." Ricky said.
"You think? God just go home okay and I-I guess I accept your apology kind of." Amy said.
"Kind of?" Ricky said confused.
"Yeah kind of, I don't truly know if you're trying to play games with me or if you're being serious but after what just happened I'm thinking you think this is just a game to you." Amy said.
Ricky felt hurt that Amy didn't fully trust him, "Well alright then … I guess that's it?" Ricky asked.
"Yeah I guess … goodnight." Amy said, getting ready to head back into her house.
"Hey wait!" Ricky said walking up to Amy, ignoring her pleads to keep his distance. He got close enough and grabbed her and gave her a tight hug and whispered in her ear "I'm pretty sure you won't be able to get me out of your head now, thanks for the kiss." Ricky said mischievously following whatever game Amy thought he was playing.
Amy pushed him back "Okay get out of here …" Amy said annoyed.
"Goodnight" said with a smirk on his face as he began to walk back to his car.
Amy crossed her arms feeling exasperated after what just happened; she watched Ricky walk away for a moment and finally made her way back into her house. She quietly made her way back to her room, making sure that no one woke up from what little noise she was making.
She removed her sweater and kicked off her slippers and slumped into her bed. Ricky was right about one thing; Amy wasn't able to get him out of her mind as she was trying to go to sleep.
"I hate him." Amy said to herself before she drifted off into a deep sleep.
*Thursday*
It was around eight o'clock when Amy sprung out of bed in a panic. She wondered why her mother hadn't woken her up to get ready for school and now she was going to be late. She rushed to gather herself together; she stood in the mirror and contemplated on actually finding something worthwhile to wear when she remembered that she wasn't going to go to school today.
The plan was for her mother to build an excuse as to why she would be absent from school and she was going to go to the mall with Grace, Lauren and Madison. As soon as she remembered what the plan for the day was her phone started ringing. She looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Madison, she quickly answered the phone.
"Hello?" Amy said.
"Amy! Oh my God where have you been we've been trying to call you all morning?" Madison said.
"I'm at home I-I just woke up … did you get my text last night about us going shopping today?" Amy asked.
"Duh, why do you think me and Lauren have been trying to call you for like the past hour." Madison said.
"Oh …" Amy said looking at her phone and realizing she had 17 missed calls, "so I assume that means everything went well on your end if you're calling me now?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, Laurens here at my house now and we were just wondering what time we were going to be heading to the mall?" Madison asked anxious.
"Hi Amy!" Lauren said into the phone.
Amy smiled, "Hi Lauren … um I'm not sure what time we're going to go I need to call Grace … can I call you back?" Amy asked.
"Yeah don't be too long!" Madison said showing a little too much excitement.
Amy laughed into the phone "alright bye" Amy said hanging up. She checked her missed calls to make sure Grace hadn't called her already and sure enough she did. She hit the call button on her phone and waited for Grace to pick up.
"It's about time you called me I was beginning to think you went to school!" Grace said answering.
"Sorry … I just didn't know we were going to be getting up early for this." Amy said.
"Well yeah … shopping isn't just something you can do in like an hour. You aren't dressed are you?" Grace asked.
"No I uh just woke up but I can be ready in a half hour?" Amy said.
"A half hour? God what do you do when you get dressed? Take a shower and throw some clothes on?" Grace asked shocked.
"Yeah pretty much?" Amy said.
"Well … well don't you do your hair?" Grace asked in the same shocked tone.
"Well yeah I brush it in the morning … and if I don't feel like doing that I throw it up in a bun?" Amy said wondering why Grace sounded so shocked.
"God Amy come on you're giving me too much to work with here! … We are getting you a curling iron … and a flat iron. Do you wear make-up?" Grace asked.
"I-I put some mascara on sometimes but no not really …" Amy said.
"What! How do you walk out the house without looking like a goblin from The Lord of the Rings! I mean I thought every girl couldn't go without their foundation but boy was I wrong … okay obviously make-up isn't a big deal. Shoes?" Grace asked.
"What about them? … What are all these questions about?" Amy asked.
"I need to draw out a game plan of how we're going to crash the mall so what kind of shoes do you wear?" Grace pushed.
"Oh-okay um I wear um … plain flats?" Amy said
"…" Grace didn't respond.
"Hello?" Amy asked wondering if Grace was still on the line.
"I'm sorry I was slapping you in my mind, okay we gotta get you some heels or something. Or some better flats because … I've seen the ones you wear and believe me when I say they're atrocious." Grace said.
"Well … thanks for the honesty?" Amy said baffled.
"Alright I assume Madison and Lauren are pretty much the same way you are?" Grace asked.
"Yeah pretty much … I mean they're into make-up and I'm pretty sure they have flat irons and curling irons." Amy said.
"Oh well it's good to know they're a step above you … alright get dressed. I'll be there around nine thirty." Grace said.
"Nine thirty? But I said I could be ready in thirty minutes." Amy said.
"And I can be ready in an hour I still need to do my hair and find something to wear; I'll see you in an hour okay alright bye Amy!" Grace said cherry as she hung up the phone.
Amy let out a huge sigh "What am I getting myself into?" Amy asked herself as she headed for her bathroom to get ready.
*1 hour earlier at Grant High*
Ricky sat in his car in the school parking lot, still reeling from his kiss with Amy last night; he opted to ditch school for the day to avoid any kind of animosity she might throw at him but he decided to tough it out. He took a deep breath took the keys out of the ignition and got out of his car and headed into school, his first order of business would be to find Amy and take her to ISS.
Ricky was halfway to where he was going when he was suddenly stopped in the hallway.
"Yo Ricky!" A boy called coming up behind Ricky.
Ricky turned to see who it was and noticed his friends Damien and Ben. He fist bumped both of them greeting them, "What's up guys?" Ricky asked.
"Nothing much man, hey you know I haven't seen you around lately something up?" Damien asked.
"He's kind of in ISS right now so he's a bit preoccupied." Ben answered for Ricky, "how's that going anyway? Aren't you in there with that Amy girl?" Ben asked.
"Yeah … it was going … okay at first but something tells me that these last few days are going to … suck." Ricky said.
"Suck why? She not putting out anymore or what?" Damien asked.
"No-no we haven't done anything … for the millionth time, are people still insisting I'm screwing her?" Ricky asked Damien.
Damien and Ben looked at each other and back to Ricky and simultaneously said "yeah".
Ben sensed the irritation welling up in Ricky, "but look at it this way you only have what? Till Monday and you're off the hook and you can get away from that room and all the rumors and drama and even Amy." Ben said.
"I doubt that last part." Ricky replied.
"Because?" Damien asked.
"Because when I get out of ISS, Amy's still gonna be my tutor." Ricky said.
"Can't you get someone else?" Ben asked.
"No, Principal Miller assigned her to me for the rest of the year …" Ricky said.
"Whoa dude … that's deep." Damien said.
"Deep? No it's not deep it's stupid … so what you're going to be in ISS forever?" Ben asked.
"No man I'm getting out of ISS on Monday I just have Amy as a tutor now." Ricky said.
"How exactly does that work anyway, doesn't she have different classes?" Damien asked
"That's the thing … we have all the same classes together." Ricky said.
"… How the hell does that happen exactly?" Ben asked stumped.
"Pfft, you got me but I gotta go … I need to get Amy and I need to be in class before Mr. C tries to extend our stay." Ricky said.
"Wait you need to get Amy?" Damien said stopping Ricky.
"It's not what you think …" Ricky said.
"So what is it then?" Ben asked.
"Nothing … dude I'll call you or something alright?" Ricky said.
"Fine whatever … oh by the way, party at his place Saturday night! You're going whether you want to or not." Ben said.
"Yeah dude it's gonna be awesome!" Damien said anxiously.
Ricky knew there was no fighting Ben when it came to parties so he didn't bother putting up a fight. "Alright fine just let me know what time it's at alright?" Ricky said.
"Don't worry about that I'll pick you up at around 8." Ben said sternly.
"What I can't drive myself now?" Ricky asked.
"No you can but after the last party I just wanna make sure you don't bail like last time." Ben said.
"I don't think you need to worry about that bro, this is gonna be one of those parties that no one wants to bail on. Especially when we hit up the stash, dude it's gonna be awesome!" Damien said.
"Alright, alright let's not talk about stashes in school hallways … I'll catch you two later." Ricky said leaving Ben and Damien behind. When he had the spot where Amy and her friends usually stood before class in his view and noticed they weren't there he began to go into a frenzy, immediately thinking that Adrian might've found out that they told on her and she went after Amy and her friends.
He rushed around majority of the school looking for Amy but there was no sign of her. When there was only a few minutes left before class he decided to check Mr. Clark's class to see if she might already be in his room; but when he stepped in he only found Mr. Clark sitting at his desk.
Mr. Clark noticed Ricky's perturbed mood and spoke on it knowing it was probably about Amy, "I assume you're looking for Amy?" Mr. Clark asked.
"You know where she is? She's not usually late … I-I just want to make sure everything is alright." Ricky said quickly.
"Everything is fine … she won't be in today, her mother called in around 7 and left a message on the attendance office voicemail. She came down with a bug, her mother said she's running a small fever and she's going to keep her out for the day." Mr. Clark explained.
"So you mean to tell me I'm going to be sitting in here … alone with you … all day?" Ricky asked dreary.
"Oh don't be so down, Amy did it, so can you … besides I'm sure you have a lot to tell me about you and Amy and how your little friendship is progressing." Mr. Clark happily said.
"Oh yeah this is going to be the best day ever!" Ricky said sarcastically, rolling his eyes and heading for his seat.
*A few hours later at the mall with Grace, Amy, Madison and Lauren*
"So what store are we going to again?" Amy asked as she and her friends made their way through the mall.
"Well considering you guys are new to this … shopping for yourselves, we're going to start with a newbie friendly store." Grace said.
"Newbie friendly?" Madison asked.
"Yeah you know stores that suit newcomers … people that aren't exactly looking for high class and high fashion but something … better than what you three wear." Grace said.
"Gee thanks" Lauren said.
"Trust me" Grace said putting her hand on Lauren's shoulder, "everything is going to be just fine." Grace said.
"Yeah okay … you're invading the bubble." Lauren said pulling Grace's hand off her shoulder.
"Oh yeah sorry about that … it's just a habit. My dad used to do it a lot, it's like a doctor thing and I kind of got wrapped up into it when I went to med camp after freshman year." Grace said.
"Oh wow you went to med camp … you must be really smart." Madison said.
"Smart with the books, stupid with the social life as I like to say." Grace admitted.
"Yeah well we better get this over with, who knows what my mom will think when she gets home." Amy said.
"What do you mean? Doesn't your mom know you're at the mall?" Grace asked.
"My dad knows, my mom on the other hand doesn't … I was going to tell her when you came to pick me up but she was gone to the grocery store so I didn't get a chance to mention it to her." Amy said.
"Oh well … didn't Ashley stay home? Can't she tell her?" Madison asked
"No she's at school, my dad said it was okay for me to stay home but she had to go to school since she had a lot of freebie days last year." Amy said.
"Sucks for her, alright let's go." Grace said.
"Okay …" Lauren said unsure of where they were going.
"Where are we going exactly?" Madison followed Lauren's tone.
"Rue 21!" Grace said.
"Rue what?" Amy asked.
"Rue 21! It's like forever 21 but it's a simpler version of it …" Grace said. She could tell that Amy, Madison and Lauren weren't grasping what she was saying, "Oh come on let's go." Grace said giving up on explaining.
Amy, Madison, Grace and Lauren headed over to Rue 21 where they began their shopping spree; Grace had made a plan on what they should get themselves based off of their current styles. Since Amy was more into pants rather than skirts she would get some skinny jeans and tank tops and maybe one or two skirts. As for Madison she'd get some skirts and t-shirts and a few dresses; While Lauren would get a mixture of everything.
Rue 21 was money friendly and definitely in the girl's price range, Amy was able to take advantage of the five hundred dollars her father had given her. Madison's dad gave her three fifty and Lauren's dad gave her four hundred. Grace was already set with money, she had been receiving monthly checks after her father died; it was something he had written down in his will. She didn't say anything about the amount but she had no problem when it came to money.
When the girls finished shopping they each came out with four different outfits give or take; Grace got herself a butterfly lace pink and black t-shirt and a Lurex Vert ruff knit skirt to go with it; as well as a long sleeve stripe scoop shirt paired with black skinny jeans. She also got herself one Taupe Hachi dress that came with a black belt and finished off by getting herself a basic plain white t-shit and some sweatpants with a peace heart sewn in on the right side.
Amy, Madison and Lauren got a look at Grace's set of clothes and took a second look at their own clothes. They realized they each had an outfit that wasn't really suitable for them so they did a double take through the store to find an extra outfit to replace the one that wasn't really their style, not that they really knew what their style was.
When they came back a few minutes later they each showed their new set of outfits, Madison started. She got herself a Ditzy belted tier pink mini skirt and paired it with a pink all over lace tank top with a roset on it. She also found herself a color block tank dress and a CS Floral bottom dress that was mainly blue. She finished off with a blue crotchet poncho and a blue tank top underneath and some blue skinny jeans which Grace approved of.
"Wow … see why haven't you been shopping for yourself?" Grace asked Madison.
"Well I mean I would shop for myself but when I go shopping I usually go with my dad and we usually wind up at thrift stores and they don't really have much …" Madison admitted.
"Oh … well why don't you ever go with your mom?" Grace asked.
"She died a while ago … and I don't really get involved with my stepmom so I usually do things a mother should do with her daughter with my dad." Madison said.
"Oh … I'm-I'm sorry to hear that, my dad died recently so …" Grace said trying to find words to say to Madison.
"Oh don't worry you know how it is then …" Madison said.
Grace smiled "yeah it sucks but what can you do right?" Grace said.
"Right" Madison said smiling back.
"Alright Lauren let's see what you got." Grace said changing the subject.
"Okay …" Lauren said showing her set of clothes.
She started with her first outfit which was a Rugby TLM tunic paired with black skinny jeans, she also got a side tie blue and white crochet striped shirt and paired that with blue skinny jeans. She also found herself a Cowl belted tunic that came in grey she paired it with a black solid lace tier skirt she also showed that she could pair it with her black skinny jeans. She finished with getting herself a STRP STONES FLCKING dress in Blue, black and grey.
"Wow … those are nice!" Grace said
"Thank you, now that I don't have my dad or mom's conservative eye watching over me I am free to explore things that suit me and these outfits don't reveal much skin so I should be in the clear." Lauren said smiling.
"Yeah and these are pretty stylish Lauren; I would've never known you had it in you … high five!" Grace said high fiving Lauren.
"Alright this is going better than I thought, okay Amy let's see them." Grace said.
"Okay … I found some really nice shirts that had horses on them-"Amy began to say but Grace cut her off.
"Amy we came to shop for clothes that suit you now, not clothes a fourth grader would be wearing! Get out of the little girls isle and into the women's isle." Grace said sternly holding her hand up.
"Yeah, Amy we came to style up not style down." Madison said rubbing her arm.
"Oh … well I was going to say I thought they were cute but I didn't grab them …" Amy said.
"Oh well good … then show us what you got." Lauren said anxious.
"Okay geez next time don't be so quick to jump down my throat …" Amy said laying out her set of clothes that she got.
Amy started off by showing her shadow STRP HACI DLMN in blue and paired it with some dark blue skinny jeans. She also got herself a blue and black 2FER Sliced sleeve floral butterfly top with a solid black tank top to go underneath it and paired that with Black skinny jeans. She also found herself a crop lace swing shirt with a black tank top to go underneath the laced shirt which she paired with Blue skinny jeans. Next was a black and grey stripe HACCI DLM shirt paired with black skinny jeans; as well as a vintage floral SCN lace DLM shirt that she paired solid black floral laced skirt. Finally she finished off with getting a soft sequin 3 4 STP shirt paired with dark grey skinnies.
Amy knew she got more than four outfits but she didn't care she was trying to change things up for once and she was going all out.
"Well I can say I'm blown away by all of your new styles!" Grace said.
Amy smiled, Madison and Lauren jumped around cheering themselves on; Grace clapped her hands for the three of them.
"Alright … we aren't done yet! We need to get shoes!" Grace said loudly.
The girls each went to the shoe isle and picked out some shoes suitable to their new found style.
Lauren found herself some beaded bow peep platform heels and solid retro flats; Grace got herself some side bow peep grey booties and leopard heart flip flops. Madison got herself a pair of black booties and a pair of large bow FLS flats; while Amy got herself some Fabric Floral RND flats, Distressed D ring booties, Black and white poke-a-dot flip flops and finally a SLD blue oxford lace up shoe.
"No heels?" Grace asked Amy.
"I'm not really a fan of heels so I'll stick with these." Amy said.
"Okay great … I mean they all go great with what you have so … let's go pay for this stuff and then we can … oh yeah go find you a flat iron and a curling iron." Grace said.
"Wait … I thought you had a flat iron?" Madison asked Amy.
"No I've never owned one." Amy admitted.
"You mean to be telling me you wake up in the morning and just brush your hair and it comes out perfectly straight like that?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah pretty much." Amy said
Grace, Madison and Lauren gawked, "Someone blessed you with perfect hair." Grace said.
Amy giggled and was the first to head over to a cashier to pay for her stuff; since there was a sale going on their clothes and shoes didn't turn out to be as expensive as they thought they would be. T-shirt and graphic shirts were two for twenty and all pants were twenty percent off. Amy's grand total came out to around once hundred and seventy five dollars, while Grace, Madison and Lauren's total was around the one forty mark since they got less stuff than Amy did.
Once the girls finished checking out, they immediately went to the nearest hair store to set Amy up with some hair styling tools.
"Alright so … you can either get both the flat iron and a curling iron or you can just stick with the flat iron." Grace said.
"It's best to go with a flat iron it can curl and straighten." Lauren said.
"I would take her advice." Grace said.
"Alright then I'll get a flat iron but uh … which one do I get?" Amy asked not knowing the differences between flat irons.
"Well I have a chi at home." Madison said.
"Me too." Lauren followed.
"Me three." Grace said following Lauren and Madison.
"So then I guess I'm getting a chi?" Amy asked.
"I guess so … here." Grace said grabbing a chi flat iron for Amy and handing it to her.
"Alright um … let's go?" Amy asked as if that was it.
"Well hold on … I need some more shampoo and conditioner." Lauren said.
"Yeah and I need some hairspray." Madison said.
"Oh you know I'm running low on both of those and I need a new brush." Grace said.
"I'll get some hairspray …" Amy said.
"You might want to get some hairspray and some heat protectant that way you don't burn your hair." Grace said.
"Alright let's go." Amy said.
The girls went through the store, grabbed what they needed and went to check out; the chi flat iron was eighty dollars added with the hair spray and the heat protectant Amy's total came out to ninety eight dollars. While the Grace, Madison and Lauren spent about ten through twenty dollars.
Once the girls were finished there they decided they were finished shopping for the day.
"Alright, we probably could've gotten more stuff but this was good for a first time thing right?" Grace asked as they were heading back to her car.
"Yeah … I didn't realize shopping with friends was so exciting." Madison said.
"Yeah, we definitely should do this more often." Lauren said.
"I never thought I'd say this but I'm really happy I came here and did this. I was so out of the loop with everything it feels nice to catch up." Amy said.
"Well I'm glad you guys had a great time and Amy I'm happy that I could help you out." Grace said as they finally made it to Grace's car. They each sat their stuff in the trunk of her car and got in and headed for home.
"Laruen you're not going to get in trouble for this right?" Amy asked as Grace was driving them home.
"No my mom knew I left and she was okay with it, I got my dad to talk her into letting me go." Lauren said.
"What about you Madison?" Amy asked.
"Oh you know my dad … my stepmom sort of helped out …" Madison admitted.
"Really?" Amy asked.
"Yeah … she's trying you know … I guess it's up to me to give her a chance." Madison said.
"Maybe you should give her a chance … you might be surprised." Grace said.
"Yeah I guess you're right." Madison admitted.
In no time, Grace pulled up in front of Madison's house.
"Alright well … I'll see you guys tomorrow then?" Madison asked before getting out of the car.
"Yeah we'll see you tomorrow." Amy said.
"I'm going to get out here too; my mom is going to pick me up later so I'll see you guys later." Lauren said getting out with Madison.
"Alright, here let me get the trunk for you so you can get your stuff." Grace said getting out of the car and opening the trunk for Madison and Lauren so they could grab their stuff out the car.
"Well this was nice, I'm happy we could do this." Madison said to Grace.
"Yeah I didn't expect you to be this cool Grace." Lauren said.
"Well I'm happy that you're happy …" Grace said.
"Thanks Amy for getting this together!" Madison yelled to Amy.
"Thanks Amy!" Lauren followed.
Amy rolled down Grace's passenger window and poked her head out. "You're welcome!" Amy yelled back.
"Alright well see you tomorrow; oh hey do you two have my number? If not here …" Grace said pulling out her phone. "Just put your info in here and I'll text you and you'll have my number." Grace said handing her phone to Madison. Once Madison was finished she handed the phone to Lauren so she could put her info into Grace's phone. Once she was done she handed her phone back to Grace they each said bye again and Grace rushed back into her car.
"Alright we ready?" Grace asked Amy.
"Yeah let's go." Amy said, she turned to wave at Madison and Lauren before Grace sped off.
It took about ten minutes for Grace to have Amy home, "alright Amy this is you." Grace said.
"Yeah … thanks for driving us Grace that was really nice of you." Amy said.
"No problem thanks for inviting me, see you in the morning?" Grace asked.
Amy smiled "yeah" Amy said as she opened the passenger door, Grace got out with her to open the trunk so that Amy could collect her stuff.
"Alright well I'll text you." Grace said. "Oh hey why don't you give that flat iron a try tonight … it might be a little rough for you since you have all that hair but you'll manage." Grace said.
"Alright I'll try … hopefully I don't burn my hair off." Amy said.
"Oh you'll be fine just remember don't set the temperature to its highest setting and make sure you use that heat protectant." Grace said.
"Alright … I'll call you if I have any problems." Amy said.
"Alright see ya." Grace said as she got back in her car and sped off for home.
Amy had her hands full and she kind of struggled to get back into her house but she managed. As soon as she opened the door her mother called for her.
"Amy is that you!" Anne called.
"Yeah it's me mom!" Amy answered.
Anne quickly came towards the front door, "Amy where have you been? You were supposed to be home today remember? A day to yourself …" Anne said reminding Amy of what she said.
"Yeah I know mom and I did have a day to myself I went to the mall with my friends and I bought a few things." Amy said.
"And where did you get the money to buy all of this?" Anne asked.
"Dad …" Amy admitted.
Anne threw her arms in the air in defeat, "fine whatever Amy … if your father knew about it then I guess that's that. But if you're going to go somewhere next time tell me before you do I was worried about you!" Anne said.
"You could've called dad he would've told you." Amy said.
"Amy it's your father and I did try calling him and he acted like he didn't know where you were … I guess that explains why he stayed so calm." Anne said remembering her conversation with George.
"Alright well … I need to get this upstairs." Amy said.
"Well what did you get?" Anne asked.
"Just a few things … new shoes, new clothes and some stuff for my hair." Amy said.
"What are you trying to do transform into a different person?" Anne asked.
"No I'm trying to up my style a little so I'm not a target for the school fashion police." Amy said.
"Can I see what you got?" Anne asked.
Amy smiled and sat her bags down and pulled out each outfit she got and she also showed Anne her new shoes and hair tools.
"Wow … you really went all out didn't you? I like the new clothes by the way." Anne said.
Amy smiled "Thanks mom." Amy said gathering her bags.
"Well why don't you go hang that stuff up, I need to get ready to make dinner and I have to go pick up Ashley from school soon." Anne said.
"Alright" Amy said heading for the staircase.
"Oh Amy before I forget … your principal called a few minutes before you got in. He said the situation with Adrian has been taken care of and her punishment went over smoothly?" Anne said confused.
"Oh-oh … oh-okay um thanks for telling me that." Amy said trying not to explain what happened.
"What exactly does he mean by that?" Anne asked.
"She was … causing Ricky and I a bit of trouble so we went to the principal and he dealt with it." Amy said quickly.
"What kind of trouble?" Anne pressed.
"Just trouble … look mom it's a lot to go over and I really don't feel like going over it right now, alright?" Amy said as nicely as she could.
"Alright Amy, but the next time you are having problems at school especially with a fellow student fill me in please?" Anne asked.
"Alright … alright mom." Amy said before heading upstairs to put her new stuff away.
The rest of the day went by quickly, Ashley got home with a snarky attitude after hearing about Amy's shopping spree. George came home and wanted to know everything Amy got from the mall and he forced Amy to show him her clothes so he can see if there was too much skin showing or not. After seeing everything she had he approved without question; dinner was quiet up until Ashley brought up Ricky at the dinner table explaining how someone mentioned he was a little hysterical that morning and people were assuming it was because of Amy.
Once that conversation was over and Amy brushed whatever dirty looks Ashley gave her to the side she went upstairs and prepped herself for bed. It wasn't long after lying down in bed that the kiss with Ricky started haunting her every thought, it repeated over and over again like a broken movie reel.
"Ugh why can't I stop thinking about it!" Amy said to herself sitting up in bed. She pulled her knees to her chest and tried to clear her mind but the more she tried to clear her mind the more she started thinking about Ricky and not just the kiss with Ricky. Amy gave up trying to clear her mind and grunted while she slammed her head back onto her pillow and once again attempted to drift off into a deep sleep.
It was late and Ricky was still lying awake in bed his mind was racing; he scratched beneath his lower lip with his thumb and recalled his day spent with Mr. Clark.
"So …" Mr. Clark said about a half hour after the first bell rang.
"So?" Ricky said back.
"Did something happen?" Mr. Clark asked.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Ricky said.
"Do you honestly expect me to believe that Amy is really sick?" Mr. Clark said leaning back in his chair.
"Well … yeah if she wasn't why wouldn't she be here?" Ricky asked.
"You tell me …" Mr. Clark said.
"Why do you think that her not being here is my fault?" Ricky asked.
"Should I not?" Mr. Clark asked.
"Yeah you shouldn't I didn't do anything got it?" Ricky said.
"Alright I got it but for someone who didn't do anything you sure are getting defensive over this matter." Mr. Clark said.
"Whatever … instead of prying around in mine and Amy's business why don't you stick to what you're being paid for and but out!" Ricky said.
"Well this involves school so I think I am sticking to what I'm being paid for and since you feel I'm prying, why don't you tell me what it is you aren't telling me." Mr. Clark said.
Ricky stayed silent for a few minutes starring Mr. Clark down; Mr. Clark did the same without flinching. Ricky finally gave in and began to explain. "It's nothing alright … we just ran into Adrian in the parking lot." Ricky said.
"And what happened in the parking lot exactly?" Mr. Clark asked.
"Nothing … Adrian said a few things about Amy and me and Amy got upset …" Ricky said.
"About?" Mr. Clark pressed.
"About what Adrian said!" Ricky said irritated.
"And what did Adrian say?" Mr. Clark asked.
"She said … she made fun of Amy and then she told her that she wasn't anything special and that it was crazy to think I was … never mind." Ricky said stopping himself.
"That you were what?" Mr. Clark asked.
"Just drop it!" Ricky said.
"Well did she say anything to you when you drove her home?" Mr. Clark asked.
Ricky dropped his head and started rubbing his temples.
"You did drive her home didn't you? You said you were taking her home …" Mr. Clark said.
"She walked away from me alright! I was pissed at Adrian for what she said and I wasn't focusing on anything and I let Amy out of my sight for just a second and she was gone!" Ricky said.
"So she walked home and you didn't think to go after her?" Mr. Clark asked.
"I did! Grace Bowman got to her before I did; I swear I even went to her house before she was there to make sure she was home." Ricky admitted.
"So it's safe to assume she's not here because of what happened in the parking lot yesterday or is there something else?" Mr. Clark asked.
"Oh there's something else alright …" Ricky said quietly hoping Mr. Clark wouldn't hear him but he did.
"What was that? What else is there?" Mr. Clark asked quickly.
"Damn it why can't I just keep my mouth shut." Ricky said to himself.
"What happened?" Mr. Clark asked sternly sitting up in his chair.
Ricky stayed quiet.
"Let me ask you again Mr. Underwood, what happened?" Mr. Clark asked again.
"I apologized …" Ricky said.
"You apologized? Right and apologizing to someone is the reason why they skip school …" Mr. Clark said sarcastically.
"I stopped by her house late last night and I said I was sorry that's it …" Ricky said.
"That's it? What about earlier in the day you said you were going to do homework with each other." Mr. Clark said.
"That didn't exactly turn out as planned …" Ricky said.
"So you mean to tell me that when you left here you managed to piss Amy off and not do your homework?" Mr. Clark asked.
"I did do my homework … it was hard but I did it." Ricky said pulling out his biology assignment.
"… Well … good job. But that still doesn't explain why Amy isn't here! What happened Ricky; I don't take Amy as the kind of girl to skip school when she feels like it. There had to be something-"Mr. Clark began scolding Ricky but Ricky spoke up mid-sentence.
"I kissed her …" Ricky said.
"Something had to … you what?" Mr. Clark stopped.
"She wouldn't shut up and I didn't know what else to do so … I don't know, it happened." Ricky said.
"And there's the statement that explains it all …" Mr. Clark said to himself.
"What was I supposed to do sit there and let her bitch me out the entire night over something someone else said? It's not my fault she wouldn't listen to me!" Ricky said defending himself.
"So you-"Mr. Clark had begun to say something back to Ricky but a call from the front office interrupted him.
"Hello?" Mr. Clark said into the phone, it was Deborah calling about the situation with Adrian and she was calling for Mr. Clark and Ricky to come to the front office. He hung up the phone and sighed before speaking, "We'll … just let this go for now … we need to go to the office. It's regarding Adrian's punishment …" Mr. Clark said
Ricky came back to the present after remembering his conversation with Mr. Clark.
"What's it to him what happens with me and Amy outside of school anyway?" Ricky asked himself he scratched beneath his lower lip again; the action caused him to remember his kiss with Amy.
"Damn it!" Ricky said to himself sitting up, just then his phone started ringing. He checked his phone and didn't recognize the number, "Hello?" Ricky answered.
"Hey Ricky …" A girl answered in a sultry voice.
"Who is this?" Ricky asked.
"It's Jessica; remember from the party two months ago? We had a great time that night … I mean … you know considering I was a little coked out but it was great from what I can remember." Jessica said keeping her sultry tone.
" Oh … right Jessica …" Ricky said trying to mask the fact that he couldn't remember who she was and that was probably due to him getting wasted that same night.
"Yeah … so how are you? I mean how are you right now? Could you maybe … use some company?" Jessica asked.
Ricky contemplated on the offer, "actually …" just when he was about to accept her invitation for a quick screw he thought about his kiss with Amy and hesitated.
"Hello?" Jessica asked.
"Actually … I'm not in town right now, sorry." Ricky said hanging up the phone; his right hand had begun to shake uncontrollably. "What the hell was that?" Ricky asked himself rubbing his left hand through his hair. He started recalling the kiss in his head again and every time he thought about it that feeling of wanting more came with it. He ran into his bathroom and washed his face off hoping that would help with clearing his mind but it didn't. He laid back down in bed and tried to go to sleep even with the kiss clouding his every thought.
*Friday*
Amy now understood why it took Grace so long to get ready, she was having a hard time operating her flat iron but after reading over the instructions she got the hang of it and began to curl her hair for the day. She wore her shadow STRP HACI DLMN in blue and paired it with some dark blue skinny jeans and wore her SLD blue oxford lace up shoe.
Once she got a good look at herself in the mirror she noticed how different she looked and she liked the changes. The curled hair suited her face and the outfit complimented her body perfectly along with the shoes.
"Whoa …" Ashley said coming to get Amy so that they could go to school.
"What do you think?" Amy asked.
"You look … hot." Ashley said hesitating.
"Really … thanks!" Amy said running over to Ashley to give her a hug.
Ashley didn't respond well to the hug at all "okay, okay get off of me, mom is waiting for us come on." Ashley said.
"Alright here I come." Amy said grabbing her stuff and heading for her mother's truck.
Before she made it out she ran passed George who caught site of her new look. "Hold it!" George said.
"What? Is something wrong?" Amy asked.
"Dad come on we have to go." Ashley said heading out to her mother's truck.
"She'll be right out Ashley!" George yelled as Ashley disappeared out the front door. "Where are you going?" George asked Amy.
"School?" Amy said.
"Not looking like that you're not." George said.
Amy smiled "Yes I am dad I'm not going to miss two days in a row … can I go now?" Amy asked.
"No boyfriends!" George said sternly.
"What?" Amy asked baffled.
"No boyfriends … if you're going to start dressing like that I don't want you having a boyfriend!" George said sternly.
"Okay? I'll take that as a compliment … bye dad." Amy said running up and giving her father a kiss on the cheek. Just when she was about to head out to meet her mother and Ashley in the truck Anne came running in to see where she was.
"Amy come on we … wow … you look nice. What's the occasion?" Anne asked examining Amy.
"Nothing … I just decided I should probably change up my look." Amy said smiling.
"Well it suits you … no dating. You're still too young …" Anne said.
"I don't know why you guys think I'm going to be dating but okay whatever …" Amy said heading out the front door past her mother.
"This isn't good Anne … we wanted her to change a little but not that much. Now she looks too good and those boys are going to be going goo goo over my Amy and I'm not having that!" George said.
"Oh calm down George, Amy is a strong girl she'll make good decisions … and besides you wanted this to happen and so did I … I was concerned about her lack of style you know. Now hopefully when we go clothes shopping she can help me pick something out since she's dressing like this now." Anne said.
"Yeah okay whatever, I just don't want no teenage brat thinking he can defile my sugarplum and that goes for both of them." George said.
"They'll be fine George; I'll be back in a minute." Anne said.
George got the wrong impression and thought Anne was inviting him to a good time. "Oh yeah I will see you soon." George said trying to be seductive and failing miserably.
"Really George … I'll be back" Anne said rolling her eyes and closing the front door.
Anne drove both Ashley and Amy to school, once Amy got out the car she could feel the atmosphere change around her and it freaked her out.
"Mom take me home I can't do this …" Amy said before getting out of the car. Ashley was already opening the front doors to the school.
"Why … are you worried about how you look? You look fine now get out and get to school!" Anne ordered.
Amy didn't try putting up a fight she got out of the truck slowly and looked around before she made her way over to the school's front doors. As she was headed over there she notice one person starring at her, she didn't know if they were trying to say something bad about her or they just couldn't believe what they were seeing but she decided to pay it no mind.
She opened the front door to the school and made her way down the hall; as she was walking heads were turning in her direction. She didn't hear anyone snickering she just saw them starring at her, she tried to ignore it but it was hard considering entire hallway had their eyes on her. She fixed her bag and started for her meeting spot with Grace, Madison and Lauren.
"Amy!" Madison called. As soon as Amy heard her voice she felt relieved; once Madison made her way over to her it was as if all eyes came off of her and people were immediately whispering about something.
"Your hair!" Grace said running over to meet Madison and Amy.
"Is it bad?" Amy asked concerned.
"No, no oh my god why haven't you curled it before it looks so good on you! You are looking pretty dang hot today if you ask me." Grace said.
"Really?" Amy asked smiling.
"Hey guys!" Lauren said walking up to them.
"Hey!" They each said at the same time.
"Well it's official we all came to school and got heads to turn." Grace said.
"You too?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah crazy right?" Grace asked.
"I don't know I kind of like the attention but then again … you know with this school most people here are into drugs and stuff so I'm not so sure." Madison said.
"I get what you mean but hey as long as heads are turning we know we did something right, right?" Grace asked.
"Right!" Amy, Madison and Lauren said.
"Well look who decided to catch up to the twenty first century, pig girl and her pack of rats." The head cheer captain said walking up behind Amy.
Amy turned around and backed away, while Grace stepped closer to the cheer captain, "What do you want Gem?" Grace asked identifying the head cheer captain as Gem.
"Nothing I just want to know why you're hanging around these losers now that's all. Grace come on … come hang with us we're your real friends after all and … we're all on the cheer squad." Gem said.
"Yeah Grace you belong with us not them." One of the cheerleaders following Gem said.
"I belong wherever I feel I belong and right now I belong with these guys so if you don't mind why don't you leave my new friends here alone." Grace said.
"Whatever Grace … just make sure you aren't late for practice." Gem said coldly. "Oh by the way, I heard about your fall out with Adrian … how sad and here I was thinking you two were bff's forever." Gem said.
"Yeah well you never know who you can trust." Grace said.
"I guess so … let's get out of here girls" Gem replied. "Oh before I go … you're Amy right?" Gem said pointing to Amy.
"Ye-yeah?" Amy answered.
"You're a lot more appealing when you dress with the times that goes for your two friends too. Bye!" Gem said leaving.
"Did she just give us a compliment or was she insulting us? Cause if she was insulting us, I will march over there and shove my heel up her ass!" Madison said.
"Actually I think she was giving you guys a compliment …" Grace said.
"I have a feeling today is going to be really, really weird." Lauren said.
"Yeah well what can you do … this is obviously going to make people talk …" Grace said.
Ricky had just entered the school, he was making his way down the hall and planned to meet up with Amy but Ben caught his attention.
"Ricky! Hey Ricky wait up!" Ben said running up behind Ricky.
"What's up?" Ricky asked not knowing why Ben was so anxious to get his attention.
"Amy Juregens is what's up! Let's just say she has a lot of new admirers." Ben said.
"What? What the hell is going on?" Ricky asked.
Damien walked up behind Ben, "Dude that chick is smoken hot! Her friends aren't so bad themselves." Damien said.
"Would somebody please tell me what's going on?" Ricky asked becoming agitated by Amy's new found attention.
"Yo Ricky!" Jack called running down the hall towards Ben, Damien and Ricky. He bumped fist with all of them greeting them. "So have you seen them?" Jack asked.
"Seen who?" Ricky asked.
"Amy and her friends!" Ben answered.
"What about them?" Ricky asked.
"They're hot now!" Damien said.
"Well except Grace … Grace has always been hot." Jack said.
"What the hell are you guys talking about since when do you notice Amy Juregens?" Ricky asked.
"Since now! Hey if I can't have Amy I'll settle for anyone of her friends." Damien said.
"Except Grace! Grace is mine … I just gotta get her back … somehow" Jack said sternly.
"Well … besides Grace I'll take my pick at anyone of them." Ben said.
"Amy isn't available either!" Ricky said quickly.
"Why she got a boyfriend or something? Man I wouldn't doubt it … a chick that hot has to have someone pleasing her." Damien said.
"Don't any of you look like you're interested in Amy … she's taken." Ricky said a bit worked up brushing past them to find Amy.
"Whoa … what was that?" Ben asked watching Ricky storm off.
"I think he's got the hots for Amy Juregens!" Damien said.
"I'll catch you guys at lunch" Jack said heading for class.
"Later." Damien and Ben said simultaneously.
Ricky spotted Grace in the hallway speaking with a fellow classmate, his name was Jared Loughter he was a junior. Ricky had seen him around at a few parties and he knew that he was definitely one of the few that wasn't afraid to let loose, especially at a party.
Ricky walked over and interrupted their conversation, "Where's Amy?" Ricky asked.
"She's right there, what's wrong with you?" Grace said pointing to Amy.
"Amy?" Ricky said loudly.
Amy was talking to another Junior his name was Simon Marter, Ricky wasted no time butting into the conversation.
"What are you doing?" Ricky asked.
"Well hello to you too Ricky … I was just talking to Simon here, he was … just asking me a few questions." Amy said.
"Is that so?" Ricky said turning his attention to Simon.
"Yeah … right, so Amy you wanna hang out sometime maybe? I know this cool place where-"Simon had begun to ask Amy out but Ricky jumped in.
"No!" Ricky said.
"I'm pretty sure I was asking her, not you." Simon said
"And I'm pretty sure I'm answering for her now get lost!" Ricky said aggravated.
"Okay then, can I at least have your number Amy?" Simon asked.
"I said get lost!" Ricky said.
Simon didn't try to put up a fight he backed off and walked away from Amy.
"Why did you do that he was just being nice!" Amy said.
"Nice? Amy that guy is a loser! He is just another meth head playing a part to get your attention, you just don't know that!" Ricky said.
"Oh and you expect me to believe you because?" Amy asked.
"What are you blind? You're looking at me, remember? I go places that aren't exactly ideal!" Ricky said
Amy scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"Ricky why don't you tone it down a little?" Grace said leaving her conversation with Jared after noticing Ricky was becoming increasingly upset while he was talking to Amy. During this time Amy was pulled to the side by another guy, it was Jeremy Graber the boy in the band that she had caught with the cocaine in his trumpet case.
"Tone it down? Grace why are you letting her talk to these idiots?" Ricky asked Grace.
"I don't know, I thought it would be okay considering she talks to you! It's not like she was doing anything anyway so why are you getting so upset about it?" Grace asked.
"Hey ... now wait ..." Ricky said fumbling around in his head for a reason why he wasn't like the other guys; "you listen to me I was like them, WAS but not anymore … at least not really so don't compare me to them. I just don't want her getting caught up with … with them!" Ricky said.
"Is that it Ricky or are you jealous?" Grace asked.
"Look … I … I" Ricky tried to defend his actions but there was no excuse that could mask the reason behind his intentions. He looked over his shoulder and noticed Amy was talking to another guy and got fed up with talking and decided to just haul her to ISS.
"So yeah you know I'm cleaning up my act, I've been clean for about two weeks now; it's a good thing for me you know? Besides doing coke wasn't all that great. "Jeremy said to Amy.
"That's great … I'm glad that you're getting out of … doing … that. I hope that turns out good for you." Amy said.
"I hope so too … you know with you as an example I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get off of it in no time flat. You think you could maybe help me sometime, I mean like go with me to group stuff or you could just be there for me for moral support." Jeremy said to Amy.
Amy opened her mouth to answer but Ricky came over and answered for her once again. "No she is not going to be your moral support and no she is not going to group meetings with you! You aren't even clean you were just dealing and using this past weekend! Get the hell out of here!" Ricky said, riled. "Let's go!" Ricky said taking Amy's hand in his and leading her towards Mr. Clark's room.
Grace stood gawking at Ricky ever since he turned his back on her mid-conversation and rushed over to Amy. Madison and Lauren joined her, "is it me or is he acting funny?" Madison asked.
"It's definitely not you." Grace said.
"What's his deal? The way he's acting you would think he ..." Madison said trying to figure out Ricky's odd behavior.
"You would think he liked her?" Grace said finishing Madison sentence.
"Well yeah, I mean I hope he wasn't trying to hide it or anything cause after all of that ..." Madison said.
"Well if he was trying to keep it a secret, then the secret is out he definitely likes Amy. Even we can see that." Lauren said.
"Obviously he only put on a show for the entire school to see." Madison said.
"Not to mention he had jealous written all over him when he saw Amy talking to another guy … hey by the way I sort of asked Amy about this already but … have those two ever … you know?" Grace asked referring to Amy and Ricky.
"No, no definitely not, if anything the only thing Ricky has done for her as far as we know is cause her a lot of stress." Lauren said.
"Really … wow then he really does like her. That's a first." Grace said.
"Wait but he's been with plenty of girls before her …" Madison said confused.
"Yeah he's been with them but he's never really liked them he just used them to … you know get some." Grace said.
"Get what?" Madison asked.
"You know …" Grace said awkwardly.
"What he uses them to get their numbers to make himself look good?" Lauren asked.
"No! He uses them to have sex with them, God have you guys been living under a rock or something?" Grace asked astonished they didn't have a clue what she meant.
"Well we never really … got into stuff like that." Lauren said.
"Wow … okay I'm going to class I'll see you guys at lunch." Grace said holding a look of disbelief.
"Well she should know not everyone thinks about … sex!" Madison said.
"Right … I can't even imagine myself doing it." Lauren said.
As soon as Lauren said that two sophomores walked up to Madison and Lauren and offered to take them to class which they happily agreed too.
"Ricky … Ricky … RICKY!" Amy said constantly trying to get his attention.
"What?" Ricky said loudly turning around to face Amy.
"Can I have my hand back please I can walk myself to class." Amy said looking down at their hands, locked with one another.
"Sorry … I just don't want you talking to them that's all." Ricky said letting go of Amy's hand.
"Why because I'm just going to get swept off my feet by the first guy that shows interest in me?" Amy asked.
"No! I just don't want you to get involved with the wrong crowd! And you never know maybe one of them will put on a great show and get you caught up in whatever crap they have going on in their lives." Ricky said.
"Ricky I'm not stupid, I know how to handle myself and I'm not just going to throw myself at every guy that offers. I'm sorry but if you didn't realize I have boundaries." Amy said confidently.
"I know you have boundaries Amy but guys are dogs we'll do anything to get a treat." Ricky said.
"Yeah I know! You are a prime example!" Amy said brushing past Ricky as she began to walk herself to Mr. Clark's class.
"Wait!" Ricky said. Amy didn't listen so he ran in front of her to block her path. "Hold on a second! If you're still mad about the kiss I'm-"Ricky started saying but Amy stopped him.
"If? I am still mad about it I didn't expect my first kiss to be like that! Look Ricky it's nice that you're concerned about me and I might be a little grateful that you are. But when it comes to guys and-and drugs, I can handle myself." Amy said.
"Wait … hold on a minute did you say first kiss?" Ricky asked, only catching that one part of Amy's sentence.
"Yeah so?" Amy said.
"So … so you're still a virgin?" Ricky asked smiling as if he were being told a joke.
"Yeah so what, it's not a bad thing; I can at least say I saved it for someone special and not someone that was planning on leaving me the morning after! Now if that isn't proof enough that I'll be fine when it comes to guys then I don't know what is; now would you please move, it's bad enough that I've been trying so hard not to slap you the entire time you've been in front of me." Amy said flustered.
"Hey … I'm sorry about the kiss alright? I didn't mean anything by it …" Ricky said.
Amy scoffed and rolled her eyes, "will you just let it go and come on." The first bell rang after Amy said that. "You don't want to be late and have more days in ISS do you?" Amy said heading down the hall towards Mr. Clark's class.
"Let it go? It's one of the only things I think about …" Ricky said to himself following Amy into Mr. Clark's classroom.
A/N: Praise the lawd! Oh my god if only you knew how hard it was to write this. May I say that girls your shopping can kiss my fucking ass and some alright! I have no idea wtf DCM HACI DLC and all that other shit means but just go with it! You can look up the outfits on Rue21's website btw! Okay so I made this chapter extra-long and it's pretty much two chapters in one so you're welcome!
Okay so here's the game plan Ramy have had their kiss blah blah blah now it's the road to them getting together. (By this I mean being Bf/Gf not screwing) And from there we'll go into the first time they do it and all that stuff but um I forgot to mention that the town they live in is pretty messed up and if you haven't caught wind of that I suggest you go back a few chapters and reread them I've hinted at corruption and what not and it's about to go down.
Hope you enjoyed the story, stay tuned for more.
Why don't you do me a favor and review your thoughts on this extra-long chapter LOL.
Next chapter Ramy will be back in their classes and you'll find out what happened to Adrian too. So until then catch ya laters.
