Amy's POV

Band went by quickly. It is one of my favorite classes, because I have always loved playing the French horn. All period I felt Ben's eyes watching me, it just gave me the chills. Once the bell rang I began packing my French horn away and put it in my Band Locker. I met Ricky after class; he'd been waiting for me.

"I was ready to punch Ben, if he glared at you one more time." Ricky told me.

"Really, I didn't notice." I lied.

"I saw you look at him." He told me. "If he bothers you, you need to tell me."

"I will I promise." I told him.

The classes passed and before I knew it I was standing on the lunch line with Ricky. I grabbed a salad and a water bottle. Ricky grabbed a chicken wrap and an iced tea. We walked through the cafeteria doors to an outside lunch table. Grace and Jack had saved us seats. SO the four of us were laughing and joking around when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Ben.

"H-hey Amy we need to talk." He said.

"You have said enough to her! Don't go near her!" Ricky yelled.

I put my hand on Ricky's

"It's okay Ricky; I'll be fine I promise." I assured him. I kissed his cheek and walked with Ben. We walked over to another table to talk.

"Amy I love you so much. I miss you and want you to come back. We can be the perfect family and have a wonderful house and raise the perfect son. We be the most perfect couple please Amy say yes and we can resume our marriage and go back to being husband and wife. "He told me. He grabbed my hands.

I pulled my hands away from his, and saw his smile fade.

"Ben, please I'm so sick of going over this. I don't love you. You hate kids, so I don't want you to have to dislike being around John. I already have a house and I'm going out with Ricky. I'm very happy being with Ricky." I told him.

"Amy you can't mean that! That player! He's probably cheating on you with Adrian or someone!" He told me.

"Oh please Ben! Ricky wouldn't do that to me! He loves me. If he did would he have given me this ring or necklace?" I yelled.

"Maybe he's just faking this whole relationship!" He told me

"Ben don't say that! You have no idea how much Ricky really loves me." I yelled.

Ben stood up. "You used to be my woman! We went on picnics, we went to the dance, and we went to the carnival! We did everything together! And you just threw it all away, as if I was some piece of garbage. "He yelled.

The tears started coming hot and fast. He couldn't actually think that after yelling at me like this that we'd actually go back out.

"Don't say that! Ben I treated you just fine. Yea I'll admit I was being selfish but at least I admitted that I didn't love you. Ben you wanted to get married and support John, but you didn't have a job and we were underage. At the time we were young and we thought we were in love. But we weren't, I love Ricky. Please don't say that I've treated you badly because I'm trying to balance everything. "I yelled.

At this point the tears were streaming, I looked back at Ricky and he was furious he was ready to run over but I gave him a look that told him not to.

"Amy Jeurgens you have excuses for everything. Good luck with this kid because I'm not being involved anymore! You have way too much drama with you and you a total pain in the butt! I've tried the hardest I could to be nice and a great boyfriend, but you don't appreciate anything I do for you!" He screamed at me.

"Ben Don't ever talk to me ever again! Don't go near Ricky or my son! I will never ever talk to you ever again! We will never go out or ever be friends again!" I yelled. My eyes were blurred with tears I went to go run to Ricky but once I began to walk away I collided with someone who wrapped their arms around me. The person kissed the top of my head, and I knew it was Ricky.

He walked me back to our table. Grace and Jack got me napkins to wipe the tears off. Ricky kept his arm around me and kept comforting me.

"Amy don't worry. He's just jealous of your relationship with Ricky." Grace said gently

"Yea if he comes near you again Ricky and I will hurt him." Jack said.

"N-no please D-don't." I stuttered

"Alright, alright shhh don't cry anymore." Ricky said soothingly.

Once I calmed down I threw my salad out. I didn't really feel like eating. Ricky kept trying to get me to eat, but I really didn't want to. Grace and Jack were super nice, they kept talking to me.

The bell rang and the four of us got up, only one more period left. I stopped at my locker and checked my make-up in the mirror. I grabbed my English books and went to class. Ricky sat across from me, but I couldn't focus on the lesson. I just kept thinking back to my fight with Ben.

…..As if I was some piece of garbage……

Pain in the butt…………….

My woman…

I felt a tap on my shoulder. I got scared and jumped. I looked up and it was my teacher.

"Amy, are you sure you're okay? Would you like to go to the nurse or Mr. Molena's office?" My English teacher asked.

"No I'm fine, really." I said.

I pretended to focus for the rest of class. We were learning about Shakespeare and reading Romeo and Juliet. Normally I'd love this unit, but the whole argument ruined my day. Once the bell rang I got up.

"Ames I'll meet you at your locker in two minutes." He said.

I went to my locker and placed my English and social studies books in my bag. I saw Lauren and Madison come over.

"Amy we overheard people talking about what happened at lunch." Madison said.

"Ben is just being a jerk; ignore what he's saying Amy." Lauren was saying.

"I'm sorry I have to go." I said and walked to Ricky.

He held my hand and we walked to the car. He drove me to the daycare and dropped me off. He kissed me goodbye and I walked into the building.

"Hello Amy." Angela the daycare employee greeted me.

"Hi." I said.

Angela told me that I'd be working in the infant area. Meaning that I'd get to take care of John. Because only one nurse is assigned to a baby I got to take care of my own son.

I walked into the infant nursery, and there he was awake and happy, staring at the spinning mobile above him. I scooped him up into my arms, and suddenly everything felt better. Why is it that babies make everything feel better. I grabbed a mini-stuffed animal and started playing with it.

"Hi cutie, mommy loves you so much." I cooed.

A couple of hours later my shift was over. I took my son and put him into Ricky's car, I sat in the passenger seat.

"How was work?" He asked.

"It was good. Yours?" I asked.

"Okay, I still wanted to punch Ben's guts out." He said calmly

"Thanks for not doing that though." I said.

We went back home and put John in his crib. Ricky and I didn't have much homework so we got it all done. I made spaghetti for us and we ate.

"Amy, I'm sorry about lunch." He said quietly.

"Ricky it's not your fault." I said.

"I should have stepped in, I heard him yelling at you. He went too far." Ricky said.

"No Ricky I'm fine. This was going to happen soon." I told him.

We finished dinner and went to go watch a movie. Tonight was Ricky's night to pick a movie, of course he picked The Dark Knight. I still enjoyed being with him, and he didn't mind when I buried my face into his shoulder when the bloody and violent parts came. He just laughed and kissed my head. We heard John cry so we went upstairs.

"Oh is daddy's little boy upset?" Ricky cooed as he picked john up.

"I think he is." I said laughing.

We sat down on the play-mat and took little toys out to play with. We played with john for an hour. Around eight o'clock he started getting tired so we put him in his crib and Ricky and I Went to bed.

I dreamt of the fights though, Ben yelling at me. Those words just kept haunting me. Garbage…. Pain…. All of a sudden I was woken up to see Ricky's face.

"What's wrong Ricky?" I asked.

"I should be asking you that. I could hear you crying from my room." He said

I put my hands on my face, they were wet. I had been crying.

" I didn't even know I was crying." I said quietly, the tears streaming.

" Maybe I should just be alone." I told him.

" Oh, okay." Ricky said, he frowned and walked away.

I just cried for hours, I wanted it to end but the tears just kept coming. I didn't know what was wrong with me, all I did was cry for the next few hours.