Alright, so here's chapter 14 for you guys. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. I really hope that you guys loved the last chapter that was recently published. Yeah, I'm going to shut up now, and let you read the next chapter. Enjoy!

Amy POV

I pulled up to Adrienne's house just as John started to cry. I didn't want to walk inside of Adrienne's house with a screaming baby in my hands, so I tried desperately to calm him down in the car. After ten minutes of John's piercing screams, he finally settled down. It was almost midnight, and I knew John needed to go to sleep. I knocked on the door, and Adrienne let us in. John was wide awake, and I knew it was going to take forever before I could put him to sleep.

"Hey, what happened?" she asked.

John, Adrienne, and I walked into Adrienne's room and sat down on the bed.

"I think our relationship is officially over," I said, my voice cracking.

"I'm sorry, Amy. I really am. I wish I could make this better for you, but I know that's Ricky's job at this point. How did you tell him?"

I humped my shoulders. "After talking with you earlier, I was just pissed off at the fact that he was faking his love for me. He came up and started asking questions, but I didn't want to talk to him. I just wanted to hold John and cry and think about what I was going to do. I just came out and said it when he tried to get an attitude. He was pretty much trying to say that it was my fault that he had cheated. He said that I was showing more love and attention toward John than I was showing to him. Then, he said that he found the rest of the love from that whore in the picture, but he realized that I still loved him the same way I did before John was born. I guess he was trying to keep me to stay because he was like 'You two are the luckiest things that have ever happened to me.' I kept thinking to myself 'Bullshit. If you loved us, you wouldn't have done what you did.'"

I put my head down as tears spilled onto my face. "Adrienne, he said he loved me. He said he loved John and really loved that we were a part of his family. This whole time, it was a lie. He doesn't love John, he doesn't love me. He doesn't love US. He loves that bitch by the butcher shop. How could he lie to me like this, after all I've done for him?"

I put my head on Adrienne's shoulder as she hugged me and sobbed my eyes out. My relationship with one of the main people I loved, not liked, LOVED could be over because he didn't know how to just talk things out like a real couple would do.

"Amy, you stay here as long as you need to. Right now, you need the time to figure out what you're going to do with yourself and John."

"No, I can't stay here. I'll find a hotel tomorrow morning, I promise," I said, wiping my eyes as we came out of an embrace.

"No, don't go waste your money. I already told my mom what was going on so she wouldn't freak. I didn't tell her that he cheated on you, I just told her you and Ricky were having disagreements. She said stay as long as you need to get yourself together," she assured me.

"Okay, but I just don't want to be a burden on you guys."

She waved her hand nonchalantly. "It's okay. We don't do anything anyway here. What did you bring for John?" she asked.

"I grabbed a few clothes and even fewer diapers. They aren't going to last me long. I'm lucky if they last me until tomorrow afternoon. He's sick, so I'm going through more diapers a day than usual. I grabbed a thing of formula, and that's about it. He already had his pacifier, and we don't need another."

"Alright, tomorrow we'll go to the store and get the things that you need for John," she said.

"Are you sure? You don't have to go if you want to. No one's pressuring you," I said.

"No I'll come help you with him. I've seen people shop with 6 year olds. I doubt it easier with a 6 month old who is sick. I mean, if you really want to go by yourself, I'll keep John so you can shop on your own with some peace and quiet," she offered.

Adrienne was such a good friend. I've never met someone that actually volunteered to watch a kid.

"No, you can go shopping with if you want. I mean, it's really hard trying to watch a baby, especially when he's sick."

I warmed John a bottle, and he instantly fell asleep. I borrowed some covers from Adrienne, and I made the couch into a bed. I lay John down on the inside of the couch before I climbed in next to him. It felt weird without having Ricky sleeping next to me. I missed his arms wrapped around my waist, him whispering nothings in my ear before we fell asleep. I missed feeling his body next to mine when I woke up and fell asleep. It just wasn't the same, but nothing in our life or relationship would be the same.

If we still did get together after all of this, I would still be scared to trust him. All trust for him was thrown out of the window. I was hurt that he cheated, but I was more hurt that he didn't come out and confess when I confronted him. I probably wouldn't be as mad I was if he would've just told me that he did make a mistake and he saw sorry.

I started to drift off thinking about what had happened less than two hours ago when I got a text.

I'm just now realizing what I've lost. I lost the two people that give me a reason to live. Amy, I need you to come back home. I'm begging you. I miss my kid. I miss my life. I miss YOU. That girl I met can't even compare to you and John. My love doesn't grow for her constantly like it does for you and John. Just please come home. It's going to be hard not sleeping in the same bed as you, but I'll make it work. I know a text isn't really helping you right now, but you obviously don't want to hear my voice. Just please at least call me later and let me know that you're okay. I still don't know where you are, but I hope that you and John are safe. Well, I'm going to bed. I hope you have sweet dreams, babe. Goodnight.

-Ricky- 3

I turned my phone off, and I held John close to me not wanting to let go of my baby.

Morning

For the first time in a thousand years, John actually slept through the whole night. I guess the situation stressed him out, too. I woke up to the smell of bacon, hash browns, and coffee. John was still sleeping, though. I let him stay on the couch and sleep, putting pillows around him so he didn't fall.

I walked in the kitchen as a high energy Adrienne sprinted across the small kitchen, making sure the breakfast was cooked perfectly.

"Uh, do you need any help?" I asked, looking a little confused.

"No thanks, besides you're the guest. It wouldn't be fair for you to be in here helping. I got it," she said, pouring some salt over the hash browns.

"Alright, well I guess I should go get John ready for breakfast, then."

I left out of the kitchen just as John was beginning to cry a little. I picked him up and kissed him on his cheek. Just looking at him made me realize that he didn't deserve someone that didn't love him the way he should be loved. I turned on my phone, contemplating if I should leave Ricky a message and let him know that we're fine. I guess that might help him calm down just a little.

I opened my phone and found his contact.

I'm just texting you to let you know that John and I are fine. We'll be okay for the next few days.

I put my phone down, hoping for him not to text me back and just leave me alone. That hope was shattered when my phone made a loud vibration on the bathroom counter.

That's great. I was just worried, that's all. Where are you guys at?

I rolled my eyes thinking to myself, "Where my son and I are is none of your concern."

You just need to know that we're fine and where we are is none of your concern. Please don't text me back. I'm a little busy today.

I put my phone back down as I changed John's diaper. I guess Ricky finally got the picture that I had nothing to say to him.

A few minutes later, my phone vibrated once again, but it wasn't a text.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Amy, where the hells are you?" an angry voice hurt my ears as they yelled into the speaker.

"Ashley, you need to calm down. I'm fine."

"Fine doesn't cut it. I want an address and I want it now!"

Was she smoking something today? "No, I'm not telling anyone where I'm at until I feel like tell anyone. If Ricky set you up to this, it's not going to work."

She huffed. "I'm not doing this for Ricky. I woke up this morning and noticed that you and John weren't here, so I asked Ricky. He said you left last night. Why the hell did you leave without at least telling me?"

"I wasn't thinking about telling anyone. I just needed to get out of the house as soon as possible. I'm sorry that you didn't know, but I had to do what I had to do, and what I had to do was get my son and me out of the house."

"Okay, well next can you please let your own sister know that you're leaving? Why did you leave anyway?"

"Yes, I'll let you know next time. I'm sorry I didn't tell you in the first place, but I couldn't be in the house another second. If I would've stayed, somebody might've gotten hurt last night."

"Did you tell Ricky that you know about…the butcher shop whore?"

I sighed. "Yes, that's why I left. He lied to me and said he didn't cheat. I didn't just leave because he lied to me when I confronted him. I left because I really don't want to be in the same house with him right now. Tell him he can stay there if he wants, but I won't be coming back for some time. One day when he's at work, can you call me so I can get more clothes for John and I?"

"Yeah, he's leaving soon anyway."

"I'm not coming today. Listen, I'm going to talk to you later. I'm about to eat breakfast. I'll talk to you before I go to bed tonight, alright?"

"Yeah, ok I'll talk to you tonight. Bye."

"Bye."

I hung up the phone quickly and picked up John, who was now crying. I patted his back on the way to kitchen, him crying out for food.

"Breakfast is ready if you're hungry, Amy."

Adrienne turned around and patted John on his back. "Good morning, little dude. Did you sleep good last night? I didn't hear you at all."

I smiled. "Actually, for the first time in, like, forever he slept for the whole night. I was more surprised when he woke up after me. I've never had to wake him up, ever. He wakes me up, if anything."

I warmed his bottle while making my plate. Once the bottle was done warming up, I sat him down on my lap at the table. A few minutes later, Adrienne joined us.

"Have you talked to him since you came?" she asked.

"Yeah, I texted him a few minutes ago, actually. He was worried about John and me, what a shocker." I shook my head thinking to myself, "Now you care for us, haha."

"Really, what did he say?"

"He was wondering if John and I were okay. I told him we were fine, and he tried to figure out where we were staying. I told him it had nothing to do with him and we were fine."

"Wow, I feel like slapping the hell out of him. He just doesn't get it," she said, shoving some hash browns into her mouth.

"Yeah, he sure doesn't. Do you mind coming with me today to find a daycare near the school? I'm sick of having to do school from home. It's just not fun, I guess. I haven't been to school since I had John, but now I feel like I can go back. I feel like now I have the courage to stand up for myself and not be pushed around, plus I think it's time John starts to meet new kids so he can make a few friends."

"Sure, we can go later. Grace wanted to know if she could hang out with John today because she hasn't seen him since the summer trip all of us took. She's going to be surprised at how much he's grown."

I nodded my head. "Yeah, I think she needs to see him anyway. She barely sees him out of everyone. I think seeing one of his "aunties" would do him some good. Hell, it might take some of the stress off of him."

We finished breakfast and got ready for the big day ahead of us. I needed to make some changes in my life, such as things for John. He needed to be enrolled in daycare, and he needed to be up-to-date on his shots.

We got ready to go and hopped in my car. Adrienne turned on the radio, making sure the whole neighborhood could hear the songs. Adrienne could be crazy sometimes, but the brain-exploding music was washing away all of the pain and hurt that still killed me deep inside from the living hell of last night.

We pulled up to Pampered Baby, a store that had all kinds of discounts for everything in the store. We walked in and started heading over to the Health and Food section. I grabbed two things of Similac baby formula, three packs of diapers, and a pack of bottles. I was almost tempted to go the Too Cute Clothing section, but the clothes were more extra at the moment. I was supposed to only buy necessities for our break from home. I grabbed a few other things and we left out.

I found the road to the daycare center, and started down. Traffic was horrible, so we were about twenty minutes behind. A few minutes later, Adrienne's phone started to ring.

"Hello…hey Grace…I'm just hanging out with Amy today…yeah, she has John…um, not right now. We're kind of busy…how about around two…alright I'll let her know. Bye." She turned towards me. "Grace wanted to know if you wanted to go to lunch after all of this.

"Yeah, I'm fine with that."

An eternity later, I turned into the daycare parking lot. I quickly found a spot and lay my head back. I took a deep breath, silently hoping that John wasn't fussy anymore. Just as I opened my door, John started to cry.

"Just what I need, a still fussy baby," I thought to myself.

I didn't have time for this. I got John out of his car seat and put a pacifier in his mouth, making my way to the front door, Adrienne following behind slowly. I walked up to the front desk where a red-head woman was typing her fingers off. Adrienne and I waited patiently for the woman to notice us, but we got nothing. We gave each other a stare of annoyance. I was about to walk out and find another daycare. It had been ten minutes of us standing right in front of this lady's face, and she still hadn't acknowledged us.

After fifteen wasted minutes, the woman looked up at us and smiled. "Hello, my name is Marilynn. Welcome to Awesome Kidz. How can I help you today?"

"You're can start by greeting me when I walk in, not when I'm about to jump over the counter and beat the hell out of you," I thought to myself, trying to force a smile on my face.

"Hi, I was coming to enroll my son for daycare. I'm Amy," I said, some of the annoyance showing in my voice.

"Alright, well I'll get you started," she said. "Follow me, please."

We followed to a tiny office in the back and sat our things down. "We'll start with the tour and then I'll get you the paperwork for everything.

We made our way to the room labeled Guppies. Wow, they named the rooms after fish. That was kind of…different.

"Alright, over here we have the youngest kids in the whole daycare. The age range for these little ones is six weeks to one year old. For this age group, they eat, sleep, and listen to a story or watch speech-enhancing videos. Most of the time, they play but we make sure they have some kind of learning throughout the day."

We walked over to another room with a sign that read Jellyfishes.

"This room is for when you're one to two. In this room, there's more speech-enhancing going on and less playtime. Each of our age groups has a play area, a sleep area, and video/story area. For our youngest age group, they don't have a scheduled nap time because it's harder to put them to sleep at the same time. We do encourage them to go to sleep, though."

I started looking around and almost got trapped in my own thoughts as Marilynn said, "This is the Dolphins room. When you turn two, you get moved in here until you turn four. In here, you start to learn the alphabet and numbers. Everybody in this room takes a nap at the same time, and they eat and watch their video of the day at the same time. Every day, we send the kids home with a new word for them to learn how to say, spell, and make the syllables out in every word."

We went to the last room named Walruses.

"This is the room for our little four year olds and five year olds. When you turn four, you go in here and we start to prepare you for Kindergarten. There aren't that many kids in here because most of their parents take them out around three years old."

She turned back around to face Adrienne and me. "Would you like to start the paperwork?"

I nodded my head as we walked to a into a way bigger office than the first one we saw. I sat down at a table, rocking John while Marilynn went through different files trying to find the paperwork I needed. She set down some paper in front of me, and I got to work.

"Please excuse me; I need to get you the schedule and the calendar for this month and next month. You can start filling the paperwork out, and I'll be back as soon as possible," Marilynn said, walking out of the office, leaving Adrienne, John, and I in the room.

I started to fill the paperwork as Adrienne took John from my hands. I was done filling out what I could when Marilynn walked back in with three sheets.

"Alright, he needs to get shots, we need to get a shots record, and birth certificate with a picture of proof. When you turn all of that in, John will be officially enrolled in daycare."

My heart dropped a little. I didn't really want John to go to daycare, but it would be great for him to get to know people his age, and he could start his learning experience early. Besides, I missed my friends, and I don't have a social life with homeschooling.

I quickly stuffed the papers into my purse and followed Adrienne out of the office. Just as we were about to walk out the front door, someone called my name. I turned around and saw Marilynn running down the hall with some papers.

"Annie! Annie! Wait, you forgot something!" she yelled.

I looked behind me. "Who is Annie? There's no other person-oh, gosh she was talking to me," I thought to myself.

"Mrs. Marilynn, my name is Amy, not Annie," I said, feeling a little irritated.

"Oh, I'm sorry dear. You forgot the schedule and calendars. Have a good day, Amy," she said, walking back to the front desk and getting back on the computer.

I walked out of the building, and Adrienne started laughing. "That lady's crazy, Amy. First, she doesn't notice us, and then she forgets your name. You better hope she stays at the front desk instead of being in the little rooms." She shook her head. "I've never met somebody that wired."

We all got in the car, but parents started coming in, so we were blocked in for awhile. After rude parents passed us up, we finally got out of the parking lot. Adrienne turned on the radio as loud as possible as we drove to the school. I parked in the front and turned off my engine.

"Are you sure it's open? It's the weekend." Adrienne started to tickle John in his car seat.

"I think they are. They usually have their meetings on the weekends," I said.

I took John out of his car seat and started walking to the front. The door was unlocked, so somebody was obviously here. I went inside the front desk as the secretary was behind the desk talking with someone on the phone. I sat down patiently waiting before the secretary asked me what I needed.

"I've been on the homeschooling list since school started back up, and I wanted to start actually coming back to school instead of somebody stopping by my house to give me the homework. Is that still possible?" I asked, praying that it would be.

"It depends on your grades. If your grades are good, then you are welcome to continue school at home, but if your grades aren't that good, then we have to figure out what's best for you. What's your name?" she asked.

I told her my name, and she started clicking away on her computer. She looked up at me with a look of disappointment. She obviously knew why I had been doing school at home. "Well, your grades are good so you'll be able to come back. However, I need to talk to the other administrators and tell them that you're stopping school at home. I will call you and tell you what they have said, and we'll take it from there."

Her stare just gave me a chill down my spine. I really wanted to jump on her for giving me such a dirty look. It took a lot of convincing for me not to put my hands on this lady. I finally just figured I should come out and say something so she would realize that she was looking rude as hell right now.

"Excuse me; is there something on my face that's, like, freaking you out?" I tried to act innocent so she wouldn't get the idea that I saw through her death stare.

"Oh no, I'm just very disappointed and disgusted with you at the moment. It kills me to have to look at girls like you in the eye."

I raised my eyebrow, ready to charge her. Thank God she wasn't old, so I wouldn't feel bad if I hit her. "What exactly kills you when you look at girls like me?"

"Girls like you are just carefree and irresponsible. You don't care about anyone but yourselves," she said, rolling her eyes.

This bitch was about to see a whole other side of me. "OK, well I still don't get what kills you when you look at a girl like me. What gets to you when you look at girls like me?"

She scoffed. "Are you really asking me that dumb question? Girls like you are always showing out, going out to parties, getting drunk, and having sex with guy after guy after guy. Well, now you understand what happens when you are stupid and carefree. You've got a kid, and you had to stop coming to school because you need to take care of him."

I felt my hands getting really hot. She was judging me because I was a kid with a kid. You would think the school would understand the position I'm in. "Wow, well I don't know if you noticed or not, but most girls who get pregnant because they're irresponsible dropout of high school. I'm still in school, and I'm taking care of my kid. You shouldn't judge us "irresponsible girls" because we made one mistake that changed our lives forever. How about you say this crap to the guys that we have sex with? You're such a fucking bitch, Ms. Jones." I look at her left hand and quietly laughed. "That's funny, you're not married. Did you ever think that maybe you're not married because you just can't accept people for who they are?"

She put her hand to her chest in shock. "I don't appreciate you talking to me this way."

I put my hands on my hips. "I don't appreciate you judging me or other girls like this."

The school principal, Mrs. Roberts walked in, looking a little confused. "Is everything okay in here?"

I looked at her. "No, your secretary is so judgmental. If this is how she is, then I don't want to come back to this school."

"Amy, what happened?"

Tears started to blur my vision and sting my eyes. "Talk to your bitchy secretary about it. I'm so out of here."

I walked out as I heard her whisper, "Ms. Jones, what did you do to her?"

I wiped my eyes as I opened the door and took John from Adrienne. I stormed out of the building, speed walking to my car. I quickly buckled John in while Adrienne came up to the car, looking worried.

"Amy, what the hell happened?" she asked.

"That bitchy secretary, she had the nerve to judge me because I have a kid. She had no right to do what she did."

We climbed in the car as I cut on the engine and pulled out of the parking lot.

"What did she say?"

I shook my head. "The whole time I was in there, she was disrespecting me because I'm a teen mother. She was judging me because I had sex, and she started to judge any other girl who had sex or got pregnant just like I did."

I rolled my eyes as I made a sharp right. My mad driving started to remind me of when I found out Ricky was cheating on me. Who the hell did that secretary think she was judging me like that? I tried to shake it off, knowing that she wasn't worth my frustration.

"Where are we meeting Grace?" I said, turning on the radio, keeping it on a low volume.

"She wanted to go to that Mexican restaurant, Abuelo's. It's a really good place," she said, trying to lighten up my mood.

"I've heard of that place. I've just been too busy to ever even think about going there, though."

A few minutes later, I turned into the parking space and took John out of his car seat. Grace was on the steps to the entrance waiting for us, anxiously tapping her foot and looking at her phone every five seconds. She was looking around when she saw the three of us walking towards her. Her face lit up as she rushed to greet us.

"Oh my gosh, I missed you guys," she said.

We stood outside for around ten minutes before we realized that the longer we stood out here, the longer it would take for a place to sit inside. It didn't take long for the waitress to sit us down and start ordering. Grace made a confused look and look at me.

"Where's Ricky? He usually comes with you whenever you go out," she said, sipping her soda.

I sighed. "We're sort of, taking a break, I guess is what you could say." Thinking of him made me think of that night and I got a weird taste in my mouth.

Grace's eyes blew up. "What are you talking about? What happened, and why am I just finding out about all of this?"

"It just happened, and he was cheating so right now we're just giving each other some space to think through things."

"Aww, I'm sorry Amy. I hope everything works out for the best, for John at least."

We ordered our food and laughed about all the fun memories we had in the summer. After lunch, we left the restaurant and went back home. The whole ride home, all that I thought about was how torn apart Ricky and I have gotten since all this unneeded drama.

I started to think that John was seeing too much of Adrienne and I instead his dad, aunt, and grandma. I really had no desire to see Ricky, but John might. I sighed. Having relationship problems on top of making sure John is fine is so stressful. Why did all of this have to happen in the first place?

I pulled into a parking space and took John out of his car seat. We all walked up to the apartment door while Adrienne fished through her purse to find her keys. She unlocked the door, and we all walked inside. The A/C hit John and he started to cry. I put a blanket over him and fell asleep.

"Well, I'm tired so I'm going to take a little nap."

Adrienne walked to her bedroom, leaving John and me alone in the living room. I started playing around my phone, checking my Facebook profile. I had a lot of messages, but only one of them had sparked my interest. It was from Ricky. I clicked on it, not sure if that was good idea.

I know you really don't want to talk to me right now, but I was just wondering if I was going to see John for Christmas. Hit me up when you get this.

I sighed. As much as I didn't want to, I knew I had to work things out with Ricky. This wasn't healthy for John. I clicked on the reply button, not really knowing what I was going to say.

I really don't want to talk to you, but for John's sake we need to talk some things over to see where we are as a couple and how John's life will be in the future.

A few minutes later while I was in the middle of IM with Grace, Ricky replied.

Alright, well how about dinner tonight? It doesn't have to be anything special, just us at Burger House talking things over?

I thought for a minute. The quicker this is over the quicker this is over and everything is over.

Alright, I'll meet you there at eight. Bye.

I kept messaging with Grace until John woke up. Adrienne walked in a few minutes later, scratching her head.

"I have something I need to ask you," I said, putting John over my shoulder and patting his back.

"What's up?"

I got up and sat John on top of the counter. "Well, I need to talk to Ricky about a few things, and I was wondering if you minded watching John while I was gone."

She humped her shoulders. "I don't mind. What time will you be back?"

"I'll be back around nine, nine forty five tops."

"Alright, well just leave me whatever he'll need and I'll get him taken care of for you."

"Thanks a lot, Adrienne. I'll get everything he needs and then I'll get ready for tonight."

I put John on the floor and let him crawl around while I prepared bottles and diapers for Adrienne.

After all of John's preparing, I finally got myself ready. It took me forever to decide if I wanted Ricky to see what he had been missing or if I should go like I could care less. I decided a mixture of both. I put on a pair of skinny jeans with a shirt that said 'Does your face hurt 'cause it's killing me.' I put on very little make up and threw on my black Nikes.

I walked out of the bathroom and saw Adrienne playing with John. I was so glad I had a friend like her.

"Alright, he needs to eat in about an hour and after his bottle just change him and put him to bed. I left his pajamas, wipes, and diapers on your bed and the bottles are in the fridge. You just need to heat them up for thirty seconds and you're good to go."

I picked John up and hugged him to my chest and gave him back to Adrienne. "I'll see you later buddy. Thank you, Adrienne."

"No problem, have fun."

I laughed. "I'll try."

I grabbed my car keys and headed out the door making my way to my car. I pulled out of the parking lot wondering if this was really a good idea. I didn't know what I was going to say when I saw him. I didn't really have anything to say. Maybe I should let him do all the talking.

A few minutes later, I pulled into the Burger House parking lot, parking at the farthest from the restaurant. I checked in the mirror to make sure I looked fine. Grabbing my purse and turning off the ignition, I hopped out of the car and saw Ricky sitting in one of the chairs outside. Seeing him made me realize how much I had missed him.

I went up the ramp and was immediately greeted with a hug.

"Please, don't touch me."

He looked down. "Right, sorry I just couldn't help it."

I nodded and said, "Let's go find a table."

We went inside and ordered at the front and went to a small table in the back.

"So, how have you and John been?"

I humped my shoulders. "We're fine, I guess. We've made a few changes, but that's it. How is everything at home?"

"Uh, quiet. It's really different without you and John. Nothing goes on in the house anymore. Ashley barely goes out anymore, and I think your mom stopped dating that guy. The house is scary quiet, pretty much. We don't talk to each other. Your mom makes dinner, we eat, and we go to bed."

"It sounds like nothing's been going on. It sounds pretty boring."

We sat in silence for awhile before the food came. While eating, I remembered that I didn't come here to make small talk; we had some pretty important things to think about. "Alright, it's confession time. Right now, we need to know what it was like these past few days without each other. You first," I said.

He sighed. "I don't think you want to know how I've been."

"I do, I mean this could help us figure out what we're going to do. Just say what you need to say, and I'll say what I need to say and we'll take it from there."

"Alright, these past few days I've realized that I need you and John with me. I barely because I kept thinking that you two were in trouble or weren't safe and needed someone's help. I stayed in John's room all day just imagining him laughing in his crib and sleeping. I went in your room at night and imagined you in my arms, sleeping soundly, knowing for sure you were safe. I would have nightmares about police coming to the door telling me that you and John were killed. I woke up every day sweating, crying, angry with myself wanting you and John to be back in the house." He sighed. "Amy, I never meant to hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you. I love you and John, and I can't stop that no matter what."

I wiped a tear from my eye. "If you never meant to hurt me, why did you?"

"I wasn't thinking. There were times when I would forget that I had a son that needed me to be there for him and his mother. I admit, I would slip, but when you left, it made me realize how horrible I had been to you and him. At this point, if I could go back in time, I would and I would've never done what I did to you. Of course, you can't go back in time, so all I can do right now is give you a much better future."

I took all the words he said into consideration. "When I left, I had a feeling that I would end up living the life of a single teen mom. It wasn't easy, of course I had Adrienne, but it's not Adrienne kid so I wasn't just going to throw him on her like that. It was extremely difficult. Usually, I had your help but the past few days and even before that, I didn't have help. All I'm saying is that I'm not the only person who is responsible for John. It's takes two people to have a baby, not one. It wasn't fair to put John completely on me, and it wasn't fair for John to "not have a father" for a month."

Ricky grabbed my hands. "I'm sorry; I realized that I need to be there more, too."

"Also, I missed you a lot and my family." I sighed. "I'm willing to put the past behind us as long as you promise to try harder for John and be there for the both of us. I will move back in only if you get your act together and be 100 percent faithful to me and your son. John needs you and so do I. This is the last chance, and if you let us down again, it's done. As much as I don't want to be a single mother, I will if that's what's best for John and us. Are you willing to put the past behind us and start over?"

Ricky quickly nodded his head. "Yes, I swear I'm only yours and John's. No one else will mean as much to me as you and John will, always. I only need you and my son, just come home."

"I will, I promise."

We kissed for a long time before leaving out of the restaurant.

"Well, I'll see you soon. Don't tell Ashley or mom; let it be a surprise, okay?"

"Okay, I'll see you later."

We hugged and I skipped back to my car. I finally had my family back, for good hopefully.

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