After dinner was over, I decided I'd give John his bath tonight so that Amy could relax. When that was done, we both came out to see Amy getting ready for bed.

"Sleeping so soon?" I asked.

"I'm so tired and EXHAUSTED," she explained, "I can't keep my eyes open another second. Plus, my stomachs hurting a little, and the aspirin I took for it is making me drowsy."

"Amy, should you be having so many aspirins in this condition?" I asked her.

"In what condition…" she was confused.

"Nothing. Forget I said anything. Goodnight," I gave her a goodnight kiss, and she gave one to John.

That night I read John "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," a story he seemed to enjoy. I thought it'd be a great idea to get John familiar with books at an early age, so that when he's older he'll love them and shine through school without complaining about the amount of reading required. So Amy and I decided we'll read him a bed time story every night. When he fell asleep, I kissed him goodnight and turned the lights off in the living room. I had some studying to do, so I was going to bed later.

The next day at the butcher shop, my mom Nora and I were fixing up the gift baskets together.

"So, how's John doing?" she asked.

"He's doing good! He's really enjoying his bedtime stories," I smiled.

"And…Amy?" she winked.

"She's…I don't know," I said a little upset.

"She's what?" said my mom confused.

"She's been acting really weird lately. I mean…REALLY weird," I told her.

"How? Is she okay? Did you do something?" she interrogated.

"I didn't do anything. I don't know if she's okay. She's had odd behavior lately," I said.

"Well, what's the matter," she asked.

"Well...it started a few nights ago. Amy and I have a great sex life, and she's never turned down sex since we started sleeping together. But for the first time, she turned it down," I explained.

"Eh, there's a first time for everything," she shrugged it off.

"No. There's more. That's not even the weirdest part," I continued, "she turned down sex. Then the next morning she couldn't fit into her jeans. Then she had mood swings; she yelled at me then she was all jolly suddenly. She's been eating A LOT. She had food cravings; she's been wanting salty foods a lot. She's been really tired and exhausted. She was nauseous. AND she threw up."

My mom looked suspicious. "Ricky…those are all pregnancy symptoms…" she said.

"Are you saying that Amy is pregnant?" I asked. I wasn't happy with this.

"She has to be, Ricky. Those are all the obvious symptoms! What else could it be? Is her period late?" she asked.

"I…she…she never said anything about a period. I don't think she's gotten it since she moved in. Oh my god…" I was so worried now.

"She's pregnant, kiddo. I mean if she hasn't mentioned getting her period, then she's late. There's no other explanation. Has she said anything about it to you?" my mom said.

"NO. She can't be pregnant. We've been really careful. I use condoms, and she's on the pill," I retorted.

"Doesn't mean she can't get pregnant. Maybe she missed a pill."

"No. She didn't miss a pill. She's not that irresponsible. And besides, I THINK she would of told me if she thought she was pregnant."

"Well. Maybe she WAS pregnant and she's not anymore?"

"You're right. She WAS pregnant, and then she had John. There's no way she's pregnant again."

"Well. There's only one way to find out…get her a pregnancy test. See if it comes out positive."

I just looked at my mom worried. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't believe it. I started shaking my head.

"Don't worry, kiddo," my mom assured me, "everything's going to be fine. Think of it this way. You both are better off now then you were when she was pregnant with John. Just support her and be there for her. That's what she needs right now."

"I'm not going anywhere. If we're having another baby, then we just are! I'm just worried," I said.

"Don't be. Everything will be fine," my mom said trying to comfort me.

When I got home, I had a pregnancy test in my hand. I was going to give it to Amy and assure her that if it comes out positive, I'm going to be here every step of the way. I found myself waiting outside the apartment door for a few minutes. I was nervous and anxious. "Well…here goes nothing," I said to myself. I opened the door and saw John playing with his toys.

"Hey John," I said bending down to give him a kiss.

"Hi daddy!" He's always so excited to see me.

Amy came in from the kitchen and smiled when she saw me.

"Hey Ricky!" she gave me a kiss. It started of slow and tender and it became really heated as I kept trying to pull her closer and closer. But this time, I was the one who pulled back.

"I love you," I said.

"I love you, too," she smiled at me.

I took a deep breath and looked at her. She seemed puzzled by my behavior.

"I have something for you," I told her, "sit down."

"Okay…" she said not sure where this was going.

I handed her the pregnancy test kit. She raised an eyebrow and looked really confused.

"Why are you giving me a pregnancy test…" she asked still really confused.

"Listen, Amy. I don't care if you are pregnant. I love you. I'm going to be here every step of the way. I'll be here supporting you. Don't forget that," I assured her.

"Ricky-"

"I don't care if you are. We're going to get through this even better than the first time. I'll go to every appointment with you. I'm not going anywhere."

She put a finger on my lips to shush me.

"Ricky…I'm not pregnant."

"You're…you're not?"

"Noooo," she started laughing, "I'm definitely NOT pregnant!"

"Are you SURE? Cause your behavior has been really weird."

"Ricky, I'm not pregnant! Wanna know HOW I know? I'm on my period. Right now. As we speak."

"Does that mean you had a miscarriage…"

"NO! I never was pregnant! Well. I was with John…but after that, no!" She started laughing.

I couldn't help but smile.

"So you're on your period…not pregnant?" I asked.

"Nope."

"Are you sure you're not? You turned down sex the other night."

"Cause that was the night I started. I'm not gonna have bloody sex. That's disgusting."

"You couldn't fit into your jeans!"

"Cause I was bloated!"

"You lost your temper!"

"Cause menstrual cycles cause mood swings."

"You had food cravings!"

"Cause my hormones are out of control. So I get cravings."

"You threw up."

"Cause of something I ate at the nursery. I had food poisoning."

"You were nauseous and your head and stomach were hurting."

"Those happen when you're on your period. Ricky, those are all things that happen while menstruating. They're similar to pregnancy symptoms, but I'm not pregnant," she laughed assuring me.

"Okay. I'm not gonna lie…I feel SO MUCH BETTER knowing you're not!" I laughed.

"I can imagine! I mean having two kids and we're not out of high school yet! I'm glad we're not. No offense," she said.

"None taken. I was scared at the thought of raising two kids in high school and college."

She smiled at me and kissed me.

"Why didn't you tell me you were on your period? That would of saved me a lot of worrying," I asked her.

"Well. I didn't want you to be grossed out. Whenever I told Ben I was, he'd pass out," she laughed.

"Incase you haven't noticed, I'm not Ben!" I laughed with her.

"Well, good to know. I just didn't want you to be grossed out by the thought of it. I know you're stronger and more mature than he is…I just didn't want to tell you. That was my fault. I'm sorry."

"I forgive you," I smiled.

She leaned in and kissed me. It was very heated and I was getting turned on quickly. And well…that lead to OTHER things…things that could take the place of sex and didn't require her, well, you know…region.

The End

I should clear up they didn't have sex, haha. The last line was implying a BJ for Ricky...I'm not a perv, I swear!