Hey guys! Here's Chapter 5 to You're Special to Me. Sorry it's taken me a little longer than usual to get this one up, I'm actually done with the whole story now, I worked backwards; I started the last chapter like Tuesday and got to this chapter Friday. Kind of different, I know, but I will say I am in love with the ending!! Can't wait to post it to see what you all think! So continue to keep reading and reviewing and I'll base that off of when I post the next chapter :) Thanks!
*** It was early morning, the sun was shining brightly thought the cabin windows.
"Come on man, the bus leaves in 20 minutes!"
One of the fellow drummers at Grant was nudging him, trying to get him up.
Ricky rolled over and got out of bed. He was very tired; he was out late last night with Amy Juergans. He took a quick shower and hurriedly tried packing his things. He walked outside with suitcase in hand towards the buses, but stopped and squinted through the sunlight towards the girls' bus. He was trying to spot Amy, but couldn't find her.
"Got everything Underwood?" asked a camp advisor.
Grabbing his suitcase, the advisor put it under a luggage compartment under the bus. He nodded and glanced one more time to the other bus before climbing on.
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Once Ricky was home he took a nap. The bus ride wasn't one to sleep through. People had their instruments out trying to make songs up along the way home. Once he woke up, he sleepily climbed up the stairs to get something to eat.
"Oh there you are," Margaret said to him, "That camp must have worn you out boy, you've been sleeping for 4 hours!"
Ricky nodded, he felt as if he were still sleeping.
"So how was camp?" Margaret asked.
"Good." He replied.
"I'm glad." she told him as she took out dinner leftovers and put them in the microwave. "Meet any new friends? You know Ricky.. Your friends are welcome to come over anytime, you know that right?"
Margaret's question made Ricky pop out of his sleepiness. He had made a friend.
"Yeah," Ricky replied, "I did."
Margaret was always asking about Ricky's friends. Sure, Ricky had friends but most of them were girls, and none of those girls were ones you take home to mom and dad. He went back downstairs and grabbed his cell phone. He flipped it open. No missed calls or messages. He went to his contact list. There she was, the very first person on the list; Amy. He remembered her programming it in his phone just last night. He pressed the talk button and listened as the phone rang on the other end.
Hi it's Amy. I can't answer the phone, but leave me a message and I'll get back to you!
Ricky hung up. She was probably as exhausted as he was and was taking a nap, he'd try again later.
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Two days had passed since they arrived back from camp. Ricky had called Amy four times and she hadn't answered any of them. Frustrated, he picked up his phone again. He wanted to talk to her, he wanted to see her. Her voicemail came on again, this time Ricky made sure she knew he was trying to get a hold of her.
"Amy, it's Ricky. Hey, I've bee trying to get a hold of you, you might be busy or something.. but call me back when you get this." ***
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Ricky woke from his dream feeling sad. He remembered how he felt when he left that voicemail on Amy's phone and didn't receive a call back. He had spent his week at Band Camp with this girl; he had the best week of his life with this girl. She was the kind of girl he would take home to mom and dad, but he never got the chance to because she never called him back. It was always something he wanted to ask her: Why she never answered his calls, but it never seemed like the right time to ask; especially after he found out she was pregnant. He looked at his alarm clock, 11:32am. He was glad Margaret did not wake him up for school. Not only was he out until almost morning, but he couldn't see how he'd sit through school knowing he had a son, not today anyway. He got up, got a shower and got dressed quickly. He couldn't wait to see Aidan and Amy. On the way to the hospital he stopped at a little flower shop in town. He wanted to get something for Amy; something nice, something to show how grateful he was that she gave him a son. He picked out a dozen white roses. As he reached for the door to leave, a little blue teddy bear had caught his eye, and he had to buy that too.
When he reached the maternity floor, he walked down the familiar hall towards room 203. He stopped at the door; he heard a screaming baby. He knocked before letting himself in. There Ben was standing at the foot of Amy's bed holding a not too happy Aidan. Ricky couldn't help but smirk, that's my boy, he thought. Amy looked much happier and awake today. She saw Ricky come in and smiled.
"Hi," she said to him, "Oh pretty flowers!" She said as she put the vase beside the bed stand. "Thanks. Awe look Aidan, you're first teddy bear!" She said grabbing the teddy bear.
Ricky smiled and walked over to his son.
"Hey buddy" he said, touching Aidan's head.
Ben glanced at him before handing the baby over to Ricky. Ricky took Aidan in his arms "Shh-ing" him to calm down.
"Oh Hi Ben, Hi Ricky." Anne said as she walked through the door, Ashley and George were behind her. "We just went down to the cafeteria to get something to eat. Oh pretty flowers! Anne exclaimed as she admired the flowers. Ashley stood watching Ricky with his son. He looked over at her.
"Oh do you want to hold him?" Ricky asked her.
"No," Ashley replied, "I was just going to say.. you're pretty good in the baby making department, aren't you? He looks just like you."
With an awkward glance to George, Ricky put his head down and watched as his son yawn.
"Hello Hello"
They all turned to the door, Leo came through the door holding a video camera.
"There's father and son. Let's get a close up of that baby." He said
Ben glanced over to Amy, "I hope you don't mind." He said to her.
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Throughout the day Amy and Aidan got many visitors. Margaret and Ricky's foster father came during their lunch breaks to see their new grandson.
"Amy," Margaret said to her bending down to give her a hug, "Congratulations. It's nice to finally meet you."
Margaret reached into her purse and pulled out a camera.
"Smile, Ricky." She said as she took a picture of Ricky holding his son.
Anne jumped at this opportunity and grabbed her camera too.
"Ricky how about you get over there beside Amy, I want one of the three of you." She told him.
Ricky gave Aidan to Amy and leaned over the bed rail to get into the picture. He looked down sadly; it was their first and probably last family portrait.
Before leaving, Margaret walked over to Amy.
"My husband and I got you a little something, for Aidan. I talked to your father last night and he said you didn't have much, so we went out this morning and bought you something, it'll be set up and ready when you go home." Margaret told her smiling.
"You did?" asked Amy and Ricky together.
"Wow thank you!" Amy told her surprised.
Ricky smiled at Margaret.
"Thanks for doing that." He told her.
She went over to him and whispered "We got something for you, too." She said catching Ricky's eyes.
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Once school let out, the visitors really started flowing in. Grace, Jack and even Adrian came in with another teddy bear and balloons. Lauren's brother Jason drove Madison and her to the hospital after school, they brought Amy flowers and their boxes from the baby shower Amy never got to open. By evening, most of Grant High had stopped by to see the new baby. Ricky stayed the entire time; he did not want to leave again. Right as visiting hours were ending, the nurse came in to talk to Amy.
"Amy, you are free to go if you'd like." The nurse told her.
"I can go home?" Amy asked, "Right now?"
"Right now." The nurse said smiling, "If you want, that is."
For the next half-an-hour Ricky, Ben and George took turns taking boxes of flowers and other gifts down to George and Anne's cars.
"Look at all this stuff! There's not even any room to take home Amy or the baby." said George looking from his car to Anne's.
This was true, both cars seemed to be packed full of gifts. George looked at Ricky.
"Looks like you'll be taking them home." He told him.
"Me?" Ricky asked. "I- I can't..." he began, "I don't have a car seat or anything."
George looked at him, amused.
"Yeah you do." he said pointing over towards Ricky's car.
Ricky walked over to his car. Sure enough, in the backseat there was a brand new car seat.
"But that's not.. I never had a car seat." He said bewildered.
"Didn't you hear your parents say they got you something too?" George asked.
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Ricky waited in his car. He had pulled it up front to the front entrance so they wouldn't have far to go; Amy wasn't up to moving much. He watched as Amy was wheeled outside in the wheelchair by Ben, while George carried the car seat holding Aidan in his hand. Ricky got out and opened the back door; George helped make sure the car seat was tightly in its place. Ben helped Amy slowly get out of her wheelchair while Ricky took her hand. They helped her get arranged in the back seat; she wanted to make sure she could tend to Aidan if he got fussy. Ben bent his head in the car.
"I'll see you tomorrow." he told Amy as he shut the door and waved.
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Ricky was driving slower than he ever did before. He was nervous driving around a newborn baby and a fragile Amy. He kept looking in his back mirror, making sure they were alright. When they got home, Ricky helped Amy out of the back seat. Steadily, they walked up to Amy's front steps. Ricky had one hand grabbed on to Amy's; the other was grasping the handle of the car seat holding Aidan. He slowly helped her up the stairs, and followed her to her room. When Amy pushed open her door, she gasped. There right beside her bed stood a beautiful cherry wood crib. Ricky stared in awe at the crib; his parents did a great job picking it out.
"Oh thank your parents so much for me." Amy said as she slowly walked over to the crib.
"Yeah, I will." He told her.
They heard the front door open; George Ashley and Anne were soon standing in Amy's doorway taking a good look at the crib.
"Do you like it Ames?" George asked Amy excitedly.
"Yes," Amy replied, "I can't believe.."
"The paint is still drying in the nursery," George told her, "So we put it in here, you'll want him near you anyway for a couple weeks."
He looked over at Ricky
"Your parents are good people."
Ricky nodded, he knew this. He was amazed at how supportive they were. Not only were they making sure Ricky was set to be a father, but they were making sure Amy and Aidan had everything they needed as well.
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Ricky sat in a chair across from Amy's bed feeding Aidan. Amy was already asleep in her bed. When Aidan was done eating, Ricky thought it was time for him to leave. He wished he could stay there and help out; he wanted to make sure they were alright. But he knew they would be alright. He kissed Aidan on the forehead and laid him down in his new crib. He looked over to Amy, and pulled her covers up.
"Night, Amy." He said to her.
"Night." She called back as we walked out her door.