I hope you guys liked chapter 8. Sorry I couldn't upload yesterday, I still hadn't finished this chapter. I read my story a couple days ago and I thought it was good. Now I see what you guys are talking about. Enjoy!
Amy POV
I had woken up to the vibration of my phone. Adrienne was calling me. I wonder what was going on.
"Hello?"
"Hey Amy, can I come over?"
"Sure." I said.
I hung up and almost woke Ricky up, but decided he could use some sleep. I missed Adrienne, a lot. We hadn't talked ever since the time Ricky and Ben fought. She would only come by to give Ricky and me our assignments for class and usually she would just wait outside and Ricky would get stuff, not me. I went downstairs and saw Ashley watching TV and my mom sipping coffee.
"Good morning, Amy." My mom said.
"Morning, uh Adrienne's coming over." I said.
Ashley jumped up out of her seat and asked me to meet her upstairs. She didn't really like Adrienne for a lot of reasons that I didn't know about.
"What's up?" I asked.
"What's up? Why is 'that girl' coming to our house?" she asked.
"First off, that girl has a name and second she's been over many times to give me class work. That's probably why she's coming over." I snapped.
"Yeah, OK. How much you want to bet she's going to sleep with Ricky and end up in your situation." She said.
"Ashley, I don't know what your problem is with her, but you need to fix it, quickly." I said.
"No, I refuse to ix any problem having to do with that whore." She snapped.
"You don't call anyone a whore, just like me she's a human and no human deserves to be called a whore, even you do sleep with a lot of people." I yelled.
Sure, Adrienne slept with people, a lot of people but she was still a smart person, maybe not when it came to boys and stuff like that, but schoolwise, she was very smart. She planned to become a lawyer when she got her degree. Ashley only knew the wild and loose side of Adrienne, but I knew the caring and sweet side of her. Ashley was just mad because she could never find a friend like Adrienne. Just then, the doorbell rang. It was Adrienne.
"Well, your whore is at the door, Amy." Ashley rudely said.
I stormed down the stairs, trying to look happy. I would deal with Ashley later. I opened the door and saw Adrienne with a stack of papers. Please don't tell me that was homework.
"Hi Adrienne, is that all homework?" I asked.
"Yes, it took them forever to get me copies for you guys and by the time they were done, I ended up with this." She said.
"Wow, how do they expect me to finish all of this in a day?" I asked.
"Actually, the teachers will give you a week to finish it. If it makes you feel any better, most of its Ricky's." she said.
It made me feel a little better about myself, but bad for Ricky so technically it didn't help. I took the papers and almost fell over. It was heavy. The copier must have stopped working for quite some time. I put them on the kitchen table and sat down on the couch next to Adrienne. I wanted to ask her a million questions, but I knew I had to take it slowly or I might scare her away.
"How have you been?" she asked.
"I've been fine. I'm having a boy and we're naming him John." I answered.
"That's great, Amy. I bet Ricky is excited about that."
"Yeah." I said.
We sat in silence for awhile before she finally broke it.
"So, Grace, Jack, and I were talking a few days ago and we were thinking about some stuff we should do for you before John comes." She said.
"What kind of stuff?" I asked.
"Well, we were thinking about a baby shower. You know, bring gifts, and have cake, things like that." She said.
"Adrienne, that would be wonderful, but I don't want you guys wasting all you money on the baby." I said, feeling bad that were even thinking about spending their money on John. Not that John wasn't worth the money, I just felt bad taking their gifts.
"Oh no, it's OK. We're willing to buy stuff, don't worry." She said. "Now, what do you guys need?"
"Uh, I need a couple of blankets, clothes, and toys. Ricky and I can buy the rest." I insisted.
"Alright, I'll let Grace and Jack know and we'll see what we can do for you. Is Ricky awake?" she asked.
"No, I don't think he got much sleep last night." I said.
"Oh, well I have to get going. I'll call you as soon as we figure out a date." Adrienne said as she walked out.
I let her out and went upstairs.
"Amy!" Ashley whispered.
I rolled my eyes. "What do you want?" I asked.
"Come in here." She said.
I went into her room and sat on the bed. "What?" I asked.
"So, I hear the whore is going to throw you a baby shower." She said sarcastically.
I had enough of this crap. "You know what Ashley? You're only calling her a whore because you only know her loose side, but I know both sides. Yeah, she sleeps with people but she's still nice and she cares so stop calling her a whore, OK. Just because you don't like her doesn't mean anything." I snapped.
"Well, it's true. Who knows how many shots and pills she takes a day because of all the diseases she has." She yelled.
"Ashley, do you hear yourself right now! You've never been like this before. You've never liked her, but you didn't dish on her like this, never. What is up with you? You're making fun of Ricky, sneaking out of the house, getting mom worked up, saying you're "grown" and you're not, and you make mom and me feel like crap." I said.
"Well, answering those questions won't be hard. Ricky got you pregnant therefore he deserves to be made fun of, I sneak out of the house because I like, no love partying, mom overreacts too much, I am grown for your information, and you guys are forever making me feel like crap." She said.
"We don't treat you like crap. We don't talk to you or hang out with you because every time we do, you yell at us and walk away or just completely ignore us." I said.
I walked out of Ashley's room and stomped into mine. Ricky was awake looking at his phone.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Nothing, it's just a bunch of sister drama. Uh, Adrienne came by a little while ago. She left our homework." I said.
"Oh, how much." He asked.
I bit my lip and went downstairs and picked up the stack of papers. The stack was so high I almost tripped over the stairs because I couldn't see anything. The moment I went upstairs, Ricky freaked.
"I have to finish this all in just a day!" he said.
"Not in a day, in a week." I said, but it really didn't make it sound that much better. "To make it worse, most of this is yours."
He sighed. He got up and took the papers out of my hand. I felt bad, really bad. I never seem him so stressed. I've seen him mad, but never stressed. Just then, my phone vibrated. The doctor was calling me.
"I'll be right back Ricky." I said and trudged downstairs.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Yes, is this Amy Juergens?"
"Yes, may I ask who is calling?"
"It's Dr. Willow. I'm sorry I couldn't meet you the other day, I was very sick."
"Oh, don't worry it's OK."
"I hear you're having a baby boy. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"That's not what I called about though, we looked at your sonogram again and we just realized something urgent. Your baby is beginning to get too big to stay in the womb any longer. The longer it can stay is for about a week."
This was not good. We already had a lot of things going on, school, baby shower, now I have to go into labor this early?
"Uh, are you sure it was my test? There are other pregnant teens that come and visit you, right?"
"No, there are not. Next Thursday you will need to be check into a hospital."
"OK, thank you Dr. Willow."
I hung up and went upstairs.
"Everything OK?" Ricky asked.
"No, that was the doctor. John is getting too big to stay any longer. I'm getting induced next Thursday."
Ricky's face got red. "No, now is not a good time. We have homework, a big, huge stack of homework. I can't do homework and watch John. It's too complicated."
I started crying. "I'm sorry, I really am." I walked out and sat on the couch and cried. Ricky was right, we can't get that mountain done in a week and watch a baby, my mom is starting to date somebody and she won't be around too much, Ashley probably will be too busy jumping out of windows to help me. Ashley and my mom might've said they would be there, but in reality all I have is Ricky.
Ricky came downstairs and sat next to me. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. It's just, we already have a lot of homework and taking care of this baby is just going to make it more difficult." He said.
"I know, I really do." I said.
I felt horrible, not for me but for Ricky.
"I meant to tell you something, when Adrienne came over earlier, she told me that her, Jack and Grace are having a baby shower for us." I said.
"That's great." He said.
"Yep." I said.
We sat in silence until Ashley, being the silence-breaker she is, rudely intruded.
"Yo, pops. What's up Ma?" she said.
"Ashley, what do you want?" I asked.
"Nothing, I just love messing with you guys." She said and walked back upstairs.
"I'm excited to have this baby shower. I wonder who is going to come." I said.
Ricky still looked a little stressed. "Ricky, stop it. We will be fine, that homework is the last thing we need to worry about, John isn't. I would rather not get that homework complete than my son not get everything he is going to need." I said.
"I know, but this is just a lot going on at once." He said.
"I understand, but don worry it'll be fine." I hugged him and we sat there, retreating back to our silence. I heard the kitchen door open and it was my mom.
"Hi guys, how are you?" she asked.
"Uh, OK I guess." I said.
She frowned a little. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"The doctor called earlier and said that John had to be born soon and Adrienne came over with a big stack of homework and I can't do all that homework and take care of John. It's way too difficult." I said, becoming frustrated.
"Oh, well you guys will do just fine. Maybe you should start on the homework now that way, you won't have as much." She said.
I hated when she was right. We went upstairs and separated the stack of papers and got to work. I had finished a lot of my stack and Ricky had finished a lot of his before we finally gave up.
"Well, hey it probably won't take us a week now." I said, trying to cheer him but I kind of failed.
"Yeah, I guess." He said. Time had really gotten past me. It was already 10:30. Just then, Adrienne had called.
"Hello?"
"Hey Amy, we figured out a date. How does Wednesday sound for you?"
It was really cutting close to my induction, but it would be OK.
"Sounds great, can't wait to see you guys. Whatever you do, don't invite Ben. I don't think Ricky is over the whole whore thing yet."
"Girl, don't worry. I was never going to invite him."
"Thanks, I should get going. I have to finish homework tomorrow."
"Alright, bye."
When I hung up, for some reason I started thinking about that day when Ricky fought with Ben. It was pretty dramatic, Ben calling me a whore, me punching him, Adrienne kicking him in his balls (I finally figured out why he screamed), Ricky beating the crap out of him, and the whole Madison and Lauren situation. Lauren hasn't talked to me since that fight, but Madison, being the butt-kisser she is, called me a lot after I decided to stay at home and take class. She finally got the picture that we weren't friends anymore and stopped. I would've been her friend, but she always says she didn't mean to and that she will stop but in the end, more people are hurt by her big mouth and more people end up hating her.
Ricky came back upstairs with two plates of mac and cheese and handed me one. I was starving; I guess that's what three hours of homework does to you. After I was done, I went to bed, hoping for the best for John.
Wednesday Afternoon (Amy's baby shower)
Ricky and I were squealing away while we drove to Adrienne's house. I wondered what they had gotten me. Of course I was going to get clothes today, that was obvious. We were both super excited. When we pulled up to the house and saw a blue sign with a pacifier on it.
Welcome to Amy Juergens' Baby Shower
For John baby boy
I looked outside and didn't see a lot of cars next to her house, just hers and her mom's. I knocked on the door, but when I did, it slightly cracked. I walked in hesitantly and it was dark.
"Hello, anyone home?" I said, my voice cracking.
The lights turned on and-
"SURPRISE!" Everyone came buzzing around me from every direction.
"Oh my, thank you guys." I said.
I saw a stack of bags in one corner. That was going to be interesting to open. I sat down and my smile turned into a frown. Someone who I prayed wouldn't be here was. My prayers apparently weren't answered. He was in the corner with a long white shirt and vest on and some blue jeans, holding a bag. He didn't notice me and I looked away. I dragged Adrienne into a corner.
"What's wrong?" Adrienne asked.
"What's wrong? Seriously, after I asked you not to invite Ben, you do it anyway." I said.
Adrienne looked a little confused. "No I didn't, he's not here and I told everybody I invited not to tell Ben about this." He said.
"Look over there." I pointed my finger in his direction.
"Who invited him?" she asked.
I thought I knew who it was. "Come on, let's go find Saint Grace." I said.
I found Grace in the mist of all the people. I pulled her out and we all went into Adrienne's room.
"Did you invite Ben?" I asked.
"Yeah, why?" she asked.
"Why? Amy hates Ben and I'm pretty sure he hates her, too. I told you not to invite him." Adrienne said.
"Oops, I'm sorry Amy. Since when did you two not like each other? I thought you guys were friends." She asked.
"You weren't there that day at school, were you?" I asked.
She looked confused. "What day?"
"The day Ben and Ricky got into a fight because he called me a whore." I said.
"He called you a whore? I never knew about that!" she said. "Oh my gosh, I'll tell him to leave." She started to get up, but Adrienne pushed her down.
"It's too late now, you know how determined he is. He won't leave without a fight and there's a pregnant girl in this house and we don't need her or the baby getting hurt." Adrienne snapped. "Just ignore him. Everyone here knows about the fight and they don't like him, so he'll just be miserable."
We walked out of her room and didn't see Ben in the corner anymore, he was probably hiding.
"Everybody, gather around. It's present time." Adrienne yelled.
We all sat in a circle while I opened the gifts. I got loads of clothes, a lot of toys, and a couple of blankets. I thank everyone and went to the restroom while Ricky packed stuff up and people left. Just as I was coming out, Ben had stopped me and he had the bag in his hand.
"Hi Amy." He said. I really didn't want to talk to him right now.
"Hi Ben." I said.
"Uh, here's your present. I would've given it to you earlier, but I knew it would just start a fight." He said.
Wow, he actually cared about starting a fight. Shocker.
I took the bag and there was a card and an outfit inside. I took the card and opened it. I was about to read it, but something fell out of it. I picked it up and almost fell down. Ben had put in $400 in the card.
"Oh my, Ben I can't take this." I started to give him back his money, but he rejected it.
"Keep it, you're going to need it more than I will." He said.
"Thank you so much." I said. I hugged him and put the money back in the card.
"You know, after you left Grant, I didn't realize how much I loved you until then. Amy, I was stupid for calling you a whore, I really was. I guess I was just mad at the fact that the baby wasn't mine, it was Ricky's." he said.
Wow, that was exactly what Ashley had told me when she heard about that day. She sure knew what she was talking about.
"I love you Amy Juergens and I want to give you this ring back. I won't make you prisoner, I'll make you Amy Juergens. Please, I'll treat John like he was my own child and I'll love you forever." He pulled the ring out of his back pocket and put it on my finer.
"Ben, thank you but this won't work out. I'm not over this too much. I'm sorry." I pulled the ring off and put it back in his hand. I didn't feel guilty.
"Amy, please forgive me. I love you a lot and I was just mad. I wanted to be your first, not Ricky."
"I'm sorry, but thank you for the gift." I was about to walk away, but he pulled me back and kissed me. I pushed him off of me.
"What is wrong with you, I'm dating Ricky not you. Don't kiss me." I said.
"I told you I loved you, Amy. I want to prove it to you." He leaned in and kissed me again and this time, I slapped him.
"DON'T TOUCH ME ANYMORE! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! I LOVE Ricky, NOT YOU. THESE LIPS ARE NOT YOURS!" I yelled.
Ricky came around the hall and pushed Ben back.
"Why are you here? Nobody here wants to be around you." Ricky yelled.
"I'm showing my love for your girlfriend, Amy." He said.
"You can have love for her, but she will never accept it, got it?" Ricky said.
Ben pushed him off of him. "One day, she will come to her senses if she has any left and come back to me, her real love." He said.
Ricky pushed him into the wall and punched him in his face. "Get the hell out of her and never come back!" Ricky said.
Ben went back over to me. "I'll come break you out of his prison and you will come live happily with me." he said.
"No, I don't want you. I never did and I never will. Get out of here." I said.
He stomped out and I heard the door slam. Ricky came over and hugged me while I cried. I didn't like Ben, I didn't even love him. I loved Ricky, Ricky and John. We got our stuff and left out. I couldn't stay in this house of bad memories any longer. We drove in silence, only my sobbing filled the car. The drama was starting all over again. It started when I found out I was pregnant and it started up again when I am about to give birth. Would it ever stop? Would we all just stop being so immature and grow up? I was sick of drama. It didn't make life any easier on any of us, so why even have it? All it did was cause more and more drama per second which would lead to hating each other and I didn't like that. Most of this drama was brought onto us because of Madison and Lauren. I don't think things would've been this bad if Madison and Lauren would've stopped pressuring me and let me tell them when I was ready and tell Ben when I was ready. They couldn't be trusted for anything and neither could Ben.
When we got in the house, I went upstairs and cried a lot more. I felt horrible, furious, upset, depressed, and just plain furious all at the same time and all these emotions ate me alive. Ashley came in and tried to comfort me, but nothing could comfort me right now. I stopped crying and tried to talk to her.
"What happened at the party?" she asked.
"Ben came to the party and ruined everything, Ashley. He gave me four hundred dollars for John, then said he loved me, tried to give me back the ring and I said no, he kissed me twice, and Ricky punched him. Ashley, he keeps causing all this unwanted drama and I know he's trying to ruin my relationship with Ricky. He thinks I love him and I don't." I said.
"Amy, with Ben still here, drama will never die, but it'll be OK. Just know that that party will be the last place he will ever see you." She said.
"Thank you, Ashley. I feel so much better. I still can't talk to Ricky about this. I don't need two holes in my wall." I said and pointed to the hole he had made when he saw the first text from Ben. Sometimes the hole made me laugh, other times I just wanted to make it bigger.
"Yeah, we don't need another one. Well, I am going to go to bed, mom has been driving me crazy all day." She paused for a moment and her eyes lit up. "Oh my gosh, wait a minute." She ran into her room and came back with two bags. One from her, the other from my mom. I opened them and got another huge load of baby clothes. They were all super cute.
"Oh my gosh Ashley, thank you so much." I hugged her.
"You're welcome, now I will go to bed." She walked out and went into her room. Ricky had then come upstairs. He looked at the bags.
"Where did those come from?" he asked.
"Ashley and my mom." I said.
"Oh, well they're cute."
"Yeah, I'm going to bed." I said.
"Me, too." We climbed in the bed and fell asleep. Tomorrow was a pretty important day.
Thursday Morning
I woke up and immediately started packing a bag. I didn't know how long I was going to be in the hospital, so I packed a ton of clothes. Ricky was making sure the baby room was perfect for John. I was so excited. I was finally having John. After waiting for what seemed like forever, I was finally going to see what John looked like. After packing, I went downstairs and saw my mom making three cakes.
"Mom, what are you doing?" I asked.
"Making a cake for when you come back home." She said.
"But, you do know that I'm not supposed to know about this "surprise", right?" I asked.
"Yeah, I know, I just didn't want to hide it and I couldn't wait any longer." She said.
"Uh, OK." I looked at my stomach. "Are you ready to come out John? You ready to see mommy, daddy, and the whole wide world? I'm excited to see you and so is daddy." I said. It was a little weird talking to my stomach, but I knew what was inside. The whole day, all I did was perfect everything, baby proof stuff, perfect even more, pack more than I needed, and perfected even more. I was too tired to move anymore, so I fell asleep. I was woken around nine at night, though.
"Amy, it's time." Ricky said.
I got up and left out of the house, knowing that I wouldn't be coming back with empty hands and starting my journey to motherhood.
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