The Aftermath

A/N: Hey everyone sorry I've taken so long to update! I'm finally done with school yay :D

Grace Bowman lay on her bead, with her arms folded across her chest. After the wedding she spent a couple of days to herself, just with Tom and her mom. It was nice to be back home and take her mind of things with her family. The dilemma with Sasha and Jason, encapsulated her mind. She even wrote down a pros and cons list about the two, but that just made her decision even harder.

She knew how Sasha felt, but the question Grace asked herself is was she ready to come out to her family, and friends here. Grace had already tarnished her reputation at Church, they all thought she was a hypocrite and they were right in a way, and if they found that she was possibly bi-sexual that would give them more of a reason to hate her. Where was God in all this? Grace thought. Then she thought about her family her mother, Tom, even George and her two step sisters Amy and Ashley how would they react.

But Grace had come to the conclusion that if she couldn't tell her best friend what was going on then, there was no way she could start anything with Sasha. She knew that she needed to tell Adrian everything; she needed some tell-like-it-is advice from her.

Adrian felt her phone vibrate; it jolted her out of her sleepiness. She also noticed that she had a lot of missed phone calls.

" Grace, is everything okay, why are you call so early?" Adrian Asked.

" Early? Ahh It's eleven o'clock Adrian. Wait did you have a late night with Omar?" Grace asked, smirking.

" Yeah you could say that" Adrian said, as she looked over shoulder at a shirtless Ricky smiling. Adrian she knew would have to deal with the consequences of sleeping with Ricky later but right now she didn't feel guilty.

" Who is it?" Ricky mouthed. Adrian ignored him.

" So I was thinking that we should you know have a girls do our nails, eat junk food and watch movies?" Grace asked.

" Yeah that's sounds perfect, I'll meet you later tonight?" Adrian asked.

Grace accepted, and went downstairs to make some breakfast, and afterwards meet with Jason for coffee because she felt bad for the mess she had dragged him into. He was so understanding and they both agreed that they should just be friends for now. He gave her a short kiss and said that there would be no hard feelings between them.

Back at Ricky's apartment, Adrian and Ricky lay in bed and made out for a little longer. Although Adrian enjoyed sex with Omar, however nothing was like being with Ricky. Adrian thought that by being with someone else would make her feelings for Ricky go away but at the same time she hated herself for hurting Omar.

" mmm Ricky, stop" Adrian groaned. He laughed, and stared at her for a bit the sun rays coming from the window made it look like she was glowing, she'd never looked so beautiful.

" Ricky, I shouldn't have stayed over last night," Adrian said.

" Yeah but you did, and the things that happened last night were for a reason. Look I was an idiot back in high school, I shouldn't have done what I did but it happened. I think I want us to try again for real this time, long distance, no cheating. Seriously, you're the only girl I always went back, and I just got scared of screwing up if you went to New York." Ricky said.

Adrian was surprised at Ricky's declaration, she felt the same way that she did when Ricky told her he didn't want her to sleep with other guys and a commitment, the first time her told he loved her. But he had let her down all those other times and now she was going to hurt Omar who up until now hadn't let her down.

" Do you really mean that Ricky? You seemed really dead set against long distance. And what about Clementine?" Adrian asked.

" Yes Adrian I do. Clementine and I weren't really exclusive anyway, we never were serious." Ricky said and then began kissing Adrian's neck. Adrian started giggling, and slapped his arm.

" Okay stop, we can stay in bed all day we have to get up " Ricky smirked and the two got up and had breakfast with each other. Adrian knew she'd have to deal with the aftermath of this all later but was the harm in enjoying moment now.

On the other side of town, Madison and Jack , Lauren and Frank were all together for breakfast at the new café, which had just opened up. They were waiting for their order to be taken.

" Hi are you all ready to take your orders" Clementine asked, looking at little saddened. The gang nodded and ordered what they wanted.

" She looked so upset, I wonder what that was about ." Lauren questioned.

" It's probably because she got into a fight with Ricky last night after he talked to Adrian." Madison.

" Madison, she's right here" Jack said.

" What's it not like she can hear us" Madison shrugged and continued eating her food. Jack and Frank, rolled their eyes not wanting to involve themselves.

" There's always some drama going on between Ricky and Adrian can those two just stop fooling around and admit that they love each other or not." Lauren said.

" I guess the high school drama did never really end. But I never could see Ricky settle down with anyone." Madison said.

" Me either, the guy has like five hearts, but at least he 's a good father for John. I'm glad Amy ended up with Ben." Lauren said.

" Me too, I'm so happy for them." Madison agreed. The conversation eventually drifted away from Ricky as Madison and Lauren began to chat away about other things. Jack and Frank discussed the previous nights football game. After they all finished their breakfast, Jack went up to pay for he and Madison. Clementine was making coffee when she saw Jack.

" Hey, I'm just paying for mine and Madison's breakfast. " Jack said and Clementine nodded.

" So I didn't know you had a girlfriend, it explains why you didn't call me back after we slept together. " Clementine said, as was processing Jack's money.

" Look I thought we had that we had a good time and that was it me and Madison were broken up at the time. I'm sorry I didn't know you were looking for something else." Jack said.

" That' the problem with guys like you, you forget that we as girls have feelings. I'm nice girl and you said that you really liked me and I slept with you and you made me feel. But I'm kind of glad that it happened because I learnt my lesson and didn't take things seriously with Ricky, which is the best thing I did for my self." Clementine said.

" I'm sorry Clementine, I shouldn't have led you on, like that" Jack said.

" Yeah well I can't take back what happened now." Clementine said and walked away.

Jack honestly had not thought a lot about Clementine's feelings the night he slept with her and then he when got back together with Madison he acted like what he did with Clementine never happened. Frank left for the bathroom.

" Okay, Madison I don't know how you keep this up any longer. You have to tell Jack about the pregnancy test, it was positive Madison. " Lauren said.

" I don't want to tell him until I go an see the doctors and they confirm it. I just wish this wasn't happening, Jack and I aren't ready for a baby we just finished school."

" Yeah, well that's what happens when you're not careful with birth control pills and use old condoms. Go to the doctors, then tell Jack and call me afterwards." Lauren said.

Madison nodded, and looked over at Jack, she knew Lauren was right. She just didn't want this to happen now, neither she nor Jack were ready to be parents yet.

Amy and Ben were at the hospital visiting Mimsy, . Mimsy was in the intensive care unit after her stroke. She was going to be closely monitored for a more days, before the doctors who allow her to go back home. The doctors said she would be fine and that was good to hear for now. Visiting Mimsy for the past couple of years had been full of ups and downs in terms of emotions for the Juergens family; one minute they would be laughing and they'd see her cracking jokes, the next she'd be completely lost and they would have to repeat everything they said back to her because she'd forget the conversation. Eugene was amazing though, at first Amy and Ashley thought we was a grifter but he was actually a really nice guy and did actually love Mimsy. He also liked jazz music and was a former musician, he and Amy would have long conversations about their favourite artists. It was nice having a grandfather figure after the girls lost grandpa Robert at such a young age.

Ben and Amy spent a couple of hours with her talking about the wedding and John, in and out of the conversation Mimsy.

" Hey, Ames I don't want to rush you but we should get going now we still have to pack for our trip, the flight is tomorrow morning." Ben said.

" Yeah you're right and I want to spend some time with John before we leave for tomorrow. He's over at Margret and Shakers."

" Yeah me too, I'm going to miss that little guy, but it'll be nice for us to have alone uninterrupted for two weeks" Ben said. Amy smirked at him and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a short kiss.

" Are you sure you're okay? You seemed kind of upset before." Ben asked.

" No, it's just that every time I see Mimsy it's depressing and I know that sounds horrible but I can't help it because I know that her memory is going to get worse and there's nothing we can do about it." Amy said.

" Yeah, I know what you mean about that, I used to feel the same way when my mom got sick, and the doctors gave us no hope for her recovery. It's still hard for me to be in hospitals, you know."

Amy nodded and agreed with him.

" I'm so sorry Ben, I wish I could've been there for you like you are here for me."

" It's okay Amy, you have helped, you were the first person I opened up to about her after Alice and Henry. You also helped remove some of the grief I carried around for so many years. I didn't ever think I could be this happy."

Amy smiled, and gave Ben a kiss on the cheek "Me too" she replied.

After saying their goodbyes to John in the evening. Ben and Amy went home and packed their bags. Ben had a goofy grin on his face after he saw the new lingerie Amy had packed oh boy he thought these two weeks are going to be amazing.

Adrian decided to meet up with Omar and tell him everything before she went to Grace's house. She couldn't not tell him the truth, she owed him that much and even though it was going to break his heart it had to be done. She tried to think what came over her that night, when she went over to Ricky's house was it really throwing away what she had with Omar after one night with Ricky? Ricky definitely had his flaws, his issues but he was Ricky and there was no quite like him. She found herself thinking about that night after the wedding.

After the wedding and seeing her parents Adrian decided to head over to Ricky's apartment to set things straight. Ricky was in his apartment tidying some things up and then he heard a loud, violent knocking on his door. He opened, the door and found a familiar face, it was fuming Adrian.

" Adrian what are you doing here?" Ricky asked.

" Is John here?" she asked.

" No, he's with George and Kathleen tonight, why?" Ricky asked

" Well, that's good, because I don't want him to hear what I have to say to you." Adrian exclaimed.

" Okay…" Ricky said looking slightly confused.

" I just want to know why you keep confusing everything for me. It took me a really long to get over and when I finally did I was happy I met Omar and he's a great, he takes care of and treats me well. Now his father is sick, and I should be there for him and instead I'm here with you." Adrian said.

" Adrian, you're here because you don't love him, you shouldn't be with him because his dad is sick and you feel sorry for him! You said all these things about him and you couldn't even admit that you love him. You're just with him because him you don't want to be alone! " Ricky said.

" I shouldn't have come here, it was a mistake and I don't think we should talk to each other anymore. " Adrian said sadly. As she was about to walk away Ricky, pulled her towards him, and kissed her passionately. She wanted to slap him but she found falling under his spell, and kissed him back.