Reflecting

Amy had finished packing her things for the trip, and was beginning get ready for bed but the phone rang.

"Hey Ricky what's up is something wrong with John?"

" Hi it's nothing, he's fine but I forgot to ask you today about John's new bike? When did you get that?"

"Oh, didn't I mention it to you Leo got it for him as a late birthday present. We didn't ask him to buy it. He just wanted to do something nice for John because John didn't have one and honestly it's a big deal, it's just a bike."

"No it's not just a bike Amy, I can't afford to buy him a bike like the one Leo got him, do you have any idea how this bike costs? You shouldn't just go to Leo or Ben when John can't get something he wants I don't want our son to be raised like that."

Amy was starting to get annoyed, as she couldn't believe what Ricky was saying he was overreacting way too much about a bike that which was a gift that she didn't ask for.

"John doesn't get everything he wants I never asked Leo to buy a bike he just noticed that John didn't have one. Also I tried to protest but you know Leo he doesn't take no for an answer and also you're one to talk you don't have to pay rent because of Leo!" Amy exclaimed.

"Yeah, well I work for Mr Boykewich he's my boss and I pay the bills. What did John to earn that bike?" Ricky exclaimed.

Amy shook her head, as she couldn't believe that she and Ricky were still arguing about this bike.

"You're really going to go there, he's just a kid Ricky."

"I know that Amy, but it starts with a bike and a pony, and whatever else Ben or Leo want to get him."

"Ricky just stop okay you're making way to big a deal out of bike, okay I'll admit it's a little pricey and maybe a bit over the top but I don't know maybe it'll teach John to take care of things and value his things."

"Yeah or he'll just grow out of it like any other kid. So I guess Ben is going to teach him, huh? Ricky said softly.

"No, he just wants his daddy to teach him"

"Okay that's great because you know I really wanted to" Ricky said; Amy rolled her eyes and smiled "Yes I know, good night Ricky"

Ricky was happy that he could teach his son how to ride a bike because as a child he missed out on some many of those key childhood moments since he didn't really have parents who took care of him. He learnt how to ride a bike from the kids on the street.

"Good night Amy, I'm sorry for getting all crazy and I hope you and Ben enjoy your honeymoon"

"Thanks Ricky" Amy replied.

Amy hung the phone and finally headed off to bed. She saw Ben in the bedroom and smiled, as she crawled in the bed next to him. Amy snuggled closer towards and he wrapped his arm around her neck.

"So what took you so long to get to bed?" Ben asked

"Nothing I was just talking to Ricky about John, don't worry about it" Amy said.

"Okay, if you say it's nothing I believe you"

" Yeah it's really not a big deal he just wanted to about the bike and I explained the whole story to him."

Ben rolled his eyes " Ugh, I knew he'd make a big deal out of it, I don't know why he thinks he can control everything"

" Ben just drop it please, about it, Ricky's fine with it because he can teach John how to ride a bike"

" Alright, that sounded like a good deal"

"Yeah but of course we had to argue about it"

"When do you two not argue about something"?

Amy hit Ben playfully and he chuckled

"We're not that bad, I don't know he just doesn't see things my way and so we clash"

"Oh boy, John is going to be extremely stubborn when he grows up"

"He already is, remember how stressed out I got when potty training him, he would always go pee wherever he wanted and never in the potty until I got him that race car! He was so obsessed with it."

Ben laughed remembering the magic car as Amy had conned into thinking that the car was magic and could take him to wonderful places if he peed in the potty.

"I then had to get him to let go of the toy because it lost it's magic"

"Oh boy, how did he react to that?"

Amy cringed as she took a trip down to memory when John was hitting the terrible twos and throwing temper tantrums.

"Not well at all, but I told him he used up the magic but he was a big now and didn't need magic he could it all on his own. The 'big boy' statements always worked like a charm."

Ben chuckled at his wife "Yeah but he's a good a kid and he's a good head on his shoulders. I love John"

"You know it's funny even though having a baby in high school was a lot of hard work I kind of miss John being a baby"

Ben raised his eyes brows, and his eyes widened. He had wanted to have a baby with Amy for a long time, even though he loved John like his own, he felt that he had to always share him with Ricky. Ben wanted more than anything to start his own family with Amy.

" Really, well maybe we could start finally a little family of our own. I can see a couple see of little boykewichs running around in our a future."

Amy laughed at Ben's eagerness

"A couple huh, let's not get too ahead of ourselves. I'm sure we can wait till after the honeymoon, or until I get a real job."

"You still haven't heard back from the school have you"

"No, I haven't I'm not expecting to get it anyway I don't have much experience, I've only had a few internships." Amy said.

"I know but you never they might call you, it's a process you only had the interviews and there are other schools in the district you can apply to."

"Yeah I guess, I'll just have to wait and see, but I am going to be running the church since Debbie and Carla are retiring so they gave the position to me."

"That's good at least you have a stable job for now and I'm sure something else will come up for you or you may hear back from Grant High, you never know"

Amy smiled and the two talked some more before they drifted off to sleep in each others arms.

Grace called Adrian that night and told Adrian everything about Sasha and Jason. Adrian was really shocked at first and didn't know what to say about all of it.

"Grace you should've told me about this girl, maybe I could've helped you with the situation"

" No Adrian I couldn't I was too embarrassed to tell you"

" You shouldn't of been embarrassed I'm your best friend and I'm the last person who can judge you, look I don't think you're gay it seems like it was just a phase for you and for her it was obviously something more."

"Yeah which is what is making it so hard I thought we were just having fun you know, but what I did was wrong Adrian, being with a girl it was a sin"

Adrian felt a little uncomfortable inside when she heard Grace say that, but she was a Christian and had different values.

" So is Griffin being gay a sin? What you're saying that what Griffin is doing is wrong but you're friends with him, so you're not making any sense Grace."

"I'm not judging Griffin, it's wrong for me to judge someone when I'm not perfect myself"

" But you are being really hard on yourself"

" Adrian, I know I've strayed away from God a lot but I still want to be that girl who I was in high school the one who always did the right thing and instead of just doing whatever I feel like. Despite everything I've done I still see myself as a Christian. "

"Grace you can't go back to who you were before you've changed, you just have to move forward. You're like the girl that cried wolf too many times."

Grace knew that Adrian was right but Grace just didn't want to deal with the consequences of her actions. She had got several texts from Sasha, and she told her that she just wanted to be friends for the time being because and Sasha agreed. They both had a lot of fun together but it was better if they didn't date anyone for now. Grace was very confused still about what do even after talking to Adrian but she knew that she would have to talk to her mother.

"I know, I know you're right , ugh it's just hard to know what to do when you've screwed a lot."

"I hear ya, Chica , I uhh broke up with Omar"

"Why?! I mean you two seemed so good together, what happened?"

"I slept with Ricky…

"Adrian… " Adrian raised her hand up to stop Grace from finishing her sentence.

"But he cheated on me in New York and I didn't know about it" Adrian said defensively

"So you got back at Ricky for revenge?" Grace asked curiously.

"No no, I didn't know about the Omar thing and I still slept with Ricky. I'm just so mad that I was made to feel guilty for so long about our relationship and he was keeping things from me."

Grace took a bite out of her chocolate bar, as if she was swallowing everything that Adrian had said to her. It felt like high school all over again with she and Adrian talking about relationships.

"I'm sorry Adrian I didn't know that things were so bad between you and Omar."

" Yeah well it was kind of my fault I shouldn't have stayed with Omar when I was having doubts"

"And Ricky?"

"I love Ricky but I don't know how it will work, we'll see"

"I always thought you two were good together"

Adrian, nodded she had always loved Ricky; even in her relationship with Omar she was in denial. But there was still the question that lingered her mind would they make it work long distance?

As Ricky was about to go to bed he heard his phone buzzing, it was a text from Dylan; Ricky rolled his eyes, what does she want ? he thought.

To Ricky

Hi, Ricky I think you should get tested , I got chlamydia

From Dylan

Ricky threw his phone down, they had both been so careful unless she had lied to him about who she had slept with. He was finally turning his life around and now this was happening, it was ridiculous it felt like he couldn't move forward. Ricky didn't really sleep that night and had found out from Dylan that she had lied about who she'd slept with. Ricky was angry with himself because he of all people should know that sex was never casual.