Tested

Ricky felt his palms were sweaty; he couldn't keep his foot still he was just shaking while he was at free clinic. He had told Adrian and of course, she chewed his ear off. Dylan had apparently had oral sex and contracted Chlamydia but she didn't that she had it, until she felt a burning sensation when she urinated. Ricky hoped more than anything that he didn't give anything to Adrian.

"Adrian I'm sorry about this, I had no idea that Dylan had something, she didn't know and didn't say anything to me" Ricky said, as he tried to place his hand on Adrian's but she pushed it off and didn't say a word to him.

"Whatever Ricky, let's just get this over with I thought you had really changed, but obviously not" Adrian said.

"I have changed, you were the last girl I slept with, I don't when you were gone I went back to my old ways because it was just easier, but I'm not gone to be like that anymore, I've learnt my lesson." Ricky said.

"Well we did use condoms, and Omar and I haven't slept with Omar in a while" Adrian said.

"Did you tell him about us?" Ricky asked cautiously.

"Yeah, I did and we broke up but we had other problems before I slept with you, I don't I'll ever love someone as much as I love you" Adrian said, with her eyes tearing up.

Ricky smiled, and used his finger to wipe a tear off her face. He had always wanted the best for her, which is why he was so adamant for her to go to New York without him.

"I'm sorry I've been an idiot for a long time, I was just afraid of the future"

Adrian sighed and pushed her hair back; the heat that morning was insufferable as she felt the beads of sweat building up on her forehead. She was also nervous that she might have caught something so that didn't help to break the sweat.

Grace sat in the outside eating area of the coffee shop, soaking up the sun while waiting for Griffin. Adrian suggested that she should talk to him because he would probably know what Grace is going through. Griffin showed up fifteen minutes later. He was dressed in a very smart casual way, looking like he'd just stepped out of a business meeting. Grace stood up too greet him, she reached out to shake his hand but he hugged her instead.

"Hey Grace, good to see you, I'm sorry I'm late I just got out of a job interview" Griffin.

" It's okay you look nice, where did you apply to work?"

"I applied to work at the GAP, this summer, I got tried at working at the old man's garage"

"How did you know you were gay?" Grace asked curiously.

"Well, I don't know once I began middle school, all the guys I hung out with were interested in girls and I wasn't I just wanted to play sports and a few girls had flirted with me I think and I didn't really respond to it. It was kind of embarrassing actually she tried to kiss me at a party and I pulled away."

"Is that how people found out you were gay?" Graced asked

"Well no that wasn't exactly it, I kind started to develop a crush on this guy and he reciprocated but he didn't want anyone to know, but people started finding out and then he sort of turned against me"

"Oh my gosh, how did people find out?"

"Well, they overheard us talking about things, I was getting frustrated about keeping things a secret and rumours started to spread about us and he turned against me. He said I was making all the advances towards him, called me a homo, fag and creep."

Grace was shocked and shook her head "That's terrible, did you tell the principal?"

"I did but I didn't want to look like a wuss, I wanted to appear brave against those guys and I knew if I told the principal he would tell them off and I'd get beaten up even more. So I learnt karate, self-defence and then I eventually came to high school and never looked back."

"But the principle couldn't just let all of that fighting go on"

Griffin agreed and nodded "He made an effort, to stop it inside of school, but there was still cyber bullying and fighting going outside of school."

"Wow, I'm so sorry Griffin I had no idea you went through all that, you just were always so confidant. "

"I was lucky I had a good support system and when I went to until I got to Grant High I just decided to be open and honest with it and not care about what others thought and that worked out well."

"You're really brave, I don't know if I'm gay or not, I've been attracted to men my whole life and never really been curious until college"

" I don't know Grace, I think you should just go with your gut, if you want to be with Sasha then be with her, but if you're not going be comfortable telling your family then I suggest you don't go through with a relationship, because hiding things never works out, trust me"

Grace nodded and accepted Griffin's advice, he was right, she needed to talk to her mom because her mother hadn't always been the best Christian either and maybe she would offer her some good advice. Griffin and Grace hugged, and parted ways. She later on called Sasha and the two agreed to just be friends for the time being because both weren't quite so ready to be out in the open with everyone. Grace actually felt a little more relaxed and was enjoying her summer more.

One week, later Ricky and Adrian's tests results had come and luckily both of them hadn't caught anything. They both spent the past getting to know each other again and both were happier than they had been in a very long time. It had taken a while for Ricky to fully over come his demons but he was finally on the same page with Adrian. They both talked about their plans in the future and both agreed they would do whatever it takes to work out long distance.

Ben and Amy were having the time of their life in Florence, it was so magical and romantic, and it fit them perfectly. Since their trip was two weeks they decide to head off to one of the Greek Islands.

A/N: I'll have so more stuff about Ben and Amy's trip in the next chapter and Grace/Kathleen!