" The Secret Life of the American Teenager" is owned by Brenda Hampton & ABCFAMILY CHANNEL. This story has no affiliation wiht that show save for the characters and the relationships. The story is a product of my imagination.
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As, Ben stood on the cliff next to Dr. Bowman this is the scene that he watched in the sky.
"Why, is this taking so long the doctor should have been out here by now telling me what is wrong with my son!" Leo said angrily. "Leo calm down the accident was bad, the driver of the truck said Ben's car rolled three times and he barely got him out before it blew up." Camille said trying to calm her husband. "What, was he doing speeding down the road like that? "You, you Dylan you had something to do with this didn't you" Leo said pointing an angry finger at the young redhead, who looked guilty and ashamed.
"Look, just because your son made another bonehead decision doesn't mean you should try and blame my daughter" Dylan's dad responded angrily. "My son might be a bonehead, but he is not some pothead, who corrupts people PUDDING POP," Leo replied back even more angrily. "Yeah, why don't you tell that to the girl he got pregnant, then divorced him." "I wish my daughter, had half the sense she had and left him before he got her to smoke that crap," he fired back. "Daddy stop!" Dylan said as she saw Adrian had heard his last comment.
"Dont' you dare, say that about Ben." Adrian responded as she got up from her seat. Omar tried to hold her back, but she shook loose from his grasp. "Ben Boykewich is a better man than your daughter or anyone in this room, and you have no right to talk about him like that." she said angrily. "Young lady, this doesn't concern you, so please, don't interfere."Dylan's dad replied. "Oh, it has everything to do with me, because I'm the girl who he got pregnant, and for your information she said with tears forming in her eyes divorcing him was the biggest mistake I ever made, and your daughter is the one that caused all of this trouble. "Ben, only makes mistakes because he tries to help too many people at his own expense, even that pot-headed daughter of yours."
"Adrian, please calm down before you say something you'll regret," Omar said getting up and taking her by the shoulders. "Regret, what, defending Ben for being the only person who has ever shown me the respect I won't even show myself. For being there for me when ever I needed someone." "The only thing I regret, is that it took me being in this hospital again, to realize how much pain he was probably in when our daughter died. "I really don't know where he got the strength to be there for me after that, and when he needed me to be there for him. I divorced him and slept with his best friend." she said becoming teary eyed.
"Adrian, don't." Henry said looking at her with guilt. "What do you mean, slept with his best friend, Adrian" Omar asked. "WHEN," "You mean the night Ricky kissed you at the party, you slept with that kid." "You, don't have any respect for yourself do you," he said looking disgusted. "You know I can forgive you, because we weren't really together then, and we can work through it," Omar said looking as though he wanted to hit Henry, or Adrian. "You forgive me, you left me that night after both you and Ricky humiliated me in front of my graduating class, and you forgive me." She said now becoming angry as well.
"Adrian don't try to pin your need to lie on your back on Ricky, you were the one who asked for that kiss," Amy said trying to defend Ricky who as usual was silent. "Amy please, Ricky wasn't the one who gave me that kiss, you were the one who gave me that kiss." Adrian said furiously. "You get Ricky to do whatever you want now and you know it." Adrian said with anger. "You wanted him to kiss me, and let me see how happy he is with you and not me," she said. "But, you know what, you did show me that." Adrian replied. Because, I have a tendency to like men with more back bone, and its clear you stripped Ricky of his manhood, the day you slept together. "Oh, please Adrian you just like any man with a penis Dylan responded as she looked at Adrian angrily." "Look, little miss Dylan Don't Do Right, you should shut the fuck p before, I put you in the hospital room next to Ben for what you did." Adrian replied back.
"Why should she, it seems to be true." Omar replied. "Don't you even start, Adrian said as she looked angrily at Omar. "Look, Adrian how do you expect anyone to actually, show you respect when all you do is have sex, and use people. You know, I think we should slow down, and take time to think about getting married, like you said Omar responded. "No, I don't need time to think about it, as she touched the engagement ring he had given her. "But, you can take all the time you need." Adrian said as she took off the ring and gave it back to him.
"Oh what Adrian, now you just have to go and do your little drama." Amy said we've all seen it before. "And for your information Ricky has his manhood, it just needed to be handled by the right woman." Amy said again. "Yeah, just like Ben's did, Adrian fired back. "Well, you've handled everyone's haven't you, I mean is there anyone besides Leo and Dylan's dad that you haven't slept with, because I am pretty sure you have slept with everyone in this room haven't you" Amy said looking at her. For the first time in a very long time, not since Adrian and Ben fought in the nursery had she felt so low. And by the way Adrian, the only reason Ben, even got into any of this trouble is because you were the one who got pregnant, and ruined his life, and you didn't even have the ability to give him a child did you.
"This response made Leo truly upset, "GET OUT!" The Sausage King yelled. "all of you. Just get the hell out of this waiting room, I don't want to hear anymore of this teenage bullshit from any of you anymore. "Right now my son is in their fighting for his life and instead of praying for him to be okay, you are still arguing over the same bullshit that caused all of this." Leo said crying. "Amy you are the one who started all of this, not Adrian." Leo said. "You and Ricky did this when you slept together, and pulled both Adrian and Ben into this. "Amy you knew that you were pregnant the very first day he introduced himself to you, and you didn't tell my son anything, until it was too late for him to get away.""I tried to help him, and you but no you were only using him and I saw it from the beginning, when you tried to marry him behind my back."
"I tested you when I gave Ricky that job, and that apartment." Leo said crying. "I wanted to see if I gave Ricky the ability to provide for you like Ben could would your feelings toward my son change," "And they did, didn't they Amy." Because once Ricky could give you the life close to the life Ben could, it was over." "Adrian has had a hard life, and yes she used my son, but she was ALWAYS, ALWAYS HONEST WITH HIM! "Were you ever really honest with him." "Were you and Ricky ever really honest with anyone." he said feeling sad for what his son was enduring.
"Ricky, I like you, I love you almost as much as my own son, but why. Why did you have to betray my son, and put him through all of this grief, if you wanted Amy." "Why didn't you just be upfront with her, Adrian, and Ben from the beginning. If you had maybe, my son, and Adrian would never have had to sleep together the way they did, or get pregnant the way they did. Or get married, and lose their child, my grand daughter the way they did. Leo said looking at both Ricky and Amy who felt ashamed of their actions toward both Ben and Adrian.
Adrian, if you cared for Ben at all why did you have to hurt him." Leo said now turning his attention to her. "Why did you sleep with him if you never really wanted him. He would have been alright just being your friend and sharing custody with you." "You didn't need to make him fall in love with you only to break his heart like Amy did." "He, does love you Adrian, but he was in pain, and I can honestly say Ben was happy when he was with you." Leo said making the young girl feel even more ashamed of herself for all of her actions at this point. "Henry, Alice you were suppose to be his friends, and you betrayed him in the worst way.
"Henry that was his wife, and you were the one who chose to break up with Alice just to satisfy your curiosity about sex with other women." Leo said feeling ashamed of Henry and making Henry feel even more ashamed of himself." "Alice I know you were hurt as well, and so was Ben, but did you have to make it even worse for both you and Ben. You guys have known each other for years, so why did you choose to hurt one another so badly?" Leo asked. Didn't you learn anything from Ben's mistakes. Why would you sleep with him, Alice? "You know you don't see Ben like that, if you did then you would have told him long ago. "Didn't the two of you think he had been through, enough. He was your friend I expected the three of you to look out for each other not hurt, and use one another like enemies." Leo said crying.
"Dylan, why my son? he said now becoming even more angry. "Why did you think bringing drugs into my home would help him? "Hey, my daughter is not responsible for that" Dylan's dad tried to speak up for her. "NO, DADDY DON'T." she said looking at him. "He's right we were the one's who introduced the pot to Ben. Daddy, "My friends and I have been smoking ever since, Daniel and Omar let us smoke some with them two years ago, she said."WHAT!" her dad replied. "Omar, is this true, he asked with everyone looking at him sternly.
"Unfortunately yes it is" Omar responded sadly holding his engagement ring and looking at Adrian. "I got some reefer from the evidence my dad collected and I sold it to some people he said. "It was only to help pay for a few bills my brother and I had he said trying to excuse his actions."It was wrong, I know." he said apologetically. "Yes, and it is also against the law Reuben said, as he came into the room and took Omar by the arm. But, Mr. Enriqeuz I'm sorry it was just a mistake. "Omar protested."No Omar it's a felony, and I'm glad my daughter found out before she married you. "Ben may do a lot of stupid things, but he has always owned up to his mistakes, and he never, tried to do something like this to people.
"Dylan what else have you been hiding from me," her father asked. "I was the one who convinced Ben to go into the school that night." she confessed. "I thought if I gave him a tour of the school and explained how state of the art our school was to his, since we have both heat and air conditioning, and a top notch science lab, since Ben was interested in computer engineering, he would really try and convince his dad to let him transfer." she answered back. "So the fire?" he asked. "I don't know if the school lines were too close, but Ben wasn't the one who lit the bunsen burner, he didn't even know I had planned on making smores until I lit one, and gave him the marshmallows." "So all of this time I have been thinking, Ben is a bad influence on you, and you were the bad influence on him."Yes," she replied apologetically.
"Also", Ethan spoke up. "The reason why Ben was driving down the highway so fast was because he accidentally walked in on Dylan and I having sex."It was my fault, Dylan and I became friends, and I was mad at Kathy, and she was mad at Ben for something she saw on Ben's computer. "We were both angry, and then one thing led to another." he explained. "SO YOU TOOK MY DAUGHTERS VIRGINITY", her dad yelled. "NO, DADDY" that is not his fault. I haven't been a virgin for a long time actually she said. "What, do you mean Dylan her father said becoming more angry.
"Mercedes, remember that time we went to the lake with Omar, Daniel, and Dante." Dylan said looking at her friend. "Yeah, Mercedes said along side Wendy, and Sydney. "Yeah", they all said in unison. "Well after we were all done swimming when Dante, and I left you guys to go and get the food, we ended up taking a detour, and he and I stopped beside this pool and went skinny dipping. "I don't know if it was the pot, or the fact that he was so cute, but one thing led to another and... "You slept with Dante?" They all asked in unison. ...Yes, Dylan said with shame.
Her father looked at Dylan in disbelief, and shook his head. He then turned to Leo and extended his hand to him. "Leo, I am sorry for what I have said about your son, and my actions." "I am exceptionally sorry for what he is going through now, and I wish I would have gotten to know your son better, before I prejudged him from what I understand now he has a very great spirit like you." he said looking ashamed of himself. "I and my friends are sorry to Mr. Boykewich we should have tried to be Ben's friend's when we met him, but instead we took advantage of him like everyone else. Leo took his hand and shook it still saddened that his son's life had to be hanging in the balance before he and all of those who knew him could realize, they were responsible for the condition Ben was in now.
"Leo, you should sit down, and calm yourself," Camille said taking Leo by his shoulders and leading him back to his seat. "Is there anything you need? Chloe asked as she stood up. "I can go to the vending machines, the cafeteria, or across the street she said worried about her foster dad. "No, I'm fine." Leo said as he took a seat and wiped the tears from his face. "You know who I blame most of all for Ben's troubles he said looking at his wife and daughter. "Let, me guess yourself." Camille said looking at him with a kind gesture. "Yes, I do" Leo said looking at her with guilt in his eyes.
"Ben, was my son and I should have taught him about love, and women, and all of that and more. But, I didn't, I tried to compare his relationship with Amy, to my relationship with his mother." "I didn't try and realize that Sarah, and I had no other person was involved. That was never the case with Ben and Amy. If, I had taken time and analyzed the situation I would have realized Ben wasn't ready for such a large commitment, and Amy didn't really want him." "I should have told him from the beginning when I first started having my suspicions about Amy to tell them to Ben, instead I went behind his back and used Ricky to do it." "Instead of making the situation better, I made it worse because I had Ben competing against Ricky for Amy, John, Adrian, and even ME!" "I love my son, and I admire Ricky, but I should have never given Ben the impression that I put Ricky higher than him. I should have told him what I really thought of Amy, and his situation with Adrian.
"When they lost the baby I saw that Ben was hurting but I kept telling him to think about trying to help Adrian, and try to fix his marriage, I never thought about how he was dealing with it. I never knew what he was feeling, until now. To feel powerless to help you child when they need you the most and be able to do NOTHING TO SAVE THEM!" "Ben was only seventeen years old when he first held his child in his arms and she was dead. I have no idea how that must have made him feel. To have sacrificed and suffered so much and loose the person you did all of that for." "I told him the day he got married that if he wanted to run and not marry Adrian that he would just have to give me the signal and it would be done, but when I saw the way he looked at Adrian when she came out, I knew he would never run from her."
"I was ashamed at how he acted when Adrian was depressed after losing Mercy, and I kept telling him to man up, and be there for her, she's your wife. But, now I truly understand what he was dealing with, and I don't know how he was able to deal with it as long as he did, Camille." "I'm his father, I'm older and I have had to deal with losing his mother, and my grand-daughter, and the only reason I was able to survive any of that was because I am older, and I had you, and Betty for support." "Ben, was still a kid, and I don't know how he managed to stay strong as long as he did." Leo said still crying.
"He was able to do it, because he knew I needed him", Adrian responded. "He, would put aside his own pain each and everyday because he knew I needed his strength. "He would get up everyday and take care of me, while I just wallowed in self pity, after Mercy died. Ben would cook, clean, and he would even have to force me to shower, and change clothes." "Every night he would lie in bed next to me and refuse to sleep, until he knew I was asleep, and each morning he would make sure he woke up ahead of me to do it all over again." "He truly is a remarkable man, Leo and I'm sorry he tried to turn a whore into a housewife Adrian said as turned to leave. "Adrian don't say that about yourself," Leo said. "Its' the truth Leo, I was the school slut that got pregnant by the rich kid, and took advantage of him." "I really did love him, Mr. Boykewich, I'm sorry that I didn't love him enough, and I'm really sorry I hurt him." Adrian then turned and left.
Ricky and Amy then came up to Leo, and looked at him apologetically. "Leo, we're sorry for what we did as well." Ricky said looking at Leo truly and honestly sorry for all of his actions. "Ben, was a good man, and a great friend. I took advantage of his friendship, because I guess I was jealous of him, Ricky said. I hated how he was able to love people, and see the best in them even me without any regard for himself. I also hated that he got to have a great father like you, and in a way I tried to take it from him." "I would see how Amy, and Adrian would look at Ben, and hate how he could make them feel so safe, and protected while all I could do was hurt them.
"When Ben and I became friends I modeled myself after him, and I started to take it all from him. "I always thought that I had changed, but I didn't I just transferred all my anger and aggression to him. Because I envied the fact that I owed Ben. I owed him for being there for Amy, when she needed someone to help her. I owed him for healing the scars that I gave to both Amy, and Adrian. I owed him for helping me heal the scars that my dad, and I had put there. I owed him for introducing me to you. But, most of all I hated him because I owed my son's life to him. And there is not a day that goes by that I don't ask myself if Ben would be a better father to John than me. Amy and I are truly sorry for our actions Mr. Boykewich and if there is anything either of us can do please let us know. Ricky said finally speaking up and taking responsibility for his past sins.
"I am sorry too Leo. Truly sorry for how I ruined his life, but I really did appreciate him, and all of his sacrifices for me," "And I am truly sorry for what happened to his daughter, and what has happened to him". Amy said crying for her own part in Ben's pain. "Thank you both for your apologies, Cloe said but, I think the one who really needs to be hearing them are Ben and Adrian, and if you truly are sorry she said shedding tears of her own. Pray for my brother. Chloe then got up and went to the church chapel to pray for her older brother who although she had only known for a short time, had become a very intricate part of her life, and accepted her as his kid sister almost immediately.
As Chloe began to pray Grace, Jack, Leo, Camille, Henry, Alice, Amy, Ricky, Dylan, Dylan's Dad, Mercedes, Julie, Wendy, Ethan, Reuben, and Cindy all entered the church next to her and held hands and began to pray for Ben's life. "Where is Adrian?" Cindy asked as she stood next to her husband. "I think she wanted to be alone for a little while." Rueben said. As he said this Adrian got off the elevator at the top floor of the hospital and headed towards a door that read "ROOF EXIT". She stepped through the door which seemed unguarded and went into the cold air of the night sky and overlooked the skyline of the city. She then walked towards the edge and looked down at the city below.
TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE READ MY STORY AND ENJOYED IT I THANK YOU AND THE FINAL CHAPTER WILL BE UPDATED LATER TODAY. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THE SONG "YOU FOUND ME" BY "THE FRAY" AS YOU READ. EVEN THOUGH THE CHARACTERS BEN AND ADRIAN ARE NO LONGER TOGETHER I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HOPE THAT THEY WILL REUNITE HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE SHOW ENDS.