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"Not making plans, huh?" I heard someone say from behind me. I froze, I knew that voice. It was the voice that belonged to my boyfriend...... Scratch that, soon to be ex-boyfriend, Ben Boykewich, holding a pint of ice cream and a movie in his hand.
I don't know why, but as I saw Ben standing there I got angry, which is ridiculous! Seeing as how the only person that should be angry here was Ben. I didn't exactly know what to say, so I just stood there blinking every few seconds, my hands where starting to get clammy. Ben stared back at me, looking like I had punched him repeatedly in the gut. After about 2 minutes of this I couldn't take it anymore and decided to break the silence and answer him.
"I wasn't making plans, Ben."I started. "He asked me if he could take me out to dinner so we could talk about the baby." I said. Okay so I didn't lie technically, seeing as how we did talk about the baby. "I owed him that much, he hasn't spent much time with me or the baby, hell you bond more with the baby than he does." I finished.
"And that's my fault?" He said loudly. I can't remember the last time we fought, well that's probably because we never fight, we just have little arguments. "Its his fault he doesn't bond with his son! He doesn't care about the baby, he only cares about getting into every girl in schools pants!" He finished. I was angry now, he crossed the line when he said that Ricky didn't care about our son, which was totally wrong. Ricky cared and he was proving it each and every day.
"Don't you dare say that!" I spat angrily at him. " Ricky cares about our baby! You have no right to say any different!" I finished. My words made Ben mad, I could tell because his face was now turning a deep red color.
"He is playing you! Can't you see that?" He yelled at me. I rolled my eyes.
"No he's not! You really need to get over your jealousy already, I'm with you! Not him!" I yelled back. He shook his head and then looked me in the eye.
"Do you love me?" He asked quietly. I froze. Did I love him?? Two weeks ago I would have said yes without thinking. Now it wasn't so easy. I took a deep breath before answering.
"I do love you." I said honestly. "But, as a friend." I finished, being completely honest with him, he deserved that much. His face fell. I felt guilty but I had to answer truthfully no matter how much it hurt him.
"I guess I always knew that." He replied sadly. "I guess this means we are breaking up." He said quietly, so quietly I almost didn't hear him. I gulped, tears suddenly springing to my eyes.
"Yeah, I guess so." I replied sadly. I went to say something else but Ben had suddenly started talking again.
"I could say the whole lets stay friends bit, but the truth is I can't just be friends with you. So, I think it would be better if we just went our separate ways." He said looking at me sadly. One tear fell from my eye, this was hurting me more than I thought it would.
"I agree." I said the words even though I did want to be friends with him, but I could see how it just wouldn't work. He looked at me and smiled a small smile.
"I love you, Amy." He said honestly. Another tear fell from my eye as he said those words.
"I love you too, Ben." I replied. He smiled. I could tell his heart was breaking, because both of our I love yous meant something completely different. He turned around and left, and I walked into my house, where my family was waiting for me. I didn't say anything to them as I made my way into my room, I just locked the door, laid in my bed and cried myself to sleep.
I was awaken the next morning by someone banging on my door. I groaned, couldn't they leave me alone for once? I had a headache the size of Texas and I probably had mascara streaks down both of my eyes. I just wanted to hop in the shower and..... My thoughts where interrupted by more banging on the door and a voice asking me to open the door. Not just any voice, but his voice. The voice that made my heart skip a beat and the life inside of me kick happily.
"Please Amy, open the door." Ricky's voice pleaded through the door. Why was he knocking on my bedroom door at... I looked at the clock. 9 o'clock in the morning?? Then I remembered that I had locked my door last night and my family was probably worried to death and thought Ricky did something, and wanted him to fix it. I finally got out of bed and made my way to the door. Unlocking it and opening it to reveal a very handsome, very worried Ricky Underwood.
"What's wrong? Are you okay? Did I do something to upset you last night?" He asked in rapid fire speed. I almost laughed at him.
"I'm okay Ricky. No you didn't do anything, me and Ben broke up last night." I replied making my way back to my bed so I could sit down. He looked guilty.
"I'm sorry, I should have never asked you out last night! It's my fault." He said. I stopped him there, it defiantly wasn't his fault.
"Its not you fault, Ricky. It's my fault and it's Ben's fault." I said. "He asked me if I loved him and I told him I loved him, but only as a friend. So he broke up with me and said that he didn't think it would be a good idea if we remained friends either." I finished sadly. He didn't look to convinced, he still thought it was his fault.
"He doesn't even want to be friends with you?" He asked surprised. I nodded my head.
"He said he can't just be my friend." I replied. I didn't really want to think about the conversation that took place last night, I knew if I kept talking about it I would be in tears again, and one thing I didn't want to do in front of Ricky, was cry. He already saw me cry once, but that was on accident. Not one I wanted to repeat, I always thought if I cried in front of him, he'd think of me as someone who was weak, he'd think of me as a child.
"I'm sorry." Ricky said sincerely before pulling me into a tight embrace.
As much as I tried not to, I cried. Instantly yelling at myself for being so stupid. I pulled away and started wiping the tears away. Ricky's thumb caught a stray tear and slowly wiped it away for me. I finally noticed how close he was to me, close enough to feel his warm breath on my face, close enough to smell his cologne which was completely intoxicating. My breath caught into my throat instantly, my heart beating a mile a minute. I wanted so badly to close the short distance between our lips. Ricky's dark brown eyes meet mine. I was finally about to close the space between us when I heard someone clearing there throat by my doorway. Ricky and I both jumped and separated as quickly as possible. I looked over towards my doorway, where my mother was standing with her arms crossed over her chest, eyes darting suspiciously between me and Ricky.
"Is everything okay in here?" My mother asked. I wanted to yell at her, to get the hell out of my room, so Ricky and I could pick up where we left off, but I knew that wouldn't sit to well with my mother.
"Yes, Mother." I said annoyed. I saw the corner of Ricky's lips twitch as he tried not to smile.
"Okay." She said before turning her attention to Ricky. "I just wanted to say thanks for getting her to open her door, but now I have to get to work so I'll show you the way out." My mother said. I wanted to laugh at how protective she was being. It wasn't like Ricky could get me pregnant again. I watched as Ricky got up as my mom was getting ready to leave.
"Actually mom, would it be okay if Ricky stayed and kept me company?" I asked my mother nicely. Both my mother and Ricky turned back around and looked at me shocked.
"I don't know." My mom said.
"Please? You know how much I hate being left alone, when the baby could chose to come at any second." I said. She thought about it for a second before sighing.
"Fine". She said. "Just behave you guys, I'll be home at 4:30 and your father should be home with Ashley at 4. Call me if you need anything." She added quickly. She looked between me and Ricky, sighed, looked at her watch and said her final goodbyes before leaving. Ricky looked at me curiously.
"Why do you want me to stay?" He asked. I smiled at him.
"I just figured this would be a good time to start bonding with your son. Seeing as how I decided to keep him." I said smiling. Ricky smiled back before pulling me into a hug.
"Thank You." He whispered in my ear. Placing a tender kiss on the top of my head.
I smiled to myself. I decided on keeping him right after Ricky kissed me last night, before Ben broke up with me. I knew it would make Ricky happy, but it also made me happy. I couldn't even imagine giving our son to two strangers, so they could take care of him. The truth was I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let our son go. Also, a little part of me hoped that, now that I'm keeping the baby Ricky and I could try a real relationship for our son, and who knows, maybe even fall in love.
So I tried making this chapter a little longer but it really didn't come out that long. So i'm hoping the next chapter does finally come out at least a little bit longer than this. I finished this earlier than I thought I would, so the next chapter should be up by at least tuesday! Hopefully I can get it done sooner for you guys! Plus this chapter was a bit boring, which I apologize for! R&R!!
