I'm back!!lol. I turned 18, aug. 2!! Exciting, I know!

The last episode of secret life was amazing!! They better put Amy and Ricky together, soon!!!

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Ashlyn13- That is awful, how are they holding up? They are in my prayers!! Oh, and happy belated birthday!

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Okay, I'm done . Here's the next chapter!


The wind rustled through the tree leaves. A chill went up my spine, even though the night air was warm. I sighed as Ricky and I walked through the woods aimlessly. I was exhausted, thirsty, and scared.

We hadn't seen Grace or Adrian since we left the house two hours ago. I was beginning to think they had suffered the same fate as Ben, dead somewhere in the woods behind us. Ricky kept telling me that everything was alright, that we were all going to make it out of here alive, but I didn't believe it. I was already preparing myself for the worst.

"What time is it?" I asked Ricky, quietly.

He looked at me and sighed, this was the fifth time in about a span of five minutes. I could tell he was getting annoyed, but I couldn't bring myself to care.

"It's three fifteen." He said with a sigh.

It was about a whole fifteen seconds before I asked again. Ricky stopped in his tracks and turned to look at me.

"If you ask me what time it is, one more time" He started, balling his hand into a fist at his side. "I will find that lunatic and hand you over, willingly." He finished a slight smile on his face. I shrugged my shoulders.

"Go ahead, at least it would be over." I whispered, wrapping my arms around my torso, an attempt to comfort myself. Ricky's eyes grew wide at my comment, his mouth opening and closing a couple times, in disbelief.

"I was just joking, Amy." He finally said, stupidly. Just because he was didn't mean I wasn't.

"I wasn't." I said, quietly. Ricky looked at me, flabbergasted.

"Amy, you can't be serious." He said, looking at me like I was crazy.

"No, I am." I started, quietly. "We are going to die here, so why not get it over with." I finished, nonchalantly.

"You are crazy!" Ricky yelled, shocked. "We aren't going to die, Amy. I promised and I intend to keep that promise." He finished, strongly.

"You can't promise that, Ricky." I said, slowly. "I'm tired, I have no fight left in me. Can't you understand that, Ricky?" I pleaded.

"No, I can't understand. You can't just give up, I won't let you." Ricky said quietly, but forcefully.

"Why? Why do you care, Ricky?" I asked, getting annoyed.

"Because I love you!" He yelled, his chest heaving.

My eyes grew wide, as I stared at him in complete shock, my mind racing a mile a minute. I didn't believe him though, of course. Why should I? He was dating Adrian, he never showed any interest in me. Of course I was always pretty clueless when it came to Ricky. My eyes darted to his face, then to my feet and back again. I didn't know what to say, or think. I had always loved Ricky, but I always thought it was one-sided. He didn't even love himself, so how could he possibly love me?

"No you don't, Ricky." I said, sadly. I decided I couldn't believe him, he was just trying to stop my suicidal thoughts.

"Yes, I do." Ricky said, getting angry. I laughed.

"You don't even love yourself, Ricky." I said flatly. "Besides, why would you date Adrian if you loved me?" I asked as an afterthought. He sighed.

"Because, I wanted to show you I could be in a honest relationship. I wanted to show you that you could trust me." He said, looking me in my eyes.

I opened my mouth to say something, but stopped when I heard leaves and sticks crunching to the right of me. My eyes squinted as I tried to make out a human sized shape in the dark woods. I screamed as a figure stepped out of the dark, moving towards us.

"Shhhhh, are you trying to get us caught!" A voice whispered harshly. Ricky put his arm around me as he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where the hell have you been, Adrian!?" Ricky asked, annoyed but relieved.

"Where the hell have I been?" She asked, loudly. "I've been trying to find you two idiots, for the past two hours! I mean you two ran like you were on fire!" She finished, wiping her hands on the back of her jean shorts.

"Have you seen Grace?" I asked, as I looked behind her. Hoping Grace would come out yelling at us, too.

"No, I haven't seen her. Wasn't she in front of you guys?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Yeah, but we haven't seen her." Ricky said quietly, dropping his head sadly.

"You don't think she...." Adrian started, before Ricky cut her off.

"No, she's probably looking for us. We should probably just keep going this way, we should run into her eventually." Ricky said, taking my hand, as he started walking.

We walked in silence for a good twenty minutes before we saw her. She was leaning next a tree, eyes shut, blood trickling down her arm.

"Grace!" I yelled, starting to run towards her. Ricky grabbed my arm, stopping me.

"It might be a trap." Was all he said before Adrian screamed. I turned around to look at her.

A knife was protruding from Adrian's stomach, her eyes wide, as she looked back at me in horror.


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