Ok, guys. You did it. You topped the 10 review mark, and get this, in LESS THAN 24 HOURS!! So because of that, I'm giving you another chapter. Here's chapter seven, "Decisions to Make, Chance to Take".
Chapter 7 – Decisions to Make, Chances to Take
Amy's POV
My mom left for Paris not too long ago, and I sat on the couch waiting for Ricky to come to my house after he got off work. John was upstairs sleeping, and my mind was racing about lots of things. My nightmare continually played in my head. I couldn't believe that this could actually happen again. We were safe. That's what Ricky told me. I can't believe that I can't believe him anymore. How could he lie to me like that? How could he lie about a situation like this? Just then, Ricky walked through the door. Immediately I got up and walked over to him. "I thought you said we were safe." I said bluntly.
"What?" He asked confused.
"When we had sex, you said we were safe. Ricky, I don't believe that we were safe." I said beginning to tear up.
"Amy, what's wrong. Is there something you're not telling me?" He asked looking worried.
"Yes, Ricky." I said waiting for him to say it.
"Are you trying to tell me that you…that you…that you're pregnant." He said
"I think." I said looking down.
"You think?" He asked.
"Look I haven't been feeling well, and I haven't take the test…alright?!" I yelled. I didn't mean to yell, but I…I just felt bad. I didn't want to go through this twice at my young age. I'm only 16!
"Ok, ok. Well um. First things first. We need to find out if you're pregnant or not. Then we can decide what to do from there." Ricky said with concern on his face. He was starting to turn red. I don't blame him.
"Ok." I said. We took John over to my dad's house so that Ashley could watch him.
"I know." She said when she opened the door.
"You know?" I said pretending not to know what she was talking about.
"I know that you think you're pregnant." She said taking John from me.
"Wh-what?" I said stuttering.
"I heard you yell something about you not feeling well and you haven't taken the test. I'm not dumb Amy, but you sure are." She said taking the diaper bag and closing the door. I stood there in shock at first, but then I turned to Ricky and he shrugged. I just blew it off and we walked back to the car. We drove to the drug store and went down to the aisle with the pregnancy tests.
"Um, which one are you gonna choose." Ricky said scanning the different tests.
"I don't know. I forgot the one I chose with John. Um…let's get this one." I said pointing to the most expensive one. My theory was that if we got the most expensive one, we would get the best results. We got up to the cashier and she rang up our items. The cashier looked up at us.
"How old are you two." She asked as she raised one eyebrow.
"Um, why?" I asked rudely.
"Because you two look young to be having a baby." She shot back as she put a hand on her hip.
"Well, if you should know, I'm sixteen and he's seventeen." I said not looking at her.
"Having your first child at sixteen is gonna be hard. Good luck." She said.
"Actually…never mind." I said. She put our stuff in the bag and looked at us.
"Actually, what?" She said as she put the other hand on her hip.
"This might be our second child." I said. She just looked at us for a moment before she replied.
"Ok. I don't have an answer for that one. Just…think about things." She said as she handed us our bag. We went outside and got in the car. We drove home and went in the house. We went upstairs to my room. I went to my bathroom and took the test. I waited for a few minutes.
"Amy. What did it say?" Ricky said from outside the door. I could tell he was pacing because I could hear his footsteps come closer then recede. I looked at the test, and still no results. I waited for one more minute and then looked at the test. I opened the bathroom door and stared at Ricky. He stared at me. And we just stared at each other for a few minutes. I held the test up and we looked at it. Usually, couples are excited to see the positive sign on the pregnancy test. Some couples are overjoyed when they see the positive sign. But when you're sixteen, it's the last thing you want to see. Ricky sat down on the chair and put his head in his hands. I sat on my bed and started to cry. Ricky came over to me and held me in his arms. We just sat like that for twenty minutes. "Amy, we have to deal with this." He said.
"I know. I know. I just can't believe that we're pregnant…again." I said burying my head in his chest. He caressed my back.
"I know. I'm so sorry, Amy. I'm so sorry." He said.
"No, don't be. It was my fault too. But Ricky, why did you lie to me?" I said sitting up. "Why did you tell me we were safe when we weren't?"
"It's not that I didn't want to tell you. It's just that I thought you would freak out if I told you, and then you'd break up with me or something." He said.
"Ricky, I love you. I wouldn't break up with you. I would be extremely mad at you, but I wouldn't break up with you." I said.
"I know. If I would've told you, you could have done something to prevent this from happening. Like the morning after pill, or something." Ricky said.
"Yeah, I could've." I said.
"I knew I should've gotten fixed the first time." Ricky said hitting his head.
"What if you wanted more kids?" I said lying back next to him.
"I don't know. I just…Amy." He said putting his arm around me and pulling me close to him. And for the rest of the night we just cuddled. The next day, me and Ricky got ready for school and picked up John from Ashley. Ricky took John back over to my house and I talked to Ashley.
"So?" She asked as we stood at the door.
"I'm pregnant." I said waiting for her reply.
"I knew it." She said sighing and shaking her head.
"Yeah. And soon everyone will know." I said.
"How far along are you?" She said.
"About two and a half weeks." I said. I didn't know what else to say. I didn't know how to feel. I didn't even know if it was real.
"Well, Amy. You know Mom and Dad are gonna kill you when they find out." She said.
"Yeah, well, they might not get a chance to find out. I can't be pregnant. So maybe I just won't."