"What's wrong?" Amy asked her sister, Ashley, whose eyes were red with tears.

"It's Mimsy…" Ashley began, a fresh batch of tears rolling down her face. "She… she's dead."

The words hit Amy like a ton of bricks. She could feel the sadness taking over her every thought, her every feeling. How could she feel so happy, and then suddenly feel so sad. Mimsy hadn't been around much, but she was her grandmother nonetheless. Amy couldn't imagine what her mother was going through. She couldn't bear the thought of ever losing her mother, and the pain she thought her mother was going through right now seemed unbearable.

Amy felt Ashley fall into her arms and the two sobbed together. Though this was a horrible situation, Amy couldn't help but realize this was the first time the two sisters had hugged in a very long time.

As the two walked into the kitchen, Amy saw her mother hugging her father and was surprised. George Juergens was crying in his wife's arms. But, her mother was not crying. Not a tear stain on her face. Only a sad look, that looked less than normal for a grieving daughter. Even though this was abnormal, Amy ignored it and decided her mother was in shock.

Adrian looked down at her expanding stomach. She didn't know how she and Ben were going to pull this off, but it had better work. Even though, she knew Ben was the father of her baby… Adrian couldn't help but wish that she had gotten pregnant with Ricky. Or at least Ricky had wanted to stay with her and raise her baby. She needed Ricky, she loved Ricky. She didn't want to be with Ben, and Ben didn't want to be with her… he wanted Amy.

Ben approached Adrian, and did something unexpected. He put his hand on her stomach and rubbed it.

"What are you doing?" She said asked, confused. Ben smiled at her lovingly.

"Just greeting my future wife and child." Ben said, a smile still plastered on his face.

"Ben, no one is here. And it scares me how good you are at faking this." Adrian smiled back.

"It's all a part of the plan." He winked. They both looked down the hall at that moment and noticed that tall auburn haired girl walk in, her long tanned legs seemingly allowing her to float through the hallway like a breeze. "She really is beautiful, isn't she?"

Adrian smacked Ben on the arm, "I already have one of the men in my life after that… concubine… I don't need another."

Ben laughed, "No worries, you are my one and only. Save for Amy."

Adrian rolled her eyes, "Speak of the devil…"

Amy walked through the red doors, towards her locker. She looked horrible. Her eyes were bloodshot and her hair was unusually messy. Adrian and Ben watched as Peyton smiled at Amy, and they conversed with concerned looks on their face.

"Now is the time, she'll be looking over here in a second." Adrian said. Ben didn't need any further coaxing. He leaned into Adrian and kissed her slowly and romantically, like he always imagined he'd kiss Amy again. Ben tried to stop the make out session, but Adrian just kept going, until Ben had to pull away.

"Adrian…" He whispered. "Is she looking?"

Adrian's eyes had been closed. She shook herself; the hormones must be getting to her, as she had really enjoyed that kiss. She opened her eyes and looked over Ben's shoulder at Amy, who was now crying in Peyton's arms. "She's crying. The plan must be working!"

"My Amy is crying?" Ben looked concerned but didn't turn around. He didn't want to ruin the plan.

"I am so sorry, Amy." Peyton said, patting Amy's shoulder. Peyton didn't know what to say, so she just listened to Amy's sobs and patted her back. Poor Amy, as if it wasn't hard enough being a teen mom, that you had to lose someone you loved.

"I just wish I would have gotten to spend more time with her, my family was there. But, I'd missed so much school already, and I wanted John to have some stability after this summer. I just… this is horrible." Amy cried, she was thankful to have a good friend in Peyton. She was a good listener, she didn't but in and put her two cents in all of the time, unlike Madison and Lauren who hadn't even bothered coming over to ask what was wrong.

"I should get to class." Amy said, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Thanks, Peyton. I'm glad you're around."

"Anytime," Peyton nodding, smiling sadly at Amy.

"You're a good friend to her, you know that?" Ricky said, putting his arms around Peyton's waist.

Peyton turned around to look at Ricky, who wore a sad look, but looked glad to see her. "You love her, don't you?" Peyton asked smiling slightly.

"I do, I love her as the mother of my child and as a friend." Ricky said, looking concerned at Peyton's question.

"I'm glad." Peyton smiled, "You're good, do you know that?"

"I'm not good…" Ricky said, looking guilty. He felt guilty that he had ever even kissed another girl in his life. Peyton and Ricky weren't boyfriend and girlfriend… but he wanted them to be.

"Believe what you want, but I know you are." Peyton smiled and lifted up her head to kiss him softly on the lips. Her kiss could be the air Ricky breathed. It was addictive, he could kiss her every second of every minute, of every day and then some.

"What are you doing later?" Ricky asked as Peyton pulled away from him, she was blushing.

"Nothing, I suppose I'm going to be with you." Peyton smiled.

"My place? I don't have John." Ricky smiled a half-smile.

"Sure, I guess I'll being getting another scraped knee up your fire escape." Peyton laughed.

"I liked how that worked out last time." Ricky winked at his… lover?

"See you then." Peyton smiled and left Ricky dazzled by her beauty as she floated away to her next class.

"I see you move on quickly." Ricky heard a familiar voice say behind him. He turned around, expecting exactly who it was.

"Ashley," Ricky said, slowly. "I'm sorry about your grandmother."

"Don't be." Ashley said, "Be sorry for breaking my heart into a million pieces and then spitting on them."

"Ashley…" Ricky began.

"Are you going to say sorry again? Don't bother." Ashley spat venom at him.

"You're being a bit dramatic, don't you think?" Ricky said, and then regretted it.

"Go to hell." Ashley said, storming away.

A ton of things kind of happened in this chapter! Sorry if it was hard to follow, I was just trying to get a jumble of ideas out! I'm sorry it took so long to update! My god! I was doing online courses and they needed to be done. I'm done them now, so expect updates more frequently… I'm going away this weekend. But, after that… perhaps every other day? Wouldn't that be splendid? THANKS FOR READING! REVIEWWWW PLEASE!