Chapter 2

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Ricky POV

There is a knock on the door…

I think to myself "I hope it's not Clementine, this would be really awkward."

I open the door and Clementine says, "I brought some pizza for lunch in case you were hungry."

I say, "Thank you, come in."

Once she comes inside and sees Amy sitting on the sofa, she turns to me and says, "Did I come at a bad time?"

I laugh and say, "Yes, but it's not your fault."

She smiles, "Do you want me to come back later."

Amy gets up and says, "Oh no that's okay, I have lots of stuff to do at home anyways. Can I see if John wants to come with me, if that's not a problem with you?"

I go over to Amy, "I'm sorry, I forgot she asked to come over and hang out today."

Amy looks down for a moment, she seems a little uneasy but she looks up at me and says, "That's okay Ricky, don't worry about it. Do you mind if John comes with me?"

I reply "Of course not Amy, you are his mother and don't have to ask."

Once Amy leaves and takes John, I decide I need to have a serious talk with Clementine.

I start off by saying, "We need to talk Clementine."

She laughs and says, "I know, I haven't stop thinking about our kiss from last night."

I smile and shake my head, "I'm not going to lie, I liked kissing you but you have to understand that Amy and I just broke up a month ago and I need time. I don't even know if I will ever get over her. So we can hang out as friends, no kissing or touching. Just pretend I'm married and unavailable."

She frowns, "Why should we waste more time? Do you want Amy back?"

I reply, "I don't know what I want."

Amy POV

After leaving the butcher shop apartment I go to my mother's new house, it's a lot smaller than our old house and Mimsi lives here with her. I use the key my mom had given me when she picked me up from the airport late last night. John immediately goes to the play room to play with Robbie.

I sit in the family room to talk to my mom.

She smiles and says, "Happy to have you back home, are you excited to move into your new condo. It's going to have 3 bedrooms. Dad agreed to help with the cost. I will pay your electricity and water as long as you are in school. Stuff like cable or internet you will have to get a part-time job to get."

I say, "Yes, I have a plan for that."

My mom raises an eyebrow, "What is your plan?"

I say, "Some of my friends from NY told me about working at like a bar/grill as a waitress, they say you can get really good tips, like sometimes $80-$100 a night."

She replies, "Why don't you work at your dad's restaurant?"

I say, "Because I don't want to work there, I feel like trying something new."

She asks, "What is the name of the place?"

I reply, "I called and spoke to the manager at O'Hara's Bar and Grill."

She looks mortified and asks, "Is that the place with the little plaid miniskirts and tight shirts for the dress code?"

I sigh and say, "I guess that is the dress code, I have an interview with the manager tomorrow. It's about 15 miles away from here."

She asks, "Amy, why don't you work at the church day care?"

I reply, "Because I wanted a job where I can work some evenings, because I have some morning and afternoon classes, then I can pick up John and take care of him while doing my homework until Ricky gets home from work and then leave John to stay at Ricky's while I go to work for a few hours."

She thinks a few moments and says, "Amy, I think that sounds more exhausting then working at the day care."

I reply, "We will see, I can always go back to the day care if I don't like it. I just feel like switching things up and meeting new friends and people."

She frowns, "Your dad isn't going to like this idea at all."

I say, "We will see how it goes and if I even get the job. Mom, would you be upset if I asked Grace if she wanted to be my roommate? We have gotten a lot closer over the past year and I think it would be cool."

She says, "I don't mind at all, I like Grace. However, I had got the impression you wanted to get back together with Ricky?"

I say, "That isn't happening."

She asks, "What happened when you went to talk to him?"

I get a little frustrated and say, "Nothing mom, I don't want to talk about Ricky."

She replies, "Fine Amy, I'm here if you need to talk."

I say, "I'm going to go and take some stuff to the condo because dad just text me to meet him there." In a loud voice I say, "John come on baby, we are going to leave."

My mom says, "You can leave him here to spend time with Robbie while you work on the condo."

"Okay, thanks mom."

Grace POV

I'm so excited that Amy is back for the rest of the summer, we have gotten really close over the past months. I never had a sister before and I love it! She is supposed to call me when she gets here so we can hang out. Its summer and I'm so bored, I feel like going to the beach or doing something. I get a text from Amy, asking me to meet her at a certain address. I get in my car and go to the address, which is a very nice condo. I knock on the door and George's answers the door.

I'm shocked and ask, "Are my mom and you having problems already? You are moving out?"

George laughs and says, "No, I'll let Amy tell you about it."

He opens the door to let me inside. Amy comes out of one of the rooms and gives me a hug, she says, "Hey Grace!"

I reply, "Hey!"

She says, "This is my new condo, you know how I told you that I was thinking about moving back home, well I decided to go to school here because I couldn't be away from John."

I ask, "Did you work things out with Ricky? Is he going to live here with you?"

She looks to see if George is listening and he appears like he isn't and then says, "Umm, I tried to talk to him but didn't. It isn't going to work out."

I say, "I'm sorry, why won't it work out?"

She says, "Dad, you better not mention any of this conversation with Ricky. I know you are close to him but you are my father."

George laughs and says, "My lips are sealed, I'm just looking around to see what furniture this place needs."

Amy continues to tell me about Ricky, "Things are just so different, he has moved on. He was hanging out with Clementine and I'm getting the impression that it's not just in a friendly and platonic way. How could it be after she gave him that letter?"

I''m genuinely upset about this. I say, "That sucks, maybe they are just friends."

She replies, "I'm not going to count on that. I'm just going to move on like he has. Anyways on a lighter note, would you want to be roommates?!

I say, "OMG, I would love to! That would be awesome!"

Adrian POV

This month living with Omar in NY has been amazing, my transfer to NYU went through and I'm really excited. I'm doing some grocery shopping for the apartment, when I go down the aisle with tampons and condoms it hits me, "Oh crap I haven't started my period this month." This thought upsets me very much because I'm not ready to have a baby with Omar. I grab a pregnancy test and go pay for my groceries.

When I get home I take out the pregnancy test and take both tests. The first one is positive and the other is negative. I call to make a doctor's appointment. I crawl in bed and start to cry, for some reason Ben pops into my head.

Ben POV

I have decided to take a break on my road trip and go back to Cali for a little while before leaving for school in NY. I wanted to spend some more time with Chloe and hopefully see how Amy is doing. I feel kind of bad for Ricky; he was trying to do the right thing. They aren't right for each other and now they both can see that.

It's Sunday evening and I'm enjoying dinner at Geoff's with my dad. I see Grace and Amy walk in and they are seated in a booth near our table. The girls look over and our eyes meet. They both wave at my dad and I, we smile and wave back.

After my dad and I finish our dinner I say, "I'll see you back home, I'm going to chat with Grace and Amy for a bit."

My dad sighs, "Remember don't try to force anything with Amy yet. You know I love Amy. This suggestion is for your benefit. The way you pursued her, causing problems when she was engaged isn't right son. She may need time to forgive you for that."

A little shocked by my dad's feelings, I frown and say, "You don't understand, I was just trying to help Amy."

My dad scowls at me and replies, "You still don't get it, it wasn't your place. They were a family Ben."

Amy POV

After showing Grace the apartment and talking for a little while, I told her I was going to pick up John to get him a happy meal and let him play in the playhouse at McDonalds. Then drop him off at Ricky's, after that I would meet her at my dad's restaurant.

While eating dinner, I look up and see Ben heading over to our table, I'm not annoyed by this either. Once he approaches us he says, "Hey girls, how is it going?"

Grace and I both say, "Good and you?"

He says, "Doing very well, summer break has been refreshing."

I say, "Sounds like it, you can sit and hang out with us if you have time."

He replies, "I have time and would love too."

He sits next to Grace on her side of booth.

He looks at me and says, "How was your month of summer school at Hudson?"

I hesitate for a moment, "It was good overall, living away from John was a lot harder than I expected."

He looks at me concerned and says, "I bet."

I can see hurt in his eyes, I can't even imagine the pain Ben and Adrian have to go through with missing Mercy. They didn't deserve that, things in life can be so painful and you just don't understand why these things happen to people.

I ask, "Are you excited to start Hudson in 7 weeks?"

That definitely lightened up his mood. He smiles and says, "Yes, I love New York!"

I smile and say, "Yeah me too!"

He asks, "Are you going to bring John with you in New York in August?"

I take a few seconds to reply, "Umm no, I decided to stay and go to school here. It was too much for me, and I didn't want to uproot John's life. He loves his Dad so much and Ricky is an amazing father. I couldn't do that to both of them."

Ben looks shocked, "Oh wow, I respect that. Don't take this from someone who has been crazy about you forever but take this as a friend; you should worry about what makes you happy so you don't end up resenting John or anyone. If you want to go to school there you should."

What he said doesn't disturb me out like it usually would. Honestly it kind of gives me butterflies. I reply, "Thank you Ben. I appreciate your honesty. While I was over there I realized that going there wouldn't make me happy, I just wanted to get away from my problems and I love New York but I don't have to live and go to school there."

He smiles and says, "That makes sense. I'm glad you are doing better, you seem a lot happier."

I say, "I am doing a lot better overall. I'm done with the drama in high school and ready to move on with my life."

Grace says, "Yes thank God!"

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