Chapter 18

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Ben POV

I've been trying to remain calm and bow down gracefully because more than anything I want Adrian's dreams to come true and for her to happy. I haven't been to the cemetery to visit my mom and Mercy in a while so that's what I'm going to do before Thanksgiving dinner.

Chloe knocks on my door which is open and I say, "Come in."

She asks, "You are dressed nicely. Where are you going?"

I say, "Out for a little bit, I will be back for our Thanksgiving dinner."

She asks, "Can I go with you, I'm so bored?"

I reply, "I'm going to visit my mom and Mercy at the cemetery, I don't think it would be your idea of fun."

She says, "Come on brother, I would be happy to go meet them and wait in the car so you can have your time with them."

I say, "Okay, are you ready to go?"

She says, "Yes."

First we stop by the flower shop to pick up my order that should be ready by now. I know I shouldn't have but I ordered an extra centerpiece arrangement to bring over to Adrian's house for her family.

First we stop by my mom's grave site and leave her beautiful fall arrangement.

She says, "Hello Sarah, I wish I could have met you. I just wanted to say thank you so much for my brother Ben, Leo and you raised a very intelligent, caring, and wonderful person."

She then says to me "I will go to the car while you visit."

Then she goes back to the car.

I say, "Hey mom, I just wanted to say that I am so thankful that you were my mother. I'm missing you a lot right now. I feel lost right now, I try so hard to be strong but I don't know what to do anymore. I may have lost Adrian for good, I'm so stupid. I just want to be able to talk to you face to face. Please take care of Mercy for me. I love you mom."

I walk over to Mercy's grave and bring her flower arrangement.

When I get to her grave all I can think about is that couple of minutes that I got to hold a piece of heaven in my arms and I start to cry.

I say, "Hey baby, daddy misses you so much. I know your grandma is watching out for you though. I can't wait for the day I can be with you again and hold you in my arms. You changed my life, you were my little angel and I would give anything to see your face again. Daddy loves you Princess."

When walking away I gather all my strength to stop myself from breaking down, I wipe my tears away. Get into my car and say, "I just want to drop this off at Adrian's then we can do whatever you would like to do."

Once we get to her house I ring the doorbell and Cindy answers.

I say, "Happy Thanksgiving, I just wanted to drop this off for the family."

Cindy says, "Aww that's very sweet Ben, Thank you."

Ruben says, "Come on in Ben."

I introduce Chloe to everyone.

Adrian comes downstairs and says, "Hey!"

I say, "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Adrian says, "Thank you and you too!"

Cindy says, "Ben brought over this beautiful arrangement I put out on the table."

Adrian says, "Thank you so much."

Chloe says, "Adrian, you are looking fantastic."

Adrian says, "Thanks, you are too."

Ruben says, "Thanksgiving Lunch will be ready in about 30 minutes. You guys should stay, we have plenty of food?"

I say, "That is very nice of you to invite us but I promised Chloe we would hang out and do whatever she wanted before our Thanksgiving dinner at home."

Chloe says, "I wouldn't mind staying but I feel bad for crashing your family holiday tradition."

Adrian says, "No, we would love for you both to stay."

I say, "Sure, we will stay. Adrian, can I talk to you for a minute?"

She says, "Sure, let's go out back."

We sit in the outdoor gliders in the back yard

I ask, "Are you sure we should stay? When Omar gets here I'm sure he wouldn't be happy about this."

She says, "He isn't coming, his flight has been cancelled due to bad weather."

I say, "Oh okay, are you doing okay?"

She says, "I'm upset but I will get over it."

I say, "I'm sorry."

She asks, "It's not your fault. Are you okay Ben, you seem kind of down or something?"

I smile and say, "Don't worry about me Adrian."

She says, "I do though."

I say, "I'm fine, I promise."

Then we go inside to help set the table for lunch.

Everyone eats and enjoys lunch together. Just chatting about different stuff, of course Adrian told her family about my novel being published. After lunch we both thank everyone for having us, Adrian gets a call from Omar and she goes upstairs to speak with him.

Ruben says, "Our pleasure, Thank you for joining us. Adrian has been down since Omar couldn't make it, but you guys being here seemed to lift her spirits."

I say, "Mine too, the food was delicious and thank you again!"

Amy POV

It's 9 in the morning; John and Ricky are still asleep. I get up to get ready for our long day, after my shower I make some French toast to hold us over before going to Thanksgiving lunch with my family. The meal is going to be at my dad's restaurant, it is closed but we are eating there because we need the space.

My dad invited everyone pretty much, the only ones that aren't going to make it is Leo's family because Camille wanted to cook their first Thanksgiving together as a family. Adrian's mom wanted to cook with Adrian as a bonding type thing, which would have been awkward anyways with our parent's history and all. Then he didn't invite Jack and his family because Grace asked him not to because she was bringing Shane.

People that are coming is my family including my mom, Nora, Willadean, Ricky's family, Grace's family. Nobody knows that Ricky and I are back together. We have been kind of busy the past day, I'm sure everyone will be able to tell.

John comes into the kitchen and says, "I'm thirsty mama."

I say, "Would you like some water or juice sweetie?"

He says, "Orange juice."

I ask, "What do you say buddy?"

He says, "Please mommy."

I say, "Sure."

I cut up his French toast into pieces for him and put a little bit of syrup. Then I place his plate at his place at the table.

John says, "Thank you. Can I wake up daddy?"

I say, "Yes, you can wake him up."

John jumps onto the sofa bed and says loudly, "Daddy wake up!"

I say, "John don't jump on the bed buddy, you could get hurt."

Ricky's wakes up and says, "Good morning buddy, are you hungry?"

John says, "Yes, mommy made."

As Ricky gets out of bed, John stands up and continues to jump on the bed.

I say, "John, I told you not to do that!"

John sticks his tongue out at me.

I say, "Where did you learn that from?"

John says, "From Grandpa."

Ricky says, "John, you need to listen to mommy."

John starts to cry and says, "I want to jump!"

Ricky says, "It is time for breakfast, come on buddy."

They both come into the kitchen. Ricky gives me a kiss on the forehead.

We sit to eat and the whole time John is playing with his food and pouting.

Ricky says, 'John, eat your breakfast."

John says, "I finished."

John sips his juice and asks, "Can I go to my room to play with my toys?"

I say, "Okay John."

He goes to his room.

I say, "John skipped the terrible two's and three's but I think it is catching up with us."

We laugh and Ricky says, "I know, we are going to have to start using time out when he acts up."

I give Ricky a kiss and say, "I got to go back to the condo to get ready for the get together.

He asks, "When are you going to move back here?"

I say, "I actually wanted to discuss this, why don't we all live in the condo. It has a lot more space."

He says, "I don't feel right because your parents are paying everything there. If you move back they can sell it. Then when I'm finished with school and I have a full time job with great pay, we can buy a house."

I say, "I love the condo but if you think that is the right thing to do then I'm fine with that. I just want to be together."

He gives me a kiss and says, "That's what I want more than anything."

I say, "I'm just going to get changed then fix my hair and make-up. "

Ricky says, "Don't get too much sexier or we might have to skip this get together."

I laugh and say, "What has gotten into you Mr. Underwood?"

He says, "I've missed you so much."

I say, "I missed you more. I will be back in an hour so."

I give him a sloppy kiss to leave him wanting more. He pulls me in by my waist and whispers in my ear, "That's not fair; you are going to get it later."

I smirk and say, "Promise?"

He says, "You better hurry back."

I leave and drive to the condo. Once I pull into my parking space, I check my phone and I have a missed call and a couple text messages from Jay.

The 1st text from Jay says, "I waited an extra hour for you and decided not to go on the vacation without you. I only wanted to spend time with you anyways. Maybe we can get away together after the holidays. I forgive you for cheating on me, I want you back."

The 2nd text says, "Please call me, we need to talk."

These were sent yesterday, but I had left my phone in my car.

Once I get inside I call Jay and once he answers I say, "Happy Thanksgiving."

He says, "Thank you and you too. Why didn't you ever respond to my text or call?"

I say, "I'm sorry, I had left my phone in my car. Jay, you are an amazing guy and any girl would be lucky to have you. Ricky and I are together, I never really got over him."

He says, "Wow, so you were playing me the whole time?"

I say, "Of course not, I really care about you. My feelings for Ricky have been around for a long time and I honestly tried to get over him but I just couldn't."

He says, "That doesn't mean that he is the right guy for you. You said that he never fought for you and that he was just with you because of John."

I say, "Well I was wrong about that, we worked out everything."

He says, "I just don't want you to get hurt again. Please meet with me so we can talk about everything."

I say, "We can talk tomorrow around lunch time."

He says, "Okay, just let me know where and when."

I say, "My condo tomorrow around noon."

He says, "See you then. Have a good day with your family."

I say, "Thank you and you too."

Grace POV

I'm at the condo in the restroom getting ready for Thanksgiving lunch, I heard Amy come in and she was on the phone. A few minutes later I go to her room and she is fixing her hair, she is straightening it.

I say, "How are you doing? I haven't heard from you in a while."

Amy smiles and says, "I'm doing amazing!"

I say, "Me too! Wait last time we talked Jay had broken up with you. Did you make up?!"

Amy says, "No, Ricky and I are back together!"

I see her ring finger and say, "You are getting married! I'm so excited for you both!"

Amy says, "Thank you Grace!"

I say, 'I'm moving in with Shane!"

Amy says, "Oh wow, that was quick."

I say, "Do you think I'm making a mistake?"

Amy says, "No, I just didn't expect it. You should follow your heart and do what makes you happy."

I say, "Thank you Amy, I love the advice you give. I'm going to miss being roomies."

Amy laughs and says, '"Me too Grace. I just have one question and I'm not trying to drag you down or anything. Are you sure that you are over Jack?"

I say, "Yes, we are just going in different directions."

Amy says, "I know what you mean, I felt the same way with Ricky when I wanted to move to New York. We had issues that I didn't want to bring up to him because I was afraid of the answer. Now that we have talked everything out I know that no matter what he is the one for me. Is there something that is driving you away from him?"

I say, "I just can't ever trust him, his thing with Adrian. The thing with Madison, I'm afraid of being cheated on again. I want a big deep love where I don't have to worry about that stuff and I have that with Shane."

Later on at Thanksgiving lunch…..

Everyone meets Shane and they love him, he brought some beautiful flowers for my mom.

We are sitting at this huge long table at the restaurant.

George says, "Everything is ready we are just waiting on Ricky and Amy, she dropped off John earlier. I don't know what is taking her so long."

George calls Amy and she doesn't answer, then he calls Ricky and he doesn't answer.

Author's POV

Back at the butcher shop apartment….

Amy calls her dad back and puts him on speaker phone.

She says, "Hey dad, sorry I'm running late."

She starts giggling.

George says, "If you are with that boneheaded boyfriend of yours, you better bring him because I want to meet this guy."

Amy says, "Dad, we broke up."

George says, "Well I can't get a hold of Ricky, I know he wouldn't miss Thanksgiving with John. Have you heard from him?"

Amy says, "He must be preoccupied."

Ricky whispers in her ear "Yes I'm very preoccupied."

He starts to softly kiss the back of her neck and she does everything she can not to make a sound.

Amy quickly says to her dad, "We will be there soon."

Back at the restaurant…

George hangs up and says, "We."

He puts it together and says, "Oh they are together!"

Anne says, "What?"

Margaret says, "Maybe they are talking about working things out. I really hope so they truly love each other."

Grace keeps her mouth shut about everything.

Ethan says, "I agree, I think they are meant to be."

Anne says, "They are kind of too young to know that."

Ethan says, "Love doesn't have an age."

Ashley looks at Ethan and says, "I agree with you, they have already made it through so much."

Back at the butcher shop apartment…

Amy says, "Okay okay, this has been really fun but we need to get dressed and go to lunch before my dad hunts us down."

Ricky kisses her again and says, "I'm starving."

Amy says, "Me too. I have a plan no more sex until we get married."

He laughs and says, You are crazy."

Amy says, "I thought we were getting married soon. It shouldn't be that hard to do. Plus we went months without having sex I'm sure we can wait a week or two."

Ricky says, "We are getting married very soon."

Amy says, "So is that a yes on the no sex?"

Ricky laughs and says, "If you can resist me?"

Amy says, "Oh this sounds like a challenge."

They kiss then get up and get dressed to go to the restaurant.

I cried when writing the scene at Mercy's grave, that was one thing that the show did that I hated.

Review, I want to know what ya'll are thinking? Lots more drama and stuff to come, Got any suggestion or questions leave a review or PM me! 5 Chapter left until this season is over, I've given a lot of thought and if you guys want me to I can make a season 7 sequel that maybe goes further into the future? Let me know what you think so I can work with plots and story lines. Hope everyone is doing great.