Here's chapter 26! I hope you like it! Please R&R! I do not own anything from The Secret Life Of The American Teenager! Thank you! I really appreciate everyone's reviews! :)

Italics=Grace

Bold=Ricky

Plain=Other characters

Later that night in New York...

Amy put John to bed and she called Jimmy.

"Hey Amy...How are you?" Jimmy said as he answered his phone.

"I was doing fine...Until I saw you in the cafeteria this morning with another girl...What is going on?" Amy asked a little stubbornly.

"Woah...Somebody's jealous...Why didn't you say hi?" Jimmy said seriously.

"I was just getting some coffee and I had like ten minutes before my first class...Who was she?" Amy asked intrigued.

"All right... I had breakfast with my cousin. I totally forgot that she's been at Hudson for the past year. We ran into each other yesterday and had breakfast earlier." Jimmy said honestly.

"Oh...That's really cool. How is she?" Amy said sweetly.

"Her name's Brittany and she's doing really well. I can't believe you were actually jealous...You know I would never cheat on you." Jimmy said smiling.

"I...I wasn't jealous...I just wasn't expecting you to be eating with some other girl." Amy said awkwardly.

"It's ok Amy. Heh...Is that only reason why you called?" Jimmy asked sincerely.

"Yeah...I need to get back to my homework so I'll talk to you later." Amy said seriously.

"All right...Are you sure you're ok? You sound a little funny." Jimmy said suspiciously.

"I'm fine...I'm just a little tired. Talk to you later." Amy hung up and she got out her books for her homework and there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Amy rolled her eyes as she got out one of her notebooks.

"Hey Amy...I just thought you would like some hot coco. It's really cold outside and I got some from the store with marshmallows." Ben said nicely as he walked in.

"Aww Ben! Thank you. You can go ahead and make some. I have some homework to finish. John's asleep so don't be too loud." Amy said happily.

"Sounds good. Can I just use this pot on the stove to boil hot water?" Ben asked as he put the hot coco mix and marshmallows on the counter.

"Yeah. That's fine. Did you finish your homework?" Amy asked nicely.

"Yes I did...What are you working on?" Ben said as he filled up the pot with water.

"World history...I just to answer a few review questions." Amy said as she flipped open her history book.

"Oh...History is not my strong suite..." Ben said awkwardly as he turned on the stove.

"Heh...I know...You, haven't talked to Adrian recently, have you?" Amy asked nervously.

"No...I last talked to her yesterday morning after you went to class...Why? Is there a problem?" Ben asked concerned as he sat next to Amy at her small kitchen table.

"Um...Not really...I was just wondering...I'm guessing she hasn't figured out who keyed Omar's car yet?" Amy asked seriously as she pushed her hair back.

"I don't think so...I told her I thought it was Max but...you never know...The security cameras were no help at all so I don't know how they're going to find him." Ben said sadly.

"Yeah...I'm sure they'll figure it out...I just have one more question." Amy said after she wrote one of the answers.

"So I know we talked about...living together before in one of the apartments...Have you thought about that some more?" Ben asked sincerely.

"Oh yeah...I have thought about it and...I would love to live with you Ben...but...it won't cost your dad anymore money if I live with you will it?" Amy asked concerned.

"Of course not. It will be cheaper for him because he'll be paying for one apartment instead of two. I talked to him about it earlier today and he wouldn't mind if we lived in one apartment." Ben said happily.

"Ok...I don't care which apartment we live in. If it's cheaper, then let's do it." Amy said excited.

"All right. Sounds great! Since John is used to your apartment, do you think it would be easier if I moved into yours?" Ben said nicely.

"That's probably a good idea. You can move in here whenever you want. My extra key is in a drawer next to the fridge so you can go ahead and take it." Amy said as she wrote down her last answer.

"Sounds good to me. I'll move in tomorrow." Ben said as walked over to the stove and turned it off.

"Great...I finished my homework so now we can enjoy some hot coco." Amy smiled as she put her books in her backpack.

"Here you go...With extra marshmallows." Ben said sweetly as he handed Amy a mug of hot coco.

"Mmm...This is very good...It's kind of weird living in an area where it gets cold enough to drink hot coco to stay warm." Amy giggled.

"Heh...Thanks...You're right...I do love New York though..." Ben smiled as he sat down with his coco.

"So do I but...not as much as I love you Ben." Amy said sweetly and she gave Ben a kiss on the lips.

"Aaaah...I love you too Amy." Ben said kindly and he took a sip of his coco.

Meanwhile in California...

"All right Ethan...It's finally closing time...Did you get those orders all done?" Ricky asked as he took his apron off.

"Yeah I did...I'm so tired and I have like ten algebra problems to do..." Ethan rolled his eyes.

"Ten? Why didn't you do them during study hall?" Ricky said concerned.

"I had to do a brainstorming thing for my English paper that's due next week..." Ethan said as he put his apron on a hook.

"Oh...It's only eight so you have time to get them done..." Ricky said sincerely.

The door opened to the butcher shop and Ricky turned around.

"Sorry, Miss O'Malley...we just closed." Ethan said honestly.

"Miss O'Malley? What are you doing here?" Ricky said surprised.

"Hey Ricky and Ethan...I know you just closed but I forgot to pick up my steaks earlier this afternoon...I had an important meeting..." Katelyn said nicely.

"Oh...I can get them for you really quick." Ricky smiled as he went behind the counter.

"So you like this job Ethan?" Katelyn asked excited.

"It's all right...I guess it pays pretty well for a minimum wage job...I make almost eight dollars an hour." Ethan said a little irritated.

"Ha ha...As long as you're not getting into trouble, I think it's a great job for you." Katelyn smiled.

"Yeah it is...I've been keeping him in line. Here are your steaks. You already paid for them." Ricky said nicely as he gave Katelyn a bag of steaks.

"Thank you Ricky. How's school been?" Katelyn asked sweetly.

"Ugh...I gotta get going so I'll see you tomorrow Ricky. Good night Miss O'Malley." Ethan said as he walked towards the door.

"Good night Ethan!" Katelyn said nicely.

"Heh...Kids...School is going really well. I love it. I'm majoring in business but I think I'm going to get some kind of degree in psychology too." Ricky said happily.

"Oh wow...Both of those are great degrees. Who knows? Maybe you'll get my job someday after you manage a big company. Ha ha..." Katelyn grinned.

"Yeah...That would be really awesome...I also really appreciate everything you did for me while I was in high school." Ricky smiled slowly.

"It was my pleasure...I know I didn't do a ton for you in high school, but I really enjoyed getting to know you and your friends Ricky. All of you are really amazing kids and I think all of you are going to go really far in life. I hope you have a good night." Katelyn said honestly.

"Thank you so much. I hope you do too." Ricky said nicely as Katelyn left the butcher shop.

*Ring ring*

"Hey Grace...How are you?" Ricky said as he answered his phone.

"It's not Grace...It's Chloe..." Chloe said seriously.

"Chloe? Why do you have Grace's phone?" Ricky asked concerned.

"She left it in our room...I'm sorry to bother you but...I think she might want to get with Jack." Chloe said honestly.

"What? Don't be ridiculous Chloe...There's no way Grace would want to get back with Jack. I know her better than you do." Ricky said as he walked upstairs to his apartment.

"Oh yeah? Then how come I read in her diary that Jack made her heart melt on Sunday?" Chloe said a little irritated.

"You read her diary? That's an invasion of privacy. Why would you do that Chloe?" Ricky asked stubbornly.

"I know it was wrong but...Grace was acting really fishy last night after she got off the phone with Jack. She asked him if their last kiss meant anything to him." Chloe said seriously.

"Ugh...I really don't have time for gossip right now...Are you sure Grace said that to Jack? I doubt she would ask him that." Ricky said annoyed.

"Yes I'm sure. If you don't believe me, then ask Grace. She should be back in an hour. I gotta do some homework." Chloe said a little irritated.

"I will ask her...Good night Chloe." Ricky hung up.

Meanwhile at Jack's house...

"So my Dad said it would be best if we talk to Ricky about these scriptures." Jack said as he pulled out a notebook.

"Oh...Oh yeah...All of these are really great. Thanks for talking to Reverend Stone about this Jack." Grace said happily as she looked at a few pages in the notebook.

"No problem...I think it's great that you want to help Ricky get baptized, but...don't you think he belongs with someone else?" Jack said sincerely as he put a piece of Grace's hair behind her left ear.

"Uh...No...Why would you say that?" Grace said seriously.

"You had to think about it...Didn't you? Come on Grace, stop playing games...You know we belong together. And Ricky should be with Amy or Clementine." Jack said as he touched Grace's face.

"Stop it Jack! Where the hell would you get an idea like that?!" Grace said stubbornly as she stood up off of Jack's bed.

"From when you asked if our last kiss meant anything to me...And it did...I'm still in love with you, Grace." Jack said honestly.

"I should have known...Why can't you get it through your thick skull that I don't love you anymore?" Grace said as she raised her voice.

"I don't care...I love you and I'm not going to let anyone else ruin that." Jack said seriously.

"You're delirious. I gotta go." Grace said irritated and she grabbed her purse and left Jack's room.

"Damn...I was so close..." Jack said as he put his face in his hands.

Meanwhile in New York...

"Wow...So I was not expecting this to be the surprise..." Omar said nervously as he laid down in bed next to Adrian.

"Yep...I took the test twice and...I'm pregnant..." Adrian said seriously.

"I'm really excited but...kind of concerned...I thought you were on the pill." Omar said in a worried tone.

"I was but...I guess something must have gone wrong...Ugh...I am not ready to have a baby again right now." Adrian said a little irritated.

"Well...we could give it up for adoption." Omar said sincerely.

"Really? No, no, no...I actually wanted to get pregnant again after I lost Mercy but...now I'm not so sure if I want to be pregnant." Adrian sadly.

"I was kidding...I'm glad you are pregnant Adrian. I want to have lots of kids with you. We could get a nanny or take the kid to day care during the day while I'm at work and you're at school." Omar said happily.

"But this isn't how I wanted our first time being pregnant to happen. I wanted to be out of school with a career where I could take maternity leave and help the baby grow for a few months before I went back to work...I can't just take off school." Adrian said a little upset.

"Hey...It's ok hun...Sometimes things don't always go as planned...You could take next semester off to take care of the baby if you want." Omar said as he gave Adrian a hug.

"No...Then I'll be a semester behind on graduating...I had to deal with that in high school, I'm not going through that again...And what if...the baby doesn't make it..." Adrian said as her eyes got watery.

"Oh, Adrian...Whatever you want to do, is fine with me...I'm sure the baby will be ok... We're going to make it through this together. I promise." Omar said sweetly as he rubbed Adrian's back.

"Thank you Omar...I love you..." Adrian said as she let go of Omar.

"I love you too...We need to get some sleep." Omar smiled as he turned off his lamp.

Later in California...

Grace walked into her room and she saw that Ricky had called her about ten minutes ago on her phone so she called him.

"Hey Grace. I just called you." Ricky said happily.

"Yeah I know...I totally forgot to take my phone with me when I went to Jack's earlier." Grace rolled her eyes as she sat on her bed.

"Oh...What were you doing at Jack's?" Ricky asked concerned.

"We talked about the baptism class that you're going to take. And Jack showed me some scriptures that we can show you about baptism...And...uh...Jack tried to pull a move on me." Grace said seriously.

"He what?! What do you mean he tried to pull a move on you?" Ricky said angrily.

"He put my hair behind one of my ears, touched my face, and then said that he's still in love with me." Grace said annoyed.

"Oh man...He's a real idiot. Chloe told me that you asked him about you two's last kiss." Ricky said a little irritated.

"When did you talk to Chloe?" Grace asked surprised.

"When you were gone...She used your phone to call me. And she also said that you might want to get back with Jack. She doesn't know what she's talking about." Ricky rolled his eyes.

"She used my phone? Ugh...Chloe defiantly doesn't know what she's talking about..." Grace said seriously.

"Yeah...So did you ask Jack about your last kiss with him?" Ricky asked sincerely.

"Yes I did...I know I shouldn't have asked him that. I was just a little infatuated with him at church after he said I inspired him...It's really no big deal..." Grace said honestly.

"Uh huh...Jack didn't make your heart melt or anything like that?" Ricky asked suspiciously.

"Wh...what? Why would you think that?" Grace asked nervously as her cheeks became redder.

"Heh...Chloe read your diary." Ricky said seriously.

"You have got to be kidding me! She did not!" Grace said stubbornly.

"She told me that she did...If I were you, I would lock it up somewhere." Ricky said sincerely.

"Ugh...She's going to be in so much trouble when she comes back. I can't believe she would read my diary." Grace said annoyed.

"Me either...I didn't even know you had one until she told me that she read it...So you really wrote that Jack made your heart melt?" Ricky asked in a worried tone.

"Yes I did after I wrote...that I love you more than I have ever loved anyone else. I can't help it that Jack made me feel good when he said I inspired him. I promise, that he doesn't make my heart melt like you do, Ricky." Grace said sweetly.

"Aww! I'm happy to hear you say that Grace! I love you more than I have ever loved anyone else too." Ricky said happily.

"You're welcome...And I'm sorry about Jack...You love me more then you ever loved Amy?" Grace said sincerely.

"Don't worry about Jack...Of course I love you more then I've ever loved Amy. We went through a lot together, but I'm happy to be with you now." Ricky said nicely.

"Aww! I'm happy to be with you too. I love you so much." Grace grinned as she felt her heart beat a little faster.

"I love you...Good night Grace." Ricky said as his cheeks got redder and his heart beat a little faster.

"Good night Ricky. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Sweet dreams." Grace said happily.

"Sweet dreams. Bye." Ricky hung up as he got into bed.

Aww! Ricky and Grace are so sweet together! What's Grace going to do when Chloe comes back? And Adrian's pregnant but she doesn't sound too excited about it but at least Omar is. Has Jack lost his mind by trying to pull a move on Grace? Is Ethan working too much to the point where it affects how well he's doing in school? Did Max key Omar's car? How is Amy's relationship with Jimmy going to change when Ben moves in with her? Is Jimmy catching on that Amy is still with Ben? Stay tuned to find out! Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)