Here's chapter 28! 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

"Are you?" Jimmy asked surprised.

"Ugh...I really don't want to deal with this right now...I have to pick up John." Amy said irritated as she rolled her eyes.

"You're not going anywhere until you tell us what's going on." Ben said seriously.

"All right...I went out with Jimmy the other night...and I wasn't working on a project..." Amy said sadly as she looked at Ben.

"Are you freaking kidding me Amy? Why the hell would you do this to me?! You've been cheating on me?! For how long?!" Ben said furiously as he raised his voice.

"Wow...You are pathetic Amy. I thought you and Ben were over. I really liked you but it looks like I made a huge mistake by trusting you. I gotta go." Jimmy said coldly as he walked past Amy and Ben.

"Ugh...I can't believe this is happening..." Amy said irritated.

"Did you sleep with him?" Ben asked angrily.

"What? No, of course not! We only made out." Amy answered stubbornly.

"Sure you did...What is your logic in this, Amy? Why did you think it was ok for you to go out with another guy while you were with me? You said you loved me!" Ben said as he raised his voice again.

"You said you loved me but you slept with Adrian after I only kissed Ricky. I gotta go." Amy said cruelly as she started to walk away from Ben.

"Stop Amy! That happened years ago! I thought you forgave me for that." Ben said stubbornly as he grabbed Amy's arm.

"Ben, let me go!" Amy yelled.

"No...So the only reason you cheated on me was to get back at me for sleeping with Adrian?!" Ben said angrily.

"Ugh...I never meant to hurt you Ben...I just went out with Jimmy because I was attracted to him...He wanted to go out with me as long as we weren't together...So I lied to him because I didn't want to break your heart..." Amy said honestly.

"It's too late...You already did. I don't know how I'm ever going to trust you again." Ben said sadly as he let go of Amy's arm and then he walked away from her.

"Aaaaah!" Amy yelled as she sat up in bed. There was a knock on the door.

"Amy! Are you in there? I have some stuff to move in." Ben said seriously.

"Ben! I forgot he was moving in...I'll be right there!" Amy said as she jumped out of bed. She put on her jeans and ran over to the door and opened it.

"Thanks Amy...I couldn't open the door with all this stuff..." Ben said nicely as he walked into the room.

"No problem...I just woke up from a nap...Do you need me to help you with anything?" Amy asked sweetly.

"Yeah...I got some bags of clothes that you could carry for me downstairs. You have a door stop?" Ben asked.

"Oh...yeah...It's on the counter." Amy said as she grabbed it and gave it to Ben.

"All right...That works. Where's John? He could help some too if he wants." Ben said after he put the door stop in the door.

"John's asleep...He woke me up early this morning to take a bath because he didn't want to have one last night...Heh..." Amy said as she smiled.

"Ok...We can move in my stuff...It shouldn't take more than an hour..." Ben said happily.

"Sounds good..." Amy said kindly as she walked downstairs with Ben to his apartment.

Meanwhile in California...

Ricky walked out the back door after band practice with Clementine.

"All right...Jack should be here in about five minutes...I gotta get going...I'll see you later Ricky. Good luck." Clementine said nicely.

"Thanks Clementine. I hope you have a good time at work." Ricky smiled.

"No problem...Bye." Clementine said happily and left.

A few minutes later Jack showed up.

"Hey Ricky...What are you doing here? You haven't seen Clementine, have you?" Jack asked confused.

"Hey Jack...Oh, wait a minute...that's not your name...It should be Jackass...Clementine just left actually." Ricky said sarcastically.

"Ok...She said she would be...Hey! That's not very nice..." Jack said seriously.

"It's better than paying someone to manipulate someone else to cheat on their girlfriend...While trying to make a move on their girlfriend..." Ricky said stubbornly as his face turned red.

"Uh...I don't know what you're talking about Ricky..." Jack said nervously.

"Oh really?! Maybe this well help you remember!" Ricky said angrily as he punched Jack in the arm.

"Oww! Geeze, Ricky! You don't have to hit me!" Jack said as he rubbed his arm.

"If you don't answer me, I'll hit you again." Ricky said aggressively.

"All right...Damn...I did pay Clementine to try to get you to cheat on Grace..." Jack said seriously.

"Why? I thought you had moved on from Grace! And you had to get Clementine involved in this mess! She's my friend, Jack! I thought ministers weren't supposed to be selfish." Ricky said sternly as he crossed his arms.

"I'm sorry Ricky...I didn't mean to hurt anyone..." Jack said sadly.

"That's bull! You meant to hurt me so you could try and get back with Grace! What the hell is wrong with you?! I think you need some real help. I also don't want you to baptize me. And if you ever try to pull a move on Grace again...you're going to be losing some teeth. I gotta get to work." Ricky said coldly as he looked at Jack in the eyes and he walked towards the parking lot.

"Oh...man...I really dug myself into a hole this time..." Jack said to himself sadly.

Meanwhile Grace was walking out of her last class when Adrian called...

"Hey Adrian! How are you?" Grace asked happily.

"I'm doing all right...I finally figured out who keyed Omar's car." Adrian said a little irritated.

"Are you ok? You sound a little upset...I thought that Max guy keyed Omar's car..." Grace said concerned.

"I'm not ok...He paid some guy to do it for him...And I got a three hundred dollar check from him..." Adrian said sadly.

"Oh...That's good, right? What's wrong? You can tell me Adrian." Grace said sweetly.

"Yes it is good...Max called me a skank...But it's whatever...I'm...I'm pregnant...again..." Adrian said seriously.

"You're not a skank...Congratulations! Is it Omar's?" Grace said excitedly.

"Thanks Grace...Of course it's Omar's! Why would you even ask me that?" Adrian said angrily.

"Ha ha...It was a joke...I was trying to be funny to help you feel better..." Grace said awkwardly.

"Heh...It wasn't a very good joke...I do not want to be pregnant right now...How am I going to finish my bachelor's with a new born baby?" Adrian said stubbornly.

"I'm sorry...You made it through high school when you were pregnant...But then...you...I'm so sorry..." Grace said sadly.

"It's not your fault...I'm sure Omar and I will figure this out...I want to be a mother but I was hoping I could do that after I got a job and took night classes for law school..." Adrian said honestly.

"Yeah...Sometimes life doesn't always go as planned Adrian...You just got to try your best to make things work..." Grace said sincerely.

"Oookay...What does that mean? Did something happen between you and Ricky?" Adrian asked suspiciously.

"No...Ricky and I are fine...But Jack tried to pull a move on me...And Chloe read my diary..." Grace said sadly.

"Jack tried to pull a move on you? He's a real jerk! The next time I see him, I'm going to kick him in the balls! Why would Chloe read your diary?" Adrian said madly and then concerned.

"Heh...Thanks Adrian but you don't have to do that...Chloe read my diary because she thought I still have feelings for Jack..." Grace said annoyed as she walked into her dorm room.

"Yeah I do! Nobody hurts my best friend like that. Why would Chloe think that?" Adrian asked surprised.

"I'm happy to hear you say that because...Amy called you an evil and manipulative whore when I talked to her earlier about you thinking that she's cheating on Ben...I stood up for you." Grace said honestly.

"Ugh! She's such a brat! If she isn't cheating on Ben, I owe her an apology...But if she is...then she owes me one...I really hope she isn't cheating on him. Thanks for standing up for me...Anyway, back to you...What is going on with Chloe?" Adrian said stubbornly and then concerned.

"I don't know Adrian...Maybe you should stay out of it...Amy told me that you were making up rumors about her...I just don't want either of you to get hurt...As far as Chloe goes...she overheard me ask Jack if our last kiss meant anything to him..." Grace said seriously.

"How could I stay out of it? I care about Ben and I tried to be nice to Amy...But I don't see how that's going to happen if she keeps fooling around with that Jimmy guy. How can I trust her if she's cheating on Ben?! Why the hell would you ask Jack that?" Adrian said shocked.

"You do make a good point about trusting Amy...I know I shouldn't have asked Jack that but...he told me I inspired him to be a minister..." Grace said sweetly.

"Oh, wake up Grace! I'm sure he only said that so he could get in your pants again. Can't you see that Jack has been a selfish asshole for years? All he wants is to sleep with you again and I'm sure he's going to make excuses to try and make that happen. He didn't love you enough to stay with you after you first slept with him. He kept going back to Madison or whoever. He even kissed her after he asked you to marry him! God...I can't believe how many times you kept falling for that idiot." Adrian said angrily.

"Uh...I'm sorry...I thought you were my friend Adrian! You kept falling for Ricky even after he was with Amy...You even had sex with Jack! How is that any different? As far as I'm concerned, we've both made the same amount of mistakes..." Grace said stubbornly.

"You're right...I just hope you realize that Jack is not the guy for you. Ricky is...He loves you so much and he is like the happiest guy on Earth when he talks about you."
Adrian said nicely.

"Really? What did he say?" Grace asked excited.

"He said he wants to get as close to you as he can...That's why he wants to get baptized and...he hopes that he's the last guy that goes crazy for you." Adrian said sweetly.

"Aww! Now I love him even more! Thanks for telling me!" Grace said happily.

"You're welcome...I gotta get dinner started so I'll talk to you later." Adrian said nicely.

"All right...Good luck with the pregnancy and everything else...I gotta pack up my stuff. Sorry for yelling at you..." Grace said sweetly.

"Don't worry about it...I'm sorry too and thanks...Why do you have to pack your stuff?" Adrian asked surprised.

"You're welcome...I'm moving in...with Ricky." Grace said as she grinned.

"Oh...You finally caved in, huh? Good luck with that...Bye Grace." Adrian said nicely.

"Thank you...Bye Adrian..." Grace hung up and she started to pack her things.

Meanwhile at the butcher shop...

Ricky was filling in orders when his phone rang.

"I'm sorry Bunny...I gotta take this..." Ricky said as he pulled out his phone.

"Make it quick! We gotta a lot to get done!" Bunny said seriously.

"Hey, how come I don't get to use my phone during work?" Ethan asked confused.

"Because he's the assistant manager, kid. You gotta work your way up if you want more privileges. That's the way it works around here, just like in life...Get back to wrapping those gift baskets." Bunny said sternly.

"Yes ma'am!" Ethan said as he continued to wrap gift baskets.

"Hello?" Ricky asked as he answered his phone.

"Hey Ricky...It's Reuben...I just wanted to ask you if you've prepared for Bob's trial yet..." Reuben asked seriously.

"Uh...Not really...I've been really busy with school and work...Is there much I have to do?" Ricky said concerned.

"All right...I understand...Since I am defending you in this case, I want to try and make a good argument in court..." Reuben said honestly.

"You're also defending Omar and Adrian too, right?" Ricky asked seriously.

"Of course I am...But their case involves getting money from Bob...That's a little easier to convince the judge and jury of, unlike the death penalty..." Reuben said honestly.

"Oh...Right...I could email you want I want to say in court...You could look it over and edit it, if you want..." Ricky said nicely.

"That's a good idea...How about you email me what you want to say by Monday? You can have the weekend to think about it...I'm actually going to get dinner in a couple hours and go to another case..." Reuben said sincerely.

"All right...That sounds great...Thank you so much Reuben." Ricky said happily.

"You're welcome Ricky...I know your father put you through a lot and...he deserves to be rightfully punished for it...I'll talk to you later...Bye." Reuben said kindly.

"Yeah...Bye..." Ricky hung up.

"All righty...Ricky get back to filling in those orders please! I need to go talk to Leo about some new company that wants to offer us steaks." Bunny said seriously.

"Again? It seems like we've been getting a lot of offers from other companies." Ricky said as he put his phone in his pocket.

"Yep...That's what happens when you have a good business...I'll be back soon." Bunny said nicely as she left.

"Finally...I need to ask you something." Ethan said as he walked over to Ricky.

"What is it Ethan? I'm busy..." Ricky said as he walked over to the computer.

"So...Kathy was talking to this Brian guy...She helped him with the spelling bee last year..." Ethan said seriously.

"Oh man...Really? Don't tell me you're jealous of this guy...I thought you liked Chloe anyway." Ricky said annoyed.

"Well...I thought I did but she's not Kathy...And she's in college so I'm sure she'll end up with some college guy anyway..." Ethan said honestly.

"Yeah...Probably...Just go out with Kathy then...I don't know what you're asking me..." Ricky said as he began to fill in orders.

"Uh...I wanted to ask you...how did you deal with being jealous? You know of Ben when he was with Amy?" Ethan said concerned.

"All right...Listen Ethan...I was never jealous of Ben...He was jealous of me...So I hit him a few times before...And I slept with Adrian to make Amy jealous...I'm not the best person to ask when it comes to this stuff..." Ricky said coldly as he looked at Ethan.

"Hmm...Sorry for asking...What about Grace? You're not jealous of Jack?" Ethan asked seriously.

"Hell no! Hopefully I took care of his stupid face after my band practice...Get back to work." Ricky said angrily.

"All right...Geeze...You need to chill out..." Ethan said a little irritated.

"Whatever...Just wrap your baskets." Ricky rolled his eyes as he continued to put in orders.

"Heh...Gladly..." Ethan huffed as he started to wrap more gift baskets.

Meanwhile in New York...

Amy and Ben finished moving in all of Ben's stuff into Amy's apartment.

"Whew! That was a work out." Amy said exhausted as she sat on her couch with Ben.

"Yeah it was...You want to go out to dinner to celebrate? It is Friday and tomorrow morning we're off to Niagara Falls for your birthday! I also have your presents in my car. Do you want them tomorrow?" Ben asked excited.

"Yes to both of your questions. I am pretty hungry right now." Amy said smiling.

"Me too...Get John and we can go." Ben said happily.

"Sounds good...You can go downstairs if you want...I need to call my Mom really quick too." Amy said nicely.

"All right...I'll go down to my car then." Ben said nicely.

After Ben left, Amy called Jimmy.

"Hey Amy! Happy birthday almost!" Jimmy said happily as he answered his phone.

"Thanks Jimmy! So...I hate to say this but...I'm thinking about getting back together with Ben..." Amy said sadly.

"Oh...Don't worry about it...I totally understand...There is this girl in one of my classes that I kind of like..." Jimmy said kindly.

"Thank you for being so understanding...Who is it?" Amy asked intrigued.

"Her name's Maria. She's Italian and she's really nice." Jimmy said excited.

"Oh wow...That's really exciting! I hope I didn't hurt your feelings..." Amy said sweetly.

"No...It's totally fine...I had a feeling that you still liked Ben...I'll talk to you later...I hope you have a great birthday!" Jimmy said happily.

"All right...Thanks again...Heh...I hope you have a great weekend! Bye!" Amy said nicely and she hung up.

Ben was waiting for Amy in his car when Grace called.

"Grace? Did you need something?" Ben asked surprised as he answered his phone.

"Hey Ben...Have you talked to Adrian recently?" Grace asked concerned.

"No I haven't...Is there a problem?" Ben said seriously.

"I don't know...The good news is...she's pregnant! I thought I would let you know." Grace said happily.

"Oh wow! That is great news! I'm really happy for her and Omar!" Ben said excitedly.

"Yeah me too...The bad news is...she thinks Amy is cheating on you..." Grace said sadly.

"Uh...What? There's no way that Amy would cheat on me." Ben said shocked.

"That's what I thought but...Adrian saw her kiss Jimmy...I really don't want to get in the middle of this...but I thought it would be best if you heard it from me instead of Adrian...She can be a little harsh when she tells someone bad news..." Grace said honestly.

"That's true...Maybe she made it up for some reason...I know Amy would never cheat on me...But thanks for telling me anyway Grace...I'll talk to you later." Ben said a little irritated.

"You're welcome Ben...Later." Grace hung up.

"So...you ready to go?" Amy said as she got in the car after putting John in the back seat.

"Yeah...Let's...get going..." Ben said as he backed out of his parking spot.

There you have it! For clarification, the scene between Amy, Ben, and Jimmy was a dream. Everything before that actually happened. Is Ben going to believe what Grace just told him about Amy and Jimmy? Did Amy do the right thing by breaking things off with Jimmy since he likes Maria? Oh dear...And Ben finally moved in with Amy but how long will he stay? What's Ethan going to do to try and get back with Kathy? What will Ricky say at Bob's trial? Is Grace doing the right thing by moving in with Ricky? Will she and Adrian ever trust Amy again? Also, was what Adrian said about Jack true and a little too harsh? Did Ricky take things too far by hitting Jack or did he get what he deserved? Stay tuned to find out! Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)