Here's chapter 48! 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

The next morning in New York...

Ben was getting ready for school while Amy called Kathy.

"Ugh...Hello?" Kathy asked sleepily as she answered her phone.

"Hey Kathy...I know it's like 6 am for you...but I wanted to let you know that I'm going to be in California tonight. My grandma's dying...And we need to talk." Amy said seriously.

"Oh...It's ok...I was going to get up in a half an hour anyway...I'm sorry about your grandma...What do we need to talk about?" Kathy said sincerely and then concerned.

"Thanks...Ethan and a few other things...I'll see you later...Bye." Amy said sternly and she hung up.

"Why does Amy want to talk to me about Ethan? Unless...Chloe..." Kathy said a little irritated to herself as she got out of bed.

"Did you tell her?" Ben said nicely as he walked into his room.

"Yeah...I'll see her sometime later tonight...And thanks for last night. It was amazing." Amy said happily.

"All right...You're very welcome...I had a lot of fun too. I love you." Ben said sweetly and he gave Amy a long kiss.

"We have to go!" John said cutely as he walked into their room.

"Aaah...It sounds like someone's eager to go to school this morning...Heh...Let's go." Amy said sweetly as she walked out of her room with Ben.

"Yeah...You have everything packed in my car for you and John for later?" Ben asked concerned.

"Yes I do. We will be ready to go to the airport after school. You have the tickets?" Amy said nicely.

"Yeah. They're in my wallet. Off to school we go." Ben said nicely as he walked out of the apartment with Amy and John.

A couple hours later at Hudson...

Adrian was walking out of her class when she bumped into a familiar face.

"Uh...Max? What are you doing here?" Adrian said shocked.

"Hey Adrian...I'm here to get a job..." Max said seriously.

"A job doing what?" Adrian asked surprised.

"Security...I think I would be good at it...The car job I had didn't pay me enough...And I'm sorry about everything that happened with...Omar's car." Max said honestly.

"Oh...Good for you...And don't worry about it...It happened a while ago...Omar and I have bigger fish to fry right now...We're expecting." Adrian said sweetly.

"Thanks...Congrats! I'm sure you two will be awesome parents! I need to get going so I'll see you around." Max said nicely.

"Thank you but...do you want to get lunch sometime? I think...we need to talk..." Adrian said seriously.

"Yeah I would...Just call me sometime...You still have my number?" Max said kindly as he smiled slowly.

"I do...I will call you sometime...Bye Max." Adrian said sincerely and she walked in the opposite direction of Max.

Meanwhile at Grant High...

Kathy was walking out of class when she saw Ethan at his locker.

"Hey Ethan..." Kathy said sadly as she walked over to him.

"What do you want? I really don't want to talk to you." Ethan said a little irritated as he slammed his locker.

"I know but...I think we should talk about Chase...I'm really sorry." Kathy said honestly.

"Yeah...Sure you are...I need to go to class." Ethan said cruelly as he walked past her.

"Morning beautiful." Chase said sweetly from behind Kathy.

"Ugh...Why don't you leave me alone, Chase? You really ruined everything for Ethan and me." Kathy said angerily.

"No I didn't...You wanted to have fun with me. And if you don't want to anymore, then we're done." Chase said sternly.

"What? I...I do want to have fun with you..." Kathy said surprised.

"Prove it." Chase said seriously as he crossed his arms.

"Meet me in the drama room after school. I need to get to class." Kathy smiled slowly and she walked to class.

Meanwhile at Ricky's apartment...

Grace had left to go to school and Ricky was packing up his backpack when Margret called.

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

"Good morning Ricky...How are you?" Margret asked sweetly.

"Morning Mom...I'm doing all right...How are you?" Ricky said nicely.

"I'm doing fine...until I saw a picture of Grace and Jack in the paper..." Margret said concerned.

"Oh...They didn't kiss if that's what you think...Jack was just being a jerk..." Ricky said a little irritated.

"Uh huh...It sure looks like they were about to kiss...Are you sure that Grace didn't kiss Jack?" Margret asked seriously.

"Yes I'm sure! She told me that she didn't...And she gave me presents to apologize for almost kissing Jack last night...The stupid media always makes things sound worse than they actually are." Ricky said stubbornly.

"All right...Calm down Ricky...I believe you...I also wanted to let you know that Amy is coming here tonight with Ben and John...Anne told me...She's going to see Mimsy and Ashley's coming too..." Margret said sadly.

"I know about Mimsy...Ashley told me...It's so sad that she's dying...I'm glad Amy's coming with John. I've really missed him." Ricky said sincerely and then nicely.

"It sure is...I've missed John too. He's gotten so big. Heh...Amy has told me about how much he's been growing...And I'm glad she's happy with Ben." Margret said sweetly.

"Yeah...He keeps growing everyday...I'm happy for Ben and Amy too...I need to get to school so I'll talk to you later Mom...I love you." Ricky said nicely as he walked out the door.

"I love you too Ricky...Drive safe." Margret said nicely.

Ricky smiled and hung up as he left the butcher shop. As Ricky got in his car, he saw Peter getting beat up by a guy.

"What the hell?" Ricky said shocked and he got out of the car and ran over to them.

"Aaah! Dude! Please stop!" Peter said in pain. He had a black eye and the guy ran away when he saw Ricky.

"Are you ok? What's going on?" Ricky said as he put a hand out to Peter to pull him up.

"Thanks man...I'm all right...Except for my eye...Wait a minute...You're Ricky right?" Peter said seriously.

"No problem...I am Ricky...We went to high school together right? You're...Peter?" Ricky said confused.

"Yes I am...It's nice to see you again...That guy beating me up...was related to Griffin actually..." Peter said sadly.

"What?! Why was he hitting you?" Ricky asked shocked.

"He wanted money from me to bail Griffin out of jail...For being a pimp..." Peter said honestly.

"Oh, geeze...This is terrible...I know all about Griffin...He captured Grace and..." Ricky said awkwarkdly.

"Yeah I know...I can't believe he would do that...I actually really liked him in high school but...that didn't work out..." Peter said honestly.

"I'm sorry Peter...Do you want me to give you a ride somewhere?" Ricky said sincerely.

"Thanks Ricky...I'm actually going to work over at the car shop across the street." Peter said kindly.

"All right...I need to get to school...Hopefully that guy won't hurt you again...If he does, just let me know and I'll help you out. You should probably file a police report." Ricky said seriously.

"Yeah I know...I'll do that later today...See ya later.." Peter said as he smiled slowly and walked across the street.

Ricky got in his car and drove to school.

Meanwhile at Grace's school...

Grace walked out of class when she bumped into Chloe.

"Hey Grace..." Chloe said nicely.

"Hey Chloe...How are you?" Grace said awkwardly.

"I'm all right except...when I saw your picture in the newspaper with Jack..." Chloe said sadly.

"Yeah...I am so sorry about that...I think you should talk to Jack about...spending more time with him...That will help him to keep his mind off me." Grace said honestly.

"I sure hope so...But the truth is, I don't want to be his booty call to help him get over you...Maybe we should take a break...He also has a wrestling tornament this weekend." Chloe said honestly.

"Oh...If you think you need a break...then I guess you should take one...I'm sure Jack will understand...I just hope he doesn't try to get back with me. I'm getting tired of him interferring with my relationship with Ricky." Grace said kindly and then annoyed.

"Yeah...I knew dating him would be a pain in the ass...How is Ricky?" Chloe said a little irritated and then nicely.

"Maybe you and Jack will work out though...You're pretty strong Chloe and I really think you can help him. Ricky is doing really well...He forgave me last night and we're going out tonight...I'm really excited. Our last date was really special." Grace said seriously and then happily.

"We'll see about Jack...Heh...Thanks for the advice Grace...And you're really lucky to have Ricky. He's an amazing guy...I hope you don't let him go cause he loves you a lot." Chloe said sweetly.

"You're welcome...I know I'm lucky to have Ricky...and I love him so much...Do you want to get lunch? I also wanted to apologize for the diary thing...I over reacted." Grace said honestly.

"I would like to get lunch. I'm starving. And thanks...I never meant to hurt you by reading your diary." Chloe said nicely as they walked to the cafeteria.

I would keep going but I need to sleep. Ha ha! Sounds like there's some crazy stuff going on. Did Amy and Ben have sex again? What's going to happen with Kathy and Chase in the drama room? What's Amy going to talk to her about? Is Adrian going to have lunch with Max and will he work at Hudson? What's going to happen with Ricky when Amy, Ben, and John come to California? And will Griffin get bailed out of jail? Will Peter be ok too? I thought it would be interesting to bring him into the story. Will Chloe and Jack work out? At least Grace is getting along with Chloe again. How will Jack's wrestling tornament go? Stay tuned to find out! Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)