Here's chapter 51! 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
"You little brat! How dare you say that!" Amy said angrily as her face started to turn red.
"What? It's the truth. You didn't want to have a baby at fifteen but you did. And that's why you went to New York. So you could away from Ricky and John and have the life that you never had if you hadn't met Ricky." Kathy said seriously as she looked at Amy in the eyes.
"That's enough Kathy!" Ricky said cruelly as he walked out of Mimsy's room and shut her door.
"Oh...I'm just getting started. You two think you're so smart and know everything just because you're parents. Let me tell you something, both of you are young adults. You don't have years of wisdom like my grandmother and I think both of you regret keeping John. You just don't want to admit it. He's caused both of you years of stress and drama. Yeah I know that you two love him but not enough to raise him together. That's why I gave Hedy up for adoption because I knew that she would have a better life with two responsible parents who loved each other and her. But you two, you've never loved each other. Ricky just used you, Amy. And then he made your life hell because he got you pregnant. That is why I'm never going to be like you. I learned my lesson after getting pregnant the first time." Kathy said seriously as she looked at Amy and Ricky.
"Get the hell out of here Kathy! I don't want to see you ever again!" Ricky yelled as his face turned red. Amy started to cry as Kathy began to walk away from them.
"I can't...believe she said that...I was just trying to help her..." Amy said through her tears.
"It's ok Amy...I'm sure she didn't mean it." Ricky said calmly as he hugged Amy.
"But...What if she's right? Do we...regret keeping John? It's not too late to...give him up for adoption..." Amy said sadly as she laid her head on Ricky's shoulder.
"How can you say that? I do not regret keeping John! I love him Amy." Ricky said surprised as he pulled away from Amy.
"I...I'm sorry...I love John too...There's no way that I could give him up for adoption." Amy said as she wiped her eyes.
"If you want, he can stay here with me until Bob's trial...Hasn't Ben been helping you with him?" Ricky said sincerely.
"Yes Ben has been helping me...I'll take him back and you can keep him over winter break...Plus he goes to pre-school in New York so I would hate to have him switch schools." Amy said honestly.
"Oh yeah...I forgot about that...All right Amy...Whatever you want to do is fine with me." Ricky said nicely.
"Ok...Why do you always do that?" Amy asked a little irritated.
"Why do I always do what?" Ricky asked confused.
"Why do you always say whatever you want...You used to actually stand up for what you wanted. If you don't want to do something, you can tell me." Amy said stubbornly as she crossed her arms.
"Well, I do think it's best if John stays at his pre-school. And I would be happy to keep him during winter break. And I'm afraid that if I do tell you what I want, then you'll yell at me. You have many times before." Ricky said seriously.
"Oh...I guess you're right...And Kathy was right too...About us never loving each other..." Amy said sadly.
"Yeah...Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad and just try to do what you think is right...I honestly think that we have done the best we can to raise John." Ricky said kindly.
"Thank you Ricky...I do too and I'm glad you came...I've been under a lot of stress with losing Mimsy and everything that's been going on with Ben and Kathy...I would hate to see her make another bad choice..." Amy said sweetly.
"You're welcome Amy...I'll always be here to help you. And I hope Kathy will be all right..." Ricky said nicely.
A few minutes later, everyone walked out of Mimsy's room.
"Are you two all right? What happened to Kathy?" Ben asked worried.
"We're fine Ben...We just got into a little argument with Kathy..." Amy said seriously.
"An argument about what?" George asked concerned.
"She was just a little upset after Amy tried to help her...We're fine." Ricky said kindly.
"All right...I think we're going to head out...We'll see you all later...And thanks for coming..." Anne said sweetly.
"Bye Mom. I love you." Amy said sweetly as she gave Anne a hug.
"I love you too Amy." Anne said happily and she let go of Amy.
"We'll see you later Ames...Love you." George smiled as he gave Amy a short hug.
"Yeah...Love you too Dad...Bye Ashley." Amy said kindly as she gave Ashley a short hug.
"Bye Amy...Don't do anything too crazy at Ben's house..." Ashley said sweetly.
"Heh...I won't..." Amy smiled slowly as she watched her family walk down the hall.
"Are you ready to go too?" Ben asked nicely.
"Almost...I am pretty tired." Amy yawned.
"Um...Before you two go, can I talk to Amy for a minute?" Grace said kindly.
"Oh...Of course Grace...I kind of wanted to talk to Ricky anyway." Ben said honestly.
"What do you need to talk to me about?" Ricky asked confused.
"Let's just go over here..." Ben said awkwardly as they walked to another part of the hallway.
Grace and Amy sat down in the lounge area.
"All right Grace...What do you need to talk to me about? I'm really tired." Amy said as she rubbed her eyes.
"I know Amy...I just wanted to let you know that I lost my grandma too so...if you ever need anything, just let me know...I know it isn't easy losing someone..." Grace said sadly.
"I really appreciate that but...that's not all you want to say, is it?" Amy said suspiciously.
"No...I talked to Adrian about this too...Um...I asked her what sex was like with Ricky...And she didn't tell me much about it..." Grace said nervously.
"You did what? Grace! Why would you ask her that? It's extremely personal." Amy said surprised.
"Heh...You think sex is personal to Adrian? She's an open book and we talk about almost everything...And I asked her that because...I really want to sleep with Ricky but..." Grace said seriously.
"Of course sex is personal to Adrian. It is to everyone and I'm glad that she didn't tell you much about Ricky...in bed...I don't think he would appreciate her telling everyone about that...And if you want me to tell you about sleeping with him, you can forget it. I hate talking about guys like that. And if you want to have sex with him, then do it. You're an adult and so is Ricky. You don't need my permission to do whatever you want with him." Amy said sternly as she crossed her arms.
"Ugh...I guess you're right about Adrian...But it's easy for you to tell me to sleep with him because...you're not a Christian...You don't understand what it's like to feel guilty after having sex." Grace said honestly.
"Oh? You don't think I know what it's like to feel guilty after having sex? Don't give me that crap, Grace. Before I had John, I felt guilty every day because I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life by sleeping with Ricky. I hated myself for letting him manipulate me into doing whatever he wanted me to do at band camp. But then after I had John, the guilt finally started to fade away. I was happy to have him and I still am." Amy said firmly.
"No, no, no...The kind of guilt you felt isn't the same...You just felt guilty because you got pregnant when you weren't ready...You didn't actually think that having sex with Ricky was wrong...Like I did after I first slept with Jack...I felt so horrible and on top of that...I lost my Dad..." Grace said sadly.
"At first, I didn't even know what I was doing with Ricky...But after I did sleep with him, I knew that I made a mistake...You're right about the kind of guilt that I felt...And I'm sorry that you lost your father after you first slept with Jack...But if you hadn't lost him, would you still have ended up feeling guilty for sleeping with Jack?" Amy asked intrigued.
"Yes I would have...My Dad would have found out and then he probably would have yelled at me for doing it...And of course I would have felt horrible after going to church and my teen abstinence group...They kicked me out of their group anyway...My Dad's funeral was just the worst...I try to not think about those terrible feelings I had after sleeping with Jack...And I think that's why I'm afraid to sleep with Ricky...I don't want to have feelings of guilt again for not waiting until marriage to have sex." Grace said honestly.
"Well, if you don't want to feel guilty again, then just don't sleep with Ricky. It's not that hard Grace. And if that's all he wants from you, then you shouldn't be with him." Amy said seriously.
"Thanks Amy...And that isn't all that Ricky wants from me...He loves me and I love him...We were close to doing it...in the shower but...I stopped him..." Grace said sweetly and then awkwardly.
"No problem...Whatever you two did in the shower, is your business...And I really think that if Ricky does get baptized, then that will help you two's relationship." Amy said kindly.
"Yeah...I sure hope so...Sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable." Grace said nicely.
"Don't worry about it...I'm just glad that I could help..." Amy said sadly.
"Are you all right?" Grace asked concerned.
"Yeah...I just don't know if I should sleep with Ben again until we're married..." Amy said honestly.
"Why do you say that?" Grace asked intrigued.
"After hearing you say how guilty you felt after sleeping with Jack, it makes me feel bad because...I haven't felt guilty about sleeping with Ben..." Amy said seriously.
"Oh, Amy...You don't have to feel a certain way if you don't want to...I wasn't trying to pressure you to feel guilty..." Grace said sweetly.
"Thanks Grace...Hopefully Kathy will be all right too..." Amy said nicely.
"Yeah...I'm sure she will...She seems like a smart girl...We should probably find the guys...It's getting late." Grace said honestly.
"You're right...It's really late in New York right now...I think it's after 1 there...Ugh...No wonder I'm so tired..." Amy said tiredly.
Amy and Grace walked over to the other side of the hall and they saw Ricky and Ben playing games on their phones.
"We're ready to go." Amy said nicely.
"Oh good...I am exhausted." Ben said as he stretched his arms.
"Are you sure that you're all right to drive?" Ricky asked concerned.
"Yeah...I'm always really careful when I drive one of my Dad's cars...And thanks for being honest about what you did on the jet." Ben said kindly.
"No problem Ben...I'll see ya later." Ricky said nicely.
"Bye Ben...I hope you two sleep well." Grace happily.
"Thanks Grace...See you guys later..." Ben said as he smiled and he grabbed Amy's hand and they walked down the hall.
"So...What did you talk to Amy about?" Ricky asked intrigued.
"Oh...We talked about Mimsy and...Jack a little...I just feel so bad for Amy...It's not easy losing someone..." Grace said sadly.
"Yeah, me too...I hate seeing her like this...At least Ben is here to help her...And I can't believe how mean Kathy was to her..." Ricky said seriously as he grabbed Grace's hand and they started to walk down the hall.
"I'm sure Kathy will be fine...And hopefully Amy will forgive her..." Grace said nicely.
"We'll see...Why did you talk to Amy about Jack?" Ricky asked concerned.
"We were talking about feeling guilty about sex...and...I brought him up..." Grace said awkwardly.
"Oh...She's sleeping with Ben again, isn't she?" Ricky said seriously as they got on the elevator.
"Yeah...I think she doesn't want to sleep with him again until they're married...She felt bad cause I was talking about feeling guilty after sleeping with Jack..." Grace said honestly.
"If Amy wants to do that, then good for her...I just hope Ben will be ok with it...But is that...what you want?" Ricky asked kindly.
"I'm sure Ben will be fine with doing whatever Amy wants...I've told you before that I want to wait...Do you or...are you only waiting because of me?" Grace said concerned.
"You're right about Ben. He even told me that he doesn't mind not sleeping with Amy...Heh...I remember when he used to be so eager to have sex...And I am not waiting because of you, Grace...I'm waiting for both of us...Sex hurt my past relationships and I'm not going to let it hurt ours." Ricky said honestly.
"Aww Ricky! Thank you! I'm so glad to hear you say that! I love you!" Grace said happily and she gave Ricky a short kiss.
"Mmm...I love you too...Let's get going." Ricky said nicely as they walked out of the hospital.
The next day in New York...
"Is everything ready Adrian? Max should be here in a few minutes." Omar said seriously as he walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah...I just finished the vegetables...They're really hot..." Adrian said as she put a bowel of steamed vegetables on the table.
"All right...Everything smells great...And I'm sorry about last night." Omar said sweetly as he hugged Adrian from behind.
"Thanks Omie...I'm sorry too." Adrian said nicely and she gave Omar a short kiss and the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it..." Adrian said as she walked to the front door.
"Hello Adrian...This is a really nice house." Max said kindly as Adrian opened the door.
"Thank you Max...It's technically a condo but it's a little bigger than the average one so it looks like a house...Come on in." Adrian said nicely as Max walked inside.
"Good afternoon Max...We have plenty of chicken, rice, and vegetables." Omar said smiling as they walked into the kitchen.
"Wow...Everything looks delicious...Thanks for having me over." Max said nicely as he sat down.
"No problem...What do you want to drink?" Adrian asked sweetly.
"Water is fine...So...how much did you two get this place for?" Max asked intrigued.
"We paid 50,000 for the down payment and we have to pay a little over 50,000 more dollars in mortgage." Omar said seriously.
"Wow...That's pretty expensive..." Max said surprised.
"Yeah...When you live in a nice part of the city, it makes sense that the places are more expensive." Adrian said honestly as she gave Max his water.
"No kidding...So...You two wanted me to come over here so that...we could clear the air, correct?" Max said worried.
"Of course...Tell us why did you key my car?" Omar said a little irritated after taking a bite of his chicken.
"The truth is...I was upset since Adrian didn't want to do anything with me...And I know I shouldn't have paid a guy to do it...I'm so sorry Omar." Max said sincerely.
"Thank you Max but...why do you think Adrian would want to anything physical with you? She's my wife." Omar said concerned.
"Because she did before...I really loved her years ago...But she was too immature to love me back then..." Max said sadly.
"Uh...Hello? I'm right here. And let me just say that...I couldn't love you because...I thought I loved Ricky then...I'm so sorry Max..." Adrian said honestly after eating some of her chicken.
"Don't worry about it Adrian...I completely understand...And I promise that I will not do anything to hurt you two again...Can we try to be friends?" Max said sincerely.
"I don't see why not...You seem like a nice guy...And you're going to work at Hudson?" Omar said after eating his vegetables.
"Yes I am...Hopefully it will go well..." Max said nicely after eating some of his chicken.
"I'm sure it will...You're going to love working there...And thanks for apologizing..." Adrian said sweetly.
"You're welcome...Did you make all this?" Max asked kindly.
"Yes I did...It's his mom's recipe..." Adrian said happily.
"Wow...It's very good...I think you could be a chef, Adrian." Max said smiling.
"Heh...I don't know about that...Omar's more talented in the kitchen than I am." Adrian said as she smirked.
"It's true...I am an excellent cook...But I do enjoy Adrian's cooking...Even if she doesn't make something that good, she'll make up for it later...Heh..." Omar said nicely after eating his rice.
"Ha ha...That's really great...I'm glad you two are happy together." Max said smiling.
"Thank you Max...Are you seeing anyone?" Adrian asked happily.
"Uh...Yeah...I've been seeing a girl for awhile...I'm just not sure how serious we're going to get...We'll see..." Max said honestly.
"Good for you, man...Do you want anything for desert? We have some apple pie from the grocery store...It's really good." Omar said nicely.
"Thanks Omar but...I'm pretty full...But if you don't want your pie I would be happy to take it home." Max said kindly.
"Oh...We'll finish it...Heh..." Omar said awkwardly as Adrian glared at him.
"All right...So you guys want to play a game?" Adrian asked nervously.
"Um...No I'm good...I should probably get going anyway...I have a lot of stuff to do..." Max said seriously.
"But you just got here." Adrian said a little irritated.
"I know...Thanks for lunch..." Max said nicely as he stood up.
"You're sure that you have to go?" Omar said concerned.
"Yeah...I'll see you guys later..." Max said awkwardly and he went out the door.
"Was it something I said?" Adrian said confused.
"I don't think so...Let's just finish that apple pie." Omar said as he opened the fridge.
Meanwhile in California...
Jack was at his wrestling tournament at a college in San Diego.
"You ready for this Pappas?" The coach asked sternly.
"I am sir...I'm ready to beat this guy!" Jack said seriously.
"All right! Go get em tiger!" The coach said aggressively as Jack ran onto the mat.
The guy who was fighting Jack was about the same size as him but a little taller. He had dark hair and really defined arm muscles.
"Oh man...This is gonna be harder than I thought..." Jack said quietly to himself as he looked at the other guy in front of him.
The buzzer went off and Jack started to wrestle the dark haired guy.
There you have it! How is Jack's wrestling match going to go? Will Amy forgive Kathy for all the terrible things that she said to her and Ricky? Sounds like Ricky and Amy have figured out what they're doing with John for awhile. Is Amy going to wait to sleep with Ben again? Or did Grace cause her to feel guilty about sleeping with him? Grace and Ricky are willing to wait for now...Who is Max with? At least he apologized to Adrian and Omar. Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)