Here's chapter 56! 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
"What did you just say?!" Ricky said angrily.
"You heard me...Why don't you two just get married right now?" Ethan said seriously.
"Shut up Ethan or I'll make you walk home." Ricky said meanly as the light turned green and he drove straight.
Grace had a scared look on her face and she took a deep breath.
"It's ok Ricky...You don't have to yell at Ethan." Grace said calmly.
"Yeah...I'm sorry..." Ethan said nicely.
"Whatever...Let's just get some food..." Ricky said a little irritated as he pulled into a steak burger restaurant.
"Are you sure that you're ok?" Grace said concerned as they got out of the car.
"Yeah...I'm sorry Ethan...It's been a rough weekend..." Ricky said honestly as he looked at Grace and then Ethan as they walked into the restaurant.
"I know Ricky...I'm sorry too...It's just...Kathy made me upset..." Ethan said sincerely as they waited to be seated.
A few minutes later a waiter found a table for three and they sat down.
"What part of Kathy has moved on to Chase, don't you understand? The sooner you get that through your head, the better off you'll be." Ricky said sternly as he looked at Ethan while he grabbed a menu.
"Oh...You mean like how you let the love of your life just leave you and John? I want to be with her...You just don't understand..." Ethan said stubbornly.
"Enough you two! Both of you apologized so you don't have to keep fighting. And Amy left because she wanted to do that just like how I broke up with Jack because I wanted to. Don't you remember what I told you yesterday, Ethan? Maybe you should just try to be friends with Kathy." Grace said seriously.
"I don't know if I can...And Chase doesn't deserve her...He's trying to take advantage of her...I can just tell..." Ethan said honestly.
"Maybe he's not...You can't judge a book by it's cover, Ethan...And if Chase does end up hurting Kathy, then you can comfort her. But for now, you should just let her be." Ricky said firmly.
"Wait a minute...Chase actually looked kind of familiar...I think I remember...having a cousin named Chase..." Grace said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Really? That's really weird cause he was hitting on you...And thanks Ricky...I'll try to let Kathy be for now..." Ethan said surprised and then nicely as he looked at Grace and Ricky.
"Eww! He was not hitting on me... He was just being friendly." Grace said awkwardly.
"Heh...Really? He was hitting on you...He called you hot, Grace." Ricky said concerned.
"Can you blame him? Lots of guys are suckers for blondes." Ethan smirked.
"All right...I'm going to the bathroom...I'll be right back." Grace said a little irritated as she got up and walked to the bathroom with her pink purse.
"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to encourage Grace to flirt with Chase?" Ricky said annoyed.
"What? No! I'm just saying that Grace is...you know..." Ethan said nervously.
"Yeah...I know...She's beautiful inside and out...which is why I...don't deserve her..." Ricky said honestly.
"So...Are we ready to order?" The waiter asked nicely as he walked over to their table.
"Uh...Yes sir...I'll just have a cheese burger and fries with a chocolate shake." Ethan said smiling.
"I'll have a steak burger with fries and a chocolate shake and...my girlfriend will have the same except make it a strawberry shake." Ricky said kindly.
"Very good...And any drinks?" The waiter said happily as he wrote down their orders.
"Just water is fine...Thank you." Ricky said kindly.
"All right...I'll be right back with your waters..." The waiter said nicely and he left their table.
"What do you mean you don't deserve Grace? You've been through hell and back...You deserve to have a good life Ricky. Well, I think you do...You've made a lot of drastic changes already and you have all the time in the world to change even more." Ethan said sincerely.
"Thanks Ethan...I think that's the nicest thing that you've ever said to me...It's just...since Amy left I've been afraid of screwing up my relationship with Grace...She is the nicest girl that I've ever known and I don't want her to leave me..." Ricky said honestly.
"You're welcome...Like I said, if you two love each other then it's all good right? Why would she leave you if she loves you? You need to stop living in the past Ricky and just try to be the best man that you can be for Grace." Ethan said sternly.
"Heh...Listen to you giving me advice...Usually it's the other way around...But you're right, Ethan...I will try to be the best man that I can be for Grace..." Ricky said as he smiled slowly.
Meanwhile in the bathroom...
Grace touched her make up and then she called Adrian.
"Hey Grace...This better be important...Omar and I are shopping for some things for the baby's nursery." Adrian said a little irritated.
"Oh...I'm sorry Adrian...Do you want me to call you later?" Grace said sweetly.
"No...It's fine...What happened this time?" Adrian said seriously as she rolled her eyes.
"Well...First of all I think Kathy's new boyfriend might be my cousin...And he flirted with me at church..." Grace said awkwardly.
"Eww! Really? That's just wrong...You're sure that he's your cousin?" Adrian said surprised and then concerned.
"I don't know...I'll have to ask my Mom...Second of all...Ethan said that Ricky and I should get married right now if we love each other...Can you believe that?" Grace said a little irritated.
"Wow...And why does that matter? You two have only been together for over four months...I'm sure Ricky will ask you to marry him whenever he thinks it's right...Which probably won't be for a long time...You two still have a lot to learn about each other..." Adrian said honestly.
"It matters cause...it made me a little uncomfortable...I do want to marry Ricky but we're defiantly not ready to anytime soon...I just can't believe that Ethan said that...What do you mean we still have a lot to learn about each other? Is there something that you know about Ricky that I don't?" Grace asked intrigued.
"Just forget about Ethan...He's a kid, what does he know? I know you're not ready to marry Ricky cause you're only nineteen and you're as fickle as a freaking kid in a candy store...You like all kinds of candy...Ha ha...Well...I don't think you understand how much Ricky's father hurt him while he was a kid...One night after we...slept together Ricky told me how much pain he felt while Bob abused him...It was the first time that I saw him cry...I just felt so terrible that night..." Adrian said sarcastically and then seriously.
"Very funny, Adrian...Just because I almost kissed Jack does not mean I'm fickle...I can't stand it when people call me that...Ricky is the last piece of candy that I want to be with...Heh...And if he was a candy he would defiantly be a...lollipop...He may be hard and tough at first but...if you lick him and get to know him then he's really sweet and yummy...Uh...That wasn't a good analogy was it? And I know that Bob hurt him a lot..." Grace said nicely, awkwardly, and then sadly.
"Speaking of Jack...how is he? Sorry that I called you fickle but...you have been like that...You even thought about being gay...Heh...And the lollipop analogy was pretty good actually...Ha ha...I totally know what you meant, chica...But if you lick Ricky too much then he might get hard again...Ha ha...I just hope the trial goes well...I'm sure it's going to be very emotional for Ricky." Adrian said as she smiled.
"Um...I haven't seen Jack yet...Hopefully he's doing better...I don't even want to think about when I thought about being gay...That was just a mistake...And you think you're so clever don't you? Coming up with sex puns...This is exactly why I've gotten myself into all kinds of trouble when it comes to guys...I hope the trial goes well too...Is your dad ready for it?" Grace said sweetly, a little irritated and then concerned.
"I hope Jack is doing better too...I didn't know wrestling could be so dangerous...I know kissing you was a mistake...You don't have to remind me about that...I wasn't implying anything dirty with the lollipop thing...You just have your mind in the gutter too much...And you can't blame me for the problems that you've had with guys...That's your own fault, Grace. I think my Dad is close to being ready for the trial. He's been working hard on it...But I gotta go...Omar's been looking at some blankets and I don't think he knows which ones to get..." Adrian said seriously.
"Yeah...Any sport can be dangerous...Sure you weren't implying anything dirty...Ha ha...I was joking about the sex pun thing...And good luck with Omar and I'll see you next week." Grace said happily.
"Heh...You know me too well...Thanks Grace...See ya next week." Adrian said nicely.
"I'm your best friend...Of course I know you too well...Bye Adrian." Grace said kindly and she hung up.
"What took you so long? We already got our food." Ricky said worried as Grace sat down.
"I had to talk to Adrian...Sorry...This looks so good." Grace said nicely as she picked up her steak burger.
"These are my favorite burgers...The diary shack is good too but...these ones are just amazing." Ethan said as he wiped his mouth.
"Yeah they are...but they're more expensive..." Ricky said after taking a bite of his burger.
"Don't worry about that dude...I'll pay for it..." Ethan said kindly.
"No...Ethan you don't have to do that...I'll pay for you." Ricky said nicely.
"All right...I thought you might want to save some money...for...you know..." Ethan said honestly as he smiled at Grace.
"What is going on?" Grace asked confused.
"Oh...It's nothing, Grace...You can pay then...Thanks..." Ricky said seriously as he lightly kicked Ethan's foot.
"Ow! Geeze, Ricky! You don't have to kick me..." Ethan said a little irritated.
Ricky mouthed sorry to Ethan as Grace raised one of her eyebrows while she looked at them.
"Ok...Whatever is going on with you two...I don't care...As long as you're getting along..." Grace said honestly as she rolled her eyes and then she took another bite of her steak burger.
"Yeah...We're totally cool now...Oh shoot...Margret's calling...I forgot to tell her that I was going out to lunch after church...I'll be back." Ethan said as he grabbed his phone and walked away from their table.
"So...What did you talk to Adrian about this time?" Ricky asked seriously as he looked at Grace.
"Um...We talked about Chase, you, and Jack...I really hope he's ok...I think we should see him..." Grace said nicely.
"Jack's in San Diego. That's two hours away...And why did you talk to her about me and Chase?" Ricky said intrigued.
"Well...If you don't want to see Jack, then I'll just see him...I told her that I think Chase is my cousin and...I just told her how silly Ethan's comment was about us getting married right now." Grace said honestly.
"Oh...I do want to see Jack but shouldn't we call Reverend Stone first? He could be making a full recovery and be totally fine...If he is, then we don't need to see him. And...Ethan just said that cause of Kathy...He likes to say things he doesn't mean when other people upset him..." Ricky said seriously.
"Hopefully Jack is making a full recovery...I hope he didn't get hurt because...he was thinking about me during his last wrestling match...I should have figured that Ethan didn't mean that...Heh...I mean we've only been together four months but we've known each other for years..." Grace said sadly.
"Why would Jack be thinking about you during wrestling? And don't worry about Ethan...He thinks he knows everything cause he's a teenager..." Ricky said honestly.
"Because he would think about me while he played football in high school...That's how he scored so many touchdowns...He would pretend that I was at the end zone and if he scored, then he would get to kiss me or whatever...I know it's kind of funny but...I was Jack's main motivation to win most of his football games...Even after I quit cheering, I still was...You're right about Ethan...Heh..." Grace said sweetly.
"I don't think that's funny at all...Since you were with Jack for so long I think it's kind of...awesome how you motivated him to do well in football...If I played football, you defiantly would have motivated me to do well during it...Heh..." Ricky said kindly as he smiled.
"Thanks Ricky...Why didn't you play football? You have the body type for it..." Grace said nicely as she smiled.
"Heh...Sports were never really my thing when I was in middle school...I liked watching them but I would always be really bad at them during P.E. Ha ha...So I figured that I wouldn't be good at them in high school...And when I started playing the drums, I just loved it...I still do cause they help me cope...with all the stress...Every once in awhile I'll play them when I'm alone..." Ricky said happily.
"Oh...I see...I never liked sports either but I liked cheering for football...Aren't you still doing band though?" Grace asked intrigued.
"No...I quit...I don't need the credit for it and I only joined it cause of Jack's stupid plan...I actually quit it last week..." Ricky said seriously.
"All right...Well if you don't need the credit, then it's a waste of money to take it...And I just hope Jack doesn't do something like that again." Grace said nicely.
"Me too...And if he does, he'll regret it." Ricky said sternly as he looked deeply into Grace's eyes.
"Ricky...We're forgiving him...remember?" Grace said concerned.
"I know...I was testing you." Ricky smiled.
"Ha ha...You're so funny...I love you." Grace said sarcastically and then sweetly as she smiled.
"I love you too...Heh...You're so funny when you're serious." Ricky said as he smirked.
"Why do you say that?" Grace said surprised.
"You just are...You're usually just so happy and sweet so it's kind of funny when you're serious." Ricky said nicely.
"Heh...So it's funny when I'm serious about you?" Grace said honestly.
"Uh...That's not what I meant...I was trying to make a joke..." Ricky said awkwardly.
"Ha ha! Got ya! I think my jokes are better than yours." Grace laughed as Ricky rolled his eyes.
"Heh...That was a good one...But not as good as this." Ricky smiled and he leaned in close to Grace and gave her a short kiss.
"Mmm...Yeah..." Grace smiled as her cheeks got a little red.
"Uh...Here's the check sir..." The waiter said kindly as he put the check on the table.
"Thank you...My friend should be back to pay in a minute." Ricky said kindly.
"All right...You can just take it to the front...Have a nice day." The waiter said happily.
"Heh...So how much are we going to leave for the tip?" Grace said sweetly.
"I'll just let Ethan figure that out..." Ricky said nicely and he gave Grace another kiss that was longer.
"Ok...Love birds...Let's get going..." Ethan said seriously.
"Uh...You can pay at the front Ethan...We'll be right there." Ricky said smiling as he let go of Grace's mouth and then he kissed her again.
"All right...Geeze...Those two can't keep their hands off of each other..." Ethan said a little irritated as he walked to the cashier at the front of the restaurant.
"Aaaah...That was really nice...I'm ready to go." Grace said happily.
"Yeah...We can do more when we get home..." Ricky said kindly as he stood up with Grace and they walked over to Ethan.
Meanwhile in New York...
"So which blankets do you think we should get?" Omar asked concerned as Adrian walked over to him.
"Hmm...I really like these ones...They're cotton and washable...And they seem really warm." Adrian said nicely as she showed Omar a yellow blanket.
"Ok...We can get a couple of those and how about...a green one? Those colors go together..." Omar said smiling as he grabbed a green blanket.
"Uh...yeah but I thought the room was going to be yellow and blue." Adrian said firmly.
"The wall is going to be yellow and blue...That doesn't mean that the blankets have to be those colors." Omar said seriously.
"Fine...I like green too...And if it's a girl, we're going to have to get some pink stuff..." Adrian said sweetly.
"Obviously...And purple too...Aren't you having fun, Adrian?" Omar said happily.
"Yeah...It's just the last time that I went shopping for baby stuff..." Adrian said sadly as she looked at the floor.
"Hey...Our baby is going to be fine...I promise..." Omar said kindly as he hugged Adrian and kissed her on the forehead.
"I sure hope so...I love you Omar..." Adrian said nicely as she let go of Omar.
"I love you too...Let's buy this stuff..." Omar said smiling as he put the blankets into a basket with some other baby toys.
After Omar and Adrian bought their items, Marc Molina walked in with his wife.
"Mr. Molina! Hi! What are you doing here?" Adrian said surprised as she walked over to them with Omar.
"We're here to shop...We have a third child on the way." Marc said kindly.
"Wow! That's really great! Congratulations!" Omar said happily.
"Thank you...And you are...Adrian's husband?" Marc asked nicely as he shook Omar's hand.
"Yes...It's Omar...Sir...And you were..." Omar said kindly as he let go of Marc's hand.
"I was her high school counselor for a short time...And this is my wife Virginia..." Marc said smiling.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both...Wasn't there a...baby shower at your house Adrian?" Virginia said kindly.
"Oh...Yeah...It was for my friend Amy...Were you there? I was...busy during it..." Adrian said awkwardly.
"I see...Yes I was and it was very nice...Are you two going to have your first child?" Virginia asked smiling.
"Yes we are...We're really excited." Omar said happily.
"That's really amazing...Giving a child life is one of the most rewarding but also painful experiences that a woman can do...But I'm sure you'll be fine...And you defiantly will be losing sleep after the baby is born...Hopefully not too much sleep...Our first son was a little whiny but not too bad...and then our daughter was pretty quiet..." Virginia said nicely.
"Uh...Honey...We don't have to tell them about how much our kids cried as babies...I'm sure they have places to go..." Marc said awkwardly.
"Oh yes...Of course...I'm sorry...And if you need anything you can give me a call...Do your parents live around here?" Virginia asked concerned.
"Um...No...They live in California actually..." Adrian said seriously.
"Wow...Well, I would be happy to help you, Adrian...Here's my number." Virginia said sweetly as she gave Adrian her number after writing it on a small piece of paper.
"Thanks...I'm not even sure if I'm going to have the baby here or in California..." Adrian said worried.
"Man...I didn't think about that either..." Omar said concerned as he looked at Adrian.
"Well, no matter which state the baby is born in they will be an American citizen...and hopefully they'll be healthy...It was nice seeing you again Adrian and meeting you Omar." Marc said kindly.
"That's true...You too Mr. Molina...And it was nice to meet you Virginia...I hope you have a nice day." Adrian said happily.
"You too...Bye." Virginia said nicely as she and Marc went further into the store.
"Well...Do you want to have the baby here or should we do it in California so our parents can be there when he or she is born? And do you want our friends there too?" Omar said worried.
"Uh...Well the baby is due in May...After I'm done with school...I would love for both of our parents to be there and our friends...But Ben and Amy live here..." Adrian said seriously as they sat on a bench in the mall.
"Oh yeah...They'll probably want to go to California after school is out to see everyone there anyway...We don't have to decide where you're going to have the baby right now...but it is something that we should think about..." Omar said kindly.
"I know...Let's get going...I'm hungry..." Adrian said sweetly as she stood up with Omar and they walked to the food court.
So I wasn't going to update today but I really wanted to. Lol. I have to study for government now. XD. Where will Adrian and Omar have their first child together? And will Adrian ask Virginia for help? Is Chase Grace's cousin? How is Ricky going to be the best guy that he can be for Grace? Has Jack made a full recovery? How is the trial going to go? It's going to be coming up in the next ten chapters or less. What is going on with Ricky and Ethan? And Grace and Ricky keep getting closer. I thought it would be cute to have them joke with each other. Ha ha! Is Ethan really going to try and move on from Kathy? Stay tuned to find out! Amy and Ben will be back in the next chapter with other characters too. Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)