Here's chapter 82! 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

Meanwhile in New York...

"That was a delicious sub." Ricky said smiling.

"Yeah it was...New York has a lot of good food. Maybe we could...live here someday. Then you could be closer to John." Grace said sweetly as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"I don't know about that, Grace...I like New York but the weather in LA is better...Besides, Amy and Ben could move back there after college." Ricky said seriously.

"That's true...I do love the snow though..." Grace said kindly.

"Heh...Me too...Did you want to go ice skating? We have a few hours before we have to check out of the hotel and go to the air port." Ricky said happily.

"Yeah I would...I haven't done it since I was little...Let's go!" Grace said excited and they left the restaurant.

Twenty minutes later Grace and Ricky arrived at an ice skating rink after taking a cab.

"I haven't done this in years either...I don't know if I remember how to ice skate." Ricky said concerned as he put his ice skating shoes on.

"It's ok...I'll help you." Grace said sweetly as she stood up from a bench and she grabbed Ricky's hand as he stood up.

"We'll see...Heh..." Ricky said as he smirked.

"What? I'm good at ice skating...Don't give me that look." Grace said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes and they walked towards the rink.

"I'm kidding...Here we go." Ricky said nicely as he slowly got on the rink with Grace.

"Ok...Are you ready to get going?" Grace said kindly.

"Yeah...As long as I hold your hand for balance...I think I'll be good." Ricky said as he let go of the wall.

"Heh...You're too cute...Let's go..." Grace said smiling and they started to ice skate.

"Who taught you how to ice skate?" Ricky said intrigued.

"I took lessons when I was little...My parents thought it would be a fun skill for me to learn...It's one of those things that you learn and never forget how to do it...Like riding a bike or swimming." Grace said happily.

"Defiantly...I took lessons too...It's a lot of fun except for the temperature. I hate the cold." Ricky said honestly.

"I know but...It's better than it is outside...And we can keep each other warm." Grace said nicely as she smirked.

"Ha ha...You have a good point...You want to stop at the wall for a minute?" Ricky said smiling.

"Sure...Let's go down here." Grace said kindly and they stopped at the wall.

"So...How can we keep each other warm?" Ricky said as he grinned and put his hands on Grace's hips and he pulled her closer to him.

"Hmm...How about you show me?" Grace said quietly as she put her hands on Ricky's neck.

"Heh...If you insist..." Ricky said as he leaned in closer to Grace and he gave her a long kiss.

"Mmm...That was nice...Let's keep skating." Grace said sweetly as she licked her lips.

"Do we have to? I thought we could do more of this..." Ricky smirked as he leaned in closer to Grace and moved one of his hands closer to Grace's butt.

"Uh...Ricky...What are you doing? We're in public..." Grace said concerned as she pulled away from Ricky.

"Oh yeah...I kind of forgot...Sometimes it seems like we're the only two people in a room...But there are only like twenty other people here..." Ricky said seriously as they moved away from the wall and started to skate again.

"Ha ha...There's like over thirty people here...And do you know how cliche that sounds?" Grace said as she smiled.

"Heh...You're right but...I love you that much...You're all that matters to me, Grace." Ricky said honestly.

"Um...Who are you and what did you do with my boyfriend?" Grace said sarcastically as her cheeks turned pink.

"Ha ha...I'm right here...And I'm telling you the truth." Ricky said happily.

"I know you are...And I love you too...I also wanted to tell you something that George told me before I broke up with Jack..." Grace said kindly and then seriously.

"What? Why did you talk to George before you broke up with Jack?" Ricky said worried.

"It's a good thing...George is a lot smarter than he seems sometimes...He helped me realize that Jack wasn't the right guy for me...He said that in every relationship, one person loves the other person more...And...that's partly why I didn't want to stay with Jack...I didn't love him as much as he loved me...I thought you deserved to know that...And...I want us to love each other equally..." Grace said honestly.

"Wow...Thanks for telling me that...I guess George can be smart sometimes...Ha ha...And I thought we do love each other equally...Right?" Ricky said concerned.

"You're welcome...I think we do...We want the same things and we both have faith that God will help us...Heh...That just amazes me because...when we were together in high school, I prayed that you would live your life as a Christian with me and...it's finally happening... I guess God really does answer my prayers no matter how long it takes." Grace said sincerely.

"God sure is amazing...And I'm really glad that He's helped me change a lot...I even prayed for a girl like you when I was younger...Even though I didn't think prayer always worked...At first I thought that girl was Amy or Adrian...But it's you, Grace...I couldn't be happier with you." Ricky said honestly.

"I think prayer does always work but it may not work right away...We just have to be patient with God and remember that He has our best interests at heart...And I couldn't be happier with you either..." Grace said sweetly as they got off the ice rink.

"You're right...I was so worried for awhile that we wouldn't work but I'm really glad we have...Did you want to ice skate more?" Ricky said kindly after they sat on a bench.

"Me too...I thought you wanted to go." Grace said smiling.

"We probably should get going since our flight is supposed to leave in an hour and a half...I am pretty tired from skating too." Ricky said as he took his skates off.

"Sounds good to me. Ice skating is good exercise." Grace said nicely and she took her skates off.

A couple hours later Grace and Ricky checked out of their hotel and they got on their plane to fly back to California.

"Adrian and Omar are going back next weekend...They went shopping for Christmas trees today." Grace said smiling as she put her phone in her purse.

"That's nice...Do you want to get a tree? I have a fake one but we could get a real one." Ricky said happily.

"Yes! I love looking for trees! We can do it tomorrow." Grace said excited.

"All right...I know now may not be the best time to talk about this...But...Are you sure that you want our first time to be...without a condom?" Ricky said seriously and quietly.

"Of course I do...You're clean, right? I am." Grace said in a whispering voice.

"Yes I am...Heh...What if the birth control...doesn't work?" Ricky said concerned.

"Um...It's the best kind you can get...And...maybe we should talk about this later..." Grace said awkwardly.

"You're right...We're not married so...I shouldn't have brought it up...I'm sorry..." Ricky said nicely.

"It's ok, Ricky...I think it's kind of hot that you want to talk about it...I have thought about it...A lot..." Grace said sweetly as she smirked.

"Really? I have too...Heh...How would we start?" Ricky said seductively.

"Heh...I think you know...We would start with kissing while we took our clothes off...And then our...undergarments..." Grace said quietly as she leaned in close to Ricky.

"Damn...You are so bad..." Ricky said as he smiled slowly and he gave Grace a long and slow kiss.

"Yeah...What would we do next?" Grace said as she grinned.

"Uh...I can't say...We're on a plane..." Ricky said seriously.

"I know...You could show me when we get home." Grace said sweetly.

"No I can't...Don't you know God wants us to wait?" Ricky said seriously.

"I wasn't talking about sex..." Grace said sternly.

"What? I'm confused..." Ricky said as he crossed his arms and looked at Grace.

"You could show me some...moves..." Grace said as she smirked.

"Moves? Oh...You mean some grinding moves?" Ricky said intrigued.

"If you want to...I know we've grinded before but...maybe you could show me some moves on your bed..." Grace said quietly.

"Woah...I don't think so...I don't really know how to grind like that..." Ricky said uncomfortably.

"Heh...Really? It's not that hard...But...we probably shouldn't do it...Forget about it..." Grace said seriously as she looked out the window.

"Listen to me, Grace...Sooner or later I will make all your fantasies come true but...until then...We just have to settle for other things...Are you ok?" Ricky said kindly as Grace looked at him.

"Yes I am...Thanks Ricky...I know that it will be worth the wait...Because we love each other...And it will make our relationship stronger with each other and with God too..." Grace said nicely as she smiled.

"You're right...I just hope I live up to your expectations." Ricky said concerned.

"Oh, I'm sure you will...Since you've been around...But that doesn't matter..." Grace said honestly.

"Heh...Some girls thought I wasn't that good but...I meant that I hope I can live up to your expectations of...being a good husband...And hopefully father to our kids...someday." Ricky said seriously.

"Wow...I think I just fell in love with you even more...I'm sure you'll be an amazing husband...And...you're already a great father to John...But...you do want more kids?" Grace said happily and intrigued.

"I'm happy to hear you say that...And I would love to have more kids but...not for a long time...We should defiantly get through college first." Ricky said honestly.

"Yeah we should...But...are you really happy that you kept John? Instead of giving him up for adoption? I know that's a difficult question to answer but...I've always wondered that..." Grace said seriously.

"I don't mind if you ask me that...You can ask me anything...And...I am happy that Amy and I kept John...At the time that I wanted to keep him I had no idea how hard it was going to be to share him with Amy but...I'm glad that we did keep him...If it wasn't for Leo, I would have a harder time making money for John...And...if it wasn't for you, Amy would have had a difficult time finding a job...She really liked working at the church nursery..." Ricky said kindly.

"Heh...I'm glad you kept him too...He is really adorable...But...do you ever think that John would be much happier with adoptive parents? And I'm glad Amy liked working at the church nursery...All the women there enjoyed working with her." Grace said sweetly.

"He sure is...I don't really know if John would be much happier with adoptive parents...He might have but...I didn't want him to deal with the fact that he was adopted when he got older...A lot of kids who are adopted want to find their real parents and they want to know why their parents didn't want them or why they couldn't take care of them...It was hard for me being in a foster home but...I knew that my real parents couldn't take care of me because of the drugs..." Ricky said sadly.

"That makes sense...Tom lost his mother and...he never knew who his father was so...I think it was best that we adopted him...And I'm really sorry about your parents...I guess for some people it's best that they are adopted and for others it's best if they stay with their birth parents..." Grace said honestly.

"Don't worry about my parents...I can't help it that they had a lot of problems...I'm grateful that Nora is sober and doing a lot better now...I just don't know if...that will ever be possible for Bob...And no matter who your parents are, they're a part of your family...By blood or not..." Ricky said sincerely.

"Maybe Bob will get better somehow...If we pray for him...I think he can get better...And you're right about family...It still blows my mind how much my family has changed in the past five years though...Maybe that explains why I've messed up so much..." Grace said concerned.

"What are you talking about? You haven't messed up that much...Heh...And you can't blame your family for your problems...I did that for way too long and that defiantly didn't make me feel any better...But at least I'm better now and so are you." Ricky said nicely.

"Heh...Yeah...I guess you're right...And...I hope that we can have a family someday that doesn't make as many mistakes as we did." Grace said sweetly.

"Of course I'm right...Whatever kind of family we have, they won't be perfect...Everyone makes mistakes which is why Jesus died for us..." Ricky said seriously.

"I know...And I'm really glad that He brought us together..." Grace said smiling as she laid her head on Ricky's shoulder.

"Me too...I love you, Grace." Ricky said happily as he closed his eyes.

"I love you too, Ricky..." Grace said sleepily as she closed her eyes.

There's chapter 82! It's been awhile since I've done a chapter with just Grace and Ricky in it. The other characters will be back in the next chapter. It sounds like they're getting closer and more serious about each other too. Is Grace thinking about sleeping with Ricky too much? How will Christmas go for everyone? Stay tuned to find out! Let me know what you think! Thank you! :)