Ricky drove home slowly. He was exhausted from the days activities, but he didn't feel like going home and getting the third degree from his parents. Ricky didn't have any real friends. No one he could just hang out with, but that's not what he wanted anyways. He had done enough talking for one day. He needed something else and he knew just who to call…Candy. She was always willing and never made him feel guilty afterwards. She wanted exactly what he did, sex. Nothing more. He dialed her number and waited as the phone rang.

"Hey…" She answered seductively. "What are you up to?"

"Not much. I need to see you. Can you meet me somewhere?"

"Sure babe. Meet me at the park." She replied and hung up the phone.

Ricky pulled into the parking lot, got out of his car and headed towards a near by bench to wait. Within twenty minutes he saw her cherry red vw bug pull into the lot beside his car. He stood up and sauntered to her as she climbed out of her vehicle with a huge smile on her face. She was wearing a skin tight tube top and black mini skirt with knee high boots. "Damn" Ricky thought.

"So… I haven't seen you in a while. What's going on? Rumors are flying around school you know."

"Yea, I know. I'm still figuring everything out, but I don't want to talk about that." Ricky said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"No?" She purred and leaned in to kiss him.

It didn't take long for the kiss to turn into an aggressive battle of their tongues. Ricky's mind was clouded with lust as he heard Candy tell him to follow her. She led him into a nearby bathroom and locked the door. The building was nothing but cinder block and there was graffiti all over the walls, but Ricky didn't have time to study his surroundings because Candy was skillfully unbuckling his belt and pants. Ricky grabbed at her ass that was barely covered by her mini skirt, and realized that she was not wearing panties. He felt himself harden and he picked her up and placed her on the sink. She cringed as the cold porcelain touched her bare skin. Ricky fumbled to get the condom out of his pocket and opened and she snickered at his eagerness.

Candy reached down and stroked his cock while he tore the package open. He moaned and quickly slipped the condom on. In a split second he was inside of her and he moaned loudly at how good it felt. Candy wrapped her legs around his waist as he pumped into her. Ricky pulled her shirt down releasing her large breasts and sucked at her right nipple causing her to moan in response. Ricky pumped harder and harder until he was on the verge of coming. Suddenly Ricky saw Amy's face staring back at him instead of Candy. She was smiling at him the way she had the first time he met her. He stopped and slipped his cock out of Candy and kissed down her chest trying to shake the image of Amy. He lowered Candy to the floor and spun her around so that her ass was facing him. She gripped the sink and spread her legs; poking her butt at him signaling that she wanted more, and Ricky was happy to oblige. He thrust into her and heard her breath catch. This time he pounded in and out of her until he could feel his balls tighten. He held on tightly as he let himself climax.

Ricky sighed as they both fixed their clothing. His high was already leaving him.

"Thanks babe" He said and kissed her quickly.

"Anytime…" She replied and slipped out of the bathroom.

Ricky leaned against the sink and crossed his arms. He couldn't understand why he didn't feel better. Why did Amy keep popping in his head when he was having sex with other girls. She was the last person he wanted to think about. He was trying to forget her and the situation that they were in.

Amy had spent the evening watching movies with Ben. It was a comforting reprieve from the never ending war taking place in her head. After Ben left she went to her room and opened her laptop. She spent hours researching adoption and what the process entailed. For once Amy was calm. If she wanted to make things work with Ben she had no choice but to give up her baby. Although Ben said he wanted her to keep the baby, and for them to become a family, but it just couldn't work. Now that Ricky wanted to be involved he would always be around. Amy knew that she should be with Ben. She may not feel the same fire for Ben that she had for Ricky, but she could learn to love him. He loved her, and he could take care of her. Ricky would never be able to commit to her. She knew that much. Tomorrow she would go to her grandmothers, and there she would stay until the baby was born. No more stares and whispers. She would find a couple to adopt the baby, and after she had it she could come back and start a life with Ben.

The next morning Amy woke up to the smell of bacon. She got dressed and headed down stairs to see her grandmother making breakfast. "Mimsy!" Amy exclaimed. Her grandmother always had a way of making things better for her and she was excited to be staying with her through this ordeal. Amy was ready to get away from all the stares and comments.

Anne walked into the kitchen and was shocked to see her mother. She had discussed bringing Amy up to her, not her coming down to get her. Mimsy explained that she just couldn't wait and wanted to come down and visit for a while. Amy took Mimsy to her room to talk while Anne tried to figure out how she was going to avoid telling her that George was gone.

Ricky had been avoiding Adrian for days. He didn't need the extra pressure while he was trying to figure things out, but he knew he was going to have to talk to her at some point. As he walked through the hallway towards his first class he spotted her at her locker. He sauntered over ready with excuses.

"Look, I'm sorry I haven't called. I've been really busy. Learning about babies and stuff… Me. Can you imagine?" He said

"Nope, I can't imagine. But, if you wanna come over, I'll remind you of where babies come from" She replied with a smirk.

"I know you don't take my problem seriously, but I care about this baby. "

"Or… do you think you should care and you're just acting like you care?"

"What's the difference?"

"Exactly… Look Ricky. If you're going to be involved with Amy and the baby I don't think I can see you anymore." Adrian said honestly.

"Why not?"

"because I don't want to…"Adrian replied as her eyes drifted to Grace walking down the hall. Adrian knew that Ricky was pretending to care about Amy and her baby because he thought it would impress Grace. And maybe on some level he thought it would impress Amy, even though she didn't want anything to do with him. "Grace!" she called out to her new found peppy friend.

"Hi Adrian! Hi Ricky!" Grace said a little too eagerly.

"So thanks for letting me come by the other night. I had a really nice time. Did you know Grace and I are friends?" Adrian said staring Ricky straight in the eye. She was determined not to play second fiddle to Amy, or Grace, or anyone else for that matter.

"Grace and I are friends too" Ricky replied with a smirk.

"We're all friends right?" Grace said to both of them.

"And as of right now, that's all we are." Adrian said goodbye to Grace and walked away.

Ricky couldn't believe that Adrian was turning him down, but then again he didn't really think that she would have the conviction to stick with it. He could sweet talk her into just about anything.

"She's just upset because I've decided to do the responsible thing and be more involved with Amy and the baby." Ricky explained as he watched Adrian walk away.

"Oh, I didn't know.I heard she wasn't coming back to school. " Grace replied

"Yea, she's going to her grandmother's. She's running away like a child. I mean it might be a good time to grow up. There are schools for girls like her."Ricky tried to explain. He needed someone to be on his side with this, but by the look on Grace's face she wasn't buying it either. What did he have to do to prove that he was trying to step up here?

"I guess it's just a little harder for her to come to school than you because soon people are gonna be able to look at her and see that she's pregnant. " Grace said sympathetically

"People are lookin at me too!" Ricky whined.

"Yea, I guess they are. Maybe…" Grace wasn't sure if Ricky was being genuine or if this was a show. She just couldn't tell anymore.

"It just goes with the territory. We did something we shouldn't have and now we're both having to suffer the consequences. "

"Yes, I just hope the baby isn't paying the she planning on keeping the baby?" Grace replied.

"I hope so, but I think she's leaning towards adoption." Ricky answered

"That's good. Don't you think?" Grace said eagerly.

"I don't know. I don't know what it's like to be adopted." Grace had struck a nerve and Ricky was having a hard time covering it up.

"Ricky, I'm sorry" She replied.

"That's ok." He answered. He could see that she was feeling guilty now so this was his chance. "Look, you think I can come over tonight and talk to you? I really need someone to talk to about this. Someone who's not so emotionally involved, ya know?"

Grace was hesitant. She had heard all of the rumors about Ricky, and was face to face with the situation that Amy was in because of this guy. But she just couldn't seem to help it. She was intrigued by his bab boy nature. She wanted to help him. She wanted to be the one to change him.

"Excuse me for a second. I have to ask Amy's friend something." Ricky said abruptly. "Hey, it's Madison right?"

"What do you want? And if it's sex, forget it!" the red head said hastily.

"No, but thank you for offering" Ricky replied cockily.

"Is that what you consider an offer?" Madison scoffed

"I just wanted to know if Amy's left for her grandmother's yet." Ricky was growing impatient. He hated that the thought of Amy leaving made him so upset. Wouldn't it be better if she just went away and gave their baby to some couple who could take care of them? He could just move on and live his life without worrying about her. But the thought of her leaving made his heart drop.

"Well, I can neither confirm or deny that." Madison replied with a smirk. She loved having knowledge that other people didn't.

"What are you running for office or something?" Ricky said impatiently. He wasn't in the mood for the games. "I know what's going on. I know she's going to her grandmother's. I just want to know if she's left yet. I'd like to call her. I need her number."

"Well, I'm not gonna give you her number" Madison replied coldly. "If Amy wanted you to have her number, she would have given it to you. And you don't have it, so she obviously doesn't want you to call her. Obviously!"

"Wow" Ricky said with a smirk.

"Wow? Wow what?" Madison snapped.

"You have incredible eyes, you know that?" He said in his most seductive tone.

"Thank you" Madison blushed. Then she realized that he was just manipulating her and yelled "Hey!"

"Come on, let me have the number" Ricky said putting on his most pitiful puppy dog face. That always worked.

"Nope. I will not let you have her number" Madison said matter of factly and walked away very pleased with herself for not giving in.

Mimsy and Amy talked for a while. She made it seem like having a baby would be a piece of cake. Amy started to think that maybe she could have this baby. Amy was lost in her thoughts when Mimsy pulled a blue sweater out of her bag. Mimsy explained that it was Anne's when she was pregnant with her. Amy walked to the kitchen to show her Mom.

"Wait, that's mine isn't it?" Anne asked.

"Mimsy brought it for me. She said she has a lot of your stuff that might fit." Amy said with a smile.

"I didn't know that you saved that. I loved that sweater." Anne said as she remembered.

"Do you remember when you wore it?" Mimsy asked.

"Well, I don't remember if it was a special occasion, but I wore it a lot." Anne replied

"You wore it when you were pregnant with Amy." Mimsy replied

"No, I don't think so. I think I was in junior high." Anne replied cautiously. Something was off with her mother. She knew it when she had shown up unannounced this morning, but now she knew something was up. Anne had worn that sweater when she was 14. She never would have been able to fit into it as an adult. Mimsy went on to tell Anne that she and Amy had decided that it would be best to keep the baby. Anne's heart sank though when she told Amy that the baby could stay in one of the kitchen drawers while it was little. Something was seriously wrong…