Life goes on

Chapter 2: No resistance

That morning, Amy slowly awoke and was fast hit with the realization that she actually shared a bed with Ricky that night. She wasn't sure what to feel.

Disgust?

Anger?

No. She felt none of those. She actually felt, good? It was easy to fall asleep next to him. It didn't mean they were a couple or anything it was just friends you know, helping friends... at least she thought.

She couldn't help but notice Ricky hadn't even taken off any clothing to get comfortable that night. Her gaze drifted to the clock and gasped when she noticed it was 8:30 am. She realized John was taken out of his crib and she jumped out of bed. She walked down the hallway and stopped at the mirror in the hallway.

EW. She thought. Her hair was a frizzy mess and she noticed her breath was kind of gross. She walked away with the intention of fixing that later. Amy rushed down the stairs to find Ashley and her mom feeding the babies. The kitchen was clean and John was bathed and in a fresh pair of clothes sitting beside an also clean and fed Robbie.

"Uh, why didn't anyone wake me up?"

Ashley rolled her eyes. "Why would we wake you up? You were quite content with Ricky sleeping beside you." Ashley laughed at the way Amy's cheeks reddened when she realized everyone knew she slept in the same bed as Ricky.

Anne spoke up. "I'm not happy about that but what Ashley told me, he care here looking like hell. I trust you Amy, don't screw that up. You don't want to make another mistake." She bent down to John. "Though you are not a mistake, you are a blessing." Anne cooed at him and fed him more of his pears.

Amy rolled her eyes and went over to John and placed a kiss on his for head. "I'm going to go get changed and showered."

With that, Amy ran up stairs and opened the door only to find Ricky brushing his teeth with her toothbrush.

"Um, what do you think you're doing! Ewwww!" He just laughed. He took the tooth brush out of his mouth.

"Don't worry Amy, I washed it in soapy water and I fully intend to do it again when I'm finished with it." Amy groaned. She didn't know where his mouth had been.

"No, keep that one. There's a whole bunch of spare ones in the cupboard here." Ricky looked over at Amy who reached over him to grab a new one in the cupboard.

"You couldn't have told me that before!" Ricky said sarcastically, Amy giggled.

They both brushed their teeth in complete silence until Amy had enough of it. She took a handful of water and flicked it at Ricky. Ricky's jaw dropped at her sudden playfulness. He then flicked water at her and they continuously threw water at each other.

After a few minutes, Amy surrendered and began to walk away when she slipped on the wet ground. As soon as she hit the floor Ricky was down on the ground with her. Her gaze went to her clenched knuckles on his t-shirt. She took him down with her. They both looked at each other and burst out laughing.

Amy liked how they were acting like normal friends now. She liked the feeling of being with Ricky without everything always being so 'up tight.' She looked at him and couldn't help but notice their faces were inches away from each others. Amy bit her lip and Ricky continued to look into her eyes. Just as they began to lean into each other, Ashley came rushing through the door.

"Hey do you-" She looked at the state of the two teenagers lying on the bathroom floor. They were dripping wet and the floor was slippery and she noticed Amy and Ricky's face were inches apart.

"Ugh, sorry to interrupt this love fest mixed with water park thing but Adrian's at the door. She doesn't look exactly happy..." Amy and Ricky both looked up at Ashley, shocked that Adrian would even have the courage to show up at the door after what she did to them.