<Li> Daren Kagasoff portrays Richard "Ricky" Underwood, 16 years old with a troubled past and emotional issues, resulting in promiscuity and a reputation as the school's "bad boy". He is the son of Bob Underwood, a domestic abuser, child molester, and drug addict, and a drug addict mother, Nora (played by Anne Ramsay), who lived on the streets before being sent to jail for a short time . Ricky lived with his foster parents, Margaret and Dr. Shekhar, but moved out to an apartment above the butcher shop . Ricky later decided that he wants to have a more serious relationship with Adrian and tells her he does not want her sleeping with other guys . He, on the other hand, wants to sleep with other girls while still being in a relationship with Adrian . They break up after Adrian has sex with Ben, after finding out that Ricky and Amy kissed . Ashley kisses him, showing her feelings for him . Ricky does not seem to return these feelings, even though he flirts with her . Ashley tries to sleep with him, but Ricky has feelings for Amy so he refuses her . Ricky goes to New York to visit Amy and they kiss again . They have a long discussion and Amy tells Ricky that if he ever wants to be with her again he has to stop sleeping around . Ricky promises to try . Ricky and Amy begin to date after she returns from music camp . Their relationship becomes serious and they consider moving in together . Ricky has a constant battle with Amy over when she plans to have sex with him, and she insists that he be tested for STDs before considering having sex with him . Even while they are dating the custody agreement they have remains the same but, as they are often at each other's places, the rules bend a little . Amy has a lot of trouble reconciling his past promiscuity with his declarations of love . He is being encouraged to consider attending college by both Ben's father and the high school counselor, but is unsure how college fits into his life with Amy and John . He proposed to Amy on the night of his high school graduation, but is then confused when Amy doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get married . After many arguments and disagreements, Ricky and Amy elope in the season 5 premiere, although it is revealed 2 episodes later that they did not finish the wedding ceremony.In the season finale, they go to Amy's graduation and then go home, where Amy and Ricky fight because Amy wants to cancel the wedding . He gets angry but she says that he's not in love with her and he says he loves her and then admits that he's not in love with her . They both then agree that Ricky will keep John and they will see how it all goes . When Amy leaves, the last scene is Ricky telling John a story, saying, "And she lives happily ever after...And so will we ." By Hampton, it is known that Amy and Ricky fell in love again and got married after they both graduate </Li> <Li> Megan Park portrays Grace Kathleen Bowman, a perky 15 - year - old Noah . Grace is Grant High's head cheerleader and is a religious person . Grace's father is Marshall Bowman, a doctor whose career she hopes to emulate . Her mother is Kathleen Bowman, George Juergens' ex-wife . She has an adopted brother, Tom, who has Down syndrome . Grace has a loving, respectful, and open relationship with her family, but has grown from following their rules and advice to making her own decisions about matters such as boys and sex . Grace and Jack resume their rocky relationship and have sex for the first time . After having sex, Grace learns of her father's death in a plane crash and feels guilty that the crash happened while she was having sex with Jack, and wonders if, in some way, her father's death was punishment for having sex outside of marriage . She takes a while to recover from this idea and then tries to compensate for her feelings by pledging to wait to have sex again until marriage, even organizing a group of kids to embrace abstinence . She is somewhat interested in Ben, who shows up on her doorstep occasionally, usually when he's worried about Amy and then, later, Adrian . However, after Ben begins to take responsibility for Adrian's pregnancy, she then begins to date Grant . The two of them are interested in taking their relationship to the "next level," but Grace's mother extracts a promise from Grant that he would not have sex with Grace at med camp, much to Grace's chagrin . But, after they decide to have sex, Grant wants Grace to have an STD test to make sure she doesn't have anything . He goes on to explain that Grace has been with Jack after Jack had oral sex with Adrian . Adrian has been with Ricky and both Ricky and Adrian have been around with a bunch of other people . Grace then tells him he should get tested also but, he tells her the truth (about him and his ex-girlfriend losing their virginity to each other) then Jack walks in and tells Grace that it would not be a bad idea to get tested because he has come into contact with an STD (that was treatable) before they had sex . This scares Grace who already does not want to do the test and she tells Grant that they should not have sex anymore . Grant then skips school the next day and goes to look for her and tells her that if she is not ready to have sex then they can wait until she is because he loves her (he wanted to tell her that he loved her before they did anything so that she would really see that he was in love with her). Eventually, they consummate their relationship . Later, Grace is insistent about meeting Grant's ex-girlfriend, Angie, and is taken aback when she sees that Angie is significantly overweight . Later they break up after Grace cheats on him with a college student she met while in Africa, Daniel . She then begins a relationship with Daniel, who is far more mature and becomes impatient with Grace's immaturity . At the graduation party, Daniel runs into an ex-girlfriend, Raven, (played by Christian Serratos) and decides to leave . Raven hooks up with Jack during the party, but the next morning, Jack and Grace kiss and Grace realizes that she still has feelings for him . Raven takes a picture of the kiss and sends it to Daniel, who breaks up with Grace . Grace decides to skip med school camp for the coming summer because she is tired of it and wants to avoid Grant . </Li> <Li> Francia Raisa portrays Adrian Lee, a now 16 - year - old majorette with a reputation for being promiscuous because she enjoys casual sex . Adrian's mother is a flight attendant who is often away from home because of her job . Adrian's father was absent from Adrian's childhood, but is now making an effort to reconnect with her . Her broken background has made Adrian emotional, hidden under her tough exterior . She wants to feel loved, and so she continues her on - off casual relationship with Ricky, though he constantly pursues other girls . At first Adrian is extremely jealous of Amy and Grace . She is jealous of Amy because Amy had Ricky's baby and she knows that they will always be connected . Adrian is also jealous of Grace because Ricky wants to sleep with her but he later changes his mind . Adrian then angrily throws Amy a baby shower although Grace was the one who threw the shower while Adrian had sex with her stepbrother in the other room . Adrian later decides that she wants a more serious relationship with Ricky and tells him that she loves him . They decide that they will work at being in a relationship and although Adrian agrees to stop having sex with other boys, Ricky says he still wants to have sex with other girls . Amy and Adrian then get into an argument about Adrian holding John and Adrian realizes that Ricky has sided with Amy about her holding John . Adrian then decides to become friends with Amy and Amy finally lets Adrian hold John . Adrian later has sex with Ben in an attempt at revenge after finding out that Ricky and Amy kissed . Adrian later discovers that she's pregnant with Ben's baby . At first she decides to have an abortion, having even spoke with a counselor at an abortion clinic . Her dad was not supportive of her choice with terminating the pregnancy . Adrian soon decides not to go through with an abortion and plans on keeping the baby instead . Ben has given Adrian an expensive ($50,000) "friendship ring," which they have agreed is just a friendship ring unless they both agree later on that it means something else . As Adrian pregnancy goes along they both start to realize that they have feelings for each other that goes beyond just caring for each other because they are going to have a baby together . but both of them have falling in love with each other unaware of it while it was happening . Ben then decides to make the friendship ring an engagement ring and surprises Adrian with the proposal . They subsequently marry, and moved in together in a condo . Both she and Ben are devastated when their baby, whom they were planning to name Mercy, is born as a stillborn . Adrian tries to keep Ben in the marriage by having another baby . He was willing to do so, but Adrian decides she loves Ricky . The two are separated and are getting a divorce . Meanwhile, Adrian is introduced to a friend of Daniel's, Dante' . She feels as if they get along well, but he leaves the country for a semester abroad, and Adrian begins going out with Dante's brother, Omar . At the graduation party, Adrian wants one last kiss from Ricky to see if the spark is still there . With Amy's ok, Ricky kisses her, and Adrian is relieved to discover that she no longer is obsessed with Ricky . However, Omar is offended at her kissing Ricky and leaves the party without her . Adrian, upset, ends up sleeping with Henry that evening, and they are discovered the next morning by a shocked Alice . She then completes summer school and has shown signs of still being in love with Ricky . By Hampton, it's said that she moves to New York with her boyfriend now husband, Omar, and she becomes a lawyer . Also has 2 children . </Li> <Li> Ken Baumann portrays Benjamin "Ben" Boykewich 15 - year old now . His father Leo was the first person to suspect Amy's pregnancy due to her throwing up on Ben while on a date . He initially dismissed the idea, but realizes that it may be a possibility . This causes him to propose to Amy so that way he can help financially support the baby, and because he genuinely loves her . Amy is flattered by his actions, but explains that she is unsure of what to do . When she considers getting an abortion, Ben convinces her not to because he knows that she has other options . He experiences a lot of hardship during Amy's pregnancy; particularly when he is brutally beaten up by a fellow student, but remains to be a loving and supportive boyfriend . In the season one episode "The Secret Wedding of the American Teenager", Ben and Amy get married using fake ID's after her mother says that Amy will have to get a job if she wants to keep the baby . Later on the series, Ben gets Adrian pregnant, after he lost his virginity with her in his car in front of Amy's house . The couple decide to keep the baby . He then tells Amy and they break up . By the third season's mid-season finale, it is shown that Ben and Adrian have some romantic feelings for one's another . In the autumn premiere, Ben and Adrian find out they're having a baby girl, which is what Ben was hoping for . His father bought a condo for the two of them, and they later get married . Their daughter, Mercy, was stillborn which left Adrian and Ben devastated . He later decides he wants out of the marriage due to Adrian's attitude . He admits it harshly to Adrian after she gave away their baby's things . After his outbursts to Adrian he then gets drunk and humiliates himself in front of his father . But he later begins to recant his decision after having time to vent his frustration . But, later Adrian decides she also does not want to remain married, and asks him to leave . He leaves brokenhearted and then later asks Adrian to remain his friend . He also allows Adrian to keep the condo with the approval of his father and continues to keep his word of being her friend to her after she is embarrassed at the graduation party . He also meets a new girl named Dylan, who seems be interested in him . Alice tells Ben that Henry slept with Adrian at the graduation party, which enrages him and prompts him to tell a stunned and contrite Henry that he is no longer welcome at his home . Dylan and her friends visit Ben and ask if he minds if they smoke some pot . Ben is taken aback, but doesn't want to appear judgmental, so he allows them to smoke in his room . They are discovered by Ben's and Dylan's parents, and Ben lies to protect Dylan and tells them that he was given the pot at the party the night before . Ben and Dylan convince their parents that they should go out together . In the school hallway, Ben tells Amy that he still loves her, but Dylan's friend Wendy over hears and tells Dylan . Dylan still wants to go out with Ben, but her parents don't want her to because they think he's a bad influence . Later when Ben is feeling vulnerable, Alice comes to his house and they both have sex . Henry finds out and starts dating Dylan, whose parents like Henry . Ben is upset but realizes that he's in love with Amy Juergens, always was and always will be . </Li>

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