The Return || rini au

05

nini woke up early in the morning because today was her first day at east high.

and to say she was nervous would be an understatement.

she rushes to her closet and rummages through the clothes until landing on a white tank top and denim jeans. she also takes out a yellow jean jacket and goes to the bathroom to get herself ready

when she goes downstairs with a backpack, she sees carol in the kitchen.

"well don't you look lovely" she smiles as she serves the scrambled eggs onto nini's plate

the girl returns the smile, sitting down at the table and eating her breakfast

after about fifteen minutes carol notices that they should get going and nini nervously follows her to the car

the drive was with nini fiddling with her bracelet while looking out the window with thoughts running through her mind

'what if no one likes me?
what if i see ricky
will i make any real friends?'

nini sees the crowded high school and can't help but feel a tint of excitement inside.

'vanessa hudgens and zac efron walked in those halls!!'

"alright honey, you're going to be fine remember that." carol smiles reassuringly

nini takes a deep breath and nods before opening the car door and walking towards the school entrance

a crowd of people surrounded her but it was different. they were fans and nini loved meeting fans.

plus, she was very thankful at the fact that they only wanted a picture or autograph and then left her alone.

***

ricky and big red laugh as they skate their way to school and when they arrive, they see a bunch of excited people crowding around something or someone.

the curly-haired boy squints his eyes curiously but quickly rolls them when he sees it was the one person he didn't want to see again

"is that-"

"yep." he answers his friend

ricky scoffs lightly when he sees the crowd dispersing and she looks up for their eyes to meet

he forces himself to tear his eyes away from her, pushing the positive thoughts he had for her at the back of his mind and tapping big red on the shoulder to leave

nini exhales deeply and watches the boy she once loved and was her best friend walk away.

she looks at the doors, mentally preparing herself to head inside before her feet oblige.

nini gasps in awe at the hallways. many people wouldn't care, but she loved east high's pride and spirit.

she already had her schedules, books and map so she tries to navigate her way to her locker, which was a lot easier said than done

"stupid maps." she mutters under her breath "why didn't i pay attention in seventh grade geography?!"

after a few minutes, she looks up to see the same locker number written on her paper and sighs in relief before trying to open the locker with the combo

but it doesn't budge

"are you serious right now?" she groans, pulling harder at the locker

"need help?"

nini jumps at the familiar voice and turns around to see -

"oh my gosh kourtney!" nini squeals, pulling her in for a hug