the rest of the week went by quickly. nini would spend her afternoons with ej since he would be leaving the next day now and her friends understood that. ricky understood too. he didn't like it, but he had to deal with it.
"ricky!" lynne's voice is heard from the kitchen
"yo." he says as he jumps the last step to see lynne preparing a platter of her casserole and todd sitting at the kitchen island
"could you bring this to carol and dana's? to thank them for the lasagna they made for us. i have to go pack." lynne says
ricky nods and takes the platter, walking out of the kitchen without the acknowledgment of todd's existence.
he decides to walk to nini's house because if he skates and drops the casserole, he will have to hear an entire lecture from his mother.
when he arrives, he knocks on the door and is greeted by dana
"oh ricky! good to see you." she smiles
"you too dana, my mom wanted me to drop off her casserole-"
"oh that's too kind!" she exclaims, opening the door wider to let him in
"it's a thank you." he laughs
"well, if it's alright with you, you could put it in the kitchen, nini's in there anyway."
ricky nods and walks over to the kitchen to see it a complete mess and nini mixing a bowl of eggs
"what are you doing?" he asks, looking around the kitchen in confusion
nini looks up to see ricky and laughs "i'm making cookies."
"and did a tornado occur when you started?" he asks
nini shakes her head with a smile "ej's coming over later and i wanted to bake something to pass the time. what's up?"
'again with ej?'
"uh- i'm just dropping over my mom's casserole." he says
nini nods and groans when she tries to look for the flour
"where is the flour?! i swear to god things are hiding from me!" she exclaims
ricky smiles and takes the bag of flour on her right, hanging it in front of her
"oh." she says sheepishly as she takes it and looks at the piece of paper "400 grams." she reads to herself
"why 400?" he asks
"because that's how it is." she says simply
"but why?" he smirks, folding his arms
"i'm not explaining."
"because you don't know either." he points out
"yes i do!" she exclaims
"no you don't."
"i do!"
"sure." he says sarcastically
"you know what-" she takes a handful of flour and throws it at him, causing him to gasp and look at her in shock
"you are going to regret that." he says
"yeah right-"
before she can process, she feels a buttload of flour poured over her
"you are so dead!" nini exclaims as she throws some back
they start having a flour fight, making a mess everywhere, while laughing and nini puts some on his hair
"that's it!" he yells as he chases her around the kitchen
nini screams as she runs and feels his hands slide around her waist, picking her up off the ground and twirling her around
"ricky! put me down!" she squeals
"say you're sorry!" he laughs
"no!" she giggles, shaking her head
"okay then-" he spins her around faster
"ricky!"
he takes a handful of flower and slowly brings it to her face, making her put her hands up in surrender
"okay! okay! i'm sorry!" she laughs and he nods proudly before putting her down, not removing his hands from her waist
she turns around to face him and shakes her head with a smile "you are evil."
ricky chuckles and notices that a strand of her hair is out of place
he hesitantly brings his hand up to the side of her face and she sucks in a breath, feeling him place the strand behind her ear
"y-your hair." he says, clearing his throat
"th-thanks."
she feels his other hand still on her waist and sees how close they became.
"hey neens i-"
ricky and nini jump apart to see ej standing at the kitchen doorway
"uh-hi?" ej says confused
"ej!" nini exclaims nervously "uh-this is-ricky,"
ricky nods a hello and ej folds his arms, looking between the both of them
"what happened here?" ej asks
"we were making cookies and uh-"
"things kind of got out of hand." ricky finishes, scratching the back of his neck nervously
nini can't help but smile and looks down at the floor
"well, i'm going to go get cleaned up." ricky says, noticing the tension
"yeah. you know where to -uh- go?" nini asks
ricky nods and heads over to the doorway, ej's glare coming to his attention as he passes by
once ricky's gone, ej looks at nini angrily
"what the hell was that nini?" he asks in a hushed tone as he walks over to her
"what? we just messed around with the flour." nini explains, washing her hands
"i saw most of it neens stop lying, that guy likes you." ej says
nini looks up at him with her eyes wide "what?! no! he doesn't like me anymore we are just friends!"
"anymore?" he asks confused "what do you mean anymore?"
'crap.'
"uh-i-well-we-did i say anymore? i mean anytime-"
"nini you're speaking in your british accent so you want to be honest with me?" he pleads
the girl sighs and avoids his gaze "it doesn't matter anymore ej."
"well obviously it does if i see my girlfriend in the arms of a random guy-"
"he's not a random guy ej! he's my best friend-"
"it's obvious that there's more to that nini!" he exclaims
"ej you're being ridiculous!" nini says frustrated
"look at me and tell me that there wasn't anything that happened between you two."
nini looks up at him and opens her mouth "i-i-"
ej scoffs and rubs his hands over his face
"ej it didn't mean anything!" she lies "it was a long time ago and i was only fourteen!"
the boy looks at her "really?"
nini nods, though she wasn't convinced of that at all "really."
ej sighs "okay. i'm sorry."
"it's okay."
ej walks over and hugs her while nini smiles sadly over his shoulder
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The Return || rini au
Fanfictionnini salazar-roberts was whisked away from her childhood home town at the age of 14 for fame. she didn't only leave her friends and family, but she also left the boy she thought would be the love of her life. so what will happen when she has to ret...
