Collision || rini au

13

"you,"

"look,"

"amazing!" gina squeals

nini laughs as she examines her outfit in the mirror

she was wearing a purple dress that perfectly hugged her frame. it had thin straps and she was wearing stilettos that matched the dress. she had light makeup and her hair was straightened

"you guys are miracle workers." nini says

the three nod and smile as nini hears a knock at the door

she goes over to open it and sees ida with a box

nini lets her in and the woman smiles

"could i just talk to nini for a bit?" ida asks them

they all nod "we'll just go help daniel with downstairs."

when they're gone, ida closes the door and nini looks at her confused

"what's going on?"

ida takes a deep breath and places the box on the bed

"well, this was the gift your mom and dad wanted to give you on your eighteenth." she says softly

nini sucks in a breath and walks over to her bed where the white box was

she puts her hands on the lid, glancing at ida, who nods in encouragement, before opening the box

nini smiles as she takes out a picture frame that held a collage of all of the pictures of her from when she was younger. either by herself or with her parents.

she feels her eyes sting slightly and takes a deep breath before putting it on her nigh table

"thank you." she whispers

ida pulls nini in for a hug and when the pull away, nini quickly wipes a fallen tear before sniffling

"i can't cry otherwise kourt is going to kill me." she laughs

ida joins her and nini checks herself in her mirror once more before leaving her room with ida following close behind

***

ricky was waiting for ashlyn with seb, ej and big red in the car

they kept questioning whether or not it was a good idea

"guys calm down." ricky says, though he was sort of nervous as well.

"oh look ash is coming!" seb exclaims

ashlyn opens the door and climbs into the car

"alright, i'm ready for my funeral."

everyone laughs and ricky shakes his head with a smile as he pulls out of the side of the road and drives to nini's house

when they arrive, it's already packed with students and muffled music is heard

"never would i have ever thought that we would be going to her birthday party." ej says

everyone nods in agreement as they get out of the car and go to the front door

they enter the house and ricky's eyes land on the brunette smiling and talking to different people

he can't help but realize how beautiful she looked but quickly recovers himself when her eyes meet his and she makes her way towards them

"thanks for coming." she says with a bright smile

everyone nods

"happy birthday." ashlyn and seb grin

"thank you guys."