Returning Fame || rini au

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five minutes of waiting for the plane to ascend, and nini already felt guilty for walking out like that and how she dealt with everything

she quickly tries to take her phone to turn it back on but abby stops her

"nini, no, not now." she says sternly

nini sighs "but abby i have to call ricky-"

she looks at the blonde woman, who seemed to have worry in her eyes.

"you can call him on monday." she says calmly

the girl sighs and leans back against her seat, looking in front of her before feeling abby shift around uncomfortably as she looks at her phone lock screen

nini snaps her head to the right and looks at abby

"what?" she asks confused

abby quickly switches the phone off and shakes her head "nothing, just keep your phone turned off and get some sleep. we have an interview about the upcoming album when we arrive-"

"wait what?" nini breathes as she looks at her "abby-"

"it's just a short interview nini, don't worry. it'll be in and out and then you'll be able to spend as much time with your family." she smiles

nini nods slowly and leans back against he leans seat once again, slowly closing her eyes before drifting off to sleep

~

the brunette girl slowly opened her eyes, looking to see abby scrolling down on her phone and muttering under her breath

"what time is it?" nini asks groggily

abby shuts her phone and smiles "we're about to descend in a few minutes."

nini groans in realization "i forgot to bring my makeup bag-"

"don't worry about the press, i gave them the wrong flight number, besides- you look great." she says reassuringly

nini nods a thank you with a small smile, but she feels like abby isn't saying something.

when you've known a person for a certain amount of time, you learn to read their emotions based on how they act, and nini was sure that something was bothering abby.

when the two made their way out of the plane and out of the arrivals, abby sighs as she sees the front of the airport surrounded by cameras and reporters

nini looks at abby in confusion at why there were so many of them. this has never happened before-

"nini! nini! look this way!"

the girl kept her head down and smiles slightly as she signs a few autographs of certain fans around her.

"nini! what do you have to say about quinn and ricky?!"
"can you confirm your breakup with ricky bowen?!"
"how do you feel about the start of quinn and ricky's relationship?!"

nini stops "what?" she questions shakily as she looks at the reporters, feeling overwhelmed by all of these questions without the knowledge of what was happening

"nini!"

the girl looks in front of her and sighs in relief as she sees carol rushing up to her

they both hug each other quickly, nini feeling the familiar warmth before carol takes her by the arm

"come on honey," she says as she pulls her along with abby following close behind

"nini! what do you have to say about this?!"
"photos don't lie!"

before getting into the car, she looks at a reporter holding a magazine and quickly takes it from his hand as she gets lightly ushered into the car by abby

"honey, you know that they make this stuff up." carol assures her as the car starts moving

nini looks down at the magazine and starts flipping frantically through the pages until landing on one with a headline, her heart dropping further into her chest as she reads it

quinn faye confirms relationship with ricky bowen in an interview released just minutes after nini salazar-roberts was seen on a plane away from los angeles

the girl looks up at carol and abby, their guilty faces showing all too well

"y-you guys knew about this and- didn't tell me?" she questions, feeling her eyes sting and her heart stopping

"it was to take care of you nini," abby begins

"take care of me?!" she scoffs as she closes the magazine abruptly and looks out of the window "you guys are treating my like i'm still that fourteen year old girl who doesn't know anything- i'm not a little girl anymore!" she exclaims

"we know that nini-"

"nini, i don't think ricky would do this to you." carol says "he loves you."

she couldn't feel herself breathing, she felt all of her feelings rushing through her and couldn't focus

the girl shuffles through her backpack before taking her phone out and turning it on, her finger shakily tapping through the applications before pressing on the button to call ricky

"hello?"

she sucks in a breath as she hears quinn's voice

"h-" she chokes out "i-i need to speak to ricky-"

quinn sighs through the phone and after a few seconds, she speaks up "sorry, ricky's in the shower. do you want me to tell him something for you?"

and that's when she felt her heart shatter as she pulls her phone away slowly, ending the call and pushing her tears back as she swallows hard, looking at the trees and buildings passing through the window

***

a smirk was formed on the blonde-haired girl's face as she puts the phone down onto the table

she looks at her set mirror, seeing the reflection of ricky talking with the director about the next scene before discretely looking down at the screen, her finger swiping to the left to delete the most very recent phone call displayed, no longer there only a couple seconds later.