𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎 // 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚗 [𝟷]

1.9

Thalia walked into school the next Monday morning and avoided one person the whole day. It was hard.

She never told Alaina and Ricky how Nini found out. It was Gina. Gina told Nini about what happened between Thalia and Ricky. She didn't tell Ricky and Alaina because they were friends with Gina. She didn't want to ruin Gina's life. She could be friends with Ricky and Alaina, but she sure as hell wasn't friends with Thalia. On the bright-side, Nini and Thalia hung out the whole rest of the weekend. And.....

Nicholas decided to finish his Junior year at East High because he was on a year break from his project that he was working on. He said it was because he wanted to have something to keep him busy and a couple of school plays/musicals would be the perfect thing, but Alaina thinks there's another factor to him staying. Nicholas was stepping in as Zeke since Trevor, who was playing Zeke, had to move away.

But, now, it was the end of the day, so it was time for rehearsals. But, they were taking the cover photo first and foremost. And even though Kelsi wasn't in the original cover, Ms.Jenn decided that she should be in this version.

Thalia walks out to show her outfit.

"Oh, my god! You look awesome!" Nini exclaims.

"I know," Thalia grins.

Then Ricky comes out.

"Okay, people, let's do this!" Ricky exclaims wearing a ridiculous wig.

"That's, um," Thalia laughs.

"Oh, my god! Ricky!" Nini's hand goes over her mouth.

"What?" He asks playing stupid all while swishing the hair of the wig.

"I can't. There's so much... so much to talk about," Nini laughs, tears coming to her eyes.

"Wait, what's funny?" Ricky asks Carlos swishing the hair from the wig even more.

Alaina grabs Thalia's arm and drags her. 

"You and Nini are cool again?" Alaina asks.

"Yup. She knows about what happened between me and Ricky. We had a talk. There was crying. But we're on the mend," Thalia replies.

"That's good," Alaina smiles.

"Looking good, Big Red," Thalia grins as she sees Big Red with the camera.

"Let's get some air, Wildcats," Gina grins.

Thalia goes back to Nini, who is glaring and Ricky at Gina.

"You okay?" Thalia asks.

"Fine," Nini sighs.

"Okay, guys, we're gonna practice. Jump on three," Big Red states. "1, 2, 3."

Then Kourtney runs through, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

"Okay. 1, 2, 3," Some people jump after 2 and others jump after 3.

"Wait what happened?" Big Red asks.

"Where to begin," Ricky mutters.

"I think you went early," Seb tells Ricky.

"Are we jumping on three or after three?" Gina asks.

"Yeah, the count of three. Ready?" Big Red asks.

"Nah, man, you need some new words!" Ricky exclaims.

"I think I broke a heel," Seb comments.

"You guys, this isn't that hard. You smile, you leave the earth, you land," Carlos sighs.

"It's a little hard to smile when we don't even know the plan," Ricky sighs.

"I can't look at Ricky, is that a problem?" Nini asks.

"Girl, I can't either," Thalia laughs.

"Okay, let's take a five," Carlos states.

"On five, or after five?" Ricky mutters and walks away.

"I think he's mad at us," Seb chuckles.

"I'm gonna go tame the beast," Thalia tells Nini. Nini smiles and nods.

Thalia goes after Ricky.

"Ricky!" Thalia exclaims.

"What?" He asks, kind of... annoyed?

"Ricky, are you okay?" She asks.

"It's just that, y'know, ever since a couple weeks ago we haven't been talking and now all of the sudden you're best friends with Nini again? Does she know?" He asks.

"Yeah," Thalia nods.

"Did you tell her?" He asks.

"No," Thalia shakes her head.

"Then who did?" He asks.

"I'm not at liberty to say," Thalia replies.

"Thanks. Not only have my chances of ever getting back with Nini gone down the drain, but you won't even tell me who caused it?" He asks.

"Ricky, she was gonna find out sooner or later. You were gonna tell her, I was gonna tell her, someone was. We couldn't keep that secret forever," She sighs.

"I know. But I kind of wanted it to be on my own terms. Considering it was my problem," He states.

"It's not just you Ricky. It's not always about only you. That almost ruined my whole friendship with Nini but we got past it. I'm sure you can too," Thalia scoffs. "I came here to help, now I'm regretting it."

"Thalia!" Someone calls. The two realize it was Nicholas.

"Coming!" Thalia exclaims.

"Thalia..." Ricky trails.

"I'll see you around, Bowen," She tells him as she goes over to Nicholas who hugs her.

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"Well, that kind of stings. I-I don't know why it hurts so much. Why? Why does life have to be so confusing," Ricky groans.

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Thalia sees EJ and Gina talking.

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"What on earth would those two have to talk about," Thalia squints her eyes toward the camera.

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"So, how are you feeling?" Nicholas asks.

"I'm feeling fine," Thalia replies with a half smile.

"Are you sure?" He asks looking into her eyes.

"Not yet," She sighs and looks down.

"Well, I'll help you," He grins at me.

"Thanks, Nicky," Thalia smiles back.

"Okay, lovebirds, let's get going!" Alaina exclaims.