ricky and nini's realizations

chapter 65

ricky's pov

nini and i give a quick goodbye to her moms letting them snap some photos of us before we leave. slip on my jacket while nini runs to get her coat taking the time to look at the photos that were just taken as i wait with the hint of a smile on my face. i'm crazy about her. she holds her hand out in front of her as she's walking towards me where i'm waiting at the door. she shouts a "bye moms!" "make smart choices!" carol shouts back making both of us laugh. i open up the car door for her to get in closing it just after. i've never been able to do that for her. once i get in, i suggest a few places we could go to eat. she reaches over grabbing ahold on my hand bringing it to her cheek as she thinks while repeatedly bouncing it off of her cheekbone. "let's go with that sit down place you mentioned on main street." we begin driving there while listening to one of nini's playlist while she remains holding onto my hand resting her head on it with the help of her elbow on the console holding our hands up. every now and then i would look over to see her closing her eyes humming to the song playing. we make it to the restaurant where we enjoy a good meal that she insisted on paying for since i paid for our last nice meal. i wouldn't let her though. i just couldn't do that especially since i'm taking her out tonight. we walk hand in hand through the cold air as we're leaving the restaurant just ready to go hang out at the dance. soon enough we're walking through the school parking lot along with many other east high students. as i we enter the gym nini spots our friends that are off to the side chatting. she pulls on my hand excitedly running up to them pulling me along with her. she released my hand when she rushes up to kourtney. they get to chatting away so i bring my focus to ej and red that are stand just a couple steps over. "hey guys," i greet. we fall into a conversation of our own. carlos practically forces us to the dance floor all at once where we dance along to the upbeat music together. just like the night of homecoming, a slow song begins as nerds of people leave the dance floor for the time being. nini and i look to each other at the same time at the sound of the music. i hold my hand out with my arm completely extended. she was dancing a bit further away with kourtney and gina, so it made sense for me to dramatically invite her over to me for my own amusement. she bites her bottom lip naturally in a smile while walk-running in her heels to me with short little steps. she's so freaking cute. she grabs onto the hand i had held out to her where i then pull her into me. this is so much more relaxed in comparison to our first slow dance together where i was a nervous wreck and she was apprehensive. our bodies are fully pressed together and my hands, happily, holding onto her in a way that my finger tips brush along her skin inducing my own butterflies. she snuggles her head against my chest allowing me to rest my head on hers while our bodies slowly sway side to side. what started as a little high school slow dance was now an intimate moment between the two of us. she slides one of her hands down from my back down to her side pulling my hand off of her. i remained comfortable with my head laying on hers as i watched her movements that i didn't yet understand, but i didn't question it. she intertwined our hands bringing them up to her chest to hold against us. now, with us settled, it's like i can't get close enough to her despite us touching in every way right now. my other hand that remained on her waist is craving to have more than just my fingertips touching her back. i make a bold choice to press my whole hand to her lower back. in response, she presses her cheek further into my chest both of us exhaling a breath. the song is coming to its end and i seriously don't want to move. i'm willing to remain like this even if a crazy song starts to play. i've never felt so connected to her and it's so peaceful to just be with her. my thumb rubs circles on her back as hers goes back and forth on the back of my hand. luckily the next song isn't too much of a change, but it's definitely not slow enough to remain as we are right now. she begins leaning off of me making me pick my head up too. we look at each other for barely two seconds before we lean in at the same time meeting in the middle. the kiss literally takes my breath away, so i have to pull away from her after the short, but deep kiss. she looks slightly concerned from me abruptly pulling away, but doesn't display a complete look of confusion. i breath hard evening my breath then slam my lips back to her. i pull my hand from hers to hold her cheek while also pressing harder against her back with my other to bring us impossibly closer. my tongue slips into her mouth forgetting that there's hundreds of people crowded around us. i notice my shirt is balled up in her fisted hand when my shirt is pulled tighter. all i can think about is how i want to be with her in her room right now. my mind falls blank when i feel the vibration of her moan i could feel transfer through to my lips that was too quiet to be heard over the music. i slide my hand further across her back until i reach the side of her dress. i can still hold her close to me with my forearm encasing her into my chest, but my hand, with a mind of its own, slides into the side her dress needing to feel more of her. she's the one to pull back this time. she stays close as she speaks, "ricky, our friends," she voices in a concerned voice not wanting them to see us. probably wanting to avoid all kinds of jokes and just not wanting this image in their minds in the first place. "red said they were going to the cafeteria before they left here," i tell her so she knows they aren't in here to see us. i lean forward to her again addicted to the feeling she gives me through her soft, warm lips. she remains pretty stiff in the kiss and i feel her hand wrap around the wrist that connects to my hand in her dress. my stomach aches at the thought of her wanting to pull it out, due to her stress at the moment, not wanting to be left without the feeling of her toned abdomen. her grip tightens, but makes no movements to remove it. she tilts her head up until it's enough to disconnect us again. i put my forehead to hers, "we need to stop," i hear her say over the music but keeping a soft voice. "i don't wanna," i say with pouting my lip out. "i watch her bite her lip to contain her smile as her eyes flick from my eyes to my lips. she keeps her eyes on my lips letting out a 'hm' laugh before she speaks, "you're making this difficult." "making what difficult exactly?" i press her for more clarification only to hear her say it. "bowen," she says sternly while gripping my wrist more, yet she still won't pull my hand out making me smirk. she upholds the sternest, but i know she's holding in laughter. "what's difficult?" i ask her against her lips speaking louder because of the music not caring if anyone possibly hears. "you're being mean," she answers bashfully. "that's not an answer to my question," i retaliate. her chin tilts up to line up with my lips as if she's about to capture them, but moves her head back down. "i wish we were alone right now," she says looking into my eyes inching closer to my lips again enough to feel each others breath, "it's difficult not to kiss you more right now." i pull my hand out of her dress moving my hands to her hips. her hands both come around my neck. now that we're in a less compromising position, "i completely agree," i tell her giving her a short kiss. i see a figure approach is from my side view assuming it to be red. but to my disappointment it's none other than greyson. i've never met someone so dense and unable to taking a damn hint. i look at him clenching my jaw to keep from word vomiting a whole lot of things i would just love to tell him, but i know nini doesn't want or need me to. she's made sure that i understand how she feels about other guys and i'm fully on board with her. it's just hard not to act on instinct or my feelings. she follows my eyes to see where i'm looking. "hey nins," he greets her. i can assure anyone that he called her nins to tick me off especially since they don't talk nearly as much as they used to. "hi," she greets back short, but keeps on her sweet smile. she slides her arms from my neck to hold my forearms. "you look really good tonight," as he looks over her whole body. she grips my arms a little making a faint face of disgust. "uh thanks," she says bluntly. he still stands there even though that's a cue to leave. i bend down to her ear, "i'm on the verge of doing something," letting her know that i'm having a hard time containing myself around this guy. "i'll see you later greyson," she bids him off, but of course he doesn't follow. "oh do you wanna go-," i don't care where he's gonna ask her to go. i find nini's lips and suck her bottom lip into my mouth. i release from her with a smooch sound, "bye greyson," i say with my pent up annoyance. he glares at me walking past us not giving nini another look. "gosh ricky," she says embarrassingly shaking her head. i already feel the mood lightened because of her ability to brush off negative feelings. "worked. didn't it?" i say laughing. "guess so," she says tossing her bear back some exhaling a long breath. my breathing becomes deeper seeing her neck exposed and extended like that. i don't know how that can be hot, but shit it was. she comes back forward where our faces meet closer than she had expected them to. "you're so stunning," i blurt out pushing a chunk of hair behind her shoulder. "you're quite handsome yourself," she doesn't hesitate to respond and i didn't expect it. she's never voiced how she thinks of me. and if handsome is one of them, then i'm very very happy. the rest of our night carries on perfectly. i'll say it again. this day has been one of the best days i've ever had and it's all because of nini. we have good quality time with our friends throughout the night and it's finally time to head on home. nini and i are on the drive home. i pull into her driveway sad to see the night end, but i'm in complete bliss.