Best Bros on and off Stage? (Ricky and E.J)

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Author's Note: This story was requested by @red5050 I hope that this is what you wanted. I made a few changes. Also, take note that this takes place the day after Ricky and E.J's fight with the basketball and bloody nose in season one.

TW: throwing up, nausea

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*The Day of the Fight*

Ricky's POV:

"Ricky, before you go check on E.J's condition, could you please come over here? I have something important to say." I heard Miss Jenn say from across the room in front of where Kaiden and Dayton were standing awkwardly.

"Ok. I'm listening and by the way I seriously didn't mean to throw the basketball that hard. It was an honest mistake." I replied to her as I sat down in one of the chairs in the room.

"This kind of behavior cannot happen again. You are a lead in this show and need to be taking this seriously. I want you to apologize to E.J for the incident. Oh and let him know that both of you have a punishment tomorrow instead of rehearsals." Miss Jenn said to me while reading her notepad.

"I said that it was a mistake and I'm sorry. Why are you punishing both of us? What is the punishment?" I questioned her even though she didn't make eye contact with me.

"Sorry won't be good enough till you act like best bros on and off stage. You two will be painting props tomorrow while I work on the 'Stick to the Status quo' dance number with Seb and Gina." Miss Jenn replied to me after finally making eye contact with me.

"He stole my girlfriend from me. There's no way that we are going to get on the same page before opening night." I mumbled as I walked towards the exit to find E.J

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*The Following Day*

E.J's POV:

"Let's get this paint job over with, Bowen. I don't know why I got punished if I was the one who got hit in the nose with a basketball!" E.J angrily whispered to me as we walked over to the wooden moon prop that we would be painting for opening night.

"Don't blame me for this. Miss Jenn said something along the lines of acting like 'best bros on and off stage'." I mumbled as I walked over to the paint can and brush.

"Are you weak or something, Bowen? Here, let me open the can." E.J angrily replied to me as he gently pushed me away from the paint can.

"I'm not weak. Some people don't admire their abs as much as you do. Accept that Caswell." I made my comeback while E.J opened the paint can without a problem.

"Shut up and paint or else." E.J replied to me after handing me a paintbrush.

"Gosh, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." I mumbled as I reached down for the paint tray.

E.J didn't bother to make a comeback, instead he walked away to the back of the wooden moon and painted the other side while making a smirk look at me. I sighed to myself and started painting the front of the moon, so that we could get this paint job over with. I don't think we'll be best bros anytime soon on or off stage. E.J clearly hates me.

After painting in an awkward silence for a few minutes, E.J walked back over to my side of the moon to get more paint from the paint tray and continued to ignore my presence, as did I.

"E.J, does this paint smell funny to you? I don't feel so good." I said to him before I put my paint brush back on the tray and ran to the nearest trashcan to empty the contents of what remained in my stumach from lunch.

"I don't feel so good...." I heard E.J say as I brought my head up out of the trash can before we both started making unpleasant sounds again in trashcans.

"Gross. Miss Jenn, we have two unwell actors in the room. Yuck!" I heard Carlos say across the room getting everyone's attention, even Nini's.

"Ugh. I feel nauseous." I mumbled to no one in particular as I sat on the stage across from E.J who looked just as sick as I did.

"Ricky, what happened? Are you okay? You look a little pale." I heard Nini's voice before she approached me.

"Ahem. A little help here? I feel sick to my stumach too." I heard E.J cough from across the room ruining the moment between Nini and I.

"Miss Jenn, did you by any chance check the paint cans for VOCs?" I heard Ashlyn pipe up from where she was standing on the stage.

"VO what's" I heard Miss Jenn reply before I started to rub my eyes from irritation.

"VOCs are chemicals that are added to paint to help its durability. We learned about them in chemistry class. They are toxic and have side effects." I heard Ashlyn say to the group of students in the room.

"Aghhh! My head hurts. Make it stop!" I heard E.J say from across from me while Nini tried to comfort me.

"I'll take Ricky home. Ashlyn, can you give E.J a ride home please. He doesn't look like he can drive." I heard Nini say as she took my hand and backpack.

"No problem. Feel better Ricky. Big Red, could you please go find a mask and remove that paint from the theater?" I heard Ashlyn say before Nini and I exited the room.

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Ricky's POV:

"Ricky, do you feel better now that we're not near that paint?" I heard Nini say to me as she got into the driver's seat of her car.

"A little bit. My head hurts a bit. That paint must have been really strong." I mumbled as I faced the window, since Nini and I weren't on talking terms right now.

"I'll drive slow. Tell me if we need to stop." I heard Nini say before she started the car.

I tried my best to stop panicking about being alone in a car with Nini after the past few weeks, but I think that it didn't work because I kept glancing at her as she drove to me house.

After sitting though two awkward stop lights and trying my best not to feel nauseous again, I finally calmed down or so I thought.

"Nini, I don't feel so good. Please stop the car." I groaned while holding my stumach.

As soon as I finished my sentence, Nini pressed down on the breaks hard and stopped by a curb on the side of the street. When the car finally stopped, I got out and let out the contents left from my lunch once again onto the road, except this time in front of my ex-girlfriend. How embarrassing.

Motion Sickness + Nausea from paint + E.J's comebacks = a horrible day.

"Oh Ricky, I forgot all about your motion sickness. I should've given you one of your pills before the drive. I still have some in my backpack. Let it all out. It's going to be okay." I heard Nini say from behind me while she was rubbing my back to comfort me on the side of the road.

"I'm done. I'm sorry about that. I just need to get some rest after this very long day." I mumbled to her as I looked her in the eye.

"Ok. Let me get a motion sickness pill from my bag for the ride home. I have a new water bottle in the back of my car too. I'm going to bring you to my house so that you don't have to go through this alone. I'm sure my Mama would love to pamper you and take care of you for the night." I heard Nini reply to me before she handed me a napkin to wipe my mouth.

"Thanks, Neens. I owe you." I replied before getting back in the passenger seat of her car to take a pill and drink some water.

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