𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲 [ 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗮𝘂 ]

hatred .33

nini was going through her closet, trying to find something comfortable to wear. she heard her bedroom door open. shit, ricky's here already. "uhh just a sec, ricky!" nini called out as she threw a hoodie over her dress. she didn't have time to change now. the girl walked out of her closet to see lewis standing in the middle of her bedroom, "....lewis? what are you doing here?"

"i came here to talk to you."

"oh, uh—"

"seems as if i'm too late, huh?" lewis asked the girl. he looked down to the floor and sighed, "you're already with ricky, aren't you?"

nini shook her head and stepped closer to the boy, "no .. uh. ricky and i just have to write a song together for the press. that's it."

"are you lying to me?"

"no, trust me. ricky wants nothing to do with me other than work," the girl honestly said. she felt awkward. lewis practically barged in her room to "talk". but now it seems lie ricky is the topic of every conversation now. she couldn't blame him though. the girl sighed and faced the floor, "so... what'd you want to talk about?"

"oh i um.. i don't really know," lewis stated. he ran his fingers through his hair and started to pace through nini's room, "i kinda just felt inclined to come here. i don't know... i guess i wanted to tell you that it's official."

"...what is?"

"that i'm moving to california."

nini sucked in a breath. she forced herself to smile and nodded her head, "i'm happy for you. it's a huge opportunity."

lewis sat down on the side of nini's bed. he prepared himself to ask this question and to hear the answer, "do you still wanna be with me...?"

nini was surprised. she figured lewis hated her since they haven't been talking and he left the groupchat with seb. the girl sat down next to lewis and gave him a smile, "of course, i still wanna be with you. i was stupid for sneaking around with ricky. but you're moving to california. i don't want you to stay here because of me."

"i want you to move there with me," lewis finally said. nini looked up from her lap. she stared at lewis with disbelief.

"what?" the girl asked. she got up from the bed, "like move to california with you?"

"yes," lewis stated and stood up to meet her eyes, "think about it. we'll be away from all the mess here, no parents, no benjamin, no fake dating ricky—"

"i'm in the middle of filming, lewis. i can't just leave.."

"nini, i'm sure you'll find something in los angeles. i mean you're nini salazar-roberts! they'd pay to have a new york actress in their film. come on!"

nini shook her head and gave lewis an apologetic look, "i can't .. i'm sorry.."

lewis scrunched his eyebrows together and shook his head. he raised his voice, "i'm sorry? i'm sorry?? that's all you have to say?? we spent years waiting to be together and now we finally have the opportunity to but you wanna stay for a stupid movie?"

"it's not that simple. i can't just leave my life here. what about seb?? kourtney and red?? my moms—"

"you hate your moms."

"i don't hate them," nini answered, "i know their tough on me sometimes but they're still my parents. it's complicated, you know that."

lewis nodded his head and let out an annoyed chuckle, "yes, of course. you're always fucking complicated."

nini turned her head to look a lewis. the girl was starting to get mad, "i'm sorry i don't have perfect fucking parents or the perfect fucking career. but i'm trying. i've been trying to please everyone and be this perfect little star for all of you guys but no one seems to give an actual shit about what i want!! i don't wanna move to california, lewis!"

"is it really because of your life here or is it because of ricky?!"

"I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION HIM," nini yelled out of frustration. ricky was making his way down the hallway. he stopped behind the door once he heard lewis and nini yelling back and forth with each other.

"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO," lewis yelled back, "admit it. you like ricky a lot more than you think. why else would you sneak around with him?! the real reason you're staying here is so you can be with him, huh?"

"FINE! WHAT IF I DO?" nini spat back. by now the girl had tears filling up her eyes, "MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE DOESN'T TRY TO CONTROL OR WATCH OVER MY LIFE EVERY FUCKING SECOND OF THE DAY LIKE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE! MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY LISTENS TO ME! OR BECAUSE HE LETS ME HAVE FUN AND BE FUCKING HAPPY! CAUSE GOD FORBID NINI SALAZAR - ROBERTS TO HAVE A FUCKING SAY IN HER LIFE??"

"WELL WHEN YOU DO MAKE DECISIONS THEY ALWAYS END UP LIKE THIS?? YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO THINK FOR YOURSELF NINI! YOU'RE NAIVE AND CARELESS," lewis yelled back. his voice getting louder and louder with every word, "EVER WONDER WHY NONE OF THE OTHER CAPULETS HAVE AS MUCH PRESSURE OR REGULATIONS?? HMMM.. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AS FUCKING STUPID OR DUMB AS YOU! ...you need to have everyone watching over you or else your whole life and career would go down the fucking drain."

nini screamed out of frustration, "GET OUT! GET OUT!" the girl kept yelling. she used her hands to push against lewis' chest. she wanted him out of her room.

"you fucking need me nini. you need me. you've always needed me in your fucking life," lewis spat while the girl still yelled, "wanna know why? because no one else wants to deal with your ass—"

"LEWIS! GET OUT!" nini finally screamed. she had tears running down her face as she pointed to the door. ricky couldn't take it anymore. he barged into the room. lewis and nini immediately looked to his way. ricky saw how red and puffy nini's face was. her eyes were bloodshot red and she had tears pouring down her face. lewis just looked at the curly headed boy with anger and jealousy.

"nini, baby, you okay?" ricky quickly asked and ran up to nini. he cupped her face in his hands and brought her face up to see it better. she looked miserable. ricky let out a sigh and brought nini behind him. ricky and lewis looked at each other, "i think she asked you to leave."

lewis chuckle and shook his head, "of fucking course, you're here," the boy started to walk to the door but stopped once he was in front of ricky, "you deserve each other. too bad it's never gonna fucking happen because once again, it's forbidden. have fun."

he took one last look at nini. she just stood behind ricky with her eyes glued to the floor. lewis never meant any of it. but his jealousy and frustration got the best of him. besides, he thought to himself. if nini didn't move to california then maybe this was the best way for the both of them to get over each other — hatred.