𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎 // 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚗 [𝟷]

1.11

Nicholas and Thalia walk back to the bomb shelter. They hear singing and Thalia immediately identifies it as Ricky. She looks through the door and hears him singing an acoustic version of  "When There Was Me And You," like he had mentioned earlier. A smile creeps up on her face. She peeks in more and sees that Gina is there watching intently and that he was singing to her. Thalia's smile fell and she moved from the door and went down the hall. Nicholas sighed. He knew she still had feeling for Ricky and it hurt him. But still he followed behind her.

~Later~

Ash😍:
Lia!!

Thalia✨🦋:
Whats up ash

Ash😍:
Were all meeting at big red's at 8
like everyone

Thalia✨🦋:
Okay
me alaina and nick r on our way

Ash😍:
kk

-

Silence.

There were so many people in the basement, but silence filled the room.

"This is nice," Thalia half smiles, trying to make it less awkward. It didn't work. She starts picking at her nails, a nervous habit she's had for a while.

"This is a terrible party. There aren't even pretzels," Natalie states. "What are we all doing here?"

"We all ended up in the same basement after a really bad day, so someone should say something," Ashlynn speaks up.

"Fine. I'll say something," Carlos sighs. "I'm mad ad Miss Jenn."

"Why?" Gina scoffs. "Because she's got a couple skeletons in her closet?"

"That's obviously not why. I mean I'm mad at her too. She's giving up," Thalia tells Gina. "We've gone through so much with her and now what?"

"Exactly. She was the first teacher to not see me as a punchline, and now she's not even a real teacher?" Carlos asks.

"Define 'real teacher'," Ashlynn sighs.

"He's got a point," Kourtney points out.

"Does he, though?" Natalie asks.

"Yeah he does," Alaina persists.

"Guys," Big Red tries to get everyone to stop fighting.

"So, why are we all here then?" Natalie asks.

"Didn't you already ask that?" Nicholas asks.

"I think she did," Alaina agrees.

"No, it's a good question," EJ jumps in. "This is a waste of time."

"Honestly?" Carlos asks rhetorically. "Because she gave me a shot. And it's been a long time since someone gave me a shot."

"Yeah," Seb nods and places his hand on Carlos's knee.

"She gave me a voice," Nini, who's been awfully quiet this whole time, sighs.

"Yeah, and now nobody's gonna get to hear it because Miss Jenn screwed up," Kourtney snarls.