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~ 44

Nini is about to start her new job, one that Ej got her. He's the only one from high school she was still in contact with.  Apparently, a friend of his worked closely with the boss's best friend.

On her first day she walked into the building in downtown Manhattan. It was a beautiful building with at least 50 floors. She walked up to the receptionist who smiled at her "Hello my name is Nina Salazar-Roberts and I'm here to start my new job."

The women smiled and nodded her head before looking at her computer screen "You can go up. His office is on floor 58 and here is your key card" She told Nini while handing her a white card. "Don't lose it" the women told her before talking to the next person.

She walked towards the elevator and pressed the button for floor 58. The ride to the top floor seemed like it flew by, so when the door opened, she took a deep breath before stepping out of the elevator.

As soon as she stepped into the hallway a black-haired and tall woman came up to her. "Hello, my name is Luna, and I am the assistant of the boss's best friend. You must be the new assistant, am I right?" She questioned her. The brunette. She nodded myher head "Yes, I'm Nina."

She outstretched her hand, and the black-haired woman gladly took it. "I will show you everything after you talk to the Boss" She told Nini, to which she only nodded her head as a sign that she understood.

"His office is the one at the end of the hall" She said, "And Good luck."

She raised her eyebrows in confusion. Why would she wish me good luck? I already had the job. Nini thought to herself.

She walked towards his office and knocked. "Come in" She heard a male voice say. For some reason it sounded slightly familiar, but also not at the same time. She slowly pushed the door open to reveal a beautiful office with a desk in the middle of it, a couch to the right of the door and a huge window front on the left side of the door.

She closed the door after walking into the office. "Sit" her new boss told her. She still has not looked at him, she was too scared to. she did as he told her to do though.

So now she was sitting in her Boss's office being to scared to look up. "So, you are my new assistant?" He asked her. She nodded her head "Yes" she mumbled.

"Look at me" He suddenly commanded. The brunette took a deep breath before looking up.

As soon as she did her breath got caught in her throat. Sitting in front of her was her best friend from high school. "Ricky" she said in surprise.

His eyes had widened too "Nini." They both just stared at each other in shock.

The two of them have not been in contact since Nini moved to LA at the end of their junior year. He knew and promised to call her every day, but after a week neither of them bothered anymore. "I have not seen you since junior year" Ricky decided to say to start a conversation. 

She could not move though. She was frozen in place. "Nini?" He was waving his hand in front of her eyes. "Oh right, sorry I guess I was just surprised. It's been like what, 5 years?" She asked.

The thing is she knew exactly how long it has been, even by the exact days. If you want to know It has been 5 years, 2 months and 11 days or 271 weeks and 1 day or 1898 days since the last time they saw each other. You could say that she missed him, but honestly that would be an understatement.

"Yeah 5 years" He said, and, in a whisper, he added "2 months and 11 days, but who is counting."

The brunette looked around the spacious office "So you're a CEO now." He chuckled "Yep, like you always told me I would be." She smiled at him "I'm proud of you Ricky, I really am" Nini said with a genuine smile on her face. "Thank you" He smiled at her.

"What about you? Did you reach your dream?" Ricky asked her.

That question caused her to freeze. Did she reach her dream? Well yeah, but not the one Ricky knew of.

"Nini?" He waved his hand in front of her for the second time that day. "I did" Was all she told him. "That is great, then why did you want this job? I thought you achieved your dream of living off music?" He questioned her. That only caused her to sigh "Ricky dreams can change and that is not my dream anymore, it has not been since I left Salt Lake City all these years ago." That left him speechless.

Of course, she was right, but why did he think this had a different deeper meaning. There was a question he desperately wanted to ask her now "Then what is your dream now?" Nini looked at her lap, where she was playing with her fingers. After a few minutes of thinking she said "I can't tell you."

With that she stood up and walked out of the room. As soon as she closed the door Ricky called Big red "Hey red, yeah I need you to find out whatever you can on Nini. And before you ask, yes the Nini from high school."

With that he hung up the phone. The curly haired man knew that she was hiding something, he just had to figure out what.

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2 days later

Ricky was working on some papers when his door burst open. He was about to yell at the person, when he saw that it was his best friend. Big red looked like he was about to burst. "Close the door and sit down" He instructed his red-haired best friend. As soon as he did, he handed him a file. "I did what you asked me to do" Big red started with. "But you should take a deep breath before reading it." He frowned "Why? It can't be that bad." "Just read it, you'll see. I will go get back to work now." The curly haired man opened the file and started reading.

Name: Nina Salazar-Roberts

Age: 21

Nationality: American

Parents: Carol and Dana Salazar-Roberts

Residency: Lived in Salt Lake City until the age of 16 then moved to LA. Has been living there ever since

He stopped reading when he noticed a sticky note from Big red, which said "Don't kill anyone." He raised his eyebrows in confusion and just continued reading.

After moving to LA she has been brought to a boarding school for troubled teens. This school was closed a year later, due to child abuse. Many of the kids from this school did not survive. According to old documents she was pregnant at the time of arrival but has been forced to get rid of her child. Father of the child is unknown. After graduating that school, she has been brought back to her parents, who made her go to college online. Right after turning 21 her parents were sentenced to 10 years in prison due to child abuse in an extreme case.

Ricky was shocked to say the least. He did not even know where to start processing. Nini was pregnant, most likely with his child. She had been forced to get rid of it, but probably the worst part was that she was abused for years.

He could not help the feeling of guilt. If she would not have been pregnant, she probably would have never had to go through that.

The curly haired man did not even hear the door opening, he was so distracted. "Ricky" Nini was waving her hand in front of him. He looked up and pulled her into his arms. "I'm so sorry" He muttered.

The brunette was about to ask why, then her eyes fell onto the open folder on his desk. He knew, everything.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that just because I got you pregnant" He told her while pulling back.

Now he was just holding her hands. "It's ok, it's not like it was your fault" She told him truthfully. Ricky sighed "I know, but I still feel guilty."

She just nodded her head instead of answering.

After a few minutes of silence, she spoke up "My dream was to get away from the abuse. I never thought my own moms were capable of doing that to me."

He caressed her knuckles "You have me now, ok?" That caused her to smile "Thank you Ricky. I really missed all these years." He pulled Nini onto his lap "1900 days after you left I finally have you in my arms again" Ricky told her with a kiss to her forehead.

"Yeah" Was all she said as an answer.

They finally had each other gain, no matter what the past put them through. They could get through everything if they just had each other.