2: I hate you (I miss you)

Chapter 9: I'm only 17, I don't know anything (but I know I miss you)

OMG WE'RE HERE!!! CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

Okay... so... I already said this on the teaser but... I decided this will be the FINAL chapter of Part 2, that means I saved the biggest cliffhanger yet for this... maybe... don't listen to me I'm not good at teasing lol

Prologue lasted almost 3 months, Part 1 lasted 1 month... and Part 2 took 4 WHOLE MONTHS... consistency? never heard of it...

One good thing that part 2 brought is the fact that this part broke the record of 'longest part': Ricky's prologue got 16k words, EJ's prologue got 12k words, Part 1 got 33k and this one got over 50k words (not final number, I'm writing this before I actually move it over here)... just to let you know, that means the whole series up to this point brings us to OVER 100k WORDS, never in my wildest dreams (taylor's version) I imagined writing this much for anything really... but If I got to do this that means 1k word college essays I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU (yet) hahahha

Anyways, I wanna say thank you for always being there this past 4 months since Part 2 started, all hooked and waiting for the next one, hope you like this one... is not as long as part ones but I have a feeling you're gonna like it :)

Title from "Betty" by Taylor Swift (also the title so true)

Warning: swearing, underage drinking and sexual references

Other unrelated warning: a lot of feelings at once, maybe get yourself some tissues, just in case

...yeah, enjoy! :)

AND YOU BETTER READ UNTIL THE VERY END... THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE CHAPTER

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Back to square one, that kiss confused the hell out of Ricky... sort of... he understands why is happened... kinda. Ricky knows what EJ went through, he literally punched his now ex-boyfriend. He never thought about the fact that when EJ finds out that what he said was true (the cheating thing), the boy was gonna get so wasted because 'life is shit' or something, and not only EJ did that but he also called Ricky, because somehow, even drunk, the boy knew Ricky would be there to get him, like it was november again...

Also Ricky knew it was obvious that after he lost, he just wants to hold on to something else, so EJ reacted as he could and kissed Ricky... yeah, he got mad after that for a bit, but he really can't get mad about it, can he? This also caused Ricky to question whether he should... be anything with EJ.

EJ just lost what he thought it would be a love story for him, and ruined even more the nightmare story he's been a part of for months. But still, when shit went down, EJ felt Ricky somehow was still his 'safe space' even though he lost him, the kiss was his way of saying 'don't leave me' but you know how drunk EJ is, there's not actual words or brain.

The following week, there wasn't a lot of time for the group to hang out, they spent big part of lunch and most of the classes in the final rehearsals for the musical. Ricky still hasn't told anyone about it, he intends to keep it a secret and surprise them... he still could get caught at some point so Gina (who already knows) alerts Ricky when is safe to go. When now and then, the group would wave a each other in the halls while almost running to another hall, Ricky and EJ waved at each other too, but that was it... except on Wednesday.

"Ricky..." EJ approached the boy in a hallway.

"What?" Ricky kept on walking, with the boy following.

"Can we talk about what happened... that night?" Then they stopped.

"Nothing happened." He said looking right at his eyes.