Glad You Could Make It - Ricky and Nini Oneshots

Erase Me

Erase Me

AN: Here is the continuation of my fic "Doomsday", so make sure to read that fic before you read this one! Also please read my notes at the bottom!!

CW// Mentions of a past abusive relationship, drinking

Nini awoke to a violent pounding in her head, and she rubbed her eyes as they adjusted to her surroundings.

The sheets she was currently under weren't familiar to her, and her mouth felt like she had swallowed a pound of soot, no doubt a remnant of the rum she had last night. She shifted slightly and saw an unknown head of curls laying in the bed next to her, the sheets pulled up over his face, and Nini's stomach dropped in fear as she tried to remember all that had happened last night.

Quickly, she slid out of bed, desperately trying to find her clothes that had been thrown about the room. She pulled on her tights, the nylon tearing on the nails poking out of the old floor. She fell onto her back, pulling her tights over onto her hips, trying to be as quiet as possible. Her eyes looked up at the ceiling and were met with posters of old bands, national parks, and skating skeletons. Those skeletons were acutely aware of everything she had done in this room.

Her skirt and top smelled distinctly of the aftershave she had found so alluring and addicting last night, and Nini sighed as she inhaled the once intoxicating scent.

Sliding on her shoes, she was able to successfully escape the stranger's bedroom without waking him. With one last glance back to the bed, the stranger had pulled the sheets off his face, still asleep, and Nini was struck with a painful recognition.

It wasn't a stranger.

*****

Nini trudged across campus a la "walk of shame" back to her college apartment, slightly cursing herself for going to a frat party far away from her home.

She tried to rack her brain of all she had done that night, piecing it together little by little but she needed to really think about it. All she could remember right now was getting ready to go out, and this morning when she awoke in what she thought was a stranger's bed.

There was no denying it was him. The guy who had most likely ravished her last night was the same one who used to give her longing looks in chemistry class and AP lit. The same one who checked on her during countless high school parties. The same one who pulled her from the ground when she was at her breaking point. The same one who checked on her for weeks after.

Ricky Bowen.

She reasoned it shouldn't come as too much of a shock that they attended the same college. Even after she left East High to become homeschooled, her grades remained high, and it comes as no surprise that Ricky's grades were on the same level. He was in all the same classes as her and appeared to be a hard worker, so it made perfect sense they'd be going to college together.

That still doesn't explain why she ended up in his bed last night, Nini thought as she finally made it back to her apartment. She opened the door to reveal her roommates, Ashlyn and Kourtney, sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Girl, where have you been? The new season of Love Island just dropped on Netflix and we've been DYING for you to get home so we can watch it!" Kourtney exclaimed, jumping up from the couch and running over to Nini. She frowned slightly when she saw Nini's mussed-up hair and smeared makeup, "That frat party really did a number on you last night, huh?"

"I didn't think it was that bad," Ashlyn called from her place on the couch. "It was fairly uneventful.

"You didn't see Miss Nini slip away with an attractive SigEp."