chapter five ( takes place in 1x03 'wonderstudies' )
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"i think you deserve more than what you settle for."
- 27 DRESSES
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When they had first started up their fake-dating ruse, Izzy hadn't expected to get along with Ricky as well as she did. They had started off as strangers, but their partnership had blossomed into a great friendship. Ricky was similar to Izzy in the sense that he wasn't extremely close with many people, except for Big Red, similar to how Izzy was only really close with Cara. And yet, despite that fact, they found themselves becoming closer, and spending time alone away from the facade that they put on in public.
They had begun a movie night tradition and it was Izzy's chance to pick the movie, so they were sitting on her couch watching 13 Going on 30, one of Izzy's comfort movies. She had been excited to share one of her favorite movies with Ricky, expecting him to be as attentive as he had been all of their other movie nights, but he wasn't concentrating on the movie and had been on his phone the whole night. He looked up with a start when she prodded his rib with her foot lightly.
"You're not watching," Izzy reminded him and Ricky gave his head a little shake, as if to clear his thoughts.
"Crap, sorry Iz," Ricky said, sitting up straighter and setting his phone to the side. They sat in silence after that but Izzy noticed him glance at his phone. She sighed and reached for the remote, hitting pause on the movie, and he turned to her in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Izzy asked and Ricky opened his mouth to protest that nothing was wrong, but Izzy fixed him with a look that made him shut his mouth. They had grown close enough that she knew when he was lying.
"Uh, earlier I kind of walked in on Nini and Ashlyn singing this great song and they were like really into it. And then when they were finished me and Nini had this, sort of, moment thing. I don't know, but it just felt...it felt like feelings were still there," Ricky said, staring at the frozen frame of Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo.
