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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Let's go on with twenty questions then..." Ricky suggested, grabbing his bottle of water and taking a sip of it. Chloe nodded and stared at her notebook, while thinking of a question. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Since when did you start being a member of the triple Z's?" Chloe asked, looking at him. "June 17, 2011" Ricky answered, almost automatically. "And what about you, Lukasiak? Since when are you a member of the triple L's?" Ricky asked. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"January 3, 2012..." Chloe said, "it's because of Josh that I joined it, actually. He was such a flirt, and then the fire started between us." She said, smiling weakly. Ricky swallowed the lump which had formed in his throat and nodded his head slowly, not wanting to show Chloe how much he hated it whenever she talked about Josh like that. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Favourite food?" Chloe asked monotone, while she was drawing some cirkles on her notebook. "French fries with steak" Ricky chuckled. "That's from a high culinary level" Chloe exhaled, while writing it down. "It's not because it's easy to make, that it doesn't taste well." Ricky whispered underneath his breath. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀They went on with all kind of little questions, and the tension only thickened in the room. Chloe and Ricky barely looked at each other, both being afraid that with every wrong word they would say, or wrong glance they would give each other, that there was something which is going to explode. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀It was getting a little later, and they both decided to finish for today. "I guess we have enough information about each other to write a 1,000 words essay til Wednesday." Chloe said. Ricky agreed and nodded. "Do you want something to drink, maybe?" He asked. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Coke, water, lemonade, orange juice..." He said, furrowing his eyebrows. "lemonade, thank you." Chloe said, a weak smile appearing on her face. Ricky left his bedroom to go get something to drink. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The blonde took a deep breath and her eyes scanned his bedroom. She stood up and walked passed the walls, her fingertips brushing along the grey wall. She walked up towards his desk and smiled at a picture of Ricky with his friends of the 'Triple Z's'. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Okay, she doesn't go along with Maddie, Kalani, Kendall, Nick and Emery... But maybe there's a little chance that Ricky and Chloe start to appreciate each other. Of course, they don't need to fall in each others arms everytime they see each other, but maybe just a little smile can do much. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But she didn't smile because it was Ricky, she smiled because she recognized something in the picture. These friends are like family for him, and that's just how it is with Chloe. She can't bare losing her friends in the triple L's, they've been there for her since day one, four years already. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Then she walked back towards the bed and she sat down, next to his nightstand. She took the picture of Ricky as baby in his parents arms off of his nightstand and looked at it, pressing her lips on each other. She carefully slid her finger around the woman on the picture, barely touching the piece of fragile paper. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀