𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 / 𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙞 ✔️

dreaming and thinking

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So this one-shot is an alternate story line I came up with for episode 8.

This also uses some of the dialogue from episode 8!

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Nini was walking back to school for rehearsals after she had walked back home to get her script that she accidentally left behind in her room early this morning. It was also the first tech rehearsal. But Nini couldn't stop thinking about one thing.

The last time she spoke to Ricky.

"Thanks, but I don't really need advice from a 'buddy' right now."

The look in his eyes as he spatted out the word "buddy" to her, killed her.

And now here was Nini, still feeling bad about it and everything, just walking quietly back to school.

Though, over the weekend, Nini started thinking about leaving East High and applying for a performing arts school. Her old friend, Emily Pratt, from summer had mentioned about going to a boarding school for the arts and said, "It makes all that stuff last summer feel like kindergarten."

But leaving East High also meant leaving her friends.

Anyways, Nini had arrived and entered the school and made her way to the theater. She saw no one else outside waiting and so she entered the theater, only to be shocked at what she saw.

Everyone else was already inside, except Gina and Natalie.

"Oh my gosh, what happened?" Nini asked as she looked around. The theater was wet and things had looked burnt.

Ms. Jenn noticed the group and walked over to them. "It's okay! Nobody was hurt. There was a small fire over the holiday, and the sprinklers did their job."

"We're almost done in here, just have to finish up the faculty room next. Some circuits blew in there over break."  A fire woman said as she walked over to Ms. Jenn. "Unfortunately, the show can't go on."

"What?" Ms. Jenn said as everyone else looked around in worry.

Fire ripped through half of your costumes and the sprinklers ruined a bunch of your sets. I'm sorry, but i'm gonna have to red tag the entire backstage area for a month at least." She said as she handed over a burnt basketball with smoke coming out of it to Ms. Jenn.

"Did she just say costumes?" Kourtney asked sadly.

"Okay listen up, hug your neighbor, take a moment, and let's reconvene in the cafeteria after school to talk about options. Nini and Ricky, spread the word."

Nini agreed and immediately spoke. "Got it. Yeah, of course."

Ms. Jenn waited on Ricky to respond. Nini looked over and saw that he was on his phone texting someone.

"Ricky? Ricky?"

Ricky looked up and quickly put his phone away. "Huh? Sorry. After school in the cafeteria, got it."

Nini bit her lip and left the room. She walked to the cafeteria and started to spread the word to the other cast members and crew.

Soon after, everyone else had gathered in the cafeteria talking about what was going to happen. Ms. Jenn had came back and everyone began to talk about what was going to happen. They all found out that Gina had a family thing, and so wasn't going to be there. They eventually had came up with an idea to look into other venues for the show, and Carlos had gotten his Uncle Ruben to agree in letting them use the El Rey theater. Ms. Jenn had looked hesitant at first, but eventually agreed.