𝐼 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 - ℎ𝑠𝑚𝑡𝑚𝑡𝑠

CHAPTER 16

nini pov -

"bye ricky." i say, going in for a hug.
i start to walk away from him until i hear him say "i still love you." which were words i never thought i'd hear come from his mouth.
i quickly jerk around, confused but at the same time happy.
"i've loved you since the first time you picked up your ukulele and wrote a song about clouds, a silly little song about clouds. i love you." he says, tearing up as i begin to cry. i walk a little closer to him.
"i'm sorry for what happened in our last relationship. i hate arguing with you and i hate that we broke up. it's never what i really wanted even if i did break up with you. i really do love you nina salazar-roberts. you mean the world to me and i don't ever want to lose you again." he says.
at this point i was balling my eyes out, happily. i knew i still loved him too. he steps closer to me and strokes my face making me blush.
"i still love you too, ricky bowen." i say looking at him right in the eye. i could tell it made him happy. he smiled big at me as he kissed my lips.
"so, what now?" i ask ricky.
"well, will you go out with me again?" ricky asked me.
"of course." i say.
i was so excited. i had still loved him for a while but i just didn't want to tell him because i was scared of rejection. i was scared he would hurt me again but now i know he won't.

ricky pov -

"well, will you go out with me again?" i asked nini, nervously. even though we had just exchanged i love you's i was still scared she would say no. what if she's not ready?
"of course." nini says to me, making me feel relieved.
she makes me so happy and i couldn't imagine my life without her in it. we've been through so much but this time i'm 100% positive we'll last. i love her. i'm not losing her again.
"maybe you should stay here while i do my homework." nini says, after we stared at each other for at least 30 seconds.
"i would love that." i say.
it felt like we never broke up. it felt like we have always been together. i loved it. she heads over to her backpack and grabs a pencil and one of her binders. i take a seat on her bed and end up laying down. i turn on the tv but make sure to turn it down so it doesn't distract her.
"thank you." nini says, turning around from her desk.
"for what?" i ask.
"for staying. this is why i love you." nini replies.
"i love you too. i'd stay any day." i say.
she started to work on her homework as i watched tv on her bed.
"do you want to spend the night?" nini asks me as she takes a break from her homework.
"yeah, i'll ask my dad." i say.
i text my dad and asked him if i could spend the night. he replied with a simple "yes, that's fine." which i found weird considering it was a Thursday night but i wasn't complaining.
"what did he say?" nini asks.
"he said yes." i reply, smiling.
at this point, it was around 7:30 so nini and i went downstairs and we made ham sandwiches.
"what cheese do you want?" nini says.
"surprise me." i say, laughing.
it was always the little things that made us happy which is something i love about us. we walk back upstairs and sit on her bed.
"ricky, i realized i really need you today. i realized that i've always needed you and you mean so much to me. i just don't think i tell you that enough and i'm sorry. i really do love you ricky." nini says, kind of catching me off guard.
"awee, nini i love you more." i say.
"not possible." she says as i pressed a kiss to her lips.
we finish up our food while watching criminal minds, nini's current favorite show.

nini pov -

"was it good?" i ask ricky, seeing that he already finished his ham sandwich.
"yeah, you are pretty skilled in the sandwich department." ricky says.
i begin to laugh knowing that we have some of the weirdest conversations but i loved it. as i finish up my food i get a text from gina.

text from gina: hey, i'm still in a pretty bad place but i just wanted to say i'm sorry for everything that has happened. i really didn't want to mess up anything with you and ricky. i was just not in a good place like right now and i'm really sorry.

i reply with "it's okay, i understand!" and sat my phone down.

"what was that?" ricky asks.
"gina. she was just apologizing for everything."
"oh, that's sweet." he says.
"yeah. i feel bad for her. i hope she's okay." i say.
"she will be. i promise, baby." ricky says.
"i love you." i say, feeling the need to say it.
"i love you more."
i know we had just got back together but it felt like we never broke up. he's always been my baby.
"we should go out for dinner tomorrow night. i want to spend time with you." ricky says.
"okay. what time?" i ask.
"i'll pick you up at 8 sharp." ricky says.
i nod my head yes and lay down in my bed as he follows me. i lay my head on his and we get comfortable knowing we would probably fall asleep soon. we were pretty tired from the events that happened that day.
"goodnight beautiful. i love you." ricky says.
"goodnight. i love you more." i say.
i close my eyes cuddling with ricky and doze off happier than i've been a pretty long time.

word count - 1006

𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 16! 𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 17 (𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟) 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟. 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛! 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 17 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘!

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