Ej x Ricky one shots

adore you. ii

Notes:

hi! here's chapter two, it's pretty long but i wanted to get it going!! i hope you enjoy<3

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Chapter 2

strawberry lipstick state of mind...

Ricky Bowen, some may call him the king of being late, some may call him a procrastinator, and some may even call him a slacker— all of which are perfect ways of describing him. He always dragged himself to rehearsals late, he always found himself getting to school late and he was even late today. What's today? Oh, today is the day after Christmas. Today is the day when he and his friends were taking a trip upstate.

Ricky somehow put off packing for the trip, even though his father and Big Red reminded numerous times. It's not that Ricky didn't remember to pack, he just didn't feel like it. Story of his life.

He just finished shoving an obscene amount of clothing into his duffel bag when his dad called him from downstairs. Ricky quickly ran into the bathroom down the hall, grabbing his toiletries and then returning to his room to put them in his bag.

"Ricky!" His dad called him again, "all of your friends are going to be mad if you're late."

Ricky let out a small groan, zipping up his duffel bag and then throwing his backpack over his shoulder. He exited his room and headed down the hallway to the stairs. He found his dad waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs, his arms crossed and his eyebrows raised. "Why do you always wait until the last minute to do anything?"

Ricky shrugged, "I work best that way."

His dad rolled his eyes and turned towards the door, "Let's go."

Ricky followed his dad out the door to his car, put his belongings in the back seat and then sat in the passenger seat. Ricky's dad pulled out of the driveway and headed to Nini's house, where everyone was meeting.

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"Nini— you're actually kidding me, right?" EJ felt his face getting hotter, his voice rising as he heard the news of him sharing a room with Ricky. Everyone stood around them awkwardly watching this interaction.

"EJ, it's fine, all you have to do is sleep in the same room. No big deal!" Nini attempted to smile but seeing how stressed EJ was about this made her smile falter. Nini decided everyday to push off letting EJ know that he was rooming with Ricky. She knew how Ricky felt about the situation and didn't want to tell EJ about it. Before she knew it, it was the day they were leaving and it was time to tell EJ about it.

EJ sighed loudly, looking away from Nini, "Why didn't you tell me this earlier?"

"I don't know," Nini replied quickly, "I know how the two of you feel towards one another and I didn't want it to ruin the trip."

EJ was about to say something but was interrupted by Ricky's dad pulling into Nini's driveway. Everyone watched as Ricky climbed out of the car and grabbed his belongings from the backseat. Ricky and EJ made brief eye contact for a moment, but then Ricky bent down to say goodbye to his father.

Carlos ran to Ricky's side, taking his backpack from him to put it in the back of Nini's car.

"Have fun, kid— be safe, make the right decisions..." Ricky's dad began rambling on, his hands wrapped tightly around the steering wheel. Ricky rolled his eyes.