It's five years after High School Musical was put on at East High. Nini decided to go to the music conservatory. Now, she's making it big in the acting industry. What will happen when Ricky, now singer/songwriter, and Nini reconnect?
"I saw the way you looked at her! You can't deny it." I say, raising my voice. Ricky and I were in our hotel room. Ricky was packing, because we had an early flight tomorrow morning to Toronto, where the last show of the tour was.
I may have brought up the whole Nini thing, and things were getting heated.
"I wasn't denying it!" Ricky says back.
"Well then, what the hell? You still like her, don't you?" I shout, pacing around the room. "Gina. What are you talking about? That was the first time I'd seen her face in five years. So yeah, I was shocked. But no, I like you. I love you." He replies, looking up from his clothes.
I could tell Ricky was getting a little annoyed with me, so I knew I needed to chill. I'm not usually the jealous type, but I remember how much they loved each other in high school. I just don't want to lose him.
Ricky's POV:
Well, she definitely noticed. I can't deny that I stared at Nini. I can't deny that I remembered a lot of things I haven't thought about in a while. But what I can deny is that it's going to affect my relationship with Gina. After thinking it over, I've decided that Gina is who I'm with, and she's the only girl for me. Nini and I are long, long over. I mean, I don't know what I would even say to her if I saw her again. I don't even want to think about it.
It does annoy me, though, that after three years, she thinks that I could do that to her. We've been dating for so long, and she sometimes acts like the doesn't know me at all. Her jealousy gets the best of her.
But once she gets out of her feisty mood, she always apologizes and we both move on. No fight has ever made us not speak to each other for a long period of time.
Past 1am, we're in bed, and our bags are all packed. Gina was barely awake. I was scrolling through Instagram. Nini had just posted. It was with that Carson dude. Actually, it's Carter. She had tagged his account. I felt a weird mix of emotions. It was too late to fully dissect them.
Gina looks over my arm at the photo. "Oh, yeah.." She says sleepily. "They're dating."
My eyebrows raised. "How do you know?"
"Wellll....I may have ran into her tonight during the concert, no big deal, and then I was going to ask why she was here but then Carter came out and Nini told me they were dating." Gina said in one breath. "You did what?" I ask. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know, it wasn't a big deal, Ricky. I didn't want you to think I was trying to get back at her or anything." She says.
"Okay..thanks for telling me now though." I reply.
"Of course, babe. Also, did you hear that Teen Vogue was doing a story on your tour?" She asks, propping her head up with her elbow.
"Oh, yeah. They emailed me. I'm excited to see what it's about." I say.
"Me too." She yawns.
"Okay, we should go to bed. I love you, Goodnight." I say.
"Night." Gina replies before she's out like a light. As I'm drifting off to sleep, I'm questioning Gina's intentions. Why did she think it was a good idea to go and talk to Nini? I trust her, though, so I didn't worry about it for too long before I fell asleep.
Madyson's POV:
No. Effing. Way. I was assigned to write about Ricky Bowen's tour, because I knew him personally at East High. I was just a freshman when they put on the High School Musical musical, but I still got a part in the ensemble.
I was originally going to write a small piece about his tour as a whole, but then I uncovered something. A video leaked of Ricky staring into the audience. The camera zoomed in on that certain someone. It was no one other than Nini Salazar-Roberts. The Youth Actors Conservatory graduate who's making it big in the movie industry. The ex-girlfriend of Ricky Bowen. That Nini.
Now this, is a story.
I realized that neither of their fan bases know that they did, in fact, once date. If anything, they maybe know that they both went to the same high school for two and a half years.
I ran the story by my boss, and she was immediately obsessed. "Maddy! This is gonna be amazing. Finish it soon, so we can get it out ASAP." She tells me.
I do just that.
The story is published just a week after the Vancouver concert. Immediately, there's was a reaction. Exactly what we anticipated.
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As a responsible writer, I only mentioned straight facts, and I made sure to include that Ricky was now in a relationship with Gina Porter. But even so, fans were begging for a reunion within the same day it was published. My inbox was flooded with thirsty fans who wanted to know all of the drama. The video was being republished everywhere, from Instagram to Youtube to Twitter. Both Ricky and Nini were being bombarded with comments about it. Sooner than later, they're going to have to address it. Personally, I can't wait to see what they have to say.
