Multi-Fandom One-Shots Part 2

a dream filled mind - Rini (HSMTMTS)

Senior year was coming to a close in a few short months, and everyone knew Nini Salazar-Roberts was the front runner for valedictorian. She was the smartest girl in school, she had a 4.6 GPA, accepted into 3 Ivy's still waiting on 2 more schools before making her final decision. She was also the head of the musical theatre department and worked at the local bookstore on the weekends.

Everyone also knew Ricky Bowen would be the one person that could knock Nini out for valedictorian. His GPA just falling shorter than hers, sitting at a 4.57, but he had three more months to beat her out. He would definitely be salutatorian, but was desperate to beat the brunette out of the top rank.

The pair have been at each other's throats since the beginning of junior year, rubbing a test or a paper in the other's face when they do better, constantly competing against one another. Of course, it hasn't always been this way. They were friends during their freshman year when they had first met, the best of friends at that. But once they returned after the summer of their sophomore year, things had taken a complete 180. Spouting rude and snide remarks at one another, can't helping the words flying from their mouth. It had thrown everyone, confused as to what had happened between the pair that was once attached at the hip.

The small brunette knew how pissed he was, knowing that she was currently holding the top ranking. She knew his GPA was lower than hers because of a group project that wasn't weighted properly, she couldn't help but smirk at this. It was an unfair advantage for her, she knew that, but she simply told him, 'better luck next time.' Which he just frowned at, flipping her off.

No one knew what had happened over the summer going into junior year, and no one dared to ask the pair, not unless they wanted to lose their heads. Their friends had remained clueless on the events that had brought them to push each other away, confused as to why they were suddenly acting in such an ill-manner. All they could do was simply watch as the once close pair, that were basically best friends, began to drift apart and become sworn enemies.

"Hey Princess, ready for the test today?" Ricky asks passing Nini taking his usual seat behind her.

She couldn't help but scoff and roll her eyes at the curly-haired boy, "Ready to do better than you? Always Bowen." She smirks.

AP Chemistry was always one of Ricky's better subjects, he and Nini both knew this. He would constantly joke that he could always tutor her in chemistry with a suggestive wink. She responded the same each time, with an eye roll and a flick to his forehead telling him to fuck off, getting him out of her face.

"Do you guys ever get tired competing?" Big Red asks from his spot next to Ricky who was watching the back and forth between them like he has the past two years.

The pair look over to the red head like he has lost his mind. They shake their heads in unison, "Red, there's a lot riding on the next three months," Ricky tells him, in which Nini nods in agreement. The only time she ever agrees with anything he says is when it's about their little competition, because they both were so desperate to come out on top.

"We're graduating in like three months, can't you guys just let it go?" Ashlyn says.

Ricky and Nini couldn't help but burst out laughing as if Ashlyn had made the joke of the century, "Let it go?" Nini asks amidst her laughter, "You're kidding, right? In three months, when I'm valedictorian, I get to rub it in his face, as I ship myself off to whichever Ivy that I end up choosing." She hears Ricky scoff from behind her, causing her to turn around, giving him a challenging look.

"Oh, didn't you hear? My third Ivy acceptance came in the mail yesterday. And, how many have come in for you?" She asks sarcastically, rubbing it in his face.