A New Friend

(10) Getting There

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I can't thank everyone enough. I started this back in April on the 29th and wrote chapters 0-3 from 2am-4am, debating if I should make it public or not. I finally came to the conclusion to publish it May 8 at 2am. I didn't think anyone would read it, but here we are.

Also, I'm writing this on July 9 at 1am. I hate it when there's a note in the middle of a story, so I put it at the beginning of a chapter.

(The picture at the top) I've never related to Mr. Mazzara more

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program

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EJ
"EJ, it's your turn," Big Red said as he was sitting down.

"Next was their first kiss," I practically choked on my words. I wasn't nervous speaking to the people in front of me. I was nervous about the topic. Ricky, you'll thank us for this later... hopefully.

*Flashback*
"What about your first kiss?" I asked smirking. What, we're boys?

"Oh god." He looked and sounded pissed.

"What?" Big Red pushed.

"You two sound like a group of girls gossiping after one of them just came back from a date." I mean, he's not wrong.

"Just answer the question," I plead. I'm tired of him avoiding answering.

"It was nothing special. We were watching a movie at my place, and it just happened. It's not like I remember every detail." He was answering quickly and twisting his fingers. Noted, a new nervous tick.

"And Nini?" Big Red asked. I knew where this was heading, and it was not in Ricky's favor.

"What about Nini?" he questioned.

"You remember every detail of your first kiss with Nini," Big Red said matter of factly. It wasn't even a question. I knew he was right. Ricky couldn't deny this one.

"Yes," he grumbled
*End of Flashback*

I decided to leave out the part about Nini. I wasn't sure if she wanted that said in front of everyone. I looked over at Red who noticed and nodded. I started sitting back down, telling Red I'd tell Nini the other part in private.

Big Red
"How did they meet?" Gina asked.

"Well..." I started. I was interrupted by the loud crunching of popcorn. "Carlos?"

"Sorry," he said, continuing to eat.

"We don't actually know the answer to that." I got dumbfounded looks from everyone.

"Really? He won't say?" Seb asked for Carlos because he was still stuffing his face with food.

"Yeah," Ej said. "We've asked him before. It's always the same answer. 'We want to keep it private, so it's our special little thing'," he says in a mocking tone.

"Uh, ok," Kourtney says. They're all confused with us.

"Anyways, the next one was quick. I asked Ricky what he sees in her. Once again, he didn't say much of anything. He just said they 'clicked from the start'. He was obviously trying to change the subject and avoid the question."

Nini
Ok, now I'm even more lost. Ricky sounds completely miserable in this relationship. Jessica overexaggerated big time at the fair. She made out sound like they were in heaven. It sounded like they, or at least he, was living through hell. I want him to be happy, no matter who he's with. But this? This sounded like... I don't know, not happiness. EJ started to stand back up, taking his turn in explaining. But once Big Red sat down, EJ's face dropped. He looked like someone was just murdered right in front of him.

"You knew, didn't you?" he asks Red.

"Knew what?" Big Red replies with a smirk.

"What's going on?" Carlos asks. Boy was he living for this.

"I might've planned out how to give EJ the harder question to explain." Big Red said.

"Dude, if Ricky doesn't kill us for spilling about his personal life, you need to watch yourself," EJ said looking Big Red dead in the eyes. How bad could the question have been?

"Ok, so..." he started. There was regret written all over his face. It was obvious he didn't want to be the one to say this.

EJ
I'm going to kill Big Red later. I knew it was strange he went first. "Ok, so..." I repeated this phrase over and over again. It was like I turned into a broken record player.

"Get on with it, I'm running out of popcorn," Carlos said, opening his third can of coke. How I wanted so badly for there to be some sort of interruption.

If I jumped out the window, how long of a run is it to my house?

"How about we tell them together?" Big Red said next to me.

"Ok, that might be a little better," I say letting out a sigh. Ricky, don't kill us if you find out about this.

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