A light || Ricky and Nini

Chapter 143

Nini POV

"You might not be that drunk, but you're way too drunk to drive so I'm gonna see if we can get a ride home and we'll come get the car tomorrow." Ricky groans as we stand out on the sidewalk. "Why can't we stay the night?" I look towards the house and the people flooding out of it and I give him a little smile. "My moms barely accept me staying at your place. I mention a strange boy's house to them and they're not gonna be too thrilled." I admit and Ricky smiles lazily, coming over to me and slinging his arm around my waist. "You drive then. It'd be hot." I giggle and push him away. "You know I don't have my license yet baby. I love how we're stuck between two illegal situations." I say and he grins wider, leaning against me. "You driving with a permit is less illegal than me driving after three beers." He says and my jaw drops. "Three? I thought you only had one." He shakes his head. "NOPE!" He pops the end of the word and smiles. "I had more after we-" I press my hand to his mouth and laugh despite myself. "Okay okay I get it. But we aren't debating anything to see what's less illegal. I'm getting us a ride." I say and he laughs. Just as I'm about to open my phone, Big Red approaches us. "Hey guys, you all good? " I shake my head and hold onto Ricky's waist a bit tighter as he sways. "He got super drunk near the end of the party and I didn't even realize it which is whatever, but I can't drive home and he can't either." Red nods and looks at Ricky. "Maybe I can drive? Ashlyn took EJ home because he was super wasted too and Kourtney took Gina back. I could drop you off at home and then bring Ricky back to my home. His dad hardly ever cares when he stays over and that way he'll have someone when he wakes up with a kickass hangover." I nod gratefully. "Oh my god thank you. I was having one of those moments where I really could've thought this through a bit more before coming here." Red laughs and shrugs. "No worries!" I stabilize Ricky before pushing my hands into his pockets, searching for his car keys. "Another round baby? We went pretty hard tonight and I'm tiredddd." He slurs and my face heats up. Red pretends not to hear even though I can see his smile and I make a mental note to get back at Ricky when he's more aware. "So you can't drive yet? How come I didn't know this?" Red asks when I've found Ricky's keys and we're all piling into the car. "I can, I have my permit and all. I just suck at three point turns and parallel parking and that's sorta the test." Red nods knowingly. "I failed three times because of that shit. But you just have to practice it a ton." I nod and sigh, running my fingers through Ricky's hair as he rests against the window. I hear him sigh which makes me smile. "Yeah I should probably just get it over with and schedule a test." Red nods and I see him thinking. "You should talk to Ricky about those things actually, he passed that part of the test perfectly but couldn't stop at a damn stop sign. You guys seem like you're opposites when it comes to that and it could really help in your favor." I point at him and smile. "My permit expires in September. After we come back from Colorado, Ricky's got three months to teach me how to parallel park and do a three point turn." I say and I hear Ricky grumble which makes me and Big Red burst into laughter.