A light || Ricky and Nini

Chapter 161

Nini POV

Ricky's arm around my waist was tightening as our walk to the front continued and I give him a small smile. "You good?" I giggle and he grins, pressing a kiss to my hair. "I can't believe I forced you onto that ride." I shake my head and give him a reassuring smile. "I'm all good baby." I promise him and he sighs heavily, pressing his lips to my cheek this time. "Alright." He says reluctantly and I crinkle my nose, pulling away from him with a laugh. "You need to shave." I say and he laughs brightly, throwing his head back. "Fine, that's the least I can do for you since I forced you onto the ship. Though, you have to do it for me." I drop my jaw in horror and shake my head. "No damn way! I'd majorly injure you!" I say and he grins, pushing his face back to my cheek where I can feel his rough stubble against my smooth skin. "Ricky!" I laugh and Gina claps her hands. "If you make her shave for you then that's ganging up on her twice in one day." I grin and point to her excitedly. "YES! SHE get's it!" I exclaim. Ricky rolls his eyes and puts his arm around my shoulders, pulling me just a little closer. "Uh huh, girl power, sticking with my woman, female empowerment, I don't wanna hear it." Gina and I burst into laughter and high five as Ricky presses repeated kisses across my temple. "I love you." He mumbles into my ear as EJ starts up a conversation with Gina and the statement catches me so off guard that I almost trip over a rock. I laugh and hold onto him. "I love you too." I say very matter-of-factly and he grins, as if I had just said it for the first time. "Come on you dorks! There they are!" EJ exclaims and I laugh as Ricky and I are tugged along by Gina, right as the rest of our friend group comes into view.

"AH hey beauties!" Kourtney says, immediately running up to hug me and Gina. "What no hugs for us?" EJ says, his voice holding mock offense and making us all crack up. "Give him a hug, he probably hasn't gotten any from Gina all day, probably forced her onto a ride she didn't want to go on or something." Ashlyn announces and EJ grins proudly, squaring his shoulders. "ACTUALLY!" He starts and Ricky cringes, looking at the ground. "I didn't force my girlfriend onto anything she didn't want to go on." Carlos raises his eyebrows. "That was clearly pointed at someone." When he sees Ricky looking down and my hand rubbing his back Carlos gasps. "RICKY! Come on you're the sweet one!" He exclaims and Ricky grimaces, looking up with an apologetic smile. "I didn't know Nins would be that scared!" He says in defense and I blush. "You didn't like the rides?" Seb asked gently and I shrug. "I didn't like the high ones." I clarify, giving him a kind smile. "But everything's all good." I laugh and EJ snorts. "Yeah after three or four heart attacks." Ricky shoots a deadly glare in his direction and EJ backs up, his hands in the air in defense. "My god, sorry!" He says and I giggle, resting my head against Ricky's shirt as the group talks about what they want to do next. "How about you guys do bumper cars? Low anxiety for everyone!" Kourtney suggests and the group nods in excitement. "Yeah until we're smashing into other people's cars, but wait, you don't want to come?" Carlos asks, intertwining his fingers with Seb. Kourtney shakes her head and grins. "Bad memories with bumper cars but I'll watch y'all and take pictures." She says, leading the way towards the ride. "You and I are riding in the same car." Ricky tells me into my hair as though it's something I wouldn't think about on my own. I laugh and press a kiss to her shoulder. "Of course."

Bumper cars with the group are immensely fun and the more we ride around, the more everyone wants to start ramming into each other on purpose. I didn't want to, but I looked away from my surroundings (because Ricky let me drive) and I can't take my eyes off of him. His curls are flying wildly in the wind and he's grinning brightly, his energy just completely contagious. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" Ashlyn and Red exclaim as I bump into their car head on. I giggle and Ricky cracks up, putting his hand on my thigh. "For someone who doesn't have a license and can't parallel park, I should've thought through letting you do this." I laugh excitedly and glance at him. "My real life driving skills have nothing to do with this!" I exclaim and he just grins. I start to think about the fact that he still has to help me learn and prepare for my drivers test when we get back to Utah, but my thoughts are halted as I feel his hand shifting higher on my thigh. His pinky is a little too close to my crotch and I gasp as he keeps his hand there, massaging gently. Ricky turns to give me a smile but before I can even react we're crashing head first into Seb and Carlos. "Remind me to never do this when you drive a real car." Ricky jokes happily and I blush until I hear him mumble something, something that sounds just a little too close to the word tonight.