common sense • rini/jolivia one shots

reconcile

Ricky huffed as he screwed up yet another dance move. everybody was getting frustrated that he wasn't getting it. Nini was about ready to kill him if he didn't get it down.

"okay! that's enough for today! Ricky, Nini, stay for a minute?" Carlos said as he dismissed all the other actors.

the two teens awkwardly stood next to each other, glancing at each other occasionally. Carlos put his hands on his hips and turned to them, "Ricky, you've got to get this curtain call down. it's important. Nini, i want you to stay here and help him with it."

she furrowed her brows at her friend, "what? why me? you're the choreographer!"

Carlos sighed, "cause i have a date with Seb. i need you two to figure out what's wrong, why you guys can't seem to dance together. you'll stay here until you figure it out."

the two teens watched their friend gather his belongings before leaving the bomb shelter, closing the door behind him. Ricky and Nini stood awkwardly next to each other before she moved to grab her laptop to pull up the music.

"okay, let's just figure this out so we can go home." she mumbled.

Ricky scoffed, "we could literally leave now and nobody would know."

she eyed him, "we'd know Ricky, plus you really need to learn this dance so let's just get it over with."

the two started to practice, tripping over each others feet and twirling in the wrong directions. after almost head butting once again, Nini stops them.

"oh my god, no, stop! what the hell?!" she raised her voice at the boy.

he shrugged at her, "what?"

"why can't you just loosen up and dance with me?" her brows were furrowed as she crossed her arms over her chest.

Ricky scoffed, "i don't know, maybe cause this is uncomfortable for me after...you know."

Nini eyed him angrily, "really? is that what this is about? Thanksgiving? if i'm not mistaken, i'm the one that should be mad at you for leaving me naked and alone after a hookup with no explanation!"

things had been extremely tense in the two weeks since Thanksgiving. the show was one week from opening and everybody knew that there was tension between their leading actors. nobody knew what had gone down after Ashlyn's party but they had a feeling that it wasn't good.

"i told you Nini," Ricky started, walking closer to her, "it was a one time thing. it happened in the heat of the moment and it was just a hook up! that's all it was!"

Nini had to hold back the tears that were coming to her eyes, not because she was sad but because she was angry, "you used me Ricky. you came to my house and you fucked me and left me alone. how do you think that made me feel? i felt like i was just some booty call to you, that you just wanted to get yourself off and you knew that i still had feelings for you so you came to the one girl that you knew wouldn't turn you down."

"Nini, you're not some booty call. that wasn't what that was. it was a heat of the moment thing, we got riled up. that's it."

"well i'm glad to know that's all i am to you, a hook up in the heat of the moment."

"jesus Nini, that's not what you are!" she turned sharply to look at him across the room, "you've never been a hook up, you never will be just a hook up."

she bit her lip a little, trying to remain mad at him, "you made me feel like shit. you made me tell you that i loved you, you got my hopes up only to leave...again. cause that's all you ever do, leave."