same old background :) ricky and nini have been best friends since the beginning. ricky has always had these underlying feelings for nini, but what changes between them as different circumstances bring out his true feelings? takes place the fall of their junior year and continues from there.

in which Ricky Bowen and Nini Salazar-Roberts don't like each other. no, really, they have no feelings whatsoever towards each other. but that's not what the public thinks. (or in which ricky and nini are starring in the same tv show and their management thinks a publicity stunt is just what this show needs)