five times gina tries (and fails) to tell nini that she's in love with her and one time she succeeds // a 5+1 au in which gina is hopelessly love with nini, and every time she tries to tell her so, it doesn't go right. until alcohol gets involved (as usual). tw: mentions of alcohol/underage drinking story title from olivia rodrigo's "the exception." originally published on ao3 on april 14, 2022 #1 in gini - 6/30/22 - 7/29/22 #3 in oliviarodrigo - 7/29/22 #1 in ninisalazarroberts - 8/25/22 - 8/29/22 #2 in sofiawylie - 11/2/22 #1 in femslash - 11/27/22

(Completed) She's Nini's best friend's sister. But Nini has a boyfriend. So why can't Nini get this girl out of her head? Although Nini has spent much of her free time at her best friend, Kourtney's, house, she never interacted much with Kourtney's younger sister, Gina, who mostly kept to herself. However, when Kourtney's presented with an unfortunate fate, Nini and Gina find themselves bonding over their struggles. Conflicted feelings cause Nini to question where she is now, in love with her cute, sweet boyfriend, Ricky Bowen, and force her to confront a strange reality that she finds hard to believe: maybe she wants to be somewhere else. Based on Disney's High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. No smut. Some coarse language. Discussion of hospitals and injury.