Your Secret's Safe With Me

Chapter 12: Five Guys

*we get to Five Guys and order food and sit at a table*

Nini: Hi, my names Nini Salazar-Roberts. What's yours?
Ricky: What are you doing? *laughs*
Nini: I'm introducing myself. Go along with it
Ricky: Um okay. I'm Ricky Bowen?
Nini: Nice to meet you. So, what's your life like?
Ricky: it's a roller coaster. I basically am a huge family guy who's best friend is his little sister, but I also have an alter ego that comes out at school.
Nini: An alter ego you say?
Ricky: yeah but let's not talk about him... what's your life like?
Nini: Well, I've been told that I'm really smart and I do believe that I have a few smarts. My best friends are my older brother, this kid that I tutor, and his younger sister. But sometimes I like to be more than just Miss 100
Ricky: your much more than miss 100
Nini: And how would you know?
Ricky: cause I'm pretty smart too
Nini: No way
Ricky: yes way
Nini: That's absolutely insane
Ricky: I know
Nini: So, do you have any hobbies? Play any sports?
Ricky: not many things that I enjoy. I'm... well I was.. captain of the basketball team. mmmmm I like to play guitar for my sister
Nini: Do you think you could play guitar for me?
Ricky: maybe
Nini: Then maybe I can sing for you
Ricky: I'd love that
Nini: I like to think I'm okay at singing
Ricky: I like to think your incredibly talented and don't give yourself enough credit
Nini: Why thank you

~some time passes~

Ricky: I haven't had five guys in the longest time
Nini: Neither have I. It's been a hot minute
Ricky: I know I've said this a million times... but I really do appreciate you not making fun of the real me... even while I'm wearing these stupid glasses... but most of all I'm so grateful you don't judge the fake me and you keep my secret safe
Nini: I would never make fun of you. I fell for the real Ricky, the fake one doesn't mean anything to me anymore. And I think those "stupid glasses" of yours look very cute on you
Ricky: so I've been told
Nini: Oh really? By who?
Ricky: oh it's this girl who use to hate my guts but now I'm taking her on her 1st date
Nini: What a sweet story
Ricky: you ready to head back? We gotta get chloe
Nini: Yeah I'm ready
Ricky: Well I think chloe will be happy to here this went well *laughs*
*we start to walk out*
Ej: *Walks into Five Guys*
Nini: Oh no. Caswell approaching
Ej: *looks at Ricky*
Ricky: *shit* yo Ej!
Nini: *What am I supposed to do?!*
Ej: *looks over* Yo Bowen
Ricky: what are you doing here?
Ej: I'm just getting some food. What's Miss 100 doing here? Ruining your day? *laughs*
Nini: *Well that was rude!*
Ricky: *laughs* oh for sure
Nini: *Oh that really hurt- But it's fine. He's just doing it to convince Ej, yeah that's why*
Ej: Was she yelling at you for not getting a high enough grade? Or did you skip another session again, because her little teaching sessions are SO important *laughs*
Ricky: I tried skipping and coming here but of course she had to follow me *rolls eyes* *laughs*
Nini: *I hate this, I hate this so much*
Ej: God you just can't stay away can you Miss 100. Don't get your panties in a twist because he doesn't want to listen to your stupid voice ramble on and on. So serious, so tense.
Ricky: she just doesn't stop. Its so fu*king annoying. Anyway, I gotta head out
Ej: Alright, peace out dude. *to Nini* And stop stalking my Ricky and making him do his physics. It's annoying and just another reason to be disliked *laughs* *walks to go order*
Nini: *Looks at Ricky while on the verge of tears*
Ricky: *I walk outside with Nini* I am so sorry about that. Ej's a jerk
Nini: *sniffles* Yeah, I kinda noticed
Ricky: hey hey hey, it's okay. You know I don't mean anything I said and Ej doesn't know what he's talking about
Nini: It's really hard to hear you say that after I just was told I'm annoying and unlikable
Ricky: I know. I just- I can't have Ej questioning anything
Nini: I understand but it's just really hard to sit through that and hear that kinda stuff about me sometimes
Ricky: I totally understand. I'm just still not ready to share the real me with everyone yet. You can understand that, right?
Nini: Yeah, I got it
Ricky: I'm sorry, I really am.
Nini: No it's fine. Can I at least get a hug?
Ricky: yeah, yeah of course. *I hug you*
Nini: I'm sorry I'm such a burden to your school life
Ricky: what makes you think that? Of course your not
Nini: I just make it harder for you to act and then I just make you feel worse about yourself and it's not fair of me to do that to you
Ricky: none of this is your fault so get that out of your head. Come on *I pull back* we gotta get Chloe
Nini: Okay, I'll stop thinking about it
Ricky: thank you. *I hold out my hand*
Nini: *I grab it and walk to the car*