( 𝘨𝘪𝘧: 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 )

𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎

𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 : 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐏

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𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑲𝒀, 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑻 𝑪𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑨: Nini and EJ are splitsville, but I kinda missed it because I was too busy dealing with my parents' divorce and sharing a moment with August in her house... look, I'm not stupid. I know couples don't magically get together, but... second chances exist, right?

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It was official: the countdown had started to the opening night of High School Musical the Musical. 

That thought put the whole cast in a wreck of nervous shivers, but there was one thing that distracted them all, and gave them the break they needed; homecoming. It's all everyone talked about at school. Who were you inviting? What were you wearing? Were you flying solo or cuddling up with someone on the dancefloor? Was Ricky going to ask Nini or August to go with him?

August was definitely planning on going, even if it was just her and Gina. No way she would miss this opportunity to relax, drink some possible spiked punch and dance crazily to whatever lame music they had. But she had to admit she wasn't keen on the whispers of who she was going with. Last time she checked, a girl could fly solo. Approaching Ashley and EJ, she leaned on the blue lockers as they greeted her.

"Hey, Ash, EJ. What are your plans for homecoming?" August asked, curiosity being too strong for her not to. Ashley's eyes twinkled in excitement as EJ smiled nervously.

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that..." August slightly panicked, the sudden fear of EJ asking her to be his date. While she thought EJ was amazing, he was just a friend, and she didn't want to ruin that. "I was thinking of asking Gina to go with me? Is that alright?"

August sighed in relief, an excited grin on her face. "Aw, EJ! Of course! That's adorable." August gave him an high five, turning to his redhead cousin.

"Well, seeing as EJ now has a date, guess I'm going alone."

August linked her arm with Ashley as the trio walked down the hallway. "We could go together Ash. As friends, of course. Be this independent, powerful duo." 

"That actually sounds great. Text me a picture of what you're wearing?"

"Sure will!"

"Ticket for two, please? Under the name Porter, August." Mr Mazarra handed August and Ashley the tickets, a bored, uninterested look on his face.

"Snap a photo on your way in. You're sat in table ten with the other theatre kids." the two girls nodded, walking inside in slight awe. The sports hall had been turned into a busy dance. An arch of red and white balloons, the school's colours, stood as you entered, walking under it. Confetti already decorated the floor as August made sure not to slip. White aligned tables encircled the dance floor where sparkly dresses and dark suits danced around, twirling under the bright lights as they moved their limbs to the beat of the upsync music.

Ashley and August posed in a few photos ( including recreating the famous titanic scene ) before moving alone, approaching table ten. There was only three seats left empty as Ricky, Big Red, Carlos, Gina and EJ already sat, chatting vividly amongst themselves. The two girls approached the table, grinning as they watched Gina and EJ whisper away and laugh. "Are these seats taken?"

Ricky looked up, awkwardly standing up as he looked at August in awe. She wore a pale pink and black dress that touched the floor. Long earrings dripped from her ears as her black, curly hair was lifted up to highlight her collarbones from the v-neck of the dress. The rest of the table stared at Ricky as he searched for the words. "August. Wow. You look..."

"Beautiful." Carlos added, and August grinned at him.

"Thank you, Carlos. You clean up nice." August and Ashley took a seat, and Big Red pulled on Ricky's sleeve as he awkwardly sat back down, a blush on his face as he stared at his lap. He glanced at August, who sat next to him before looking back at his plate. 

EJ suddenly stood up, offering a hand to Gina. "Join me on the dance floor?" Gina glanced at August, who gave her a big thumbs up.

Gina smiled widely. "Of course!" the two soon disappeared, and Ricky glanced at August.

"Don't you think your sister can do much better than EJ?" Ricky suddenly said. Silence fell over the table as they stared at August raise an eyebrow, as she finished drinking her punch before putting the glass down.

"Excuse me?"

"Well, we all know he's bad news. Didn't he just break up with Nini the other day?"

August clenched her jaw, looking down at her lap as she redid the napkin on the table. "Well, maybe you two can talk about moving on fast, am I right? It seems like you're an expert at that."

Ricky scoffed, shaking his head. "Really, August? That again? Can't you simply get over it?"

"Dude..." Big Red interrupted, trying to grab Ricky's attention. But it was too late, and August and Ricky stared at each other angrily.

"I'll get over it when you stop interfearing in other people's business. Maybe fix your own relationships before trying to meddle in others. Maybe you'll learn something on how to treat other people's feelings." 

"Hey, August! You wanna dance?" Carlos interrupted. The two angry teenagers broke their intense gaze as Carlos grabbed August's wrist, quickly dragging her towards the dance floor. Ricky exhaled angrily, playing with the rings in his hands.

"Can you believe it?"

Big Red raised an eyebrow disappointed. "No, I can't. You need to apologize to August right now."

"Me? What about her-"

"You need to get over yourself. You made a mistake that summer and you need to recognise it. Especially if you want her back, dude. All you're doing is getting August to hate you more. And at some point in the future, you'll want to rekindle that relationship and she'll, I don't know, probably scratch your car or something." Big Red rambled on, not noticing how Ricky's face fell, fluttering his eyes shut.

Glancing at August on the dance floor, Ricky watched as her angry look soon disappeared and threw her head back laughing as Carlos shimmied near her.

He definitely need to apologise.

i'm so looking forward to writing the next chapter, it's gonna be so cute!

also this is the dress i picture august wearing, the picutre below