( 𝘨𝘪𝘧: 𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 )

𝐖𝐄'𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐖 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒

𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 : 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 - 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 

𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐

August threw her head back laughing as her and Ricky reached Ashlyn's house, pushing him slightly. "I can't believe you still remember that."

"Of course I do!" Ricky laughed, raising an eyebrow. "We were so cold after jumping in that pool in the middle of the night I gave you my sweater. I'm pretty sure you still have it."

August shrugged, suddenly feeling slightly bashful as she opened the door. "Yeah, probably. I can search for it if you want it back."

"Search for what?" 

August turned to look forward, met with Nini's curious look as she glanced between August and Ricky. Feeling slightly guilty, August took a step away and putting some distance between herself and Ricky. "Oh, nothing, just . . . one of Ric's sweaters."

"Oh." Nini smiled awkwardly, shifting her weight as she climbed down the stairs.

Noting the tense air between the trio, Ricky added "So Nini, your parents busy?"

"Yeah, my moms are watching a dog show and Kourtney is out of town with her grandma so I thought I'd check in with my buddies." Nini said, doing some finger guns before dropping her arms to her sides. 

"Buddies, yeah." August repeated, biting on her bottom lip. "So, I'm just gonna go and, uhm, leave you two alone!"

Ricky watched her leave with a small frown, unaware of Nini's stare on him, rubbing her nervous palms on her dress. August approached her sister, dropping next to her on the couch with a sigh. Gina sipped her coke before raising an eyebrow. "What was that all about?"

August glanced back at Nini and Ricky, who stood near the stairs making small talk. "I don't know, I . . . I feel bad for getting in between them again."

"You are way too nice and selfless for your own good." Gina retorted, and August rolled her eyes. "What? It's true. You are not just a summer fling, okay? You're August Porter, and sometimes you have to go with your gut." Gina paused, watching the hesitation on her sister's face. "At least promise me you'll talk to him before you go making assumptions about what Ricky feels."

"Fine. I will."

"Tonight." August groaned at Gina, but kept quiet. 

Carlos clapped his hands, gathering everyone around. "So seeing as we're divided into two teams, do you guys wanna play Two Truths One Lie? We can take turns and the other team has to guess which is the lie."

The group was divided into two teams. Team Red consisted of Ashlyn, Gina, Seb, EJ and Ricky and Team Blue was August, Nini, Big Red, Carlos and Natalie. By the toss of a coin, team Red was to go first, and Ashlyn offered to say her three statements, standing up as the opposing team stared at her. 

"So my three statements are: I love Sara Bareilles, I'm part of the renaissance club and I consider myself a Hufflepuff."

Team Blue leaned their heads together, whispering as the other team awaited. "It definitely isn't the loving Sara Bareilles because she's amazing and that's a given already." August whispered, and the team disregarded that one.

"Okay that leaves the other two options. Anyone have any clue?" Nini asked, looking around.

"I'm pretty sure I know." Big Red shyly said, and Nini waved a hand at him to take the stage. Clearing his throat, the redhead stood up, capturing Ashlyn's attention. "The lie is that you consider yourself a Hufflepuff. Pretty sure you're a Ravenclaw."

Ashlyn gave him thumbs up, and August jumped up, cheering the redhead for scoring them a point. Then it turned to Team Blue's turn, and Carlos stood up, clearing his throat before pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "My lockscreen is Beyonce, my most-used app is Instagram and I already have my speech for my first Tony Award written down."

After harsh whispers from Team Red, Gina stood up. "We believe that the Beyonce lockscreen is a lie." groans broke out when Carlos gave them a thumbs down and then proceeded to show them his phone's lockscreen.

"Guys, the lie was that my most used app is Starbucks, not Instagram. Honestly!"

When it was Ricky's turn, he stood up, playing with the rings in his hands before running a hand through his curls. A small flicker in his heart hoped August would get it right. "So I've now seen every Marvel movie, I hate olives and I know every Mamma Mia song."

"It's plausible he's seen every Marvel movie." Natalie said, tilting her head.

"The lie has to be the knowing every Mamma Mia song. He hates musicals." Nini replied, raising her eyebrows.

August licked her lips, tucking a curl behind her ear. "Actually . . . I may have forced him to watch it over the summer. So it could be true . . . "

An awkward silence settled over the group as August avoided Nini's gaze, who gulped. She had a doubt that Ricky would ever learn that many songs in a musicals. She had tried to get him to watch the Greatest Showman yet he kept yelling that it wasn't realistic and gotten them kicked out of the cinema. "Okay."

Carlos nudged August to stand up. "So we think the lie is that you hate olives."

Ricky grinned, making the curly haired girl blush. "You're right."

Gina wiggled her eyebrows at August as Nini raised her eyebrows. "Wait, you know every Mamma Mia song?"

Ricky nodded. "It's actually pretty good, if you look aside the fact that if they'd gotten a DNA test everything would have been solved."

"And I've seen him practice the dance  to 'Why Did It Have To Be Me' many times when he thought I wasn't looking." August giggled, and Big Red started to tease the curly haired boy. After a few rounds, Team Blue was announced winner, making August stick out her tongue at Ricky, who laughed at her adorableness.

August took a chance to take a breather, and stepped into the kitchen, turning the sink on and grabbing a glass of water. "Hey, you were pretty good at that game."

She jumped around, meeting Ricky's bashful gaze as he leaned on the counter. August smiled, tilting her head. "Well I'm pretty good at reading people, I guess."

Then why can't you see that I'm still in love with you? 

That's Ricky wanted to say as he watched August fidget with her hands. "Hey, Ric? Can I ask you something?"

His heartbeat started to flutter. "Yeah, sure."

"Do you-"

"August!" Gina swung the kitchen door open, slightly breathless. "I have to tell you something." she glanced at Ricky, making August look at the curly haired boy.

"Go ahead."

Gina hesitated, not knowing how to approach the matter. "Mom's job is moving her to Washington. We're moving there in a few days."

The smile on August's face faded. 

"What?" both her and Ricky said at the same time. But they could tell by the look on Gina's face that it wasn't a joke. Ricky stared at August, who slightly crumbled as tears stung at the back of her eyes. He soon reached over and engulfed the girl in a hug. 

Gina stared at the two sadly before stepping out. "I'll wait in the car, August."

Ricky ran his hands through August's curls, who sniffled into his sweater. He didn't want to believe it. It was as if life was playing a cruel joke on him. And he couldn't even start to comprehend the pain August was going through now, having to leave everything behind. Ricky hated anything that caused August pain, even sometimes himself. But he was trying to make it up. Why did she have to leave now?

August slightly pulled away, rubbing her tear stained cheeks. "I'm sorry for crying on your sweater."

"It's fine, Auggie. That's the least of our worries now." he paused, biting his bottom lip against the need to curse the universe. 

"I should go." she muttered, the reality sinking in. Maybe Nini and Ricky would have their happy ending after all.

But Ricky refused to accept that. "We'' think of something, okay? I need you." when August looked at him hopefully, something in him clicked. "F-for the musical." he stuttered, and her expression fell before shrugging. "What was it . . . what were you going to ask me before?"

August looked at Ricky from the door, remembering that she was going to ask him about what their relationship was, and where their feelings stood right now. "It doesn't matter now, does it? What's the point?"

And with that she was gone.

so sad chapter but go stream divers license!