THIRTEEN. the end of an era




SHILOH SLOWLY opened the front door of her house, her father had seen headlights pulling into their driveway and only assumed it was Ricky and decided that it was best to give them privacy.

The two of them entered the dimly lit house and upstairs as they made their way to Shiloh's room.

There was a sticky note on her door that she quickly snatched down and allowed her and Ricky into her room.

Be safe. Have fun... not too much. You can shut the door... trusting you big time. Love your dads.

Shiloh nodded to herself as she read the note. She quickly balled it up and opened her closet door to pull out clothes for her and Ricky to wear before their shower.

They had been making out in the downpour of rain for a minute or two before coming inside and they had been dripping water in the house.

Shiloh turned, handing Ricky a pair of his shorts and a shirt she'd taken and said "you know where the bathroom is" before watching him leave the room.

She soon followed out and made her way to the other bathroom. There was a village living in this house, for the sake of their parents, they had to have more than one bathroom.

Shiloh stepped out the shower wearing spandex shorts and an extra large graphic tee that went down to her knees.

She quickly ran the blow dryer over her hair before dumping her clothes in the hamper and making her way back into her room.

Her door had been cracked and Ricky sat shirtless on her bed with his phone in his hands.

He was back to looking at the photo of Shiloh and Mack kissing that Quinn had posted without knowledge of Shiloh and Mack.

Of course, he'd seen the post Shiloh had made. He reposted it on his story and everything, but that didn't mean it stung any less when some actor dude with a hundred thousand more followers than him was kissing his girlfriend without the knowledge that Mack was completely smitten with Ashley.

Shiloh stepped inside the room, gently shutting the door behind her and pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose.

"Whatcha lookin' at?"

Ricky looked up and locked his phone, placing it to the side as Shiloh approached.

"Nothing."

Shiloh tilted her head to the side and stepped forward, taking a seat next to Ricky on the bed.

He sighed, rolling his eyes and passing his phone over to her. The screen unlocking and showing the picture that Quinn had taken of her and Mack kissing in one of the various scenes they had today.

Shiloh sighed, locking the phone and looking over at Ricky.

"I didn't know that she posted this."

"It's okay." He muttered, looking over at her.

"I meant what I said Ricky." She smiled softly, "You're enough for me."

Ricky's heart swelled at her words, his gaze locking onto hers. "You're more than enough for me too." He said softly, leaning in to kiss her.

The kiss started out slow and gentle, but quickly grew more passionate as they lost themselves in the moment.

Ricky's hands cupped Shiloh's face, pulling her closer as he deepened the kiss.

She responded eagerly, her arms sliding around his neck as they kissed.

When they finally pulled away, they were both breathless, their eyes locking in a heated gaze.

Ricky could feel the warmth of Shiloh's body against his own, the intensity of their desire almost overwhelming.

Without a word, he leaned down to kiss her again, this time with even more urgency.

With a gentle nudge, Shiloh found herself lying on her back, Ricky's body pressing down on top of her.

They had talked things through and understood that they were meant to be together, as a couple.

Ricky ran his fingers through Shiloh's hair, marveling at how soft it was. He loved the feel of her body against his own, and he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

His hands roamed over her body, caressing every inch of her as they kissed.

Finally, they broke apart, both of them breathing heavily and covered in a sheen of sweat. Ricky brushed a strand of hair away from Shiloh's face and looked into her eyes.

Whatever happened, it would always be the two of them.

Forever and always.


SHILOH WOKE up before her alarm and it was nothing new for the girl. She didn't really move as she took in tired breaths in and out.

She lifted her head slowly only to gently lay back down and cover her eyes with her free hand.

Her pillow was hard, her pillow was Ricky's bare chest. His breathing soft as he continued to sleep, his one arm resting on the lower part of Shiloh's hip as the other lazily resting on his stomach.

Shiloh heavily sighed and reluctantly sat up, she rested her head against the palm of her hand as she looked down at Ricky, his hand still resting on her waist.

She didn't want to leave. It was peaceful and she knew that peace would dwindle once she got on that set.

But it was her last day of filming and the very last time she would hopefully she see Quinn.

From the night stand, Shiloh's phone had buzzed and she quickly grabbed it. Various messages from different people and emails from various brands and colleges.

She still hadn't said anything to any of her friends just yet. She wanted to wait until after the movie to say anything about being accepted into any college. She didn't even know what school she wanted to attend just yet.

So, for now, she would get up and get ready for her last day ever one that movie set.

She took a quick shower and quickly put on her burgundy long sleeve shirt and her overalls.

She grabbed her brown Converse from her closet and sat on the edge of her bed to tie her shoes.

She looked over at Ricky with a soft smile on her face. He was still and asleep and most likely be until someone called him and let him know that he was needed on set.

Shiloh stood to her feet and made her way to her desk to stack her rings and bracelets on wrist and grabbed her belongings.

She gave one last look over to a sleeping Ricky before slowly opening her bedroom door and gently shutting it behind her.

Downstairs, Gina and Victoria sat on the couch and talked about who knows what, before taking notice of Shiloh with her car keys in her hands.

Shiloh opened the door for the couple. "Let's go. Gina and I need to be in hair and makeup and I do not need to hear anything Quinn has to say on our last day."

The couple laughed and made their way out of the door and into Shiloh's car and made their way to East High.


MACK COMPLETELY threw Shiloh for a loop when he kissed her during part of the final scene they were filming for the movie.

She didn't know why he'd done and was going to question or push him away when they were in the middle of filming.

Shiloh just kept the scene going until Quinn called cut and had them reshoot the scene.

But regardless of that fiasco, the movie was finally finished. Shiloh Molina was free from Quinn and everything to do with High School Musical 4 until the premiere.

Shiloh made her way down the hall with the faux flowers in her hands and passing them out to various cast and crew members as she praised them on their hard work and dedication to the movie over the course of a short amount of time.

"What's up, my Wildcats?" Bart Johnson said, catching Shiloh's attention. She gave him and his camera a small smile as he continued. "We just wrapped High School Musical 4. And I'm here with our leading lady, Shiloh Molina. Now technically, Disney won't let me share spoilers, but Shiloh was incredible in this film as a Mensa-level cheerleader who convinces Ms. Darbus not to retire in the last five minutes of the film! What?"

Shiloh smiled, passing him a flower. "Thank you so much, Coach, but I've gotta go."

As soon as she stepped away from Bart, Alyson Reed approached the girl, taking her free hand.

"Shiloh, honey, you and Gina were so radiant during the song today." Alyson praised. "All through the whole movie. Dare I say it, a star is born."

"Thank you so much." Shiloh smiled, passing a flower, "I really appreciate it and you're the absolute best, but I've got to get to rehearsal."

Shiloh turned, only one flower in her hand and was soon met with an arm locking with hers.

"Hey, sweetie!" Ricky smiled. He locked his free hand on her waist and gave her a quick kiss. "You killed it in there."

Shiloh smiled, pressing her head against Ricky's shoulder. She held her last flower out and gave it to him.

"I think I'll miss you most of all, Wow guy." She paused, lifting her head and looking over at him. "You didn't have a problem with me kissing Oscar disappointment at twenty-two during the reunion song, right?"

Ricky scoffed, pushing Shiloh's glasses up. "That's all in the past." He smiled, "You ready to rehearse High School Musical 3?"

But the thing was, no one told Ricky and Shiloh about the state of the show. They hadn't been told by absolutely no one and yet, you could hear the couple giggling down the hallways as crew members began to pack up from the movie.

They changed out of their costumes and into the regular clothes and made their way into the bomb shelter, but the only person there was Miss. Jenn as the couple stood hand-in-hand in front of her.

Shiloh's smiled began to fall. "Where is everyone? Are we early?"

Miss. Jenn stood, packing things into her bag and finally turned to face them. "Well, we had to have this conversation eventually." She sighed, her voice almost wavering. "Much like my mother's problematic Twitter account, High School Musical 3 is canceled. The drama department is on pause."

"On pause?" Ricky questioned, "What does that even mean?"

"No one showed up for the act one run-through yesterday. Expect for Emmy." Miss. Jenn explained, "But I'm starting to think she's is the ghost of a small Victorian child."

"So, you're canceling the show because we missed one rehearsal?"

"Half the cast has been missing half the rehearsals, Ricky. Principal Gutierrez made the decision. It is final. We are not allowed to have this club anymore."

Shiloh and Ricky only raised their brows and Miss. Jenn was quick to take their hands and give them and gently, but loving squeeze.

"It's okay, you guys." She reassured. "You have so much to celebrate. You just wrapped a movie. And this, all of this... It was always just a high school musical. And today, you begin moving on to even bigger things.

— lucy has something to say !!

i was going to start it off very differently, but i realized that i didn't know how do properly end it so i added more to the beginning and will worry about the flashback next week.

it truly ruins the first chapter of the love club but with i have in mind, i think i can make work without changing the second chapter lol

anyway, ricky and shiloh are both eighteen and are both consenting adults lol, but im keeping it as pg-13 as i can :)

bye :))))

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