THE CHOCOLATE THEORY WAS REAL i’m about to pass out

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ricky Bowen/Gina Porter, Ricky Bowen & Gina Porter Characters: Ricky Bowen (HSMTMTS), Gina Porter, E.J. Caswell, Big Red (HSMTMTS), Kourtney Greene, Carlos Rodriguez, Seb Matthew-Smith, Miss Jenn (HSMTMTS) Additional Tags: Summer Camp, summer rina, Fluff and Angst, pining ricky Summary:

summer camp isn't as simple as s'mores and singing around the campfire. at least not when ricky and gina are involved.

gina once said she dosen't do things right the first time. but will two months at East High Acres give them the second chance they deserve?

a wildcat summer

A/N: hello my lovely rinas, i was bored and wanted to make a rina fanfic because im delusional. this is set after season two and i havent gotten my invitation from ao3 yet so i thought i’d post it here. hope you like it !!

CHAPTER ONE

RICKY

“Two months?!” 

Ricky exclaimed as he couldn’t believe what was coming from his best friend’s mouth.

Big Red rolled his eyes, popping another Cheez-It into his mouth, “Yeah dude, did you not read the fifty billion page pamphlet Carlos handed out to us like weeks ago?”

“If I read it, I definitely wouldn’t be sitting on this bus right now.” 

“Well, that’s what you get for letting Lily fill out all of your paperwork.” 

Ricky winced at the mention of the girl who everyone assumed he was dating. To be honest, he didn’t even know what they were, but whatever they had was most certainly not a relationship. But would he really be Ricky Bowen if he had any clue about what was going on in his love life? 

y’all can’t say ricky doesn’t have feelings for gina bc the way that boy took every chance to look in her direction and talk to her AFTER she snapped at him yeah rina endgame

IM LIKE YEARS LATE BUT i just started watching miraculous ladybug and how ?? do ?? they ?? not ?? recognize ?? EACH OTHERRR ??? LITERALLY ALL THEYRE WEARING ARE EYE MASKS I DONT UNDERSTAND

i have so many luke and julie headcanons i want to write omg

CAN YOU IMAGINE SEASON TWO LUKE AND JULIE CONTENT LIKE??? THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL TOUCHES, MORE PERFORMANCES WITH THEM JUST STARING AT EACH OTHER, LUKE BEING JEALOUS OF NICK (even tho he’s actually caleb but yk what i mean) IN THIS ESSAY I WILL -

Request: Could we get one about Ricky finding out Gina is staying

Part One

*****

Ricky turned his car off as him and Nini were sitting in her driveway in silence.

“Hey,” Nini placed her hand in Ricky’s to grab his attention, “Are you okay?” Ricky stared at their intertwined fingers, remembering the look on Gina’s face when she noticed them holding hands just moments earlier. He felt like he had done something terrible knowing that he probably should have mentioned to her that he was now dating Nini. Ricky asked himself if he really should have.

He knows that him and Gina weren’t exactly your most platonic friendship. The pair had been seen flirting multiple times in rehearsals, in the hallways and basically anywhere else you could find them. He reminisced on all of their conversations they would have late at night when the other couldn’t sleep or the times where her face would light up whenever he would sing to her one of his songs he’d been working on. Finally, Ricky thought back to the homecoming dance and their ride home afterwards.

That damn kiss on the cheek.

Who knew that one little peck could change him forever?

Request: Could we get one about Ricky finding out Gina is staying

*****

“She said yes!!” Gina exclaimed as her and Ashlyn jumped up and down in excitement.

Gina had just gotten off the phone with her mother to ask if she could stay at East High with Ashlyn’s family. Of course, her mother was cautious at first but after seeing how much her daughter has grown in these last few weeks, she couldn’t bear to move her away for the hundredth time. 

“I can’t believe you get to stay at East High!” Ashlyn threw her arms around Gina and hugged her tightly.

“Ashlyn, I love you but I can’t breathe.” Ashlyn laughed and slowly let go of her. 

“I’m sorry, I’m just so happy! We have to tell everyone, I’m pretty sure they’re all still inside but I think I saw Ricky head outside for something.”

“Oh, I’ll go get him.” Gina and Ashlyn separated as Gina walked out of the school in search of Ricky. Each step she took felt lighter than air as if she was on cloud nine.

She didn’t have to say any goodbyes, no tears were going to be shed. This is the first time in her life that she actually felt like she found her place. Gina had to pinch herself to assure that this wasn’t all some dream. 

It wasn’t.

This was really happening.

Gina finally spotted Ricky leaning against his car with his hands in his pockets, unaware that he was waiting for Nini. 

“Hey Wildcat.” 

Ricky heard the soft tone of Gina’s voice and snapped his head up. His mind has been wrapped around everything that just happened with Nini that he forgot that Gina was leaving tonight ... again. 

“G-Gina, I thought you had already left.” 

“Well um, actually-”

“You know, I didn’t get to say goodbye to you the first time. So I want to do it right.” Ricky wanted to keep this conversation as short as possible so he could have an easier time pushing down his feelings. He couldn’t let Gina know how much her leaving would hurt him. Then again, almost everyone important to him leaves in his life so this shouldn’t affect him as much as it did. 

But it does.

Ricky wrapped his arms around Gina for what he thought to be the very last time. He was losing the person who always understood what he was going through, someone who constantly picks him up when he’s down. He tried not to dwell too much on how he’d miss seeing her everyday in rehearsal showing off a new dance trick she learned or the fact that he won’t have the chance to see what other skills she would pick up off of YouTube. Gina Porter was one of a kind, at least in Ricky’s eyes.

“I guess now would be a good time to tell you that I’m not moving.” Gina said with her arms still around the teenage boy. Ricky pulls away from Gina, his hands still resting on her waist. Did he hear her correctly?

“Wait a minute, are you serious?” 

Gina nodded her head, “Surprise.” 

His lips slightly parted in shock. Ricky didn’t know what to think. He had already prepared himself to cope without having Gina in his life and now all of a sudden, she’s staying? 

There were a million things Ricky could say but all he could manage to do was stare at her. This wasn’t the plan, Gina was supposed to move. He was going to attempt that whole out of sight, out of mind tactic. 

“Well, that wasn’t the reaction I was hoping for.” Embarrassed, Gina removed her arms from around Ricky’s neck and crossed them across her chest. 

“No, it’s just ... I-”

“Ricky, Gina, there you guys are!” Nini’s voice interrupted. She waltzed up to both of them, intertwining her fingers with Ricky’s. He unintentionally tensed up as he felt the awkward tension arise between the three of them. Gina’s eyes landed on their hands. 

Her heart dropped. Somehow that hurt her more than seeing them perform Breaking Free onstage an hour earlier. At least then, she could force herself into believing that they were just acting, that they were just playing the role of Troy and Gabriella. But there was no stage here, there was no Big Red struggling to work the special effects or a big audience. This was real life. This was the real Ricky Bowen and Nini Salazar-Roberts, and that’s what broke Gina on the inside. Nonetheless, Gina decided to save her tears for her pillow because she’d honestly rather die than let either of them know what was truly going on in her head. 

“Gina, I heard the good news. We can finally have that sleepover!” Nini grinned from ear to ear, oblivious of whatever was going on with Ricky and Gina. 

“I know! But yeah, you can’t get rid of me that easily.” Gina winked, feigning enthusiasm for the moment, hoping it was enough to appease them. 

“Ashlyn invited everyone to her house to celebrate but playing Gabriella is more exhausting than it looks. So I’m just going to head home but Ricky, you should definitely go.” Nini glanced up at Ricky as he hesitantly looked between the two girls. 

“Uh, I’m pretty beat too so I’ll drop you off.” 

“Okay,” Nini moved to hug Gina, “I’m so happy you’re staying.” Gina and Nini shared a smile as Nini let go of her and got into Ricky’s car.

Ricky ran his hand through his curls as he grabbed the door handle before he stopped himself. He lifted his eyes towards Gina, “Thank you for staying. I know I was ready to say goodbye but to be honest, I don’t know what I would do without you. I’ll see you later.” 

Gina waved them off as Ricky drove out of the parking lot. A few moments passed before she made her way back into the school to meet up with her friends, with Ricky’s words and the sight of Ricky and Nini holding hands ambushing her thoughts. 

But as soon as she entered the building, no one wasted any time to attack her with a giant group hug. All the excitement and love surrounding her coming from everyone washed away any thoughts concerning Ricky.

She didn’t want to sound selfish, but tonight was about her. 

She could forget about Ricky. 

At least for tonight. 

a/n: omg pls dont hate me for how sloppy this was WHEW  but that was just how i imagined it would actually go in the show but tysm @itspassionfruit for the request!!

okay i haven’t seen very many rina fics lately *sighhhhhh* SO i’m taking requests bc i need to get back to writing asap

side note :: i def will post the last part of skate park soon bc i high key forgot about it LOL

‪as much as i want my queen gina to be belle but miss jenn told kourtney that she has something in store for her in the next musical soo maybe she’s the lead??

IDK THO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EITHER WAY

Skate Park

a/n: I AM SO SORRY this definitely was supposed to be posted last week but then the end of the semester stressed me tf out and now we’re here!! but i made it extra long to make up for the delay <3

Part One

*****

“Well, if it isn’t the Ricky Bowen himself.”

Ricky and Gina’s conversation is interrupted by a teenage boy with dirty blonde surfer hair wearing a tight, long sleeve shirt that definitely emphasized his six-pack.

Ricky laughed and dapped the boy up, “What’s up, Mason?”

“Not much, but we missed you man! Where have you been?”

“You know, school and stuff.”

“Ah whatever, it’s all good. Gina’s been keeping us company.” Mason went over and hugged Gina for barely more than five seconds but to Ricky, it felt like an eternity. He didn’t know the two would be as close as they were but then again, he doesn’t really know anything about Gina’s life anymore.

after rewatching p2 and watching p3 ... THEY DID NICK AND SABRINA SOOOOO DIRTY WTF

i’m genuinely in love with joshua bassett and ur telling me that he doesn’t even know i exist ???

ugh men 🤮😡

Skate Park

a/n: hello everyone !! it’s currently 3:04 a.m. but i had this idea for a while and i just had to write it out. tbh this was planned to be a one shot but i think maybe it could be a 2-3 part kind of thing??? but if this flops, im going to pretend i never posted it

*****

“He’s not going to come.”

Gina just finished putting her beanie onto her curly hair as she looked over at EJ in the driver’s seat. “What are you talking about?” She knew exactly what he was talking about but chose to play dumb instead. EJ rolled his eyes.

“Oh, I don’t know. Maybe the guy who you’ve been not so secretly crushing on for the past couple of months. You know, the one who plays guitar and only wears Vans. Ringing any bells?”

Of course EJ knew about Gina’s love for Ricky, even if she didn’t quite realize it herself. After she moved in with his cousin Ashlyn, the two have become very close friends, which was a surprise to everyone. Ever since he’s learned from his past self that the world doesn’t revolve around him, EJ has become much more observant.

For instance, Seb and Carlos finally met each other’s families and are doing better than ever, Kourtney’s joined choir and preparing to take on Stephanie for class president and lastly, Ricky and Nini’s relationship which seems to be falling apart by the seams.