#ej caswell fanfic

[sankta-starkova]

LETTERMAN

015; typecasting

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summary: the one where ej and andy realise that there may be some romantic feelings between them that hadn't been there before, or had they? the new year test this revelation

wordcount: 1.7k

They all sat down in the cafeteria at lunch time, talking about things when Carlos stood up randomly.

"Attention Thespians, I have a brief announcement," Carlos said and everyone turned to look at him.

"After spending the last couple of weeks Google stalking the Menkie Awards I've discovered there is no award for best choreography, I've decided that I will be auditioning to be on stage this year," he explained.

Everyone cheered, proud of Carlos. All of a sudden, EJ walked over, looking at Ricky.

"You're welcome," he said to him and Ricky looked up at EJ confused.

"For what?" He asked, watching as EJ sat down in the spare seat between him and Andy.

"I've decided to take myself out of the running for the Beast, I've got a lot on my plate," he said.

EJ started to dig through his bag and Andy sat there disappointed. A little part of her wanted to be Belle and the Beast with EJ.

"Which reminds me I should probably pick a meal plan for Duke, I also have this," he said.

"Wait! You officially got in?" She asked and Ricky narrowed his eyes at EJ, realising something.

"Back up, you're not doing the musical either?" He questioned.

"No, I've only got the bandwidth for a supporting role," he explained, reaching into his bag again but he stopped when he realised something, "What do you mean either?"

"I'm, uh, not sure if I'm auditioning this year," Ricky explained, "You know, once a skate rat,"

"No Ricky, I'm still a skater and I do theatre, we are all sure you can do this," She said.

Although her and Ricky had spent less time at the skatepark together, she still enjoyed it and missed spending that much time with him.

"Before I forget, Andy, I have something for you," EJ said as the silence it got awkward.

He reached into his bag and everyone waited to see what he had. EJ pulled out a blue Duke hat identical to the one he had on his head.

He placed it on her head, "Ta-da, can't have my best girl not having a Duke hat," he said with a laugh.

Andy smiled at him, her heart fluttering as he called her his 'best girl' but she knew that he didn't like her in the way she liked him.

"Well thanks EJ," she said, pulling out a small hand held mirror and checking what it looked like.

Suddenly, a random blonde girl approached the table, "Sorry, I've been trying to work up the courage to say this," she said.

She looked at EJ, furrowing her brow as she silently questioned what was going on. He shrugged and then they looked at the girl.

"Okay, I can't believe in standing in front of both Troy Bolton right now, both your performances were incredible," she explained quickly.

The two boys thanked her, EJ still smiling at Andy and not really caring.

He loved seeing her in the hat, his hat, but he couldn't think of her that way, not after Nini broke his heart.

"No, thank you. I mean, you both inspired me to try out this semester. You guys are all so talented, do you mind if we take a picture," she asked.

Everyone agreed and the girl took the photo, everyone smiling at it.

Just before auditions, Ashlyn came up to Gina, Kourtney and Andy with a proposal.

"I know this is totally last minute and feel free to say no, I have a song I've been noodling on all week its a quartet," Ashlyn explained.

She handed the sheets of paper to each of them, Andy smiling as she flipped through them.

"Gina, living with you is the closest thing to having a sister. Andy, it's only a matter of time before you become my cousin and Kourt, I know you must be missing Nini so I was thinking we could audition as a girl group," She explained.

Andy smiled at her, she was so glad to have these girls as friends, "I'm totally in Ash, good job me and EJ decided not to do Suddenly Seymour," she said.

Kourtney chuckled, "Yes, but is the vibe Destiny's Child or Cheetah Girls?" she questioned.

"The vibe is all of the above, plus a little spice girls," Ashlyn said before turning to Gina, "So, you in?"

"I'm sorry Ash, I'm gonna stick with auditioning on my own," Gina said and everyones face dropped, it was disappointing but Andy got it.

The bell rang before auditions and Andy walked to them with Big Red and Ricky after meeting up.

"I am feeling the German word for anxiety, hunger and deathly fear of disappointing the one you really want to impress," Big Red explained with frustration.

He sighed, walking over to the wall and leaning against it in defeat.

"Its actually pretty simple right, you like Ashlyn?" Andy asked and Big Red groaned.

"Understatement of the year," he said as he slid onto the floor, feeling defeated.

Andy and Ricky joined him on the floor, "One thing last semester taught me is that really liking a girl can get you through a lot of crap, including stage fright," Ricky explained.

"At least if I choke up today, I won't be alive to see Ashlyns disappointment," he said as he leaned back against the wall.

She placed a hand on his shoulder, "I don't think you've ever disappointed anyone in your whole life," Andy said.

"You know what would make me feel a lot better? Knowing you would be up there too Ricky," he said, trying to convince Ricky to try out.

"I haven't ruled auditioning out," he said before the bell rang and they rushed to auditions.

Later, the group all gathered around, preparing for the audition when Miss Jenn walked over.

"All right, as you know, this year's audition process will be in a two- step process," she explained.

Andy nodded her head, listening to her explain that there was a group vocal warm up and a song of your choice.

"Circle up, take your neighbours hand for a moment of silent reflection," Miss Jenn said.

Andy smiled, reaching for Seb and EJs hands as they stood in the circle.

They seemed to have gotten over the awkwardness from three weeks ago of the near kiss, she knew it was just a moment.

Suddenly, Ricky ran in. They all performed their parts in Belle before heading up for the solos, or in this case, a trio.

Andy, Kourtney and Ashlyn stood on the stage, "This is an original song I wrote about the power of friendship, it was originally a solo but then I wrote it for four people but we'll be singing for two," Ashlyn explained.

"Wait!" Gina called out after she heard Lily make a comment about them, "Is there still room for a fourth?"

"Do you know the song?" Ashlyn asked, a smile on her face as she realised Gina will be singing along.

"I was curious so I spent the afternoon kinda studying it," she stated, "Its brilliant,"

"Oh, and picture us in sequined jumpsuits. On a light up dance floor. In an abandoned warehouse," Ashlyn added before they performed the song.

They finished and everyone applauded, wowed by their performance. EJ smiled at them from the crowd, giving them a thumbs up.

"Well now I'm a little sad we're not doing Heather's," Miss Jenn said as she watched the four girls hug.

Everyone else performed their numbers until it was just Big Red left.

Andy gave him a thumbs up from the crowd and he started to tap dance when suddenly he fell.

She gasped, hating that this had happened to her best friend. But then she heard Lily snicker, "Seriously," she whispered to herself.

Both Ashlyn and Andy turned to glare at her, they looked at each other and Andy jumped up.

Her and Ricky both ran onto the stage to comfort their best friend, "You got this dude," Ricky asserted.

Andy nodded, smiling at him, "Lets show them what you can do. We've got you okay," she said before her and Ricky went backstage.

Big Red smiled at them before he started to perform again, smashing it. Everyone cheered him on, Andy glaring at the girl.

Afterwards, they looked at the cast list, Andy nodding her head as she realised she had gotten the role of Chip, a huge grin on her face.

"Gaston!" Andy exclaimed and EJ pulled her into a hug, spinning her around slightly.

"Chip!" He smiled at her, "God, I'm so proud of you,"

She blushed, looking around before seeing Ashlyn, "be right back," she said before walking over to congratulate her.

But then she saw that Ashlyn got Belle, pulling her best friend into a hug before Ashlyn ran off to cheer with Big Red.

"Hey, Lily," Andy called out as she saw the girl walk away.

Lily turned around, an angry look on her face for not getting the role of Belle.

"I don't care where you're from, but at East High, we don't make fun of people that make mistakes," Andy said, she was fuming, hating that someone thinks they can waltz in here and mock people, especially her best friend.

"Well East High doesn't deserve me anyway, she shouldn't be Belle and you all know it," Lily said with a huff.

Andy scoffed, she couldn't believe that this girl was do big-headed that she thought she was the best.

"She's a better person then you'll ever be, and she's the best actress and singer here," Andy refuted, not taking any more of this girls insults.

"Fine, but when you lose the Menkies because of her, you'll come back, or maybe go crying to that idiot of a boyfriend," she said before turning around.

"Fine, talk that mouth off but if I see you anywhere else, you better watch out," Andy spat back, she had been in her fair of street fights.

As Lily walked away, Andy clenched her fist, shaking her head, "Calm down Andes, she doesn't deserve your time," EJ said as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"You're right, Eej, thanks" she said and she walked over to Ashlyn, the two celebrating.

Ashlyn smiled at them. She knew all about their nicknames, and how they'd only use them once they were dating - but neither of them seemed to have noticed.

They also didn't seem to notice how they looked like a couple, his chest pressed against her back, arms around her middle. Ashlyn just smiled, letting them be oblivious for a moment

Taglist:

@maggiecc

[aesthetic-basicspam]

ej talking to ricky until he cries is so exes after a painful breakup. it’s like ricky knows he messed things up between them by being scared. he knows he can’t fix it with ej but now he has to fix it with someone else.

[portwelllover]

i need so many more portwell fanfics so that i can pretend that the ending of that show never happend and i can pretend they are just like the end of season 3 and everything was good

[wondereternity]

EJ CASWELL AND GINA PORTER • KING AND QUEEN OF EAST HIGH • insp

[haven-of-dusk]

So I've been working on this thing...an outline that rewrites all of S3 and S4 to have Caswen as the main romance as well as fixing some of my other issues with the series' plot. It is still in the rough stages needing some refinement, but I figured I should share it here too in case people are interested. And I put in the work anyway so...might as well spread the word.

I also made a playlist of all the songs mentioned in the document so that they're all bundled together for easy listening. There's a link in the document, but I'll put it here too for good measure.

If anyone wants to use any ideas from here, since I am probably months at least away from being able to spin this into a full fanfiction, please let me know. A. Because the James Somerton scandal is fresh in my mind, and B. Because if you're writing or drawing or doing anything Caswen, I'll probably want to consume it anyway.

[timetravellauvie]

so what if the pre-season 1 Drama club including their parents were suddenly transported to this theater with Maddox, Jet, Emmy, Val and all their friends from camp and some North High kids. They were then there to watch High School Musical the Musical The Series from Season 1 to 4 and all that..

[hrtbrkwthrs]

Second Chance

Status: In Progress , On Hiatus

This is a High School Musical: The Musical: The Series fanfiction that follows Blake Sahan alongside her childhood best friend and first love, Ricky Bowen.

This series loosely follows the plot of the show, each chapter being based on every episode. A few notes:

Blake Sahan's faceclaim is Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.

Timeline might be a lil wonky at times, but I tried my darndest to get it right (also might not be perfectly aligned with the show)

There will be a few differences in this series from the show to fit the new storylines.

Some differences include: Gina doesn't fall for Ricky, Ricky and his dad don't move out, and more.

Ricky Bowen has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), though it's unknown at first.

Blake has BPD, pre-established.

Disclaimer: All BPD storylines are loosely inspired by my own personal experiences! (beautiful princess disorder sol xoxo)

Also, this series will involve cursing. I don't care. #Let Ricky Bowen Say Fuck! (and they did! hehe thank you s4 writers)

There's gonna be A LOT of those cheesy/cliche tropes and I'm not even sorry.

childhood best friends to lovers

falls first x falls harder

hurt/comfort

one-sided pining

mutual pining

I will add trigger warnings specific for each chapter, but here are some general trigger warnings for this series:

Alcoholism

Addiction

Mental health (mainly Borderline Personality Disorder)

Toxic relationships

Poor relationship with parent / absent father

Death of parent

Occasionally some adult themes

Season 1

Ep.1 Ep.2 Flashback Ep.3 Ep.4 Ep.5 Ep.6 Ep.7 Ep.8 Ep.9 Ep.10

Season 2

Ep.1 Ep.2 Ep.3 Ep.4 Ep.5 Ep.6 Ep.7 Ep.8 Ep.9 Ep.10 Ep.11 Ep.12

Season 3

Ep.1 Ep.2 Ep.3 Ep.4 Ep.5 Ep.6 Ep.7 Ep.8

Season 4

Ep.1 Ep.2 Ep.3 Ep.4 Ep.5 Ep.6 Ep.7 Ep.8

dividers: @kodaswrld

photoshop/manip: @cihkennugget on twitter

[cassiiealexxwrites]

New WIP posted!!

As I have so many WIP right now, I am slowly posting them all. Here is my second famous Ricky AU. Enjoy!

[thstarsofsilver]

you thought i was dead? wrong! i was just suffering at the hands of so many consecutive essay crises i forgot how to function

but i'm back and better than ever - 8k words worth of back!!!

if you forgot where we left off, ej and gina finally confronted each other about that summer. now

1. they each know why the other person acted the way they did

2. ej knows ricky and gina have been long broken up, and

3. gina knows ej loved her.

and amongst all that, there's a wedding to plan. easy as pie, right?

[sankta-starkova]

LETTERMAN

023; north high kisses

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summary: the one where ej and andy realise that there may be some romantic feelings between them that hadn't been there before, or had they? the new year test this revelation

wordcount: 1.8k

Andy and Gina stood in the hallways of North High, the two chatting to each other about school and just random things.

"I'm gonna go to go powder my nose, you okay alone?" Gina asked - with quotation marks around 'powder her nose - and Andy nodded her head.

"Its fine, I'm a big girl. I think the toilets are like halfway across the school though," she said, pointing at a map on the wall.

"Well then I'll have to run fast, be back soon," she said as she walked off, trying to stay casual.

She stood there awkwardly in the middle of the hallway, looking around the place as she thought for a second.

For the first time in a while, the whole world was just silent and she didn't have to think about anything.

Interrupting her thoughts of nothingness was the loud sound of footsteps and Andy looked up to see someone from North High walking towards her. Now really wasn't a good time for Gina to dissappear.

The boy stopped, a smile on his face, "Haven't seen you before," he said, his face contorting into a smirk

She couldn't believe that she was going to get hit on by some random boy. She looked around, trying to see if anyone else was around but she was alone.

Andy nodded her head awkwardly, "I am super new here," she explained, trying to keep cool.

"Whats your name?" The boy asked, clearly wanting more than to know why she was standing in the hallway.

"Diane," she said, remembering Ashlyns story from earlier.

"Wow, thats actually my great aunts name," he said, trying to be cool in front of her.

"Amazing story, it's like everyone called Diane knows each other," Andy said and the boy looked a bit shocked at the sarcasm.

"Can I get your snap, or-" he started, walking closer to Andy.

But he was cut off by EJ as he walked up to Andy, his jaw was clenched and he looked annoyed, "Hey babe,"

He wrapped an arm around Andys shoulders, pulling her in and she leaned into his touch, glad he was here.

"Babe," she said and he placed two fingers under her chin, pulling her in for a passionate kiss.

The boy in front of them looked confused, watching as EJ looked at him with a smug smile, wiping the lipstick from his lips.

Andy just melted into EJ, her heart still pounding from that kiss as she put on a fake smile, "It's so good you're here babe," she said.

"And that's my cue," the other boy said with disappointment, walking away from the couple.

EJ hd a smug smile, glad that the boy knew who Andy was with, he went to pull away but she grabbed his bicep.

"Don't, you let go of me and my legs will give way," she said with a chuckle, looking into his eyes.

He smirked, "Really, the kiss did that to you?" He asked, reaching over and pushing a hair behind her ear.

Ever since that boy had left, he had this smug look on his face.

She had never taken him as one to be easily jealous but if this was how he reacted whenever someone hit on her, she liked it.

She hummed in response, "No, maybe you should try again," she suggested and he just laughed.

EJ placed a hand on her cheek, pulling her in for a kiss. As they slowly backed up, she leaned against the wall as his hands caged her in.

Her hands ran through his hair, the two pulling away slightly for air. He held onto her hips as they continued to kiss, his lips trailing down her jaw and her neck.

He had never felt this way, not with Nini. Andy made him feel whole, like a part of him was missing and had come home.

Andy leaned her head against the wall – she couldn't believe her first make out was at North High.

She made a noise that she didn't know she could even make, one that her brain then registered as a moan, and her cheeks lit up.

He looked up at her, the biggest smirk on his face. She had her head turned away from him, embarrassed and wanting to die.

EJ lifted his hand up to cup her cheek, forcing her to look at him. When she saw the proud look on his face, all the embarrassment washed away.

She leaned back in for a kiss, feeling his tongue slip between her lips and she forgot all about her humiliation from a moment ago; she knew she never had to be embarrassed in front of him.

Gina walked back from the bathroom after finally finding her way back when she saw someone had Andy pressed up against a wall – she recognised Andys red and black floral shirt.

"Hey! Get off of her!" Gina yelled as she ran up to her before realising it was EJ, "Oh my god!"

She gasped as she saw EJ pulled away from her with wide eyes, forgetting where they were or what was going on.

She had not expected it to be him and was shocked but she also had always seen them eventually getting together.

"You two are dating! Or do you just make out in every hallway?" Gina asked with a smirk and the couple looked at each other confused. 

EJ looked at Andy, the teenagers staring at Gina as if they had just been caught by an adult.

"Yes, just, don't tell anyone yet," Andy said, taking EJs hand, "We just want to try this out before the whole drama club gets involved,"

Gina nodded her head, understanding their reasoning, "I won't, but that hickey may say otherwise," she said with a smirk.

Andy gasped, looking over at EJ with an accusatory glare, "You didn't!" She exclaimed.

He pulled her hair back slightly, looking at the emerging bruise on her collarbone with a smirk, "At least that North High boy will know you're mine,"

"Okay, gross," Gina said before thinking for a second, "Just wear your flannel, it will hide it,"

"But its for style effect," she said as she gestured to the flannel shirt tied around her waist.

"It doesn't matter," she said before realising something. "Wait, EJ, what are you even doing here?"

"Well, I felt bad that the two of you were stuck out here so I thought I'd visit," he explained, pressing a kiss to Andys hair.

"God, you two are way too cute. I can't believe I didn't notice," Gina said, smiling at her two friends.

They got a text to come to their costume area and the three rushed over, Andy pulling her flannel shirt over her shoulder.

They walked in on Lily and Carlos fighting over whether they stole the mask or not.

"Maybe you should stick to your precious high school musical and stick to the stuff you know," Lily said and Andy scoffed.

She rolled her sleeves up, bracing herself for a fight. EJ reached down, grabbing her hand and stopping her.

He was not the only person in the school who had heard of her aggressive streak in the skating community.

"Lets wait for the Menkies and we'll see who's in what league then," Ricky said and Lily sighed.

"Or we could find out now," she suggested and everyone looked at her confused, "We challenge you to a good old fashioned dance off,"

"Really? A dance off? Why don't we just take you in a good old fashioned fist fight?" Andy suggested.

Ricky looked back at her, when they were skating, she had a reputation and nobody crossed her.

He shook his head. He knew the situations they had gotten themselves into there and it wouldn't be a good look if she broke Lilys nose - or a rib like that other guy.

Lily ignored her, "We'll see which school has what it takes. No costumes, no makeup, no fist fights, just talent,"

They tried to say no but then Lily dissed Miss Jenn and Ashlyn so they had to step in.

"Nobody out Belles, our Belle, we'll do it," Andy said and Lily smirked.

"Ten minute warm up, then we settle this, street style - well, my version, not yours," Lily said before walking off with her crew.

"I swear I'm going to knock her teeth out," Andy said as she turned to look at the group, all of them agreeing on their dislike for North High.

After a warm up, they randomised and sonf and relieved 'the mob song' and performed a killer routine.

But at the end, Ashlyn nearly fell off of the crazily elaborate stage that they had but Antoine saved her, Big Red looking at him annoyed.

Afterwards, they left with defeat, "For the record, we won," Lily said, chasing them out of the door.

"Just because someone almost fell?" Challenged Gina.

"Yeah, did you see Gina's moves. No way you beat that," Kourtney said, stepping in to defend her.

"Its fine, let her say they won. This dance off doesn't matter. The Menkies matter and we have something you don't have, the Rose Song," Carlos said.

Lily just chuckled, "You can't use that because it is altering the original menken text," she explained.

"Why don't we just do it and take the risk?" Nini suggested.

"And let them win? EJ, is there some kind of sports metaphor for this?" Carlos asked.

Everyone turned to look at him and he didn't have an answer, everyone growling about how EJ failed.

Andy placed a hand on his shoulder, Lily eyeing them from where she was standing as she spotted the hickey - now it was obvious to her what was going on.

"I mean, if didn't really fit in the show anyway,' Ricky said and Nini looked shocked before walking off.

"Run off, classic East High," Lily muttered under her breath and Andy walked up to her, hands balled in a fist.

"You wanna say that louder or are you too much of a coward to do so," she said and Lilys smirk faltered but she kept up the act.

"Nope, come on," EJ said, slinging Andy over his shoulder before they started walking off.

"Let your little boyfriend take you away, he's too scared you'll get beat," Lily said, watching them as they went off, trying to taunt them as much as possible.

"Let me go Eej, I'm gonna pummel her," she said, hitting her hands on his back as he effortlessly carried her out of school.

Taglist:

@maggiecc @hesfasttandshesweird

[michelleasli]

can someone tell me where i can find fanfics/au where portwell are parents pleaseeeee

[portwellbabes]

A little ice skating date with Portwell and Rini?? Say no more!! ❄️⛸️🩵

Check out Chapter 5 and lmk what you guys think!!

[aroundthewaygirlao3]

I am SO EXCITED and more than a little nervous to start sharing my NaNoWriMo project today! I love this story and hope you will too!

Fresh off her graduation from Georgetown, Gina's landed her dream job as a communications assistant for Senator Cash Caswell, of THE Caswells, one of the country's most prominent political dynasties. She expected the long days and late nights... even if her boyfriend Ricky hates them.

What she DIDN'T expect was how complicated her job would get after the senator's son EJ has a whirlwind summer romance with a pop superstar that ends in flames... and a banger of a breakup song.

With his father's impending presidential run looming, Gina's tasked with helping EJ rehab his image before his dad begins his campaign. Can Gina take EJ from playboy prince to politically savvy power player? And can she do it without falling for his considerable charms?

[haven-of-dusk]

Unrelated cute image because I don't want to post just text for this type of thing.

This is not a complaint directed at Rinas, I do want to be clear, and it's much more a complaint directed at Tumblr for not having a filtering system.

Said complaint...I can't follow the hsmtmts tag comfortably. Because if I do then I'm consistently sorting through posts gushing about Rina and sharing Rina gif after Rina gif. And again, don't misunderstand me, I am happy for you all and you have every right to talk about it and use the hsmtmts tag to find like-minded Rina enjoyers, but it's just not stuff I particularly want on my feed all that often.

So that brings me to the question...why not have a filtration system? Like if I can follow Hsmtmts and filter out posts also tagged with Rina? It wouldn't be perfect, some people would use the hsmtmts tag without the Rina tag and those posts would still show up, some posts with a large number of tags might be only tangentially related to Rina but still get sorted out as a result. But on the whole would that not be beneficial for everyone since it lets you focus on the sides of the Fandom that you want to?

And if there is already a feature like this that I just don't know about, please tell me so I can feel like an idiot. Because this feature seems really obvious, and it feels weird if it isn't in existence yet.

[timetravellauvie]

what if Rina timetravel in season 1 and they were so unhinged and a menace to the drama club because they like messing with them and like they got the Troyella role together and all the drama club members and Miss Jenn are confused because those two like have their own world and have their own inside jokes. Then to add more drama, Nini realizes that she still have feelings for Ricky and broke up with Ej. But Ej is like totally confused because he knows that Ricky and Gina were like a thing and he and Ricky were buddies now.

idk I just want to read a fanfic with this plot what AHSHGSSH

[purpledolpin05]

Nobody:

Not a single soul:

Me: Creates a 'High School Musical The Musical The Series' x 'Secrets of Sulphur Springs' crossover story nobody asked for

Also Me: Creates a Next Gen AU spinoff story that's based off SoSS season 3's Bad Future 1 to cure that ✨Generational Trauma✨