Gina and Ricky

**Rina** is the friendship/romantic pairing between Ricky Bowen and Gina Porter. They are portrayed by Joshua Bassettand Sofia Wylie.

## History

### Season 1

In Auditions, Gina Porter first saw Ricky Bowen out in the hall talking to Big Red, Kourtney Greene and Nini Salazar-Roberts on the first day of school. Ricky Bowen and Gina Porter didn't officially met until auditions for *High School Musical*. During Auditions, for the school musical Ricky performs an original song and Gina is shown to be in awe watching his performance. They are labeled as outsiders being that Gina is a transfer student who moves around a lot and Ricky being a skater who doesn't like musicals but joins it in hopes of getting back together with his "*ex".* In The Read-Through, when Ricky was feeling insecure about staying in the school musical and drops out he goes to the skate park and surprisingly sees Gina who looks to have been waiting for him sitting on the steps with her headphones in. She asks him "Is it true that you dropped out?". He answers her with" Did Miss Jenn send you here?." Thinking that Miss Jenn probably sent her here to bring him back to the musical. Gina denies and says "Please, I think I scare her" indicating she came here on her own volition. Ricky agrees with her statement on her being scary. Gina encourages him though to stay in the school musical saying that "Outsiders keep everyone on their toes. You kept us real" Ricky looks deep in thought at what she says. In Homecoming, Ricky sees that Gina has brought EJ to the dance as her partner and tells her she could do better. She rebuttals him telling him "You're not the one to give relationship advice and when I want your opinion I'll ask." He goes around to say something that hurts her and she leaves the table. When he sees her pour a drink on EJ's head and storms off angry he goes off after her to see if she's alright and apologizes for what he said to her at the table. She asks him "Why do you care?" Relating to her problems and he answers with an uncertain "I don't know" but says "I thought we sorted got each other" Them being both outsiders to their receptive group. On the ride to her house, they share a moment with each other that leads to Gina kissing him on the cheek which leaves him speechless.

After homecoming, Gina and Ricky have grown closer and opened up to each other about a lot of things. However, they soon grew apart after Gina and her mom moved away. She did come back at opening night and they properly said their goodbyes with her saying she "wouldn't quit on them if she wasn't moving away." Ashlyn soon suggested that Gina stayed at her house for the rest of the school year, to which Gina obliged. She and Ricky still talked, but they weren't as close as before because he and Nini got back together.

During Season 3, while Gina is in a relationship with E.J. Caswell, they grow close again, with Ricky soon after rekindling his buried feelings for Gina during the season. In Let It Go, Gina confesses her feelings to Ricky again at the *Frozen The Musical The Documentary* red carpet and they share a kiss.

## Moments

### Season 1

#### The Auditions

* Gina was watching from the sidelines while Ricky and Nini argued in front of the lockers
* Gina smiled while Ricky sang "I Think I Kinda You Know" for his audition
* She looked at him as he found out that he got casted as Troy

#### The Read-Through

* Gina watched Carlos try to convince Ricky to come back to rehearsal
* Gina waited for him at the skatepark
* Ricky was surprised that she was at the skatepark
* They talked, and Gina said she was stoked when Miss Jenn cast Ricky as Troy
* She told him that he kept the drama club real, and that he has his own style
* Ricky talked about what she said in the confessional and tried to give his all into the show

#### The Wonderstudies

* Gina said that "Ricky and Nini proved that opposites don't always attract" in the confessional
* During rehearsal, Ricky watched Gina and the rest of the dancers go through their dance routine for "Stick to the Status Quo/Rehearsal"

#### Homecoming

* Ricky and Gina get into an argument about him thinking she is too ambitious
* Ricky and Big Red later watch her and EJ argue
* Ricky goes to apologize to Gina and they have a conversation about them both being outsiders and having home drama
* He drove her home and they joked about him thinking she was scary when they got there
* He also thanked her for convincing him to stay in the show and they talked about them both liking having somewhere to go after school
* When he asks her about the argument with EJ she says she doesn't do dates because she moves too much to become close to people
* Gina kisses him on the cheek and leaves after her mom flashes the porch lights

#### What Team?

* When confronted by E.J. who asked if she cared about Ricky, Gina answered with "What if I do?"
* Ricky and Gina walked in the bomb shelter together
* Big Red asked Ricky what happened with him and Gina on Friday, and Ricky said that he wasn't sure yet
* When Ricky suggested an acoustic version of "When There Was Me and You," Gina voted for his idea while the others vetoed it
* After they find out Miss Jenn could be fired they have a conversation about being scared that the musical could stop and they would no longer have somewhere to go after school
* She then asks to hear his song idea and he plays it for her
* After she complimented him on his guitar and he complimented her on her dancing and acting
* He also made a joke about her pouring punch on EJ's head in the last episode
* She said that she was hoping that he'd forgotten about that and he said he couldn't forget anything that happened at homecoming
* After some awkward silence when Ricky then suggested that they do something to help save Miss Jenn
* After the song and they saved Miss Jenn, Ricky and Gina hugged, him lifting her up in the air in a circle
* Natalie pulled Gina away to the others, but a while later, he received a text from Gina saying that his dad rocked and that he takes after Ricky
* They also walked, sat, or danced next to each other a few times throughout the episode

#### Thanksgiving

* Gina watched as Ricky and Nini sang "Start of Something New"
* Ricky went to Gina's side after he and Nini talked and they high-fived when Carlos invited everyone to the Thanksgiving party
* Gina went to Ricky's house before the party so they could walk together and also to give him a hat she knitted
* They have a conversation about hobbies she has picked up by being bored at home
* Ricky said he wasn't going to go to the party because he had been too stressed out by everything in his life changing
* Gina tells him that she's dealing with a similar issue because her mom works for FEMA and suggests that he goes to the party
* He agrees and takes the hat she made for him to which they joked about how oversize it is
* They arrived at the party together and they chuckled about Gina and YouTube
* They played High School Musical: The Choosical in the same team
* Gina laughed as Ricky and E.J. did the Sharpay and Ryan warm-up together
* Ricky smiled as Gina danced the "pop, and lock, and jam and break" before she answered Martha Cox
* He cheered as she received a "decathlon ribbon" as her prize
* He looked concerned when Gina and her mom talked over the phone
* Ricky waited for her in the kitchen, all ready to go home
* When she told him that she's moving away, he looked crestfallen and stared at her when she walked away

#### The Tech Rehearsal

* Ricky kept on texting Gina the whole day, but she didn't answer until later in the day
* He told everyone that she wasn't a quitter and that she will come back
* He told Nini that Gina moving away sucks

#### Opening Night

* Ricky looked at Gina as she danced "Stick to the Status Quo"
* After that number, they stared at each other for a while before talking about her finally being back but only for one night
* They also talked about how they didn't think she would get to come back before she told him it was time for "Get'cha Head in the Game"
* When Ricky had to go for his next scene, he said "gotta go," and Gina stared after him

#### Act Two

* After Ricky opted out of the second act of the musical, Gina saw him in the hallway and approached him
* She tells him a friend got her a last minute flight and he said that Todd (his mother's boyfriend) also did
* He also tells her about how he was worried that he would stop Nini from getting into her dream school
* They then joke about them having to see EJ play Troy and went to watch EJ and Nini
* As Ricky and Nini sang "Breaking Free," Gina looked a bit sad.

### Season 2

#### New Year's Eve

* Ricky was looking at Gina while she danced in front of him and the others during "Something in the Air."
* He was also looking at Gina when all of them cheered when they all got invited to a party at Ashlyn's house.
* Gina was glaring at Ricky when he sat down a few feet away from her.
* He noticed this and smiled at her.
* She smiled back and shook her head before going to the kitchen.
* Ricky stared after her as she walked away.
* When they heard Kourtney read Nini's New Year's Resolution, he thought it was Gina who wrote it down, but Gina told him that it wasn't.
* When Ricky and Nini were singing "You Are the Music in Me," Gina looked at them sadly.
* They were both shocked when they found out Nini was moving to Denver.

#### Typecasting

* Gina and Ricky were next to each other in the lunch table.
* Gina looked at Ricky when he said that he wasn't gonna audition for the spring musical.
* She smiled when he walked in the auditorium.
* They both watched each other's audition, and Ricky cheered for her and her group.
* They both clapped for Big Red.

#### Valentine's Day

* Gina told Ricky and Ashlyn to review the waltz
* Gina came to Ricky's house unexpectedly, surprising Ricky and they jokes about his house being a mess
* Then she talked to him about her not thinking her mother would get her something for valentine's day
* He says that he understands missing your mom and they talk about telling each other things they don't tell other people
* He then gets a call from Nini and leaves her to take it so Nini wouldn't know she was there
* When Nini says she they can't hang out that day and hangs up he tells Gina that he wanted to play her a song and that it was a weird day
* Gina suggests that he should play it over the phone because every girl likes a sweet gesture and that she knows from experience, referencing when Ricky serenaded her
* He responds by saying he thinks she'll get her's too but she doesn't believe him
* Then she goes out the door before Ricky could finish thanking her for coming
* Ricky followed Gina's suggestion and sang his song over the phone.
* Gina received a box of chocolates just as she got a text from Ricky, so she thought it was from him.
* She sent him a text to thank him for the chocolates, but a few moments later, it was revealed that it was her mom who sent it.
* Ricky receives a message from Nini and Gina at separate times but only looks over when Gina's is sent

#### The Storm

* During the recap, Gina said that chocolate gives her heartburn because she was upset about her thanking Ricky for chocolates only to find out that her mom sent them
* After Ricky laughed at her joke about Miss Jenn's story being scary she looked at him sadly
* They had a conversation where Ricky tried to complement Gina and made a joke the chocolates situation after she was hesitant
* In a confessional Gina said that she misinterpreted the situation and that she would never step on what he has with Nini
* She also said that it was a running joke between them
* Gina brushed Ashlyn off after she asked what the joke was about
* When Nini showed up, Ricky and Gina both stared at her as if they've done something wrong.
* Ricky, like everyone else, followed Gina's lead when they got locked up in the school during the snowstorm.
* When Big Red tried to ask for Gina's opinion on what Ricky was planning to send to Nini, it seemed as if Ricky didn't want her to hear it.
* Gina looked pained and told Ricky to never text or say what he was planning to send to Nini, ever.
* Ricky said thanks for her opinion and said he was sorry. He didn't mean to suck her into their thing.
* Gina changed the subject by telling him that she found a Twix bar near her locker and tried to pass it off as a joke. Ricky laughed and told her he goes big.
* She stared after him as he and Big Red walked away
* When asked by Carlos who is the reason she was having a confusing time, Gina said that it didn't matter.
* When Ricky went to catch up to Nini at the bus station, Gina looked at him, hurt.
* He looked at her, smiled, and said "Later," before going.
* When Ashlyn asked what happened back there with Ricky and Carlos, Gina walked away after saying she was still figuring that out.

#### The Quinceañero

* Ricky and Gina were both helping plan Carlos's Quinceañero.
* Gina said that she doesn't know where she stands with most boys at her school, and she's most likely talking about Ricky.
* Ricky approached Gina for advice on what to do with Nini. And then he went on to say that theoretically, if he and Gina were dating, would she be flattered if he did the same thing for her. She told him she would be, but reminded him that they were not dating and that there are better people to talk to about Nini.
* Ricky was one of those who cheered when Gina performed "A Dancer's Heart."
* Gina looked sadly at Ricky and Nini while Seb performed "The Climb.'

#### Yes, And...

* Gina stood behind Ricky when he showed them all the video North High made.
* They both fooled around with the pool noodles.
* When Ricky asked Gina if she would be his partner in one of the exercises, she ignored him.
* Gina was improvising with Ashlyn, and when Ashlyn said, "What is your heart telling you?" Gina looked at Ricky, who smiled back at her.
* Ricky stood by the doorway while Ashlyn sang "Home" and looked at Gina, then at his necklace.
* Gina told Ricky that he was amazing out there on stage, and he smiled at the compliment.
* When Ricky said that it felt good to get something right for once and she must get that feeling all the time, she disagreed. She told him that she doesn't do anything right the first time and that her thing is that she just keeps pushing and never quits. He told her that he knew that she doesn't.
* Gina started to cry as she says goodbye to him and he was teary-eyed as well.
* Ricky told her to say what she wanted to say.
* She told him that she wouldn't quit on what they had if she wasn't moving away. So now, she was going to give him a really tight hug and walk away with her head held high. When she said "Okay?" he nodded and said "Okay."
* They both gave each other sad smiles and hugged.

### Season 3

#### Happy Campers

* Ricky decides to comes to Camp Shallow Lake last minute. When Ricky shows up at camp the first people he sees are E.J. and Gina who were just having a moment and he says "Group Hug?"

#### Into the Unknown

* Ricky and Gina run into each other while going to have breakfast, and, Gina asks if they can start over, to which Ricky immediately agrees.
* While Ricky is singing For the First Time in Forever/Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Mashup) it can be seen how Gina is looking at him in the background.
* They both go running to congratulate Jet on how well he did the audition.

#### The Woman in the Woods

* They both get casted as Anna and Kristoff, the main romantic pairing in Frozen.
* Ricky sees a shrine in the woods and decides to tell E.J. about it so they can go to llok at it, who blows him off, so he instead goes with Gina to find it.
* Ricky and Gina talk ans joke during the walk on the woods, with Ricky admitting he's a little scared and putting Gina's hand on his chest to prove how fast his heart is going.
* They hear what they think is the Woman in the Woods and go to find it.
* Once in the barn, having realized it was Ashlyn all along, Ashlyn says that there is always something new to learn, and Ricky looks over at Gina.
* Afterwards, Ricky admits he's really proud of her, and that is a big deal the fact that he got the Anna part in the play.
* Exiting the barn, they both say goodbye at each other, only to realize they are walking in the same direction.

#### Camp Prom

* Ricky chokes on his drink as he sees Gina walk in Prom
* After Gina breaks up with E.J. Caswell, Ricky consoles Gina
* Ricky helps Gina pick her stuff up when she drops it
* Ricky almost confesses his feelings to Gina, but due to her recent breakup, he doesn't

#### Let It Go

* Gina wishes "Happy Birthday" to Ricky after he leaves
* While Ricky is singing Kristoff Lullaby, Gina looks at him
* Gina confesses her feelings to Ricky at the Frozen Premiere. She refers to him as a "Yes" and not a "Maybe"
* Ricky kisses Gina, meaning they must be dating in Season 4.