This is a dark fic and way too emo for disney. I was inspired when I watched the clip of Lucas Graabel in 'The Real Son' On YouTube so if any of you is having trouble imagining Ryan as an Emo just watch that and that's what he looks like in this fic. Let me know what you think :) x

You're Crashing, But You're No Wave

When school started again there wasn't the constant excitement of what everyone did that summer. There was excitement; but for a different reason. Everyone was talking about the Evans, not that that in itself was unusual but what they were talking about, that was the cause for the excitement. Troy and Chad were at their lockers when they finally found out what the buzz was about, the door opened and a lot of the kids around the entrance had stopped talking. Troy and Chad exchanged looks with each other and then at the boy who had walked through the doors.

"Ryan?" Chad stuttered. Ryan, the twin brother of Sharpay was walking towards them and he didn't look anything like he did before the holidays. The blond hair that was always groomed perfectly beneath glittery hats was now shaggier and not to mention jet black. That wasn't the only thing about him that had changed, the bright colours that often reflected his bright attitude towards life now consisted of tight grey skinny jeans and a black tight fitted tee.

"Hey," He smiled towards Chad who was looking at him with a curious look.

"You look..." Troy started, but he couldn't find the words. Sure enough, he did look hot, like really hot but he wasn't going to admit that. Ryan just smiled shortly. Chad looked at Troy and then back at Ryan.

"So not that it's any of our business but what's up with the new look?" Chad finally asked. Ryan just shrugged.

"Start of something new?" He laughed. "That was cheesy wasn't it," both Troy and Chad laughed. "Oh well. I've got to run got a meeting with the principal," With that the new and in Troy's eyes definitely improved Evans headed away.

"Wow." Chad laughed. "Is it totally wrong that I thought he looked kinda..."

"Hot?" Troy finished.

"I was going to say 'emo' but hot works too." Chad laughed. "I mean not that I'm gay or anything, I'm with Taylor and everything..."

"Chad it's fine, I know you're not gay. Don't need to go on about it forever man." Troy smirked.

"Are you and Gabriella still fighting?" Chad asked as they walked towards their home room.

"Yeah, I don't know what's going on with us man." Troy sighed. "I think the flames just gone you know?"

"Fires don't last forever man, but maybe it will light back up again."

"Maybe," Troy sighed.

They reached their home room and sat in their normal seats, Sharpay was sat at the front dressed in pink, Chad and Troy looked over at her both curious and frightened to ask what was going on with the twins. As it was the first day back, home room ran on for an extra hour much to their dislike. For the first ten minutes Mrs Darbus rattled on about musicals and other events that were taking place this year. But then there was a knock at the door and they all looked up at as the boy in black entered the room.

"Ryan!" Sharpay squealed as she stood up, her voice high with a mixture of concern and anger. Ryan however didn't look at her, instead he made an extra effort not to notice her at all.

"Sorry I'm late, had a meeting with..."

"It's fine Mr Evans, we were just talking about the musical take a seat." Ryan sat down next to Troy as it was the only spare seat, he propped his bag on the table and rested his arms on his backpack.

"Ryan!" Sharpay shouted again.

"Miss Evans, that's enough." Mrs Darbus snapped. Chad and Troy, and the rest of the class all exchanged looks, all curious as to what was going on with the twins.

"Ryan please, I'm sorry okay..." Sharpay for once didn't listen to Mrs Darbus instead she marched straight up to her brother and stood in front of his desk. He stared at her and then rolled his eyes.

"Always one for the dramatics right, Shar?" Ryan said in a bored monotone voice. "You're making a fool of yourself."

"No, I'm trying to apologise." Sharpay shouted. "What is wrong with you?"

"I said that's enough!" Mrs Darbus shouted. The whole class just stared between Mrs Darbus and the twins. "Mrs Evans, I am fully aware of what is going on and I must remind you that this is a class room, not a place for you to sort out your family problems. Now please take a seat." Ryan smirked at his twin and then turned his head he saw Troy staring at him with a confused expression. Sharpay stormed back over to her seat and sat down. Mrs Darbus looked at Ryan with concern and then started to talk again.

Troy watched Ryan throughout the lesson, when Mrs Darbus spoke about the musical Ryan didn't pay any attention instead he pulled out a notebook and started to doodle aimlessly. There was half an hour left, and Mrs Darbus had finished with what she had to say. So she said that her students could talk between themselves.

"You okay?" Troy asked Ryan. He couldn't deny that Ryan looked extremely hot, his black hair highlighted his pale face and bright eyes, which if Troy looked closely he'd be able to see a faint line of black eye liner.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Ryan smiled weakly.

"You sure?" Troy asked, because behind how beautiful and amazing he looked. Troy could tell there was pain there too. Sharpay stormed over again the minute Mrs Darbus left the room.

"You know what you're doing to the family Ryan?" She shouted. Ryan shook his head in anger and pushed himself up from his chair and stood face to face with his twin. "Mum and dad are..."

"Complete and utter bastards for what they said to me!" Ryan said cutting his sister off. "You can live in your perfect little bubble with them. I'm not welcome there and I don't want to be."

"You can't blame them..."

"Really because right now I blame them for everything that happened over the summer!" Ryan screamed. "You've no fucking idea do you Shar. You're so used to everything going your way. Every once in a while you should step out into the real world, because not everything smells like roses and not everything revolves around you. One day when you find that out and you really need your twin, don't you dare come to me." Ryan shouted, he pushed Sharpay out of the way, grabbed his bag and left the class room banging the door loudly.

"Sharpay, are you okay?" Troy asked softly. Sharpay shook her head and for the first time ever the class saw the ice queen break down into tears in the basketball players arms.

Chad and Troy stayed with Sharpay till she stopped crying, they saw how shaken up she and Ryan was and they were both determined to find out what was wrong. Chad because he considered Ryan and Sharpay to be his friends, and Troy because he saw the real pain behind Ryan's eyes and he wanted to make him okay again. He wanted to see the smile that made his insides feel all warm again. He wanted the old Ryan back.