Hello! This is my second fanfic, which will hopefully have more direction than my last! Once again, I don't own High School Musical or anything to do with them, only this story.
General information for the story: Set after both of the films. Gabriella and Ryan have become really good friends. Jason is no longer on the basketball team (for reasons you will see soon). Hmm, can't think of any more information that you need. Oh, other than this is a Tryan. So if you don't like, don't read. Um…oh yeah, R & R please :D!
The Closet ClubRyan Evans strutted through the corridors of East High; he smiled at all of the students who chose to stare at him and continued his power walk to his destination. Ryan hummed a show tune softly to himself while clicking his fingers with his right hand, since the summer musical last year he had grown a little taller and felt a lot more mature and sure of himself. He had stopped co-ordinating his clothes to match his sisters and now only wore hats when he felt like (which wasn't often).
Ryan heard a crash of a locker, so turned around to investigate. Sensing that the coast was clear, he slid into an old classroom and closed the door quietly behind him, unaware that somebody was following him.
Troy Bolton leaned away from the locker just in time to see Ryan enter the old classroom. He clutched onto his chest and breathed a huge sigh of relief that he had not been caught. He darted silently to the classroom door and put his ear to it. Nothing. Not a sound could be heard. Suddenly remembering about the janitor's closet that linked to the classroom, Troy bolted down the corridor and slid into the closet. The summer vacation had not only changed Ryan, but Troy as well. Troy was also a bit taller, and had his shoulder length hair cut a lot shorter. He crept through the janitors closet and peeked through the gap in the door. He could see the back of Ryan, who was in front of about ten teenagers. He got down onto all fours and leaned closer to the gap in the door, hoping to hear the conversation in the other room.
Ryan let out a sharp cough. "Ok everyone, lets make a start!" As soon as he made the announcement, everyone stopped their conversations instantly and diverted all of their attention to him. Ryan loved that he could do this; it was nice to get all of the attention for a change. He quickly scanned the room, stopping when he saw someone he hadn't seen there before. He let out his showbiz smile, showing off his gleaming white teeth.
"We have a new member everyone!" Everyone looked at the brown haired boy and smiled broadly, all applauding him. The boy looked a little bit embarrassed, but returned the smile anyway.
"What is your name new member?" Ryan asked
"Adam" answered the boy, who had now stood up. Seeing Ryan's gesture, he walked over to Ryan and stood next to him. Ryan took the boys hand and shook it, before returning to face the rest of the crowd.
"Please tell us a little about yourself Adam, don't worry about everyone here, we don't bite"
"Much…" scoffed a girl at the back, which caused a few of the crowd to giggle.
Adam began to introduce himself. Ryan listened intently to what his newest member had to say, after the brown haired boy had finished talking, Ryan motioned for Adam to retake his seat.
"Thank you very much for joining us at The Closet Club Adam. So now we should introduce ourselves to you. I'm Ryan Evans and I'm president of the club. The only rule we have here is that we do not broadcast the club to anyone, not everybody in this club is publicly known to be gay, so that is the way it shall stay until they decide otherwise. If people want to find out about the club they come to me. This club is a secret club, so nobody is allowed to know who is a member" Ryan spoke with such demand and confidence, showing everyone who was in charge. Troy stared with such captivation at the event that was unfolding, so captivated that he lost his balance and fell onto himself with a sharp thud.
Ryan turned around after hearing the noise that had interrupted him mid-sentence. He walked cautiously to the door, hearing the footsteps caused Troy's heart to beat rapidly. The blonde haired boy dramatically opened the door and looked at the contents of the closet. His eyes expanded at the shock of seeing Troy Bolton curled up in a ball on the floor but quickly composed himself and closed the door elegantly.
"Just the janitors mop" Ryan explained to the Closet Club crowd. "Anyways…where was I?"
The rest of the meeting went slow for both Troy and Ryan. Ryan tried his best to act normal, fighting the temptation to go into the closet and shout at Troy until he was red in the face and couldn't breathe any more. Deciding that probably wasn't the most tactful option, he continued to run the meeting with no further slip-ups. At the end of the meeting, the crowd began to usher out of the classroom and off the East High campus.
"Do you need any help with the chairs and tables Ryan?" Ryan's vice president, Jason asked. Ryan smiled back at the taller boy.
"No thanks Jason, I'll be fine. I'll see you tomorrow!"
"Take it easy" replied Jason, who slowly walked out of the room and down the corridor, leaving Ryan and his intruder alone in the classroom.
"You can come out now" Ryan said in an emotionless tone, while lining up the chairs and tables. The closet door slowly opened and Troy's face popped from around it. Ryan turned around to face the direction of his intruder and smiled
"Want to tell me what that was about?"
Sensing that it was safe to do so, Troy came into the classroom and shut the janitors closet behind him.
"I was curious" he boldly stated
Ryan sat on a table and looked straight into Troy's chocolate brown eyes. "About what this event was I'm assuming…"
Troy froze on the spot, he replied with a simple "No" but made no other movement. Ryan's smile dropped as he stared at the school's golden boy, who had just started to shake.
"Troy, are you alright?"
"Iwant tojoin yourclub" Troy confessed erratically, he squirmed and shuffled his feet.
"Well…your seat in the club can't be in a conveniently placed closet Troy. You'll have to sit out here with the normal people" Ryan rolled his eyes and jumped from the table he was sitting on.
"Uh, sure" the intruder stuttered, Ryan casually made his way out of the classroom. He turned around and smiled sweetly.
"See you here, I'm sure you already know the time and date" the blue eyed boy gave a coy wink and turned back on the spot, continuing to exit the school.
To Ryan's surprise, Troy turned up the following week. What was even more of a surprise was that Troy was back to his cool, casual self. Ryan treated Troy just like any other new member, giving him time to introduce himself to the rest of the gang, not that he needed much introducing of course. After a fun, relaxing half hour of conversation, the students started to file out of the classroom, informing each other of their weekend activities. Troy was about to leave when he saw Ryan and Jason tidying up the room. He turned on his feet and casually walked over to the pair.
"Hey guys, need any help?" Troy asked politely, giving them his trademark "Wildcats" smile
"No thanks, we got it covered" Ryan replied nonchalantly, closing a cardboard box and handing it to Jason "Are you ok to take this home Jason? It's pretty heavy"
"Not a problem, I'm pretty heavy" Jason chuckled "Well, have a good weekend guys!" he nodded his head and carried the box out of the room. Ryan picked up his bag and headed for the door, Troy following him.
"Ryan! Can I ask you something?" Ryan rolled his eyes and sighed. He turned around the face the older boy, plastering on a fake smile
"What is it Troy?" the younger boy asked sweetly.
"I just wanted to say thanks" Troy stated
"For?" Ryan questioned
"Not reacting, it was nice that nobody cared I was there"
"Nobody does care that you were there Troy" Ryan stated coldly and continued to walk down the corridor. Troy, left confused by the other boy's last statement, decided to catch up to him.
"Well, aren't you surprised I was there?" Troy asked. Ryan let out a small laugh
"Hardly! I've had my suspicions for a long time Bolton, I just didn't think you would be clever enough to find the Closet Club" Ryan started to strut down the corridor, hoping that he could lose Troy with a quickened pace. However, the annoyance easily caught up.
"But don't you think it's a big thing that I'm…"
"Don't flatter yourself Troy, I really don't care. No, I don't think it's a big deal that you're gay. I don't even think you're a big deal. Anyway, have a nice weekend Bolton…may I suggest you use it getting over yourself?" Ryan winked and let out a smug laugh before opening the big metal doors. He then ran over to his sisters pink convertible and jumped in the passengers seat.
"Ryan! How many times have I told you not to jump into my car?!" His sister Sharpay screamed
"Oh, because it's so hard to call the maid to clean the seats" Ryan replied sarcastically.
"It is hard Ryan" she put a hand on his shoulder "So. So. Hard" she looked straight into his eyes and put on a frown. She held the pose for a few seconds before bursting out laughing. Ryan soon joined her in a chorus of laughter. The car jerked out of the school's car park and frantically sped out of the school grounds. Seeing the object of her affections standing on the corner of the road, she beeped the horn loudly and erratically waved.
"Bye Troy!!!!" She screamed. Troy squirmed and looked at the pink convertible passing by, he politely waved back and put on an awkward smile. He noticed Ryan in the passenger seat, who licked his lips and grinned. Troy gulped and turned away, hoping that they had sped off into the distance. Ryan laughed as his sister drove him back to their home.
"Good day I take it" Sharpay asked her brother
"Hmm, could have been better. Thank god the weekend is here!" Ryan relaxed into the passenger seat and closed his eyes. He smiled at the thought of all the fun things he had planned this weekend. There was shopping with Sharpay, shopping with Gabriella and golf with his father.
'All fun things…" Ryan thought 'and not a Troy Bolton in sight!'
I think I'll leave this chapter for now. Mwahahahahahaha! R & R please ;;
