You can thank (or blame) poppyfields13 for this update. Her lovely fic "Nil by Mouth" in which she wrote Troy as an evil sex-obsessed slut inspired this update!

Although this chapter killed me writing it. For the longest time I only had two scenes written out (and that did NOT include the first one...), and have been forcing myself over the past few days to get it out. Now, because I was trying to distract myself from KILLING my suitemate who refuses to stop screaming and banging on our door when it's locked (when me and my roommate were trying to sleep), I got it finished!

So thanks for all the reviews in the last chapter (especially to Abster1 and Jerico Cacaw who helped me make a more intriguing summary!), and I hope this one is enjoyed just as much!


East High's Goldenboy

By: StillThereForMe


Two Wildcats were panting and exhausted, leaning against the red lockers of the East High boy's locker room. One was grinning and seemed satisfied, while the other though not frowning, didn't seem as happy. They had told their basketball coach they were staying after practice to work on some layups and foul shots. It was over an hour after practice now, but the boys hadn't played any basketball. Not once this week that they had stayed after every practice had they played basketball.

Troy Bolton and Chad Danforth were best friends. Everyone who attended East High knew that. They had been close since forever, so much so that Chad had often compared their friendship to being like brothers. But truthfully Troy had never thought of Chad that way—he felt extremely close to the other boy of course, but he had never honestly pictured Chad as his brother. Chad was always a separate person, but one whom Troy definately wanted involved in his life. He knew the darker boy idolized him, depended on him, always there to back him up. And there was no way in hell he was going to risk losing that for some sudden Drama King infatuation


"So Ryan really has a boyfriend?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry Chad. I didn't realize you didn't know. Didn't he tell you over the summer?"

"No…he didn't…"

"Well, maybe he didn't tell me either! Maybe I overheard Sharpay mention it or something. I don't know, Sharpay was working me like a dog at that time, maybe I'm remembering wrong."

"It's just…I really thought we got close over the summer. I mean, some of the time when we were talking and stuff…I sort of thought…"

"…that he was flirting with you? Just because he's gay, Chad, and likes you as a person, doesn't mean he was flirting with you."

"Yeah…you're right…I feel so stupid now."

"Hey! You're not stupid…you're a plenty lovable guy, Chad."

"Heh, thanks man. Just wish Ryan thought that too…"

"Hey, Chad…you even sure that you're into guys though?"

"Well…I don't know, I guess. I mean, I'm pretty sure I like Ryan that way at least…"

"Want me to help you decide?"


Troy justified it in his head by the fact that Chad and Ryan simply just weren't right for each other. They ran in completely different circles. Sure, Troy knew he was the one to blame for letting them get close enough to think they had something in common between them. He had ignored his best friend over the summer and let him get close to Ryan—but that was why Troy had to fix it. Things would be terrible if Chad and Ryan got together. Troy cared about both boys too much to see them get hurt by making a mistake like that.

Chad had surprised Troy a little when he came out to him—but Troy quickly realized the only reason he hadn't seen the way Chad felt about Ryan before was because he had convinced himself otherwise. Chad had always seemed so happy when Ryan and Sharpay came to watch their practices, and would never get bored of telling Troy how awesome Ryan was at baseball and how Troy just had to see him play one of these days. Despite the feelings both boys seemed to have for each other, Troy knew it wouldn't last. They'd both get hurt, and he was just trying to prevent that. The only thing they had in common was baseball—and a relationship can't be built on baseball! Troy had so much more in common with either of the boys than they had with each other.

Besides, if by some strange twist of fate the two boys were meant to be together, that meant anything Troy tried to do wouldn't work, right?


"You sure about this Troy?" Chad asked hesitantly, out of breath and shirtless as Troy was unbuttoning his own jeans.

"Of course, nothing wrong with two friends fooling around with each other, right?" Troy grinned, kicked away his jeans, and pulled his best friend closer to him, holding back a laugh at Chad's blushing face. "Plus, I'm sure it will help you decide."

"I don't know…Ryan…" Chad started, but couldn't finish as Troy had taken that moment to pull the darker boy's head closer to him and kiss him much more aggressively, thrusting his tongue into the other's mouth.

"If you do end up with him, you'd want to know what to do, right?" Troy countered, getting slightly annoyed at the Ryan-talk from his friend, and tugged on the boy's pants.

"…I wouldn't mind figuring it out with him." Chad started to pull away until Troy suddenly forced him against the wall.

"He's not into you like that Chad. I'm sorry, but he's not. He's taken. That means any flirting he did with you was just teasing. Besides, would you even want to be with a guy who would do that when he was with someone else?" Troy argued with a frown, but in a semi-sympathetic voice.

Chad's eyes turned downcast at that statement, seeming to think over his best friend's words carefully. As the darker boy bit his lip in thought, Troy couldn't resist the grin that spread across his face and quickly bent down to nip and lick at Chad's neck. He conceitedly smiled wider when he heard his best friend let out a low arousing groan at the sensations he was giving him. Chad was thinking about him now, not Ryan.

"…what about Gabriella…?" Chad managed to gasp out as Troy shot a hand down his pants and started touching his best friend in a way that felt so much better than when he'd ever touched himself before.

Troy bit his own lip to hold back an aggravated sigh, and used his free hand to force Chad to look him in the eye.

"This isn't about her, alright? This is just you, and me. Okay?"

Chad nodded a little more surely and repeated "just you and me."

"Exactly…" Troy grinned, and leaned over possessively grabbing his best friend's lips in a very claiming kiss.


Chad submitted to Troy pretty easily as well. But then, Troy was his captain, so taking orders from him wasn't anything new for the darker boy.

Surprisingly, Chad seemed more nervous about the sex than Ryan did, despite his more outgoing personality. But Troy's somewhat almost conceited confidence about the whole thing seemed to ease his best friend's hesitation, and Chad started to just follow Troy's lead with whatever Troy wanted to do. And once he got Chad going, Troy was pleasantly surprised to find the other boy was a fairly good kisser too (and also several other things that would probably give Coach Bolton a heart attack if he knew what they were doing). While Ryan's kisses were more sensual and slow (and obviously experienced), Chad's were much more needy and energetic, and Troy decided he enjoyed them more.

But he wasn't planning on giving up either of them any time soon.


"I think I'm going to break up with Taylor."

"What? Why?"

"Well…you know, I thought maybe if I break up with her…then…"

"Ryan will be interested in you."

"Yeah, pretty much…do you think it might work?"

Troy sighed, slightly aggravated. "Chad…if he was interested in you, do you really think you being with Taylor would stop him?"

"…maybe? I mean, he might not want me to cheat on her, or…"

"Chad. He has a boyfriend…and even if he didn't, you know, I spent practically half the summer with Sharpay. I learned some things about Ryan."

"…like what?"

"Chad…he's stolen plenty of guys from their girlfriends before. If he wanted you, he would've gone after you by now. Even if he thought you were straight. And I mean, Ryan really isn't that nice or great a guy."

"You don't know him."

"Believe me, I know more about him than you think. And Chad, there are plenty of better guys out there who be thrilled to be with you."

"…but I like him."

"I know, Chad. I know."


Chad never had the chance to really picture he was in bed with Ryan most of the time.

Troy started sleeping with Chad after he'd already started fucking Ryan. And with all the tricks he'd learned from the blond, Troy had more than enough ways to keep Chad in the moment with East High's Goldenboy.

But what Troy hated most of all, was that the things he directly copied from what Ryan did to him, were the things that drove his best friend craziest in bed. Biting his ear, rubbing his thigh, nibbling on his collar bone… And those were the random moments when Chad would whisper out "Ryan…" Like he knew where Troy had learned that from. Like he would be if Chad didn't believe Troy when he told him Ryan had a boyfriend and had just went after the blond anyway and was fucking Ryan at that moment instead of Troy.

Which in that random moment would make Troy feel guilty for just a second, before he'd twist the feeling into anger and pound his best friend harder into the bed or locker or wherever he'd gotten him to agree to do it at that moment until Chad was shouting his best friend's name and forgetting any other.

And then Chad would look up at him, panting, with those worshipping eyes in the afterglow and Troy would completely forget what the hell he ever felt guilty about.


Yeah...Troy's ending up favoring Chad a bit more than Ryan. But since those two have much more of a history than Troy and Ryan do, I figure that's what his mindset would be. But Troy's feelings for the blond boy may be a bit deeper than he realizes at this moment.

Gabriella's also probably going to be making an appearance in the next few chapters too. ;) God I love angst way too much...

So thanks for reading, and please review!

(Oh yes, as always any mistakes you find feel free to point out! I will fix them if you mention them)