Hey, everyone! It's chapter four! Yay! Well, today has been a good day. I woke up, went to a 50's diner for breakfast, had a figure skating competition, and got third place! D
Disclaimer: I wish.
Falling Off The Ladder
Chapter 4
More Lies
East High School
"Dude, what happened to you?" Chad asked.
Trying to hide his panic, Ryan asked, "What do you mean?"
"Your arm," Chad said pointing to Ryan's bruised arm.
Looking down at his arm, Ryan noticed how dark the bruises had gotten. "Oh, that," Ryan said. "I was practicing a dance routine with Sharpay and messed up while I was doing one of the moves. We had moved a bit too close to the stairs. And…I think you get the point."
Lying was becoming pretty easy to do.
Wincing, Troy said, "That has got to hurt."
Ryan shrugged. "I'll live. Just some bruises, right?"
"Bolton! Danforth! I'll see you both for detention!" Mr. Baker yelled.
"What did we do?" Chad asked.
"Last boys out. Mr. Evans here already asked for detention. Move it, boys."
"Yeah, I asked for it," Ryan muttered, sarcastically. "Senile idiot."
Troy and Chad laughed.
"Hey, guys," Gabriella said. "Detention?"
"You get it too?" Troy asked.
"Yeah," Kelsey said, nodding. "Apparently, we don't have the right attitude."
"Are you serious?" Chad asked, laughing.
"Oh, shut up," Kelsey said. "So what are we doing today?"
"I think he got high or something because we're doing ping-pong," Sharpay said.
"Ping-pong!"
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Gym had ended pretty quickly, thankfully. When a freshman called Sam had a ping-pong ball slam into his eye, Mr. Baker had to take him to the nurse and told everyone to get changed and wait on the bleachers until the class ended.
After the bell rang the six went through the school pretending to be picking out their new classes. They had decided weeks ago, so they had two hours to waste until detention.
Unnoticed by the group, Sharpay was continuously sending Ryan worried glances. Suddenly, Ryan gasped in pain.
Turning, Sharpay asked, "Are you okay?"
Wincing slightly, Ryan nodded. "I'm fine. Just got pushed into the lockers. Hit a lock."
Watching as Ryan moved and began to walk ahead of her, Sharpay's eyes widened. "Ryan!" she exclaimed. Seeing the others look at her strangely she laughed a bit nervously. "Um…Ryan? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Running ahead of him, she placed her hands on his shoulders and pushed him down the hall and out of the other's line of vision. Shoving him into the nurse's office, she shut the door quickly.
"What the hell?"
"Your back," Sharpay said. "The cuts opened. It's bleeding though your shirt."
Looking in the mirror, Ryan cursed under his breath.
"Let me re-bandage it," Sharpay said.
Nodding at Sharpay, Ryan slowly shrugged off his shirt. "We're pretty lucky that when the nurse moved to the new office she left her stuff here."
"Yeah," Sharpay said, nodding. Slowly bandaging the marks, she sighed. "Ryan-"
"Don't start, Shar," Ryan said. "We're not telling anyone."
"Stubborn," Sharpay said. "Okay, I'm done, but your shirt's stained."
"I'll just keep my jacket on," Ryan said, shrugging.
"Why don't you just go home?"
"Can't," Ryan said shaking his head. "We have detention. I'd rather just get it over with."
"Even when your body isn't up to staying up any longer than it needs to?" Sharpay asked.
"Let's go, Shar," Ryan said, walking out.
"Ryan, wait up!"
TBC
Anime Girl23: Done! D
Ryan: You have fun torturing me, don't you?
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Until next time!
