A/N: Thank you to all those who reviewed, and who added this story as a fav. I'm so glad you like it. I hope you like the rest of it cause its really helping me put off my research paper. In this chapter things finally get become a little happier for Troy. So I hope you guys like it.
Senior Beginnings
August 2, 11:14 am
Troy was standing in his driveway, holding a basketball, looking up at the rim in front of him. He took a few step back, and then he sped towards the basket, bouncing the ball in front of him. As he neared the red loop looming above him, he pushed off with his right leg and soared through the air. His hands brought the ball up to just over the rim and brought it down into the center of the rim. But apparently he was not having a good day. For the seventeenth time today, the ball bounced out of the rim and bounced down the driveway.
Troy sighed and jogged down the drive to get the ball. Ever since that night with Gabby, Troy hadn't made a single shot. No dunks, o free throw shots, not even any lay-ups. He had yet to get to the point of using a ladder but he was getting there. "What is wrong with me? Gotta get back in the game."
He was awoken from his thoughts by the sudden pair of shoes which had stopped his basketball's rolling. He followed the legs up to the familiar face of his new neighbor, standing there with a contented smirk. "Want someone to play with?"
"Uh… sure." Troy said, standing there slightly confused.
Ryan bent down and picked up the bright orange ball, and threw it at Troy's chest. "Come on. First one to 21 wins." And then he ran past Troy to begin guarding the basket.
Needless to say… Troy was a little confused. Was this the same Ryan Evans he had been going to school with since 6th grade? The Drama King of East High? The brother of the Ice Queen? In all the years Troy had known of Ryan, he had never known him to play any sports. When they had been in the same freshman PE class, Ryan had been the kid who stood in the corner talking to the girls. But there he was, standing in front of the basket, with an expectant look on his face.
"Might as well…"
12:26 pm
Troy and Ryan sat in the Bolton kitchen. In front of them was a half empty package of Oreos ©, two root beers, and an almost empty bag of chips. The basketball game had ended almost an hour ago, but Troy and Ryan had decided to go inside and hang out. For the first two minutes of the game, Ryan was the only one scoring. But after having the ball bounce of the rim and backboard an uncountable number of times, Troy eventually got back into his groove. Troy won, of course, but it wasn't as easy as he thought it would be.
At the moment, both boys were snacking on the food in front of them, talking about another one of their mutual subjects of dislike: Sharpay.
"I just don't know how you live with her, dude" said Troy taking a swig of his soda.
"She's not bad all the time. It's just when she doesn't get her way…" mumbled Ryan in a pathetic attempt to defend his sister.
"Ryan… come on, I saw how she was acting that day when you guys were moving in. She looked like she was about to kill that guy" Troy said laughing.
"It's times like that when I usually just go for a walk or something. I can't stand being in the same house as her" Ryan said dramatically.
"Well the next time that happens, feel free to come over here for a while. Hell, if you guys had moved in earlier I might not have had such a crappy summer" He said jumping up to sit on the counter.
"Oh, come on, it couldn't have been that bad."
"You try spending all summer completely alone. No one around. I got a job for a while, but got fired."
"Well, I had to spend the entire summer at our family resort."
"Oh… sounds soooo horrible" Troy jested.
"Believe me, spending all summer in a place where all there is to do is sit by the pool or play golf… with my sister. It gets boring… and really aggravating."
"At least you had someone to spend time with."
"Yeah… someone who yells when you're late, or when you disagree, or when your happy…"
"Sheesh. Sounds bad."
"You're telling me."
"But school starts soon." Troy began to drift off and imagine what senior year would be like.
"Yeah and until then, at least we have each other." Ryan quickly covered his mouth.
Troy snapped out of his daydream. "Wha? Did you say something?"
"Just that… we might as well hang out till then." Ryan covered quickly.
"Sounds good to me. Maybe I won't mind the rest of the summer." Troy grinned and he and Ryan went to watch TV.
August 6, 11:37 pm
Troy and Ryan sat in front of Troy's TV, watching and old scary movie. It was a slasher flick, filled with build up music, and cliché situations. But the blood almost looked real, and both boys were frightened by the movie. Ryan let out a big yawn, followed by a big yelp as a door slammed in the movie.
They had just spent their fifth consecutive day hanging out. Every day they had spent doing something at Troy's house. Usually they just ended up talking or watching TV. They had spent one day attempting to play video games, but Troy's competitive side came out. So they went back to watching TV.
Tonight was the night before the last day of summer, so they were celebrating. They had finished a few hours of TV, a pizza, a bottle of soda, and a funny movie. The slasher movie had been a random pick by Ryan, who was currently cowering on the couch. As the serial killer once again popped out from around the wall and began chasing the token blonde girl, Ryan grabbed the pillow from his side and put it over his head, squishing into the smallest space possible. As the frightening music began building in volume and fervency, Ryan peeked out from the side of the pillow; just in time to see the killer's shadow plunge a pointy shadow knife into the well endowed chest of a shadow girl.
Ryan let out what could only be described as a meep, and burrowed his head farther into the couch, which suddenly turned out to be Troy's shoulder
Ryan didn't seem to notice that his head was now on Troy's arm. Troy didn't really notice it either. He spent the rest of the movie on edge as the killer proceeded to kill everyone but the witty brunette girl. It wasn't until the credits that he noticed Ryan still had his head on his shoulder. He looked over at the blonde head on his shoulder, not really knowing what to do. He attempted to slowly place his hand on Ryan's shoulder and shake him to give him a heads up. But when he shook Ryan gently and got no response, he noticed a deep rhythmic breathing. He noticed that Ryan had stopped shaking and no longer seemed to be cowering. He looked over at the blonde a little closer and noticed his eyes were closed and his face was calm. He was asleep.
Troy didn't really know what to do, so he let the boy sleep for a little bit. Troy tried to relax and go back to watching TV, but he couldn't stop thinking about Ryan on his shoulder. The place where Ryan's cheek touched his shoulder felt warm and comfortable, but he couldn't calm his mind down.
After about 30 minutes, Ryan shifted in his sleep and ended up leaning on the other side of the couch. Troy grabbed a blanket and put it over Ryan, and then went up to his room to grab a pillow and sheet. He brought them back down and set up a little bed on the floor. He would have gone to sleep in his room but he didn't want Ryan to feel awkward when he woke up.
August 8, 6:45 am
Troy stood in front of his mirror looking at his reflection to see if there was anything he needed to fix or conceal. Today was the first day of his senior year, and he was determined to make it a good time.
A/N: so I hope you guys like it. There are the little beginnings of a little something. It will get to be more next chapter. But if you like it I need some reviews so that I know it. Or else I'll feel unwanted. So REVIEW. If you don't you are evil.
