It was three o clock in the afternoon, and Ryan was barely beginning to open his eyes
It was three o clock in the afternoon, and Ryan was barely beginning to open his eyes. This normally wouldn't be unusual if it was a Saturday or a Sunday, but this is different. It was a Monday morning…Or is it afternoon? Well, it was morning for Ryan, and he was quite content to skip school as of late; Mostly because of Troy, and partly because he liked watching Opera, Dr. Phil, and Jerry Springer.
Titanic theme music…Peachy.
"Hello?"
"Hi, this is Suzan Evergreen, calling in behalf of East High. I just wanted to make sure you are okay seeing that you haven't been to school for a week."
Oh, joy!
"Oh, uh, yeah about that: I caught chicken pox last week. My theory is that I got it from school, you guys should really hire better janitors."
Click!
He hung up the phone, not wanting to talk to anyone anymore than he has to.
Groaning, he slipped out of his bed and began raiding for non-dairy chocolate. He always kept a stash hidden around somewhere. Usually in his sock drawer…among other things…such as a "neck massager" Lubricant, tissue, and a vibrating dildo he bought from spencers.
"Aha!" He found a small baggy with chocolate, a pack of Marlbro lights and a silver lighter. He pulled out a piece of chocolate and his emergency cigarettes and headed to the balcony.
Flipping open his lighter, he ignited the flame, lighting the tip of his wonderful cancer stick alight.
Stress does no good for a person. I mean look at Ryan, an 18 year old actor who just skipped school, indulged in fatty substances and started smoking..
Troy is having a strange and awkward dilemma. His…Genitals began becoming very very itchy. This wouldn't be a problem if he was alone but unfortunately he was in class. He couldn't just reach down there and start itching away, he had to wait for the bell to ring.
Sharpay gave Troy a short and piercing glare before turning around and whispering to her friends. "Great.." He thought "What is she saying...is she telling people about Ryan? Shit. I can't deal with this right now"
The clock ticked...And ticked...And Ticked with the sound of utter dread. Troy began tapping his foot against the ground hoping for relief from the bell.
A few seconds later and the bell was still as silent as ever. This was starting to piss him off. He glared at the bell, and almost like magic it rang, and Troy Bolted out of his chair and ran to the parking lot.
It seemed like forever until the bell finally rang and he was free to go to his own car and scratch his balls however much he wanted.
Finally he was relieved of that itch in a very forbidden place.
Troy sighed and smiled, chuckling at the whole situation. "Too much school and too little play" He had decided. "To the park!"
Ryan decided to take a walk. A calming stroll in the park seemed very appetizing at the current time.
He put on a jacket and stepped out into the brisk air.
A couple of blocks later he ended up at the park which was scattered with tiny little white snowflakes. He smiled and sat on the nearest swing, pulling out a cigarette and lighting it in one quick motion.
'squish...squish...splash...step...step...'
"Footsteps.." He thought "Joy..."
"Hello?" Ryan looked around with a paranoid demeanor.
"Ryan?" A familiar voice question from behind.
'Perfect...Troy...This is JUST what I need...'
"You smoke?"
"Yeah, well things haven't been so well lately Troy"
Troy carefully stepped up to the swing, feeling his heart beating 20 times a second. Ryan looked up and rolled his eyes at the very nervous basketball king. He took a puff from his cigarette before gesturing for Troy to sit on the swing next to him. "So what are you doing here?" Ryan asked with a slight tone of utter disgust.
Troy sat down and sighed. "No reason. I just like coming here when I get stressed...Its nice to just be alone for a while..you know?"
Ryan nodded, crossing one leg over the other and making sure to not make eye contact with the other boy. He took one last puff from his cigarette before dropping it into the cold snow.
The air got awkward.
'What are you doing here? You are conversing with the enemy!...go go GO!'
Ryan got up and quickly walked away from the park, leaving Troy to stare into space, confused as hell.
Troy was staring at the white celling, contemplating what happened. Why hadn't Ryan been at the last two rehearsals? Was it because of him? Or because the fact he was dealing with other things... And why did he bail out on him like that?
Thoughts like this kept popping into his head just like popcorn.
Knock Knock Knock...
"Who is it?" Troy called...
"Its your girlfriend, Gabby, remember me?"
Troy chuckled "Come in!"
Much to his surprise and dismay Gabriella was not the only person at the door.
"We need to talk"
3 Vegan chocolate bars later, Ryan was officially bored out of his mind. He had no more chocolate left, and his cigarette supply was running dry. He had decided that it was time to take one more trip into the outside world for the day.
Ryan drove a few miles out of his gated community and into town. There was a nice little cigarette shop downtown that he had grown to like in the past two weeks. It was called "Smokers Haven" And sold a bunch of novelty items like cigarette shaped lighters and Zippo Lighters that played music when flipped open. It also sold a lot of vegan junk food like vegan chocolate cherrys, and soy chocolate milk. Sometimes he thought the place should have been called "Ryan's Haven"
"Hey! Ryan! What can I do ya for?" The shopkeeper, Kenyan hollered from the back of the store.
"Oh, I would like two packs of Marlbro reds and a pack of lights please...Oh! And could you also get me five of those vegan chocolate bars?"
"Sure! So what's wrong? Stressed?"
"School...Not going to it...and the musical...Friends...Or rather, enemies...just been thinking too much really."
"I see.." Kenyan chuckled and grabbed his cigarettes and chocolate and put it on the table "Well, that will be 10.50 cents, but this time its all on me because I can tell that you haven't really had a good week." He smiled in a cute hearty way.
Ryan giggled a bit before taking the bag. "Thank you..." He looked around the room before continuing, "Hey, do you want to um...grab some coffee or something tomorrow?"
"Don't ya have school?"
"Yeah...school hasn't been agreeing with me lately...So, is that a yes?"
"As long as the coffee is on you"
Ryan smiled and waved before leaving the store feeling giddier than ever.
"Talk...about what?" Troy answered nervously, looking over at the other man in the room.
"About...Us" Gabriella said gesturing over to the boy next to her.
"I can't believe this...I fucking can't believe this!" Troy bursted out standing up to look Gabriella's new boyfriend in the eye.
"I thought we were friends" He finished solemnly.
A/N: I am VERY sorry for taking so long to update. This mostly had to do with making up things at school so I could pass. I am still very interested in continuing to write this story and I plan to have at least 16 chapters by the time it is finished. Maybe there will be more, and maybe there will be less. But all I know is that since summer is here (and summer school is over) I will be updating a lot more. I love reviews! They are one of the biggest things that motivate me! So please leave me a review telling me how I liked it, or how I could improve. Or favorite it and add it to your alerts list. Those always make me immensely happy. Till next time,
-Quite an Operation
