Troy glared at his boyfriend from the doorway leading into the living room. He was doing it again. Even after he had sworn it off. He had promised Troy he would never do it again.
And here he was. Like a user getting his fix.
Troy could tell that Ryan knew he was breaking his word. The volume was down low, and at every slight sound Ryan would jump and click on the remote to change the channel on the television set.
"I thought you said you were going to quit," Troy said from his spot in the doorway.
Ryan meeped and jumped around on the couch to see Troy looking at him with a put upon expression. The blond boy blushed, and he could tell by his boyfriend's stance that he had done wrong.
"Troy, it's not what it looks like," Ryan said quickly, his eyes wide as saucers. "I was just channel surfing, I swear."
"Whatever, Ry," Troy said as he began approaching his boyfriend. "I've been watching you for the past 10 minutes."
Ryan's face went white. When Troy reached the couch, Ryan leaned over and grasped Troy's arm. "Please, Troy," he started. "It's just so addicting. I can't help it. I've tried staying away from it, I swear. But every time I pass the television set, it just taunts me, 'Ryan, come watch me. No one will know,'" he finished in only what Troy could assume was a spirit-voice imitation.
"It's only a TV show, Ry," Troy said, still not understanding.
"Degrassi is more than just a TV show, Troy," Ryan said as he grabbed onto Troy even tighter. "It's like crack. I mean, I know it's an awful show. I know it. The acting is awful, the storylines are bad — but God help me, I just can't stop watching it!"
"Do you even hear what you're saying?" Troy asked. "This is ridiculous."
"I know that, Troy!" Ryan exclaimed. "I know! But where else am I going to find a show where all of a sudden a girl becomes a lesbian for a day and a high schooler gets propositioned for sex by a 40-year-old man while he's hitch-hiking in the country roads of Canada? WHERE?!"
Troy looked at his boyfriend. He was a mess. Something had to be done. "Can't we just watch something else?" Troy asked. "How about The Little Mermaid?"
It was going to be a long day.
