Chapter 9- Big mistakes

As Ryan glanced in his over head mirror's he sighed as he showed his ID card to the people on the lava springs gates before carrying on though the main entrance. It had been five days since Gabriella had discovered his secret and the teenager had managed to spend that time avoiding everyone but the cleaner as he practically locked himself in his room. They were all so wrapped up in work and stuff that no one actually seemed to notice he wasn't there, at least his parents and Sharpay hadn't.

Unfortunately, his plan to stay hidden for the rest of the summer was ruined when Fulton called around on his way back from work yesterday evening to inform Ryan that his parents required his presence at some dinner party that they were holding for some new clients called the Halliwells.

He had originally planned to avoid it, but five phone calls from Fulton in the space of an hour had scrapped that idea, which was why he was currently pulling into the car park.

Stepping out of the vehicle, Ryan briefly glanced around him, checking to see if anyone he knew had seen him pull up, before putting his sunglasses on, adjusting his blue and white hat so it was slightly tinted and heading towards the golf course, where he knew his father would be.

Sneaking past the kitchen's in the hope that no one would recognize him, considering he was currently wearing a simple blue t shirt and a pair of black pants, something which was defiantly not at all sparkly, or even fashionable for that matter, Ryan headed towards the red hills, praying that Vance would be there and that he wouldn't have to wait around for him to show up.

Just before he crossed the greenery and came out of the sight of the restaurant, he heard foot steps coming from behind him, and not the friendly one person ones either.

"Hey Evans!" A familiar voice called out, causing Ryan to freeze at the sheer harshness in his voice.

Slowly turning around, he saw the four faces of the basketball jocks, just staring at him, looking far from impressed. They were all roughly the same height, each of the reaching just under six foot, which although it was only a couple of inches taller than Ryan, made him feel rather intimidated as he was forced to look up at them. They were each wearing waiters uniforms, which showed Ryan that, not only had Troy got his old job back, but also his friends had forgiven him for completely ditching them.

Swallowing hard he forced himself to wipe the fear of what was going to happen next off his face as he plucked up the courage to walk towards Troy, Chad, Zeke and Jason.

"Hey." He replied simply, in his usual chipper voice, studying the people in front of him carefully.

"I'm going to get straight to the point!" Troy said instantly as he took a step towards the witch, shortly followed by Zeke and Jason, only Chad hung back slightly, just looking from Ryan to Troy. "What the hell happened between you and Gabriella?"

"You mean she didn't tell you!" Ryan blurted out, unable to keep the relief from showing on both his face and in his voice, something which he instantly tried to cover up knowing it would probably make the whole situation ten times worse.

"No, but I'll tell you this right now! Whether I work for your parents or not if you have done anything to hurt my girlfriend! Then you will regret it" He growled taking yet another threatening step forward as he pointed a finger at the blond, looking like he was about to explode.

"You're back together then?" Ryan mumbled, looking Troy directly in the eyes, ignoring all the threatening body language the boy was giving out as he appeared the picture of confidence.

"Yeah! She phoned me up three days ago, one thing lead to another you know how it is, or not, as the case maybe." Troy continued, causing Zeke and Jason to both burst out laughing as they looked at Ryan, who just folded his arms in annoyance, that joke was really getting old.

"Troy asked you a question Evans!" Zeke eventually spat when it became clear the blond wasn't going to say anything else. "What did you do to Gabi?"

"Nothing!" he repeated simply, looking from Zeke, to Troy, then Chad, who refused to met his eye. It was at the point, as he stared at the angry faces of the jocks, he realised that the brunette, may not have told them the truth, but he had still lost his new found friends.

"Why don't we believe you?" Troy growled, glaring daggers at the male Evan's, his eyes showing how he truly felt. Ryan however couldn't decide whether it was hatred for him being related to Sharpay or the thought of what he could have done to Gabriella which was fuelling his anger.

"Whether you believe me or not isn't really my concern, now if you excuse me… I'm late for meeting my father!"

As Ryan attempted to turn around and walk of, Troy grabbed hold of his arm tightly and spun him around to face him, digging his nails into the witch's wrist in the process.

"You're not going any where until you answer my question!" He growled, as Ryan glanced up at him.

"Troy!" Chad yelled out, after finally finding his voice, deciding enough was enough. "Come on dude just leave it!"

"No, not until I know the truth! If he did anything to my girlfriend I have the right to know!" he continued, shrugging Chad's hand of his shoulder when the teenager tried to get him to just walk away.

Ryan instantly rolled his eyes as he glanced briefly at his wrist that Troy currently had hold of, before looking directly at the boy in front of him, wondering what he could possibly say. It wasn't like he could just come right out with the truth, yet it had to be convincing enough, in order to get Troy to let go of him.

Suddenly a small smile appeared on the blond's face as an idea struck him, an idea which would make the jock run a mile and finally leave him in peace…well at least until school started anyway.

"Fine, you really want to know the truth?" Ryan eventually asked, the satisfied smirk not once leaving his face. Those words instantly made Chad's eyes dart towards him, confusion written all over his face, he knew Ryan would never hurt anybody, but that creepy grin he currently processed had him worried, he was plotting something, that much was obvious.

"Spit it out Evans!"

"Well okay then, but remember, you asked for it! Gabriella won't talk to me because… Because I told her that I had a BOYFREIND!" he said, almost certain he was going to regret his decision in the morning, but he decided to worry about that later, after all half the school thought he was gay anyway.

The witch slowly began to smile though, as he realised that his words obviously had the desired affect, since Troy jumped a foot and dropped his arm almost instantly.

"Wha…What?" Zeke stuttered as his face turned a mixture of pure confusion and disgust. In fact three out of the four boys had the exact same expressions, only Chad looked at him with disbelieving eyes!

He had been to Ryan's house before, seen his bedroom, which was covered in pictures of female Broadway stars. He even caught him checking out one of the nurses during his brief stay at the hospital last week. To him, Ryan was a lot of things, but gay certainly wasn't one of them.

"Yeah, his name's… Wyatt Demon..son! Tall guy, looks a lot like me apparently! Loads, of guys are after him at the moment though, that's why Gabriella freaked out, because some really nasty creatures came looking for him when she was around!"

Ryan couldn't help but inwardly laugh at what he had just said, it was amazing how you could tell the truth, but lie though your teeth at the same time AND still make it sound convincing.

Chad's eyes instantly widened at that, but not for the same reasons as his three friends, who were unsure of what to think. DEMONson, nasty creatures, Guys after him!!! Okay to anyone else, that sounded believable, but to the guy who had just finished reading a certain book…. Well it sounded like a pretty good cover story.

As Ryan opened his mouth to continue, Troy, Zeke and Jason, all shoved past him, with Chad following shortly behind them.

Without bothering to check if they had actually gone, Ryan headed off towards the main building, deciding he really didn't fancy heading to the golf course anymore. He didn't get very far down the pathway though before, he practically charged into someone else, who had their arms crossed, having been standing behind the jocks all along, having heard the whole conversation.

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"We need to talk!" the girl said slowly, taking hold of Ryan's hand and leading him towards a bench. "Why did you just tell them you were gay?" She asked her arms still folded as she stared into his crystal blue eyes.

"I had too!" he replied simply, causing the girl to burst out laughing.

"Why the hell would you have to tell them that? You do realise their going to make your life a living hell now! And for what? You're not even gay!"

"What makes you so sure I'm not?"

"Are you kidding me? Ryan we went out for two years! The only reason we're not together now is because of Sharpay! If that bitch hadn't threatened to hang her self we would still be dating! God, we've been friends for years! Besides, you stare down girl's tops WAY to much to be gay!"

A small chuckle escaped Ryan's mouth at those words as his face turned a very nice shade of red, trust her to notice something like that.

"That is so not true!"

Kelsi just raised her eyebrows at his attempt to defend his actions and burst out laughing as she studied the look he was giving her, confirming her suspicions that he really was lying though his teeth.

"Yeah it is! You couldn't take your eyes of Gabriella when she first arrived!"

"That… That doesn't prove anything…For all you know, I could swing both ways!" Ryan threw back at the brunette, whose laughter only increased, as she poked silly faces at him in an attempt to lighten his mood.

"But you don't, we both know that, otherwise you'd be drooling over Troy like the rest of the population!" Kelsi replied, the laughter vanishing from her tone completely, as her face turned deadly serious. "Ry talk to me! You've never had a problem trusting me before! Please don't start now!"

"I can't Kel!" You'd end up hating me, just like Gabriella!"

"Not a chance! I care about you way to much! Nothing you say could ever make me hate you! Please! Tell me what happened? Why did you lie to those lunk head basketball jerks?"

Turning his head so he was facing the girl he used to love, he looked her straight in the eye, before sighing and shaking his head, he just couldn't do it; he couldn't bring himself to shatter her view of a prefect simple world.

"You wouldn't understand!"

"Give me the chance to prove you wrong! I mean it Ryan; just tell me, what's going on?" Kelsi replied, now on the verge of begging him as she grabbed hold of his hands, and gripped them tightly. "I won't repeat it to anyone! Pinkie promise!"

Ryan laughed at this, especially when she stuck her little finger in the air, ready to do the one thing which proved she meant every word, the one thing they hadn't done since they were little kids.

Sighing in defeat, as Kelsi put on her best puppy dog eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, before taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, realising that he didn't have much choice, he could never resist that look.

"Okay… fine! But don't say I didn't warn you" He said slowly, as he joined his little finger to Kelsi's. "The reason Gabriella is so freaked out, is because, when she was at my place… Demon's attacked us, and she saw me use, magic… powers if you want to call them that, in order to get rid of them…" Glancing at her confused face he paused and took one last deep breathe before continuing. "I'm a witch Kelsi!"

As soon as he said those words, he instantly regretted them ever leaving his mouth, as a long pregnant pause soon erupted between the pair, as Kelsi just stared at her friend in completely disbelief.

"What?" She eventually replied after a moment's silence, as she started blinking uncontrollably as her face scrunched up in confusion, and much to Ryan's surprise, amusement.

"I'm serious Kelsi!" He continued, guessing she thought that he was joking around and having her on in an attempt to avoid the real issue. "Watch!"

Holding his arm out, he flattened the palm of his hand and concentrated on a mental image of a small red rose. Instantly the flower, sort of emerged from his hand, growing in size as it developed from the white light he had created, until that one small rose, grew into a bunch of bigger ones.

Turning his head, he stared straight into Kelsi's eyes and handed the flowers to her. The brunette's face no longer held a grin, instead it was almost completely blank as she took the flowers and looked from them, over to Ryan, then back to them again, unsure of what to say.

"Now, do you understand why I didn't tell them the truth?" he asked carefully, his eyes never once leaving her's as he waited for some type of reaction, but nothing came, as she opened and closed her mouth like a fish.

"Come on Kelsi, say something, anything! Yell at me if you want to, but please say something!" He begged after about five minutes passed of them sitting in complete silence, the only sound you could hear was the rustling of leaves and branches which was coming from behind them, almost like someone was watching them, but neither paid attention to the noise.

Biting the side of her cheek, the pianist looked way, before getting to her feet and heading back in the direction of the restaurant.

As Ryan watched his only real friend, just get up and walk away, he allowed one single heart broken tear to roll down his face before he too stood up and walked off in the opposite direction, not quite believing that he had lost the one person who really mattered to him.

He had barely taken two steps however, before he heard foot steps rushing towards him and someone calling out his name.

Turning around, the teenager's face lit up for a second as he saw Kelsi walking back towards him, she hadn't left after all! His smile however, soon disappeared as her fist collided with his jaw. Not expecting her to punch him, Ryan instantly fell backwards and grabbed hold of the nearest tree branch in an attempt to stop himself from falling.

"Ten years! We have been friends for ten years and you're only just telling me this!" Kelsi yelled as she folded her arms and stared at the witch with what only could be described as 'the death glare'.

"That's what you're mad about?" Ryan said in astonishment, as he looked back over to his friend, blinking in confusion as he saw her nodding in confirmation. He had expected her to be mad, to hate him, but not because she hadn't told her sooner.

"You've always known that I believe in magic and not once did you mention the fact you had powers! NOT ONCE!" Kelsi continued as she took a step closer to her friend. "Did you really think you couldn't trust me?"

"Of course not!"

"Then why didn't you tell me ages ago!" She practically screamed, as she took a deep breath and looked towards the trees, trying to calm herself down. She didn't mean to sound so harsh, but what she had just been told was a huge shock, and scientists did say that people reacted in different ways to the same situations.

"Because I was afraid alright? Afraid, that I would loose someone who means the world to me!" Ryan blurted out, shocking both himself and the small teenager standing beside him.

"That could never happen, Ry! You're my best friend! You could never loose me!"

"Really?"

"Really!" She replied simply with nothing but pure sincerity in her voice. With that, she closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around the guy who was so much taller than her. Smiling Ryan returned the gesture and the two of them stood their hugging, with goofy grins on their faces.

"So, what powers do you have then?" She eventually asked as the two broke a part. Ryan just shook his head as he tried to remember him self, there was after all a lot of the things.

"Well…."

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"How touching!" A hooded figure standing in the shadows watching the duo spat as he turned away, unaware that him and his demonic friend, weren't the only ones watching the teenagers.

"Should we illuminate the girl?" His counterpart, who was also dressed in a hooded robe asked as he lifted his rather heavy, dread locked claws up and made a sweeping motion.

"No, are orders are clear, destroy the twice blessed, no one else, unless they become a problem!"

"I still don't understand why?"

The older of the two, turned to face his work mate and shook his head.

"Forgotten already have we?" When the demon failed to respond, the one answering to the name of Nate sniggered and continued. "Wyatt Halliwell is a threat, if he is allowed to come into procession of THE sword; we will all cease to exist."

"Then why didn't any one illuminate him earlier?"

"Because, some idiots thought they could turn him to our side! They even got a stupid witch to pretend to be one of the charmed ones, future children. The witch informed the Halliwell family that Wyatt would grow up to take over the world, in the hope that they would allow the witch to get close enough to the child to turn him evil, only even as a baby the boy trusted his instincts, refused to let the witch near him!"

"That's why our master wants him dead then because he can not be turned to our side?" The second demon asked as he briefly glanced towards the blond, wondering what it would be like to take on someone with the amount of power that he was radiating.

"That, and because he is too powerful, it is one thing us demons and the elders agree upon, at least a select few of them anyway! Wyatt should never have been allowed to be born! But it doesn't matter now, thanks to the knowledge the pool girl gave us, he'll be dead soon enough!"

The other demon nodded in agreement, then hearing a rustling noise coming from the bushes opposite them, and noticing two brown eyes staring at him and his partner, the demon, placed his hand on Nate's shoulder and shimmered them both of down to the under world.

(A/n) well here's the 10th chapter, and finally someone else knows about Ryan! But the question is, just who else was watching them? The next chapter, Ryan meets the halliwells! Thanks to all my readers and reviews:)