A/N: Thank you guys who reviewed I am really thankful I really am. You guys passed the amount needed to make me want to write a long time ago but I hit a major writers block for a few days even though I knew exactly what I wanted to happen. I'm sorry. I really hope you like this chapter. The next one should come a lot faster. I'm not abandoning you!!
The Weekend Part I
September 26, 9:14 pm
Troy paced back and forth on his bedroom carpet. He looked at the screen of his phone again. He had called Ryan twice since Gabby left. Ryan needed to know what had just happened. It involved him too. Suddenly the futility of the situation caught up with him and anger overtook him.
"Fuck!" Troy yelled as he threw his phone into his pillow in anger. "Fuck, fuck. What am I gonna do?" he muttered to himself. "Come on Ryan…"
Suddenly his cell awoke from its night-long silence with the ring Troy had programmed for Ryan. He lunged for the phone and quickly flipped it open.
"Ryan?" Troy asked, his voice shaking.
"Troy? What's wrong?" Ryan asked, worried at the sound of Troy's voice. "Are you okay?"
"Um… listen can you come over here?" Troy said, trying to calm down.
"Yeah, sure. But Troy, what's wrong?" Troy could here a rustling on the other side and he knew Ryan was standing up to start heading over to his house.
"It's just… I'll explain when you get here"
"Did something happen Troy?" Ryan was clearly still worried
"I'll tell you when you get here…" Troy repeated
"OK, I'll be there in a minute." Ryan said, his voice still tinged with concern. "I've got to tell me mom where I'm going, OK? I'll be there in a second."
"OK," and then Ryan was gone.
9:20 pm
Troy was waiting by the door when Ryan knocked. He jumped when the knocking started, but he quickly opened the door.
"Ryan." Troy pulled the smaller boy into the house and into a hug. "We're in trouble."
"Troy what's going on?" Ryan asked clearly worried.
"Gabbriella came over a few minutes ago…" Troy started.
"Gabri…ella? What was she doing here?"
"She was here to tell me what she's doing next." Troy said, looking into Ryan's eyes.
"But… why would she do that?" Ryan asked, still confused.
"That's not important. What's important is what she's going to do next week."
"Wha… okay." Ryan's mind raced, trying to think of what she could do. "What else could she possibly do to you?"
"She's gonna tell the entire school about us" Troy said flatly. "She's gonna tell everyone. That means the basketball team, Sharpay… and my dad…" for the first time, Troy looked away from Ryan's face.
"But… how did she know about us?" Ryan asked, confusion sweeping across his face.
"She…" Troy hesitated, unsure of whether or not to let Ryan know she had found his note. He couldn't let that hang over Ryan's head. "She said she… saw us up in the school roof garden," he said, looking down at his shoes to hide his lie.
"But… she can't do this!" Ryan exclaimed, becoming outraged. "She can't just keep going around ruining your life!" Ryan threw his hands down in anger. "What is her problem?!"
"Ryan! Calm down" Troy grabbed Ryan's hands and held them in his own. "We can deal with her later. But don't you realize what this means?" He once again held Ryan's grey blue eyes in his own. "With Sharpay and my dad at the school… both our families will find out about… us, when Gabby lets the whole school know."
Ryan gave a small nod. "We both know Sharpay can't keep a secret…" He chuckled at his attempt to lighten the mood, but it fell flat when he saw the seriousness in Troy's eyes.
"I don't know about you, but if my parents are gonna learn im gay, they are gonna learn it from me, not some school rumor." He stared intensely at Ryan.
Ryan nodded his head once again, understanding what Troy was saying. "I feel the same way."
Troy leaned down and pressed his forehead against Ryan's. "And I don't think I can do that without you helping me."
Ryan looked down at his boyfriend's lips and then back up to his eyes. "We are gonna do this together." He saw Troy smile at the edge of his vision. "And we're gonna be fine." And then he leaned down and kissed Troy to seal the deal.
September 27, 12:24 pm
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Ryan grabbed Troy's hand and squeezed it. They were laying on Troy's bed, staring up at the ceiling, mentally preparing for what they were about to do.
Troy shifted to lay on his side and look at Ryan. "You're beautiful, ya know that?"
Suddenly he felt a push, and found himself staring up at the ceiling, on the floor. "Don't change the subject" Ryan said giggling.
"No, seriously." Troy pulled him self back up on the bed and lay down on his side once more. He began playing with the soft hair on the side of Ryan's head. "you're beautiful."
Ryan smiled his big white perfect smile. "Thanks gorgeous." He ruffled Troy's messy brown hair, turning on his side so that the two were facing each other.
"I don't want to go down there." Troy smiled sadly.
"But we have to… and you know that I will be right there with you."
"Yeah… I know."
"Come on. You have to do this before it gets too late." Ryan sat up and pulled Troy with him. "Come on. I'll be right there to help you."
Ryan pulled the reluctant Troy up from the bed and to the top of the stairs.
"Ryan, I can't. This is… how can I do this? What am I going to say?"
"I don't know
Troy. But you'll figure it out."
"But I don't want to do
this, Ryan. I don't want to tell them."
"Troy, you need to do this, they need to hear this from you."
"You're right."
"Come on."
12:32 pm
"Hey, hun. Are you gonna be home tonight?" Mrs. Bolton looked up from her book as she sat in the family room. Troy stood at the doorway, not meeting her eyes. When there was no response, Troy's dad looked over the back of the couch he had been laying on with a questioning look.
"Hey dad, hey mom." Troy said with attempted enthusiasm.
"Is something wrong son?" Jack Bolton asked, noticing Troy was not his usual self. Troy made his way into the room and sat down across the room from his parents. Ryan followed him in and sat and the arm of the chair. He smiled at the two adults, but let Troy start the conversation.
"Is there something you wanna tell us, hun?" Troy's mom looked questioningly at the two boys.
"Um… yeah… there, uh, is something I was hoping I could tell you guys." Troy looked up at his parents for the first time, resigned to what he was about to do.
Troy's parents turned to each other nervously, then turned back to face their son. "Well go ahead son, you know you can tell us anything."
"Um… anything…?" Troy looked hopefully at his mother, and then at his father.
"Of… course son. You don't need to keep anything from us. We're your parents." Troy's dad said, trying to be supportive.
"It's just that…" Troy looked at his parents again, but it was too much. He quickly looked back down at his feet.
Suddenly he felt a nudge at his shoulder. He looked up and saw Ryan's elbow sitting on his shoulder. His eyes followed the arm and landed on Ryan's face, which was looking down at him with a supportive smile. Ryan held Troy's eyes with his own, and he knew that he needed to do this.
"Mom, Dad… I'm… gay." He reached over and grabbed Ryan's hand. "And I'm going out with Ryan." He looked away from Ryan's face to see the reactions of his parents.
The faces he saw weren't happy. But… they weren't angry either. There were no emotional tears in his mother's eyes like he pictured. The faces he saw were… worried.
"Oh, honey, are you absolutely sure about this?"
"This is a big thing to decide at such an early point in you life, son." The concern on the faces of his parents made Troy unsure of what they're ultimate reaction was.
"Yes… yes I'm sure. This is who I am!"
"But honey, what about Gabriella?"
"Mom! What I felt for Gabby couldn't even compare to what I feel for Ryan!" Troy squeezed Ryan's hand and stared defiantly at his mother. "This is who I am!" he repeated. "And if you can't deal with it—"
"Wait son, if this is how you truly feel. We support you one-hundred percent."
"He's right dear, it's your life. We just want you to have the best life we can give you. We just don't want you to have trouble because of who you are." Mrs. Bolton said. She rose from the recliner she was sitting in and made her way over to Troy. "Come here honey." She held her arms out in a welcoming gesture.
Troy felt Ryan unwind his hand from his own. He stood and quickly made his way over to his mother's arms. She enclosed him in a warm motherly hug. "We love you honey."
"There is nothing you could do that would make it any different, son." Jack Bolton stood and began to pat his son on the back.
"Thank you, guys. I love you," Troy said through his mother's shoulder.
"We love you too," his parents responded in unison.
From behind them Ryan smiled.
And then he sneezed.
1:27 pm
"Admit it!" Troy yelled, as he pushed Ryan on his bed and began to attack his ticklish sides with his fingers.
"Admit…haha… what!" Ryan yelled trying to squirm away from Troy's hands.
"You sneezed on purpose!" Troy continued to attack Ryan, moving up his sides to his armpits.
"No. No! I didn't!...hahahaha… stop!" Ryan tried to push Troy away with his feet.
"You were trying to get some more attention. Admit it!" Troy climbed on top of Ryan
"Never! Hahahaha!"
"Ryan—"
"Wait Troy!" Ryan gasped for breath.
Troy paused, hovering above the blonde boy.
"What you said. About me and Gabby. Did you mean that?"
"What thing"
"That she couldn't compare to me. Did you mean that?"
"Of course I did," Troy said, falling to the side of Ryan. Once again they boys lay side by side on the brunette's bed.
"I feel the same…" Ryan said, turning to face Troy.
"That your better than Gabby?" Troy said, chuckling.
"No." Ryan hit Troy in the shoulder. Troy turned so that the two boys were face to face. "That this relationship can't compare to anything else that I've ever had."
"Ryan. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me." He grabbed Ryan's hand.
"I feel the same about you…" Ryan moved his head down and began to press his lips to Troy's. Troy moved his body closer, engaging and intensifying the kiss. Troy began to run his tongue along the blonde's lips, which were quickly parted. Ryan felt Troy's tongue begin to explore his mouth and began to press his own tongue against it. Troy backed off a little, and began to suck on Ryan's bottom lip, which earned a moan from the smaller blonde boy. Ryan reciprocated by running his hands through the brunette's hair and began attacking his boyfriend's neck. He nibbled along the basketball player's chin and then began sucking and biting down on his neck, earning multiple moans and swearwords from his boyfriend. After leaving a noticeable mark on Troy's neck, Ryan made his way back up to Troy's mouth, kissing his way up his neck, chin, and then his nose. Troy began attacking his lips once again. The two boys battled for dominance, with neither one winning, until air became such a necessity that they had to break apart.
After the boys caught their breath, Troy pressed his forehead to Ryan's in what was becoming a signature gesture of their relationship.
"Do you think that you are ready to come out to your family tomorrow?" Troy asked, brushing wisps of hair out of Ryan's face.
"I don't know. But if you can do it, I can. As long as you're there with me."
"Don't worry baby, everything is going to be fine." Troy grabbed Ryan's hand once more and gave it a squeeze. He began to rub his thumb along the crook in Ryan's hand reassuringly.
"If my parents are half as good as yours, I'll be happy." Ryan smiled up at Troy.
"Don't worry. I'll be right there with you. Nothing could keep me from being there to help you."
"You're right. Thanks Troy" Ryan smiled.
Troy smiled back. "So what do you wanna do for your last day as a free man?" Troy asked, sitting up.
"This." Ryan pulled Troy back down, and began his revenge for the tickling he got earlier that day.
A/N: again I'm really sorry that it took me this long. I just had a really really bad writers block. I really hope you like it. Keep coming with the reviews. I love you all! thanks