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Troy P.O.V.

Finally the prom arrived, I took on my new clothes and I drove my car to Gabriella's house. She opened the door and smiled at me.

"Hi Troy, ready for the big night?" she asked excited

"Yes" I answered weakly "You're gorgeous!" it was true, but I wasn't as impressed as I sounded, and I hugged her. She looked at me and gave me a peck on the lips. "So are you" she whispered in my ear. In that moment her parents arrived, they were so happy for us and for the prom.

"Troy, Gabs, can we take a picture of the cutest couple of the entire school?" her mother asked. Gabriella immediately nodded and dragged me in the middle of the living room, hugging me. Her mother took the picture and then another and another...she took a million of them with us in differents poses. After half an hour we walked out of her house and we got into my car. I was going to drive off when she started to talk.

"Thanks" she said weakly

"For what?" I asked

"For the pictures, for all the time we spend together, for everything" she stated looking at me, I only smiled but inside I was dying, I didn't like to lie to her and it was painfull, but I had to. We arrived at the prom and we met Chad and Taylor outside.

"Hey dude, ready for the after prom?" he asked happyly

"Yeah" I answered trying to sound excited while the girls were talking about dresses and stuff. We entered the big room that hosted the event. There were a lot of people already there, I looked around to see if Ryan was there too, but I couldn't see him. I continued to talk with Chad about basketball, girls and stuff, even if I didn't really pay attention to the conversation and he was also a little distracted by Taylor that while talking to Gabriella was looking at him. After like ten minutes the girls reached us.

"We really missed our dates" Taylor exclaimed and immediately Chad placed his arm around her shouders leading her to the dance floor. They started to dance, I really didn't want to do the same so I said "Do you want something to drink?" Gabriella nodded and we go get something.

"Everything is so cool" she exclaimed, she seemed really happy for the prom.

"Yeah" I lied

"And I'm so happy to be there with you" she added and she kissed me on the lips. I thought it was a short kiss, but she tilted her head and she deepened it. When I felt her tongue on my lips I shut my eyes and wrapped my arms around her shouders. After a while she broke the kiss and I opened my eyes. The first thing I saw was her huge smile, I envy her a little in that moment, I know, her happiness was a lie after all, but she was really happy, happy as I've never been and maybe I will never be only because I was in love with a guy. Thinking that I lifted my gaze and I finally saw him, the guy, Ryan had just entered in the room hand in hand with his boyfriend. Gabriella looked at me perplexed.

"Something's wrong Troy?" she asked

"No" I lied, everything was wrong truthfully, he was there with someone else and I was stuck with her! Anyway the song changed and Gabriella beamed. "I love thins song!" she exclaimed, I knew that this sentence was the girly way to ask a guy to dance so I asked "Do you want to dance?" she nodded and took my hand dragging me to the dance floor. We danced a little and everything was fine for some time, at least I didn't have to see Ryan flirting with his boyfriend. Then the song changed again and started a slow song. Gabriella came closer to me, she wrapped her arms around my neck and rested her head on my chest. I placed my hands on her hips and we started to move with the rythm of the song. After a while she lifted her head and looked at me.

"Everything is so perfect" she whispered softly and she brushed our lips together. That was the moment when everything start to go wrong. I looked around and I saw them, hugging each other really thight and with a smile on their faces. When Ryan lifted Jack's head and started to kiss him in the middle of the room I couldn't take it anymore, I had to do something.

"Sorry Gabs, but I have to go to the bathroom, be right back" I said to her and I walked to the bathroom passing near the happy couple and giving Ryan a really angry look. He understood immediately and followed me. I entered in the bathroom and made sure that no one else was there before he entered in the room.

"Seemes you're really upset tonight" he stated with the usual grin on his face and coming closer to me.

"I can't stand you and your boyfriend dancing and..." he cut me off by crushing our lips together, in that moment all the pain I was feeling before disappeared and I hold onto him for dear life. He broke the kiss and continued talking "You're here with your girlfriend and I'm here with my boyfriend, what's wrong with that?" he asked. I tought about what he had just said and I understood that I couldn't take it anymore so I replied "I want to be your boyfriend, after tonight I will break up with Gabriella and we will be able to be together!" I exclaimed and then I added "Only if you're willing to break up with him." I looked at him not believing what I had just said, but I knew that it was the right thing to say, it felt so right. I could see that he was surprised and his face changed, the usual confidence disappeared, happyness came and I could say that his eyes were filling with tears. He didn't say anything, he only kissed me, tenderly, softly, with that kiss he made me understand that he was ok with what I had said and that he wanted it as much as me. Our tongues were massagging each others when the door shut open and Chad entered. I've never saw him that shocked, his eyes were wide and his mouth fell open.

"What the hell are you doing Troy?'" he shouted at me and everyone in the room heard him, so that everyone was paying attention to what was happening in the bathroom.

"I...I..." I didn't know what to say, I looked at Ryan that was still hugging me but he was shocked as much as I was. Chad was looking at me angryly and also the other wildcats were arrived and they were staring at me in disbelief.

"So?" he asked coldly

"I love him!" was the only thing I managed to say, only in that moment I spotted Gabriella in the middle of the crowd, she was looking at us, she started to cry and she ran away with her face in her hands.

"You love him?" Chad echoed me "And since when you love the dance freak faggot Ryan Evans?" he added. I could feel tears forming in my eyes and I really didn't want to answer to that question. My friend or ex-friend in that moment came closer to us and grabbed me from the shouders separating me from Ryan and he slapped me on the face. "So since when are you doing this?" he asked again angryly. I didn't answer so he dragged me out of the bathroom and also other wildcats started to hit me. They insulted me and they continued to punch me or kick me since I fell on the floor. I could see their angry eyes judging me and I heard Ryan screaming to them to stop but they didn't, they continued since I almost loose consciousness. At that moment they understood what they had done so they lifted me and brought me in a dark and narrow street near the school and they left me there, alone and with all my body in pain. I could feel life leaving me and the only thing that I was thinking about was Ryan and the fact that I will never see him again but suddenly I heard foot steps approaching, after few seconds he appeared next to me. He sat down and took my head in his arms, he had tears in his eyes and some bruises, obviously someone had hit him too.

"Troy, I'm so sorry..." he said between sobs "I didn't want all this to happen" I smiled at him but I couldn't talk. "I called 911, the doctors will be here soon, please don't leave me Troy" he pleaded, but it was too late, I felt so exausted and I closed my eyes. He leaned closer and I could feel his lips pressed against mine "I love you Troy" were the last words I heard before that everything became black and the whole world shut down. The few seconds before it really happened I understood that I was going to die and I hoped that where I was going will be someone like Ryan, my Ryan, the one that loved me and that I loved back.

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