Disclaimer: Sadly, I DO NOT own High School Musical, the characters, or Disney Channel! Also, I do not own the song I put in this chapter!

A/N: Ok, I hope you like this chapter! I dedicated chapter 5 to Troy, so this one's all about Ryan. I decided to do something different, and make it a song fic(the song fic is only for this chapter..maybe a few more chapters along the way). The song is "Brighter Than Sunshine" by Aqualung. I chose this particular song because it's one of my favorite love songs of all time, and the words describe pretty well what Troy and Ryan are going through...mostly, though, what Ryan's feeling. If you get the chance, you should download this song or buy the cd! It's awesome! lol k, well, enjoy chapter 6! P.S. Sorry the chapter is short...Writer's Block sucks donkey butt!

Chapter 6: Love Burns Brighter than Sunshine

Wow, I told Troy I love him! And he said he loves me, too! Now, the question is, Did he mean it as much as I did? I hope he did, because falling in love with Troy is like being alive...the only way you can escape is to die. Being with Troy is the biggest shock of my life. I used to think I knew who I was...I had myself figured out. Then I realized I could never figure myself out, which is why I was so desperate to get out of Sharpay's shadow...so I could get to know someone, they could get to know me, and they could help me figure myself out. Well, not only has Troy helped me figure myself out, but he did it in such an unexpected way. He changed me into a simpler person so I'd be easier to understand. It's like I was a broken toy...Troy's favorite toy...and he loved me, so he fixed me so I could be with him forever.

My God, this is truly mind-blowing! After I found out I was gay, I just knew that love was meant for everyone else in this small, flat world but me. Troy telling me that he's gay and he loves me was like figuring out that maybe the world isn't flat after all, and maybe the other half of my broken heart was beating beneath another person's chest instead of in a wooden box buried somewhere in the center of the earth.

What a feeling in my soul.

Love burns brighter than sunshine.

Let the rain fall, I don't care.

I'm your's and suddenly you're mine.

And it's brighter than sunshine.

The song keeps swimming through my mind, and when I close my eyes, I picture Troy on stage, singing it to me. His voice is so sweet, soft...and makes me melt in the very place I sit, in admiration as I watch him sing his heart out to me. The words I hear, I know are just for me, and no one else. Though there are hundreds of people in the audience, I am the only one who truly understands the meaning of the song Troy so beautifully sings.

I never saw it happening.

I'd given up and given in.

I just couldn't take the hurt again,

What a feeling...

I know that Troy loves me...and even if he doesn't, I'm sure he would never hurt me. Well, he'd never mean to hurt me. He's not that kind of person. But, even so, I still feel like there must be something wrong, because I know that I don't deserve such perfection in my life. Troy is what perfection envies...and I am the essence of imperfection. Troy is attacking me with all this love, and I feel like I should be pushing it away...I should be fighting him off before I get hurt, but I can't! I won't! He's too deep in my heart now for me to pull him out and push him away. As wrong as it may be, this feeling, warm in my heart, feels so right.

I didn't have the strength to fight.

Suddenly you seemed so right.

Me and you...

What a feeling...

I cannot shake this feeling off my trembling skin. My entire bodyshakes when I picture Troy, and hear his perfect voice singing to me. My heart pounds and my stomach is full of knots. These painful sensations help me know for sure exactly how I feel about him...

I love Troy, and I want to be with him forever. I want to hug him forever. I want to kiss him forever. I want to hold his hand forever. I want to look into his eyes forever. I want this feeling to last forever. And ah, this feeling...what a feeling...

I haven't been getting very many reviews, so PLEASE review! if no one reviews, i won't update, and i HOPE that no one wants that to happen! just please review, and if u all keep reviewing, i'll keep updating...well, unless i get writer's block again, then it might be a few more days...sorry!