Sorry about the long wait, the stupid document manager wouldn't let me upload anything, including chapters to Invisibility! Ugh! It was a nightmare. Anyway, I hope this was worth the wait!
Thanks to sh0rty my story can be up and running again!
Chapter 24
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up," Mack said bouncing on top of Troy. Troy just rolled over. Mack had been wrong, they had gone somewhere for vacation- a coaches meeting in California for her dad. Troy and Mack had been bored most of the time, but Elaine was on a business trip and Jack didn't trust the two in the house over school vacation. "Wake up birthday boy!"
"Mack, it's the third!"
"No it's not, its January fourth and the first day back to school," she said.
"I'm jet-lagged. I'm not going."
"Would you rather me wake you up or Dad?"
Troy thought about this. Mack woke you up in a childish way that was really annoying at seven in the morning. Jack would throw Troy out of the bed, he's done so before. Of course there would be pillows but Troy didn't really want to be thrown. He stood up and rolled his eyes. "Out."
"Okay," Mack said, running back to her room for her backpack.
Troy hardly knew what he was doing he was so tired. Their flight had come in at eleven thirty after a day of waiting in airports and he was wiped. Mack on the other hand, could be hyperactive on two hours of sleep if she had to. He slipped on a pair of jeans and one of Chad's shirts that he had left there two weeks ago.
"Sweetheart," Elaine said. "Your shirts on inside out."
"Should have slept on the plane," Mack sang, walking by Troy as he took his shirt off and put it on the right way.
"How could I," he asked. "You had your music blasting so that the ninety-year-old three rows behind us could hear it!"
"Anyway," Elaine said changing the subject. "Happy birthday Troy."
"Yeah, happy," he groaned, laying his head on the table and sitting down.
"Troy, just think. You're an adult now," Mack said.
"And the first thing I'm doing as an adult is not going to school today," Troy exclaimed jumping from his seat. He was stopped by Jack who pushed the eighteen-year-old into the room.
"Nope, you're going to school," Mack said. "Good try though."
Thats what Mack liked about her family. No matter how much Troy went through, he was still treated normally, and neither of them got any special attention. The only time that Troy got more attention than her was when he was sick.
"Alright you two, in the car," Jack said, grabbing his coffee, keys and bag. Mack raced out the door ahead of Troy, getting the front seat. Troy, who was dragging behind, sat in the back. He laid his head back and shut his eyes. Jack shook his head as he started the car, knowing that he would probably have to wake the sleeping boy when they arrived.
After being woken up for the second time, Troy stepped out of the car and over to his friends. Cam and Chad turned around, big grins plastered on their faces.
"Happy, happy birthday, from all of us to you," they sang. "We wish you happy birthday, so we can party too. Hey!"
"It was all them," Jason said as he, Zeke and Ryan covered their faces. Troy smiled at his friends, even though he was a little embarrassed that Chad and Cam had sang -more like yelled- the song as loud as they possibly could and were now laughing like mad men.
"How was vacation," Zeke asked.
"Great," Troy said. "If you think being bored out of your mind with Mack and stuck in a hotel room is fun."
"Sounds like a blast," Ryan said.
"We should probably head to homeroom," Jason said. The four looked at Cam and Chad who showed no sigh of calming down.
"Hey," Troy yelled. "Boneheads."
"What," Cam laughed.
"Calm down, we've got to head to homeroom."
They took deep breaths and eventually calmed down. The friends walked down the hall to Ms. Darbus' room where they were greeted by Sharpay, Taylor and Gabriella. They had a banner hung up that said, 'Happy 18th Troy!' and all the kids sang Happy Birthday.
Then the bell rang.
"Vacation is over people," Ms. Darbus yelled as she slammed the door. Gabriella and Taylor tore down the banner and Sharpay got everyone to sit down. "Be sure the check the lobby for new activities Mr. Bolton."
Troy turned around to face Chad and Cam. "Why does she always single me out?"
"Because she likes you," Cam teased.
"Mr. Boucher!"
"Sorry," he said sheepishly.
"What's up with her," Cam asked.
"She's always like this," Chad whispered back.
"Bolton, Danforth, Boucher! Detention!"
"But we didn't even have our phones out," Chad whined.
"Danforth..."
"Detention's fine," he said quickly.
The bell rang again and the three were the first out the door. "That was fun," Chad commented. "I've never seen her so mad in the four years I've been here."
"Me either," Troy said looking at his second semester schedule. "Chad, we got to go straight."
"Whoa...wait a minute," Chad said. "I have to go right here."
"I have math."
"I have math too."
"Who do you have?"
"Donovan."
Troy groaned. "I have Peterson."
"See you later Troy, Chad" Cam and Zeke said going left. Jason and Ryan had stayed in Ms. Darbus' room.
"I can't believe this. We have had the same schedule since sixth grade," Chad said. "Who do you have after math?"
"Look Chad, we'll figure it out at lunch," Troy said, turning around and jogging down the hall. 'Check the lobby for new activities Mr. Bolton,' Ms. Darbus' voice said in his head. He was in the lobby so he looked at the activity board. French club...Track...German...Spanish club...Baseball Clinic...Drama. . . . There were so many that he had never noticed. He picked up a red sharpie that was tied to the board and put his name down on one that didn't have many (and he thought he would be good at) and walked off toward math.
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Chad had the team doing drills during free period, but his mind was definitely not there. He was thinking about his and Troy's schedules. Troy and him had homeroom and lunch together. He had never felt so alone.
"Hey Captain, aren't you suppose to be doing these drills too," Cam asked coming over to sit down next to Chad.
Chad didn't even acknowledge him so Cam waved a hand in his face. "Hello...anyone home?"
"Would you quit it," Chad said. "I'm trying to think."
"About," Cam pressed.
"Me and Troy have been in the same class since kindergarten and then we had the same schedules since sixth grade when we started switching rooms for classes. I have never had a class without him and now we only have lunch and homeroom -which really aren't classes- together and I don't know why."
"Well," Cam said. "Have you ever thought about who might do something like that."
"Who would," Chad scoffed.
"Well, Troy's dad does work here-"
"Why would he want us not to have any classes together?"
Cam sighed. "You guys probably won't be going to the same college next year and you've been in the same classes since kindergarten. You guys are practically brothers. I think he might be saving you some grief next year by having you guys stop having classes together so next year when you're on two different campus probably across the country, you won't feel so alone and you won't miss each other's company."
"As much," Chad added. "I get it."
"Is it really that bad," Cam asked. "Not having Troy in your classes?"
"Yes! We learn the same way and we have the same abilities. The stuff their talking about in class usually goes over one of our heads and the other one explains it. I feel really stupid."
"Oh, don't," Cam said. "Lets get back to practice."
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