Author's Note: Ok, I just have to remind people that this was one of the first few Ryan and Troy stories up on this fandom. So that's why it has this plot as Chad being homophobic and people getting the crap beat out of them. My Ryan and Troy stories are more original now. So you can check them out if you like. Here's the next part and the last part will be up in a few days.

The next day Troy ran over to Ryan's house excited to tell him what happened. When the door opened he greeted Sharpay and she did likewise.

"Is Ryan upstairs?" He asked.

"Yeah, he is." She smiled knowingly. He gave her a look and then rushed upstairs. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the sight before him. Ryan was lying on his bed, watching TV, with nothing on except for a pair of sweat pants. Troy's eyes ran over his nice, tanned body. Ryan looked up at him and smiled.

"You can pick your jaw up." He said standing adjacent from him.

Troy quickly closed his mouth and looked at Ryan slightly embarrassed, "Sorry, it's just you look so… good."

"Thanks." Ryan blushed.

"Oh, so I have some news." Troy said.

"What?" Ryan asked.

"Ok, well sit down," He said lightly pulling Ryan to the bed, "Well, last night I told Gabriella that I'm gay."

"Really, what did she say?" Ryan asked.

"Surprisingly she was really cool about the whole thing." Troy said nodding.

"That's good. I'm glad that you told her, it would have all went to hell if you didn't."

"Yeah, I know." Troy said. He and Ryan sat in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Troy broke it.

"So…what about us?" Troy asked slowly.

"What about us?" Ryan asked.

"You know if we should become a couple."

"We can… only if you want to." Ryan said moving closer to him that Troy could smell the Axe spray that he was wearing.

"I want to but under one condition, we can't tell anyone…yet." He said looking Ryan in the eyes.

"I know." Ryan breathed and Troy leaned in and kissed him softly on the lips. The kiss went on for a good thirty seconds before they were interrupted by the clear of somebody's throat and they both jumped away quickly.

"Jesus! You scared us half to death!" Ryan said when he realized that it was just Sharpay.

"Well, next time close your door." She said laughing a bit and then she looked at the horrified look on Troy's face. "Don't worry Troy, I won't tell anyone and plus I already knew."

"You knew?"

"Oh, yeah. Ryan has never had a person so excited to see him almost everyday." She said before leaving.

"That was weird." Troy said laughing a bit.

"Yeah it was." Ryan said.

"So…um… I was wondering, since we're together, that we could… you know… go out on a date." Troy asked nervously. Of course he asked out plenty of girls before but it was totally different to ask out a guy.

"Sure." Ryan said blushing.

"Great, how about tomorrow, I'll pick you up and we can go to Bennigan's." He said.

"That sounds good." Ryan smiled and then he leaned in and kissed Troy. This one was more hot and heavier that the last two. Troy's hands roamed over Ryan's bear chest as they continued to kiss. He was now on top of Ryan when he stopped.

"I better go before things get a little out of hand." Troy said still lying on top of Ryan.

"Ok." Ryan nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow at school."

"Yeah." Troy said before kissing him once more before leaving.

Troy entered the school building to see Gabriella sitting by herself in the lobby. He walked up towards her and gave her a smile. She smiled at him back and stood up to give him a hug and he returned it.

"So how have you been?" She asked.

"Good, Ryan and I talked some more and we are now an official couple." He said smiling.

"That's great! I'm so happy for you. I'm happy that you're happy." She said smiling wide.

"Thanks for being so understanding Gabriella."

"No problem."

"So have you seen Ryan this morning?" He asked.

"No, I haven't. He'll probably be in soon."

Troy nodded looking towards the front doors.

"Chad told me what happen between you two. I have to be honest with you, it's pretty childish." Gabriella said.

"Well, he shouldn't have been calling Ryan those names. If he called him those names then he might call me those names if he finds out about me." Troy said.

"I understand, if I was in your position I would be scared too." She said placing her hand on his shoulder for comfort. He looked over her shoulder and saw Ryan and Sharpay walk in. Ryan gave him a look and then pointed to the auditorium. He wanted him to meet him there.

"Um… Gabriella I'm going to catch up with you later, ok." Troy said walking towards the auditorium.

"Ok." Gabriella called out after him.

Troy walked into the doors of the auditorium. No one ever came up there in the mornings so it was a good place to hide. He walked in and saw Ryan standing in the corner waiting for him.

"Hi," Troy said kissing Ryan passionately.

"Hey," Ryan said after the kiss was broken.

"Are we still on for tonight?" Troy asked.

"Of course." Ryan said smiling and then a few moments later the bell rang for Homeroom.

"I'll see you later." Troy said once again kissing him. Ryan wrapped his arms around Troy's neck and moved his tongue over Troy's lips asking for access. He opened his mouth to allow Ryan's tongue and the kiss became heavier. Troy then stopped it.

"We should really get to class." Troy said panting.

"Yeah we should." Ryan said also. "I'll see you later."

Then they both went their separate ways.

Troy literally ran to his house to get ready for his date with Ryan. First he did his homework so he could get that out of his way and it took about an hour. He then went to do most of his house chores. After that he went into the bathroom to take a hot shower. Afterwards he blew dry his hair and combed it out so it fell over his face in the adorable Troy Bolton way. He sprayed on some Axe and put on his dark jean pants, a blue striped shirt and some dark blue Converses. He looked at himself in the mirror and he had to admit that he looked like an Abercrombie model. He continued to look at himself and didn't even noticed his mom and dad staring at him in the door way.

"Troy what are you doing?" Mr. Bolton asked.

Troy was startled so he jumped." I was um… just seeing if I looked presentable for tonight."

"Well, you look nice." Mrs. Bolton said.

"Where are you going tonight, son." Mr. Bolton asked.

"Just going out with a friend." Troy answered quickly.

"Really, must be some friend if you want to look nice." Mrs. Bolton said smiling.

"Does Gabriella know that you're going out with someone else tonight?" His father asked. He and Gabriella had begun to get along after the production of Twinkle Town.

"I think that she is ok with it." Troy said, he wasn't going to tell his parents that he and Gabriella had broken up and he was now with a guy.

"Oh, ok." He said before walking away.

"Have fun tonight and be home by 10, it's a school night." His mother said before walking away also.

Since Troy had just received his license about two months ago he decided to drive himself and Ryan to the restaurant. He asked his mom if he could borrow her 2005 black, Toyota Camry and she said yes. He drove two blocks down to Ryan's house and then beeped the horn. A few moments later Ryan came out of the house dressed in a black t-shirt with dark blue jeans and white Air Forces, with his hair spiked up. Troy was shocked to see him wearing something like that but at the same time thought that he looked hot. Ryan climbed into the car and greeted Troy with a kiss on the cheek.

"You look really different." Troy said staring him up and down.

"I know, but I just wanted to try something new." He said.

"Well, you look great." Troy said.

"You don't look half bad yourself." Ryan said smiling.

The two made small talk on the way to the restaurant. They arrived at the restaurant, took their seats and ordered their meals. They talked about everything over the course of their meal. They didn't realize that they had so much in common. Ryan even admitted to watching a few basketball games with his dad and liking them, well only mostly because of the sweaty guys. They were so wrapped up in their conversation that they didn't even see Chad and his family sitting about ten feet away from them. Chad was going to go up and talk to Troy to apologize for their little fight and also wanted to know why Troy was hanging around Ryan so much but decided to wait until they left. Troy paid the check and him and Ryan left. Chad had told his mom that he was going to the bathroom and will be right back but instead he followed the two of them outside. He saw the two of them get into the car and he was about to call out Troy's name when he saw the two of them kiss and then drive off. Chad got a look of disgust on his face and then walked back into the restaurant asking himself many questions.

"I had a great time tonight." Ryan said.

"Me too. It was really fun." Troy said smiling.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow." Ryan said leaning in and kissing him softly on the lips.

"Yeah, see you." Troy said before Ryan opened the passenger door. Troy watched him walk up to his door and walk in. After he saw the living room lights cut on he left for his house. His parents were sitting in the living room watching TV and Troy told them good night. He walked up to his room, stripped off his clothes and put on his night clothes. He settled into his bed and thinking of the nights events before falling asleep.

As soon as Troy walked into the school building all eyes were on him. People had started whispering and he was just confused. He saw Gabriella pacing in a nearby corner and walked up to her.

"Hey, Gabriella, do you know why people are staring at me this morning?" He asked looking around to see people still staring and now a few had started to laugh.

"I don't know how to tell you this." She said looking like she wanted to cry.

"What's wrong Gabriella?" Troy asked now getting worried.

"Look." She said leading him to his locker. When they got there his breath got caught in his throat when he saw what was on his locker. Spray painted in big black letters was the word 'fag'. He walked over to it and touched and then looked at Gabriella angrily.

"Who did you tell Gabriella?" Troy said angrily.

"I didn't tell anyone, I swear!" She said starting to cry a bit.

"Someone had to tell. I only told you and Ryan of course." He said and then it hit him, Ryan must have let it slip out. He then ran in the direction towards Ryan's locker and Gabriella frantically followed him.

"You promised me that you wouldn't tell anyone about us." Troy said angrily when he reached Ryan.

"Troy look at what they did to my locker." Ryan said pointing at it and it had the same evil word on it like Troy's did.

"So you didn't tell anyone?" Troy asked softly.

"No. I came to school and it was like this." He said.

"Mine is like this too." Troy said.

"Look at the two faggots!" Someone shouted.

Troy looked up to see Chad standing there alongside with all the basketball players laughing.

"You two guys- oops I mean girls can't stay away from each other for two seconds." Chad said laughing. Troy looked at him with pure anger in his eyes and then tackled him to the floor. He began punching him the face and he was so mad that he didn't even hear Gabriella and Ryan scream for him to stop. After a few moments of fighting Coach Bolton and the principal pulled the two boys off of each other.

"Why did you do it Chad!" Troy asked.

"Oh, is the little gay boy going to cry." Chad said.

"Shut up!"

"That's enough you two!" The Principal said and he and Coach Bolton led them into the office.

"I'm going to call your mom so she can come and get you because you are definitely going to be suspended." Coach Bolton said angrily and Troy just sat on the chair not saying anything. Chad was sitting at the opposite end holding a tissue against his busted lip. A few moments later Coach Bolton came back and pointed the Principal's office. They both went in there and sat as far away from each other as possible.

"Now, tell why were the two of you were fighting?" The principal asked.

"He spray painted 'fag' on me and Ryan Evans' lockers." Troy said.

"Is that true?" He asked turning towards Chad.

"He has no proof that I did that." Chad said shouting.

"Whatever! You are the only one because Gabriella promised that she wouldn't tell anyone."

"Tell anyone what, Troy?" His father asked.

"Nothing." Troy said quickly.

"I think you're father needs to know that his own son is gay." Chad said.

"Is that true?" His father asked shocked. Troy hung his head and nodded his head in a yes motion.

"Um… you're mother will be here to pick you up in a few. I'll see you at home." His father said before leaving.

"Why did you do that?" Troy asked turning around to face Chad.

"Why did you turn gay?" Chad asked.

"That's enough you two. Chad I'm going to expel you for the rest of the quarter."

"What, no that's not fair!" Chad said hopping out of his chair.

"I think you deserve everything that you get." Troy shot back at him.

"You still have no proof." Chad said.

"Oh really? How did you know Mr. Bolton's… sexual preference?" The principal asked.

Chad didn't say anything for a while but finally gave in. "Well yesterday I saw him and Ryan walking out of a restaurant and it just shocked me when I saw them… kiss. Plus, before that I thought that I could go and talk to him because we haven't been talking. I just wanted to be friends again, but the shock of all that was just too much." Chad said before sighing and he looked over at Troy to see how shocked he look.

"So just because you don't like gay people you just torment them by calling or writing such a hateful word?" The principal asked.

"Well…" Chad said. He couldn't think of a good reason.

"Well that settles it. Chad, you are suspended for the remaining of this quarter and you are on suspension for two weeks of games after the expulsion for defacing school property and fighting.

"But…"

"No 'buts' you better be lucky that I'm not fully kicking you off the team. I will have an administrator escort you to your locker so you can get your things and I will call one of your parents to come pick you up. Troy you are suspended for the rest of the week and next week for fighting. Just wait right here for your mom." The principal said leading Chad out of the office. A few moments later Mrs. Bolton came to into the office to the office and ran to Troy.

"Honey, what happened?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"Can we just go home? I'll explain it to you and dad later." Troy asked still shocked from the day's events.

"Ok." Mrs. Bolton said and they went home. Troy walked up to his room without saying a word to his mother and slammed the door shut. He then collapsed on his bed trying to hold back tears. He wasn't the kind of person who would cry over something like this but it was all too much to handle. He started worrying what Ryan was going through right now since everybody knows that he is gay and he was wondering what people would say about him when he came back to school. He'd probably lose his reputation. He finally let the tears fall and he cried himself to sleep.

Author's Note: Ok, once again you don't really have to review if you don't want to. I mean I wouldn't mind one review. So yeah, thanks for re-reading this because I'm mentioning again that when I first posted this like 2 months ago that reviewers had suggested that I put it in chapters. So yeah…thanks!

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