Chapter 16

I'm listening to Seasons of love from RENT and yes…I'm a rent head. I love you all.

Troy's p.o.v

I can't relax, knowing that Ryan could possibly be alone with Mark. I totally trust Ryan, just not when he's with Mark. Just relax Troy. For all you know, Mark is long gone and Ryan's sleeping. Just relax…fuck it, I can't take it. I turn around half way to the mess hall and make my way back to the cabin. I'm pretty sure everything's fine, I just need to make sure. I get closer to the cabin and see that Mark's not on the porch anymore. My heart starts beating faster, what if he's inside? Fuck. My walk becomes a sprint and I get to the cabin in about ten seconds. I run up the stairs and swing the door open. My heart stops and I can't breath. Mark's sitting on Ryan's bed, zipping up his pants and Ryan's coming out of the bathroom. He sees me and freezes. Mark looks from me to Ryan and back to me. He smiles. He gets up and goes to Ryan. Ryan pushes him away.

"Troy, let me explain" he says.

Mark's laughing. What the fuck? I can't breath, this isn't happening right now. No, I'm not seeing all of this. Ryan walks to me, but I back away.

"Troy" he says "nothing happened"

Sure. I believe that. Ryan and Mark were just "talking". This is not happening! And before I think about it I say

"We're done"

Ryan looks like he just got hit in the face.

"So, when this happened with you and Nicole, I believed you and when it happens to me, you end it? So that's how it goes? You get to do whatever you want and I just have to deal? But you let you only THINK I'm doing something and you break up with me?" he says, he's angry.

"I didn't mean what I said I …" I start, but he cuts me off

"You know, I've put up with your male driven testosterone fueled shit that you do. But for you to just jump to conclusions and dump me, it's like the straw that breaks my back, you know?" he continues

"I'm sorry" is all I can manage to say

"I bet you are" he says as he walks out the door.

Mark waits until he's gone

"We didn't do anything, man. He just kept saying how he 'loved' you. Sucks to be you huh?" he says

He waits for a response. Once he realizes I'm still stunned, he runs to catch Ryan.

What the fuck did I just do? I fall to the ground and my head drops.

"You damn idiot" I say aloud.

TROY! Are you just gonna let him have Ryan? Get the hell up and go get him! I jump up and race out the door. I see Ryan and Mark sitting on the dock of the bay. I run to him, running to the one I love and running to keep what's mine. I scream his name as I run to him, but he doesn't turn around until I get there.

"Ryan" I say out of breath.

"What he" he responds, not turning around

"I'm sorry" I say

Mark stands up.

"Listen, we doesn't wanna talk to you, man" he says

That's it, I've had enough of him. I'm sorry Ryan, I know you wanted me to keep my cool, but Mark made that impossible.

"Goodbye" he says

I take in a deep breath. I gather all my strength and push him backwards, into the water. He let's out a yelp as he falls into the water. Ryan gets up and turns to me.

"Troy!" he says

"Look I'm sorry, okay! I don't want us to be over!" I say

"Troy, think about it" he says as Mark screams in the water that he can't swim "we get into an argument like, everyday and we constantly have to say we're sorry to each other for stuff we didn't do. So if you're telling me that you don't want us to be over… I'm sorry, but we can't avoid the inevitable"

Huh?

"What does that mean?" I ask

"It means we're just not meant to be" he says as he walks away.

No. I'm not letting this go, not this easily.

"Ryan" I call out "you know when you said you knew how it felt to be used? Well that's how I feel right now"

He stops and turns around.

"Really?" he ask

I nod. He walks over to me.

"I make you fell used?" he asks "you can't just get over me?"

"Hell no" I say "can you? Can you honestly just walk away from us?"

He shakes his head

"No, of course not" he admits "I'm just, god, this is so hard"

"You telling me" I say

He smiles and grabs my hand, and together we walk to the studio, leaving Mark practically drowning in the six feet of water.

Ryan's p.o.v

Mark doesn't show up for the last class of the day. I'm not surprised. Once class is over we head to the cabin.

"So I wonder if Mark drowned" Troy says

"That's not funny" I say

Once we get to the cabin the first thing I notice is the laughter of a girl. I open the door and see Nicole and Mark sitting on MY bed.

"Nicole? Why are you in here?" Troy ask

"GET OFF OF MY BED!" I yell

Nicole quickly jumps off, but Mark doesn't move. Nicole walks past me.

"Get out!" I say again

She runs out of the door. Mark's looking at me, he's got on different clothes but his hair is still wet.

"Get off of my bed, Mark" I say

"He said get off" Troy says

And Mark gets up and walks to me. He looks at Troy and grabs my hips and pulls me to him. I struggle to pull away, but he's way too strong. Troy grabs his arms and throws them off of me.

"Don't fucking touch him!" he says

Once I'm free I push Mark away. He smiles.

"You still like me" he says

And for once I can answer with honesty

"No I don't" I say "I like, love and want Troy, your old news Mark…move on"

He looks at me and then looks away. He's biting his bottom lip… he's pissed. He pushes past me and stomps out side, slamming the door behind him. whoa. If I know Mark, he's definitely gonna try to get back at me. So that's Nicole, Mark and whoever sent that kid in on us. Great summer. And what was up with him and Nicole? If they "team up" I'm done for. Troy grabs my hand and sits me down.

"Everything's gonna be fine" he says, as if he's reading my mind.

"No it's not. But we'll get through it" I say

He nods and kisses me. That's when it hits me. Summer camp is almost over and the real test is about to start…school.

So yeah, I know it was short. But hey, I'm sorry okay? Did you like it? Thanx so much for telling me you like me story. It really helps. So I need help. I wanna write another story after this. So should it be ChadTroy or a sequel to this story. Or just a different RyanTroy?

Luv ya