Torn From the Present

A/N:Thank you soo much for reviewing! I love that you all care about my story and enjoy reading! I'm still putting how long Lorraine will stay at her mother's house in the air... so it's your decision...! Here's the story!

Chapter 4: Understanding the Truth

She nodded slowly.

Ryan didn't expect this. He wasn't mad... he was ashamed. He didn't want Lorraine to find out this way. He wanted her to be let to this slowly... so much for that. "Ok... the students are here... why don't we talk about this later, ok?" he asked her.

Lorraine looked up. She understood. There was a time for everything, and this wasn't the time for this. "Ok." She stood up, and smiled at her dad. The two (Sharpay had left the two and went to tend to the kids) walked to the dance room, prepared to teach.

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After Work

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"That was fun" Lorraine said, walking out of the studio with her father.

"I'm glad you had a good time... now let's get home" he said, smile plastered on his face.

The two climbed in the car, and made their way home. Nothing whatsoever happened on the way home... Lorraine had completely forgotten about the 'incident' that morning... to Ryan's enjoyment.

The two arrived home, and Lorraine immediatly collapsed on the couch. "I don't see how you do that every morning..." she said, her eyes closed.

Ryan chuckled, then sat down on the couch himself. "I thought you loved the theatre?"

"I do, but that doesn't mean I do it all the time... like you do"

The kid had a good point.

There was silence that unnerved Ryan. He had to break it.

"Um... about earlier...?" He said nervously.

"What about earlier?" She asked. She didn't seem fazed... at all. That made Ryan even more nervous- if that was possible. "Oh... you mean... about mom...?"

"Yeah..." he said. "She wants to take you for... a certain amount of time... to Kentucky where she lives..."

Lorraine raised an eyebrow. "She lives in Kentucky?"

"Yeah... and she's married again."

"Really? Interesting. Do you know him?" Lorraine asked, looking at Ryan with intrest.

"Yeah. He was friends with me and your Aunt and Uncle in High School. He was on the basketball team with your Uncle, actually."

"How could she do that?" Lorraine said, sitting further up on the couch. " I mean, how could she just pretend we don't exist for 8 years! Then she went off and married another man! Then she wants to suddenly be a part of my life! I'm not going!" she said in an outburst.

Ryan sighed. He knew this was going to be coming sometime in this conversation... it might as well be now. "There's something you have to understand about this..." he sighed again before saying, " When your mother left, she said she was moving away to start a new life... and she apparanty forgot about the 'old life'... meaning us too. That's when I started the studio... I did use some money from child support, but most of the funds came from the office that I worked at. And do you remember living with your Aunt and Uncle for awile? That was right after your mother left... it was just a week before I found an apartment. Then, after the studio started up, we moved into this house... anyway, your mom says that there are alot of sights to see in Louisville. You should have fun... and did I mention that you have a half brother and a half sister? They are twins... like Sharpay and I. You'll get to know them better when you go this summer after school ends." he said, emphasizing the ' when you go this summer'.

"Do I have to?" she moaned. She really didn't want to go, apparantly.

"Yes, you do. Now get to bed... it's really late." he added, ending the discussion.

"Ok... goodnight... can I watch a movie? While I'm in bed, I mean?" she asked. Usually, she couldn't stand anything on while she tried to get to bed, but she needed something to get her mind off of the subject at hand.

"Sure... i'll be in later. I'm just gonna watch some TV..."

Lorraine walked in her room. She turned to the bookshelf, and knelt down to the bottom shelf, which held all of her movies. She fingered through them, and decided on 'Rent'. It was one of her favorite musicals, so she plugged in the DVD.

While the movie was running, she thought of her mom, step-father, and half-siblings... wait... watch the movie, don't think about this!

Lorraine turned her attention to the movie... it was at one of her favorite parts:

How do you document real life

When real life is getting more like fiction

Each day?

Head lines and bread-lines blow my mind

And now this deadline eviction nor pay

RENT

How do you write a song

When the chords sound wrong

Though they once sounded right and rare

When the notes are sour

Where is the power you once had to ignite the air?

We're hungry and frozen

Some life we have chosen...

"Ah... RENT?" someone said from the doorway.

Lorraine turned. It was her dad, he looked really tired.

"Yeah... it's one of my favorites." she replied.

"Mine too. I remember watching it with Sharpay every weekend, along with alot of other musicals... like Footloose, Flashdance, West Side Story, and Grease"

"I like all of those too" she said indignantly.

"As do I" Ryan replied. "You should go to bed soon... school tomorrow."

"Ugh" she replied.

"Just get some sleep" he said, walking out of the room and into his room. Just as he got into bed, turned off the light, and got comfortable, the phone rang. He groaned, and picked it up.

"Hello?"

A/N: Hehe... Cliffy. I love those... and I just saw 'RENT' yesterday, and I loved it. I also saw, 'Footloose' which is really amazing as well... i'm just now getting into all those musicals... West Side Story and Grease are next. Well, Please Review... I really love getting to sleep at night with a smile on my face because I know I have people that love my stories... hehe... : ) I just love getting reviews... can we try for 15? That would be the most i've EVER gotten for one story! Thank you for reading! Well, I'll shut up, so you can push that button on the left that says 'GO'...